Claudius

I wrote off the league. Not signing anyone this window is writing off the CL, FA Cup and League cup. It not only wastes this season but means the last two seasons were wasted and all that momentum we’ve built as a club go to shit.

    daredevil the midfield rebuild might be a problem too far for arteta, and could spell the end for him. that 65m/200k pw havertz splurge felt like a breaking point, because he was (mistakenly) bought to be a key fixture as a left 8 and also created a false sense of security that our forward line was sufficient. the combined shockwave of his incorrect recruitment + taking 1-2 windows too long to actually fix the forward line has now resulted too many new fires to put out, leaving us once again with competing priorities aka 'a day late and a buck short'. looking at artetas recruitment history, he will favour the perspirational/structural aspects of the team first and foremost.

    had we scooped 1 piece of major silverware in the last few years, the time and resource required for the above rebuild would be acceptable.

        Gazza M Havertz was a major contributor to our run last season and is our top scorer this season. In addition to all the pressing he does. There are at least half a dozen players you could complain about Roger getting to him.

            Claudius he's also a major contributor to why we didn't buy a proper midfielder in summer 23, nor a proper forward in summer 2024. and he costs us 65m and 200k pw. and he's been average for 50% of his time here. hence my comment about him being a breaking point signing.

                Claudius the problem is we overpaid for him in fee and wages and allowed his purple patch to let us pretend we had no issue with our forwards.

                  Gazza M not to be a dick, but it's 275k per week

                    This is what Swiss Ramble pulled together last month on wages. Look at the graph with red and green bars for wage comparisons. This recurring discussion on wastefulness is misplaced

                    If I understand correctly, the fact that City's wage bill is consistently larger than ours doesn't really prove your point given City's significantly greater resources...?

                    • Qwiss

                    • Post #461

                    Mirth kind of sums up our problems in general.

                      • Panda

                      • Post #463

                      Another one bites the dust...

                      lorddulaarsenal because the form he produced in that second part of the season he hasn't been able to replicate consistently in his career so far.

                        This is a good link, just on the small side...

                          Mirth

                          Do goals in the Champions League and domestic cups not count anymore?

                              • Mirth

                              • Post #467

                              daredevil I mean you’re still left with the same goal to game ratio

                                marmoush and kvara both on the move in january.

                                  HomeSteak baena would fix most of our creativity issues from LW imo. he's not a traditional explosive winger like some of us are pining for, but he's an intelligent nippy technician that would make everyone in our left channel better. the kind of winger pep loves. pity the link is from that spoofer Ben Jacobs.

                                    Understand a more refined player on the left would bring a lot of what we don’t have but I think we need a more powerful options - both Trossard and Martinelli get bodied as soon as they jostle for the ball. Get a leggy unpredictable fiend.

                                    Williams, Barcola, Kvaratskhelia….