Quote Originally Posted by IBK View Post
Agreed. In some ways the club has more recently been more dilligent with planning transfers (further evidenced by the Zubimendi news). The obvious exception is in our forward line - where we have sold but not brought in anyone.
I’ve never bought into this Goldilocks attitude, that Arteta is waiting for a player that is just right. I think it’s partly because forward players are going to be on higher wages and I think it’s that Arteta certainly doesn’t like the traditional centre forward. He’s often said I want us to be a team where goals come from all over the pitch, now I’m a big proponent of that. I like central midfielders, wingers, full backs and centre halves chipping in with goals….but the fact is you don’t expect them to be prolific. This is why for me we get games where we can score 4 or 5 in between two or three games where we’ve struggled to get one. A winger or a CAM might get you double figures but realistically they aren’t going to be scoring every other game the way you’d want a top striker to be doing.