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theHotHead wrote:
I agree, also think we’ve lost some of our shine as well, it’s been a long time since we’ve competed and been in the CL.

Think players now see us as a club that doesn’t win, so they’ll only come for the money, but if they’re in demand and any decent club wants them they won’t choose us.
2 different type of players though, Sterling is a wide forward, Jesus will lead the line.

theHotHead wrote:

UFGN wrote:

Arsenal Tone wrote:https://twitter.com/gabimartinelli/status/1527262985131118592?t=aNfqfP5MQoF8eSnW4Dnomg&s=19

We're getting a #9 and a #14!!!

Wonder if he'll be pissed off, thought I read he wanted the #14.

Brian Marwood was our best 11

He was quality, better than Andy Limpar though?!!!!

11

Martin Ødegaard (20/21), Lucas Torreira (18/19 - 19/20), Mesut Özil (13/14 - 17/18), André Santos (11/12 - 12/13), Carlos Vela (10/11), Robin van Persie (04/05 - 09/10), Sylvain Wiltord (00/01 - 03/04), Marc Overmars (97/98 - 99/00), Glenn Helder (95/96 - 96/97), Ray Parlour (94/95), Kevin Campbell (94/95), Eddie McGoldrick (93/94 - 94/95), Ian Selley (92/93 - 94/95), Ray Parlour (92/93), Jimmy Carter (91/92), David O'Leary (91/92), Ian Wright (91/92 - 93/94), Kevin Campbell (91/92), Anders Limpar (90/91 - 91/92), Perry Groves (89/90), Martin Hayes (89/90), Paul Merson (88/89 - 91/92), Brian Marwood (87/88 - 88/89), Kevin Richardson (87/88), Perry Groves (87/88), Martin Hayes (86/87 - 87/88), Graham Rix (85/86), Charlie Nicholas (84/85), Ian Allinson (84/85), Colin Hill (82/83), Brian McDermott (80/81), Paul Davis (80/81), John Hollins (79/80), John Devine (78/79), Jim Harvey (78/79), Alan Hudson (77/78), Graham Rix (77/78 - 83/84), Wilf Rostron (76/77), George Armstrong (76/77), Eddie Kelly (75/76), Alex Cropley (74/75), Brian Kidd (74/75), Liam Brady (73/74 - 76/77), Charlie George (73/74), George Armstrong (72/73), John Roberts (71/72), Eddie Kelly (71/72 - 73/74), Jon Sammels (70/71), George Graham (69/70 - 72/73), Ray Kennedy (69/70), Charlie George (69/70 - 70/71), John Radford (69/70), Bob Gould (68/69), David Jenkins (68/69), Tom Walley (65/66), George Eastham (65/66), Alan Skirton (65/66), Terry Anderson (63/64 - 64/65), George Armstrong (62/63 - 69/70), Alan Skirton (62/63), Mike Tiddy (57/58), Joe Haverty (57/58)

Highbury Hillbilly wrote:

theHotHead wrote:
I agree, also think we’ve lost some of our shine as well, it’s been a long time since we’ve competed and been in the CL.

Think players now see us as a club that doesn’t win, so they’ll only come for the money, but if they’re in demand and any decent club wants them they won’t choose us.
2 different type of players though, Sterling is a wide forward, Jesus will lead the line.

Sterling is a better fit precisely because he is a WF. This is the only type of player that can score regularly in an Arteta side. Also, Sterling is the ONE player Arteta personally helped develop at City. If anything, Sterling can get through to Arteta in ways Xhaka and Odegaard probably can't.

Jesus would be good if he had Andy Carroll's height or Benteke's ability to outmuscle defenders in the air. He has neither. He will be a luxury Nketiah in our setup.

StockGooner wrote:Think there is the consensus that Arteta risked it not having a competent CF lined up once Auba left. And I would say there was a consensus on here that Auba wasn't performing for us, so we were happy he left but on the proviso we had a replacement. When we didn't Arteta and Edu left themselves open to a huge risk.

Now I am all for that risk if we get a top quality CF in this summer window. I would rather have that than a panic buy in January that doesn't sit with our requirements. Yes we could have got CL football maybe, but longer term I would choose the better striker however we've now potentially lost that chance without CL football this year.

Is a Darwin Nunez goign to come to us now?
Would Jesus come to us still?

UFGN wrote:

StockGooner wrote:Think there is the consensus that Arteta risked it not having a competent CF lined up once Auba left. And I would say there was a consensus on here that Auba wasn't performing for us, so we were happy he left but on the proviso we had a replacement. When we didn't Arteta and Edu left themselves open to a huge risk.

Now I am all for that risk if we get a top quality CF in this summer window. I would rather have that than a panic buy in January that doesn't sit with our requirements. Yes we could have got CL football maybe, but longer term I would choose the better striker however we've now potentially lost that chance without CL football this year.

Is a Darwin Nunez goign to come to us now?
Would Jesus come to us still?

It was entirely his risk and he's completely f***ked up. Stripped the squad bare, and didn't make replacements. That led directly to our failure to get CL football, and to a lesser extent, our early exit from the FA cup.

