summer '22 transfer craziness and stupidity

[HCZ_Reborn]

Agreed here, tbh. He's also 5 9", ffs.

Imagine him and White as a pairing??

I said earlier that it only makes sense if he can actually play CM. Even then, I'd much rather an actual CM.

Just seems a lot of money for a player to not be first choice in any position.

I'd leave the defense as it is, tbh. I'd play White at RB ahead of Cedric, who's fuckin horrible, and Saka at LB, if Taveres is really off. Plenty of CBs there already.

Every penny should be spent on the MF or front 3.

Yep this

[Chippy]

Ornstein says Chelsea are close to agreeing a 55m deal with Leeds for Raphinha.

Yep. On SSN now.
That's a shame really, we could have done with him.
Oh well, on to the 5'9 centre back from Ajax.

[mandela8]

Ornstein says Chelsea are close to agreeing a 55m deal with Leeds for Raphinha.

Fuck sake.

Should've known that was too good to be true.

ARTETA/EDU OUT!!!!

[Marc Overmars]

Yeah shame really, had allowed myself to get all giddy.

Hope we’ve got another energetic winger scouted.

[I am invisible]

Shame - thought we might be able to nip in there before anyone else got their shit together, but we're not going to win a straight shoot out with Chelsea atm. Not unless we have an edge (like the player having previous with the coach).

At least Edu and Arteta have shown their hand on this one now - we all know they want a wide forward and are prepared to spend big on it - so who's the next target?

[Chippy]

Shame - thought we might be able to nip in there before anyone else got their shit together, but we're not going to win a straight shoot out with Chelsea atm. Not unless we have an edge (like the player having previous with the coach).

At least Edu and Arteta have shown their hand on this one now - we all know they want a wide forward and are prepared to spend big on it - so who's the next target?

Alexis Sanchez

[Mac76]

That team had some attacking threat, at least.

The front 3s Arsenal have been fielding this season are abysmal.

nothing wrong with Martinelli or Saka - it's been the central player that we don't have

[HCZ_Reborn]

nothing wrong with Martinelli or Saka - it's been the central player that we don't have

No but the point is we don’t have any real cover for that position. Saka especially was overused and came close to breaking down. Martinelli did get injured for short periods. We have cover for the central striker position Gabriel the main option with Eddie N as back up.

Smith Rowe can play wide but both he and Odegaard operate in the hole

Essentially if we get rid of Pepe our only option is Reiss Nelson

[IBK]

nothing wrong with Martinelli or Saka - it's been the central player that we don't have

Yep - I do take the point about cover for Saka (and maybe Rapinha didn't fancy being a back up to a player many regard as our crown jewel) but at least we have a first team option already in his position. I'd also say that our priority is central - to cover for our inevitable loss of Partey for some of the season. That said - I do want to see Lokonga get the playing time he needs this season, so don't want us to be too oversupplied there.

[IBK]

What clear evidence?

That some of the top teams make it to the latter stages of the Euro competitions sometimes?

So fuck.

Upper middle to bottom are atrocious and this arsenal team finishing 5th says it all. It's, by far, the worst Arsenal team I've seen in over 20 years and it was in contention for 4th until the last game of the season, ffs. Crazy.

Well - that is clear evidence of the relative strengths of the different leagues (and probably the only empirical evidence there is). Plus money talks in football - and generally speaking more money = better players.

I'd wager that the lower half of all Europe's top leagues aren't up to much by your own subjective and observational criteria - give or take any personal preferences in terms of style of play.