Quote Originally Posted by Arsenal Alcoholic Review View Post
We need Eddie to be our Chris Wreh this year. He needs to come from nowhere and win us a double. I want us to win pure this season. I want an Eddie pulling a Christ Wreh and getting us over the line or buying a Thuram fella in the last 6 months of his contract and seeing out the season. I will not accept financial doping. We're not signing some name cnut and winning the league. I still get angry with people demanding we spunk £70m on an ESR replacement. No, he's our boy. We're winning the league properly, with class.
Again, I agree 100%.

And yes, if Eddie just does enough, wins the double, gets the medals, and never does anything for us again, that would, in it' won way, be heaven.

But I think he can be better than that. I think he can be Skilltord. Not quite as good as the others in the front 4, but good enough to come off the bench or to cover the others when they're injured with the fans happy. And doing it more than just for 3 months in one season and that's that.

I want him to do it this season, but so well we don't bother looking for alternatives in coming seasons. So well that we're happy next year if we don't just start him in cups and group stages, that everyone is happy with him starting against the weaker prem teams to give Jesus a rest.

Perhaps I'm being greedy, but I believe. He's Hale End.

After he replaced Auba and Laca last year, we'd have got top 4 if TP and the 2 FBs hadn't all been out. {Now we have great cover for the 2 FBs, and won't waste games trying Sambi at DM when we know what Mo can do with his experience.}

Also, even with those injuries, Eddie might have got us to top 4 had Rob Holding {who I love} not lost his head in the NLD and got sent off.

He scored 5 in his last 7 last year. And today's goal will do him the world of good. At 0-0 he did really well to create that chance but he should have passed to Saka. He wanted to score to prove himself. Hopefully now he has, when he gets a similar chance next game, he'll just play in Saka or Gabby M or whoever.

I believe. And as you say, it was a gorgeous turn and finish.

Imagine if he'd gone 3 games without a goal and assist. Imagine if he had been missing chances and we'd been dropping points. But no - 3 pts after being behind at HT. Icing on the cake goal. The ground rocking. He can just play his game now. Listen to MA telling him what he wants and how he can improve. If we win the next 2-3 games without dropping points, no-one will care if he doesn't score.

Just like no-one cared Jesus didn't score for a bit, or Saka at the start of the season.

Fun Fact - every since Titi came, can you remember a single season where the no.9 scores more than the no.14?

It would be hilarious if we win the league, with Jesus back at the end, getting us over the line, and winning player of the season. But still having scored fewer than our no.14.