City's strength is obvious: a titanic attack led by Sergio Aguero, Kevin De Bruyne, Raheem Sterling, Leroy Sane, Gabriel Jesus, Bernardo Silva... the list
of quality attacking players on this team is high.
The Reds have already strengthened their squad with no less than six players but are on the lookout for a Raheem Sterling replacement, while the lack
of quality attacking players at White Hart Lane is something manager Mauricio Pochettino must be looking to rectify this summer.
Not exact matches
Virtually no managers can consistently outperform in both bull and bear markets, therefore you should look to have
quality managers
of different styles in your portfolio, in the same way that a football team has both
attacking and defending
players.
Teams like Chelsea and Manchester City has adopted Arsenal's old free flowing football with a similar array
of quality players like our «Invincibles», very strong defenders and yet a fluid
attack.
We need at least five
quality players a defender, goalkeeper, a defensive midfielder, a
attacking midfielder and a striker Though winning the f.a cup did take a bit
of pressure
of him only time will tell There got to be a new structure at the club, and get rid
of the also rans like Lucas Perez, Jenkinson, debuchy and sagono for starters
I disagree.A wingback can be viewed as a defensive winger.Whether the Ox likes it or not he's been blessed with the
qualities of a winger.To me that's his best position.He's only doing well as a wingback because
of his
attacking abilities.As I said earlier a wingback can be viewed as a sort
of defensive winger.That's why CB's who are used as RB or LB can not play wingback.Wingback needs the
player to be able to adapt himself like a winger while also being solid defensively.Ox has the
attacking part but not the defensive part.With Bellerin we have the best
of both worlds.He can
attack, defend and also has the speed necessary to play wingback.I fear Ox being played at wingback will cost us when we play teams with tricky wingers.He should rather be challenging Sanchez or Ozil for their positions and not wingback.The guy hates to always have to defend which in truth he can't.
I don't want to say this, but in the interest
of Arsenal's Ucl success over Barca, I want to say, if the Ucl
attacking quality of Barcelona's 4
players of, Suarez, Messi, Neymar and Rakitic will play for Barca against Arsenal in both 2 legged ties, the Boss MUST consider the possibility
of upgrading the Arsenal's 2 CBs & DM position with 2 or 3 top
quality new additions
of a CB, DM and a striker to face Barca and knock them out
of this round
of 8 fixtures.
Uhh guessing this is a question from football retards exam night... We have one
quality forward (currently off form) two decent strikers who can deliver in bursts (but probably wouldn't make the bench
of most
of rival top 10 european clubs we aspire to match) and three hugely overrated wing
players who should be nowhere near starting in a team aspiring for top honours at home and abroad... Conclusion we need at least 3 new
attacking options in the summer....
What
player of quality is going to look
quality in that
attacking 6....
Xavi claimed that the time he spent playing alongside the Chilean gave him a closer look at his extraordinary ability: «anybody who has played with him will know
of his
qualities and not be at all surprised he is now being considered one
of the best
attacking players in the world.»
Am willing to chip in a tenner for a teach yourself Cantonese course for the whippet... they would cough up north
of 20m for him but about the only ones... If we bring in a top
quality wide right
attacking player then I will be more than happy... Though I would still feel easier with a solid centre back addition
He's become one
of the best strikers currently in the European game and to have a
player of his
quality on board leading the
attack at Arsenal would be a fantastic move for the club.
Maybe he could go for an
attacking midfielder at the end
of the window if a
quality player is available to snatch up.
wenger is a legend in his own mind so other peoples opinions... fans, ex
players, journalists, etc... have no bearing on his greatness or the righteousness
of his own decisions... from end
of last season it was clear we needed two
quality attacking options to put up a serious challenge (getting rid
of walcott and campbell or ox and bringing in a serious upgrade over giroud) instead he brought in another midfield option (having done the same in the winter window) which only makes sense in his own delusional world rather than the reality
of facing up to serious and strengthening competitors and which defines the job at hand....
OT: My wishes: — Wenger to stop playing Mert ahead
of Gab... this is a must — Wenger being ruthless and stop being stubbornness «big wish» — Wenger to change his transfer policy «big wish as well» — Not count on very injury prone
players (Wilshere, Walcott, Ox, Welbeck), take them only as a bounce because they would never stay fit... It is a dilemma because they are all
quality home grown
players, so I can not say «get rid
of them all» — Give our smart
attacking players (Sanchez, Cazorla, Ozil) what they need, a striker... that is a must — Strengthen the flank with another
quality because all the sights now on Sanchez — Get rid
of useless team
players (Campbell, Flamini, yes they are useless) and replace them with better
players (promote or buy good ones)-- Loan Chamber... 16M is too much to ruin
Man U's
attack isn't in the same league as Arsenal's, but they have a lot
of quality in the middle
of the park and
players like Smalling Rojo, and Darmain should be able to cope with Vardy.
