Gabriel Jesus: Will He Score Again?

[GoonerJeeves]

Come back quicker

He looks dead already

 

[RunTheTrap]

Unpopular opinion: Jesus should be a winger. We need a goalscorer at CF.

 

[db10_therza]

Unpopular opinion: Jesus should be a winger. We need a goalscorer at CF.

That’s actually a fairly popular opinion around here.

Completely wrong. But popular…

 

[Nunowoolmez]

He looks dead already

Have you ever had surgery under general anaesthetic ????

I've had 4 (3 knee surgeries included) & I can tell you that when you come around you feel like you've been 10 rounds with Mike Tyson.

You feel & look groggy as fck.

 

[Bucephalus]

Then buy the best winger and move Martinelli inside and use ESR. Eddie is not a title winning striker. You are smart enough to understand that if we sell out tactically to create chances and Eddie is not clinical he kills our whole set up. He has to create snd score goals at a much higher rate than he ever has for is to win it. I am not comfortable gambling a title shot on him. We also need a quality6/8 like Partey. We need two big signings

I'm fine with that tactic, too. Hell, it might be both at different times, if Mikel (and I'm somewhat pro-Arteta at this point) could finally learn to properly rotate. I just don't believe that a title-changing January transfer is, historically, a realistic ask, even if we had state oil money. So we're probably going to have to depend on some Hale End graduates to get us through. And all of us on this board have differing opinions about various youth. We all have a player we think is good enough but isn't getting the right chances. We all have a player that we think is never going to be good enough. But to get a player in January who might warrant a banner inside the stadium, much less a statue outside the stadium, isn't likely to happen.

(The Board, and the Kroenkes, have much to answer for for the last 15 years or so, but now they're actually trying, I won't judge them for not producing the impossible).

 

[RunTheTrap]

That’s actually a fairly popular opinion around here.

Completely wrong. But popular…

I say it’s unpopular because of the timing of the post. Seems a bit harsh to be critical of Jesus while he’s nursing an injury; but I’m a bast@rd so it is what it is.

None of our forwards have elite ball striking. Maybe ESR or at a stretch Martinelli, but it doesn’t feel quite enough. I just want a serious hitman.

 

[Farzad Stoned]

I'm fine with that tactic, too. Hell, it might be both at different times, if Mikel (and I'm somewhat pro-Arteta at this point) could finally learn to properly rotate. I just don't believe that a title-changing January transfer is, historically, a realistic ask, even if we had state oil money. So we're probably going to have to depend on some Hale End graduates to get us through. And all of us on this board have differing opinions about various youth. We all have a player we think is good enough but isn't getting the right chances. We all have a player that we think is never going to be good enough. But to get a player in January who might warrant a banner inside the stadium, much less a statue outside the stadium, isn't likely to happen.

(The Board, and the Kroenkes, have much to answer for for the last 15 years or so, but now they're actually trying, I won't judge them for not producing the impossible).

Oh my god it is not impossible to find some goals after your star striker goes down in January. That is exactly what i mean with defeatist attitude. Every Arsenal manager before Arteta who won 13 league titles managed it with less money than he has had. If you spend money you can always add a player you might have to overpay by 10 or 20 percent that is the end of it. You somehow couch the reasonable, obvious, only non negligent option into the impossible.

 

[CaseUteinberger]

He looks dead already

What was the injury? Meniscus?

 

[LG10]

Nketiah was great end of last season and was super sharp preseason and in early sub appearances. When he knew Jesus would be starting no matter what, he lost motivation and his performances dropped rightly or wrongly.

We’ll be fine, anyone that thinks title race is over because of this are losers. We’re not signing a striker just because Jesus is out till March btw, this isn’t fifa. Players step up when these things happen, don’t doubt nketiah.

 

[Nunowoolmez]

What was the injury? Meniscus?

Meniscus & MCL apparently. Not complicated procedures.

 

[samspade]

Unpopular opinion: Jesus should be a winger. We need a goalscorer at CF.

Yh bro, we need to get balon d’eddie in there asap

 

[2Smokeyy]

That’s actually a fairly popular opinion around here.

Completely wrong. But popular…

Disagree, I raised that point a few weeks ago and people were against it IIRC.

