IT’S ARTETA’S SQUAD NOW

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Well good morning my darlings and welcome to a footballing FEAST of a weekend.

Arsenal have locked in Martin and Aaron.

Aaron’s name was given to him because his grandad was called Ron and in Birmingham, people say ‘arrr Ron’ when they mention people… so his name is basically a family pun and I’m out here crying like a child.

Anyway, strong interview from Ramsdale. He’s very likable and he also added some propaganda to the mixer by letting us know he actually won player of the year at Wimbledon as well. 3 players of the season awards, that’s quite something at 23. There seems to be a huge discrepancy between fans that watch him every game and Arsenal analysts that have watched 6 seconds of him. He’s a keeper that seems to be a bit of a fan on the pitch, and the fans like that he engages with them. Last player that did that at Arsenal was Partick Vieira, he used to make the fans sing, I loved that.

I also like that alpha comment from him that he was here to take Leno’s #1 jersey. Love that. Let’s hope he can deliver it.

Another thing I noted. He made a special point to highlight that his distribution is the thing. He basically says he mixes it up, which I think is what Arteta wants, because Leno is very predictable with his passing and he makes a lot of bad decisions.

My guess is the Edu strategy this season is to push Leno out by the end and force him to take a transfer next summer.

I also thought it was noteworthy that Aaron said part of his experience was going through a slump in form. He’s very much self-aware and he seemed to know he is not the finished article.

On a side note, I loved the welcome fans gave him. They well and truly drowned out the attention-seekers. Young players need to feel the love, let’s make sure we’re doing all we can this season.

Martin Odegaard had his second welcome video. Interesting that Madrid wanted him at the start of the summer and told Arsenal where to go, then they opened the door later on. From what I understand, it was an Edu/Arteta gamble to wait on him, as they suspected he might be let go. Buendia was the ‘just get it done move’ we passed and held out for the main target. Risky business, but in fairness to Edu, he got it done like he always seems to. I cannot believe he can BBQ, go on a yacht, and have 6 holidays… whilst getting deals done. His ‘HOW TO MAKE IT AND VACATION’ business book is going to be a best seller.

The player seems excited, extremely grounded, and keen to kick on. There’s no stronger motivator in life than being told you can’t do something by someone at your previous company. I was fired from Ted Baker when I was 16 because they said I couldn’t sell. I moved to First Sport and no one sold sneaker polish like me, I was the best in the game. The sky is the limit with Odegaard, I think we’ve made a sharp signing, and hopefully the 5 months prior will give him a good springboard to adapt.

Arteta said in his presser that there was still more business to be done.

We can register 25 players this season. There’s about 7 that will need to be culled in the coming week or so. I’m not sure there will be many sales, but there will be loans, no one wants the ignominy of being cut from the squad.

Kola, Torreira, Runarsson, one of the centre-backs, Willian, Eddie, Reiss, a loan for Balogun… they all have to be looking to find clubs if they want to stay relevant or get experience.

If we can sell, especially in the right-back position, we’ll target a new signing without doubt. I don’t think we’ll move on any of our strikers, though I do desperately want to believe we’re targetting Arsenal fan Calvert Lewin. Imagine him beasting Tierney crosses all season. It’d be a sight to behold.

However it ends up, this squad is now Arteta’s. The dregs of yesteryear are mostly out the door, we have the specificity to play the way he wants to play, and we have the boys that dropped a second half of the season masterclass.

You have to accept that gelling all those players is going to take some time. The next 2 months will be a bit rough as we integrate and bring players back from injury, the key for Arteta is staying in the chasing pack. If he can massively improve on last season’s first 14 games, we should be in the mixer for top 4 come what May.

It’s on him now. He can talk about the negative people outside the club causing problems, but it’s not true, the problems have been caused by him. There are some correlations to how Frank was in his second season, everything was someone else’s fault, he started to sound paranoid, and his behaviour went from chill to erratic.

Arteta needs to get a grip of the situation, deal with adversity in a positive way, and start showing what he’s about on the pitch.

