We're supposedly interested in both the Bender twins. :lol:
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We're supposedly interested in both the Bender twins. :lol:
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Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
We need to get rid of midfielders first
Arteta and Flamini, and arguably one of Cazorla, Wilshere and Ramsey just to accommodate one holding midfielder
Players we absolutely don't need. Same as Sterling, why would we sign dupes?Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
Why would we even contemplate doing that? It's a long season and you go into it hoping you'll end up playing the maximum number of matches possible. All three of the players are top quality and would cost fortunes to replace/ upgrade.Quote:
and arguably one of Cazorla, Wilshere and Ramsey
Arteta and Flamini, hard to see what role they will play on the pitch next season, except as emergency cover.
Diaby has gone, that opens up a slot. Podolski will likely follow so there's another one.
Podolski is a striker played as a winger because he can only play as part of a front two
At the moment we have Cazorla, Ozil, Rosicky, Wilshere, Ramsey, Coquelin, Arteta and Flamini
That's eight players to fill three positions....If you count out the foolish option of playing any of these players on the wing
Cazorla is 30 now and inconsistent he has as many bad games as he does good games...I honestly think if a club were to offer decent money for him we should accept it, Ramsey is too slow for the type of game we should be looking to play....plus his passing under no pressure is suspect. Wilshere should be kept but arguably only as cover for Ozil who is a far superior ball distributor.
Then you bring in someone like Vidal as a destroyer
Then all we really need is a striker, we have Sanchez, Welbeck, Walcott and Ox on the wings
It comes down to picking the right team for the occasion, depending on the opponent, the significance of the match and a whole host of other factors. Squad rotation over what will hopefully be a very long season packed with games. That's what we are shit at right now and that's what has to improve. We'll need all those players, bar maybe Arteta and Flamini, if we want to mount a serious challenge on several fronts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie
Vidal as a destroyer would be a complete waste. He's a high energy, high tempo, box to box midfielder who provides an attacking threat and he's surprisingly good in the air.
To provide the balancing act of squad rotation and giving players enough game time you arguably want a squad of no more than 23, that way you provide cover for each position and can rotate based as you say on the opposition and importance of the fixture.
Eight players is too much for three positions, especially as so many of them are not up to scratch.....Arteta and Flamini going should be a no brainier, and then arguably if you need to bring in a strong midfield presence be it a destroyer or a box to box midfielder, but someone who can win the ball and offer protection.....then someone else perhaps needs to go. I have thought for ages we have too many attack minded central midfielders....and we only seem to accommodate them all by shoe horning them into positions they aren't suited to.
Walcott will be our new striker, with the amount of midfielders we have and Wenger's comments about Coquelin then I can't see us buying a new guy there. Maybe a defender but that will be that.
We should buy before we sell and no way should we be selling Cazorla. Can't see us buying a central midfield anyway.