I don’t need a POWER MAC 7000 built for the elite designers of the world when I’m at work, but I ask for one because I’m at that stage in my career where that is my god-given right. I use two programs, e-mail and notes to write things. How can I have a machine of this power and it cannot run those two items concurrently? Who is building the Apple Mac that can handle an e-mail program? I would buy that machine.
That does not segue me into any sort of Arsenal content. So let’s get cracking.
BIG MO has signed another extension at Arsenal. I think most people that have watched him this last month can concur a few things:
- The guy has improved his game, he takes more risks with his passing, he executes tactics really well, he can do a job (99th percentile for pass completion).
- Our collapse this season wasn’t anything to do with him.
- If he’d played Palace, Southampton, and Brighton we might have exited with more than zero points
Arsenal fans are going to need a bit of maturity this summer when it comes to assessing our squad needs.
- There are finite funds
- Not every player in your squad can be competing for a first-team place
- We need some experience
Mo Elneny played 800 minutes this season. Of the last 7 games in which he clocked pure 90s, we won 5 of 7. Those wins included West Ham, Chelsea, and United. Out of the other two games, one was against Spurs in which we went down to 10 men. The other was the Newcastle game, in which he made 35% of all our progressive passes that day.
This is his radar.
Mohamed Elneny is the definition of fine backup.
I do wish Arsenal didn’t spend as much time signing our backups to extensions. pic.twitter.com/QpcA1fJt5O
— Scott Willis (@oh_that_crab) May 25, 2022
He is good enough. Europa League is not the Champions League. The Egyptian Pirlo in that competition will be absolutely fine.
Bigger picture here is what do people want from that position? What level of player do people see us signing that will be happy with 800 minutes? Someone said to me the other day ‘GUNDOGAN’… like, come on man, you think he’s coming to Arsenal to take over from Big Mo?
We need to save pennies where we can.
Eddie signing on for us could be absolutely huge and another penny saver. This is how League One Eddie stacks up against players in the top 5 leagues in Europe.
This is who his numbers compare to in Europe.
I still have people in our Youtube videos saying ‘HE’S NOT GOOD ENOUGH’ and that my friends is addiction to the new. They’d rather us sign someone from the Austrian League that has a nice comp than the kid in our starting 11 dropping numbers like that at 22 years old. It is BAFFLING. There are definite benefits to unearthing gems in faraway leagues, but always remember the Brendan Rodgers Fan Club telling us all last summer that Bertrand, Soumare and Patson Daka were the next level and clearly showed that Arsenal had fallen off.
Eddie scored the same number of PL goals as Patson. Where are those Brenda fans today?
Tying Eddie down gives us another Hale-Ender in the squad and it keeps £25m safe. If I were Eddie’s agent, I’d tell Arsenal that I want an exit clause in my deal that says I can go for £10m next summer if I don’t get 20 starts next season. It’s win-win that way.
Our focus needs to be on adding first-team quality to the midfield so we can deal with Thomas Partey injury issues and it needs to deliver us some goals to the forward line in the shape of a near world-class forward and possibly a winger that can replace the sure-to-be-exited Nico Pepe this summer.
Everything else from there looks like bonus signings.
Competition for Gabriel feels like it’s going to depend on moving someone out, but it’d be great if we could land a Tomiyasu like talent there, or even a loan for a season for a seasoned vet like Umtiti.
Our left side needs something to happen to it quite urgently. We don’t have a reliable 50-game-a-season player there and we don’t have an experienced enough deputy. You’d imagine there’s a chance we totally rebuild the left side of our defence because Tierney exiting the first team correlates very nicely with our demise as a team.
Right, short post today because that is every piece of content I have.
