Summer Transfers 2025 Missed Opportunities and Regrets

[HCZ_Reborn]

Haaland! Gyokeres is the exact opposite! He gets all around the pitch and makes shit happen for himself, he doesn't just stand there like a lump waiting for ball to feet. Haaland could well be the laziest player we've ever seen in this league. Gyokeres would be one of the hardest grafting.

What is it with you? You insist on crazy stuff like Partey being able to play 8, and then you stick with it come hell or high water. Sure, Haaland's an epic finisher, no arguments there, but he'd be an absolute luxury we simply couldn't afford to carry, not the way we play. And especially as we are already carrying the likes of Odegard. We need somebody who can go the extra mile to compensate for the shit going on in our team that Arteta apparently doesn't want to fix.

First of all I was comparing Sesko to Haaland, not Gyokeres

Also you need to get over this Partey thing. If you bothered to read you’d see that my preference was for Partey to play at 8 over Rice not that I think he’d be especially good there. I just think Rice is utterly unsuited to playing at 8 when you’ve got teams that will drop deep and sit behind the ball (which is about 90% of the teams we play).

Haaland is physically strong, quick and good on the ball as well as being a good finisher

[Niall_Quinn]

First of all I was comparing Sesko to Haaland, not Gyokeres

Also you need to get over this Partey thing. If you bothered to read you’d see that my preference was for Partey to play at 8 over Rice not that I think he’d be especially good there. I just think Rice is utterly unsuited to playing at 8 when you’ve got teams that will drop deep and sit behind the ball (which is about 90% of the teams we play).

Haaland is physically strong, quick and good on the ball as well as being a good finisher

Alright, well I'll shut up then.

[HCZ_Reborn]

It'll be a big mistake if we get rid of Martinelli - one of the few players who always puts a shift in, even when the rest of them are asleep. Arteta has ruined him, true enough. But there's still a very good player in there if only Mr Control Freak would give him a bit more license to play.

Trossard could go though, if we're seriously going to spend some money in the window. He's not going to get any better and he's too inconsistent.

Deffo won't be getting two big names in though - not with stadium expansion plans doing the rounds.

I actually agree with you on this

[Niall_Quinn]

I actually agree with you on this

Why does he let Trossard roam all over the pitch but Martinelli is strictly limited to the corner flag? Another bizarre directive from He whose hair shall not be named.

[21_GOONER_SALUTE]

Get them both.

Then offer up the likes of Martinelli and Trossard to Saudi.

100% with you on this.

Get rid of both of them if that means bringing in 2 quality strikers.

Though some won't agree, I'm a bit confident that Martinelli and Trossard (to an extent) have reached their ceiling at this club, especially if they are forced to continually play under a micro manager like Arteta.

IMO they'd both benefit with a change of scenery.

[Niall_Quinn]

100% with you on this.

Get rid of both of them if that means bringing in 2 quality strikers.

Though some won't agree, I'm a bit confident that Martinelli and Trossard (to an extent) have reached their ceiling at this club, especially if they are forced to continually play under a micro manager like Arteta.

IMO they'd both benefit with a change of scenery.

I'm hoping the slow trend back towards real football continues next season and Arteta will be forced to get aboard or become irrelevant. Both players would benefit greatly if this happened, Martinelli more so.

[KSE Comedy Club]

Sounds like it's Sesko over Gyokeres! Arteta has won - he'll get his tippety-tap "striker" who will fit right in with the soul-crushing football he favours. I'm hoping these are just more rumours from wannabe ITKs, but it makes perfect sense. This will be our worst transfer window of the lot, if true. Not saying Sesko is a bad player, he looks fairly run-of-the-mill like all the "top" wonder players you typically get these days. But we had a chance to get a real player and now, if true, noyt only do we end up with the booby prize but I'm betting somebody else will swoop in and grab the real article - so double fucked. Don't see the point in bringing new staff in if they can't use their expertise and Arteta gets to work hi Wenger complex anyway.

I keep reading that too - I hope to fuck it's all a big lie. Smoke and mirrors.

But it would be so typical of this club, when it seems like the easiest and most obvious thing is right there, staring us in the face, we will go and do the opposite and then make excuses as to why it didn't work out.

Get Gyokores and you have a ready made striker who will score goals.
Get Sesko and you will be waiting 3 years for him to (reach his higher ceiling or some bullshit) and he might score some goals along the way. As long as he can set up and lay off other players it's 'OK'

I still don't understand the obsession with some of these Arteta fans that want a striker that doesn't score goals but is a playmaker - it's fucking weird and sadistic.

[21_GOONER_SALUTE]

I keep reading that too - I hope to fuck it's all a big lie. Smoke and mirrors.

But it would be so typical of this club, when it seems like the easiest and most obvious thing is right there, staring us in the face, we will go and do the opposite and then make excuses as to why it didn't work out.

Get Gyokores and you have a ready made striker who will score goals.
Get Sesko and you will be waiting 3 years for him to (reach his higher ceiling or some bullshit) and he might score some goals along the way. As long as he can set up and lay off other players it's 'OK'

I still don't understand the obsession with some of these Arteta fans that want a striker that doesn't score goals but is a playmaker - it's fucking weird and sadistic.

......he'll have to get behind the line, Havertz fills that role already.

[HCZ_Reborn]

I keep reading that too - I hope to fuck it's all a big lie. Smoke and mirrors.

But it would be so typical of this club, when it seems like the easiest and most obvious thing is right there, staring us in the face, we will go and do the opposite and then make excuses as to why it didn't work out.

Get Gyokores and you have a ready made striker who will score goals.
Get Sesko and you will be waiting 3 years for him to (reach his higher ceiling or some bullshit) and he might score some goals along the way. As long as he can set up and lay off other players it's 'OK'

I still don't understand the obsession with some of these Arteta fans that want a striker that doesn't score goals but is a playmaker - it's fucking weird and sadistic.

I’ve rather patiently explained my position of Gyokeres, you don’t have to agree with me or accept it. But if you can’t understand it, that’s on you.