Drop Arteta TBF :coffee:Quote:
Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn
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Drop Arteta TBF :coffee:Quote:
Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn
Scum have signed Werner on loan from Leipzig. Quite a shrewd one imho. :unsure:
I'm in :good:Quote:
Originally Posted by Chippy
So....Spuds have made their second signing of the window, Dragusin has chosen Spuds over Bayern. He looks like a solid player. What the fuck are we doing? Nothing! Bayern have also been stupid enough to take Dier off their hands.
Can’t spend any money without selling because of FFP
I guess no one wants to buy our duds :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn
Surely we have a recepit for Havertz? :shrug:
I consider who we are being linked with now as likely transfer targets in the summer
For me we need three players. A striker, a right sided attacker/winger and a midfielder
We also do need to trim the squad and get rid of the wasters. I expect a lot of departures in midfield with Partey, Elneny, Jorginho going and probably Smith Rowe too.
And possibly looking to bring in players like Amadou Onana and Martin Zubimendi
I have thought a lot about where our squad is currently and the pros and cons of a January signing.Quote:
Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn
I think where I am at currently is that in broad terms, we are playing well consistently, and creating sufficient chances to win games. This is even where following the first 2/3rds of last season teams have done their homework on us, and are nowhere near as open - they are clearly mindful of our capacity to tear them open in the initial stages of games, and look in most cases to play a low block and hot us on the break. I think that the manager's idea behind our evolution was to deal with this - and in particular control the transitions - which presents the other side with opportunities to spring the counter. We are also dealing with the rebuilding of our MF. As good as he has been, Rice is not Partey, and does not have the line breaking/verticality ability that Partey has. We are very much missing Xhaka's ball progression as left 8, and his shot-chance creation ability. Havertz is a different type of player and we are still working out how to accommodate him. So our left has suffered, and our right has also suffered from teams overloading Saka and the fact that Ben White has not been at his best - the consensus is that he has been carrying an injury.
In short, in the circumstances the system is working OK - and here I acknowledge that I have been critical of our systemic issues - but on reflection if we pan out, our system has suffered from individual drop offs accross our front line.
While it's easy to suppose that adding a 'killer' striker would simply translate chances into goals, I am not sure it's that simple. Firstly, even if such a unicorn striker was available in January (I don't think this is the case), incorporating him would involve a change to our system - to a greater or lesser extent - particularly given that he would not just need to have finishing ability, but the technical ability to gel with the group. Secondly (and I think this is where you are coming from), at this stage I think that trying for a 'quick fix' could do more harm than good in terms of the evolution of our team.
So I would be inclined to do better planned, and strategic business in the Summer than panic buy now.
I'm not so sure about Jorg, i think he has a season left in him and i suspect Arteta values him as a willing squad playerQuote:
Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn
and i think it's a mistake to get rid of ESR but Arteta's not giving him much game time
Henry :bow: :lol:
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