We’ve entered the deadzone part of the season.
There’s nothing to play for. The football has gone back to being shit again. Arteta is playing the November hits because he’s more concerned over proving out his fantasies that his big summer misses will click for him.
A lot of fans didn’t like what I penned yesterday. Many people preferred to focus on the woodwork and missed chances. I can’t have it.
That was a shit performance from a starting line-up we all had a bad feeling about. Not just that, it was another example of Arteta having different vibes for different players. Senior players are allowed to be shit for 80 minutes… young players get yanked early if there’s a sniff of a bad day at the office.
… we didn’t lose though. This is a results business you might say. Well, for me, that’s not actually what we’re judging Arteta on this season… this year was supposed to be about performances and it was a chance to monitor patterns in his approach to the game.
We can all tolerate mistakes. Every coach makes them. What you can’t abide by is the same mistakes being made over and over again.
Gabriel Martinelli should be starting. There’s no data out there underpinning a reason why we’d start a low energy Willian ahead of him. It’s blind favouritism.
The Premier League is dead. There’s no reason for Arteta to put out a senior team tomorrow. This squad isn’t capable of maturity. If Arteta puts senior players in tomorrow, they’ll see it as a punishment, and we’ll get a nothing performance again (just like we did against Villa last season).
Tomorrow, against the worst team in the league, we should be putting out players we need to learn things about. Azeez? Why not. Joel Lopez? What do we have to lose? Martinelli? Yes please. New deal Flo Balogun through the middle? Why the fuck not. Cal Chambers as a centre back? He can play ball, start him. Mat Ryan? Should be. Rumours are Leno wants out, could anyone care less right now?
I don’t gives a shit about going 11th to 9th. I don’t care about Willian, Lacazette, and Auba right now. I care about moving on fromt his dreadful pattern of mistakes that Arteta is presiding over.
The fans will forgive kids, they’ll forgive players trying… they won’t forgive a manager picking the same players that let him down over and over again. They won’t forgive the man who promised to be protagonists stepping into tomorrow with a negative approach.
Willian does not give you control.
Mo Elneney does not give you control.
Power, pace and hunger gives you control.
Time is earned as a coach. It is a reward for good performances. We tracked well for about 12 weeks. Now the wheels look like they’ve fallen off. If we’re heading out of the back end of this season bumming results, then it’s hard to say there’s been progress.
Winning the Europa League cannot be a plaster for a flailing manager. Performances need to be there, with these players, otherwise we’re heading for more misery. We’re not simply looking at the old guard of players dropping howlers now. Thomas Partey has gone from Rolls Royce to Ford Cortina. Cedric, an Arteta signing, cost us the other day. Bernd Leno has dropped his level. Gabriel has gone from world beater to embarrassment. These are on Arteta’s watch. It’s not good enough.
A good way to get performances is by reading the room and picking a squad that wants to be at the game tomorrow.
Lose to Sheffield United and we are in the Unai Emery death-spiral.
Let’s see what the coaching staff have got, I have very, very low hopes we’ll see something unpredictable. That’s a shame. Arteta has been the architecht of his own hill and he’s determined to walk up it slowly ready to end it with the Sword of Senior Deference.
Very meek.
See you in the comments. x
Would take Lingard if it was feasible.. anyone?? West Ham is probably more attractive than Arsenal mind..
Moray
“He’s signed or extended almost all of these senior layers who are supposedly turning on him”
Or persuaded to stay.
He’s a dope isn’t he.
As was said earlier he has strengthened their positions and weakened his own in regards who is going to be shunted out of the club first.
I don’t have much love for Bellerin but he’s hardly a top 3 get rid this summer, is he?
Ahead of Chambers, Kolasinac [incredibly is still on the books for another season] and Toreirra?
Can we reasons get a good fee for Bellerin?
I fear that all the stories about PSG and Barca being interested are just tripe.
And Mavropanos has quietly had an impressive campaign at Stuttgart out on loan.
Would be criminal if we were to opt against giving him any sort of chance in the side and sell him on the cheap.
The senior players were always going to be the ones that turned on him of course.
And he prefered to play tough guy with the younger players because that is an easier option.
But tbf to Arteta it was probably a case of how many battles he thought he could take on with some senior players at one time. Not easy.
Barca is nonsense because they paid good money for Dest who has had a good season.
PSG is plausible given how crap their full-backs are. Florenzi a Roma reject is their current best RB option, a converted one at that.
