Injuries to either of those will hit as hard as Rodri or De Bruyne for City. They're so vital to what you do.
Yep. If that trio stay fit I’m very confident we can take the league down to the wire.
The ball seemed to bobble up which put Trent off I think. That pitch today looked awful, players seemed to be slipping all over the place.
Feel like you guys need a solid LB in January if you want to cement your place at the top. Don't think Zinchenko is good enough, he was a liability today too.
We are looking short in defence, think that may be our top priority in Jan (or another midifeld). Tomi and Timber injured, and who knows how the latter will come back after a long lay off. Do think Arteta was thinking of moving on from Zinchenko (or at least giving himself another option) when he signed Timber.
It's a tricky one because when Timber and Tomiyasu are back this isn't really a need, or at least it wouldn't provide enough minutes for anyone top class. But Tomiyasu is back just in time to get injured again at the Asian Cup, and Timber is out until at least March.
IMO I think we may need to prioritise another midfielder before another defender, but there's not much in it. But defensively we have at least Kiwior who is decent, but in CM if Rice gets injured we'd be done for. Hard to trust Partey with his injury record and advancing age.
I said a couple of months ago that he was making his price tag look like a bargain, if that's possible. He is absolutely immense and rarely makes a mistake.
Who said that?
I don't want to call names to be honest.
He’s a great player but nah not a bargain, he wasn’t, outright the best midfielder on the pitch today either, but I’d certainly have him as the best DM in the league after Rodri overall.
Only saw the highlights. Zinchenko was so poor for Salah's goal. What rock has he been living under that he doesn't know you don't let Salah cut back onto his left!Instructed to shield the back 4 even more than usual for good reasons. Zinchenko and our front 3 did everything they could to gift Liverpool chances.
Rice and Saliba were absolute rocks. Got called "useless" by some genius though
Same on both points. Unbelievable how many people dismissed him as "limited" especially coming from a fan base that has had to endure Mctominay in midfield for years now.
Havertz and Odegaard hold their own and don’t stop running, but yes, Rice seems to be able to do the work of two people. Agree about his positioning - so often he looks faster than others when I don’t think that’s the case at all. He just is more intelligent and positions himself in the right areas, whether to nick the ball back or make himself available to keep possession.
I agree. Though not necessarily a LB, Tomiyasu, Kiwior and eventually Timber can play there. So it could be a CB or RB that we bring in. But we desperately need another defender. It’s why we fizzled out last year and we can’t make the same mistake again.
We have the alpha male, the main who should be prime minister, the future captain of Man united, the man who makes Kevin De Bryune look like Djemba Djemba, the future UFC Heavyweight champion, the one and only Scot F***in Mctominay We've still got people (or at least one person) saying he's no better than McTominay.
TBF many Arsenal fans (myself included) were skeptical of the signing considering the fee. But can now see why Arteta creamed himself for Rice. IMO for all his physicality, technical prowess, defensive attributes etc, the main reason Arteta was desperate for him was because of his intelligence, mentality and leadership qualities. He is an absolute beast in that sense.
Really not that hilarious when you consider he only had 1 year left on his contract, he was playing for a mid table selling club in West Ham, who knew it was their last chance to make any money on an academy product. Perhaps 50m would've been shortchanging them, but 70m would've been more than fair.
He is still not a player people want he him to be here. Arsenal are very good at pressing with their forward line where Jesus is vital for them. With Odegaard controlig games in brilliant way and very good Havertz it is not hard to be cleaner behind them. His most important value is his attitude and mentality.
He is also faster than most
Yes, McTominay is as good as him isn't he? fecking hell
I think there was a small group of people that actually wanted Mount here (especially considering we're stacked with #10s), and even smaller group that thought he was a better option than Rice.