Instead
of these 6
players, we can get Carvalho and Robiot who are both DM's and we can have a team where we have two
quality and young
players in each midfield and
attacking position.
the cheese eating surrender monkey has screwed up again we all know that now so we have to hope to get our real
quality players performing to full potential that is ozil sanchez wishere carzola... i am not sure there is a combo with all four and at this moment wilshere and sanchez are the only ones looking pretty decent and as wellbeck needs to be integrated those positions are settled... i am a big ozil fan and really believe wenger is failing to get best out
of him by playing him out
of position so cant we play some kind
of diamond with him at the top feeding to a front line
of sanchez and wellbeck... for me neither flamini nor arteta add anything to the team so i think playing to
attacking strengths is the only option right now... but its really a ridiculous state
of affairs we have been left in... throwing caution to the wind i would go for
I'm sure with
quality additions and a little bit
of ambition can make Alexis stay, with him in our
attacking system with the new
quality players, I'm sure we won't be the laughing stock come next season
so a first choice defence
of bellerin gab kos and darmien with kondogbia in DM position would give forward
players real confidence... debouchey, chambers mert monreal as backup... and then a
quality attacking option reus sterling pedro lacazette whatever... all better than walcott...... thats 3 in and half a dozen out... shouldnt be a big deal..
Those options have too often been quite similar though, and usually the balance has been a bit too tilted toward the
attacking and creative side
of the things, with not enough
players or enough
quality on the less glamorous aspects
of the game.
Our team is out
of balance in a major way, too heavy on midfield
players who like the ball on their foot and dribble in the middle
of the park and too light on true dominant box to box midfield leaders and too light on
attacking goals scoring wide
players and void
of a top
quality striker.
I don't think we should only because it would be a luxury as we have many similar
attacking midfielders
of various
quality — too many fairly similar
players.
It's obvious for me that arsenal need 4
players to become a world class team like bayern and real madrid i couldn't dare mention barcelona because they have unbelievable front three and they maybe the best
attack in history
of football we are lacking
quality in the ST as well as the RW
of course giroud and campvell are very good
players but in my opinion they are less in
quality than the rest
of the team so we need to improve the
quality in these positins About the DM it's a number issue and i think the position is covered with flamini doing good job and elneny coming which can be deployed there About the fourth signing we need is a center back I don't think i saw till now enough minutes for gabriel to tell if he can make the position his own or not But what makes me doubt him that wenger didn't choose him till now over per which means he is not miles ahead
of him so i think we need a new better CB This team can go and fight for every thing even the champions leafue....
Even if United could have done with a
player like Depay in
attack against Chelsea today, they also failed to get a top
quality forward line consisting
of Romelu Lukaku, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Marcus Rashford to shine at Stamford Bridge.
Kicker have also linked Bailey as a transfer target for Arsenal, and they could certainly do with an
attacking player of his
quality after losing Alexis Sanchez to Manchester United in January.
This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety
of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style
of play has become a shadow
of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where
players play out
of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current
players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid
of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can
attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out
of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive
qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes
of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play
of Monreal, but none
of these
players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio
of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part
of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part
of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature
of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive
players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a
player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out
of position far too many times since arriving and that the
players in front
of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-
attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this
player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that,
of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one
of those 3
players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one
of the most committed skill
players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already
of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs
of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a
player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class
qualities but he's lack
of mobility is an albatross around the necks
of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because
of the 5 or 6
players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits
AM - N badly needs Wenger gone and then, but not otherwise, I feel sure we will soon have a central midfield
attacking player of quality on our hands.
Still, on this basis, with so many
quality attacking players all ticking together so fluently, that never looked like happening in this game and may be less
of a problem in general from now on.
Midfield — numbers wise I think we have enough plenty
of attacking quality probably lack one more DM / deep creative
player.
Arsenal have the
quality to compete with the big boys and now the
players have the belief that we can beat anyone, while the boss is happy to adapt his tactics after years
of stubbornly sticking with his
attacking ideal.