No more playing around the edges.

No more slow football.

No more listless starts.

No more petulance in the media.

I want the fire we saw in the first 6 months of his tenure. We need to see aggression, hard pressing, and sexy combination football.

The time is now.

Let’s see what he has for tomorrow… and remember, after the game, we’re going on the whistle with a live twitch where you can ask elite questions and comment on my hair.

Right, see you in the comments you sexy beasts x

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Muppetman

First

Muppetman

My comment section now not Artetas

Karsa

It certainly is.

Karsa

Come on MM

Spanishdave

According to the press Arteta thinks he is being judged solely by the last game!
He conveniently forgets what happened last season.
He thinks he’s got three years more to prove himself, more like three weeks.
Deluded as ever

Guns of SF

A little cry baby Mike Arteta
Wonder if he found the “leaker”

No excuses I agree. Time to shit or get off the pot Mike

WengerEagle

”Then we get to this goalkeeping issue. We have a child as our backup keeper right now. Our main interest this summer is a £30m keeper that has all the hallmarks of Richard Wright. Namely, he looks decent getting 50 shots powered at him every day, but what does that tell you about suitability in a system where you’ll be dealing with 3 decent shots a game? We don’t have much money as it is, we’ve not added a single creative player to the system, we’re down a striker, a right-back, and a CAM… are we really going to blow… Read more »

Le Sauce

Arteta

Omozuafo Frank

Arteta has no excuse whatever if he fails to deliver. The next five games should be the deciding factor. If he fails to deliver then he should be shown the way out and a new coach appointed.

Dissenter

Brighton didn’t even bother to replace Ben Wnite
They sold us their least experienced and most diminutive central defender for £50+5 million … still have Shane Duffy/Webster/ Dan Burns/Dunk to count on.’
That’s what good business looks like.

Dissenter

Arsenal PR can be a bit silly though.
They put up a photoshoot of Ramsdale meetings the goal keeping coach, Inaki like it was some glourious moment.
The same pretender brought us Runnarson not too long ago and now they can’t find a club to dump Runnarson because he’s so shite.

Thorough

Arsenal in May.

Tee

“Arteta has no excuse whatever if he fails to deliver. The next five games should be the deciding factor. If he fails to deliver then he should be shown the way out and a new coach appointed” It’s always the next five with you fans. After the next five, it’s the next five again. “Brighton didn’t even bother to replace Ben Wnite They sold us their least experienced and most diminutive central defender for £50+5 million … still have Shane Duffy/Webster/ Dan Burns/Dunk to count on.’ That’s what good business looks like.” Did Atalanta bother to replace your EPL best… Read more »

Dream10

Adam Webster deserves an England call up. Decent-ish on the ball, wins his duels and has acceptable pace. I wanted us to sign him. A clear upgrade on Bobby Holdinho

Nigel Tufnel

Dissenter,“Dribbling”, “scattershot yammerings”.You have to use insults to describe reasonable, decently written comments.That’s how you act when someone partially agrees with you. Imagine if someone really disagrees.Yeah, you’re just a pleasant guy living a happy life, who loves Arsenal.

Sly

Good post Pedro
Looks like you’re moving beyond the denial phase of ‘grief’
We don’t really need to have ‘a period for player gelling’ tho do we?
Let’s hope arteta proves all his doubters wrong
There’s a general foreboding about what’s to come unfortunately

Kroenkephobe

Weagle
Very good point well made.

Pedro – might be worth a mea culpa. You’re kinda bang to rights. Another 180 degree turn. If it’s because you’re going full on apparatchik in order to get some job with the club, then just say so.