Re Eddie 100k is more than he has earned if we are honest. Could we not have a more performance based wage structure for example the offer is 70k per week but if he scores 15 goals next season he’s automatically improved to 100k next summer or something? Anyway I’m glad he’s staying. If we had to replace him we’d end up paying more and he’s also hale end. But if he’s staying then the Jesus signing looks increasingly odd. Whilst they’re not the same, it would surely make far more sense to get a different profile of CF rather… Read more »
As usual, what a load of poppycock! There’s optimism and there’s blind faith. First of all gentlemen, this isn’t year 1 of the process because, if you hadn’t noticed, GX has been at the club since Arteta arrived in December 2019..This one fact alone clearly shows we have an unstable and dysfunctional manager who sees things from a very worrying perspective. Secondly, the way Arteta has handled many of the players has been tantamount to footballing ignorance and an inability to comprehend simple but important aspects about man management. It’s taken Arteta two and a half years to realise that… Read more »
China 1
You are spot on.
A big no to Jesus.
Graham62. There’s constructive criticism and pointless negativity too.
Pedro I thought you promised that we would sign an elite top class striker? I hope that this is still in the making, because Eddie doesn’t fit that picture. He has had 5 goals in the EPL in 3 games against Leeds (3) and Everton 2. and had 21 appearances in the league. He is 5′ 9″ tall therefore it is hardly expected that he will score headers. When AC Milan was held hostage by players over salary they were shown the door, they brought in new players and won Seria A. That AFC is not willing to do the… Read more »
Nigel There are those of us that are firmly in the camp that the execs and their leadership are shitty and should never be at a club as big as Arsenal. Then there are those that go along with whatever is decided by the individuals at head quarters and they are fine with the direction the club is taken. Then there are those who see no errors in what club management does and are hopelessly lost because they are endlessly absent minded. That is just an example of 3 different type of persons with different opinions and has nothing to… Read more »
I wanted Eddie to stay but Jesus that was a stupid deal. 100k a week is ridiculous money after a 5 mil signing on fee. No one will take him off our hands if his form goes to shit. I like him and he has shown that he can actually play to a decent level when he is given a run. But we shouldn’t have paid more than 70k a week. Saka will also demand more now that he has seen what we give out to our backup striker. If you are counting cost then his deal over the course… Read more »
Steg
Good morning.
Please give me your take on the points I highlighted.
Try and distinguish between direct and honest communication and negativity.
Habesha – i don’t care that much about the contract terms of Eddie. Overall i think its good business. it would have cost us so much time, effort and around 10-15 million (at least in wages and salary) to get a 2nd striker anyway! Killroy – Of course we are going to try to sign that elite striker, thats a given isn’t it?? Nobody here thinks otherwise. I’m extremely hopeful that we will see that happen in the next 2-3 weeks. My money is that this will NOT be Jesus. He’s a carbon copy of Eddie! I think we WONT… Read more »
Graham62 – good morning to you too! not sure which one of your posts to reference but i’ll use the most recent one for “pointless negativity’. “Secondly, the way Arteta has handled many of the players has been tantamount to footballing ignorance and an inability to comprehend simple but important aspects about man management.” – who are the many players who have been handled ignorantly? > He admitted he’d treated Eddie unfairly – so that’s one to acknowledge but move on from > Ozil, Mustafi, Guendozi, Kolasinac, Aubameyang?? either not treated with ignorance or was probably for the better of… Read more »
Significant improvement may all be well but it only counts when compared to the other competing teams. That is why I said with the money thrown at the different projects at United, Sp*ds and Newcastle it will be more difficult as they too will improve. It is a sliding scale. The decision to save our money in the Jan TW, was a gamble and it looks like that is was very risky as we don’t save anything in this TW because what we want we have to pay premium for. Simple supply and demand situation, plus Clubs know where we… Read more »
Forgot to add Conte to the bunch managers.
