Sicario2 - Tier 1 this is what I meant about stepping away and doing something else tonight. If you've been watching football for as long as you have, you're also old enough to know better than to say things like this.
Mik Merino
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Glass half full view.
Calafiori: looks a player, will resolve some issues we've had with defensive fragility versus ability.
Merino: sucks he's injured but that's why we signed him. When he's back he'll give us the opportunity to protect our old men in midfield, and with any luck he'll do it before they get crocked themselves.
Sterling: if he's confirmed, he's a past matchwinner in this league and he's not ancient yet. He'll be motivated initially by the return to a competent club and might even recover great form here. If it's a loan it leaves us well placed for the further search.
Smith Rowe, Ramsdale, Nketiah: if all three transfers are confirmed that's £75m plus add-ons coming to the kitty which is a huge step forward.
Edit: glad to see Nketiah's exit confirmed.
Bro that guy trolled me twice. First one in the deadloan thread which I ignored but couldn’t ignore the 2nd one. He deserved it.
Anyway, with Sterling the window is just about ok, I can live with it. Was seriously pissed off before when I thought we were done.
COYG
Welcome to the Arsenal Mikel! 
Pepe LeFrits I mean I'm all for this. And I'd rather he got the minutes than having people like Vieira, Elneny, etc in the squad ahead of him.
Was really looking forward to him playing, sounds like just a freak accident but just our luck right now! Hopefully won't miss too many games as there are a couple international breaks coming up.
I have a sneaky suspicion that its not going to be 6-8 weeks, and more like 4. I dont know why, but just a hunch
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Exactly, we're the third biggest club, have the third highest net spend in recent years and have the 3th largest wage bill.
We are currently overachieving.
Timber being out for an entire season is why there was even more reason to sign a proper LB option.
Fucking hell horrible but thankfully will only miss another 4 PL games as there is another international break mid October. Was really looking forward to see how he fitted in
This is a sign. We used our luck
Freak accident. Not a sign of things to come.
JazzG all things considered, that's not that bad. It just feels worse because he's not played and Rice is suspended.
Yep, 2-3 months is exactly what I expects of a fracture. Hope we don't rush him back and let his bone heals otherwise it will be long term complications for him
this season is a write off, no use rushing him back
mdgoonah41 please elaborate
Claudius i think we'll be fighting with liverpool for second place. our forward options are just not up to the standard that will be needed to run down man city. they were pretty meh for big chunks of last season, but when they needed to, they accelerated and went right past us. i think we're going to be in this same position until we buy a top class striker, its the most glaring weakness in our team and hasnt been addressed.
mdgoonah41 we finished two points behind City last season with a weaker squad than the one we've got now and you're already this emo after three matches?
md's pretty dark on us in general these days but I can see where he's coming from. Would we have put a Brighton to the sword earlier with a Haaland instead of a Havertz (who has been good) and avoided the nonsense that befell us? I don't think it's unreasonable to say yes.