Raulishuss

DREAM
You seem to have a good eye for talent. What do you think of white? Tbh im a bit skeptical and like you i don’t really rate gabriel(i might eat my words mind)

Luteo Guenreira

Joke Saturday A middle-aged man says to his elderly father, “I wanted to thank you Dad. I remember when I was young and first started dating girls you gave me a piece of advice. You said ‘good companion, good in bed, good mother – pick two.’ “ The father looked at his son and nodded. “I followed your advice and I feel like I have a great life. My wife is kind to me and is a lovely mother to our three kids.” His father replied, “That’s great, son. But when I said ‘pick two’, I meant pick the second… Read more »

Dissenter

‘’ Did Atalanta bother to replace your EPL best defender – the one that was shown up in that new league for the scum?’
Yes, they signed Demiral from Juventus. Google is your friend
Romero was adjudged as the best defender in Serie A last season. You didn’t have to tie your panties in a bunch with nonsensical BS.
I never suggested Romero was “EPL best defender”, get your facts right before you start playing the role of cheer pompon waver.

Dissenter

Nigel
You had a good mouthful of sweet and calming words in your lengthy condescending remarks.
Are you thin skinned as well as sanctimonious?
You launched an unprovoked broadside against many, now you want to play the victim.

Karsa

There’s plenty of time left in the transfer window for lots more deals yet.

We’ll see who has replaced who in a couple of weeks.

Tee

Dissenter,

Just answer my question. Romero was used as a yardstick by you to beat White and you are also here to show how dim your line of thought is by claiming bh didn’t bother to replace white the less experience.

Have Atalanta replaced your world-class Romero?

Dream10

Raulishuss Thanks. I’m judging both Webster and White on my limited viewing experience of Brighton. I feel it easier to judge someone like Webster because he does the basics to a decent level. White had a nightmare debut. But, for Brighton, he had more room to play. Personally, I’m not a big fan, so I’m biased. Don’t think he’s a 50m player. The problem for us, is we might have a 75m partnership in White and Gabriel who are midtable quality. Bad news. I have been wrong many times before and I really hope I am wrong again. Have to… Read more »

Dissenter

Bissouma just picking up friends where he finished last season

He has that knack of being in the right place to win the ball back, over and over again.

TR7

WE

There’s a reason I jump to comments section straight away most of the time, I rarely read what Pedro writes. God bless him for providing us a great platform but his take on most things isn’t serious enough, not even consistent.

Moray

If Tets needs two months to gel this squad (which doesn’t look too different to me) then he should have completed the sales two months ago.

Dissenter

Tee
Are you being intentionally dim?
They bought Demiral from Juventus to replace Romero
A quick google search saves you from looking utterly clueless

You want to drop another lie about “best EPL defender” while you’re waving your pompoms?

Why does it wrangle you so much that Romero was adjudged as best defender in Serie A. Yup do know that’s not made up in the mode of your casual lying.

Dream10

Dissenter

Bissouma is quality. Man Utd were interested in the youngster Tchouameni from Monaco. If they can’t get him, wonder they will go for Bissouma

Dissenter

When people say some fans haven’t seen enough games of the likes of Ramsdale, they don’t realize that there are geographical differences in the way football is covered.

There’s a 24-7 plaster wall coverage of the premier league in the states.
It’s only 1.19pm ET and I’ve seen 60 mins of three league games and at least 20 minutes of three other games.
Every major league gets streamed for pretty cheap fees, even the Brazilian and Argentine league gets streamed live.

Dissenter

My post about Brighton nit replacing Whiten was intended to be complimentary of the excellent squad management of Brighton. Maybe we need to learn a thing or two.
They sold a player they didn’t bother to replace- that’s an undeniable fact.
It wasn’t supposed to diminish the player we signed it’s not the player’s fault

Unfortunately some -posters deem themselves to be a volunteer rapid fire PR force.

Dissenter

*not bothering to replace White

Leftside

This is Arteta’s squad and it’s still crying out for goals and genuine creativity. This window, for me has been meek, safe and bland – ironically how I find Arteta.

Odegaard’s numbers for a creative player are terrible, so if its up to him to create for us then we’ll do well to hit 50 goals. Trying to be positive but unless these players significantly up their game we will see similar to last season and paying Gooners like myself won’t let Arteta off easily.

