Not a single point was made. Oh well.
Look up implication, then you might get the pont.
Not a single point was made. Oh well.
Don't worry, this doesn't shock me. I never had any respect for Wilshere even back in the day as @A__G can testify. A rotter will do what rotters do.
Cesc was tired of being used as a utility player so he left.Interestingly, if you look at Cesc's stats, he still got good numbers there, something like 1 in 3 for both goals and assists, 2 in 3 when combined, which is a much better output than basically everyone else bar Messi in his time there.
Although I do agree with the general sentiment, they were complete mugs for selling Cesc when they did as Xavi was clearly not long from retirement, they could have built another 3-5 years of sucCesc from having him alongside a more traditional B2B with Busquets behind, imo.
Messi was playing as a false 9 and obviously he plays where he wants to as he was the best in the world at the time, but there's no reason Cesc and Messi couldn't have played together imo. Messi was also a world class winger in previous seasons so without completely displacing Messi and having him slightly adapt his game may have meant they could play effectively together.
Also worth noting that Thiago left in 2013 as well, so they clearly had no plans for a Xavi successor despite having 2 of them at the club in 2013 and him not far off retirement - awful squad planning has to be to blame here, I guess having won the treble in 14/15 with MSN up front masked this.
Perhaps they could have even made a success of a different system with Thiago, Cesc and Iniesta with Busquets in a diamond instead of wasting hundreds of millions on needless signings like Dembele, Coutinho and Griezmann.
Guess those Brazilian themed team lunches are worth something after all…
If Raphinha comes I need to find out if they’re putting crack in the feijoada.
I agree with you but I think with Cesc it's a bit different. To this day I don't know why they signed him but for being able to do so cause he was good at Arsenal and "had Barca DNA". Back in 2011 Cesc was playing as a 10 for Arsenal, which they didn't have at Barca. Xavi was going to spend another 4 years there as their playmaker and Cesc only developed into a DLP later at Chelsea - so successor stuff my ass. And they also had that guy at their club already in Thiago. Messi was playing false 9 operating in the almost exact same spaces as Arsenal Cesc did at 10. I remember Pep trying a 343 diamond so he could fit in Cesc at 10 in front of his usual Busquets, Xavi, Iniesta trio but him and Messi were just blocking each other. It was so useless Barca got Cesc and that fact makes the whole transfer and saga even more infuriating.
Not really. Copa America is a top heavy tournament that you can win if your keeper has two good games against the bigger teams.
The PR for Arteta is through the roof. Man said Arteta’s going for the league title.
Minimum objective is top4. Simple.The minimum objective must be 70 points and top 4. Arteta has had a baptism of fire but by now, he must be deemed to have sufficient experience and have learned from any mistakes. He seems to be targeting good players who are more rouched and he must complete the squad so that every player is played to his strengths and can form some connection with the rest of the team. I don't want to hear the phrase "he needs xyz to perform...". Starting point is to get and keep Partey fit or play someone who can provide what he does. His injury showed how vital he is even if under par. Same at FB. Get the transfers in done before pre season and SELL those he doesn't want instead of hoarding them to use once in the season. No more excuses.
Emery didn't get this much shilling for finishing 5th.
Guess those Brazilian themed team lunches are worth something after all…
If Raphinha comes I need to find out if they’re putting crack in the feijoada.
The minimum objective must be 70 points and top 4. Arteta has had a baptism of fire but by now, he must be deemed to have sufficient experience and have learned from any mistakes. He seems to be targeting good players who are more rouched and he must complete the squad so that every player is played to his strengths and can form some connection with the rest of the team. I don't want to hear the phrase "he needs xyz to perform...". Starting point is to get and keep Partey fit or play someone who can provide what he does. His injury showed how vital he is even if under par. Same at FB. Get the transfers in done before pre season and SELL those he doesn't want instead of hoarding them to use once in the season. No more excuses.
If he doesn't come good this season then we have to put our hope in Kroenke. Arteta is very lucky though as you say.Tets has bad enough baptisms to be proclaimed a Saint.
It still doesn't detract from the fact that he is terrible manager who is simply favored with supernatural luck to still be employed, let alone stealing a fortune for a living!
Would be very interesting to know what the Kroenkes seem good enough with regards to Arteta. With the investments they have been doing, surely they would want some returns on that. Top 6 shouldnt be enough, at least moneywise. EL and Farmers Conference give almost nothing in terms of financial gains, so CL is the only real moneymaker.Nah, the standards have dropped for good. Mikel can finish 6th for the next 20 seasons and absolutely nothing will happen.
I bet he can even afford a couple of midtable finishes as long as we keep recycling players on the transfer windows to excite the fanbase.