If you build your team around him you could have a real star signing here
He's a confidence player though and was getting better and better each year before his disappointing Barca transfer. Cut-out for the premier league. He was starting to get good at freekicks too .
Still all speculation. Would be a brilliant move if it were to happen
ITK rumour mills are getting lazier by the day when it comes to Arsenal.
So far, we've been linked to practically every Kia Joorabchian client, and accredited with sanctioning the sales of every Arsenal player who just happens to be running into the final 12 months of their contract.
A 5-year old kid could come up with that.
Makes me miss the old days of being linked to a teenage Eden Hazard or some unknown Ivorian breakout striker from the Romanian league.
He was s*** at Liverpool and even worse at Barcelona and Bayern. Hope we sign someone else instead.
comment by * R U Dumb, Stupid or Dumb (U18359)
posted 5 hours, 10 minutes ago
If you build your team around him you could have a real star signing here
He's a confidence player though and was getting better and better each year before his disappointing Barca transfer. Cut-out for the premier league. He was starting to get good at freekicks too .
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arsenal know about his free kicks
comment by Dubbed the new Arteta (U21076)
posted 12 minutes ago
He was s*** at Liverpool and even worse at Barcelona and Bayern. Hope we sign someone else instead.
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check out his stats for his last year at liverpool was gutted he left and he was playing great football assisting and scoring plenty of goals.
We need another young cm/cam with him, if we do get him. Unless ESR is expected to be ready by the time Coutinho is done.
Coutinho is just the player Arsenal need for a big name signing. Creativity is lacking massively and the Coutinho of Liverpool is a top 3 final pass provider in the game. His long shots have improved massively over the years too. Doubt it’ll go through however since going from Barca to Bayern to Arsenal is a bit of a step down in current climate.
Great player but again it is what Arsenal don’t need. They need a strong and reliable defense. Arsenals attack will always score goals because of the natural embedded philosophy and style of play. It’s defending that’s the issue
comment by Oscar. 2019 YEAR OF THE MACK! #TeamFury (U12980)
posted 18 minutes ago
Great player but again it is what Arsenal don’t need. They need a strong and reliable defense. Arsenals attack will always score goals because of the natural embedded philosophy and style of play. It’s defending that’s the issue
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You obviously haven't watched much of our games. Remove Aubamayeng from the team and we'd struggle massivley.
80% of the first 11 is shocking to be honest. Coutinho would be a huge improvement on what we have
We only scored 56 PL goals this season, and were 16th in chances created.
We didn't even have the worst defence in the top 8 - I'm sure you know who did - and have already got Saliba, Mari and Cedric (plus Tierney to hopefully have a more active second season) signed so it isn't as if we have ignored the defence.
Midfield is the big improvement area - and Coutinho would be a good, if not great, addition.
Loans and Frees. It's going to be a tough summer having to pay all the budget to Ozil.
comment by Oscar. 2019 YEAR OF THE MACK! #TeamFury (U12980)
posted 38 minutes ago
Great player but again it is what Arsenal don’t need. They need a strong and reliable defense. Arsenals attack will always score goals because of the natural embedded philosophy and style of play. It’s defending that’s the issue
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Midfield is our main problem. If you watch pundits they will always just lazily highlight the defence, they seem stuck in repeating the tropes from the later years of Wenger, where our defence was bad, but we were great going forward and had a good technical midfield. At the moment we really struggle to create chances, are pretty clueless when we have a lot of possession, and dont score enough. the back line is actually more structured and organised (on the whole) than it has been for a while. It obviously still needs improving there as we have too many brain fart players at the back. But the midfield needs a lot more work at the moment. Countinho might not be the answer but we do need a player in the team like him for sure
For context, our average goals scored in the previous 5 years was 72 - only once scoring under 70 goals (ironically in the season we finished highest).
Our goals against (48) is worse (but not significantly) than the 5 year average of 44, so you cannot even point to that as an excuse for scoring less.
Would be a bit strange if we had coutinho and Willian playing for us next season
comment by Dubbed the new Arteta (U21076)
posted 6 hours, 26 minutes ago
He was s*** at Liverpool and even worse at Barcelona and Bayern. Hope we sign someone else instead.
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He was arguably the best player in the league for his last season with Liverpool, banging goals in nearly every game and many from 20-30 yards. We need a midfielder who can shoot from range. Hasn't worked out for him at Barcelona but they've been a mess since he joined and lots of good players have struggled after joining Barcelona in the past. I would welcome this signing, a return to the PL could be justify what he needs.
