Honestly, my tech life is in a SHAMBLES. I lost a laptop to a can of hard seltzer last week. Sunday, I lost my personal one to an update. Today, I was sent a replacement that was broken. I’m in pieces. Gone are the days when a simple reset was all you needed.
Currently, I’m typing on an old computer that has heavy keys. But hey, I’m doing this for you. Carpal tunnel syndrome is for the meek.
Bukayo Saka landed himself some minutes for England in their defeat to Belgium. We lost 2-0 but he aquited himself well, especially in a dominant second half. He was very unlucky not to have landed an assist when he played in Kane. The star of the show was Jack Grealish. What a player. Shame we didn’t put that Pepe 72m into him.
I do find these international breaks a fucking joke in general. We’re in the middle of round two of a pandemic and we’re sending players out into different operational setups that appear to have shite covid protocols. We’ve had scares from the Ireland game, we nearly lost Tierney to the Scotland squad, now we’ve lost Mo Elneny to the Egyptian lapse.
I don’t know what’s happened, but it seems every time players step out of their club bubbles, bad things happen. It’s so irresponsible. Players are treated like cattle. They’re being brutalised by the fixtures, whilst having their health risked on international breaks… for friendlies.
Arteta has dropped another interview with the .com. This time, he’s using numbers like an elite marketer.
“It’s part of a process. The results have to be immediate, and the challenge we have with the club we are representing is that we have to win as quickly as possible every game in every competition.
“So far we have played 14 games in all competitions this season, we won 10 and lost four and the four of them have been in the Premier League, so it is a little bit imbalanced.
His framing of the numbers makes for nice reading, but the fans won’t play those sort of games. We can’t be having #top4trophy moments this earlier into a tenure. I think what he’s trying to say is ‘let’s not lose our shit, we’re in a rough patch, but it’ll get better.’
He has to fix more than the win ratio. The savaging he’s taking isn’t really about the points total in the league. It’s the fact we’re not really playing. The performances are dropping and the football is drab. It’s hard to win over fans when those two aren’t working with the results.
Still, he’s a realist.
“We have to settle and everyone has to realise where we are now, but I see the future as really bright. I am a really positive person and I tend to learn much more when things don’t go well and we have a defeat like we had the other day that really hurt after the performance we had at Old Trafford.
“We have to understand why it happened, be really critical first of all with myself and try to understand the players better, and give them more solutions to win more football matches.”
He sees what we see. I think he was extremely shook by the Villa game. His bet on seniority has not paid off so far. His addiction to Lacazette is like MDMA without the party… it’s just pure Tuesday blues. The lack of creativity when you’ve made a point to bin the German social media manager looks bad to fans that only understand football through the lens of Youtube videos.
All these things add up… but as you all know, you can go from fraud to hero in a matter of moments.
What puts the ghouls back in the basement?
3 big results in a row. Maybe even two. Beat Leeds and Spurs and equilibrium will restored.
Great techique in any sport is what you fall back on when the chips are down. Keep doing the basics right and good things will happen. The basics here, from an amateur perspective, would be to put Auba through the middle to get his form back.
I’m not sure I believe Nicolas Pepe is the missing piece of the jigsaw. I think it’s Saka on the left and Willian playing himself into form.
The real key to the next few games is having a fit Thomas Partey. Without Mo supporting him, it looks like it might be Dani Ceballos… and… Xhaka? If the manager was brave, he might go with a Willock like figure. Put some energy in the side. Give our midfield a runner against two sides that we’ll probably sit deep against.
We’ll see though. These next few games are those that make managers. To make it in this league, you have to learn fast, and you have to take risks. You also have to put up with fans that have no patience.
Still, let’s be Perspective FC for a moment. The job this season is top 4. Currently, we’re 6 from 1st. We’ve had a tough run of games teams like Spurs haven’t had. We are also in poor form, that will change, if we keep on gathering points and we’re with 3-6 points of top 4 come February, it’s game on people. That’s the job to be done, we are still in the mix, let’s see how close we are at the end of the next phase of games.
The team needs a jolt, what do YOU think that jolt should be?
P.S. Listen to the quarter term report on Arsenal with Alex I recorded on Sunday. It’s with Alex, he was good.
Pierre
That wasn’t my original comment, what I posted was. Also, that doesn’t make anything about Ozil, it points at your fetish for overpaid waste of spaces but that Eriksen isn’t even as good as the waste we have.