Would still be a little surprising though considering anyone with a bit of sense that has watched Bellerin for any length of time since his injury-return can tell that he’s lost pace and looks far off the player he was for his first couple of seasons for us.
We wouldn’t get much for him anyway.
Westham won the lottery with Soucek last summer.
I believe he cost them about £19 million with add-ons.
It’s give the hammers a balanced defensive/central midfielder duo. He interchanges with Rice so effortlessly and contributes goals.
Ishola, Arteta is learning a big rule of management. Which is, everyone is out to cover their own arse.
Unfortunately, he learnt it at Arsenal and we will be stuck with several old men on huge contracts, who think they are undroppable, despite being consistently shit.
Bellerin has a marketing and brand value above what he does on the pitch. I know it’s pathetic, but it will factor in to the price when we sell him.
Moyes deserves manager of the season if he can sneak this West Ham side into Europe.
Incredible achievement given he hasn’t had a reliable goalscoring CF to work with as well.
WE
Always said Mav was a good defender. We have a very good group of centre back. Mari is my absolute favorite.
Luiz, Mari, Saliba, Mavro, Holding and Gabriel is a very good mix of defenders.
Regarding Jesse Lingard
When a player is the middle of a purple patch, it seems everything joes goes in for him.
Some of the goals is scoring are difficult to replicate in my opinion.
If United are smart, they will this crazy purple patch to swap him for Declan Rice to replace Pogba.
Got to hand it to Moyes when he had become a figure of fun in some areas of the British media, and has been much maligned throughout the latter part of his career. This is his level no doubt but he deserves respect for what he has done at West Ham since returning, probably a little bit of motivation from not keeping the job the first time around.
*everything just goes in
TR7
6 CB’s is still a lot but I suppose we could loan Saliba out another season and have 5 to work with.
Unfortunately I reckon we’ll sell Mavropanos because of the decision to buy Mari.
So are we convinced Brenda isn’t a bottler? This result stays and it leaves West Ham a point back, Chelsea 2, and Liverpool 4 behind them in 3rd.
Would be just the thing for Leicester to miss out on top 4 once again after spending the season amongst it.
United would be mental to replace Pogba with Rice.
Former is leagues the better player.
Charlie
Leicester have a pack of better teams chasing them down.
I wouldn’t put my money on them to not lose out.
Liverpool and Chelsea will make too 4, Westham and Leicester will miss out.
I’m not artetas biggest fan. But I back him 100 percent over this player rebellion .
I’m guessing it’s auba . Laca n xhara ..at the forefront prob Luiz.
Four players I would be happy if we lost this summer.
Play youth all team they are the ones who will listen n learn .
Leicester’s remaining fixtures look pretty daunting compared to West Ham. Cannot really afford to lose this today.
Their last three matches of the season are Man United [a], Chelsea [a] and Tottenham [H].
Whereas West Ham’s all look extremely winnable besides Chelsea which is a home game for them.
Our of all the players some might want to shift, Bellerin may be one of the most realistic ones, given his profile and apparent firm interest from abroad.
However if he goes we have to consider if we would be happy to move forward with Cedric and or Chambers as our right back options. I am fine with either as squad options but full time first choice? Not so convinced.
Wenger Eagle
Are you sure you’re not understating Rice’s qualities
Pogba is the better player but he’s not done much at United and his drama, I fear my have gone too far.
Rice alongside Fernandes may be a better pairing than Fernandes-Pogba.
Diss i disagree
Westham have the buzz bout them.
Schalke 1-0 up
Kolasinac + Mustafi both benched
Kolasinac will likely be another we have to pay to leave this summer
Arteta’s first mistake was changing the personnel and system after the first lockdown . Never change a winning side is the rule but Arteta decided to be clever( in his mind) and change the personnel and the system. Changing to the wing back system was a disaster despite the FA cup victory. The fa Cup success meant that Arteta had belief in this defensive set up and ultimately it destroyed our season and may cost him his job. We all know who were starters prior to lockdown, Eddie was our main striker ( 5 starts , 5 wins , 12… Read more »
Marko
I think that you overestimate Bellerin’s value. How much do you think that teams will cough up for a RB with compromised mobility after an ACL injury that hasn’t performed well for a couple of seasons now? In a Covid market.
Chris
I think Chambers has had a proper run at Arsenal
Like AMN, he’s surplus to requirements and we should stop all these experimentations at mediocrity.
Sell, Sell, Sell
What the point of trying to reinvent Chambers. He’s a central defender who’s excess baggage. He’s been at Arsenal now for 4-years?
