BigPoppaPump
Reeling from Laca & Kos nightmares
It only works for Pep because Man City spend billions on players, City ain't buying guys like Ben White or Ramsdale and if they do it's only for HG status not to actually play them i.e. Delph.
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang: From Thriller To Bad, Should He Just Beat It?
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or the finest like Grealish and possibly Kane.
There's a lot of evidence to support that Arsenal and City play similarly, we just don't have the players for it. Spending 40-50m for each position for Arteta to be able to do it is ridiculous as well.
Rasmi
Negative Nancy
Country: England
What the hell is going on? I read both him and laca won’t be available against Chelsea
Wasn't it covid? Swear I read that somewhere.
Weird they haven't said anything officially if that's the case though.
Rasmi
Negative Nancy
Country: England
Just him and laca? And they haven’t confirmed it. Just illnesses
Country: England
Runarsson as well.
Yeah don't take my word for it, I have no idea lol.
one of the Athletic boys on a podcast was not sure if we had announced a covid case for a player before. the ones they could remember were made public by the national team first.
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I listened to that one. Them man are pathetic btw I dunno why I do it.
Vanpayslip
Active Member
You make a good point regarding Pepe. I didn’t think he did have a good season but he ended the season well and I’m really hoping it continues this season.
The problem here though is what the manager has in Pepe and Auba and what he wants are two different things. In terms of general play these two are at best technically average. They do however specialise in two things. They are goal scorers from wide and they have exceptional off ball movement. They have the ability to move off the ball and lose the opposition players around them they can both end up in or work their way into goal scoring positions.
With these two we should be looking at 35 goals minimum in the league from wide forward positions. However, where many managers would have come into Arsenal and said it is these two that are going to score those extra goals to carry us until we can dismantle the squad and play my way, Arteta has them playing the way he thinks a player in that position should. And the team in general is too defensive now because Arteta is afraid of its defensive frailty. So instead of these two causing havoc and moving in ways that defenders are being pulled all over the pitch - they are tame because the system just isn’t getting the ball to them or to the areas they usually are.
I agree with your point regarding a lot being made of Auba’s goal scoring last season. There are a few things that happened to him personally which would effect his general well being and he also has to contend with being asked to play in a different role.
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Player:Saliba
Sounds like another Özil affair. Bet all’s not well in dressing room with the players. If they speak . . .
I don’t like to speculate with Arsenal because well it’s Arsenal and too many people have their own reasons for publishing false information. Plus the club has developed a habit of leaking information when it suits them. So it’s interesting that we don’t know exactly what is the reason for their absence.
mirrorstare
Well-Known Member
It's funny because according to some reports we're desperate to have them back, so it's not like Özil that we actively wanted to freeze out.
Maybe it's just a lame FOMO play for the transfer window idk. To see if someone bites and offers something for Auba or Laca that isn't a loan with option to buy
Maybe it's just a lame FOMO play for the transfer window idk. To see if someone bites and offers something for Auba or Laca that isn't a loan with option to buy
grange
Losing my brain cells 🥸
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Player:Havertz
Don't think so - Auba has already had Covid
amigo
Active Member
It was covid. Confirmed by Arsenal now. Don't know why they took so long....
mirrorstare
Well-Known Member
It was indeed Covid, we still offered him to Barca anyway.
IstraBalagina
Active Member
It's Covid-21 this time
amigo
Active Member
Did we really? That could have been paper talk.
Leo_ense_
AnthonyG Survivor
Hopefully this puts to bed any rumours about him leaving etc.
Had a look at his numbers last season, 15 goals. Those were the numbers giroud and lacazette would put up on average…
We expect so much from him because his first two seasons here were 30 goals each, as they have been everywhere else.
If Arteta gets the team going I fully expect him to fire again
Had a look at his numbers last season, 15 goals. Those were the numbers giroud and lacazette would put up on average…
We expect so much from him because his first two seasons here were 30 goals each, as they have been everywhere else.
If Arteta gets the team going I fully expect him to fire again
Tosker
Does Not Hate Foreigners
my gut feeling is that Auba and Laca caught Covid whilst disobeying club rules designed to keep them safe, so have been in Arteta's bad books over it
Auba in particular needs to be more careful of his health after his bout of malaria
Auba in particular needs to be more careful of his health after his bout of malaria
