We have known for 3 months that we needed some serious investment and shrewd investment to fix positions we need to fix. When I look at this team, I see a ton of players who should not be here, areas we are light and we have stockpiled in other positions.
We have got a new RCB/RB in Tomiyasu. Why??? White is that player. Chambers and Holding play as a RCB. We sent Saliba out on loan. We have AMN and Cedric who play RB. We have waaaaay too many players in that position. Yes Bellerin is out, but we need Chambers and Holding out as well. We need a proper RB...not a CB who can play at RB.
We NEED a dm. Or a deep lying playmaker who can complement Partey by doing the dirty work well too. Xhaka has overstayed by 4 years. We are so short in this area. If Arteta wants to play a 433, that means Partey and Lokonga rotating with ESR and Odegaard as the other 2 CMs. However, Partey has injuries and Lokonga is still raw talent. Elneny is not the player.
If we play a 4231, one of Odegaard or ESR cannot play in the number 10 role. If ESR gets pushed to the left, that means we sacrifice one of Pepe or Saka who deserve to start and pushes Martinelli down the pecking order too...which is mental.
We have spent money..but have spent poorly and have too many poor players we don't need. I would sell Nketiah for 10m... yes it is low..but let's face it..he won't make it at Arsenal and his value will continue to decrease. So many examples of this...Xhaka for 13 mill to Roma...get him out. But we still want to pinch pennies instead of looking at the bigger picture.
It's going to be a long season.
Imbalanced squad
posted on 31/8/21
Ffs people keep shohorning saka and ESR. Both don't score goals
posted on 31/8/21
comment by Diamondlights (U20501)
posted 1 hour, 22 minutes ago
So many things wrong with Arsenal its hard to know where to start but the line that made me chuckle……”sacrificing Pepe who deserves to start”…. It’s like saying Xaka shows good leadership quality !!!
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Pepe finished the season on fire and overall had a good season despite being dropped for Willian every time he had a good game. He has better end product than ESR, Odegaard and Saka. So how can he not start??
posted on 31/8/21
comment by Castor Troy (U8700)
posted 1 hour, 23 minutes ago
Ffs people keep shohorning saka and ESR. Both don't score goals
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This!!!
ESR reminds me of Nasri but needs to score goals. Saka for however great he is, still lacks a finishing touch. In times past, they would NOT be starting for us
posted on 31/8/21
Whether the new RB is any good or not, we had to get one and by sounds of it he will be deployed RB, and for the most part he seems like a decent player. So it’s good that was addressed.
CM is really needed now, but I don’t see that happening now Xhaka is staying. But we’ve only got 1 good CM who gets injured a lot, Xhaka is Xhaka, Elneny isn’t good enough, and while he’s looked promising I doubt Lokonga will make a significant impact this season given his age and experience. We’re very weak in that area as soon as partey is out, and even when he’s not, him with Xhaka isn’t exactly great. But We’ve left it too late to address this now
posted on 31/8/21
Roma not buying Xhaka has ruined our season. Mourinho trolling Arsenal again.
posted on 31/8/21
Look just because Tomiyasu is 6ft does not mean he is going to be used as a CB.
Its obvious what Arteta is trying to do, even though its doomed to fail in my opinion.
Tierney is going to provide the width on the left. So he is going to be the furthest forward. That leaves a gap behind him which teams will exploit. The crosses therefore will come in from the left and that means the RB has to be good in the air to head them away.
Its pretty simplistic stuff and why I think Arteta really is not going to last.
posted on 31/8/21
I can see another big clearout job coming with the next manager. Hopefully these signings won't cost the club like previous ones have
posted on 31/8/21
OP, you are blind to the truth. The truth is Arteta fought tooth and nail to keep Xhaka because he wasnts to start him in every match. It wont be Partey and Lokonga rotating, it will then playing second fiddle to Xhaka.
posted on 31/8/21
comment by The Wonky Kronke (U16927)
posted 49 minutes ago
OP, you are blind to the truth. The truth is Arteta fought tooth and nail to keep Xhaka because he wasnts to start him in every match. It wont be Partey and Lokonga rotating, it will then playing second fiddle to Xhaka.
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That joke is not funny
posted on 31/8/21
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We have known for 3 months that we needed some serious investment and shrewd investment to fix positions we need to fix.
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Who is this "We"? Obviously the Arsenal hierarchy and the brilliant Arteta were not informed about the problem!!!!