REVVING UP POSITIVE VIBES ABOUT THE FUTURE (ONE LAST TIME)

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There are two ways we can behave over the next 6 months.

1.Entrenched in our views on where the football club is going and MISERABLE.

2.Positive about some of the basics that are in place and trust the plan for the summer is more January than last summer.

Too many Arsenal fans are taking direction one and it was embarrassing reading yesterday.

‘We’re gonna get spanked by 6’

If you spent the entire pre-game chat talking about how we were going to get spanked by miracle-man-Tuchel, you have absolutely no right to be bitching post-game about the performance and WIN.

Chelsea is the form team in Europe right now. That is proved out with form, that is proved out by big big results, that is proved out by the fact they are in the FA Cup final and the Champions League final. They even beat Manchester City at the weekend.

For large swathes of this season, we’ve been bad. But one real positive is we’re usually pretty decent at the planning part for games against top teams.

Yesterday, Arteta delivered a tactical masterclass and beat Chelsea the only way this squad is capable of doing so… pure shit-housery.

Was it pretty? No.

Was it effective? Absolutely.

We scored a goal because we pressured Chelsea at the back. It was a fluke, but you can’t deny goals from errors we forced aren’t part of the deal.

Then we clung on for dear life and defended like our lives depended on it despite there being nothing on the game for us that anyone cares about (get fucked with the Europa Conference).

It was a long way from protagonist football, but we have to be honest with ourselves, we are where we are in the table, and that’s because we lack the quality to go away to Chelsea for a game of tika-taka.

Arsenal hasn’t won at Stamford Bridge for a decade. That’s a big result. You take whatever you can get.

What you can’t do is sit there and whine about beating big teams in big games. It’s truly embarrassing stuff to see. Who do these fans think they are?

This season hasn’t been great, but thinking yourself above big wins isn’t on I’m afraid.

Let’s also rev up some red meat for the WE HAVEN’T IMPROVED crew.

That’s the table since Christmas day. Important if you are looking for signs that we can finish higher than 8th next season. 22 games of form indicate that we are tracking in the right direction, even if there have been some grim moments.

Third best defence in the league all season. Defensively, we’re much better. We’d be even better if we cut out the massive dumb errors. That will come as we upgrade players.

Attacking wise, we’ve been absolutely awful all season. What can we bank on here? Well, this summer, there will be upgrades all over the place. We won’t have a central midfield this bad next season. We’ll likely add someone who can deliver NOW numbers in attack. The young players are already chalking up more decisive moments and they will get better and better. Auba won’t give us a 10 goal season next year (hopefully). We’ll bin players that have been badly broken by the Arsenal machine over the last decade, mental baggage is a thing and there’s a group of seniors that need to go.

Also look at where we can make up the 9 points for the top 4 next season, because yes, there are only 9 points in it. Zero points against Wolves. Zero points against Aston Villa. Zero points against Everton. One point against Burnley. One point against Palace. Get a better midfield, start the season with creators, and move the fine margins our way and we start taking deep block teams down.

Our job next season is top 4. Since Christmas, we’ve only been outclassed by Liverpool and City. I’m not sure we’re a million miles away from anyone in the chasing pack.

Arteta needs to pick things up. He’s extremely sensitive in the media at the moment and he’s struggling with the pressure. He needs to step up and address the issues he’s helping to make worse. Did you see the Athletic ran with my keeper coach issues and Bernd Leno looking to leave? Move on that issue. The keepers have been dreadful this season. Everyone at the club knows the reasons and it makes Arteta look like a jobs for the boys manager. There needs to more self-reflection from Arteta. He’s not a rockstar, he can’t do it all by himself, and he really needs to build more know-how around him this summer. Vinai cannot allow Arteta to entrench power, he needs to clip his wings and get him back to basics.