In typical Le grove fashion , Le groaners are more bothered about how much a player earns than what he can bring to the team.. Of course it’s the ones who repeatedly told us that Eddie will never be good enough for the premier league that are questioning the new contract.. Basically, the new deal will be just another stick to beat Eddie with over the coming years….. The way I look at it is, we have bought a potentially prolific striker for 5 million (signing on fee) , if he hadn’t signed we would have had to spend 40/50… Read more »
Steg I see a lot of positives about the deal. The fact that he is 22 means we can still sell him three years down the line for decent money. Even if we have to subsidize some of his wages, we will get some money for him. It is better than losing him for free. But the wages bother me because it means that every other player will now demand parity with him. ESR, Odegaard, Saka, Martinelli are all under a 100k or on that right now. Same for the likes of Tierney and Gabriel. And these all are more… Read more »
Pierre i wouldn’t be interested in Tammy Abrahams, his technique and first touch are very average Said on here my brother is a ST holder . I asked him about Tammy and he likened him to Forest Gump the sort of player that will run all day but will miss far more chances before scoring. All players do that I said but the counter was his ratio was probably 1-6 whereas at elite level it really should be more clinical that that. Broja is a different proposition he is way ahead in terms of where Abraham was at the same… Read more »
Habesha But the wages bother me because it means that every other player will now demand parity with him. ESR, Odegaard, Saka, Martinelli are all under a 100k or on that right now. Same for the likes of Tierney and Gabriel. And these all are more important players than Eddie. That’s exactly how wages spiral. The levels have now been set. You are right to mention Saka because the word is he is going to get an offer of circa £125k a week. If you were his agent would you , after looking at the money being paid to Eddie… Read more »
Teraloon TBH I think Saka and Eddie have the same agent 😂😂😂. He can fleece us twice. Eddie’s wages are too much in a sense that every other important player will now want parity. The only way it doesn’t happen is if Eddie bangs in 20 goals in all competitions to justify that wage packet. I can’t understand people saying it isn’t high. Mason mount at Chelsea is on 80k a week so far. Sure he will increase that with a new contract but that is what he is paid now being a CL winner. And our backup striker gets… Read more »
So many Kents having a whinge that this place is negative 🤣🤣🤣
Where were you all under Wenger?? This blog was “anti-arsenal’ to some of you soft cocks who can’t take another opinion.
Now this blog (well at least the posts, thank fuck not the comments) is more like untold. It’s a bit strange and highly hypocritical.
I like Eddie, I think he should stay at Arsenal, as 2nd or3rd striker.
But when you’re paying £115k a week (including £5m sign on fee), for a player that is nowhere the best player at the club, you’re setting “wage bar” quite high. This is a very dangerous strategy.
Saka should be on at least double what Eddie’s getting, but somehow I don’t think he’ll be offered anywhere near that amount.
Yeah I mean don’t get me wrong, I’d much rather Eddie stayed. I’m absolutely happy that he is, 100% I just question how we landed at these numbers in the contract tho. Like unless Newcastle wanted him, he’s not going to a club of comparable size or getting wages near that elsewhere. It’s less that he held all the cards in this negotiation and more imo that the club just wanted a quick win and closure. In spite of me disagreeing with these numbers, the club is obviously thinking that replacing him would’ve been way more trouble than it was… Read more »
Yeah Ed if Eddie is worth 115k (including sign on) the. Saka has to be worth 200k. Are we really going down that route? I doubt we’re offering 200k to saka so that’s a bit dangerous
Goobergooner I certainly remember and have had a lot of arguments with Pedro and many others because I admired Arsene Wenger and what he contributed to this club is quite extraordinary. It took me quite a while to realise that Pedro and the anti Wenger brigade were right . In retrospect I would still blame Kroenkes’ for our predicament right now but having said that I dont see why there is so much need for negativity, the core squad is there and its good enough to compete , all we need is 4-5 quality additions . It does looks like… Read more »
The reason Eddie is getting 100k is we mismanaged his contract the beginning of last season when we could have got him on 40k a week max, we let him run it down this is the price of the boards mismanagement of that situation, However letting him go for free and having to find 20m to replace him means even at 100k a week and 5m fee it’s still cheaper than 20 by some margin, Remember martinelli is on 90 k a week it’s not the first time the board have given too much too soon to a youngster, For… Read more »
Ed. The chatter was that Saka would be offered £125k a week. Some moths ago there was a debate on here about could or would Arsenal pay him what he was worth . Some took the view no problem others, and I was in that camp, saw difficulties because the jump from his current contract to the say £200k needed to sway him to sign a no clause deal would be difficult. If Eddie had been at say Leicester and was available on a free having played the exact same number of games as he has ended his time at… Read more »
I forgot to add that all the savings that some are saying will balance the books slowly but surely are being eroded.
