Qualities not
everyone has in our squad and qualities that come in to play when things aren't going the way you want them to
Not exact matches
So we decided to use crowdsourced scoring: once you drafted your
squad, your rank
in the game
would fluctuate constantly based on which players
everyone else chose.
Eriksen
would be a good
squad player but don't see him
in our 1st X1 if
everyone is on form and fit.
With the midfield we
have and without a superstar player that overshadows
everyone in the
squad like Ronaldo does at Madrid, Giroud should be scoring a lot more.
Having said that we
have a lot of players away on international duty and highly unlikely they will all come back fit we always pick up 1 or 2 injuries so we may
have important players missing as well fingers cross for a change we
have no injuries and
everyone fit for liverpool game also we should
have arteta, chamberlain and wilshire all fit to be
in the
squad!
Considering that Ospina played well and Wenger's liking for Scez, signing Cech
would signify Wenger's ambition to win PL title and send a message to
everyone in the
squad that noone is Wenger's favorite.
Why does
everyone say we can afford this and that to me I'm not so sure we
have cash from with
in or out there's a lot not adding up like when we just bought Cech does not make sense we buy lacasette but sead kolasnic was free I'm not sure we
have da cash and if we do can we spend or do we
have sell like debuchy got 70 grand a wk most of us wouldn't make that
in a year just think about that, he didn't play at all and that's why we haven't da money and sanogoal like cum on cut da
squad pay the real players, manage da club get world class players and great
squad players
I
have waited a while to see 19 or 20 genuine 1st teamers
in our
squad and I just hope AW can hold it all together and keep
everyone interested and motivated.
Arsene Wenger is the cause of his own problems.Why did he sell Gabriel?A player who for all his mistakes
has better defensive skills than Mertesacker, Holding and Chambers.I don't care about potential as I'm talking about now.I also kept saying Monreal shouldn't be played as a CB yet people here were including him
in our best lineup possible when
everyone is fit.This is just bizzare.Also this may be unpopular opinion but I feel Wilshere is better than Xhaka and Ramsey and only he
in our
squad has the intelligence to play the Santi role.
The last time Arsene Wenger
had everyone in for training he reportedly questioned how many of his
squad cared enough.
anyway I ain't freaked about seeing Giroud
in my first choice Arsenal line up, so to me, there's nothing to worry abt, thanks to the depth of the
squad which means
everyone have to sit up or gets displaced by someone else due to the competition for places
in the team and this includes Giroud.
-- Rotations for
everyone: Carlo Ancelotti
has it
in his mind that everybody spends some time on the bench to save the
squad's strength.
I don't mind this and one positive I see is that we will
have enough games to keep
everyone in our relatively large
squad happy and active
Wilshere getting injured isn't new just how after Wenger does not sign a capable CF for the 4th season
in a row and we finish 4th this season you will see the SAME PEOPLE around this SAME TIME next year who said the
squad was good enough, you'll see there will be no injuries if
everyone stays fit so we don't need to sign players or we don't really need any striker we
have Giroud (a player better than Rooney and Henry who it is very very very very HARD to find any better player than him and whom some fans here will discount any other player better than him to prove he is good enough).
I know Arsenal all too well and trust me we
would've still lost.A lot of people think this Arsenal
squad isn't good enough to win the league but I beg to differ.Give this same
squad to Rafa Benitez or any world class manager even without any signing before the transfer window ends and watch us play like you
've never seen before.The problem
in this team
has always been tactics, mentality and mismanagement.This is what
has really been disturbing us for several seasons but alwas goes ignored.Mark my words that if Arsenal get
everyone they're supposed to we're not winning the league if those three things aren't checked.We need signings but our problem is much bigger than signings.Give this same
squad to Klopp or a too manager and you
'd be shocked some players who were called average will be playing differently.You know why?Strong mentality, proper management and good tactics count.
A player like Giroud is not really a super sub ok.He is is just not a super sub.The one who i really call a super sub
in the team is Rosicky.He actually is.I am not going to waste my time talking about how good or not he is as it is really plain for
everyone to see.The truth shall set you free.There are players
in our
squad that are not good enough yet fans support them and complain when we win nothing.Let those who
have ears hear.
