The signing of Pepe is starting to look farcical. We're desperate for a goal and Martinelli and Saka come on before him!? What's going on with him behind the scenes that we can't see?
The signing of Pepe is starting to look farcical. We're desperate for a goal and Martinelli and Saka come on before him!? What's going on with him behind the scenes that we can't see?
Worst start since 1975, apparently
AFTV'S DT reckons we are in a relegation battle 😏Originally Posted by Letters
Worst start since 1975, apparently
Pepe. Ozil. Same problem. You bring them in to be creative and offensive, but when the rest of the team are operating at 1mph top speed there's no point having creative and offensive players, they just end up having to conjure magic from thin air to justify their transfer fee and/ or wages. These are players who should be enhancing an already coherent and effective team, not saviours who have to single-handedly drag the rest along. There were a few players throughout history who could do it almost alone - Maradona, Messi. But even the best of the rest need a decent team around them to shine.
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There's nothing going on with him behind the scenes.
Almost every poster here creamed themselves on how perfect our transfer window was and how Pepe was going tear this league apart, everyone clearly having amnesia on how terrible our defending was and how that should have been our only priority last summer.
Anyway I told you so's won't help anyone, he's a good young talented player, but expecting an attacking player to come from a different league and instantly set it ablaze, choosing to ignore all the inherent problems we had with the poor management, was so naive of so many on here.
Also if we now decide to turn on him and start discussing flogging him off, that would make us even more stupid and silly. Go ask Chelsea fans and they'll tell you about Salah and De Bryunne.
We've got to get our house in order first, get a decent manager, get some worthwhile defenders.... and after a period of stability, we can talk about Pepe.
Oh, and I think the only part of the lineup Freddie got right was the ozil-laca-Auba part.
If we can't get Ozil, Laca and Auba firing as a unit then all other bets are off anyway. That trio, a midfield that has a little bit more about it than the three plodding amigos Xhaka, Gwen and the overrated Argie guy. Defenders who went to a football academy rather than clown school.
Damn, there's a big job to do at this place. We're absolutely nowhere right now.
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It was something of a rhetorical question/position.
I think given the car crash that was the end of our season and varying degrees of interest/disinterest from the ownership, our window was a success. Even if we hadn't lost Iwobi, Pepe was a missing part of this squad. The fact we didn't bring in a top defender shouldn't mask that, however the priority list was drawn up.
Pepe has been playing well and actually should be playing. The fact he didn't see the light of day today despite a change in management is a concern. We are not a club that can afford to have 72 million signing polishing his boots on the bench. We need that singing to work and this isn't a good way about going about it.
Problem is defensively we cant be much better anyway. Bellerin and holding injured. Sokratis has been so poor. Who else can play in the back four. Xhaka plays because we dont have much choice.
It is bizarre that torreira and pepe dont start. Why not play laca auba pepe with ozil behind. Toreira plus one sitting deep.
Didn't know holding was injured but we should absolutely be starting Tierney ahead of Kola and i'd rather have almost anyone except Mustafi, even bring Medley in
Btw I read somewhere that Ozil, Kola and Mustafi are a bit of a clique at the club and i wonder if Freddie is trying to get them onside by starting them all...
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