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    Quote Originally Posted by IBK View Post
    I think that it's pretty obvious - and has been for some time - that Partey and Jorghino will be gone in the Summer...
    yes exactly I don't think the club would be looking to renew either of them, leaving aside Arteta rushing Partey back from injury too soon early on, we've got the most out of them we could in the circumstances IMO

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mac76 View Post
    yes exactly I don't think the club would be looking to renew either of them, leaving aside Arteta rushing Partey back from injury too soon early on, we've got the most out of them we could in the circumstances IMO
    I think we signed Merino under the assumption that Partey would be far more injured this season than has proven to be the case. It’s a shame we probably wont get any money for him, but ultimately I think we’ve probably got the best out of him so looking back in hindsight it was worth the money we spent on him. Same with Jorginho

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    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.
    Putting the laughter back into manslaughter

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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn View Post
    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.
    I agree with you re Arteta's attitude generally. But there is also the fact that we know he is keen on Sesko; and we entered talks with Vlahovic as well as Ivan Toney and (by all accounts) Gyokores's agent. We were also hot for Mudryk and we know Arteta is keen on Nico Williams. This tends to suggest a desire for forwards - and potentially money to get the transfers over the line being unavailable...
    Putting the laughter back into manslaughter

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    Raya; Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Lewis-Skelly; Partey, Rice, Odegaard; Sterling, Havertz, Trossard


    No point complaining. What we have is what we have

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    I’ve done it again
    I’ve done it agaaain

    Anyway I await Salacious Crumb to make some facile and deeply hypocritical remark

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mac76 View Post
    But still a typically erratic Arsenal performance, spuds will trash us on Weds for sure
    Nah

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    Quote Originally Posted by Letters View Post
    Nah
    Ofc I was deliberately jinxing a spuds win

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mac76 View Post
    Ofc I was deliberately jinxing a spuds win
    Well nice work then!
    I never thought Spurs would beat us - they're a bigger mess than us - although a draw is always plausible in these games.

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