We were prepared to spend 50m on Raphinha with presumably the same kind of wage per week as say Partey. The money was available for that kind of signing this summer and it should have been made in Central Midfield.Originally Posted by mandela8
As it stands Partey is only of half use to us, he spends far too much time out injured, he is not reliable and not a solid option, that is a fact. Whether he was resilient at Madrid means nothing now because he is unreliable at Arsenal.
Last edited by selassie; 04-09-2022 at 09:21 PM.
They could justify the outlay out wide given the abject paucity of senior options in that position. That's just not the case for Partey's actual fuckin position
WTF?
They could justify the outlay out wide given the abject paucity of senior options in that position. That's just not the case for Partey's actual fuckin position
WTF?
There is nothing wrong with our wide options compared to Midfield! You have admitted we only have one decent Central Midfielder at the club and he is a complete crock!
Spend on wide players when you have fixed Central Midfield!!!
wotThere is nothing wrong with our wide options compared to Midfield! You have admitted we only have one decent Central Midfielder at the club and he is a complete crock!
Spend on wide players when you have fixed Central Midfield!!!
I think Partey partnered with Zinchenko is a good midfield. With Lokongo deputizing and possibly Viera an option too. I think Xhaka and Elnonentity are fuckin atrocious but there are other good options in CM.
Not the case for out wide. Sakashit is clearly not good enough, Martinelli is raw...is ESR even a wide player? I'm not sure but I'm sure he's overweight and also injury prone, since that term is out there. Viera possibly?
Wide options are awful and there's zero killer instinct out there. THAT is the biggest issue with this team.
Last edited by mandela8; 05-09-2022 at 01:11 AM.
Just read ESR injured himself in the warm down, ffs.
Nothing wrong with the wide options though...
Our main priority at the end of last season was - make sure we get a decent CM / CDM - pretty much everyone outside of the club knew and could see that was a major area of weakness for us.
But as usual, it didn't happen. Then we spent deadline day low balling Villa, hoping they would roll over, for a crucial area of the squad.
I don't blame us entirely for that as Villa were being twats, but maybe we should have offered £30m instead, might have got the job done, rather than £20M with £2-3m increments. This isn't the 1990's ffs.
Also, Sambi was pretty solid tbf, Xhaka was a fucking disaster and yet somehow was kept on the pitch for the entire game.
How the fuck Arteta thinks he is good enough is fucking incredible!
100% agree with that, I honestly think we should have taken the scoreline at 1-1…played Zinchenko in midfield taken Xhaka off and put Tierney on and taken Ben White off for Tomoyasu. Slowed the game down…see if we could draw them in and hit them on the break. Disastrous in game management from Arteta to compound the error made in not buying a central midfielder (arguably two)Our main priority at the end of last season was - make sure we get a decent CM / CDM - pretty much everyone outside of the club knew and could see that was a major area of weakness for us.
But as usual, it didn't happen. Then we spent deadline day low balling Villa, hoping they would roll over, for a crucial area of the squad.
I don't blame us entirely for that as Villa were being twats, but maybe we should have offered £30m instead, might have got the job done, rather than £20M with £2-3m increments. This isn't the 1990's ffs.
Also, Sambi was pretty solid tbf, Xhaka was a fucking disaster and yet somehow was kept on the pitch for the entire game.
How the fuck Arteta thinks he is good enough is fucking incredible!
Normally 12 hours after a defeat I’ve calmed down a bit, but I’m still fucking livid with Arteta.
Yeah he is injury prone.
I said compared to Central Midfield our Wide options are not that bad. Sure we need to add in this position, just like I believe we need to add another forward. My opinion is Central Midfield should have been a priority position in the Market.
Ah but you’re forgetting that Saka is the shittest player in the team and we all refuse to accept that because we want him to be decent because he’s young and English
I wouldn’t mind if he’d just said Saka is overrated. I am on board with that, I think he overthinks situations and overplays the ball far too much…none of the cover we speak about having for him are natural wide players.
I’m admittedly obsessed with the central midfield almost to the exclusion of other areas. I do think we need more options in attack, but to be honest I’d have a striker that gives us aerial presence before buying a winger.
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