17 games in 17 weeks.

I guess the plan is to try to keep the first XI fit.

And on the pitch 😑

comment by Lexington 125.2 (U8879)
posted less than a minute ago
17 games in 17 weeks.

I guess the plan is to try to keep the first XI fit.

And on the pitch 😑
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That's it mainly.

Isn't that the Arteta way anyway? How much of the squad does he use? We aren't in any cup competitions now either.

And it looks like that Tomyiasu is our first longterm injury

I generally like the idea of having a smaller squad that you can really rely on, so long as you're not in a tonne of competitions.

But there's just too many weak links in this squad that we can't rely on.

And that's me not even considering the youngsters who I really rate, but by the nature of their age are likely to be inconsistent

https://twitter.com/David_Ornstein/status/1488231869833519104

Ornstein has spoken

Another window gone where Arteta is unable to sign an attacking player

Great 18 months. That means we save c£27m.

Our decent back ups to the first XI:

Leno
Tavares - hopefully KT can stay fit though
Holding - fine for certain games
Sambi
ESR / Martinelli
Pepe

Think that’s about it. Starts getting a bit sketchy after that.

Sad it's ending like this but at this point it's a good move for us to get him out and not hanging over us like the Ozil saga

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If we had another striker in, that Auba Barca deal would be a genuinely decent piece of business by Arsenal.

comment by Don't Even Care Anymore (U3245)
posted 39 seconds ago
Banter when we ask to postpone our next game due to lack of avaliable players
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😂

I don't actually believe this. We've signed Auston trusty from Colorado Rapids. He's a 23 year old defender. WTF?

comment by Lexington 125.2 (U8879)
posted 39 seconds ago
Our decent back ups to the first XI:

Leno
Tavares - hopefully KT can stay fit though
Holding - fine for certain games
Sambi
ESR / Martinelli
Pepe

Think that’s about it. Starts getting a bit sketchy after that.

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I think our defence isn't ideal, but will be fine because there's a lot of players there who can cover a second position

In mf I like Sambi as back up, but he's not a game changer from the bench and we could struggle if he has to start any run of games.

Those 5 behind the striker we are sorted, unless Martinelli has to play CF, then we're short.

CF we're just fecked. Even if Laca does play well, he doesn't score that many, drops off after an hour and will be getting replaced by Nketiah every game

comment by Castor Troy (U8700)
posted 3 minutes ago
Another window gone where Arteta is unable to sign an attacking player
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neither a midfielder which we also lacking.

Instead we singed another defender

https://twitter.com/ChrisWheatley_/status/1488234493353906177

https://twitter.com/ColoradoRapids/status/1488233500016721923

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This is weird

comment by Samir (U2630)
posted 1 minute ago
I don't actually believe this. We've signed Auston trusty from Colorado Rapids. He's a 23 year old defender. WTF?
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Another Kia client by any chance?

comment by Lexington 125.2 (U8879)
posted 3 seconds ago
comment by Samir (U2630)
posted 1 minute ago
I don't actually believe this. We've signed Auston trusty from Colorado Rapids. He's a 23 year old defender. WTF?
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Another Kia client by any chance?
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'Colorado Rapids' Arsenal's sister club.

Squad filler.

Lex, Colorado Rapids is one of the MLS teams KSE owns.

Not dodgy at all...

He is another CB I read.

Arteta don't do attacking signings

Add the defender to another goal keeper