StockGooner wrote:Think there is the consensus that Arteta risked it not having a competent CF lined up once Auba left. And I would say there was a consensus on here that Auba wasn't performing for us, so we were happy he left but on the proviso we had a replacement. When we didn't Arteta and Edu left themselves open to a huge risk.

Now I am all for that risk if we get a top quality CF in this summer window. I would rather have that than a panic buy in January that doesn't sit with our requirements. Yes we could have got CL football maybe, but longer term I would choose the better striker however we've now potentially lost that chance without CL football this year.

Is a Darwin Nunez goign to come to us now?
Would Jesus come to us still?

UFGN wrote:

StockGooner wrote:Think there is the consensus that Arteta risked it not having a competent CF lined up once Auba left. And I would say there was a consensus on here that Auba wasn't performing for us, so we were happy he left but on the proviso we had a replacement. When we didn't Arteta and Edu left themselves open to a huge risk.

Now I am all for that risk if we get a top quality CF in this summer window. I would rather have that than a panic buy in January that doesn't sit with our requirements. Yes we could have got CL football maybe, but longer term I would choose the better striker however we've now potentially lost that chance without CL football this year.

Is a Darwin Nunez goign to come to us now?
Would Jesus come to us still?

It was entirely his risk and he's completely f***ked up. Stripped the squad bare, and didn't make replacements. That led directly to our failure to get CL football, and to a lesser extent, our early exit from the FA cup.

theHotHead wrote:

StockGooner wrote:Think there is the consensus that Arteta risked it not having a competent CF lined up once Auba left. And I would say there was a consensus on here that Auba wasn't performing for us, so we were happy he left but on the proviso we had a replacement. When we didn't Arteta and Edu left themselves open to a huge risk.

Now I am all for that risk if we get a top quality CF in this summer window. I would rather have that than a panic buy in January that doesn't sit with our requirements. Yes we could have got CL football maybe, but longer term I would choose the better striker however we've now potentially lost that chance without CL football this year.

Is a Darwin Nunez goign to come to us now?
Would Jesus come to us still?

A better solution would've been, to get that world class striker playing well again by choosing a system and personnel to achieve that goal, rather then paying to give him to Barcelona.

Nobody sane in mind honestly believed Auba went from hero to zero just like that ! It was ALWAYS because of Arteta's incompetent tactics. Xavi was like ......

StockGooner wrote:FA Cup was poor. I never expect us to win any cup as you might come up against a decent opposition. Or you might play a lower opposition and they have the game of their lives. Neither of which happened, so with you there

He and Edu did f*** up, but I am glad they didn't panic buy someone we'd be stuck with for 4 seasons and end up letting go for free. If they;d taken a punt on an up and ocming player who might have resale value I would be ok. We don't know how hard they pressed, but I do believe they could have done more

StockGooner wrote:

UFGN wrote:

StockGooner wrote:Think there is the consensus that Arteta risked it not having a competent CF lined up once Auba left. And I would say there was a consensus on here that Auba wasn't performing for us, so we were happy he left but on the proviso we had a replacement. When we didn't Arteta and Edu left themselves open to a huge risk.

Now I am all for that risk if we get a top quality CF in this summer window. I would rather have that than a panic buy in January that doesn't sit with our requirements. Yes we could have got CL football maybe, but longer term I would choose the better striker however we've now potentially lost that chance without CL football this year.

Is a Darwin Nunez goign to come to us now?
Would Jesus come to us still?

It was entirely his risk and he's completely f***ked up. Stripped the squad bare, and didn't make replacements. That led directly to our failure to get CL football, and to a lesser extent, our early exit from the FA cup.

FA Cup was poor. I never expect us to win any cup as you might come up against a decent opposition. Or you might play a lower opposition and they have the game of their lives. Neither of which happened, so with you there

He and Edu did f*** up, but I am glad they didn't panic buy someone we'd be stuck with for 4 seasons and end up letting go for free. If they;d taken a punt on an up and ocming player who might have resale value I would be ok. We don't know how hard they pressed, but I do believe they could have done more

theHotHead wrote:A better solution would've been, to get that world class striker playing well again by choosing a system and personnel to achieve that goal, rather then paying to give him to Barcelona.

Nobody sane in mind honestly believed Auba went from hero to zero just like that ! It was ALWAYS because of Arteta's incompetent tactics. Xavi was like ......

theHotHead wrote:

StockGooner wrote:FA Cup was poor. I never expect us to win any cup as you might come up against a decent opposition. Or you might play a lower opposition and they have the game of their lives. Neither of which happened, so with you there

He and Edu did f*** up, but I am glad they didn't panic buy someone we'd be stuck with for 4 seasons and end up letting go for free. If they;d taken a punt on an up and ocming player who might have resale value I would be ok. We don't know how hard they pressed, but I do believe they could have done more

You are glad we didn't panic buy, what about all of the planned purchases that have been wank ?!!!

£70m on Pepe ..........