Arsenal also needs to think about what the fuck they are doing with football leadership. Edu’s contacts game looks like it’s getting a seeing to. The scouts are being found via a headhunter service, which is excellent news, and stops him stocking the club with his mates. His disaster physio, Brazilian Bruno Mazziotti, looks like he might see the exit door despite Edu being a protector of him. The Athletic reckons Willian, Xhaka, and Bellerin will be exited. I told you months ago that was why Hector has been benched. This is all good news, the Willian stories are almost too good to be true. Again, a mate of Edu, a super agent deal from hell, one of many that should be sounding a huge fucking siren heading into another summer of big investment.

There’s clearly a deep affection between Arteta and the kids, roll with that. Old players being unhappy is telling and obvious. They don’t want to be part of a long-term rebuild at a late stage of their careers. That isn’t a jab at Arteta, it’s a BIG FAT TRUTH about Arsenal. We need to build back smart. Young kids like being coached with future proof methods. They’re getting big chances at a big club. Build on that. Grow a squad for the Champions League… and make sure that when that top 4 position lands, we have a team of 25-year-olds ready to explode. Don’t keep on accepting your captain trudging off like a brat, it’s not good for anyone.

This is a post that is glass half full, and I honestly do not care what anyone thinks about that because I cannot live in football misery for the next 6 months. If we put together a full season of how we’ve played since Christmas, we’ll be in the mix for top 4 come the end of the season. That’s what the plan is, that’s what the club is working towards, I am confident there cannot possibly be a start to the season as bad as the last.

What do YOU think?

See you in the comments.

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CG

Walt

””””CG Are you suggesting that points have more substance than sauce?””””

Its bonkers.

Not just Arsenal fans, they are all at it.

You have x 38 league games. Thats your examination a manager Thats your job interview.

How your pass or How you get the job – all irrelevant. Just get it or GET OUT!

Arteta has achieved a D- this season. He should be out on in his ARSE!

Dissenter

Bukayo Saka is being ‘used and abused’ in different positions by Mikel Arteta and could struggle to become a ‘top player’, claims Ashley Cole… as the former Arsenal star urges boss to nail down a role for the ‘fearless’ teen – Dail Mail[rag]

I believe that’s why Saka will never get the platform to be compared with prodigies like Sancho.
His versatility is being used against him by a chop and change manager.

Marc

CG

It’s Marc as you well know. If there had been fans in the ground this season no way Arteta survives and my guess is he’ll have next to no good will going into next season. He’s already in a death spiral many just don’t seem to either realise it or want to admit it.

Danny S

CG

Arteta should get an F for this season. He’s failed on pretty much every metric.

Let’s hope he doesn’t fuck this summer up, gets the players he wants and it all clicks.

I just pray we don’t see cebelos signed and xhaka and laca get new deals.

WengerEagle

Speaking of Sancho, he’s just after scoring again, great goal in the German Cup Final against Leipzig.

You convinced by him by yet Dissenter? ;}

CG

Danny

”””CG Arteta should get an F for this season. He’s failed on pretty much every metric.”””’

No thats too harsh, He has to work with Edu, Vinny and Josh, remember.

Give him some slack.

Batistuta

Eagle

Yea, we’re stuck with him but you’re right, no more excuses after this summer, team will fully be in his image once the season starts, there’s a tiny part of me that hopes it clicks for him but based on evidence so far I’m not holding my breath it’ll be any different really but its Arsenal and we love the club so we wait and see

Marc

Danny “Everyone in top 6 bar city and Man U are having a gash season.” That’s the thing – ManU are a bit odd but will spend, City are City, Liverpool will be much better, I fully expect Chelsea to challenge for the title next season, Leicester will do well for Leicester but won’t make top 4, the Spud’s will not have much money to spend and all depends on who they get in as manager, Everton and West will not compete for top 4 or even close. With all that in mind for next season if Arteta has an… Read more »

SAGG

Pedro

Performance since christmas???

It wasnt Wenger a master of this trick of being Top of the league sin christmas. It wasnt you that said that was shit, pointless mediocre and just meant that next season wiould be the same disaster.

But suddenly for Arteta tgat metrix is good and show progress.

As same of Wenger, Arteta must be sacked, before he makes more damage to the club.