Tee

“Tee
Are you being intentionally dim?
They bought Demiral from Juventus to replace Romero”

Lol, demiral for the best center back of Seria A.

You are dimmer than I thought.

Sly

Not many gen Z kids supporting Arsenal now

Raulishuss

Thanks dream. Like you i hope im wrong too. A cb pairing of gab and ben isnt filling me with confidence that’s for sure

WengerEagle

”A cb pairing of gab and ben isnt filling me with confidence that’s for sure”

Arteta has brought in £90m worth of CBs in White, Gabriel and Pablo Mari and you still don’t feel confident? Why is that now?

All the while taking a pop at anyone who criticises the club’s recruitment. Safe to say you’re a numpty not to be taken seriously.

Pierre

16 months ago I was posting links of Bissouma and what do we do , ignore him amd give xhaka a new contract

Every part of Bissouma’s game is better than Xhaka’s.

Bussouma and Partey would be a dream midfield with Lakonga as back up .

Nigel Tufnel

Never mentioned the name Dissenter until you spewed your regular hate my way. You want to be champion of the haters, go for it.

Every time your comment you prove my point. You think people need to live and work with you to know how miserable you are?
You think a few comments here don’t make it just as obvious?

How about thousands?

Zacharse

I think gab and white will be exceptional together after a few games

Dream10

Big Mick has nearly signed a first XI in two summers
Have we improved?

Ramsdale (Runarsson)
Cedric-White-Gabriel/Mari-Tavares
Partey-Lokonga
Willian-Odegaard
n/a

Dream10

Fantastic performance from Yves Bissouma today. First PL fixture I have watched this season. Really enjoying watching him play today

Dissenter

Nigel
Have a good day.
No worries
Hakuna Matata

Mozi

Bissouma has been absolutely brilliant tonight. How we’ve not gone for him and fucked xhaka off ill never know

Raulishuss

WE… Well shoot me for been skeptical but hoping to be proved wrong. You on the other hand is just a pessimistic doomer. Get it? Dumbo

WengerEagle

I like Odegaard and hope that he will work out. Was not impressed by his loan last season barring a game or two, particularly West Ham and home to the Spuds where he was excellent. He only played 866 mins in the league so I am banking on him being much closer to the level that he showed for a full season at Sociedad than the little pitch time he was afforded last season. He wouldn’t have been my first choice, preferred Rodrigo de Paul, Aouar and Maddison as options although 30m for Odegaard is a far better deal than… Read more »

Ray+in+LA

Moray August 21, 2021 18:16:17 “If Tets needs two months to gel this squad (which doesn’t look too different to me) then he should have completed the sales two months ago.” Agreed We have had a poor pre-season and it was reflected in the first game Last year “Matt” chided me when I said I was optimistic about our chances in the Chelsea Christmas game…I saw encouraging signs despite the poor results in the games leading up to it This year I don’t see any signs for encouragement…quite the reverse…would not be surprised if we were embarrassed by Chelsea The… Read more »

WengerEagle

The fact that you are sceptical shows that it wasn’t a convincing way to spend £90m on building the heart of the defence, which would justify said criticism.

I can appreciate that’s a hard one for you to wrap your half-witted head around.

Dream10

Wenger Eagle

Ødegaards stats from last season are decent and he does create chances. It’s clear that Arteta prefers Saka over Pépé on the right. That means Smith Rowe on the left. Which of the three is going to make runs in behind? It’s likely that Lacazette gets more games than Aubameyang at the #9 and he isn’t the most mobile

Raulishuss

I think auba definately starts more than laca and im expecting saka to develope into an inside forward

Sid

Partey is Lokongas backup, he only plays thrice in ten weeks

WengerEagle

Dream Was saying it on here before I am hoping and I think that Saka can develop into a very good RF. He has the ability to make those runs in behind and be a threat off the ball with his pace, movement and football brain. He would have scored a hatful more goals last season if his finishing was sharper, he gets himself into great scoring positions so often. I don’t like it when he drops much deeper as it takes away from his best attributes imo. He needs to work on and refine his shooting technique. We need… Read more »

Raulishuss

WE
I’m sorry i came out rude and unruly. Let’s agree to disagree. Shall we?