Hence the danpak Ozil.
Charlie
And coutinho ( who i rate) had exactly the same problems at barca.
Eriksen went for such a low price as he was in his last 6 months of his contract …
I have to agree on one thing Pierre says though, it should be more about what happens on the pitch than in training. Players like Laca and Eddie, Xhaka etc obviously tries very hard but produces very little when it matters in the PL. Pepe isn’t given many chances even though he provides the sorely lacking end product we need while Willian gets all the time he needs despite offering next to nothing, has to be based on training output, which it shouldn’t. That doesn’t really apply to Ozil though, he hasn’t done anything of note on the pitch for… Read more »
Personally I wish Arteta would be more experimental with formations now that he seems to have made the players more aware of defensive responsibilities. Partey is very familiar with Athletico’s 4-4-2 or 4-4-1-1. Lets give that a go if we are gonna go full Simeone. Seems like we have the players for that more then trying to make a front 3 work.. with Auba and Lacazette in it…. or finding a combination of 2 midfielders that can work in the middle of a 3-4-3 where they have to drop back to defend more. For me.. we need to find internal… Read more »
Fred
It’s all about the results and performances on the pitch for me
If a player is world class( not talking about ozil) during a match and is crap at training and misses a poxy zoom meeting and another player attends a zoom meeting and uses all up all his energy in training.
I know which player i would rather have in the team on match day..
Pierre
“So you think zoom meetings can be construed as “footballing reasons”You’re struggling mate.”
Not at all – The zoom meeting’s were part of the training set up at the time so yes it was football reasons.
Why don’t you just say what you mean.
For those who have doubts on Eriksen
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.squawka.com/en/christian-eriksen-spurs-career-dominance-premier-league/%3Famp&ved=2ahUKEwjDtaLOnortAhVKQkEAHZ0HDY8QFjAEegQIChAB&usg=AOvVaw2frkgSh7yMB0EZtgaCFslZ&cf=1&cshid=1605638809887
Seems like all 5 of those players on that list are well past their prime.. Erikson, Ozil, Willian, David Silva, Eden Hazard..
Reads like a who’s whose of the ghosts of Premier Leagues past.. That’s your problem Pierre is your living about 4 -5 years behind the curve.
Marc
If a zoom meeting is “Footballing reasons ” then i suppose “chewing gum in class” can be classed as “Footballing reasons “.
Mid west
And what quality players they were , Eriksen was top in most of those lists.
What a player Inter don’t rate and want to sell within 12 months of giving him a 4 year deal.
Eriksen is better than David Silva and Eden Hazard then Pierre.
Source: dude trust me
Chewing gum in class would be footballing reasons if you were getting paid 350k a year to sit in that class and only managed 2 assists your entire season, 2 seasons in a row.. maybe you need to pay fucking attention to the class and take shit seriously. It’s not like your fucking Messi.
sorry 350k p/w. tried to give him a paycut. if only.
Ozil getting frozen out is a combination of footballing reasons and non footballing reasons. Arguing one over the other is pointless, imo. But here is your footballing reasons beyond the stats.
https://www.yardbarker.com/soccer/articles/mikel_arteta_jose_mourinho_and_the_missing_no_10s_as_european_soccer_evolves/s1_8276_33203450
Mid
Except that’s exactly how Ozil fanatics see him (like Messi).
We’ve been here before with this leniency nonsense for players who perform on match day, just remind me who those guys are at Arsenal? Exactly….
You implement a performance culture that’s super demanding and that’s the basis for your future success. Then, when when mega talent that does the business, comes along you can soften your stance. But for Ozil? Guendouzi? Etc pleeeeease.
For me, it’s all about Leeds this weekend.
Show signs of change/progression and we win, I’ll be a wee bit happier.
Stick to the same systems and we lose or draw and Arteta will be on my hit list.
Graham, you’re not going to see Arsenal go away to leeds to attack them. He’ll do what Leicester did… sit back and wait.
Me and Fred have been gunning hard for Szoboszlai pretty early, Ziyech was also a steal last season.
We absolutely need to get these kind of players when they are cheap and before they get snapped up. Auoar can absolutely jog on with his 50m fee. We don’t need another injury prone lightweight.
RM, Bayern and Juve rumoured to be interested is pretty typical. They were interested in Auoar too right? 😀
We should also retain Torreira and Guendozi if we can.
Midwest
More to football than an assists stats for crying out loud.
