The Cull

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Originally Posted by redgunamo

#Massive. De La Soul too.

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:cloud9:

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Originally Posted by IUFG

Here's my cull wish for the summer.
All the powder-puff pansies can fúck right off, imo
Cech, Ramsey and Suarez are givens, obs, but here we go.
Those in bold, door to the left, one cross each...

Petr Cech
Bernd Leno
David Ospina
Emiliano Martinez
Hector Bellerin
Sokratis Papa
Laurent Koscielny
Calum Chambers
Stephan Lichtsteiner
Rob Holding
Nacho Monreal
Shkodran Mustafi
Carl Jenkinson
Konstantinos Mavropanos
Saed Kolasinac
Mohamed Elneny
Henrikh Mkhitaryan
Aaron Ramsey
Mesut Ozil
Lucas Torreira
Ainsley Maitland-Niles
Matteo Guendouzi
Granit Xhaka
Alexandre Lacazette
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Alex Iwobi
Danny Welbeck
Takuma Asano
Denis Suarez



that's quite the rebuilding job for the manager, there.

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I stand by my list...

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Originally Posted by IUFG

I stand by my list...

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Harsh on Iwobi, Mikki, Nacho imo. And Elneny as a cheap option in DM isn't too bad.

Leno
Holding Papa NewCB
Hector Lucas NewMid NewLB
Mikki Laca Boomerang

Doesn't look too bad to me? Maybe a new attacking player for Mikki if you don't like him (I do). With all the sales above, the money generated by the club and Stan coughing up a bit (no, seriously) that should be achievable. We just need to get better at buying players for less money that will improve.

When was the last time we bought a player and saw significant improvement even if we did sell him on? :rubchin:

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Originally Posted by PSRB

Ozil? Mad man

I'd also keep AMN and Kolasinac....just!

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Cesc's post match comments on Ozil were quite interesting.

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Originally Posted by Ash

Can anyone else afford them? Would anyone else want them?

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I'm sure Arsenal would love to offload Ozil and Mkhitarian but we will have to cover part or most of the wages in order to offload them.

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Originally Posted by Alberto Balsam Rodriguez

I'm sure Arsenal would love to offload Ozil and Mkhitarian but we will have to cover part or most of the wages in order to offload them.

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The lack of financial support from the board is very troubling indeed. I have highlighted this as an area of concern over the past couple of years & news of Newcastle's takeover is of real concern for Arsenal.

We need the Kronke's to inject some cash or they risk their asset becoming de-valued.

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Originally Posted by WES

Harsh on Iwobi, Mikki, Nacho imo. And Elneny as a cheap option in DM isn't too bad.

Leno
Holding Papa NewCB
Hector Lucas NewMid NewLB
Mikki Laca Boomerang

Doesn't look too bad to me? Maybe a new attacking player for Mikki if you don't like him (I do). With all the sales above, the money generated by the club and Stan coughing up a bit (no, seriously) that should be achievable. We just need to get better at buying players for less money that will improve.

When was the last time we bought a player and saw significant improvement even if we did sell him on? :rubchin:

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He won’t be playing that formation next season. Once he gets his players in we’ll be playing a 4-3-3.

They could play a 4-4-3 and still not make Top4

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Originally Posted by Billy Goat Sverige

He won’t be playing that formation next season. Once he gets his players in we’ll be playing a 4-3-3.

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What’s the basis for that view? Did he play 433 at Sevilla and PSG?

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Originally Posted by WES

What’s the basis for that view? Did he play 433 at Sevilla and PSG?

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Yes. This is the first time he has ever used 3 at the back and persisted with it. If I had to guess why I’d say it’s down to injuries and not having the players he wants. I don’t think he trusts AMN and Kolasinac to be solid enough in a back 4 and we don’t have a midfielder other than Ramsey to play a three man midfield. I think we’ll sign a midfielder, winger, left back and CB and got back to a 4-3-3/4-2-3-1. Hopefully some of the youngster like Willock and Nelson get opportunities at well. I’d rather watch them than Ozil. Sick of it now.