Batistuta

Man Bissouma is such a baller. How we’re going into the season with wgat looks like the same CM options plus the young lad from Belgium is scary really. Could have picked up that 10/11 million from Roma and added what we spent on Ramsdale give or take and add a bit of wgat we got for Willock and gotten him to play for us. Could have easily picked up someone like Neto or Areola eaelier on a year loan deal and sorted that position next year, not like the 2nd choice is gonna play so many games seeing as… Read more »

Raulishuss

The encouraging thing about saka is that he SHOOTS. Think he was like our most prolific shooter or something? Definately helps imo

Dissenter

Dream
I hope Arteta doesn’t drop Pepe, as annoying as the player can be
Pepe offers more opportunities to score goals, when you consider the drought Auba is having. He has to play Pepe until he is undeniably dog shite [I know some people think he’s there already.]

Pepe needs a runner around him which is why he does poorly when pared with Chambers on the same side. I would start Cedric tomorrow just because he have better movements offensively and this elevates Pepe’s game.

Batistuta

Maybe even kept Guendozi if that got you Bissouma and you’ve got good enough cover for 2/3 games during the AFCON.

Read from the Athletic El Neny’s move to Beskitas is off because he’s in Arteta’s plans which is horrible because he’s got one year left and we could have just accepted whatever we were going to get for him and given the likes of Azeez his squad place

Dream10

WE

Hope that is the case. I think Saka wants to be a creative threat rather than an outlet like Salah who is a goal getter. Interesting to see what the balance is. Ødegaard, Saka and Pépé all lefties who drift right. Smith Rowe has goals in him. A right footer on the left who can get into the box. Something like Arshavin

englandsbest

Bravo Arteta. For the most part he has replaced the old and uncommitted with the young and vigorous, something that many of us were hoping and praying for. Yes, there are still several unwanted aboard, but there is no magic wand that makes them disappear. At any rate, if they have any sense of pride, they’ll want to go as soon as possible. Yes, he has faltered on the way – like Willian, for example (tho’ in truth even I thought he was a good signing) – but all that is over. Now he is firmly back on track. We… Read more »

Dissenter

Imagine playing away at big venues with a Bissouma-Party duo to sit in front of your back four.
Bissouma improves us from day one, no if’s, ands or buts.

Dream10

Dissenter

Me too. think Pépé will start tmrw with Saka likely on the bench. Once the int’l break comes and goes, expect Arteta to revert to his favourites. Nico Pépé is definitely not one of them

Dissenter

Batistuta
‘ Read from the Athletic El Neny’s move to Beskitas is off because he’s in Arteta’s plans which is horrible because he’s got one year left and we could have just accepted whatever we were going to get for him and given the likes of Azeez his squad place’

Actually, Elneny;s contract will be extended a la Xhaka’s
Once he gets an extended run, they will renew his because the manager loves him and also “protect his value”

TR7

We bought the wrong player from Brighton.

Tom

“Could have picked up that 10/11 million from Roma and added what we spent on Ramsdale give or take and add a bit of wgat we got for Willock and gotten him to play for us.“

Bati, it would’ve taken every bit of that and probably some more to pry Bissouma off…….judging by what Arsenal was made to pay for White who cost Brighton nothing.

Bissouma picked up right where he’s left off and was simply outstanding today.

WengerEagle

Raulishuss

No grudges held on here dude, hold my hands up too as I talk plenty of shit. Just don’t jump in two-footed with snide from the get-go maybe, warm the old cockles first before the Martin Taylor lunge.

One redeemable feature of everyone on here is that they support The Arsenal. Besides that odd openly Spud troll fella on here a few weeks back.