Does nt matter if you do nt like him or he's
had a bad season, he's going to play and we need to be behind
everyone in the
squad tomorrow, the boys need us, its a final.
Our
squad is depleted, we're miles off Chelsea,
everyone expects us to lose, we
have an horrific record
in the big games this season, our first half performances
have been diabolical, and Wenger will probably field a poor starting XI yet again!
would be an awesome
squad if
everyone puts
in the same shift as a. sanchez.
I
would most like to see you share your observations about the player you wished, how his qualities fit to our
squad, and provide evidence on how said player can do a better job than another
in the same role, so that
everyone can debate on the same grounds.
I think the key to the title is
have a
in - depth
squad with
everyone knows where they can play and more importantly the pecking order (your a first team pick... you are a second team pick) and allowing them to know that if you perform
in both training and matches you can easily be dropped to second string or moved to first string.
Every man and his dog knows Arsenal players are injury prone (well,
everyone except Wenger and the board) si
having depth
in the
squad is just common sense approach.
wenger needs to build a golden idol
in the shape of ozil @ no10 statue and make
everyone in the
squad bow down before it to make ozil feel special again and he will be rocking and rolling again wengers first commandment will be play ozil @ no10 only no where else, command no 2 build the whole arsenal attack around ozil only at no 10, ozil is the future of our attacking play along with wilshere and ramsey controlling midfield
in box 2 box roles along with a worldy
d / m
in front of back 4.
Yes it
would of been nice to get
everyone we needed
in a single transfer window but it
would also be nice to win the lottery, we all knew it
would take 2 - 3 years to build the
squad back up again after all the high profile sales we made didn't we?
«If you ask me if I am happy with the depth of the
squad I say certainly yes because I
have many international top quality players who are not even
in the
squad on Saturdays when
everyone is available.
I just don't get you guys at times.What's with all the hype?The downfall of a team is not dependent on whether the team's best player leaves or not.It's much more than that.People can not just say that if Arsenal sign Lacazette and Alexis leaves we wil not improve.People acting as if we
've not
had better players leave the club who we
have survived without.It's funny how
everyone is predicting doom if Alexis leaves but I wonder who will be shocked if we place 4th without him
in the
squad next season.It's not all about Alexis you.Transition is part of life so you you just
have to take it as it comes.If you think Alexis» departure means Arsenal downfall you guys are all wrong.Now look how many are claiming Alexis is irreplaceable.Yet before he came many wouldn't
have said that.Alexis is a replaceable player to me because someone might even come and do better.Look at him before he came and look at him now there's your evidence.Who did he replace?
The biggest problem
has been wenger for long time now «project» run Arsenal football club as an academy and try to prove to
everyone else he is the one who knows better and try to bring
in kids who
have potential but not ready for 1st team resisting spending money to improve
squad depth and cling
in on average players: Iwobi, welbeck, theo, chambers, holding and player other players on wrong position Monreal and not give opportunity to good footballer Perez and Campell also you
have been holding too much power from transfer, players contracts, arsenal finances as a whole and now all that BS start to backfire
exactly my point, we arsenal fans are so retarded that we think
having lacazette on the bench is bad, but if it's manchester city
everyone will say it's quality
in squad depth, we always criticise mourinho for playing defensive football but want simeone to come and be our coach, someone who can not attack against a team as weak as leganes or alaves.
knowing we
have had the funds playing games with the media and the fans its not cool, select a player you want which is possible to buy and buy him early
in the window (like Chelsea
have been doing for years), you don't
have to pretend your not buying anyone so your competitors wont strengthen their
squad,
everyone knows who is buying who and who is going where early
in the Window, those agents are like bloodsuckers they will do anything to earn extra buck
Obviously I won't be crying if it ends up Benzema, as long as we improve on Giroud, but apparently Giroud and Benz do nt get along
in national team, and I
'd rather
have everyone like each other
in the
squad as well.
I
have the same respect for
everyone and the same idea that every player I
have in my
squad can play and win the game tomorrow.»
Given that
everyone in his first team
squad made it into the Premier League
squad it
would have been a bit harsh to overlook the former Bayern Munich man.
