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Raul Stanllehi
Apparently Rangnick isn‘t going to Milan anymore, time to make an offer for the guy as our director of football.
wtfApparently Rangnick isn‘t going to Milan anymore, time to make an offer for the guy as our director of football.
Thank God for Raul, guys like Pepe, Luiz, Ceballos and Tierney who he signed have managed to drag us to a cup final. If only we didn't have to rely on bums like we signed under the old regime we'd have a decent squad to rotate which could easily see us finish third.
Probs sarcasm
But tbf the signings are our only real standout players.
Luiz our best defender, Pepe our only player capable of doing something out of nothing, Tierney nothing needs to be said and Ceballos our best player recently.
Bald fraud has done it again.wtf
Gazidis
Not really, everyone on this forum knows how I feel about our window.
The Man City game told me loads I need to know. Under a coach with modern ideas, good communication this team is capable of very high performances, however the squad rotation is hideous and we don't have a good enough spine to compensate for that, such as Liverpool.
Can never tell with you haha.
But yeah I posted yesterday saying we have a good group of core players in the squad. The starting quality just isn't good enough and ultimately we need 4 signings this summer not only to improve but to create quality depth.
Imo it's not even really about squad depth to an extent, I've done some thinking this morning and it's more having what I call 'non-questionable players'.
You look at Liverpool and City and there's maybe 5/6 from each team that you'd say yeah we don't need to replace them, look at ours and there's only 1 who I'd say atm is Tierney.
Liverpool can get away with rotation because they have a great core who if a few are missing the rest are good enough to keep everything together.
When we rotate it goes to sh*t because we don't have that quality in the first team.
I don't know if I've explained that well, but yeah.
I would say with Liverpool specifically they have 6 players who if you switched out for their depth it makes a significant difference. They can hold it together if one is out but if you have multiple out its a problem. They probably would have struggled through this period after lockdown if they hadn't won the title so early on.
With the whole non questionable players, they have to be players who are absolutely consistent no matter what, their form doesn't flip flop massively etc. For me in our squad those players are Tierney, Leno when fit, Auba and at the moment Ceballos. So we have four.
In comparison Alisson, VVD, Robbo, Trent, Wijnaldum, Fabinho, Henderson, Salah, Mane, Firmino and Milner rarely ever have a poor game and if they do its once in a blue moon.
That's what I mean though, they'll never have to swap out 5/6 players and it shows with the CL and PL wins in the last couple years, rubbish like Origi can come in a do a job because they're stacked elsewhere.
might become a mod one day.Top poster this @OnlyOne boy. Can only imagine which heights he'll reach.
Yeah good point. Who would you sign this summer, you can make 3 signings.
These guys cannot be held accountable, Arteta is the only person who'll feel the brunt. He's the only one doing press conferences and interviews. I'd love if someone was able to ask one of these guys why they thought sanctioning a 4 year deal for a Southampton reject full-back was a good idea. Like how could they answer. They think Cedric is a world class footballer?
I still remember guys thanking Raul in the streets after the transfer window, saying how he made Arsenal a serious club again. Yeah, we're 10th.
Simple really for me, a left sided CB, a CM, and a creative player.
Look to loan Ceballos with option.
That with Arteta could help reach top 4 provided they're the correct players.
Agreed with this.
I think Gabriel, Partey and Grealish is a solid, doable window. Premier league experience and CL experience in there for where we are would be excellent business.
Hmmm, it's possible but I think we'd have to rely on player sales and yeah I'd agree it would be solid but just think it's possibly a bit unrealistic.
Dani just started playing well in the last month after we waited 12 months for him, what you talking about? Luiz has made mistakes ALL season and Pepe has generally been anonymous.Thank God for Raul, guys like Pepe, Luiz, Ceballos and Tierney who he signed have managed to drag us to a cup final. If only we didn't have to rely on bums like we signed under the old regime we'd have a decent squad to rotate which could easily see us finish third.