We will beat Liverpool in the FA Cup

[Pat Vegas]

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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[Peter]

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.

If we have money to spend, I'd focus on the midfield and defence.

[Pat Vegas]

The absolute worst thing we could do right now is splash 100 million on a striker not much better than Eddie.

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.

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.

[redgunamo]

:-\ I agree with this.



The absolute worst thing we could do right now is splash 100 million on a striker not much better than Eddie.

If we have money to spend, I'd focus on the midfield and defence.

[Pat Vegas]

:-\ I agree with this.

But we just spent over 100m on midfield and now it's not as good :-(
Though Rice is class.

[Peter]

Is Xhaka available? I have given up on Partey ever playing again. something very odd going on there.

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.

He has always had that sad face :-)

Right from the start I thought his finishing was awful. The rest of his game is great. If he could just score goals......

[Pat Vegas]

He has always had that sad face :-)

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.

[PSRB]

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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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.

[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.

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.

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......

[redgunamo]

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.



He has always had that sad face :-)

Right from the start I thought his finishing was awful. The rest of his game is great. If he could just score goals......

[John Bunnell]

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

:hide:

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.

[Peter]

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.

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.

He just needs to find a more effective way of not scoring goals.

[Peter]

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.

And I think he will field a strong side and we will still lose.

I couldn't care less about the FA cup and think the sooner we are out of it the better.

[PSRB]

And I think he will field a strong side and we will still lose.

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!

[Peter]

: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!

We've won it too often in the last 10 year, I am fed up with it :-)

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.