Happy Micky Did It Day🍻
Edthered
“I like Eddie, I think he should stay at Arsenal, as 2nd or 3rd striker.”
Another one who is struggling to come to terms with a wrong opinion about Eddie..
Mr serge
“However letting him go for free and having to find 20m to replace him”
Eddie ..10 goals on 12 starts this season , good luck finding a striker who can compare with that goal ration for 20 mil .
Pierre
Are you suggesting Eddie should be our 1st striker?
Wenger said in his book that problem with modern football is that it’s enough for a player to have 5-10 consecutive good performances and he’ll be rated a Top Player, when before players had to have couple of good seasons before they could be considered Top Player potential.
That is a spot on observation. All it took Eddie and Elneny to get new, improved contracts was half a dozen decent performances.
Serge: “The reason Eddie is getting 100k is we mismanaged his contract the beginning of last season when we could have got him on 40k a week max, we let him run it down this is the price of the boards mismanagement of that situation” Pretty sure that Eddie just wanted to play before he was ready to sign any type of document. A proof of that is that he signed just now after he had a good run at the end of this season. He didn’t want to end up like his friends Maitland-Niles and Nelson – tied to… Read more »
EdTheRed
That is a spot on observation. All it took Eddie and Elneny to get new, improved contracts was half a dozen decent performances.
Again a very wrong observation to a very simple solution. Since we didnt qualify for CL , it was necessary to make adjustments . We re signed Holding , Elneny and Eddie as quality squad additions . They are quite easily better than most Europa league squads , which is where they’ll play next season and the cup competitions. As for Eddie , he replaces Lacazette and the new signing replaces Aubameyang.
Divine, that wasn’t aimed at you.
It’s just I’d prefer people come on and say why Arteta is great (or not) than to just whinge that people whinge.
The opinions are great. Either side of the fence. It’s the absolute handbags for not being able to accept there is another side of the argument that’s driving me crazy.
I dont see us signing anyone elite. In the current market we are well down the list of destinations for top players.
I expect second tier or youngsters with potential. Its all academic really as we aren’t competing at the top level and won’t for many years. Pedro’s idea that we’re planning to challenge for the title shortly is delusional. I would add I’m not blaming Arteta per se. The clubs owners don’t have the ambition to properly challenge. The ‘long term project’ is PR BS.
Wenger’s observation is spot on. Again, I like Ediie, I want him to stay. He should reach 100+ goals for Arsenal if he stays full length of his contract. I can see why Elneny is given another year, with Europa League coming. I can even see how £31m for Eddie over 5 years could be a very good deal for us. I can’t see Eddie leading Top4 team attack. And until we bring a better striker, he’s our No1 striker. Someone like Jesus would cost us in excess of £70+ over 4 years. There;’s also ongoing negotition with Saka over… Read more »
I like Eddie. He’s more of a fox in the box than Franny Jeffers was, not that it’s difficult… We don’t know the full terms of his contract, but I would have hoped his deal was made up of a lower weekly salary and boosted with incentives and performance related payments, so if he doesn’t hit the heights he doesn’t get as much. He could be solid and consistent and do a real job for us. He has something and it needs a proper run in the side to see just how deep that runs. But in the event it… Read more »
As a rule AFC do not release figures on salary, fees, etc so where did the £115K/week for Eddie come from, his agent, himself, his mates, his Dad, or is it all guesswork? Those are the type of figures you’ might expect a club to pay for a player of his quality on a free. But it’s highly unlikely Arteta would. My guess would be around £60K/week.
The grand mismanagement that I’m alluding to works on several levels: – Nketiah was rooted to the bench regardless of the performance of Lacazette – lack of mobility, press and goal threat – Nketiah never got a fair shot to get a run of games when he looked a different player in the Summer preseason 11 months ago. – Nketiah got a really good payday on what could be a purple patch – we extended what could be a very decent striker – last 2 statements are a question mark and are self-excluding because most of what we know of… Read more »
raptora
👏👏
Careful though, don’t be too negative!
