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These two clowns.... I tell ya . We sure could use Ramsey or Iwobi as an option in mid and bring in Pepe who can't even get on the pitch when we need a goal .
I don't understand this. Sven did us no favors either. Why is he deified.Should've kicked Sanllehi to the curb and kept Mislintat at all costs.
These two clowns.... I tell ya . We sure could use Ramsey or Iwobi as an option in mid and bring in Pepe who can't even get on the pitch when we need a goal .
Are you kidding?I don't understand this. Sven did us no favors either. Why is he deified.
Not even a little. It's been covered elsewhere. His track record is no better/worse. Additionally, the current roster moves (last 12 months) still have a jury waiting out.Are you kidding?
Mislintat was an excellent addition. Think he fits the direction we're most definitely headed now: youth. It sucks we lost diamond eyes.Not even a little. It's been covered elsewhere. His track record is no better/worse. Additionally, the current roster moves (last 12 months) still have a jury waiting out.
Those from before have almost all been failures to one degree or another.
Mislintat.Any more mentions of Mislintat and I swear...
Not sure on Torreira, but overall agree. The recruitment this past summer seems horrendous at this point.Mislintat was an excellent addition. Think he fits the direction we're most definitely headed now: youth. It sucks we lost diamond eyes.
Guendouzi, Torreira, Leno, and Aubameyang were great additions. Sokratis is questionable now. But I think overall that window was much better than this past summer's.
I don't think Torreira is as bad as most make out. The issue has more to do with the league going in the direction of very athletic and mobile midfielders. At the same time, we don't have the kind of midfielders to match up with him (I don't like Xhaka).Not sure on Torreira, but overall agree. The recruitment this past summer seems horrendous at this point.
Mislintat was an excellent addition. Think he fits the direction we're most definitely headed now: youth. It sucks we lost diamond eyes.
Guendouzi, Torreira, Leno, and Aubameyang were great additions. Sokratis is questionable now. But I think overall that window was much better than this past summer's (and I realize Auba was a January addition).
I don't slag our players as much as others. I think strong arguments can be made for your list. But also arguments against.Mislintat was an excellent addition. Think he fits the direction we're most definitely headed now: youth. It sucks we lost diamond eyes.
Guendouzi, Torreira, Leno, and Aubameyang were great additions. Sokratis is questionable now. But I think overall that window was much better than this past summer's (and I realize Auba was a January addition).
Not even Leno? Are you kidding me?And yet none of them really improved the team as a whole. He's failed to fix the most important issues when he was working here.
I don't give him credit for Aubameyang because he was already an elite player when he's joined us, it doesn't take a genius to sign him if he's available.
Not saying he's a fraud, but he didn't do a great job during his time at Arsenal.
I'd like to see Chambers and Holding paired up. It's like Luiz, Mustafi, and Sokratis have zero positional awareness.I don't slag our players as much as others. I think strong arguments can be made for your list. But also arguments against.
Same for current batch.
For me, it's less about who we've gotten and more about ignoring positional deficiencies (CB in particular).
That being said, long-game management says you can't fix everything in one or four windows.
I'm not knocking Sven per se, but I don't idolize him while condemning BDR as so many have taken to.
Not even Leno? Are you kidding me?
Guendouzi is for the future. We paid peanuts for him and now he's worth at least 5 times that.
Torreira was great at first - don't know what's happened since (besides Emery trying to turn him into Banega 2.0). But as I said above, I just think it's the direction the league has headed and that we don't have the necessary midfielders to match up with him.
Auba was great... But he was at Dortmund. Mislintat's ties had to have helped in those negotiations.
Sanllehi's one of these people who's ****ing this **** up in my opinion.
The rot in the team can't be solved just by signing one or two Guendouzi/Martinelli every season, you need to sign a bunch of them. And Mislintat failed to do that.
You are talking about young talents? Mislintat actually signed two players of that sort: Guendouzi and Mavropanos. And he was our head of recruitment when we started to look at Saliba so it isnt crazy to assume that Mislintat recommended him. Yes, i know that Mavropanos hasnt developed much since his arrival but injuries and our decision to not send him on loan to Bundesliga can explain that, at least partially.
Just fundamentally disagree.Guendouzi is no better a signing than Martinelli..... the quality of the players we signed with Mislintat isn't any better than the quality we have signed post him. The rot in the team can't be solved just by signing one or two Guendouzi/Martinelli every season, you need to sign a bunch of them. And Mislintat failed to do that.