Arsenal vs PSV 12.03.2025 - KO: 20:00 GMT

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ESR i agree (although you can argue that he was sold to facilitate Nwaneri promotion) but with Nelson? Nah the guy is 25/26 and whilst I have every respect for his work rate…we have more than enough players who can roll up their sleeves but offer next to nothing from a technical point of view.

Don’t get me wrong, in hindsight I’d rather have him here than Sterling but that’s a low bar

Ultimately whilst I agree that we don’t rotate as much as we should, but as much as I’m not a big fan of Liverpool’s squad I don’t think players like Vieira, Nelson and some of the other players we’ve sent out on loan would be good enough for their squad.

Its almost certain that ESR's sale had nothing to do with Nwaneri, as immediately Odegaard got injured, Arteta went off with his wet dream and started playing 3-4 DMs in every match till we rebelled.

As for Vieira, he started of slowly at Porto but he's lately become one of their most important player with crucial goals and assists.

I am not trying to be a revisionist, I actually wanted Eddie and Vieira gone and even agreed that ESR should have another challenge...but I believed we were going to buy more players or at least promote more youngins, something we woefully refused to do and are now left with regrets of what might have been if we'd just stayed the same.

I mean really, does anyone believe that last years squad (forget adding Califiori, Sterling and Merino) wouldn't have done better in the league than this year with Citeh's implosion? Are we saying we'd have also lost Eddie to injury at this crucial time and that Nelson wouldn't have done a better job as a striker than Merino?

Note, every injury we had that has derailed our season has been one of the old guard. If Sterling, Merino and Caliafiori had been injured on the 1st game of the season like Timber was last year, I don't think it would have made a difference to where we are currently placed in the league this season. Also note its the league I am specific about as I do think Merino and Calafiori have helped in the CL.