Tony Adams wrote:Godlop wrote:Sanllehi had 4 transfer windows since he joined the club.
We were in a desperate need of a rebuild after Wenger left.
Yesterday in the game against Olympiacos we had 3 players in the starting line-up that didn't already play under Wenger.
I excluded Dani since he won't be here next season anyway.
I think that sums up Sanllehi's time at Arsenal pretty well.
The issue is we still haven't spent big money on a CB or DM. Again defending set pieces and crosses costs us big time.
We have two DMs in our books: Torreira and Xhaka.
It's not Sanllehi's fault—as lowly as I think of him—that Xhaka appears to be a darling of both Arteta and Unai.
A CB like van Dijk would solve many of our problems, but the major issue I see is our inability to attack fluidly. We can't get someone like van Dijk, for instance. We scored 74 goals in Wenger's final season. We scored 73 in Unai's first season. We are headed to the 55 goal mark this season.
The issue this season is lack of goals. We're not Atleti. We have to focus on scoring more goals.
Power n Glory wrote:Not having a left winger or an attacking midfield that can score or assist has hurt us more.
We have Martinelli who's been a revelation so far. Sure, he's not mature enough to drag the wagon but he appears to be a prodigy.
As far as CAMs go, Barca, PSG, Juve, Real, and 'Pool do not play with specialist CAMs. City uses KdB as an ACM. When our striker has a meager 6 goals, you can't blame Ozil for not scoring.
It's a systematic problem. I didn't expect Arteta to win the EL this season, nor do I expect him to finish in the top-4. It's unrealistic. As a fan, I want us to win trophies, but it's unlikely we'd even reach the SFs of the FA Cup.
I'm not concerned about this season. It was a write-off the moment we decided to persist with Unai last summer. My problem with Arteta since his first few games has been his bizarre employment of subs. But he has time on his side. And, I hope he analyzes that and works on it this summer.