Till date I still don't understand how some Arsenal fans don't see Viktor Gyokeres as an elite striker just because he isn't elite at holding the ball up or linking play.
If Mikel Arteta isn't demanding that he drops deep and becomes a false 9, then why are we judging him primarily on those attributes?
Give Gyokeres what an elite goalscorer needs: service, runners around him, space to attack and the freedom to stay high and punish teams.
This is a striker who scored 21 goals in 55 appearances for Arsenallast season, including 14 league goals and 5Champions League goals, 1 FA Cup and 1 Carabao Cup goal
If he gives Arsenal 25-30+ goals while doing what he does best, why would I care if he isn't Harry Kane with his back to goal?
Sometimes we overcomplicate football. If the striker's job is to score goals, let the elite goalscorer score goals.
If Gyokeres have 1 fan left, that would be me.
He won us the League whether you agree or not, facts don't care about emotions.
Everyone said Arsenal need a striker like Gyokeres profile to win the League and truly we won the League with him
Arsenal, if this was 3-5 years ago or even years back, there would have been genuine panic looking at these fixtures.
But Not anymore.
You can make a serious case for Arsenal beating every single team in this group. Real Madrid, Bayern, Dortmund, Napoli, Sevilla, Lille, Galatasaray, Slavia none of them feel like a fixture Arsenal should fear.
That tells you everything about how far they have come.
The conversation was about whether Arsenal were ready for these nights. Now, it is about whether the opposition are ready for Arsenal.
The mentality has changed. The quality has changed. The experience has changed. Most importantly, Arsenal now walk into these Champions League games believing they belong at this level.
And that is a massive difference. That’s Arteta Effect.
This is no longer the Arsenal that hopes to survive the big European nights. This is an Arsenal that expects to compete with the biggest teams in Europe.
They’ve earned that confidence. Arteta changed their life.
The approach to the market this summer has been baffling.
After winning the Premier League for the first time in 22 years, I would’ve thought the club would want to build on that success - even if it meant stockpiling talent for a season or two.
This one-in, one-out policy isn’t inspiring. It feels underwhelming.
Viktor Gyokeres is a better striker than Alvarez. Alvarez has never scored more goals than Gyokeres in his entire career.
My question is why is Mikel Arteta soo inlove with Alvarez?
Can we please let Alvarez be and move on to other options
I speak for every Arsenal fan when I say we don’t want him at Arsenal.
He ends up here and we’ll be in the same situation Atletico de Madrid are facing rn.
Probably one of the most overrated players in the world. He’s not an elite goalscorer. He’s not an elite passer. He’s not an elite dribbler. He’s not particularly world class in anything. But my club is waiting on him to “pick” us like he’s Kane or Mbappe. Shocking! Fvck off man
This guy came and won us the league. He also protested to join us, gave up part of his salary as well.
But what do we repay him with, trying to discard him for a Julian Alvarez that does not want to come to Arsenal and neither did this same Julian Alvarez ever ever in his career outscore Viktor Gyokeres.
Insanity!!!!!
Ogogo’s Daughters And The Entire Family Deserve Applause.
We all followed Ogogo’s health struggles, but his daughter Kira and Lima — who was very close to him — never felt the need to put his private moments on the internet.
That is maturity. That is what a genuine bond looks like. Love does not always need an audience, and empathy does not have to be performed on social media.
In a time where everything has become content, and the "camera syndrome" has turned even grief into clout, Kira and Lima chose dignity. They chose to love their father’s privately, not publicly.
May God never give us children or family who will expose our most vulnerable moments for validation.
May Ogogo soul rest peacefully 🙏🥲❤️