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mdgoonah41

if eddie stays, you have to assume that arteta wont bother playing auba at striker at all moving forward. laca looks cemented as first choice, even though that feels like a big mistake.

goon

That wasn't the case over the last 6 weeks though, not only did Auba start up top when Laca was on the bench, but more often than not when Laca is taken off within games Auba is moved up top with a wide man (Willian, Martinelli or Pepe) coming on. Eddie has 9 mins of PL football since the 19th Dec.

Jed

goon wrote:
No one is going to take a player who has played as a full back/wing back for 95% of his senior career on a 6 month loan just to play him in centre mid. Everyone needs to stop trying to make that happen.

Southampton need general full back cover, which is why apparently Ainsley would prefer West Brom as he's more likely to get game time there.

I’ve read that West Brom is his preferred destination because he would get to play in midfield there, which is his favourite position.

GooneriC

If I am AMN I would go for the team giving me a midfield spot because thats where I want to be given the chance to prove myself. That's what I meant by him not going to a team to play fullback.

QuincyAbeyie

GooneriC wrote:
If I am AMN I would go for the team giving me a midfield spot because thats where I want to be given the chance to prove myself. That's what I meant by him not going to a team to play fullback.

Yeah, but if you're AMN your priorities are like this:

Go for the team that gives me a midfield spot
Go for the team that gives me a fullback spot
Stay on the bench

Which is why it doesn't make sense to say "Why would AMN go to a place where has to play fullback?" because you don't know if the team that gives him a midfield spot exists, and if it doesn't then a fullback spot is the best option for him.

Clrnc

goon wrote:
That wasn't the case over the last 6 weeks though, not only did Auba start up top when Laca was on the bench, but more often than not when Laca is taken off within games Auba is moved up top with a wide man (Willian, Martinelli or Pepe) coming on. Eddie has 9 mins of PL football since the 19th Dec.

His limitations is starting to get exposed real bad now that we have developed a consistent style.

But we know Arteta always love to have depth. And to be fair our strikers are very inconsistent so it's probably good to have them all here

lorddulaarsenal

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/arsenal-transfer-patrick-van-aanholt-23413984.amp?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar&__twitter_impression=true

Would make sense if Ainsley goes out on loan

lorddulaarsenal

Danny Rose going to sit out his contract at the scum. Nice one Danny

goon

Joel Lopez trained with the first team apparently. Wonder if he could get a shot.

Sicario

goon wrote:
Joel Lopez trained with the first team apparently. Wonder if he could get a shot.

Great. There is our back up LB right there ffs. Looks about 12.

Don Pacifico

I mean the back-up is still probably Cedric.

On Lopez, you gotta start somewhere. Have blooded many young FBs over the years.

Sicario

Don Pacifico wrote:
I mean the back-up is still probably Cedric.

On Lopez, you gotta start somewhere. Have blooded many young FBs over the years.

And back up RB?

I guess Chambers can play that role.

As it stands it’s a 8/10 Jan window, back up LB would have been icing on the cake though making it a 9/10.

Don Pacifico

Sicario wrote:
Don Pacifico wrote:
I mean the back-up is still probably Cedric.

On Lopez, you gotta start somewhere. Have blooded many young FBs over the years.

And back up RB?

I guess Chambers can play that role.

As it stands it’s a 8/10 Jan window, back up LB would have been icing on the cake though making it a 9/10.

Probably still Cedric with the option of Chambers. We've endured such a bloated squad for so long, we need to get used to smarter squad depth again.

QuincyAbeyie

Tierney/Cedric and Bellerin/Chambers will work. It's not a great set of fullbacks, but it wouldn't be if we got a backup LB either because it's the first choice on the right that's the problem. With FB backups I'm fine as long as they're not liabilities.

lorddulaarsenal

Lamptey and a left back in the summer

Claudius

I’d rather get no back up left back than make a bad long term investment here.

Meatwad

Claudius wrote:
I’d rather get no back up left back than make a bad long term investment here.

exactly. signing a van aanholt makes no sense when you can just promote someone from the youth team.

Claudius

Meatwad wrote:
Claudius wrote:
I’d rather get no back up left back than make a bad long term investment here.

exactly. signing a van aanholt makes no sense when you can just promote someone from the youth team.

This is how we ended up with a bloated squad. You ever tried to tidy a room while kids are playing? That’s what folks are trying to do. While Edu tossed out Mustafi, y’all are like here’s van Anholdt.

QuincyAbeyie

Joshua King to Everton. Can't imagine that he'll play much there, he should've probably chosen Fulham instead since they also wanted him.

Qwiss

Everton might get European football, Fulham might end up with Championship football.

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