Nketiah contract is reported by The Athletic who quote Sami Mokbel.
“Sami Mokbel
Updated story including details of Arsenal’s offer to Nketiah. Five-years, £100k-a-week circa, up to £5m bonus over course of the deal. Deal not done but on course.”
https://twitter.com/David_Ornstein/status/1529500600672702464
https://twitter.com/SamiMokbel81_DM/status/1529534327666753537
Can’t really question those numbers until we are shown different ones as this sounds legit as it gets if even Orny is using the article.
I think that retaining Nketiah will be a positive outcome although I do think that Arsenal need to recruit a proven goalscoring CF to replace Aubameyang and Lacazette. Nketiah will have plenty of chances to prove himself next season, because Arsenal will need to rotate players and we will have to factor in 5 sub rule as well. Retaining Nketiah has two major pluses. First he is “home grown” and second we will save on spending money in transfer market on a second CF. We can now focus on recruiting a CF who is the best available for the money… Read more »
Pathetic post, elneny and nketiah would get nowhere near city and Liverpool squads let alone first eleven. With this level of squad building after 3 years of arteta it basically confirms we won’t be getting top four next year either
Raptora The grand mismanagement that I’m alluding to works on several levels: – Nketiah was rooted to the bench regardless of the performance of Lacazette – lack of mobility, press and goal threat – Nketiah never got a fair shot to get a run of games when he looked a different player in the Summer preseason 11 months ago. – Nketiah got a really good payday on what could be a purple patch – we extended what could be a very decent striker – last 2 statements are a question mark and are self-excluding because most of what we know… Read more »
Nketiah looks like he’s staying with another cf being bought in no doubt.With other positions in the squad needing filling we simply don’t have the budget for two big forward signings. For it seems 100k a week it looks like he has hit the jackpot. For the club for their part don’t want to be making the same mistake we did decades ago letting imo a similar style player Andy Cole go and then see him explode elsewhere.Nketiah is a fast box strker,plays on the shoulder last defender, presses well and at least won’t it seems shirk responsibility in front… Read more »
“Retaining Nketiah has two major pluses. First he is “home grown””
I feel this fact has been possibly a little overlooked when discussing Nketiah. We have to retain a home grown quota and this is one efficient way of helping do that.
This frees us up to nail down the main striker we need this summer. Eddie will see plenty of action next season in EL, LC and rotated in for certain league games, we know the quality he has. The new deal makes perfect sense.
Again. The overall cost isn’t too much. The total cost of a 5 mil signing on fee and a 100k a week contract will add up to 24.2 mil. Had we let him go and signed a player for 10 mil and then gave him a 55 to 60k a week contract, it will still be around the same number over five years. What we basically have done is that we gave him the 10 mil instead of a club. And there aren’t a lot of players we can sign for 10 mil and on a 55k a week that… Read more »
Signing Eddie covers the bases. I expect we will try and recruit another better CF but failing that we have him as back up. My view is he is OK but not good enough to take us to the next level.
100k is way too much, but if Eddie turns into an Andy Cole then it will look like a steal. Plus he’s from the academy. If Arteta had given him more games last season we would be making our decision from a bigger performance data set. Oh well… It does limit our ability to sell him on though, if things don’t work out. What we will require as has been said is a different ST to complement him or lead the line in tight games where we should be expecting less of the ball. Even better if that striker can… Read more »
Its so difficult for some to face reality. First, no one can be certain the figures bandied in the media are the exact money Nketia would be earning. And why would they believe Saka’s mindset aligns with theirs’. So Sana would say because you pay Nketia 100k then mine should triple his. Someone is even convinced that since we resigned Nketia then no other striker is coming on board. They’d rather ignore insinuations that we are considering some of the best young strikers out there but would take hook and line the money being quoted for Nketiah. Let us get… Read more »
Any new Saka contract he will have a massive renewal bonus and the old loyalty bonuses included in every year of his contract. I just see in the future like this year a lot of quality players going on bosman deals. It’s better for players and of course their agents. Take Liverpool. Next year Salah on a free as it stands.Mane same position but I think Liverpool will sell him this summer they won’t want two top strikers going for free. The third mainstay Firminho a he’s also it seems out of contract next summer and Naby Keita. If it… Read more »
The Bard
I don’t think we can afford to fail in this Summer’s TW. That’s if we’re heading where Arteta’s believers claim we’re heading.
