We are 4 players short.
We are very close to having Holding starting, Cedric starting. Surprised people are rather complacent about the defence tbh.
We have two players for each full back position (Tomiyasu will regain his form with more minutes) & Benjamin White can cover at centre back - it's not ideal but I think the other parts of the team are even worse !
Still need a striker/attacker for me. Eddie sniffs goals but he lacks play outside the box and for me thats just as important in the style Arsenal play. I'd say Eddie is actually a better striker at home when we dominate possession.
Also need a CM. Partey injury can really hurt us as we saw what happened after Elneny came on. As soon as you draw Xhaka back towards our goal, the defence gets very jittery.
Decent cover for Partey should be the number one priority we don't have anything close to the quality he provides and he has the capacity to end up missing six weeks at some point.
Problem is that decent cover for Partey will cost 50M at least.
Really think the club should bring their summer budget forward
comment by Castor Troy (U8700)
posted 4 minutes ago
Problem is that decent cover for Partey will cost 50M at least.
Really think the club should bring their summer budget forward
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Exactly
but it's not as simple as bringing the budget forward though
The form we are in means we are going to get over 100 points if we carry on the way we're going. That's obviously not going to happen so it's not just injuries to worry about but also how we react to a dip.
We're 13 points clear of 5th though and with top 4 being the goal at the start of the season we now need to lose 5 or draw 7 to give the team in 5th a chance to finish above us
Nelson could be the big difference, once he returns to full fitness.
We absolutely need a midfielder and versatile forward. Ideally another defender too if Cedric leaves, but don't see that happening.
If we only go for Mudryk, then that's not enough IMO.
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posted on 31/12/22
We are 4 players short.
We are very close to having Holding starting, Cedric starting. Surprised people are rather complacent about the defence tbh.
posted on 31/12/22
We have two players for each full back position (Tomiyasu will regain his form with more minutes) & Benjamin White can cover at centre back - it's not ideal but I think the other parts of the team are even worse !
posted on 31/12/22
Still need a striker/attacker for me. Eddie sniffs goals but he lacks play outside the box and for me thats just as important in the style Arsenal play. I'd say Eddie is actually a better striker at home when we dominate possession.
Also need a CM. Partey injury can really hurt us as we saw what happened after Elneny came on. As soon as you draw Xhaka back towards our goal, the defence gets very jittery.
posted on 31/12/22
Decent cover for Partey should be the number one priority we don't have anything close to the quality he provides and he has the capacity to end up missing six weeks at some point.
posted on 31/12/22
Problem is that decent cover for Partey will cost 50M at least.
Really think the club should bring their summer budget forward
posted on 31/12/22
comment by Castor Troy (U8700)
posted 4 minutes ago
Problem is that decent cover for Partey will cost 50M at least.
Really think the club should bring their summer budget forward
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Exactly
posted on 31/12/22
but it's not as simple as bringing the budget forward though
posted on 31/12/22
The form we are in means we are going to get over 100 points if we carry on the way we're going. That's obviously not going to happen so it's not just injuries to worry about but also how we react to a dip.
We're 13 points clear of 5th though and with top 4 being the goal at the start of the season we now need to lose 5 or draw 7 to give the team in 5th a chance to finish above us
posted on 31/12/22
Nelson could be the big difference, once he returns to full fitness.
posted on 1/1/23
We absolutely need a midfielder and versatile forward. Ideally another defender too if Cedric leaves, but don't see that happening.
If we only go for Mudryk, then that's not enough IMO.
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