I want to see us offload some players too. We have a lot to shift if we're to sign the players linked.
Leno
Runarsson
Bellerin
Mari
Ballard
Niles
Smith
Torreira
Nelson
Pepe
by alexafc12 » Mon Jun 20, 2022 9:39 am
by Hypergooner » Mon Jun 20, 2022 9:31 pm
theHotHead wrote:Players were also a lot tougher then, they had to be, the focus in football is now on technical ability not how big and strong you are.
I was chatting to Leon Constantine at the weekend and he was telling me he is losing his enthusiasm for coaching because of the mindset of youth footballers, they don't want to put the effort in and they complain when they get the slightest touch, they are not tough.
by Power n Glory » Mon Jun 20, 2022 9:45 pm
starmandb wrote:theHotHead wrote:starmandb wrote:22-0 wrote:Not to mention over playing our youngsters hurts them in the long run.. to much pressure and will end up with long term injuries.
Same thing happened to a lot of the barca youngsters when they tried to rebuild doing the same thing.
Arsenal players appearances at 23 followed by total appearances for the club
Here is just a sample
O’Leary 308… 722
Adams 235…. 672
Armstrong 239…. 621
Rice 170…. 525
Storey 180…. 506
Simpson 142….. 478
Davis 201……445
Rix 231….. 449
Parlour 199….. 442
Merson 188….. 415
Vieira 172…. 400
Good enough
Old enough
Football then is NOTHING LIKE football now.
You could get away with eating shit food, getting drunk and being totally unprofessional, you cannot now. Footballers are finely tuned athletes
The game is faster now, the ball is in play for longer too.
And you got kicked a lot more and teams used far fewer players throughout the season and there was 1 sub. Parlour and Vieira played in the post diet era and add to those Walcott Ramsey and Henry who played a lot of games young and went on to play a lot of games for us and there are others
by Est83 » Tue Jun 21, 2022 8:37 am
by theHotHead » Tue Jun 21, 2022 9:21 am
by swipe right » Tue Jun 21, 2022 9:47 am
by RowdyRoddyPoppins » Tue Jun 21, 2022 10:01 am
swipe right wrote:If we miss a top quality center forward we are done for.
by Hypergooner » Tue Jun 21, 2022 11:01 am
RowdyRoddyPoppins wrote:swipe right wrote:If we miss a top quality center forward we are done for.
I will say the same if we do not add quality to the centre midfield. Partey's fitness is a constant worry and Xhaka, Eleney and Lokonga are not good enough long term cover.
by 22-0 » Tue Jun 21, 2022 11:21 am
by theHotHead » Tue Jun 21, 2022 2:10 pm
by alexafc12 » Tue Jun 21, 2022 3:32 pm
by Ach » Tue Jun 21, 2022 3:45 pm
by 22-0 » Tue Jun 21, 2022 3:50 pm
by Est83 » Tue Jun 21, 2022 4:06 pm
22-0 wrote:Wish we had Son.. so under rated.
by Est83 » Tue Jun 21, 2022 4:06 pm
Hypergooner wrote:RowdyRoddyPoppins wrote:swipe right wrote:If we miss a top quality center forward we are done for.
I will say the same if we do not add quality to the centre midfield. Partey's fitness is a constant worry and Xhaka, Eleney and Lokonga are not good enough long term cover.
Unless we are going with 1x holding and 2 CMs in front this season.
For example
..........................Ramsey
Tommy....White.......Gabriel........Tierney
..........................Xhaka
...............Partey...........Odegaard
Saka....................Jesus.................Martinelli
Vieira
Elneny
Patino