Declan Rice is a quality midfielder and will only get better..
Just so we’re clear, if Leicester don’t make CL that’s another bottle job from Brenda? I think it is..
Dissenter Rice looks a good player but I’m not convinced of his ceiling being particularly high yet. He’s been compared to Mount but for me Mount is a far better player. His fundamentals are very good and he has an excellent attitude/mentality but technically I’m not sure he’s particularly good. Pogba’s technical ability is outrageous, he beats players with ease which is the one thing that Bruno Fernandes struggles with as he lacks that bit of pace and guile to win one vs one battles. Rice-Fernandes on paper looks good but there’s no ball carrier there. Bit static against teams… Read more »
No why should we sell Mavro ? I mean if we think 6 is too many, Luiz gets phased out but there’s no need to sell Mavro.
Weagle Bellerin rumoured to be off to PSG for 25 mil end of season. Makes sense to me, lesser league, manager will want a few PL players, he’s got the mentality to hack it at a top club if not the outright ability. Probably needs a change of scenery a bit like Lingard after a decade here. AMN, Willock, Chambers, Mavropanos, Kolasinac should all follow. Need to bring in Lamptey and that Amavi fella on a free to bolster the fullback areas with the requisite quality and characteristics that will be of use. A player I’d love to see us… Read more »
Diss
Only CB with value is saliba. Couple that in with not an artetas signing .. it’s him who is off
Weagle no point in comparing Mount and Rice.
Rice is DM/CM while Mount is more about ACM.
Marko
I like Saliba too but given how this season has unfolded I cannot see him being a starter for us next season.
Mavropanos is also 3+ years older than him. He’s much more seasoned and ready to make an impact. Saliba is only 20 and very raw still, don’t see how loaning him out for another season would be a bad idea.
wenger eagle
think we need to blood saliba in the premier league. It’s about time he starts getting some experience in England.
I guess we could loan him to an English club but I think he is good enough to get regular game time in this arsenal squad.
‘I don’t at all but he’s still rated by some who probably thinks a change of scenery will get a good response to him and has you said the likes of Barcelona and in particular PSG and Juve who’ve been interested in him could probably do with a RB. Juve in particular when you see Cuardrado at RB for them and the italian league could be a good option for him’ Cuadrado has probably been Juve’s best player outside of Ronaldo and Chiesa. No idea why they would want to downgrade him with a physically worn Bellerin. If PSG are… Read more »
Arsenal midfield goal scorers since the start of the 2019/20 season…
Xhaka 2
Odegaard 1
Ozil 1
Torreira 1
Willock 1
The last Arsenal midfielder to score 5 league goals in a season, Mesut Ozil in 2018/19…
Ripped from Twitter.
Mount is an outrageous talent. About an 8 at everything he does.
shooting, finishing, dribbling/beating his man, passing, combination play, first touch, technique and of course athleticism, pace, strength, engine, reading of the game, movement, positioning, freekicks, corners.
Complete player tbh.
We should stay well clear of Lamptey
He’s been out since December with a hamstring injury, then had to have an operation, and won’t play again this season
That’s a big red flag for a player who’s all about pace, stamina, and needing to repeat the intensity of his sprints
Matty Cash at Villa looks like a really good player, or Max Aaron’s at Norwich
It’s not a direct comparison Ishola.
More so on their ability to rise to the top in their respective positions. Mount looks exceptional, already one of the best players in the league and Chelsea best this season by a mile.
Agree on Mount LG.
Genuinely have a selection headache on your hands for the summer with Sterling, Sancho, Foden, Grealish, Mount, Maddison, Rashford all competing for three attacking slots in behind Harry Kane.
I would probably have Rice and Mount as your deeper CM with Foden/Grealish as the CAM and Sancho and Sterling as the widemen.
Southgate seems very fond of Rashford though so he probably will get the nod over Sancho.
Get over it, Pepe is a dud and the sooner we sell him the better. Charlie I don’t want to… Surely that makes it worse that Partey was supposedly so good for Atletico and not so great for us. I mean he loses the ball an awful lot for someone who’s apparels technically sound Diego Forlan was great for Atletico too by the way. Veron was great in Serie A Aquilani was great in serie A Morientes in la liga History is littered with players who never kicked on in the premier league despite previous quality The fact is you’re… Read more »
Charlie
Who would you be looking at in the summer to alleviate that?
