by ag6789 » Fri Jan 04, 2019 8:01 pm
by swipe right » Fri Jan 04, 2019 11:54 pm
by ag6789 » Sat Jan 05, 2019 2:35 am
by UFGN » Sat Jan 05, 2019 2:53 am
by swipe right » Sat Jan 05, 2019 3:03 am
UFGN wrote:Results are all that matters
It's all that ever matters
I love shit football if it comes with three points. I could watch it every week, I don't care
by swipe right » Sat Jan 05, 2019 3:04 am
by Fran Solo » Sat Jan 05, 2019 6:29 am
swipe right wrote:Meanwhile in Spain, Cazorla just scored a brace against Madrid. So let’s see what we have here...we let go of a top talent for free in summer, and will now spend decent money to get a midfielder with less quality like Denis Suarez. Makes sense.
by ag6789 » Sat Jan 05, 2019 9:22 am
by swipe right » Sat Jan 05, 2019 10:07 am
by Power n Glory » Sat Jan 05, 2019 10:33 am
by ag6789 » Sat Jan 05, 2019 11:04 am
by swipe right » Sat Jan 05, 2019 12:33 pm
by Dejan » Sat Jan 05, 2019 12:49 pm
Lol that side will get overrun very easilyswipe right wrote:Sanchez—Auba—Ramsey
—————Ozil
—-Cazorla——Torreira
by BrunelGooner » Sat Jan 05, 2019 2:45 pm
swipe right wrote:How about Isco? Think he could play the cazorla CM role?
by BrunelGooner » Sat Jan 05, 2019 2:59 pm
theHotHead wrote:On an entirely different topic, I watched the Man City/Liverpool game last night, 2 top teams going at it, it was a pleasure to watch. But what stood out the most for me was when Liverpool decided to turn up the heat on City, they were incredible. I have heard so many times on this forum that Arsenal can't compete, Arsenal can't buy big name players, Arsenal can't do this and that and also that Emery's hands are tied. Thats absolute bollox if you ask me ! Look at the starting 11 for Liverpool:
Alisson - €62.5m
Alexander Arnold - Free
Lovren - €25.3m
Van Dijk - €78.8m
Robertson - €9m
Wijnaldum - €27.5m
Henderson - €18m
Milner - Free
Salah - €42m
Firmino - €41m
Mane - €41.2m
Team Total - €345.3m
Now look at Arsenal's starting lineup vs Fulham:
Leno - €25m
Mustafi - €41m
Sokratis - €16m
Koscielny - €12.5m
Maitland Niles - Free
Guendouzi - €8m
Xhaka - €45m
Kolasinac - Free
Iwobi - Free
Aubameyang - €63.7m
Lacazette - €53m
Team Total - €264.2m
Now consider that is Liverpool's full strength team and ours doesn't include Ozil (€47m) and Torreira (€30m), our team would cost €333.2 (removing Iwobi and Guendouzi) thats a €12m difference !!! So why are they so much better than us ? Individually they have 4 stand out players to me, their keeper, CB and 2 strikers. Inc Torreira and Ozil we have 4 stand out players too(with Laca and Auba). Well stating the obvious, Emery has been with us for 5 or so months. Other differences, they play much better as a team, Klopp has got them playing either to their strengths or playing tactics/formations that suit the players. It would be remiss of me to not add a third option, that their players adapted to Klopp's changes well.
I see no reason why Arsenal cannot do the same with the players that we have. To get to their level will take some time but I do not buy the "we cannot compete" argument, we should be seeing steady improvement and a focus on team improvement which absolutely must start with our atrocious defending as a team.