Raulishuss

Pepe is too one dimensional and unreliable even on his worst days saka still fulfil his tactical responsibilities. With room to grow and a very good tactical brian most coaches will prefer saka. Pepe has the same issues with the ivory coast. Maybe the left is his best position for us?

Graham62

Dissenter

Ah yes, Cedric. Where did he go?

Better than Chambers, better than Bellerin( who isn’t?).

Raulishuss

WE
NICE TO MEET YOU TOO BRO…lol

Dissenter

Tom
No way Bissouma would cost £50+5 million
At most, £40 million or so
They passed on him because they wanted a Buendia/Maddison type midfielder
They annoying thing is the Bissouma does everything Ode is supposed to be and then some more.

Graham62

Yves Bissouma is class.

Would walk into any top 4 side.

Dissenter

Raulishuss
Yea, Pepe is annoying but he’s the second best goal scorer we have after Aubameyang
He needs a system that lets him move from right-to-left fluently
He also needs a someone running about him. Against Brentford, he was doubled up too easily because Chambers was having a bad day.

Dream10

TR7

Yep. Bissouma is a player we had a free path to sign this summer. Worse season in 25 years and you have a chance to upgrade the squad. Richer, more successful sides are struggling for cash. We only have two decent Cams in Xhaka and Partey. Thomas can’t seem to stay healthy too. Plenty of game time for the three plus Lokonga. Missed opportunity for us

Raulishuss

Come on now diss. Bis does what ode does? You do know one’s an an attacker and the other a dm right?

Dissenter

Bissouma recycles the ball so well and that will lead to more chances created because your offensive players don’t have to go to Mount Kilimanjaro to recover the ball themskevss6
Ozil used to struggle with that problem.

Dissenter

Raulishuss
Bissouma is one the most complete midfielder I’ve seen in the premier league in a long time, maybe that’s unfair to Partey. He’s not a defensive midfielder. He has more to his game than just sit in front of a defence.
Odegaard’ s numbers are too poor for a so called AM,. I would take Bissouma over Ode just for the total package he brings.

WengerEagle

Brighton would have taken us to the cleaners over Bissouma as Tom rightly points out given what it took to snare White from them. Definitely in the region of 50+m. Anguissa on the other hand is pretty much begging to leave Fulham in the Championship and doesn’t really look to be in the gaffer’s plans. He put in just as strong a season as Bissouma did last year, is only a year older and has played very well for Villarreal and Marseille too. He would plug a massive CM quality gap for us and I would be surprised if it… Read more »

Graham62

Graham Potter👏

Head, shoulders, torso, arms, hands, legs and feet, a better coach/ manager than Arteta.

Imo, Brighton capable of finishing top ten this season.

So we’ll drilled and disciplined.

They, unlike us, have an identity.

Tom

Dissenter,
Brighton paid $19mil for Bissouma vs zero for White who came up through the ranks.
Watching Brighton today no one would think for a second they missed White, while without Bissouma this would’ve been a different game.

I’ll be shocked if they sell him for less than what they got for White.
On the other hand whatever club will be buying him they want be using Edu and Arteta to make that deal.

Dream10

Wenger Eagle

Forgot about Anguissa. PL clubs should go after him

Dissenter

Tom
‘ Watching Brighton today no one would think for a second they missed White, while without Bissouma this would’ve been a different game.’

Earlier on I invited abuse from one of the resident pus-itives for just mentioning that Brighton don’t miss White- They sold us their least experienced and most diminutive central defender fir a record fee… and some

They didn’t even bother signing anyone to replace him in the squad, Maybe they are grooming a youngster to take the role, only time will tell.

Mr Serge

The thing is bisouma wants to come too he is great mates with Pepe this player improves us leaps and bounds

Dissenter

Lokonga was bought for the future, that’s how it ought to have been.

Venga, Dani

interesting little diagram of CMs

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Graham62

Potter did his schooling in Sweden with Ostersunds, taking them from the fourth tier of Swedish football all the way to the top flight. We all remember Arsenal losing 2-1to Ostersunds at the Emirates in the Europa League back in 2018.