Rich
I like Max Aaron’s, when I say Lamptey I mean players of that ilk aka under 22 and with a big ceiling. Think Cedric is a perfectly fine senior RB, and now we need a talent.
I don’t get the Hakimi thing. Personally feel we’re a long way off needing to spend 40 million on a RB. Need to rework the front 4 and bolster CM with that money before getting a sexy RB.
It seems Saka may miss out of the England Euros squad because he’s looking like he’s played one game too many at the tail end of the season.
It’s in Arsenal’s best interest that he get a good summer rest. I hope he doesn’t get picked as “alternate” to garner experience.
Pope, Tripper, Maguire, Stones, Shaw, Rice, Mount, Grealish, Sancho, Sterling, Kane.
That side is as good as anyone in the Euros.
France and Portugal maybe edge it on experience.
*Is a little inconsistent and smacks of double standards
Curious about Auba. I find it very hard to believe he has ‘flu’, given the almost total absence of the virus this winter because of the lockdowns. I expect he is saving him and Pepe for Thursday after their performance in the last ten minutes. But why give excuses for him not playing tonight? Or has he fallen out with the touchline dracula again?
I mean for me personally, I’m fully aware foreign imports need a season, sometimes two to really find their feet.
I’m willing to give Partey that even as he approaches 28.
But I just find the double standards a bit perplexing
Well I said on here when Mount first broke into the Chelsea team that he looked the business but he went a bit erratic for a while which can happen with young players and then he started getting questioned but he came on stronger than ever before this season.
His body language when he first broke into the Chelsea team was the clue. Always positive along with the ability.
Talking of body language that Havertz is terrible in that respect. Like a young slug. He was awful again against Porto along with Werner the other week.
WEagle, poor defence though which will catch us out. Maguire is a lump and Stones is still defensively suspect. Kane isn’t the same player internationally and Sterling on a bad day couldn’t hit a cow’s arse with a banjo.
wenger eagle
english team is stacked with talent but its about how they play togther the chemistry. I don’t think Southgate has the sauce
Hakimi looks made for the PL
But could be another Bellerin
Bellerin was one of the most dynamic players around, but was on the slide before his injury
And without that dynamism, and extra yard of pace, he’s nowhere near the same player
Take away Hakimi’s or Lamptey’s turbos, and what are you left with?
You could make the same argument about Tierney, who’s absolutely electric, but we’re going to have to make sure we don’t break him as well
andy Yeah perhaps. That’s the obvious weakness, soft at the heart of defence. Stones has looked great this season but largely because of Ruben Dias one suspects. Good thing is that you have so many options if Sterling is playing shit. You have Rashford, Foden, Sancho, could even slot in Grealish wide or Harvey Barnes. Portugal look very strong too. Andre Silva is having a career season at Frankfurt and when you look at their offensive firepower in Ronaldo, Felix, Jota, Bruno Fernandes, Bernardo Silva, Pedro Neto it is pretty scary. With a spine of Ruben Dias, Pepe, Danilo in… Read more »
ishola70
Mount reminds me a upgraded ramsey.
Faster, stronger, better finisher less silly heel flicks but similar in their effort levels, desire, hardworking, reading of the game and the ability to arrive late in the box and finish and progress play through different thirds of the pitch.
Weagle Well our CM to me is as follows: Partey (28) and Xhaka (28). I want Ceballos, Torreira and Guendouzi gone, and could just about understand Elneny being extended on paltry wages as a filler but even then meh, would rather Azeez promoted or something. Willock and AMN are the question marks for next season. If either remain then they’ll be a midfield option and I could see us bringing in just one player. If so then it’s Todd Cantwell for me, maybe asking a lot of the lad to step up like that but I think he’s got all… Read more »
The English think shaw, maguire, stones are talent, hilarious
The less said about Kane and Sterling the better
If we can get Todd cantwell on the cheap I’d take that. He is always looks classy whenever I see him
Marko More seasoned in terms of maturity and mentality. Pretty obvious that Saliba is lacking in that right now. You were also one of those that were moaning about people bemoaning us selling Martinez last summer and were massively vocal in Leno being better and Martinez having fuck all experience at Arsenal. Now you’re open-minded to selling Leno and admit that he’s average. Mavro wouldn’t fetch us as much as a decent CB would cost us and he has shown more than decent potential at Stuttgart, like Martinez did here last season. You’d have your work cut out for you… Read more »
Sid
They’d all walk into our starting 11, that’s for sure.
Maddison is underrated, perhaps the best English mid behind Grealish.