Fabregas struggled at Barcelona and won the league with Chelsea. Failing there says nothing in of itself.
I can't remember Coutinho being the defensively active CAM we need. He's awesome attacking though. Can play a final ball almost as well as Ozil but the attacking difference maker is the fact he runs the ball better than he passes it. No more attacks breaking down, the moment we can't pass our way through. That killed us as much with Ozil as his refusing to press and rarely scoring. Unlike him Coutinho at least will likely score more goals by himself than he gives away not defending.
Type of player I love to watch and I'd not object to his signing at all but do wonder if he's up to the defensive demands this side will place on him. It's not one I see happening though. Also already forced to pay Ozil's wages. I don't see us stumping up to pay Coutinho's wages, Partey's release clause and newly tripled wages. That's nearly 80 mil. The owner wants at least 3 players for that kind of money or no dice
Honestly, after last season I learnt not to assume we have no money. Taking our finances private may reduce accountability, but has strengthened our hand in the market.
Nah not saying we haven't got it. Just that it won't get spent like we need it to be. There's definitely a difference
if it's a loan it's a no brainer, a permanent transfer would be risky for the wages he's on and questions marks if he can get back to his peak.
I think we could be smarter in the transfer market tbh. While I'd get behind him, it wouldn't be my first choice.
comment by *Prankster 20/20 everything you want from a poster and a little bit more. (U22336)
posted 1 day, 5 hours ago
comment by Dubbed the new Arteta (U21076)
posted 12 minutes ago
He was s*** at Liverpool and even worse at Barcelona and Bayern. Hope we sign someone else instead.
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check out his stats for his last year at liverpoolwas gutted he left and he was playing great football assisting and scoring plenty of goals.
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His final season and a half he was starting to look a good player but for the majority of his career he has been extremely overrated. Have a feeling he will be another Ozil if we sign him.
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posted on 31/7/20
If you build your team around him you could have a real star signing here
He's a confidence player though and was getting better and better each year before his disappointing Barca transfer. Cut-out for the premier league. He was starting to get good at freekicks too .
posted on 31/7/20
Still all speculation. Would be a brilliant move if it were to happen
posted on 31/7/20
ITK rumour mills are getting lazier by the day when it comes to Arsenal.
So far, we've been linked to practically every Kia Joorabchian client, and accredited with sanctioning the sales of every Arsenal player who just happens to be running into the final 12 months of their contract.
A 5-year old kid could come up with that.
Makes me miss the old days of being linked to a teenage Eden Hazard or some unknown Ivorian breakout striker from the Romanian league.
posted on 31/7/20
He was s*** at Liverpool and even worse at Barcelona and Bayern. Hope we sign someone else instead.
posted on 31/7/20
comment by * R U Dumb, Stupid or Dumb (U18359)
posted 5 hours, 10 minutes ago
If you build your team around him you could have a real star signing here
He's a confidence player though and was getting better and better each year before his disappointing Barca transfer. Cut-out for the premier league. He was starting to get good at freekicks too .
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arsenal know about his free kicks
posted on 31/7/20
comment by Dubbed the new Arteta (U21076)
posted 12 minutes ago
He was s*** at Liverpool and even worse at Barcelona and Bayern. Hope we sign someone else instead.
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check out his stats for his last year at liverpool was gutted he left and he was playing great football assisting and scoring plenty of goals.
posted on 31/7/20
We need another young cm/cam with him, if we do get him. Unless ESR is expected to be ready by the time Coutinho is done.
posted on 31/7/20
Coutinho is just the player Arsenal need for a big name signing. Creativity is lacking massively and the Coutinho of Liverpool is a top 3 final pass provider in the game. His long shots have improved massively over the years too. Doubt it’ll go through however since going from Barca to Bayern to Arsenal is a bit of a step down in current climate.
posted on 31/7/20
Great player but again it is what Arsenal don’t need. They need a strong and reliable defense. Arsenals attack will always score goals because of the natural embedded philosophy and style of play. It’s defending that’s the issue
posted on 31/7/20
comment by Oscar. 2019 YEAR OF THE MACK! #TeamFury (U12980)
posted 18 minutes ago
Great player but again it is what Arsenal don’t need. They need a strong and reliable defense. Arsenals attack will always score goals because of the natural embedded philosophy and style of play. It’s defending that’s the issue
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You obviously haven't watched much of our games. Remove Aubamayeng from the team and we'd struggle massivley.