Captain Tierney

CG Exactly the point, he is just a physio. And tbh our injury record this season has been better than most. Apart from the mishandling of Partey. We’ll know why Pedro is bashing Edu for this p.s- the physio joined this Jan I think. Andy We have played our best football this season with Laca at the top Laca will turn 30 and I guess he still has 2 or 3 years of top level football in his legs. + Its not easy to find a striker with the qualities Arteta is looking for on the cheap, assuming we’ll spend… Read more »

Nelson

The Pools GK almost gives up a goal!

Guns of SF

Almunia I love the kids, but a team full of them would mean more of a headache for Mike since it takes him about 3/4 season to figure out where to play them and what their strengths are. My point is that the vets might not believe in the project- failure Phase 1 and want to stick around anymore. IF we had a coach who could really get our youth going, then great but Mike aint it There are some really good kids in the system- i dont see how Mike is going to promote them and bleed them in… Read more »

Dela Mere

Batistuta

There will be excuses for Arteta next season just as their were excuses for last season and this season.

Marc

Dela

There might be excuses on here but we’ll have fans back in the ground and Arteta will have nowhere to hide.

Poor tactics
Poor team selections
Poor in game management
Poor subs
Poor excuses
Perfect hair

Nelson

So far so good. Pools own goal. May be we could catch the Pools.

Guns of SF

Arteta should be demoted to coach after this season. Vinai needs to get the hierarchy back to normal.
No way should a manager and TD be on the same level.
We have seen Mike’s player recruitment and no thank you. take something off his plate and have him just coach the players. We cannot have him overly distracted thinking he is Wenger Mk2.
Just shut up and coach.

Marc

Nelson

Palace away might be tricky but we should be beating Brighton at home comfortably. Liverpool have West Brom and Palace.

WengerEagle

Sancho on a hat-rick now, Dortmund 3 nil up at HT.

Nagelsmann will need to channel his inner Tets to salvage this one.

Pedro

Marc, would have it the other way around. Brighton is a much better side. On that half-season table, if you go for xPts, they’d be 3rd. Sagg, yeah, it was a metric for Wenger that always came with a conclusion. Quite often it was: buy enough squad depth to deal with the injuries we could never handle. Arteta has put in 22 games that would have us 3rd. If we put down half one to no preseason, pandemic pressure, and a lack of movement in Europe… he might be able to deliver two halves like that. Big if, but you’d… Read more »

Sean M

You’re too reactionary Pedro. Lol, don’t let one win make you lose focus of the bigger picture. And it’s embarrassing that you’re bringing up the table since November nonsense again mate. Season starts in August & ends in May. Why don’t we look at Southampton’s league position till December? Liverpool? Atletico were clear at the top of La liga? Ac Milan were sitting pretty in Serie A. This is not a marker for progress or the direction we are going in. You told us this last season. “look at the table since Arteta took over” Are we any better now?… Read more »

Dissenter

Captain Tierney
No club out of Europe should be paying their second striker 180k weekly
It’s happening because the Kroenkes are clueless and detached.

Nelson

PK cancelled by VAR for the Pools.

Nelson

1 – 1.

Spanishdave

Wenger liked the Arsenal stat of year by year table which showed us better than we were.
This Pedro stat is bad anything can be proven by stats.
Grabbing straws again

Habesha Gooner

Looks like a decent post. But it is full of crap. Or we could sack our useless coach and do all what you said with a good coach that can actually have a blue print for the future. Arteta isn’t it. Even if we somehow consider results since Christmas, I thought that wasn’t the sole way to judge a manager. I thought performances mattered? Or is XG and XGA applicable only to Emery? I will be the guy with glass half empty. I will live the next 7 months in football misery because a Real fan to me sees crap… Read more »

Saladin

Doesn’t matter what changes we make in terms of bringing in new players. Mikel will keep trying to out-genius everyone including us with his false 9 experiments, sticking to absolute shite senior players time and time again and binning the exciting youngsters over a poor 45 minutes of football. Next season will be no different than this one.

