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Wait what?You get a couple of free Athletic articles per month with the iOS app. I have read every major Arsenal piece discussed in this forum for zero bucks.
Wait what?You get a couple of free Athletic articles per month with the iOS app. I have read every major Arsenal piece discussed in this forum for zero bucks.
You get a couple of free Athletic articles per month with the iOS app. I have read every major Arsenal piece discussed in this forum for zero bucks.
It will suck you in. I got the app for the same reason but the articles are so damn good and the level of insight you get from the podcasts are like having a source at the club.Thanks for this! Just downloaded the app.
I remember when cats in here were calling for TDog to be sold. Eat your humble pies. I'll say this, y'all ain't seen everything about him yet.
Arteta said it was a muscle injury on Saturday. Said they'd assess by Monday so we should get news later.Any news on his injury?
Desperately need him available, playing fantastically at the momentArteta said it was a muscle injury on Saturday. Said they'd assess by Monday so we should get news later.
This is probably his ceiling. Good combative player but **** at passing.
Hope we upgrade him in the summer
We play a 2 man midfield, so it is not possible. If we played a 3-5 -2 like Sheffield United, he could work.He's not indispensable, but should be the last guy we look to replace in midfield. You can build a great midfield with Torreira playing the destroyer role - just need better, more well-rounded players next to him.
We play a 2 man midfield, so it is not possible. If we played a 3-5 -2 like Sheffield United, he could work.
My problem with him is that he cannot move the game forward, and that makes it wasy for the opposition to just focus on Xhaka and Özil.
True.I would say our problem comes from having too many players who don't fit together. Laca/Auba is the obvious one, Xhaka with whoever plays next to him, and Özil who should play in a more technical team than Arsenal is.
Torreira was brought in for 20m or something which suggests he was never meant to be our key player, just a fix for some of the obvious issues that Xhaka has. And we were extremely lucky with Torreira because he gives us more than what we've paid for.
For the last 2 years, the club didn't try to improve the squad by adding special players, it was only patching the mess left by Wenger. That's why we were investing in Torreira, Leno, Luiz, Sokratis...
When Wenger was leaving I've said we will need 5 years to fix what he did in his final years and I think I was actually right about that one. For me, Torreira and Leno were the only successful investments so far if you look at it from the perspective of value for the money.