It’s already been reported that Chavs will have £200,m to spend, Spuds £150m, we can only imagine what Newcastle is going to spend.
EdTheRed. I don’t think we can afford to fail in this Summer’s TW. That’s if we’re heading where Arteta’s believers claim we’re heading. Personally I think the two players who were out of contract but seem to have signed new deals ( Nketiah and Elneny) aren’t upgrade both it seems to new have got new deals based on the last two or three months as opposed to the last 12. In the case of Eddie for me he isn’t going to be third or fourth choice it’s highly likely he will be second or possibly even first choice and that… Read more »
Can’t see any of the top 6 spending less than 100m each minimum.
Newcastle will spend what the can afford to get away with on the books and perversely helped by Ashley’s lack of spending and balancing their books previous years.
Villa will also spend what they can afford to be ok with on the spreadsheet.
Everton they are in a real mess FFP with poor player investment.
it’s going to be a very interesting summer.
I refuse to believe that we will start 22/23 season with Eddie as our No1 striker.
We should be going for Watkins. He would fit right into the Project, and he’s an Arsenal fan as well.
Either way, we’re desperate for a taller forward.
Gnabry to Arsenal , its happening guys .
Yeah DevineSherlock can see Gnarbry coming back home but not until next season unfortunately
100k for a player the manager would not play until his hands were forced?
It’s either we are over paying for Eddie or Arteta doesn’t know what a talented player looks like.
B52 comes to mind.
It’s pretty clear that we’re signing a No9 this window. Even the number will be vacant in a week or two.
Eddie replaces Lacca and the new No9 replaces Auba. It really is that simple.
To be fair to Eddie, saying he only got offered a new deal off the back of an 8 game purple patch is a bit of a myth considering the club have been trying to tie him down for around a year now.
It makes sense to keep him as it frees up recourses to sign a CF and also a wide attacker .
So many people on here don’t rate Nketiah.
Here is a guy that will score you goals, given the right structure around him and has that very rare ‘ fox in the box’ skill set that all clubs crave.
The fact that we don’t have the players that clubs like MC have and the progressive systems they have set in place, we definitely need someone like Eddie in the team.
If he plays regularly and stays fit, I can see him scoring 20+ goals a season comfortably.
Mo isn’t supposed to be a back up, that should be the work of Lokonga.
Arteta didn’t play Mo until he was forced to and that brings up the question does Arteta know what a talented footballer looks like?
We do not have the resources of City so every cent counts.
Anyone rate Calvin Bassey from rangers for left back spot? Young 6 ft plus and in the admittedly few games I’ve seen him in looks a good player
We would have had top 4 if it wasn’t for that pesky VAR!
https://www.givemesport.com/88013385-arsenal-man-utd-burnley-premier-league-table-2021-22-without-var
Waylander
Stay off Calvin Bassey. Not Arsenal quality.
azed
“does Arteta know what a talented footballer looks like?”
To be honest, I don’t think he does.
There is talk that we are highly interested in Morata and if that is true then I would be extremely disappointed, would much prefer Calvin Lewis or Abraham
“ does Arteta know what a talented footballer looks like?”
I think he does Graham, but it takes a lot longer for him to recognize, but equally it usually comes as a direct result of having his hand forced. It’s not a sustainable way of managing to be certain.