Pedro
“Graham, you’re not going to see Arsenal go away to leeds to attack them. He’ll do what Leicester did… sit back and wait.
That will be a mistake
You want us to set up for Leeds like we are playing Liverpool or City?
Is that your vision for Arsenal; playing scared all the time?
More to football than an assists stats for crying out loud
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Yeah Kaz I said that read the article.
Dissenter, tell it to Brendan Rodgers who smashed them
Leeds have such an appalling defensive record, do we attack hard or do we trust that it would only take 2 or 3 attacks to breach them? I think the answer lies somewhere in between. They are obviously a threat going forward but we don’t want to be too pragmatic. Perhaps just up the tempo we have seen recently a further 10-20% to become more of a threat in attack. 3 or 4 chances may be all we need. Again I would take a 1-0 or 2-1 win, however scrappy. It’s important to get back to winning ways first and… Read more »
That’s a good article, I don’t think it’s true of the game though.
Liverpool didn’t sign Thiago for his speed and pressing ability. There absolutely is a way for 10s to be used in modern football. They might have more defensive responsiblity rather than be carte blanche but I can recall our ostracized number 10 running his ass off to get into defensive shapes and track runners earlier this year.
Besides we’ve sacrificed everything in the name of defensive shape and still concede.
We have Lacazette constantly running back to deal with issues due to an overrun midfield and we’ve witnessed how effective that’s been….
Pedro
Brendan was playing without four key players all season, starters from the previous season.
Besides, Brendan is not the one with a squad lacking in confidence and know-how.
Also since When did Leicester become the standard for us?
I hope Arteta ball isn’t Galápagos tortoise footie; hide in a shell all day long and stick out the head just to grab a few morsels before going back to sleep.
You want us to absorb another 25 shots/attempts at goal and hope to score from the 2-3 chances we create all game long?
Diss, so your solve for confidence is to go all-out attack against Leeds?
Pedro
Are you telling me to expect the football on Sunday to be something that Allardyce and Pulis would refuse to put up with?
Pedro, tell me why we shouldn’t go for an attack based game against Leeds?
If your best response is because we might lose then chuck yourself in the sea lad.
That’s Mikel levels.
Kaz, because Leeds are one of the most devastating counter-attacking sides in the league and their weakness is creating openings by over-committing. If you don’t see that, chuck yourself in the sea my friend.
Marc, I’m telling you to expect to see something similar to what Rodgers offered up.
What you are hearing about Ozil in public by Arteta, the club or Ozil himself is governed by not breaking trust & confidence between club and player because this could lead to a Case of Constructive Dismissal and therefore can hurt financially either one. From the Athletic regarding the duty of maintaining trust & confidence: It’s worth noting that this duty is mutually applicable to both employer and employee. Much of what we are seeing play out publicly — Arteta’s insistence that Ozil’s omission is based purely on sporting merit, Ozil’s unwavering social media support for his team-mates — appears… Read more »
Pedro
So a win?
Pedro but we’ve forgot how to transition quickly, we we aren’t going to be counter attacking them either.
So it’s either be pressed in for most the game and try to snatch a goal from a corner (which is the current strategy) orrrr let’s try playing on the front foot for once.
Anyone here remember when Pedro called our previous manager weak because he wasn’t the “protagonist”?
Germany is getting their ass kicked 3 – 0 for Spain.
Ramos is done. There is still hope for Germany.
Charlie “Eriksen is better than David Silva and Eden Hazard then Pierre. Source: dude trust me” No ( though his figures suggest different) but more importantly, he is better in his position than anyone else at the club .. What we have is you wanting a player (coùtinho) who hasn’t settled at a club and me wanting either player (Eriksen/coutinho) who havent settled at their clubs… You think Eriksen is rubbish despite posting better figures than coutinho, wheras i rate both as they are both top quality creative players who assist and score. I just want better players at the… Read more »
” We’re a toothless force moving forward and very predictable. Emery doesn’t like to play through the middle of the park, instead, he prefers to cycle the ball until he can attack from wide positions for a cutback. Sometimes it works, most of the time it’s bland on toast and fairly easy to control. The game looked extremely Wenger-ish. Emery didn’t manage his tactics or his subs well and he failed to adapt as the game slipped away from him. After United scored their 3rd, we didn’t register a shot for 20 minutes. Yes United has better players (gold), but… Read more »
Anyone remember when I said player poverty was a thing?
