Please not Toney.
Please not him.
Please not Toney.
Please not him.
Not quite sure why you're so averse, he's strong and knows where the back of the net is, that said he seems to be the type of self-important character that Arteta wouldn't like so I'm not sure how likely it isOriginally Posted by dostoy
Not sure why any Arsenal fan following this team would think it's a bad idea for us to get a proven proper old fashioned CF.
We lost 10 competitive games last season, 5 in the EPL and 5 in the cups. In 7 of those 10 losses we did not register a goal. In fact 4 of the games we did not register a goal occurred in the League. We lost by only a goal 3 times in the league, so in theory we had 3 salvageable points. Also lets not forget that we had a bore draw of 0-0 with Citeh, so a goal could have brought an additional 3 points (or Citehs full wrath). Anyway in total 1-0 was by far our most popular loss result and losing by exactly 1 goal happened to us 6 times, ensuring our CL and EPL ambitions would only be fantasies.
So the question is how do we improve, realising we had the best defence and also kept more clean sheets than anyone else in the league (18 to Citeh and Everton's 13)???
Well do a Trump, double down be retarded and spend all our money on more defensive signings of course!!!
BTW I finished watching part of our game against Lyon, probably why I am a bit upset.
Caliafori, looks good and I understand the John Stones comparisons.... but we just finished winning that game because 2 of the consistently best CBs in the EPL scored both goals from set pieces! We started off with our strongest lineup and as usual in Arsenal, the forward players played well without actually putting the ball in the net!!
I see a lot of frustration ahead of us if Arteta continues his stubborn ways. Even Saka, who has been our most lethal player for ages seems to have lost his edge. Trossard now seems to be the most naturally lethal force in team and we all know the manager won't give him enough minutes.
We are a team that is hard to beat, there is no doubt about it, but we've been like this for 2 years....IMO you don't win the CL by being hard to beat, Real Madrid has proven that to everyone over and over again. Its the same with the EPL now, especially with 10 mins added time bonuses...we just need to reinforce our attack with an actual goal threat, a Plan B if you want to call it that.
Last edited by 21_GOONER_SALUTE; 11-08-2024 at 06:53 PM.
I heard Saka described as the best winger in Europe in a podcast the other day, while I recognise his strengths I can't agree, he.can't receive the ball deep or midway and charge up the wing like a Sane or a Salah can for a start, he's great at what he does but there's still not enough to his game for me
I just think there are better and younger strikers out there than Toney.
Thats all.
Seems like we priced Marseille out of signing Eddie.
Bournemouth may want him to replace Solanke though.
I also agree that there are better fits out there than Toney, however, its far better to have what we can have now than start this season off and try and rescue it in January with a panic buy or end another season with regrets when it was crystal clear to everyone with what we needed to go out and get.
Zubimendi has rejected Liverpool. I think had we not got ourselves into a situation where we were worried about FSR to the point where our only signing was a 4th order priority, we would have gone for him and I doubt he’d have decided he was better off staying at Sociedad. This however does make it perhaps more likely that we will sign Merino
I felt exactly the same after watching that game.
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