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Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert

Feed the Ed and he will score.

Having said that his hold-up play has improved quite a bit recently as well.

speedy

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert wrote:
He's only been "a workhorse" because of our nonexistent midfield/widemen chance creation/ball progression... Whatever you wanna call it.

And because if you take away that side foot finish you've a mid championship player. Pepe is used to coasting on his talent Nketiah is improving but he's still a really basic footballer like flamini and they tend to work harder.

Sicario

Gazza M

A few other people on twitter claim he was at colney yesterday. I draw the line at coutinho dammit. Hope we don't bother with this

QuincyAbeyie

We're gonna sign both of them aren't we

speedy

coutinho is streets ahead of any AMC we have. If your football is going have a bit more flair next season we need him badly.

Sicario

Coutinho is the real deal and will elevate us to the next level.

Yes please.

Ray

Yeah, Question marks are over the transfer fee, and if he will buy into Arteta's disciplined system. But other than that, he would add some much needed goals / assists from midfield.

Claudius

I’ve been talking to a bunch of Liverpool heads I respect. They say they’d take him back in a heartbeat. Even on this title winning squad. Interesting to hear. Maybe we are underestimating his potential impact.

Klaus

speedy wrote:
coutinho is streets ahead of any AMC we have. If your football is going have a bit more flair next season we need him badly.

It's incredible that Bayern don't want this fantastic footballer back who was so good for them and played so well.

Seriously, the bloke is shit. Just go and sign a real footballer for fucks sake, Arsenal. We need one badly.

Clrnc

If we have tried for Grealish, Aouar, Zaniolo, Odegaard and failed one way or another then

Yes please to a 1 year subsidized loan

Gazza M

Klaus wrote:
speedy wrote:
coutinho is streets ahead of any AMC we have. If your football is going have a bit more flair next season we need him badly.

It's incredible that Bayern don't want this fantastic footballer back who was so good for them and played so well.

Seriously, the bloke is shit. Just go and sign a real footballer for fucks sake, Arsenal. We need one badly.

Agreed. Waste of time. Scores a howitzer now and then, then just spends the whole game unproductively cutting in from the left. One of the worst hype jobs ive seen in the last 10 years

Ray

We aren’t Bayern, so I don’t see the logic in comparing. Our highest scoring central midfielder in the league has a grand total of 1 goal. Bruno transformed Utd with a bit of movement, dribbling / technical ability and goals from midfield.

Klaus

There's also the fact that he wasn't useful in Flick's high-pressing philosophy once he took over. He could get Gnabry, Perisic and Müller to press but Coutinho couldn't do it because he's small and weak and only good at one thing. A match made in heaven for Arteta's high level of work ethic.

Mirth

I'd take him on loan, he's better than what we have.

goon

Gazza M wrote:
A few other people on twitter claim he was at colney yesterday. I draw the line at coutinho dammit. Hope we don't bother with this

He was at Bayern training yesterday. Seems inconceivable that they’d allow him half a day before a CL game to travel to London. It’s not like it is deadline day.

Sicario

Klaus wrote:
speedy wrote:
coutinho is streets ahead of any AMC we have. If your football is going have a bit more flair next season we need him badly.

It's incredible that Bayern don't want this fantastic footballer back who was so good for them and played so well.

Seriously, the bloke is shit. Just go and sign a real footballer for fucks sake, Arsenal. We need one badly.

Would you rather have Joe Willock or Coutinho next season?

Ceballos for all he has done well has like 2 goals and 2 assists all season.

We need proven quality if we want to take the next step up.

Klaus

Sicario wrote:
Would you rather have Joe Willock or Coutinho next season?

I want us to sign a good player, not whatever horse shit player Kia Joorbchian decides to kick our way. "Is he better than what we've got?" is not the right question to ask; if that was the depth of our ambition we'd go and sign John Lundstram and call it a day.

We gotta stop settling for bad players just because they aren't worse than what we already have. Stocking up on players on this level, who are either too old or not good enough or don't fit or haven't got any fire left, is the reason we are where we are. It's why we finished 8th last season to begin with.

speedy

Klaus wrote:
Sicario wrote:
Would you rather have Joe Willock or Coutinho next season?

I want us to sign a good player, not whatever horse shit player Kia Joorbchian decides to kick our way. "Is he better than what we've got?" is not the right question to ask; if that was the depth of our ambition we'd go and sign John Lundstram and call it a day.

We gotta stop settling for bad players just because they aren't worse than what we already have. Stocking up on players on this level, who are either too old or not good enough or don't fit or haven't got any fire left, is the reason we are where we are. It's why we finished 8th last season to begin with.

He's several levels above anything we have in the AMC spot. That is the question to ask. All we have is the spiritless husk of Ozil and willock who has potential but often just looks completely lost out there. In the spectrum of players we can afford he probably is the best. We all want 40-50m long term solutions in these positions but also to keep AMC etc. Since we dont have the cash available coutinho is probably the best option. You used to rave about him and I never liked him that much. But given what he offers and what we lack in that context i like him.

lorddulaarsenal

You can tell Klaus is excited for Pepcoutilliayang!

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