Arsenal FC 2024-25: Back Where We Belong

[Buzzrock 14785]

 

[Ted Lange 15934]

[Ted Lange 15934]

 

[CooterBrown 17735]

Jesus and probably Martinelli need to be sold for beer money. If you want to be black out drunk quickly, take a shot every time Martinelli dribbles himself into the corner and loses possession.

[Dutch 4455]

One point from nine. Not great Bob.

At some point we’ll have our first-choice XI on the pitch. And we desperately need Capt Øde back.

[Buzzrock 14785]

NM

Edited Saturday at 10:04 PM by Buzzrock

[Derka 5639]

“back where we belong” = fighting for fourth place while 40% of our starting xi is either hurt or playing out of position. 

[Dutch 4455]

1 hour ago, Derka said:

“back where we belong” = fighting for fourth place while 40% of our starting xi is either hurt or playing out of position. 

[The Maestro 742]

[Dutch 4455]

[Dutch 4455]

Obviously Cap makes such an impact in how we play but underrated is how much we miss Benny Blanco at RB. The understanding between he and Saka is really something special. 

Edited 23 hours ago by Dutch

[Derka 5639]

our entire attack is based around the white-ode-saka connection, and then gabi xl headers. when you take out ode and white, we have no attack.

[Ted Lange 15934]

That’s on Edu and Arteta.   Great at identifying and signing defensive players, pretty poor at signing attacking players.  

[Derka 5639]

my hope is that we have enough defensive players and that now we will aggressively pursue more attacking options, because we desperately need them. i didn’t have a problem last season because we were scoring goals for fun, but now that our injury luck has been reversed our lack of depth is really hurting us. we shouldn’t have sold ESR, especially if we weren’t going to use that money to bring in something more substantive than one year of raheem sterling.

either a top flight striker or LW will do the trick. in fact i think i prefer LW because it will be easier to keep Kai at ST and replace martinelli with someone world class in the wing. one game changer in attack and some midfield reinforcement has got to be on the menu for the next two windows.

Edited 17 hours ago by Derka

[Derka 5639]

just when you thought you had accepted how bad things have gotten:

 

 

[Ted Lange 15934]

Maybe we can get someone that can bring in some attackers now.  

[Derka 5639]

27 minutes ago, Ted Lange said:

Maybe we can get someone that can bring in some attackers now.  

for me this is the test to see if we are legitimately back in the top tier of european clubs. top tier programs lose guys like this and replace them with someone equal or better. if the loss of edu cripples us then we were never for real. if our recruitment and signings continue to be largely awesome, and if we sign the attacking players we need to, then the era of Arteta is going to be dynastic.

[Derka 5639]

 

[Dutch 4455]

Wow. The Greek owner of Forest must be paying him a ton. Wonder how Arteta feels, after signing his extension. 

We missed on Fabio Vieira, who was supposed to be Ode’s backup. Selling ESR and Eddie (who wasn’t in Arteta’s plans) was necessary but also left holes in the attack. Those areas need attention in Jan/Summer windows. 

2 hours ago, Derka said:

for me this is the test to see if we are legitimately back in the top tier of european clubs. top tier programs lose guys like this and replace them with someone equal or better. if the loss of edu cripples us then we were never for real. if our recruitment and signings continue to be largely awesome, and if we sign the attacking players we need to, then the era of Arteta is going to be dynastic.

100%. Josh seems a lot more involved since the Kroenkes assumed full control of the club. He brought in Edu; hopefully he’ll find someone equal or better. 

Edited 4 hours ago by Dutch

[The Maestro 742]

Not what I was expecting on Monday.    Silver lining is that this is an opportunity to improve, but I’m struggling to buy in this morning.