Pep rates Potter and the way Brighton play, very highly.

I agree with him. If they can put some of their chances away, they could be the surprise team this season.

Le Sauce

Bissouma is the name. More than half of Le-Grove can see it but our dopes, A&E (CG) can’t. If we had gotten him for the £50m rather than Ben “cannavaro et Sergio Ramos” white, no one would be complaining. Another MOM display today when our midfield is pants excluding Partey

Le Sauce

Tom
Edu and Arteta are the new Woodward. Same thing man u did when buying Wan-bissaka for £50m thereby doubling the crystal palaces valuation of Zaha is the same thing A&E have done. Bissouma won’t go for cheap that’s for sure

Venga, Dani

Agreed Le Sauce. I dont mind the White signing if he’s affordable but 50 million in this market with all the other deficiencies in our squad?

I just dont see the logic.

consolsbob

All you moaners on here are the pits. Armchair coaches with a liking for any anti Arsenal agenda that you can find. Not fans, just attention seekers with no original thought or opinion in your heads. We have been crap at a few times in our history. Been there, seen it. Supporters try and see the positives, they don’t roll over and do the oppositions’ job for them.

Arteta might fail but you want him too. No true fan could ever want that. Pathetic.

Tom

Dissenter White is a good player but nowhere near the level some claim him to be. Today we saw what a true RR defender looks like again with VVD back in and on form. Last season Burnley bullied Pool at Anfield and shithoused their way to a win , today they weren’t even close and Liverpool’s back line was the difference. White for£55million was a joke but he’s here now and good luck to him shaking off that price tag. Anyone who watched Brighton on the regular last season knew they wouldn’t miss him as much as you would expect… Read more »

Spudnik

While I like the profile and the potential for improvement in our new signings, I don’t imagine they are going to improve Arsenal enough by shifting either of the Manchester clubs, Chelsea or Liverpool out of the top 4.
Arsenal’s current status is also reflected by the people who put their money where their mouths are; the bookies. Arsenal are quoted as 7/2 to win a home game tomorrow. I am genuinely shocked by that, but it is a rude reflection of our club by others.

Guns of SF

Olmo 50
Rodrigo beast de paul 35
Aouar 25

110M and our mid would be tops in the league.
Why did this not happen is the real question.
We throwing big money at stuff we didnt need. Could have saved- bring Saliba back. Save 50M,

Its just bad bizness again. 25 M for a back up keeper?
Me thinks Leno is off next year

Guns of SF

WE

Tell me you dont belive that midfield I just mentioned would rock the league

Guns of SF

I know you are a RDP fan, hehe…
Just imagine that midfield!

Dissenter

Guns of SF
I would have had Partey-Bissoum/aAoaura-Buendia/ESR

I would have recalled Saliba.

We would have been able to play possessive football with capabilities of playing the counter.

We had that unique opportunity to change the trajectory of the cub and we bungled it.

salparadisenyc

Said it before once De Paul was prowled by Done Sim it was curtains, time to sign him last summer.
Not like we weren’t raving about him on LG.

Venga, Dani

Guns why would RDP come to Arsenal of Atleti? makes no sense…

salparadisenyc

– Don

Guns of SF

Dani,

Ill tell you why…

Its called $$$$$$$$

Sadly, our only hope to get targets is to double or triple their wages.
Atleti dont pay like we do

Its just a fantasy tho, imagine those 3 in our midfield.

Olmo as 10, Aouar as attacking 8, RDP as B2B as well….

More offense and energy, power pace, skill

But Edu maybe sipped too many Mojitos and Kia told him to keep trying for Coutinho, so I guess he didnt have to think too much

Frost

Yu’all seeing bissouma? Wow.

Can’t believe we went to Brighton with £50M & came back with White

Guns of SF

I think someone at the club read the LG comments about AFCON and then, decided to ditch on Bissouma and Anguissa.

Both players would have made a huge difference.
I dont care about AFCON- these players more than make up for it in long term

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