If Arsenal sign Gabriel Jesus and don't get Gabriel Martinelli and Gabriel Magalhães to recreate this meme for the announcement I'll be bitterly disappointed.
@_Afcbanks My memory is he was poor in midfield out of possession. Good if he was facing the ball, but constantly caught out of position and chasing back. My enduring memory was him scrambling back and giving away silly fouls.
@InvertTheWing Not good enough goalscoring wise. Works tirelessly and we are winning games with him playing, but it's difficult to know whether we can attribute any of that to him directly. Things will become clearer when Havertz is back. Think Ekitike was the striker Arsenal should have signed
@InvertTheWing Bergvall quality. Confident, positionally good, made vital interceptions & tackles. Great engine, passing range & technicality. Feel sorry for Gray - he remained composed even when up against it, just lacks physicality (which is expected of an 18yo playing out of position in CB)
@YankeeGunner Agreed. I think people are a bit too obsessed with this new 'striker' being a traditional no.9. In my mind, it should just be someone who can add goal contributions and fit the system. We see plenty of goals when the system works. Just needs a bit of variety and to be kept fresh.
@markgoldbridge So in this instance, VAR should simply convey what their decision would be based on all the info at hand, not be trying to decide how badly the ref got it wrong
@markgoldbridge This is the issue for me. What does a 'clear and obvious' error constitute? Too subjective for something that is meant to be as black and white as possible. VAR should simply be giving the ref a decision based on the rules of the game, NOT based on the on-field decision.
@fkhanage I think the opposition and type of game has an impact too. The atmosphere at the city and utd games earlier this season were great imo. We are up against more low blocks and play in a controlled, less explosive way now - so there are fewer extremes in our matches this season
@LeGrove Agree. A lot comparing this to Martinelli's situation but there have been hints in some interviews from Arteta that ESR needs to show more in training. Never any doubt about Martinelli's attitude and Arteta always made that clear. I think ESR could well be off this summer.
@SVCarbaholic Really hope we aren't complacent. We've done good business but we need to take the last couple of steps. We were always maybe 2/3 players away in the later Wenger years and I don't want to suffer through that again.
@redardtrader17 To be fair as an Arsenal fan, all clubs apart from City end up short if key players are injured in certain positions. Clubs are expected to basically have two classy 11s ready to go, which is crazy really! I think Spurs are in very good shape
@Gunner2Jasper@afcstuff Yup, he did it twice early in the 1st half in this match, surrendered our good sustained pressure/attacks and almost gave away a goalscoring chance for Everton
@eBay I can't cancel a buyer's bid. I select the item and reason and when I go to cancel the page seems to just hang. I've been trying over the last few hours
@AskeBay I can't seem to cancel buyers bids right now, once I get through to the cancellation page and try to cancel, the page just hangs/doesn't load. I've been trying over the last few hours
@Tweetgood_Mac I suppose inherently there is more risk in having a smaller squad, but I think for teams with the relative financial power that Spurs and Arsenal have, having two classy 11s like City have managed to put together is not realistic. Need to funnel most of the funds into one 11
@Tweetgood_Mac As an Arsenal fan I agree with you. Conte knows what he needs to win, Arteta is still learning. I think Conte knows that he has players like Kane and Son in their absolute prime right now, so he wants to build a team that is ready to go immediately to take full advantage.
@G00nergaz87@Arsenal@m8arteta@JackWilshere If we move Elneny on is he not worth a punt as 3rd/4th choice CM on a low basic wage with performance bonuses? At worst he gives 100% every time he plays