Sicario2 this is reverse moneyball. intense number crunching which leads to overpaying
Nerds have ruined football
HomeSteak yeah how absurd does it get the club getting rid of the player using stats to say look how good this guy is. Of course the party that wants to get rid will use whatever they can to do that but you wouldn't treat them as honest brokers.
invisibleman18 lol, you guys are hard work.
It means : https://www.premierleague.com/en/players/248857/noni-madueke/stats
flobaba cool thanks. Less end product than Martinelli, the player he's possibly replacing, still leaves me unconvinced any sort of improvement has been brought in.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6499393/2025/07/20/arsenals-chelsea-transfers-madueke-kepa/
Klaus I do think he'd be a great player for a different side but am not convinced he will give us what we need.
Think he'd be a good player for a team like Newcastle funnily enough....
Unless he displaces Martinelli he'll be backup. So the question is whether you think backup can give us what we need. We were wrecked by injuries to key players who operate in Madueke's area of the pitch last season. If that doesn't happen and Madueke plays 1,000+ minutes we'll have to decide whether to join those dots. At this point the only thing that joins them is a major trophy.
Iām excited to see Madueke play for us.
Me too Ray. The way Arteta speaks about him makes it clear that he was brought in to bring something different to the team.
Haven't seen the Arteta interview but was there mention of when he'll be joining the squad? We rushed it through for him to not be on the tour anyway. Will he be available for the start of the season?
invisibleman18 I feel like you're really looking for things to find fault with here. š
I get you're not enthused by Madueke but spinning the fact we got the deal done quickly as a bad news story...I dunno. And I know there's an allusion to the Gyokeres deal but I don't think the situations are the same.
invisibleman18 Yep confirmed in the below he will be joining the squad early August so will probably make appearances in the Emirates cup and be ready for the new season.
https://www.arsenal.com/news/noni-madueke-signs-arsenal
Noni will wear the number 20 shirt, and due to his playing commitments in the Club World Cup this summer, will join up with the squad in early August after our Asia tour.
No need to rush him in, it is a long season so need to make sure he is properly rested for the new season.
Invis is excited to see him play!
flobaba he's here now, so might as well be. Was being a bit sarcastic maybe but not really trying to make it bad news story. Genuinely just wanted to know if he'll be available for the opening game as I'd missed the comment on when he'll be joining up, and as things stand he'll likely be needed at some point in the first game.
Welcome Noni. Tabula rasa as far as I'm concerned, I've already blanked out which club I've forgotten you didn't score all those goals I've erased you having been expected to score last season. You're at zero, let's see how fast you can accelerate.
Sicario2 believe him Qwiss, believe him!
On the flip side I recall being shocked when Rice was asked when he initially joined about who he thought looked sharpest and he said Martinelli... š§
I hear ya Sir Declan
