Sammy1887
New Year, Same Hate For Reed
Data plan ran out? I don't know how the lockdown situation is in India right now.
Must be working on 2G..Poor lad. Punjab is not known for its IT infrastructure.
Data plan ran out? I don't know how the lockdown situation is in India right now.
Great read that. FBRef is such an underrated site but the stuff on standardisation was fascinating.
Think what it does show is how good Grealish is as well, number of categories on FBRef which aren’t included in the thread which I really do value highly where he excels.
Grealish is so overpriced and he plays left wing. If Auba signs we don't even have a spot for him. He was playing in midfield early in the season and got moved to the wing as it suited him better.
Everything points to Buendia. He is amongst the best in europe statistically. Just below the likes of Sancho and above Havertz in some categories. Consider his statistics when playing for Norwich. There is a player in there. We would be insane to not go for him. We need to be more humble.
I would rather sign Buendia than loan Ceballos with an obligation to buy.
Say Auba signs and Arteta wants to play him at LW, do you guys think Grealish could play in midfield? We don’t really know what formation Arteta favors, but Grealish and Buendia together with Partey or another DM would be very exciting on paper... Too attacking?Great read that. FBRef is such an underrated site but the stuff on standardisation was fascinating.
Think what it does show is how good Grealish is as well, number of categories on FBRef which aren’t included in the thread which I really do value highly where he excels.
Wouldn’t Bailey also vie for that LW spot though?It's a shame he is out of our price range now. Villa can seriously demand big bucks when you look at Maguire to United.
Leon Bailey shows up quite well. Under the radar and has devastating pace.
Wouldn’t Bailey also vie for that LW spot though?
You reckon Saka is ready to play that big part? I mean he’s been brilliant and you get the feeling he’s got his feet on the ground, but I’d rather give him time to grow into that role. If Grealish or Aouar is attainable and can adapt to lcm (in Grealish’s case) then don’t you try to get them? They bring a lot more than Saka to the table here and now. Saka still can develop as he’s very young and will get his chancesIf Auba doesn't sign and we have to sell Bailey would be a good option for the left. I wouldn't buy Grealish for a cm spot. I think we already have a player for the left cm.
Bailey-------------Edouard-----------Pepe
------------Saka------------------Buendia
----------------------Partey/ Sangare
Say Auba signs and Arteta wants to play him at LW, do you guys think Grealish could play in midfield? We don’t really know what formation Arteta favors, but Grealish and Buendia together with Partey or another DM would be very exciting on paper... Too attacking?
This is what I think is the most likely answer, but then you look at City playing a 3 of DSilva, Rodri and KdB and you feel that with someone like Partey it might just be possibleI have an idea that the reason Arteta keeps playing Auba at LW is because of his time spent with Pep who’s always believed it’s advantageous to have a main goal threat coming from the half spaces.
With Lacazette more of a team oriented striker you can see his thinking although it’s really hard to see results right now because the midfield can’t really press and trap like a Pep team would be able to.
This means that if both Aubameyang and Lacazette stay it’d be more of the same and Grealish would theoretically have to play furthest forward of the three in midfield.
I like the idea of your main creator out on the wings because it changes the angles and makes it harder for teams to double mark and unsettles them, a lot has been made of him playing from the flanks but for me if we moved Grealish central I don’t think you’d lose any of his impact.
He’s incredible at drawing fouls and carrying the ball, those are two skills you want to have if you’re playing in the congested middle of the pitch.
Grealish and Buendia probably couldn’t play together in Arteta’s system but considering we have no one who can do what they can I definitely think there’s room in our squad for both.
I might go up to 60m for Grealish, just for commercial reasons y'know.
Look at that recent home shirt launch and the main players they used, it was Auba, Laca and Luiz, with Auba and Laca being the big two. Like, commercially, that's poverty. Luiz is a defender here on a one year contract. Laca is a 29 year old striker who doesn't play for his national team and who doesn't score a lot of goals, and who we might sell.
Auba is our only commercial hit, but he doesn't have longevity. We have some youngsters who could be commercial hits, but not yet. Our only prime age potential star is Pepe. But he hasn't set the league alight, he doesn't speak English and he doesn't have a big personality.
I was listening to something there explaining that Ferran Soriano brought Ronaldinho into Barca because they were in debt with a stupidly high wage bill and they needed to sort it out, so he bought Ronaldinho to be a commercial star, which he was.
Look at Utd, they could potentially have Rashford, Greenwood and Sancho, all super marketable English players, plus the likes of Pogba, Bruno and Martial. So much commercial potential, they'll sell a sh*t tonne of shirts.
Arsenal is a fairly traditional club in that our income is based on gate receipts, shirt sales and sponsorship. Well all three of those are boosted by having marketable players. More people come to the stadium to watch a flair player, more people buy shirts of flair players, and flair players attract sponsorship.
Grealish is 24, English, and a flair player with a big personality. He's a guy you can put up for interviews, put front and centre on your kit launches and your posters. If he performs well on the pitch he's gonna earn you a lot of money over a 5 year contract.
Whether it's Grealish or someone else, we need someone to become the new face of the club for the next 5 years.