Shakesy
WW Head of Recruiting
Well, at least we've got two 70+mil right wingers
They've absolutely bossed us off the park and the last twenty mins we didn't lay a glove on them.Can't compete with Arsenal
They've won nothing yet so I'm not having them as the bench mark. Game would have gone much differently had Casemiro played but yes we need more options as we can't be fecked in a big game missing just one player
Right and? Brentford beat us far more convincingly can we not compete with them either?They've absolutely bossed us off the park and the last twenty mins we didn't lay a glove on them.
Good lord.Right and? Brentford beat us far more convincingly can we not compete with them either?
Brentford are not also miles clear at the top of the table. The difference is obvious.Right and? Brentford beat us far more convincingly can we not compete with them either?
This is more of an issue. We don’t have the clinical striker.Or the attack.
Or any threat from the right.This is more of an issue. We don’t have the clinical striker.
Leicester we're miles clear at the top once upon a time as well. Right now this Arsenal side has done less than themBrentford are not also miles clear at the top of the table. The difference is obvious.
We were by far the better team in the first half though and we're more talented than them man for man. We lacked legs in the second half they looked a lot fitter than us. Its midfield, Eriksen is tired/lightweight, and lacking Casemiro we lack quality or depth there. We really needed FDJ/Bellingham or someone of that ilk alongside Casemiro.They've absolutely bossed us off the park and the last twenty mins we didn't lay a glove on them.
We absolutely have to sign a top class midfielder to start every game and a backup for Casemiro this summer. Eriksen will be a good squad player, Fred and Mctominay need to be moved on as soon we have enough depth.It’s why I laugh when people say we need only one more midfielder. We need at least 3 to compete. Right now the only complete midfielder we have in the entire squad is Casemiro. The rest are incredibly limited players that perform once in 10 games.
If anything, Eriksen should be considered instead of Bruno as the advanced midfielder.Bruno giving the ball away half the time he gets it is something you can probably get away with if your ball retention is perfect in every other position on the field. Unfortunately we're a team full of players who can't keep the ball under the slightest bit of pressure and regularly mess up 5 and 10 yard passes under no pressure at all. Hence you regularly end up under pressure holding on for dear life like we seen against Palace/Arsenal.
I think Casemiro makes a ridiculous difference today. But that's what you get with quality players, that's why we need so many more to make the difference. The drop off is insane.So now Eriksen, who has generally been brilliant this season, is a big problem.
Put Casemiro in there today and thinks are immeasurably better.
Everyone agrees we need a striker, the right side is an issue but I think most believe we could get something out of all the options we have there.Or the attack.
I agree.A midfielder is top priority.
McTominay just isn't anywhere near good enough.
Just to be a contrarian, but you could argue that:Everyone agrees we need a striker, the right side is an issue but I think most believe we could get something out of all the options we have there.
He would do, he is a fantastic warrior.Raid Fulham for Palhinha as a backup for Casemiro and sign Enzo Fernandez in the summer. Then suddenly we have a title winning midfield.
They are a team that had just lost 1 and drawn 2 of the last 18 games. In each and every victory, they deserved to win the match. So on what basis you looked at them and thought we should beat them at their ground? That sort of thinking is devoid of any reality and overestimates our quality and severely underestimates theirs. It is disrespectful and ignorant. They maybe just Zinchenko, Xhaka and Nketiah but they are playing at a top level with consistency.What pisses me off most of all is that this is more or less the same Arsenal as last season. Absolutely bricking it coming up against Zinchenko, Xhaka, Eddie Nketiah! Come on. There should be no world in which we face those three players and say, "we'll do well to get a point."
I mean, a striker and the right side is pretty much ‘the attack’. If we have major concerns in both positions, I think it’s fair to say we don’t have a good enough attack.Everyone agrees we need a striker, the right side is an issue but I think most believe we could get something out of all the options we have there.
They are the youngest team in the league and have 50 points after 19 games. You're out of your mind if you think they aren't a top team. Guys like Saka and Odegaard are elite players already. Nketiah is producing more for them than any striker who we have. Xhaka isn't a bad player at all. Zinchenko was a starter for Pep for years.What pisses me off most of all is that this is more or less the same Arsenal as last season. Absolutely bricking it coming up against Zinchenko, Xhaka, Eddie Nketiah! Come on. There should be no world in which we face those three players and say, "we'll do well to get a point."
If you (or ETH ) is insisting on 4231, then yes, our MF is weak. So was Carrick + Scholes, or Scholes + Keane. What was the solution back then? Add a 3rd MF Fletcher or Butt. Even this is not good enough against the golden Barca MF but we are talking about the best MF ever.I just can't see how a midfield that has either Bruno or Eriksen can compete with City or Arsenal in the long term. Also of course we need a much better backup for Casemiro than McTominay.
They just look clueless against teams like this.