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Squad Management 2022/23

QuincyAbeyie

We would be gambling on Martinelli regaining his form from one and a half year ago + close to no injuries - for some reason the opposite of what we're doing defensively.

RowJimmy

QuincyAbeyie
Because that's how Arteta rolls.

QuincyAbeyie

RowJimmy oh, okay then.

Clrnc

RowJimmy Minister of Defence. Nato would be perfect for him

Sicario2 - Tier 1

Im afraid no more additions will result in no title which is hard to take (unless we sign someone in Jan assuming we are still in the race by then).

Don Pacifico

Sicario2 - Tier 1 I just think that's way too simplistic. It assumes all variables remain constant YoY (eg. No organic improvement on a young-ish squad).

I've wanted an attacker all summer but I don't think we should be so defeatist about the capabilities of our squad and our manager.

goon

As the saying goes defence is the best form of attack.

MistaT

goon — you’re god damn right when you score 16 from corners!!

Burnwinter

Don Pacifico At the moment I'd say a little much hinges on set pieces, there are no guarantees we'll reproduce last season's set piece winners reliably.

Even though we've got more aerial power, teams will get wiser as we saw with Emery's attention to denying us corners.

I think we'll see a forward signing with Nketiah's transfer apparently done and dusted (fingers crossed). I suspect many forwards' deals depend on the madness unfolding at Chelsea.

Sicario2 - Tier 1

Don Pacifico

This Odegaard injury has put a magnifying glass to our transfer window. Should have signed a Odegaard replacement or kept ESR.

You live and die by your decisions and this one could be costly. Fine margins etc.

Ode is one of the few players that we can’t replace in the current squad (Ethan is too young to deputise).

Panda

HomeSteak

Yep Odegaard and Saka will be run into the ground again as we have no alternatives for them that Arteta trusts to play.

If we make it far in the other competitions they will run out of steam and we will fall short.

Claudius

Panda who is the Salah alternative exactly? Virjil? Elite players do not have alternatives. A good sign for us is that in both games, Saka came off. Which is an evolution from Arteta at a time of season when he is typically playing players the full game to get them into shape.

Qwiss

Claudius who is the Salah alternative exactly?

Chiesa

Panda

Claudius Ideally we'd have another Trossard like option that can take minutes from both Saka and Odegaard in certain situations or matches to manage their fitness and peak form.

At the moment we have Jesus, Nelson and Nwaneri...Jesus we can't rely on to stay fit and also covers CF, Nwaneri is a kid and Nelson the manager doesn't trust.

Claudius

Qwiss the guy who can barely run and plays 30% of available games? Fun times.

Qwiss

Claudius yeah bit of a crazy transfer. Still better than Nelson though.

Claudius

Qwiss I would like dinner with Nelson. Just to understand. I have no doubt that he’s a tremendous player. But between not playing and not pulling up trees when he does play, I’m like “what’s the plan?” And what does he make of Vieira going on loan with a deal that has guaranteed appearances? A penny for his millionaire thoughts

Don Pacifico

Claudius how much is it Nelson wanting to stick around versus us struggling to sell him?

Claudius

Don Pacifico players sell themselves. I don’t think he’s picked up the phones to say he’s available. Or people look at his quality, wages, fee and won’t bite.

Don Pacifico

Claudius Or people look at his quality, wages, fee and won’t bite.

My point exactly - we've played our part in this situation.

Qwiss

If he wanted to go he'd be gone. We aren't forcing Nelson to stick around.

Claudius

Don Pacifico yeah. Fortunately, it’s not a problem we really need to deal with soon. Kiwior (£60,000) and Vieira (£45,000) are the only players who might want salary boosts, and I think they have far less negotiating leverage than the English boys

Qwiss

Claudius I think we'll see bigger problems going forward offloading players we don't want or need. We've got Zinchenko looking like 3rd choice left back on £150k and Jesus who's a back up and never fit on £265k. Partey who's injured all the time on £200k. Those are the guys we'll need to be trying to move next summer and its going to be very difficult to get any value out of them. Even Tomiyasu would be difficult to move for a fair price on £100k a week.

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