“The fact is you’re making excuses for a ready made player of 27 in anew league but not for a shy 25 year old who’s getting bit part cameos from the bench and still offering goals and assists“ Look, you don’t fucking listen to what’s even being said about Pepe, or Partey in this case. Partey has demonstrated at Atletico he’s exactly the type of player we need. He’s shown in games here too, but it’s been interrupted with fitness issues and adaptation issues. Put simply, if he stays fit and finds his feet in this country he’s exactly what… Read more »
would anyone take buendia 12 goals 15 assists in a very good/underrated championship league.
Charlie
So a midfield of Xhaka, Partey, Cantwell, Willock and AMN next season ?
Jesus, I hope not. Midtable CM if I have ever seen one.
I prefer Buendia to Cantwell.
Don’t love either really in saying that. We can and should be doing better.
Marko
Spare me the economics and budgetary chatter, you haven’t a clue. It’s nothing to do with penny pinching, it’s everything to do with prioritising more important positions on the football pitch given a lack of monetary firepower
We aren’t Man City, or Chelsea. There won’t be 250 mil on new players. So of the modest money available you aren’t going to convince me that 40 million on a RB is going to move the needle as much as 40 million on an attacker or creator.
Buendia looks like a good player
But we don’t need another wide player?
We’ve already got Saka, Pepe, Willian, Nelson, Aubameyang, Martinelli
Willock + Nketiah can play there.
I’d love Pedro Neto, but we should focus on clearing a few out, before we bring anymore in
‘I’d prefer Emerson to replace Bellerin but Hakimi would be a good signing.’
Are you mental? Hakimi cost Inter 40m and has scored 6 goals and assisted 5 in Serie A.
He’d cost at least 50m and why would he come here from title winners playing CL football next season?
What will it cost us to get Martinez back ? Would love to have him back at Arsenal if Leno’s sold.
Weagle
“Jesus, I hope not. Midtable CM if I have ever seen one.”
lol how the fuck is Cantwell a “proper CM”
He is an attacking midfielder.
He has played CM for Norwich yes but only for about 5% of the overall games he has played for Norwich.
You can throw as many attacking midfielders you want at it but until that Arsenal central midfield is sorted we ain’t getting to where we want to be.
Buendia can play in midfield
Weagle
Buendia isn’t a CM, literally plays wide right for Norwich. Our current midfield is a half fit Partey and Xhaka, adding Cantwell and Willock/AMN to it offers more than we’ve had this season. I’d like someone like Mikel Merino, but it’s not championship manager and the budget isn’t endless.
Don’t think it’s unreasonable to expect Partey to offer more next season, or Willock/AMN after a season on loan. Certainly offering more than Ceballos and Elneny have. Thin you’re being a snob, is it because I’ve not name dropped one of your Serie A favourites?
Nice 0-0 Reims
Saliba
Aerial duels won – 2
Shots – 2
Passes – 89
Pass completion – 98.9
Key passes – 2
Long balls – 3
Clearances – 3
Fouls – 1
Dribbles – 1
Stats via – Whoscored
Marko
Yea go for it, and then when you look for money to improve the most pressing concerns in the side then you can get in touch with Harry Potter for the spare 40 mil needed for an attacker or creator.
Rather than Hakimi at 40 mil I’d sooner we bought Lamptey/Aaron’s for much less. Not a hard one, but of course you only operate one way in a transfer window. Most expensive you can muster.. Naby Keita, Ndombele, Pepe. Over 150 million on relative dross.
It has been said numerous times but still needs to be said if Xhaka plays for Arsenal next season too we will have another season out of top 4. We say it every summer but really he has to be sold.
Pepe isn’t the same kettle of fish at all. He’s never shown he’s the type of player we need, his issues aren’t adaptation (2 years in LOL) or fitness, they’re quite simply that his ability as a footballer isn’t what’s required Charlie Yes he has, you’re just deliberately ignoring it, likely due to being sore because the club went for him over zaha and this clearly affects your stance on him. He literally showed in our last match why he should start. Nobody in our team scores that goal except maybe aubameyang when he’s on song. Anyway. I’m willing to… Read more »
Rich they are all minus numbers you give us.
We don’t want to hear about Saliba’s piss poor matches.
