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How you feeling about ESR’s goal + assist big man?
Credit to Arteta for making my day.
“Man got 13 like Rimzee…”
How you feeling about ESR’s goal + assist big man?
Credit to Arteta for making my day.
“Man got 13 like Rimzee…”
How you feeling about ESR’s goal + assist big man?
I go back and forth on this issue, honestly.I still have doubts that a supporting cast of ESR-Saka-Ode will have enough end product to have us finish 5th though. Much easier to score/assist in transition, we may need a bit more against set defences but we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it.
This is the funniest watch recently. He's actually smooth af ngl
Credit to Arteta for making my day.
“Man got 13 like Rimzee…”
We played well but I’m not really going to neglect that Sp**s were/are in complete free-fall. They’ve been terrible all season so I have to acknowledge that.
I’m complaining because I think he’s earned another 6 months in his job with this win without actually addressing his weaknesses. I’m complaining because I don’t think our owners are football savvy enough to understand the above.
I think Martinelli should be our central striker after Auba gets too old, i rather see Martinelli play there in games now than Lacazette.I go back and forth on this issue, honestly.
I've always tended to be a ESR-Ode-Saka guy because I just love the balance and the potential for interplay and generally feel that behind a 30 goal striker like Auba it's okay if you trade a little bit of end product for more creativity, combination, fluidity, and also control (which in theory having an interior attacking midfielder on the left should give, as well as a winger that could almost be classified this way facing the play on the right in Saka).
A comment from a poster I really like in @AW49 along similar lines as yours about how there just might not be enough goals in that team, Pepe's run towards the end of last season, and ESR's play (in reality against lower blocks he doesn't seem to boost our creativity / fluidity that much more than Pepe, and most of all I don't see that he affects our ability to control matches that much; for being an interior attacking midfielder he drops into possession to give us an extra man in possession and combine and allow overlaps much less than you would expect, he disappears and plays like a typical winger a bit too much for my liking) had me changing my tune at the end of last season and at the very beginning of this.
Now I think I'm reverting back to my original position. In big part because I think Saka just has to be on the right facing the play. And because whether ESR is doing the things I want to do in that position more or less than I like that is Arteta's job to make him do so and work on him in that position, and I think our potential as a team is just higher that way.
In the end Pepe has come good more or less but I think the death of him is that Saka is just a bit better in that RW position. Depending on how well ESR and Martinelli come on this season (hard to see how Martinelli really comes on, unfortunately, without European football there just aren't minutes for that kind of emergence to happen) something to continue raising our level as a club would potentially be selling Pepe and making an offer for Sterling at LW. Buendía or Joao Felix are a couple others that might be upgrades on ESR on the left and be more like for like with him. The dream would be Gnabry long-term, maybe after he wins another CL with Bayern and gets into his later 20s and wants a new challenge.
Agree completely, have felt this since the first time we saw Martinelli at CF. I think a worry here is that Martinelli might see himself more as a wide forward. :/I think Martinelli should be our central striker after Auba gets too old, i rather see Martinelli play there in games now than Lacazette.
No you constantly blamed the manager.Have never blamed the players. They looked good yesterday too. But I still question the Saliba /White, Ramsdale/Emi, Douzi/Lokonga situation. That money could have been more productive in my view.
Are you not familiar with Emery's famous "Good ebening?" Come on, man. It's not too hard to pick up on the joke.
Arteta was the party crasher (second half performance)Reckon the win yesterday was all down to the galvanizing appearance of Thierry, feel Arteta did nothing.
Those four games (along with Tottenham) are big 6 pointers for the Europa League spots. If we do manage a winning run now, that will put us in a good position for 5th/6th place as well being a huge psychological liftBrighton away is a tough match. I'm hoping for 10/12 from the next 4 (at Brighton, Palace, Villa, at Leicester). If that comes with the 2 pts dropped in the next match that's fine. 10/12 will put us very much in for top 4, 12/12 we'll be flying, and 8/10 we'll be still on good course for 5th.
I still think the answer to this one depends on which striker we are playing. Auba thrives with more service. Laca gets involved deeper but needs runners. I hope we can give game time to Martinelli and Pepe along with Laca - that's going to mean mixing it up sometimes. Having those different options is useful though.I go back and forth on this issue, honestly.
I've always tended to be a ESR-Ode-Saka guy because I just love the balance and the potential for interplay and generally feel that behind a 30 goal striker like Auba it's okay if you trade a little bit of end product for more creativity, combination, fluidity, and also control (which in theory having an interior attacking midfielder on the left should give, as well as a winger that could almost be classified this way facing the play on the right in Saka).
A comment from a poster I really like in @AW49 along similar lines as yours about how there just might not be enough goals in that team, Pepe's run towards the end of last season, and ESR's play (in reality against lower blocks he doesn't seem to boost our creativity / fluidity that much more than Pepe, and most of all I don't see that he affects our ability to control matches that much; for being an interior attacking midfielder he drops into possession to give us an extra man in possession and combine and allow overlaps much less than you would expect, he disappears and plays like a typical winger a bit too much for my liking) had me changing my tune at the end of last season and at the very beginning of this.
Now I think I'm reverting back to my original position. In big part because I think Saka just has to be on the right facing the play. And because whether ESR is doing the things I want to do in that position more or less than I like that is Arteta's job to make him do so and work on him in that position, and I think our potential as a team is just higher that way.
In the end Pepe has come good more or less but I think the death of him is that Saka is just a bit better in that RW position. Depending on how well ESR and Martinelli come on this season (hard to see how Martinelli really comes on, unfortunately, without European football there just aren't minutes for that kind of emergence to happen) something to continue raising our level as a club would potentially be selling Pepe and making an offer for Sterling at LW. Buendía or Joao Felix are a couple others that might be upgrades on ESR on the left and be more like for like with him. The dream would be Gnabry long-term, maybe after he wins another CL with Bayern and gets into his later 20s and wants a new challenge.
Everyone might disagree but it would be very difficult without Xhaka if its a serious injury but if we get to January and are somehow in and around champions league spots we might be able to bring someone in for that central midfield position alongside Partey. While Lokonga looks a talent he still looks a bit raw on the defensive side of his game.Those four games (along with Tottenham) are big 6 pointers for the Europa League spots. If we do manage a winning run now, that will put us in a good position for 5th/6th place as well being a huge psychological lift
Everyone might disagree but it would be very difficult without Xhaka if its a serious injury but if we get to January and are somehow in and around champions league spots we might be able to bring someone in for that central midfield position alongside Partey. While Lokonga looks a talent he still looks a bit raw on the defensive side of his game.