Weird that he would want to go and play in the Spanish second divisionOriginally Posted by Marc Overmars
Deportivo (or to be specific Deportivo De La Coruna, as there is more than one Spanish club with the prefix Deportivo) have fallen quite some way since they won the La liga title in 2000 and made the semis of the champions league in 2004.
They’ve only just been promoted back to the segunda division and have lost their opening game at home to Oviedo
Why not send him on loan?
If we can accommodate a pointless player like Vieira in our squad I see no reason we should be selling a Patino (who is physically alike) for such a pittance. The boy is a talent and should be given more of a chance to strengthen his upper body. My opinion anyway.
Sterling has pretty much been booted out of Chelsea.
Cheeky bid?
Eddie has agreed terms with Forest and it sounds like we will be getting the fee we want too.
Decent. Wonder if this will give us any wiggle room to get another deal as well as Merino done.
Quite a good spot and I'd be happy with him as emergency cover.
A possible Trossard coup all over again (though he'd come with the baggage of big wages).
Not for me, he seems too variable in form
An interesting read from Sky assessing our ability to actually usurp Citeh:
https://www.skysports.com/football/n...-title-assault
I found this part a bit telling;
A deeper analysis will probably show our starting attacking lineup has probably played more minutes than any recent team that won the title has ever, maybe except Leicester.A lack of depth has been cited as the key element as Arsenal stuttered on the home stretch; no team used fewer players than Arsenal's 25 last season - but that was the same as both Fulham and Manchester City. The stark difference between the top two was City's ability to rotate and remain fresh; they made the third most changes to their starting XI in the Premier League in 2023/24, and only Crystal Palace made fewer than the Gunners.
Well someone should send the message to Arteta that if he really wants to win something he should stop treating our attacking players like defenders and provide suitable options.
I agree that if Eddie goes we seem light up top.
But - while I am not saying that we should not invest in a front 3 player, I think we also need to consider why there is a clamour for this amongst Gooners.
Let's fact it, Eddie hardly contributed last season in a meningful way, but we still scored our most goals in the Premier League in a season in 2023-24 - 91 goals. This is even more surprising when our top 2 league goalscorers were Saka (16) and Havertz (13) - and given that we would all agree that Odegard (8) and Martinelli (6) were both below reasonable goalscoring expectations.
So we share goals around - with a number of different routes and players able to contribute. Also - is there not the scope given the lack of a 20 goal player for these same players to raise their ceilings even if we don't sign a striker?
I wonder personally whether:
1. The question is more about being less predictable? The problem after a successful season is that opposition managers learn a team's tactics - so what worked last time will not necessarily be as successful again. We have seen this with teams doubling and tripling up on Saka for example - albeit that amazingly he seems to be able to deliver match wining contributions despite this. The reliance on the right is clearly something that the manager is trying to address with Calafiori, Timber and (likely) Merino. Will this give us more goals from the left while freeing up space for our right - whether or not we sign a striker?
2. The concern should be injuries - to Saka principally - but also can Havertz have another injury free season and will Jesus last for an extended period? I wounder whether a right winger/forward is a more pressing need?
3. Our failure to sign anyone up front is more an indication of the weakness in the striker market - and even that the traditional centre forward seems to be going out of fashion?
Putting the laughter back into manslaughter
Well sadly that is a failing of Arteta if he thinks what we have is good enough - because it is not, period.
Yes we bagged 91 goals last season, but its no good smashing a team 5-0 one week and then not scoring at all the next week.
Usually that is down to not having another dimension of attack, and 9/10 where we have been found out in the last two seasons.
He was a fan of them as a child, there was some post on X about it all.
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