Regardless of whomever Arsenal bring in this summer, it will all be for not if Arteta does not rotate the squad. To date there is absolutely no evidence that even remotely supports Arteta as being one that rotates his squad. This above all others should be the primary point of concern going into next season/
Happy Anniversary
Linked with Carney Chukwuemeka from Villa, 18 year old CM, looks very good from the little that’s available on youtube but always hard to judge there. 1 year left of contract, dubbed the new Bellingham and linked to Barca and dortmund as well.
If he’s as good as people think we need to be in the mix for players like that.
We need 2 CMs anyway.
How the fuck is Eddie getting 100k a week before Saka or esr? Even martinelli?
We have a very very special management team that’s for sure.
Like someone said, if laca scored even 1 goal in the run before Eddie got his chance, then Eddie wouldn’t have even got a chance.
What the actual hell is wrong with this club
Freddie saw that, I think we may have a chance, think we’d offer better money but he may get more gametime at dormund possibly.
Azed yeah it’s hard to judge the Scottish pub league but it looks like we may see him in the premiership with villa looking at 30million bid.
I would love Carney Chukwuemeka to join Arsenal. It would make sense to purchase him as a left winger rather than a CM. He is a little raw, but bags of ability. A friend of mine who is a Villa fan has been raving about him for the last couple of year. He and Martinelli could alternate on the left wing. With Eddie on top, Saka on the right and either on the left we should be able to play quick incisive football on the counter attack. The only drawback is that would push ESR back to the 10 position… Read more »
DS: “What Arsenal have is extensive data on him and the reason he didnt play as much last year has been due to a combination of reasons , primarily his refusal to sign a contract . Other than that Arteta has apologised for not playing him. Its always been clear that we wanted to extend his stay.” Primarily his refusal to sign a contract you say, well: 1. We played another player out of contract in his place?! 2. You want a player to sign so you bench him and never play him?! 3. The extensive data on him as… Read more »
God help us if it’s Nketiah leading the line next season.
Tenerife Gooner
Where are you based ? Is it anywhere close to Soul City in Adeje ?
https://tbrfootball.com/report-says-alv … -25m-move/
Please no
Please no
Please no
https://tbrfootball.com/report-says-alvaro-morata-now-very-close-to-joining-arsenal-in-25m-move/
Please no
Average and underwhelming….
😂😂😂 Alvaro Morata isn’t joining Arsenal. No chance at all. I would have taken him on loan a stop gap instead of playing Lacazette. And only for 6 months at that. He isn’t signing for us now. We need a hitman. Arteta values goalscorers. That is also the reason Eddie has been given the new contract. Because he knows where the goal is. My theory is we will target Jesus. If that doesn’t happen, Tammy Abraham is the next target. Darwin Nunez is also in the mix. This is nothing to lose your shit about 😂😂😂. It is just a… Read more »
Ernest: “To date there is absolutely no evidence that even remotely supports Arteta as being one that rotates his squad.” Pepe registered 0 EPL starts from November to the end of the season (7 months). He might not be a 70m player, but we could have mixed things up and have a strong bench for some games. Literally no reason to give him 0 starts in full 7 months. Very concerning going forward for sure because if a manager can’t rotate properly some main players will be overplayed and eventually injured, our reserve players will be out of tune like… Read more »
Bullshit clickbait…. There would be riots at the unified emirates
Don’t understand the Elneny hate. He’s been fantastic for us recently. Filling in and doing an excellent job.. He’s happy being a squad back-up player and he loves the club. All good stuff.
It would be nice to see some gratitude/support for him rather than throwing him under the bus for the fantasy of having some world class midfielder sitting happily on the bench for you.
These players are very important to have around.
Vieira Lynn,
You prove my point about negativity. I said we’re EARLY in a new cycle.
…you jump on that as if I said it’s year 1.
Early is fair to say.. Saka just made a step up, Smith Rowe with goals, Martinelli starting, and almost all the old deadwood gone. White, Ramsdale, and Tomiyasu from the previous summer have worked in successfully.
This window is going to be a challenge for us to make the next step. I hope it works out. You and Kilroy should calm down with all the misery.