Emery preferred to attack through the wings rather than through the middle . The same thing is happening right now with a generational coach in charge.
Emery preferred to win 5-4, Arteta so far prefers to win 1-0.
Two different managers with totally different personalities but we still face the same problem.
PS: I know Arteta has made us defensively solid but that has come at a cost to our attack which Emery prioritised.
” and Mesut Ozil dropped another middle finger to a coach he clearly believes he can outlast.”
That doesn’t read well for Arteta if Ozil’s thinking the same thing.
Azed don’t do comparisons of Emery’s team performances and Arteta’s, some people aren’t ready for that talk.
Marc
The players seem to rally with Ozil though…
That Leeds goalkeeper is one shaky dude. He has the face of a teenager who just started shaving and is one accident waiting to happen
Problem is if we play like Pedro is suggesting, Illan Meslier might as well just bring his hammock.
“How can coaches of pony clubs with next to no budget set their defences up to be more watertight than ours?
Pedro
How can coaches of pony clubs with next to no budget set up their attack to create more chances than ours?
These rumors of a swap of Eriksen for XHAKA are so funny
” I know Arteta has made us defensively solid but that has come at a cost to our attack which Emery prioritised.”
Er haven’t we conceded 10 goals in 8 PL matches? Take the Fulham result out of the equation (everyone’s going to beat them 3 nil or better) and our goals for is in the bottom 3.
Azed, every club is different. Important thing is where we end the season. That we’re having a conversation about being too defensive is a step foward. Next phase is to find the balance in attack.
Re guendozi
Couldnt we have ascertained almost everything landreau said by the guys hair alone
Nketiah again.. Nice finish and will make it at Arsenal
What I hope to see against Leeds is a new approach from the manager. Some obvious attempt to fix the issue and not just a safe, boring rehash of what we have seen every game this season.
If we line up Auba, laca, willian I’m going to cry.
Danny, doubt we’ll see Laca
Pedro
Hopefully not, though I also doubt we will get Auba central.
I’m guessing Eddie and I’m hoping maybe in a more advanced position and not trying to hold up or link up play.
Just a CF to hit on a fast break maybe.
Pedro
I sense you’re starting to feel a wee bit apprehensive about this weekend.
Willian broken government lockdown guidlines by travelling to Dubai this week .
Does that breach the non negotiables or is it only chewing gum in class and missing zoom meetings that meets the criteria. .
Pierre Give it up man. It’s getting embarrassing now. If you can’t see why the club wanted to force Ozil out then you are pretty slow. Of course the club didn’t like the political shit, they didn’t like the not taking the pay cut, Arteta didn’t like his attitude to TEAM exercises during lockdown and he’s on fucking silly money and was due 8m ‘loyalty’ bonus for his last year. Of course the club wanted the odious little cretin gone! Can they come out and say it’s because of anything other than football? No. Because Ozils lawyers would go to… Read more »
Germans looks in shock, what are the odds Löw digs pretty deep and takes a whiff during his post match?
As I’ve said before. The club underestimated just how lazy and money orientated Ozil is. They rolled the dice Hoping he’d go to some Arab club or the MLS to pay football and he sat tight, took his 8m and turned the Xbox on.
Danny
So it’s agreed , it is all bullshit….exactly what i said from day one …thanks for the confirmation.
That being the case , then why did as many as 95% of the posters on here disagree with me …
Pierre
I can’t confirm anything! It’s just my take on the situation using the information I’ve seen in various places.
But it is obvious it isn’t pure footballing reasons. The player is a cancer and Arsenal tried to cut it out and it backfired a bit.
There is no doubt he could have offered something in cup games etc and as a late in sub when we can’t breach a deep
Lying defence, but that in no way justifies keeping him so the club tried to get rid and failed.
Roll on June 30th.
Danny
We could have all saved ourselves a lot of bother if they had the sense to listen to me instead of arguing the case that Arteta was telling the truth about ” footballing reasons”…
Pierre
It wasn’t ‘purely’ footballing reasons no.
But Ozil does in no way fit the ethos Arteta is trying to instil in the team. So footballing reasons is a big chunk of it, and combined with his other issues just makes him
An overall undesirable character.
Danny
“I can’t confirm anything! It’s just my take on the situation using the information I’ve seen in various places.”
Don’t change your tune Danny , you seemed pretty certain ten minutes ago when you said “If you can’t see why the club wanted to force Ozil out then you are pretty slow.”.
