26 signings under Arteta. 20 are defensive

comment by Castor Troy (U8700)
posted 59 seconds ago
26 signings under Arteta. 20 are defensive
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Crazy! Some of those defensive signings have been quality tho but he really needs to focus on forward attacking signings and add quality depth to this squad.

Whats with Nwari ? Why is he not getting enough game time??

He has bought 1 striker during that period and even he isn't a proper central striker

comment by GunnerGuy (U9900)
posted 2 minutes ago
Whats with Nwari ? Why is he not getting enough game time??
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The fact that we’re relying on an inexperienced 17 year as the player to come off the bench and save us tells us how bad our depth is.

I personal think that he should be eased into games over the course of the season without having that added pressure to save us, at that age. There should be a more experienced quality back up ahead of him.

I think it's quite funny meself🤭

Mikel Merino Calafiori and Raheem Sterling our summer signings instead of what we really needed. 0 out of 10 window in reality.

comment by Pessimistic (U22980)
posted 5 minutes ago
Mikel Merino Calafiori and Raheem Sterling our summer signings instead of what we really needed. 0 out of 10 window in reality.
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Can’t put all the blame on Arteta for that as well. Who knows who and what he has been asking for- maybe he hasn’t been getting who hes been asking for.

I’m personally relived that we’ll be replacing Edu- I wasn’t his biggest fan and believe he needs to take some responsibility for how poor the windows have been. Garlick and Venkatesham too.

comment by Arsenalred49 (U21433)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Pessimistic (U22980)
posted 5 minutes ago
Mikel Merino Calafiori and Raheem Sterling our summer signings instead of what we really needed. 0 out of 10 window in reality.
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Can’t put all the blame on Arteta for that as well. Who knows who and what he has been asking for- maybe he hasn’t been getting who hes been asking for.

I’m personally relived that we’ll be replacing Edu- I wasn’t his biggest fan and believe he needs to take some responsibility for how poor the windows have been. Garlick and Venkatesham too.
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Edu will probably be replaced internally by someone like Per Mertersacker.

Crazy to think that Arteta worked under Pep. Pep’s influence hasn’t washed off on him at all. He’s far more like Mourinho.

Arsenal fc

Relying on set pieces for goals.

Never thought I would see the day

It’s a bit like how under Wenger wee always say we need to get a DM, or a CB but he’d always get 5’6 attackers.

It is an issue for sure, but Arteta has gone for a forward a few times but we never got it over the line. I think the club is cautious about dropping 70m+ on a striker incase they flop, so we’re waiting for the perfect deal. So I do think Arteta knows we need a forward. But our business is still too unbalanced toward defence either way, however having said that we did score a lot of goals last year. This does show we’re capable of attacking well, but also that we were clearly very reliant on odegaard, and we haven’t been able to figure out a good system without him, a lot of that will be due to the other available players don’t have the answers because there’s not enough creative players in the squad

If we fail to win something this season then Arteta Out
5 years without a major trophy is unacceptable

comment by Castor Troy (U8700)
posted 9 hours, 1 minute ago
26 signings under Arteta. 20 are defensive
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And I am all for it because we were shiiiiiit defensively.

When you are going to stop your narrative for once?

comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 11 minutes ago
comment by Castor Troy (U8700)
posted 9 hours, 1 minute ago
26 signings under Arteta. 20 are defensive
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And I am all for it because we were shiiiiiit defensively.

When you are going to stop your narrative for once?
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Of those defensive signings, only Mari, Tavares and Mari have been duds. None of them were hugely expensive, and were squad members rather than first teamers.

*Cedric, Mari, Tavares

I think in January Man Utd would be looking to get rid of Rashford and Arsenal will be stupid enough to take him off their hands. Sterling and Rashford partnership pending

£800 million spent
0 Trophies
1 Trophy with an Emery team

Actually feel we've gone backwards from last two seasons. We are certainly reliant on Odegaard. Nwaneri needs more time on the pitch. Doubt we will get a much needed striker in either January or the summer. All the hype around set pieces is all well and good, but Plan A should be scoring freely from open play.

comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 56 minutes ago
comment by Castor Troy (U8700)
posted 9 hours, 1 minute ago
26 signings under Arteta. 20 are defensive
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And I am all for it because we were shiiiiiit defensively.

When you are going to stop your narrative for once?
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what...of wanting a decent CF you mean....

We are similar...although Jackson is improving

comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 1 hour, 48 minutes ago
comment by Castor Troy (U8700)
posted 9 hours, 1 minute ago
26 signings under Arteta. 20 are defensive
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And I am all for it because we were shiiiiiit defensively.

When you are going to stop your narrative for once?
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Lol we have signed what 5 or 6 keepers during that period and you are all for it?

Shows how good Odegaard is to be fair. The amount of goals he creates in a posh version of Burnley is incredible.

He is the one player you can’t live without, there is little creativity without him and Saka has even less space to operate

comment by Striketeam7 - staying humble (U18109)
posted 31 minutes ago
Shows how good Odegaard is to be fair. The amount of goals he creates in a posh version of Burnley is incredible.

He is the one player you can’t live without, there is little creativity without him and Saka has even less space to operate
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Very underrated tbh. Hasn't reached KdB levels but hes not miles off, hes just a different type of player - doesn't score as many worldies or goals out of nothing, but orchestrates us so well and brings it all together. We look clueless without him.

comment by Chris H (U15205)
posted 13 minutes ago
comment by Striketeam7 - staying humble (U18109)
posted 31 minutes ago
Shows how good Odegaard is to be fair. The amount of goals he creates in a posh version of Burnley is incredible.

He is the one player you can’t live without, there is little creativity without him and Saka has even less space to operate
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Very underrated tbh. Hasn't reached KdB levels but hes not miles off, hes just a different type of player - doesn't score as many worldies or goals out of nothing, but orchestrates us so well and brings it all together. We look clueless without him.
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Yeah, you will have the age old problem with him - how do you cover him when he is injured. No one decent will come in only to sit on the bench waiting for game time and whoever you do bring in won’t be anywhere near as good anyway.

Thats where Arteta needs to have a plan B, a different way of going about things if his main man is out - instead you are trying the same thing but with inferior players and it doesn’t work.

comment by Sheriff JW Pepper (U1007)
posted 2 hours, 33 minutes ago
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 56 minutes ago
comment by Castor Troy (U8700)
posted 9 hours, 1 minute ago
26 signings under Arteta. 20 are defensive
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And I am all for it because we were shiiiiiit defensively.

When you are going to stop your narrative for once?
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what...of wanting a decent CF you mean....


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Of the need to stabilize our defense shape first and get rid of the toxic players we had in the team.