Tomaszk Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 As brilliant a player as Özil is, Arsenal will have all the same problems. Crap full backs, not great centre halves, and one alright striker will lead to frustration this season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Sagna, Gibbs and Monreal are not 'crap' by any stretch of the imagination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 they are certainly arsenal's weaknesses though, much like clichy is crap in the context of playing for man city Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisVillan Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Everton have done remarkably well to net £11m profit from this transfer window when they have got in Kone, Alcaraz, Barry, MccArthy, Lukaku, Deulofeu Not all permanently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillzz Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Everton have done remarkably well to net £11m profit from this transfer window when they have got in Kone, Alcaraz, Barry, MccArthy, Lukaku, Deulofeu Not all permanently. Yup. They'll have a good team this year by virtue of landing Lukaku on loan, but beyond that I think MccArthy is their only enviable signing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted September 9, 2013 Moderator Share Posted September 9, 2013 Sagna, Gibbs and Monreal are not 'crap' by any stretch of the imagination.Next time Sagna gets picked watch him closely. He has become a liability. And Monreal and Gibbs are fighting for the same leftback spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisVillan Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Everton have done remarkably well to net £11m profit from this transfer window when they have got in Kone, Alcaraz, Barry, MccArthy, Lukaku, Deulofeu Not all permanently. Yup. They'll have a good team this year by virtue of landing Lukaku on loan, but beyond that I think MccArthy is their only enviable signing. They'll be absolutely fine but the profit is a total red herring. They sold a key player and to replace him and improve their team with permanent signings they'd have made no profit at all. Not that profit is the point of football, obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Sagna, Gibbs and Monreal are not 'crap' by any stretch of the imagination. Sagna is woeful, along with Vermaelen they are living off past success but are dreadful. Jenkinson is better defender Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SikhInTrinity Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Sagna hasn't been the same since his broken leg to be fair. Before that he was a very good defender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted September 9, 2013 Moderator Share Posted September 9, 2013 Sagna hasn't been the same since his broken leg to be fair. Before that he was a very good defender.Oh I don't doubt there are extenuating circumstances. But that doesn't change what he is right now (and I'm not suggesting that you were trying to do that either). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SikhInTrinity Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Basically I'm agreeing with you but giving a reason for his drop in form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted September 9, 2013 Moderator Share Posted September 9, 2013 Basically I'm agreeing with you but giving a reason for his drop in form.[Andy Pipkin]Yeah I know[/Andy Pipkin] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Sagna isn't as good as previously I agree but I'd say he is generally still quite solid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 (edited) they are certainly arsenal's weaknesses though, much like clichy is crap in the context of playing for man city Are we talking about the same players who were apart of the second best defence in the league last season? Arsenal were very suspect defensively before and that was well highlighted but since Bould has become their assistant-manager there has been a notable improvement (which shows the importance of a defensive coach) which hasn't been as well highlighted it would seem. In fact, Arsenal's main weakness these days lies at the other end of the pitch. Not signing a top-class striker should come back to haunt them. Edited September 9, 2013 by Isa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Giroud has something like 4 goals already this season. Arsenal problem is they dont have back up all over teh park and a poor keeper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Giroud still isn't (and probably will never be) a top-class striker. Though he seems more clinical so far this term, he hasn't shown anything from the rest of his game to prove otherwise. Poor build-up play and cannot impose himself on games. Our game with Arsenal being the perfect example of this. Scored early on but did nothing for the rest of the game pretty-much. You are correct though, squad-depth is a big issue for them and when you compare their squad to their rivals it is severely lacking. It will be vitally important for them to keep their key players fit and in-form. They won't have the luxury to rotate very often. As for the keeper situation, I actually think Szczesny is a good keeper but just needs to cut out the clangers. Viviano should provide the sort of genuine competition that the likes of Fabianski and Mannone couldn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 That £15million Liverpool got for Carroll is beginning to look shrewd, yet to kick a ball this season and returned to training yesterday only to break down with the same ankle injury. Dean Ashton comes to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted September 10, 2013 Moderator Share Posted September 10, 2013 Sagna isn't as good as previously I agree but I'd say he is generally still quite solid.Just watch him next time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted September 10, 2013 Moderator Share Posted September 10, 2013 We didn't spend £16m so I suspect a few of those other figures are inaccurate as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 the one i saw for us was just over £10m, which when you consider dunne, Ireland and bents wages have hopefully freed up £150k a week (£7.8m this year) is that bad at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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