Indeed it is my opinion, but I cannot confirm it as that would imply I know for sure. It seems pretty obvious to me yes, and I’d bet it is the case but I’m no authority on it is what I was getting across.
Pierre
OK so it’s true Ozil has been dropped because of his crazy salary – now if he was on £10k per week would he be making the team.
Not based on what he’s done the last couple of seasons – he’d be binned off as a light weight who only shows up when it suits him.
Can’t wait to see the back of him.
“But Ozil does in no way fit the ethos Arteta is trying to instil in the team. So footballing reasons is a big chunk of it, ”
If you can’t do what the manager wants on the pitch, show up to training as requested etc isn’t that football reasons?
“It seems pretty obvious to me yes, and I’d bet it is the case but I’m no authority on it“
Don’t worry, Pierre is.
There is definitely a really good player in there in Guendouzi
Arteta should be coaching him and making him better rather than expecting him to be the next Xhaka just like that.
Marc
It’s no reason to drop him entirely from all squads. Feckless or not, he can add a slightly different dimension to what we have now.
If you actually read all of what I said, I said it wasn’t ‘purely’ football reasons but you are clinging on to one part of my argument.
He was being forced out for many reasons and football reasons isn’t all of it!
Graham, of course I am. We’re playing like shit. But the rallying cries of ‘just attack’ are really dim. We’re not going to open ourselves up, we’ll play smart, and hopefully find something in attack.
Danny
Really don’t care – Arsenal have all sorts of problems right now and the only solution that includes Ozil is getting his salary off the books.
He’s finished. Done. End of.
“But the rallying cries of ‘just attack’ are really dim”
Are we allowed a rallying cry of “attack a little bit, just you know once?”
Total Football is whats expected, nothing less.
Marc
Again if you bothered to read stuff properly instead of just the bits you want to see, you would know I’m of the same opinion.
Very much want the bug eyed little prick gone.
But the situation is what it is.
Danny
So we’re of the same basic opinion – Ozil’s currently not in the PL squad so couldn’t be picked if we wanted to. I believe he could be added to the squad in Jan but would you really trust him to put his body on the line with 6 months left of his contract?
He’s already out the door – we’ve just got to pick the bill up for longer.
Marc
As I said, roll on June 30th!!!
I’m going to go out and clap for him.
Pierre
Do you think Ozil would merit this obsessiveness if he was earning 50k weekly based on his recent footballing history.
Last season before project restart, he had one [flimsy] league goal and two assists
In the 2018-2019 season, he had 5 league goals and two assists
Those are not the numbers for a top player that is above being dropped for footballing reasons. It’s not hard to make a convincing case that Ozil didn’t merit selection based on the facts on the table.
Dissenter
You should try convincing Danny , pedro, charlie , marc and the rest who all believe that Arteta is lying and are adamant that it’s political reasons why he has been left out of the squad.
Well, that’s what they say today, it maybe different tomorrow.
Pierre
Do you disagree with those numbers; 4 premier league assists in the 2018-2019 and 2019/2020 [till covid-19 struck]
Ozil has not been a top footballer for a long time.
I think it was Pierre who compared the 2 squads we had playing villa this season and last seasons 3-2. I don’t agree totally with the sentiment that the players who played in the win are better or that Ozil has been a key difference maker. I’d say that with the newer squad that’s gone through 4 managers in few seasons, there has been no real stability in any aspect of the squad, let alone the club as a whole. The buyout by Kroenke, covid, the restructuring. We have had some very positive results under arteta; the FA cup run,… Read more »
Also I don’t understand why we play 3 at the back vs teams like villa. Just get Gabriel and Luiz or mustafi as a 2 (Luiz and mustafi as unfortunately they are the more experienced and best options we have) and get Tierney playing left back, with AMN or Bellerin RB. Having a 3 at the back gives the opposition a mindset that they know they are feared if they isolate a player. When that player is mustafi or Luiz (or even xhaka for that matter) we know what happens. I love that Arteta has been trying to sort the… Read more »
Just read that Leeds will have the England international Kalvin Phillips and Spain international Rodrigo back for this Sunday’s game. We can expect a stronger Leeds team awaiting.
I love that Arteta has been trying to sort the defense out. First time in years. But he also needs to adopt the mentality that a good offense can be the best defense.
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Amen to this. I know everyone I speak to agrees, bar one person.