Markymark

It’ll be a very interesting next season . Rumours still are that the squad particularly younger members are tight with him. If he’s really willing to go for it and go with the majority of youth I think he’ll do a Lampard but be rewarded with continuity of his stewardship. What he needs to work on is continuing to pick up points when not playing well. 9 more points this season and I suspect he’d be well in the circle of love. That’s only 9 points . He’s cured the miserable embarrassing hammering’s thank god. We look at the Europa… Read more »

Nelson

Pools is leading 2 – 1

Champagne Charlie

Thomas Partey’s performance went under the radar yesterday, he was superb.

“ Thomas Partey vs. Chelsea:

Pass accuracy: 88.9%
Touches: 56
Ball recoveries: 9 (most)
Duels won: (8) most
Tackles: 5 (most)
Interceptions: 3 (most)
Clearances: 2”

He’s no Hojbjerg, but it was a good game from him.

Captain Tierney

Dissenter Lacazette has one of the best goals/min ratio in the league this season and at one point he was our 1st choice even Auba was fit. I think and I also said this before, 1 yr deal at same/lower terms is definitely a good deal for Arsenal. It also keeps him on his toes unless he wants to retire at 32 which I dont think is the case. Its not a mega deal like Auba or Ozil where he can just relax and collect his final big paycheck. Lacazette on jis day is world class and he does seem… Read more »

CG

Captain T ””””””’Exactly the point, he is just a physio. And tbh our injury record this season has been better than most. Apart from the mishandling of Partey. We’ll know why Pedro is bashing Edu for this p.s- the physio joined this Jan I think.”””” PedRo should be bashing Edu, we all should, He is useless. We should continue to bash him until he leaves. Bash him all the way back to Brazil. Never forget Raul only appointed him – not because he was any good – but because he is a patsy.A walkover. Anyway have we heard from our… Read more »

Nelson

Alexander-Arnold is back to his best. His crosses are world class.

Captain Tierney

Hojberg on his best day is only as good as Partey on an average day.
Partey on his debut against ManU set exceptionally high standards which he has touched only a few times this season. Even then, he still is top quality and might even become world class when he settles and has a better partner than Xhaka and Ceballos.

Marc

” If he’s really willing to go for it and go with the majority of youth I think he’ll do a Lampard”

What get fired? Loads of us have been saying that for ages.

WengerEagle

Charlie

That’s where you would have hope with Partey working out.

His best performances this season have been at Old Trafford, Stamford Bridge and home to Tottenham.

Places where our midfield has repeatedly crumbled in the past.

He has yet to come close to justifying the price tag but he has shown glimpses of what he can do, needs to start performing like that on a near weekly basis next season.

Captain Tierney

CG

I think we cant really judge Edu until after this summer TW.

He has only had 1 proper window(Jan) to showcase his work and it was largely a good one.
Raul was still the boss at Arsenal in our last summer TW and therefore we cant bash him to Brazil just yet.

I think under Edy we have been largely linked with good to very good young players. Hopefully this materialises in a good window. This window for Arsenal is probably the most important one in the last few decades

Dissenter

Charlie
I suppose we signed Partey to play ONE game all season
Keep pretending that he’s been better than Hoyjberg all season.

salparadisenyc

“The Ol’ decoy bus trick. Think that was perfected by the Rolling Stones circa 1972.”

Technically it was Beggers Banquet Tour 69, but whose counting.

Marc

sal

If I was old enough to remember I certainly wouldn’t be counting or admitting to it.

Dissenter

Captain Tierny
You spent the summer reminding us that Partey was this progressive passing midfield jaugernaut.
Maybe he will live up tp your hype next seaon. I can only dream.

Right now, the man needs Granite Xhaka to hold his hand to cross the road.

Pierre

Captain Tierney “We have played our best football this season with Laca at the top Laca will turn 30 and I guess he still has 2 or 3 years of top level football in his legs. + Its not easy to find a striker with the qualities Arteta is looking for on the cheap” Balogun can do everything Lacazette does, a very similar type player who can play with his back to goal and is physically strong. Of course , we don’t know if he can do it in the Premier league because he hasn’t been given the chance, but… Read more »

salparadisenyc

Oh fuck I see Petes let the loony’s back in.

