Dissecting Emery's Arsenal

[Power n Glory]

Salah's emergence at Liverpool has been very impressive and very surprising...but....he was putting in very good performances and posting decent enough numbers in Italy prior to his move to Liverpool.

Obviously I didn't expect him to develop into a World Class player so quickly but he came to Liverpool off the back of 2 very good seasons at Roma, admittedly scoring 15 goals each season which is nowhere near his scoring ratio at Liverpool.

I hear you, I would have preferred our boys...they are developed and ready made stars so to speak but until they post numbers equivalent to those mentioned Liverpool players then we have an inferior attack.

Yeah I agree on Wijnaldum and Milner, they are depth players for Liverpool really even though they have been first choice so far this season. I have no doubts that Fabinho and Henderson will eventually replace them in their preferred starting line up. They still have OX too assuming he comes back to the same level as last season, Liverpool have quality options in Midfield IMO.

I do agree with your point though, it's down to us to develop and unearth gems...or at least polish up potential to a high level like Liverpool and Spuds have done.

Salah had a decent record in Roma but not a soul on hear said we should sign and I'm pretty sure his record at Chelsea would have been brought up if we did. Whenever there were talks of us needing a winger, Mkhitaryan's name was constant before he went to Utd and Draxler is another one.

Pound for pound, we are definitely the worst of the bunch. But we're not a functioning team and need some time because I seriously doubt anyone here would have looked at Liverpool and Tottenham's squads without seeing how they'd perform under their managers and say they're title contenders. Looking at Utd, you'd think Martial, Sanchez, Pogba and Lukkau would be tearing things up but they're not. We're in a similar situation because we signed some players with massive reputations but aren't delivering.

This is why I have my current stance on transfers. You just never know what's going to work despite players looking great on paper. A lot depends on the manager behind the team.

[selassie]

Salah had a decent record in Roma but not a soul on hear said we should sign and I'm pretty sure his record at Chelsea would have been brought up if we did. Whenever there were talks of us needing a winger, Mkhitaryan's name was constant before he went to Utd and Draxler is another one.

Pound for pound, we are definitely the worst of the bunch. But we're not a functioning team and need some time because I seriously doubt anyone here would have looked at Liverpool and Tottenham's squads without seeing how they'd perform under their managers and say they're title contenders. Looking at Utd, you'd think Martial, Sanchez, Pogba and Lukkau would be tearing things up but they're not. We're in a similar situation because we signed some players with massive reputations but aren't delivering.

This is why I have my current stance on transfers. You just never know what's going to work despite players looking great on paper. A lot depends on the manager behind the team.

Can't argue with this. However we need to see some clear direction and function within this team with the current set of players pretty soon, otherwise many of them need to be ditched.

Emery has time to build a style and identity to this team, but he shouldn't cling on to players in a "Wenger" kind of style if they don't deliver.

The likes of Mkhi, Ramsey, Ozil, Auba and Laca, in addition to Xhaka, Mustafi and Bellerin should be delivering right NOW, no more excuses. These guys are paid top money and some of them came here for pretty sizeable fees. If they aren't producing then they need to be replaced.