_____Auba_____
Pepe____saka____Nelson
_____TP______Dani___
KT___Gab__Luiz______AMN
______Leno___________
Try this and we will win….
Nelson and AMN bring physicality and power to the right side…. and more directness.
Bench Bell, he is shit and does not help us on the right that much
Pepe one the left interchanging with Saka would be good for movement in the final third.
Pepe in front of goal is highly dangerous
Nelson can cross naturally to Auba
This side is much more natural and includes better attacking and movement and athleticism
Pedro just text this to Arteta pls…. this lineup
Willian has to test covid-negative before he can rejoin the Arsenal squad after his Dubai trip.
It really doesn’t matter because he;’s been positively useless for Arsenal so far.
You just known he will start on Sunday.
Guns
Bellerin has been consistently good this season. Should and will start at Leeds except if he picks up a knock or something.
Unless Willian has a really good reason for traveling to Dubai, he should be dropped for breaching the rules/non-negotiables.
Well he should be dropped anyways.
Id rather play Pepe into form than Willian.
“Fred It’s all about the results and performances on the pitch for me” Clearly wasn’t, though Pierre, as for re Wenger’s last 14 years with only 3 FA cups and no league titles, and then losing out to CL – Top 4 trophy places – when there were more teams scrapping for places instead of just us & Manure. Erikson similar to Coutinho in style, but much less of a quality player than Coutinho in end product and attitude. Pierre trolling because Mrs Pierre threw his coveted socks out while Pierre was on the crazy golf at the beachside amusements.… Read more »
Omg!!! Not Ozil again.
Remember gentlemen, he’s finished.
Play with Ozil in your starting XI and you’re straightaway down to ten players.
Physically and mentally he’s a goner.
If Willian plays on Sunday, it’ll be another huge mistake by Arteta.
This is actually good time to play Leeds who shipped 8 goals in their last two PL games.
I can imagine Auba looking at the back four of Alioski, Cooper,, Ayling and Koch and licking his chops to break out of his slump.
Also, Koch just
featured for Germany who got spanked 6:0 by Spain. His confidence must be shot to pieces.
A front line of saka auba Pepe please. Partey, Ceballos and either Willian or willock in the middle
Tierney Gabriel Luiz Bellerin and Leno
Just do it Mikel
From Leeds perspective,
Its actually a good time to play Arsenal who have scored 0 in the EPL in a few games.
I can imagine the back four of Alioski, Cooper,, Ayling and Koch and licking their chops at facing Willian#9, Auba on the left, …..
CalypsoNovember 17, 2020 15:45:27 Pedro Octobet 1st 2018 “We’ve been ruthlessly efficient in front of goal to start with, and we’ve had some luck. Yesterday we only managed two shots on target and we claimed an own goal.Defensively, we’ve been shite, but thankfully, the teams we’ve played have been useless in front of goal (and our keepers have been good).What this table tells you is we’ve been very fortuitous. The idea that we’re ‘shithousing’ teams doesn’t really sit right with me. This isn’t doing what you have to do to win, like Inter Milan in the semi-final of the CL… Read more »
Tony “Erikson similar to Coutinho in style, but much less of a quality player than Coutinho in end product and attitude.” Actually Eriksen’s end product is very good, better than coutinho. But as i said previously, i like both players and both are better than what we have at the club at present. Both are struggling at their present club but form is temporary and class is permanent. Taking into consideration that Aouar has not scored from open play this season ( one assist) in 8 games and he was supposed to solve our creativity and scoring output, i would… Read more »
I’d rather sell Xhaka for 20-25M and buy Szoboszlai with the money.
Will we ever learn our lesson in buying players are past their best? Eriksen was trash at Spurs for his last season and has been appalling at Inter.
Ozil
Willian
David Luiz
Cedric
Sokratis
Mustafi
And we want to add Eriksen to this list of overpaid wasters?
We shouldn’t have to try and find suitable times for us to beat a newly promoted side.
Samir Circumstances can determine how well a player does at his club. A chànge of manager and a change of football philosophy can turn a very influential player, as Eriksen undoubtedly was , into a player that spends most of his time on the bench . This doesn’t make them trash, garbage or rubbish which are sone of the accusations aimed at Eriksen in the last day or so. Bale, Eriksen, coutinho, James , Ozil have all suffered the same fate…we will find out if binning these very good players is a successful policy for these clubs. Inter milan are… Read more »