80% of the first 11 is shocking to be honest. Coutinho would be a huge improvement on what we have
posted on 31/7/20
We only scored 56 PL goals this season, and were 16th in chances created.
We didn't even have the worst defence in the top 8 - I'm sure you know who did - and have already got Saliba, Mari and Cedric (plus Tierney to hopefully have a more active second season) signed so it isn't as if we have ignored the defence.
Midfield is the big improvement area - and Coutinho would be a good, if not great, addition.
posted on 31/7/20
Loans and Frees. It's going to be a tough summer having to pay all the budget to Ozil.
posted on 31/7/20
comment by Oscar. 2019 YEAR OF THE MACK! #TeamFury (U12980)
posted 38 minutes ago
Great player but again it is what Arsenal don’t need. They need a strong and reliable defense. Arsenals attack will always score goals because of the natural embedded philosophy and style of play. It’s defending that’s the issue
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Midfield is our main problem. If you watch pundits they will always just lazily highlight the defence, they seem stuck in repeating the tropes from the later years of Wenger, where our defence was bad, but we were great going forward and had a good technical midfield. At the moment we really struggle to create chances, are pretty clueless when we have a lot of possession, and dont score enough. the back line is actually more structured and organised (on the whole) than it has been for a while. It obviously still needs improving there as we have too many brain fart players at the back. But the midfield needs a lot more work at the moment. Countinho might not be the answer but we do need a player in the team like him for sure
posted on 31/7/20
For context, our average goals scored in the previous 5 years was 72 - only once scoring under 70 goals (ironically in the season we finished highest).
Our goals against (48) is worse (but not significantly) than the 5 year average of 44, so you cannot even point to that as an excuse for scoring less.
posted on 31/7/20
Would be a bit strange if we had coutinho and Willian playing for us next season
posted on 31/7/20
comment by Dubbed the new Arteta (U21076)
posted 6 hours, 26 minutes ago
He was s*** at Liverpool and even worse at Barcelona and Bayern. Hope we sign someone else instead.
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He was arguably the best player in the league for his last season with Liverpool, banging goals in nearly every game and many from 20-30 yards. We need a midfielder who can shoot from range. Hasn't worked out for him at Barcelona but they've been a mess since he joined and lots of good players have struggled after joining Barcelona in the past. I would welcome this signing, a return to the PL could be justify what he needs.
posted on 31/7/20
*just
posted on 31/7/20
Fabregas struggled at Barcelona and won the league with Chelsea. Failing there says nothing in of itself.
posted on 31/7/20
I can't remember Coutinho being the defensively active CAM we need. He's awesome attacking though. Can play a final ball almost as well as Ozil but the attacking difference maker is the fact he runs the ball better than he passes it. No more attacks breaking down, the moment we can't pass our way through. That killed us as much with Ozil as his refusing to press and rarely scoring. Unlike him Coutinho at least will likely score more goals by himself than he gives away not defending.
Type of player I love to watch and I'd not object to his signing at all but do wonder if he's up to the defensive demands this side will place on him. It's not one I see happening though. Also already forced to pay Ozil's wages. I don't see us stumping up to pay Coutinho's wages, Partey's release clause and newly tripled wages. That's nearly 80 mil. The owner wants at least 3 players for that kind of money or no dice
posted on 31/7/20
Honestly, after last season I learnt not to assume we have no money. Taking our finances private may reduce accountability, but has strengthened our hand in the market.
posted on 31/7/20
Nah not saying we haven't got it. Just that it won't get spent like we need it to be. There's definitely a difference
posted on 31/7/20
if it's a loan it's a no brainer, a permanent transfer would be risky for the wages he's on and questions marks if he can get back to his peak.
posted on 31/7/20
I think we could be smarter in the transfer market tbh. While I'd get behind him, it wouldn't be my first choice.
posted on 1/8/20
comment by *Prankster 20/20 everything you want from a poster and a little bit more. (U22336)
posted 1 day, 5 hours ago
comment by Dubbed the new Arteta (U21076)
posted 12 minutes ago
He was s*** at Liverpool and even worse at Barcelona and Bayern. Hope we sign someone else instead.
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check out his stats for his last year at liverpoolwas gutted he left and he was playing great football assisting and scoring plenty of goals.
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His final season and a half he was starting to look a good player but for the majority of his career he has been extremely overrated. Have a feeling he will be another Ozil if we sign him.
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