The Unpopular Opinion Thread

[BigPoppaPump]

It's probably a bit of both, tbh...Xhaka is the Giroud of midfielders, both good players, but both a significant drop from our main strikers/midfielders that they had to follow.

If you look at the level of players we have had in midfield before Granit (Vieira/Fabregas/etc) you can see why many view a player like Xhaka to not be good enough.

Plus his signing was the point when the club really started to fall, as has been said...a lot of fans can link bad memories with Xhaka, plus he has also made a ton of errors here.

It's best for both if we part ways, he will do much better in a league that suits him anyway.

Xhaka was years after Vieira or Fabregas lol he came after the likes of Arteta. You would be better off saying Santi Cazorla.

 

[Fewtch]

The idea that you need goals from midfield and players who are "goal scoring midfielders" are two of the most overrated things in English football.

 

[Andrew Cole Linighan]

I feel we should have kept Aaron Ramsey and Alex Oxlade Chamberlain. Felt Ramsey had more to offer. The Ox seemed to be played in a position that did not play to his strength.

 

[BigPoppaPump]

I feel we should have kept Aaron Ramsey and Alex Oxlade Chamberlain. Felt Ramsey had more to offer. The Ox seemed to be played in a position that did not play to his strength.

Neither of them have done f all at the clubs we sold them to. Ramsey is a rotational player at best with all Juve fans wanting to sell him and Ox is just at Liverpool for vibes all he does is sit on the bench or be injured.

 

[SK___]

pea has been finished for well over a year

 

[HaffBR]

Pepe is a bum! Willian in fact is way better than him and probably a bit better than Saka too. Just short of Martinelli and ESR in the CAM/LW/RW positions.

 

[albakos]

Pepe is a ***! Willian in fact is way better than him and probably a bit better than Saka too. Just short of Martinelli and ESR in the CAM/LW/RW positions.

Maybe one of those pyramids will explain it better.

 

[GDeep™]

Özil Emirates GOAT

 

[Riou]

Özil Emirates GOAT

Sanchez in this 4 times...Jesus, what a player he was.

 

[OnlyOne]

Özil Emirates GOAT

Can't remember who it was but some loser on AM kept telling me Özil and Alexis didn't have any chemistry.

 

[GDeep™]

Can't remember who it was but some loser on AM kept telling me Özil and Alexis didn't have any chemistry.

Sounds like something @American_Gooner would post.

 

[A_G]

Sounds like something @American_Gooner would post.

No it doesn't. I said for ages that duo would've won a PL together if Wenger had given them a proper CF to play with.

 

[OnlyOne]

Sounds like something @American_Gooner would post.

No it doesn't.

 

[CaseUteinberger]

Sanchez in this 4 times...Jesus, what a player he was.

God I miss that little warrior! The best player we have had over the last decade!

 

[SK___]

there’s nothing wrong with aftv

 

[RunTheTrap]

Data websites like fbref or whoscored should not be readily accessible to casuals, because too often data gets misinterpreted. There are several caveats that get don’t get mentioned.

 

[TinFish]

Sanchez would have started for our invincible team. He was that good. Probably ahead of Ljungberg.

This season we will finish 6/7th. Maybe 5th if we play to our potential and use the time off between games to our advantage.

 

[Andrew Cole Linighan]

I would try and go for a more British core for a Team. Tierney, Holding, Chambers, Willock, Saka, Smith-Rowe. With the addition of Ben White? could be a good nucleus. Experience of Aubameyang and Lacazette up front. With no European Competition distraction, maybe go for one of the Domestic Cups, and top 6 league finish?

 

[HaffBR]

Arsenal is already a TOP6 level of team, but without Europe and with new players at least 70 points should be the bar.

 

[BigPoppaPump]

Koscielny was as mistake prone as Mustafi.