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Eze

Big Willie

daredevil We shouldn't be the footballing equivalent of the male who asks his girlfriend permission before he touches her.

Odds on whether Partey's defence team use this one?

lorddulaarsenal

Gerrim in. World Cup year - boost your chances lad

Sicario2

daredevil you’re preaching to the choir lad. It would be borderline negligence if we don’t sign him this summer.

JazzG

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert Defo, reckon he'd speed up our play as well. Right now on a counter it can take is 3-5 business days to get the ball up the pitch but players like him and Zubimendi will get that ball forward quicker and expose teams more. For someone like Gyokeres that would be key to making him work, he'll find it hard when teams sit back but if we can get him 1v1 in a counter he's got that rabid and aggressive nature about him that will make CBs uncomfortable.

USArsenal

JazzG Right now on a counter it can take is 3-5 business days to get the ball up the pitc

Hahahahahahaha, OK, this was just damn funny.

Sicario2

Doc

the more I think about the way we play/are going to play, the more I would want Eze to come in and play the left 8 role... Cant bring him in and then force him to have to be half the time on the touchline waiting for the play switches... need him to be as much and as frequent as possible in the most dangerous areas of the pitch... Rice should be nowhere near the front5 when we are try to unlock these defensive teams.

Speedster

Doc

But teams pick us on the counter when they sit back. Rick breaks so many of the counter and let's more players play further forward. But theirs definitely times you'd want eze and times you'd want Sir Rice.

Doc

Speedster yeah agreed, Rice is still massive in the big games, but we don't have that other option right now and imo getting someone in there like Eze is the the single biggest thing we can to to improve our attack when needed.. It probably is more risky but so be it.. also Arteta has different levers that he can use to mitigate that like reigning in the fullbacks, etc...

Dom

Looks like this isn't happening unless Trossard is sold.

If we go into September with only Madueke and Gyokeres as our attacking signings, it's bordering on malicious negligence. Over the last couple of weeks we've taken it for granted that Eze would sign.

Gazza M

definitely would've preferred to have eze wrapped up first. its not a complicated deal at all. there's no logical reason for us to have accelerated the madueke signing the way we did, or at least try to be a bit savvier with the deal structure

Big Willie

Gazza M definitely would've preferred to have eze wrapped up first. its not a complicated deal at all. there's no logical reason for us to have accelerated the madueke signing the way we did, or at least try to be a bit savvier with the deal structure

Great. Getting in a new starting winger was more important than someone who plays at 8. Solution? We got Noni.

Qwiss

Gazza M seems to be a growing consensus that this one isn't going to happen. Not sure if that means we are done or we've moved onto someone else.

Mirth

And they would have known that Noni needs a couple of weeks off following the CWC.

USArsenal

Qwiss Not sure if that means we are done or we've moved onto someone else

Dont think we're done. Perhaps we are still waiting to see if Rodrygo is going to change his mind for the 11th time this summer.

JazzG

Qwiss I think it is the club putting pressure on Palace to be a bit more flexible.

Segway

I know I'm in the minority but don't think Eze would move the needle much for us. Just have a hunch that he wouldn't cut it at a big club despite his ability. I also struggle to see where he would fit in the team. He's more a midfielder than an attacker and if we're looking at replacing Trossard, I would prefer a proper left winger.

JazzG

Segway I get what you are saying but we do have a big problem with attacks from the centre, Odegaard likes linking but he has been rubbish for a while and he does have an annoying habit of slowing everything down through the middle. We need a decisive player in the middle, someone who can create something out of nothing when he is on the pitch. We've got some great system players but we need someone with that bit of x factor who can dribble past players especially in those games where we have desperately been chasing a goal and we have nothing.

Last season we drew 14 games, the season before we drew 5 and the season before that we drew 6.

Lukazan

I am also not that hot on Eze and quite surprised at the level of excitement at the prospect of him coming in but maybe that just says more about the general opinion of our squad. Also, perhaps I've missed things but also a bit confused about the level of certainty that this is going to happen?

awooga83

Lukazan I can see this, I don't think eze necessarily helps with the left wing but it doesn't look like we are doing anything meaningful there and as a player he has some individual quality to potentially change games which is something I do think we are missing maybe only Saka has that and he still isn't getting the goal numbers that would allow him to carry that alone.

Don Pacifico

Lukazan but maybe that just says more about the general opinion of our squad.

Think that's it to be honest. Team is crying out for another baller.

Gazza M

Lukazan its mainly been Romano thats been pretty explicit that eze is our major remaining target

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