I wasn’t alive for Beggers Banquet or Ziggy and the Spiders from Mars but that certainly hasn’t stopped me from embracing every bit of that train and riding her hard.

Habesha Gooner

The only way Arteta is going to buy time from now on is if we pull of a signing that has an impact as huge as Bruno Fernandez had. He saved ole. And a player might come in that is very good too. He might save this fraud of a manager too. Otherwise Arteta’s pattern of play and our ability to attack, Find spaces, get in to shooting positions, create chances and Score goals has been horrific. And I got one second don’t believe it is due to lack of quality in attack. It is more down to the manager… Read more »

Nelson

Manure’s defense collapsed. 3 – 1 for the Pools.

Marc

sal

That’s a bit harsh

MidwestGun

Technically it was Beggers Banquet Tour 69, but whose counting.
________
Hahaha Sal well I was 3 years old at that time.. so I’ll have to take your word for it.. 😀

Brian Jones Stones were the best. That would have been some Tour.

Firminho woke up.

salparadisenyc

Marc

Don’t get sensitive on me, your made of sturdier stuff.

Habesha Gooner

I for one second*

Guns of SF

if Auba gets us 10 more goals- around 20 this season that is likely a few more wins right there. Given our dry spell. We might have even had EL again locked up. He seems to have focused the entire season on defending or being hard to beat. What happened to our attack? Shit, our name is Arsenal for fucks sake! Is Martinelli going to be a starter now on the LW? Will Auba still be wasted away there? a front line or Martinelli, Auba and Saka is fine… Its the mids we need to upgrade on. TP, ESR and… Read more »

Marc

sal

It’s the new me – Pedro’s only let me back on because I’ve embraced Oat milk lattes and Snowflakery

CG

Captain T

“””” I think we cant really judge Edu until after this summer TW.”””

Dont judge him on who he buys or sells. Any Tom Dick or Harry can do that.

Judge him on the fact he does not speak to the fans, does not do press conferences and was not present at the unveiling of Arteta as the manager.

Also judge him on his sacking of scouts and now comically looking for some new ones.

Also judge him since he become Technical Director.-technically we have regressed alarmingly.

I would predict, he will be getting sacked before Arteta.

MidwestGun

I always thought Marc was kind of gender fluid. not gonna lie.

Champagne Charlie

Dissenter
I suppose we signed Partey for one season by that logic?

Hojbjerg is in his 4th PL season and has featured in every game for Spurs, Partey would’ve comfortably matched his level without niggling injury. That’s the difference. Partey is Hojbjerg in second gear.

Weagle
Needs to stay fit and become ever present, but his quality is undeniable. Can take a season to get to speed in midfield, the game is 360 degrees around you.

Daniel Altos

England’s best,“Now beyond question Arteta is a committed fan. Everything he says and does confirms that.”

Oooh yes….So after Arteta has used as a managerial college and broken terrible records with us,if ManCity or Barcelona come with an offer for him tomorrow will the committed fan decline and stay?I think the arteta famboyism is getting out of hand now

Marc

Mid

Mate you can flirt all you want it ain’t gonna happen.

MidwestGun

Marc _
Sure you say that now… wait until you meet my friend Jose Cuervo.

salparadisenyc

Rumor has it Jose goes nicely with the oat milk lattes. All about ratios, 2 Jose 1 Part Latte.

Pedro

15 points between 2nd and 8th.

What a year

Marc

Daniel

It’s a crazy way to judge a manager.

Was Wenger an Arsenal fan before he joined us?

Was Pep a City fan before he joined them?

Was Mourinho a Chelsea fan before he joined them (first time)?

Was Klopp a Liverpool fan before he joined them?

Marc

Mid

Back in the day I used to like a Tequila on occasions. The Jose Cuervo Gold was my preference.

Globalgunner

Utd doing their utmost to turn a defeat into a disaster. But I digress, most Arsenal superfans are too busy rewatching yesterdays masterclass by our boys

Sid

Expecting Partey to improve his shooting will end in dissapointment, his calf muscles are miserable,

Samesong

Jotta may regret that miss.

