and will paper over the cracks.
and no doubt some clown will score so no need to do any transfer business and Arteta will do some excellent substitutions
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and will paper over the cracks.
and no doubt some clown will score so no need to do any transfer business and Arteta will do some excellent substitutions
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The absolute worst thing we could do right now is splash 100 million on a striker not much better than Eddie.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
If we have money to spend, I'd focus on the midfield and defence.
Is Xhaka available? I have given up on Partey ever playing again. something very odd going on there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Also am I wrong to think I don't think Jesus is very good :hide: I liked him at the beginning but now he seems to fall over all the time and have a sad face.
:-\ I agree with this.
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Originally Posted by Peter
But we just spent over 100m on midfield and now it's not as good :-(Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
Though Rice is class.
He has always had that sad face :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
Right from the start I thought his finishing was awful. The rest of his game is great. If he could just score goals......
he also has quizzical eyebrows.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Saka and Martinelli need to find their 2023 form. Personally, I think we just had a blip. Need to speed up everything by 5-10% and we'll be fine.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
I think it is a blip in results (as you say, through key players having a dip in form) but the performances have been fairly ordinary all season. We haven't produced the football we played last season.Quote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
I am constantly told we have more control in the big games and can handle big occasions. Yet in our four toughest away games we have lost at Villa and Newcastle, and drawn at Anfield and Chelsea. Two points. We took 10 points from those games last season......
Yes. The rest of his game is great precisely BECAUSE his finishing is "awful". We tried to encourage him to make goalscoring a priority by giving him the number nine shirt, but there's a reason Manchester City were perfectly willing to upgrade.
We are seeing the difference between someone who "can" score goals and somebody who is actually a goalscorer.
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Personally don't think we will. Liverpool playing with some serious flair ATM and imo have much better depth than us. We will not treat the FA Cup with the respect it deserves, play an experimental starting 11 and get knocked out in both domestic cups early doors... again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
Absolutely. We only got him because he doesn't score goals. If he did he would have been out of our price range and still at City.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
He just needs to find a more effective way of not scoring goals.
And I think he will field a strong side and we will still lose.Quote:
Originally Posted by John Bunnell
I couldn't care less about the FA cup and think the sooner we are out of it the better.
:yikes: Why? It's the one trophy we have a realistic chance of actually winning. As long as it isn't to the detriment of top 4, then I always want to win the FA Cup!Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
We've won it too often in the last 10 year, I am fed up with it :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
Arteta is pretty awful at rotation so staying in it is just more games for an already stretched back line, multiplying the chance of us having to go through a tough run in with defenders who are not up to playing against the best sides- Cedric this year, Holding last year, Holding and Cedric the year before.
Top four is not looking a formality this year.
I would rather we make a few waves in the Champions League than win the FA Cup.