Gurgen little bit Van Persie like Gurgs?
I think he's less technical than RvP but a lot faster and potentially stronger. Also better in the air though RvP was not bad himself.
Want depth like this
Raya, new GK
White, Saliba, Gabriel, Diomande, Kiwior, Tomiyasu, Timber
Rice, Jorginho, Zubimendi
Odegaard, Simons, Vieira, Smith Rowe, Nwaneri
Saka, Jesus, Sesko, Havertz, Martinelli, Trossard
lorddulaarsenal Saka, Jesus, Sesko, Havertz, Martinelli, Trossard
Still not elite enough.
Musiala.
Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert yeah all he did was add sesko to a mid attack.
Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert yep Saka is the only truly top class player in that list. We need at least 2.
Meatwad You think we have a mid attack?
Archie Gray
Watched Leeds vs Norwich and he stood out. Give him a couple years to add some weight, and he'd be a great Ben White replacement.
RowJimmy yup.
Meatwad we need to buy players who will play. Arteta bought Raya, Havertz, and Rice last summer. They play every match. We are challenging for title. That should be the thinking. More players like that.
It’s not mid, but it’s not PL or UCL champions caliber either.
Claudius you need some sort of acronym to sell this idea.
We've scored 89 goals, 4 fewer than Man City, but we have a mid attack. OK.
Gurgen Obviously, it's not a mid attack but a mate of mine was saying they were comparing the current team to the Invincibles on Talk Sport t'other day.
Now, obviously, I didn't listen to it, but it did get us talking about who we thought would win. I came down on the Invincibles side and purely for the reason that I don't think this team has an attacker in it who would absolutely terrify the opposition in the way that Thierry Henry terrified the rest of the Premier League. So, for me, we need someone like that. I don't know who it is, or whether such a player - if he did exist is - is gettable.
I don't know, maybe Martinelli and Saka can become that, both of them have been around so long, we forget how young they still are - for context, they are both 22 years old. At 22, the aforementioned Henry had just signed for Arsenal -so there is plenty of time for them to develop into the monsters we want to see. Obviously, Saka is well on his way already.
Gurgen I guess all goals scored are a result of the attack now.
That final piece is the hardest piece to find in football though.
TambourineMan it definitely isn’t a bunch of unknowns. We need Saka and Ode level players now to run through a 38 game season without flawlessly.
Adding Sesko and Simons to the attack would strengthen it massively
lorddulaarsenal Agree. If we were to sign a player like Sesko, I'd want a Simons (B Silva really) type with Sesko to cover wings and 8. Sell Nketiah, Nelson, Vieira/ESR 😢 to make space. As Arteta clearly doesn't trust them enough to play them regularly.
Simons has that buzzard trait we need
Qwiss What was that old line about "pace and power"?