Ainsley Maitland Niles in his two or so matches a CM has shown me that he can protect the back four and
attack very well.Why is Wenger destroying the
player at LB?I remember also telling everyone here earlier in the season that we should change our formation to four back and that Monreal and Kolasinac shouldn't be in the same team as one has to be rested and deputise for the other.I don't care how consistent Monreal is and to me he has no CB
qualities.He at times looks almost world class at LB but to me he has no
qualities of a CB.Why is Xhaka also starting?Coquelin is twice the
player he is for the role Xhaka should be playing.
whatever you think
of ramsey... and in my books he is a decent b2b but certainly not top class... he is not going to control the area between edge
of box and centre line which is what all great DMs do... nor has coquelin proved that to me... he is a guttusso type
player and has improved massively in that role... not convinced it is what will take us to challenging for titles however which is why a cavalho type DM is a needed addition especially as arteta and flamini are obviously not up to the task... but have always said that wengers job is to get best out
of ozil santi and wilshere who are the real creative world class strengths
of this squad... they need protection behind them and options in front... at moment the real worry is that wenger will continue to use mertesakher at CB and fail to bring in
quality striker... so the song remains the same... without
quality DM and
attacking option we will be trying to retain 3rd place and reach qf
of cl
Its going to be difficult for podolski even to make the bench for arsenal if all the
attacking options are fit and they are, podolski moments
of brilliance have help arsenal on several occasions, however podolski does not give the same
quality in defending, which all the other
attacking players for his position does.
If we don't buy a top
quality attacking player this summer, and we don't win the league due to a lack
of firepower, I blame Wenger and Gazidis.
A
quality player in everyone position, the ability to defend and
attack well, pace plus power across the front and creativity on another level in EPL terms coming out
of the midfield.
A
player will not change our fortunes — we have enough
quality in the team if the manager does not force people to play out
of their positions and if the
players do their job — Next match Arsenal should just focus on shutting shop at Liverpool and go for a cleansheet — the midfield needs to be told to focus on disrupting more and just give the ball to ozil / Sanchez — just sit back and stop
attacks.
Whether another
attacking player is the main need for United during the January window is certainly a question that is open to debate, however — although a
player of the
quality of Gaitan would certainly add an awful lot to any team.
The amount
of quality CB's are very small compared to
attacking players.
If Alexis doesn't want to sign a new contract don't be stupid, sell and «replace» him with a Draxler or Lemar or other
attacking player of quality.
As well as feeling that Payet would add some extra
quality and
attacking threat to the side, I believe that the early transfer
of a top
player, and it does not have to be Payet, would give the whole club a timely lift as we head into the crucial second half
of a season that we are all hoping turns out to be the one in which Arsenal regain the title
of English champions.
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...
Lemar moving to Chelsea would certainly be bad news for Arsenal and Liverpool, who both arguably need a
player of his
quality in
attack more than Conte's side.
anyway we should have a clear out
of half a dozen
players... including pololski flamini mert and walcott... and bring in three top
quality options in
attack midfield and defence
Quagliarella has previously shown himself to be a
quality player in Serie A and for the Italian national team, playing in a variety
of attacking roles and earning a reputation for his superb shooting technique.
i always say giroud is arsenal second best
player but we don't have the
quality players to provide him with the kind
of service he requires to shine we need prayers who can get behind the defence and put the ball in area where he can
attack it
was reading online somewhere today that barca were willing to let pedro go for about # 15 million this could be a bargain for a
quality player and if corzola (who cost # 18miillion) decides he wants to go next year back to spain we have his ready made replacement in pedro he is hybrid
of sanchez and corzola (great two footed
player) skilled in the barca hard working style and energetic and at 27 he would be at his peak and can score goals from wide areas we would have added edge to our
attacking play if we cant get reus he would be a great second chioce would be a better investment than aarons me thinks.
But the part
of our game that needs improving is our defensive play, that's why we need a proper defensive midfielder — a
player with power,
quality, the ability to win aerial duels and a defensive mind to snuff out
attacks before they happen.
no idea what games you have been watching but the idea
of ramsey as a defensive enforcer is comical... missed tackles galore, slow in to tackles and weak first touch define his game... though to be fair only wenger thinks he is a renasiance footballer qble to play any position... the ramsey bandwagon was for some time based on the barca cant have him ay any price delusion... the man should be part
of the summer sale crop along with mert walcott and gibbs... its fifty fifty on campbell and giroud... both are decent squad
players but the need for
quality attacking options is palpable
The Daily Mail recently claimed the France international was a # 45m summer target for the Gunners, and there's no doubt they could do with a
quality attacking player of his kind.