This is not a problem that started today but rather
has been around for the last decade.To start with,
everyone knew we
would fall short at the secound half of the season for lack of enough depth
in quality and the outcome now isn't surprising to most pple especially our rivals... wenger himself said we
had enough quality to challenge
in all front and even went further to say there were no players out there who cld improve us.i
have said many times that half of this
squad is average and can not achieve much.with klopp, mou, conte / simeone and pep around nxt season then lets see how this blemish «Angel» of our is gonna fair out.Nxt season will even get worse.for arsenal the phrase is «IT»S DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN»!!!
I think it's difficult to nail down a starting eleven with
everyone fit, because Wenger finally
has lots of depth
in the
squad, especially
in midfield... which is a great thing!
Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is
in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans
have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still
has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis...
in goal we
have 4 potential candidates, but
in reality we
have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we
have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you
would think we
would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus
had interest
in, as they seem to
have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom
have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans
have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie
in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base...
in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that
has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we
have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling
has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player
in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)...
in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did
in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this
in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players
in the final third... he was never a good defensive player
in Real or with the German National
squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely
in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned
had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey...
everyone, minus Elneny,
have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which
would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)...
in their places we need to bring
in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we
had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they
would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we
've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he
has done off the field, I
would much rather
have Alexis front and center than a manager who
has clearly bought into the Kroenke model
in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game
has changed quite dramatically
in the last 15 years, which
has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking
in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who
have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...
I think
everyone was hoping to see one or two new faces who
would have strengthened the
squad in key areas to improve our chances of success this season.
I do NOT recognise Iwobi as a talent.He is mediocre at best.Is this really the type of player you feel is the future of Arsenal Football Club?Tell me and
everyone on this site EXACTLY WHAT IWOBI BRINGS TO THE TEAM.Goals?Assists?Pace?Passing?Dribbling?This player
has NOTHING to convince his place
in THE
SQUAD let alone THE TEAM.
«No, at the moment I
have told you I
have a big
squad and the problem for me is to keep
everyone together until the end of the season,» Wenger was quoted
in the Evening Standard when asked if he was still pursuing Lemar.
Derek Otto Captains this
squad and they
had a tremendous first night
in All Sports Series to show
everyone that they are here to be taken seriously and win the whole thing..
The season hasn't even started yet and
everyone is
having a meltdown, its not the players you sign that win you the league its the 25 players
in your
squad, the 11 men that start games!
Have to disagree flamini
has done well this season and
has been one of our better midfielder he is 2nd to yaya toure
in passing accuracy
in the whole leauge and he is very aggressive when compared to other arsenal players.the problem with playing flamini is that he is lined up with the ill disapline wilshire n ramsey we allways try to go forward and not think to much about defense.he
has been a valuable part of the
squad this season just like monreal but because they ain't
everyone's cup of tea they won't get recognition.
Everyone watching the Premier League this season is
in awe of the quality that Chilean superstar, Alexis Sanchez,
has brought to the league and Arsenal
squad.
The Frenchman said, «It is a similar
squad available to last week, we are still early
in the week but we should
have everyone available.
Ramsey, Cazorla, OX, Coquelin, Walcott and Debuchy, Ozil, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal, they all failed BUT IF I
have to be honest
in how I feel about the past transfers and the current
squad I think
EVERYONE of these players could not match their position
in the invincibles team.
Australia head coach Michael Cheika
has been trying to promote a no - excuse culture
in the Wallabies
squad with the presumed premise being exactly what it says on the tin:
everyone taking...
While rifts may appear
in squads at other clubs, Smalling
has spoken of his gratitude that he plays for a club where
everyone gets along.
Slightly radical choice given that
in the Bundesliga
everyone's go - to choice
has been Dortmund for so long but this year they
've got a fantastic
squad.
However, while
everyone will
have their own opinion on how their national team should line up this summer, it's the 24 managers whose decisions matter, and
in the coming days they will all whittle their
squads down.
«I still
have some bad feelings towards myself because I didn't give a real chance to
everyone, there are some positions
in our
squad where we
have overbooked.
In the build - up Silva denied a story suggesting the former Roma forward did not know why he was being left out, claiming he and «
everyone else» at Watford knew why he
had been left out the match - day
squad since.