Marko Because it’s comparable. Mavropanos is 3+ years older than Saliba and has been at the club since 2018. He was here for a season and a half and training and integrating with the team even if he wasn’t playing. I brought up Martinez because he was similarly here for a long time [far longer] and even though he wasn’t in and around the squad the whole time, he was much more familiar with the club and the team mates than a newbie GK would have been even if on paper he hadn’t played games. With how Saliba’s season has… Read more »
We’d better not sign that prick Lindgard.I think I’ll 🤮 That stupid f*** ng dance.!
Charlie
Being a snob because I’m not bowled over by Todd Cantwell being the answer to our CM problems? Did you watch him last season or just check out his goal highlights on MOTD?
Come on. How can you champion the likes of Coutinho, Aouar, etc last summer and now be happy with Todd Cantwell? Talk about a plummeting of ambition.
There’s better players we can get in England if you have a hang-up about shopping overseas.
Ishola
How often do you watch Norwich? Probably never. Cantwell has been operating centrally for some time now, Oli Skipp and Kenny McClean hold wide CM positions and Cantwell literally runs the game through the middle linking with Buendia.
Ishola70
I didn’t know you spoke for everyone on here?
You might not have been interested, but maybe someone else is?
why is lingard a price? I only know him as the guy who was shit for man united and the guy whose gf left for a washed rnb singer Jason derulo
Maddison unlikely to go to Euros. Covid breach along with Choudhury and Perez for Leicester earlier in the week. Don’t think Southgate is his biggest fan
why is lingard a prick*
Rich I’m kidding.
Charlie Cantwell is not a genuine CM.
He is an attacking midfielder.
I don’t expect Saliba to be at Arsenal next season. Another loan or even a sale.
Marko
Hardly a eureka moment yet you’re here arguing over it you. Why? All because I had the audacity to state I wouldn’t plough a large chunk of money, circa 40 mil, into a RB. Just shut it and scroll past you prick.
Weagle
I’m not interested if you’re bowled over by him or not, you asked who I’d bring in for CM and that’s who I’d look at. You dismissed Grealish when I brought him to the table straight from the championship. Seems there’s always ‘someone better’ than from the second tier in this country.
Champagne CharlieApril 11, 2021 16:06:30
MarkoYea go for it, and then when you look for money to improve the most pressing concerns in the side then you can get in touch with Harry Potter for the spare 40 mil needed for an attacker or creator. Rather than Hakimi at 40 mil I’d sooner we bought Lamptey/Aaron’s for much less. Not a hard one, but of course you only operate one way in a transfer window. Most expensive you can muster.. Naby Keita, Ndombele, Pepe. Over 150 million on relative dross.
😂 😂
It’s true
Marko is a transfer window fan
Could Saliba be any worse than Holding or Mustafi?
Charlie
I praised you on calling Grealish here. You know that.
Not sure why you’re getting your knackers in a knot over this. You’re also not immune to bigging up the Max Meyer’s of this world either.
How many players make the transition to the PL remotely near as well as Grealish did from the Championship? I’ll wait.
Wiglaf I don’t hold personal attachment to players like you obviously do, so don’t try and build a defence of Pepe on some nonsense like that. I rate Zaha more than Pepe, but not buying Zaha has no bearing on how I rate Pepe’s game. He’s exactly as I called it last season, he’s a moments player, poor in linking the play, not intelligent or efficient with the ball. He’ll do nothing for 85 mins then put in a cross or score a goal. That has its value, buts it not even close to good enough or desirable for what… Read more »
If you can’t spot the difference Marko than I don’t know what else to tell you.
I’m not calling for us to give up on Saliba. Another year out on loan for a grass green 20 year old CB isn’t an outrageous take.
Fucking Grealish.
He wouldn’t sort out Arsenal’s central midfield problems either.
Another ACM.
Rich
He isn’t worse than Holding. But, when Arteta doesn’t favour a player, it’s difficult for a full turnaround.
This should be a decent game to watch.
MarkoApril 11, 2021 16:07:10 What will it cost us to get Martinez back ? Would love to have him back at Arsenal if Leno’s sold.Again people just have trouble in letting go Because it was the worst decision made it the club in the last 18 months That includes all of the other disasters like -giving another contract to a 33 year old error prone centre back with a questionable attitude – giving £220k pw to a washed up 32 year old wide man with a questionable attitude, for 3 fucking years when his own club, who are infinitely richer… Read more »
Why do Le Grovers always slate Holding ? He has had so many good performances for Arsenal.this season too. There are players who get a lot of love (Saliba, Martinelli, Pepe) even though they haven’t had any great impact at Arsenal and then there are players like Holding who seldom get any praise for their efforts and performances.