Is this still an Arsenal thread? Asking for a friend.
Is this still an Arsenal thread? Asking for a friend.
Originally Posted by Jeterpool
I thought there would be some sort of Sanchez/Mkhitaryan chatter going on in here atm..
Btw, welcome back into the country, Mr Baggins..
Agree.
How do Arsenal fans feel about the swap deal? Is Mkhitaryan what you feel is needed in the team?
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Sanchez needed to go. Amazing talent but wasn't helping the team dynamic. If we get Mkhi and Auba then we would have strengthened our forward line.
The talk of the Giroud sale is more worrying. Not sure what i'll do without him.
Who is second on the "football fapping" list?
There's no 2nd place on that list. He is an Adonis, haha.
You still arnt signing defenders or a goal keeper though which I feel you need more.
Pretty sure you can copy and paste that for the Liverpool thread..
They signed Van Djik so at least theve started to improve
Yeah, you are correct.. I'll fix what you said then:
Oh yeah they signed some young greek CB I think
Kos
Mustafi
Holding
Chambers
Mertesacker
Mavropanos (youth)
Bielek (youth)
Monreal is very effective LCB in a back three.
I think we have plenty of depth at CB.
We need to defend better as a team (especially in transition)... and probably drop Cech at the end of the year.
Mustafi looks to me like he doesnt want to be there at times. Kos is overrated by alot. Mertresacker retiring, Chambers Holding young. I agree on Cech hasnt been the same WC goalie the last few years
Stanny says the darndest things, Ep 65
On paper I don't think any of the top 6 has significantly better CBs than the rest. They all have strengths and weaknesses. Our problems have been coming from midfield or from not winning 2nd balls. City have such a good defense because their opposition doesn't have enough time with the ball to score against them, but I wouldn't say their defenders are world class. United play with 10 defenders so it's hard to critique their CBs. Liverpool defenders are in awe of what their forwards are doing to teams and get caught napping. Chelsea have been relatively tight at the back but can't score goals, their defenders have to help out in attack and get caught out sometimes. Tottenham can't get their best 4 out on the park and have an unbalanced midfield and give constantly foul too much.
None of the clubs above you in the league would buy Kos nor would he get in their teams as a starter. A world class defender or someone as good as you lot think Kos is lifts the team ten fold and earns you points with their defending but you look no better defensively when he is or out of the team
On a side note your new LB Kolasinac?? is class, Why isnt he getting much gametime atm?
this.
Liverpool showed the blueprint on how to 'compete' and some times win against City. You need a fit fast front 3 that close the ball down and are willing to attack as soon as they get the ball. The dont win the ball back everytime and recycle like Peps Barca teams, but the Liverpool blokes created enough kaos at the front half of the pitch to make City look ordinary.
FFS they have John Stones back there hes almost slow enough to play for Chelsea.
Chelsea/Spurs/United with relatively stagnant traditional centre forwards dont match up well with City. A full strength Arsenal probably would.............right up until Sanchez left.
Its interesting hearing the Sanchez comments about his attitude. The dude from Dortmund youre trying to bring in is every bit the same diva isnt he?
Different sort of Diva. He didn't like Mourinho's tactics (same as martial, mata, shaw, etc) however he didn't stay long enough to give in and play Mou's way. Not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing.
My main concern with him is his passing accuracy. He isn't as bad as Sanchez but he does lose the ball too often for my liking.
If we replace Sanchez with Aubumeyang I will be comfortable up top against big teams like City.
Aubameyang - Lacazette - Ozil as front 3 would cause havoc with any defence if given space to make runs.
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