I sense favouritism

 

[samspade]

Disagree, I raised that point a few weeks ago and people were against it IIRC.

I sense favouritism

Nah, you gabi haters just don’t have the nuts to like each other’s posts

 

[samspade]

I assume @Trilly ’s got a problem with this guy too, I wonder why?

 

[Bucephalus]

Oh my god it is not impossible to find some goals after your star striker goes down in January. That is exactly what i mean with defeatist attitude. Every Arsenal manager before Arteta who won 13 league titles managed it with less money than he has had. If you spend money you can always add a player you might have to overpay by 10 or 20 percent that is the end of it. You somehow couch the reasonable, obvious, only non negligent option into the impossible.

So name a striker. Name one we can plausibly get. Then get settled and understand how the system works. (And I know we need one, I'd seriously take Giroud if he said he had unfinished business and wanted to give it a go). If you don't have a better, serious, option, than we can actually get, I'd rather go down recalling ESR, Patino, maybe Balo, and go down fighting as Arsenal.

Seriously. For all that the Kroenkes are awful, you are asking for a January transfer window that simply isn't possible.

 

[Blankety Blank]

Silly Ranieri pulled a gigantic bunny ten times as big as the ask being made of Arteta with no time and no money and at Leicester and he managed it. Klopp won the double and Super Cup over Bayern while selling them his best player every year and running a fraction of their net spend. Is Ranieri a genius? Are Leicester a bigger club than Arsenal? Did my granny nan own City instead of petrosheiks when Leicester won the title? You guys do know that longer shots than arsenal come in and make upsets all the time? Being city doesn’t mean winning every year

No but Leicester won it because all the big clubs except us were in transition.
Fantastic achievement but everything just dropped into place for them It was a freak season.
They were not competing against the stable established super power city of today. A club who have remained at the very top for over half a decade & just added Haaland.
Longershots certainly don't come in all the time.
Since the prem league started only Leicester have come in once as a longer shot.

 

[Nunowoolmez]

So name a striker. Name one we can plausibly get. Then get settled and understand how the system works. (And I know we need one, I'd seriously take Giroud if he said he had unfinished business and wanted to give it a go). If you don't have a better, serious, option, than we can actually get, I'd rather go down recalling ESR, Patino, maybe Balo, and go down fighting as Arsenal.

Seriously. For all that the Kroenkes are awful, you are asking for a January transfer window that simply isn't possible.

It's no use trying reason with him, or to get him to see things rationally!

He is blinded by his own warped sense of reality & the version of football in his head which resembles a football manager game.

The reality is we signed Eddie onto a long term contract on £100k pw. We will not be buying someone to keep him on the bench as it will totally undermine him & the management. It's not hard to comprehend this.

I think the majority of fans (me included) would like another striker, but it's very unlikely to happen..

 

[TinFish]

I guarantee he will be out for longer than 3 months. No way he will be back with this surgery within that time frame.

 

[Paperino]

So it is still cash right? Leverages is allowed in business what better creditor than your owner?

Sure but people shouldnt make it sound like he is acting like Roman Abramovich. Everything we get from him is added to the clubs debt. When we have CL football again the loans will end btw.

 

[Morning_woody]

Nketiah was great end of last season and was super sharp preseason and in early sub appearances. When he knew Jesus would be starting no matter what, he lost motivation and his performances dropped rightly or wrongly.

We’ll be fine, anyone that thinks title race is over because of this are losers. We’re not signing a striker just because Jesus is out till March btw, this isn’t fifa. Players step up when these things happen, don’t doubt nketiah.

Anyone who thinks that we can remain in the titel race with Nketiah as the only CF in the squad until march must be on some strong antidepressants.

Last season we failed to qualify for the Champions League with Eddie up front and Lacazette on the bench , so how the f**k are we going to stay in title race with Eddie up front and 0 other CF's on the bench this time around !?

Go rewatch this seasons away game at Stamford Bridge and ask yourself if Nketiah can dish out a performance like Jesus that day - those kind of games and performances are the reason why we are 5 points clear of City. We won't be in any title race by March with Eddie as the only CF.

We should go after CF 's who can also play as wingers - like João Felix from Atletico Madrid. We shouldn't cheap out now as it didn't work out well for us last time around and missing the Champions League this season would be disastrous.