Pedro

Exactly Global

Nelson

The game is on. The Pools wasted two clear chances. Now it is 2 – 3,

MidwestGun

Tight at the top but after all is said and done the top 4 might end up.. City, United, Chelski and Pool. Looks pretty business as usual if you just look at the names. . Although I think Pool has to beat Leicester to finish ahead of them.

Oops might have spoke too soon.. United coming back.

You haven’t had a proper hangover until you have had a Tequila hangover. Makes you remember your alive by making you feel like your dead.

salparadisenyc

Saucy counter from United.

Guns of SF

Marc
It does not get better than this.
A little pricy but worth the buzz

https://www.totalwine.com/spirits/tequila/reposado/clase-azul-reposado-tequila/p/104416750

Marc

Personally I’ve started a T-Shirt business selling “I was there when Partey scored”. It’s going to become a cult thing.

So far his shooting makes John Jensen look like Bergkamp.

Marc

SF

I don’t drink spirits anymore – would be open to trying something like that but at $150 I’ll pass.

Guns of SF

Marc
Not the whole bottle but 2-3 shots – thats how you do it mate….

Bertie Mee

Very positive Pedro and exactly right. Even many of the habitual moaners on here couldn’t expect us to outplay the ( in my view) likely CL winners on their own ground. Until the last minute they didn’t make really good chances . One thing on Arteta . He needs to tinker less and also find a more permanent role for Saka ( I think wide left with Tierney behind him ) , It will harm the lad if he doesn’t get the chance to develop a fixed role in the team The big problem is Edu is out of his… Read more »

Marc

Has any team ever got away with so much so often as ManU?

I thought it might stop once Fergie was gone.

andy1886

They say that the term ‘World Class’ is banded around far too easily.

CT, I think you just proved it.

Nelson

game over 4 – 2

Pedro

Game over… United get a spanking.

Nelson

The two Pools CB’s don’t give me any security feeling. They have those Xhaka moments.

salparadisenyc

Top four getting spicy.

MidwestGun

Yep… Got beat down by Pool in the ugliest Nike kit. ever.

Pedro

Bertie, totally agree there… Arteta will probably find a more settled team next season. Hopefully less games, better midfielders, and less reason to create temp fixes in the team.

Though I do think tinkering is part of the unpredictable thing he wants to roll with

Danny S

PedroMay 13, 2021 21:30:24

15 points between 2nd and 8th.What a year

Yup. What a year to have had an experienced, competent manager! We’d have walked into top 4.

Rich

What we do this summer will be dependant on our ability to move players on, but the minimum for me:

Genuine competition for Tierney
Matt Ryan
Odegaard

Hopefully we can find takers for Bellerin+ Soares, and find a quality right back from somewhere, and renew Chambers

Find takers for Xhaka + Torreira + Guendouzi, + Niles, and revamp our midfield with two new central midfielders

Find a taker for Leno, and look for a sweeper keeper

Bring Saliba in for Luiz

Then Uncle Stan treats us to Grealish

Danny S

Rich

Odegaard is not an upgrade on ESR and he would demand more wages than ESR. They are similar players and we can’t afford 2 of them in the squad.

ESR as a no.10 with Pepe and Saka is the best we have. Odegaard doesn’t improve that other than being an alternative to ESR. Can we afford 40/50m plus 150k per week for an alternative?

WengerEagle

Chelsea all of a sudden have a sweat on for 4th.

Leicester and Villa isn’t the easiest way to finish a season, especially seeing as how Liverpool’s last three are against West Brom, Burnley and Palace.

A point at Chelsea would pretty much seal a CL spot for Leicester, Brendan should give Tets a call.

Guns of SF

Send Ode back.
No way, didnt impress all that much… extreme left footed, not enough output and to be honest, I am not sure he really wants to be here. Same with Dani.
Enough loans… we need to get the players we want and need. Get in the youth more- Balogun, Azeez as a mid.