Same goes for Lokonga (1 EPL start in over 4 months or 16 games) and AMN, and Nketiah who could have switched with Laca every couple of games or so like Pep does with his front and back line.
With Arteta a player is either a starter or rotting on the bench for months.
The Morata link is hopefully just bullshit.
We’ve been linked to Depay and Moussa Dembele (Lyon) in the last 2 days though, wouldn’t mind that combo as our 2 strikers. Less than 50m combined. Better than giving Eddie a 100k a week.
How Arteta stuck for as long as he did with essentially a lame Laca for as long as he did, did not help matters for certain. It was more than obvious that Laca had lost more than a step and that was early on in the campaign. I am not the manager but if I were, certainly there were a number of available candidates to try in the same position. I honestly cannot think of any viable reason as to why Arteta persists with trying to fit square pegs in round holes, but he does. Outside of sheer stubbornness, I… Read more »
A lot of people here seem to think that transfers and squad building are like Championship Manager. Whining about Mo and Eddie is a shit take. Mo is the perfect squad player and will give us solid performances in cup games where we might want to give our starters a rest. Quality-wise, Eddie is a 12-15 goal/season player. More than good enough for a backup ST. Who gives a shit if we gave him 100k or 70k per week? We’ve cleaned up our salary bill and have plenty of room. If we’d let him go we’d probably replace him with… Read more »
Habesha and UTarse
I hope you are right.
He is not in sync with our current recruitment scheme , isn’t prolific and is as slow as fuck.
Surely not
I like Eddie. He’s got this quiet fire that I like and I would like to keep him. He shouldn’t be our first choice though.
Bringing Eddie and Elneny back is sound business. Whatever the club chooses to pay them is between them. The club needs solid depth and being honest, both players did not go tools down and gave their all to the end. You need players like that as part of good character and depth requirements. Both may not be starters in the long run, but their overall value is equally undeniable. To replace either would be far more costly and if I’m being honest, the club could do far worse if they had not extended their contracts. A bit of perspective reality… Read more »
Well said Sausage.
You can bet if we let EN go and bought someone fresh to occupy the same place who then failed…it would be marked as another stupid decision by Arteta…yet that is what the experts here are asking for!
Would fans be satisfied with Gabriel Jesus and Nketiah as our 2 main strikers next season ? I personally would prefer a 1 big/1 small combo. So something like Tammy Abraham and Nketiah.
I would be completely shocked if we tried to sign morata even for 10m it’s just clickbait
“ Would fans be satisfied with Gabriel Jesus and Nketiah as our 2 main strikers next season ? ‘
It would not be an ideal pairing in my opinion. Both are ‘smallish’ in size and as we have seen time and time again with Pepe, easy to push around. Agreed with your take, Naija.
Tammy Abraham would be quite the signing, but in all honesty when Jose The Impaler is involved, it’s never going to be straightforward or even plausible.
Ernest Jose wants xkaka we want Tammy swap plus 30 m solves two problems for us
Let’s get it done
If true Serge, gee whiz in a New York second jump on that one!
Brian, Yup, that would turn into a telenovela in this comments section. People need to start thinking about what the best alternative is before defaulting to whining. For Eddie, every alternative is significantly more expensive and has a much more limited resale value. If Mo is going to be our 4th or 5th choice alternative, then you need someone who can go 10 games without playing and still perform at consistent level in the 11th game. That’s a ridiculously difficult skill to find. I’d much rather spend 60-70M of our transfer chest on trying to get Tielemans and Bissouma instead… Read more »
People saying 100k is too much for Eddie, like it’s a coming out of your pocket.
Eddie’s signing was effectively, a free transfer operation due to previous mismanagement.
The player had many offers including from clubs as big or bigger than Arsenal.
Keeping Eddie has made the transfer business easier this summer.
Eddie outscored many bigger name strikers this season.
He outscored calvert lewin, Patson Daka and Kelechi Iheanacho
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Five goals in seven starts when he was called upon
He took his chance and he deserves that contract
We should go for Tammy Abraham and get shot of Xhaka as a makeweight in the deal.
Inside right I just said that too