theHotHead wrote:Arsenal Tone wrote:GK Ramsdale, ???
RB Tomiyasu, ???
LB Tierney, Tavares
RCB White, Saliba
LCB Gabriel, ???
DM ???, ???
CM Partey, Lokonga
CAM Odegaard/Smith Rowe
LW Saka, Martinelli
RW ???, Pepe (Smith Rowe/Odegaard?)
CF ???, ???
Seven or eight players are needed imo. Some of the squad players might come internally from players like Ballard, Azeez, Patino and Balogun.
But if we sign top players for DM (in January) and CF (next summer when Auba/Laca go) then we could really start competing.
Odegaard, Smith Rowe and Pepe are all good enough to fill that RW spot imo. But to really transform us another top WF (Saka can play left or right) would take us to another level again and give us more options to rotate and change formations/tactics.
Players like Leno, Auba and Laca are on their way out and aren't the future. I'd be happy with Xhaka as a squad player as cover for the DM if he'd be happy with that.
Players like Chambers, Holding, Cedric and Elneny are a level below what we need as squad players. They have likely reached their peak and need to move on.
Imagine if ESR, Odegaard, Pepe and Saka start chipping in with the goals they are good enough to be scoring !! then imagine Laca and Auba scoring half the goals they should be scoring. Arsenal would be in an entirely different position. There is no way the players I listed should be struggling to score goals.
Have you seen our manager? Mr sideways passes is king