Spend big on RB, CM and even a back up striker, look for a decent back up LB

Rich

Danny S We can’t afford not to have two attacking midfielders in the squad, we played up until Boxing Day with no attacking midfielder, and it wasn’t pretty Competition is healthy, we can’t be in a position where an injury to Smith-Rowe completely screws us from an attacking perspective We should go one further, and try and get Grealish as well, we lack technicians and a cutting edge in the final third, and we should never be this reliant on a 19 + 20yr old, we risk burning them out physically + mentally Odegaard, Smith-Rowe Saka, Pepe Grealish, Martinelli Aubameyang,… Read more »

Almuniasaynomore

Rich
If we’re going to play fantasy transfer window I’d take rice ahead of grealish,not denigrating the latter, but Rice is 22,a born leader,doesn’t shirk responsibility. For those disappointed in Partey,here’s the man who’ll free him up.

MAXCAT

Remember to always wear a life jacket, or you might end up clutching at straw.

Guns of SF

Hakimi, Grealish, Bissouma, Onana

Pls Stan, just do it!

Guns of SF

______Onana______
Hakimi__Gab_Saliba__KT
_____TP__Bissouma__
Saka____Grealish___Martinelli
________Auba/laca______

Guns of SF

top 4 here we come

Dissenter

CC
“I suppose we signed Partey for one season by that logic?”

Lets wait to see if he’s consistently deliver those types of numbers he posted in the last game. There are too many games this season where Xhaka bested him on the field.

WengerEagle

Guns of SF

Hakimi just won the title with Inter Milan playing a vital part. He also cost them an arm and a leg just last summer, that one is a no-go. I like the rest of your list though.

I’ll tell you what, I will be sick if Sancho ends up at United. He really would be a game-changer for them, elite player for the next decade plus.

Matt B

Absolutely loved that post Pedro, brilliant positivity amidst all the doom and gloom

Not sure I completely agreed, but I’m back on the wagon, more through hope than anything else.

And yeh, what’s the point of all this negative, moany old bollix with people

Pierre

Danny s “Odegaard is not an upgrade on ESR and he would demand more wages than ESR. They are similar players and we can’t afford 2 of them in the squad.” The only similarity is that they play in the same position, that is where the similarity ends. Smith Rowe is all one and 2 touch ,pass and move and takes the ball on the half turn and commits defenders , he drives at the heart of the defence and is a risk taker. Odegaard is all about keeping possession and recycling the ball and being more patient in the… Read more »

Guns of SF

WE

Max Aarons/ Emerson Royal?
I would pick up Fekir too, if we can afford it. Attacking mids get injured a bit… good to have good cover… ESR and Grealish for ex… both see spells out injured

Rich

Almuniasaynomore Our biggest issues is breaking teams down, and sustaining attacks in the final third Goals win games, there’s a better shape to us, we’re better without the ball, and we’ve got better at controlling games with legal cheating What we’re desperate for are match winners, Wenger used to covet technical No10 types, and since we moved away from them, the football has suffered The PL is the most watched league in the world, and football the most watched sport, right now we’re not winning the hearts or minds of any young fans across the world And that’s not surprising,… Read more »

DaveB666

Tets tetchiness shows that he knows he’s f**ked up. The young guns are the real positive from the season – I think he will also realise his time to correct things is short. If we aren’t top four late September then the axe will fall. But let’s take Pedro’s positivity and hope we get rid of the lasting deadwood – Edu’s super agent shite and then get a cohesive squad who will put us back up where we deserve to be.

Dissenter

I agree with Peirre
I wouldn’t extend Odegaard’s loan or seek a permanent deal.
He’s not better than ESR,

Almuniasaynomore

Rich All true. I’m inclined to covet the creative type also and theres no doubt we are short in that dept. But it’s just a matter of perspective really,a footballing chicken and egg. When rebuilding/improving a team how do you prioritize areas if your finances are limited? Not really sure there is a right answer here. Traditionalists build from the back, get the foundation right etc. Fergie ripped that up with his attacking intent,we’ll outscore you, Keegan less successfully, then Mourinho brought us back again. Over simplified I know,but ultimately you prioritize attack or defence when you’re building until hopefully… Read more »