I am increasingly worried about this. In isolation, Calafiori and Merino are both good players, but despite their price tags, they have not improved us so far.
We'll always need rotation so these players are always good to get, but the summer was about bringing in game changers, for the tight games like City away and Bayern last season, we failed in that department
Odegard usually drops in to fetch the ball from those two and then he sets up the attack. But recently he has only been passing short to Saka and not doing anything creative. Saka then drives into the box and does something. Now Saka is injured, odegard looks so lost and out of ideas. The only midfielder who has creativity enough to pass the ball to start an attack is jorginho but he isn't that great at it either recently.
@@alexcoyg3281 why are we buying squad players when the players that are starting right now can be made squad players by buying a better player? we will never win anything major excusing this merino signing.
He has been the worst buy we could have made. Especially for the money we spent on him. Very telling that he can't even get into the team when Kai and odergard are in such rubbish form.
The lack of urgency in some occasions is so annoying. players always stick to the same plan even tho it is not working and the manager doesnt seem like he is worried about it. So poor in-game management.
I think that the coming summer is more an indication of the level of ambition within the club to succeed rather than this general transfer window. Doing business in this window word only be a temporary remedy to alleviate pressure from the fan base rather than ambitious planning for the future in my view. Considering the six points that were taken from us from the first five games when we played three out of five with 10 men due to red cards given for reasons that have not been applied to Liverpool or any other top six competitors, the difference in points is not a true reflection of our relative standing to the top of the lead table. If we as fans are bored with coming second it doesn’t mean from a business point of view and from a future planning point of view we are failing. I think I would reach the same levels of anxiety as I see many friends express now about the need for signings in Januaryif it happened that we didn’t secure top level signings in the striker position and in the left-wing position during the summer transfer window.
From day one even a couple of weeks prior to the first day of the season we never found our rhythm and its cost us in various ways. Nightmare but it will be over soon enough.
It is about the individuals. The collective is doing a decent job. But in the individual moments when Martinelli, Havertz needed to rise and give the group something, they couldn't. The group isn't perfect, but it's trying. 2nd in the league, good position in UCL. It's individuals up top that are letting the team down
Arteta has clearly built the team from the back but I just don't think Arsenal had the finances to fork out for forward players. I honestly believe we're still 3 quality players away from being a real monster of a team, unfortunately those 3 players could cost £200m+
Expectations are plaguing us !! Its still clear we are struggling with pressure, fatigue & something called sick but atleast those players are now coming back. Just wrote a few huge paragraphs on arteta and then deleted them as its probably for the best as it was all waffle, i just hoping we dont lose to utd if we do its pretty much season over. Make me laugh and say we are still in CL tho.
Declan Rice was a driving force was he? What does he actually do? He's supposed to be an 8 a so called box2box midfielder but NEVER creates anything from open play, doesnt shoot or score goals. Doesnt make runs into the box iff the ball. As a box2box midfielder that is his job. He is playing in the pockets for Arsenal football club amd its obvious he cannot do. Its laughable. Zero interchanging, He is so over rated and its very annoying. People talk about him playing the No.6. We have seen him play there for england and Arsenal on nunerous occasions, for years and he is not good there. Zubimendi is valued at half the money and is 10x a better footballer than Rice! FACT! Isak money has been wasted on Rice. And Rice is supposed to be the "game changer" waste of money for me.
I really find it odd that people say "a moment in time" when they mean "a point in time". A moment is already a point in time. So it's like saying "a point in time in time". I'm sorry if I'm acting like the grammar police but it's something that is bothering me at this MOMENT.
What You're not "acting like the grammar police", you're just talking shit. 'Moment' & 'point' are contextually synonymous; using either term is irrelevant to the meaning of the phrase. Time is typical viewed as a line (i.e. timeline); a moment is a point on that line.
come on harry , its mikel, he didnt want a striker, jus speak the truth, he had money and he decided not to buy one, he is obsessed with defenders and useless slow midfielders
God we need at least 3 players and a striker is essential we will see the ambition this club has in January a striker a winger that can play left and right wing and a creative midfielder and if I was greedy I would go for a lb.
Eddie probably should have gotten the job League 2 to top 4 all with pond scum. I think he do a lot more with squad. It's only because he English people don't rate him
Holy Christmas!! Some of the comments here are incredible. Newcastle are in great form at the moment and have all their players available. Anyone would think Gabriel and Saliba have become bad. Merino is a great signing and will show what's he's worth as he was bought to replace Xhaka. Odegaard is suddenly rubbish. Some of the 'fans' here sound very entitled. Second in the PL. Third in the Champions League and looking good for the next phase. In the FA Cup. I'll take that.
That Isak chance is being overanalyzed. It was a tap in. He's just running hot. He's marginally better than Havertz- IF THAT. Our concerns lie with our 4th attacker- the man behind the attacking trio. Can he provide ball carrying to break defensive structures? Nope. Can he change the picture with passes which influence big spaces? Nope. Maybe once every year- Chelsea last season, Brighton the season before that. Can he make dynamic off the ball runs? Nope. Can he dictate games? Only against inferior oppositions and that too under ideal conditions. Everything else is just dilly-dallying. Our attack is being hampered by ONE man. There's 3+ yrs worth of evidence. Yet, somehow, 95% of our fanbase start fuming at any criticism of the man.
Odegaard? Yeah he’s been poor for ages. Hasn’t scored in open play for a really long time. When they compared him to KDB, looking at it now seems like a massive stretch.
@@M1d32 It's not even about him scoring. The player people make him to be should be creating 3-4 chances every game. He is just not that player. Jorginho in 15 mins yesterday showed more creativity than Odegaard ever has.
Hes marginally better than havertz what a joke hes clear of both havertz and Jesus be serious out scored both of them in less game every season he’s been at Newcastle
@@DanteDn1 Isak vs havertz last 365 days: 0.07 more goals than expected VS 0.02 more goals than expected. M A R G I N A L Now if I add to that the duels, and hold up play and pressing that Havertz does....... Our forwards aren't the issue. Our chance creation is.
I don't get how people like you even exist. Like are you actually demented or just the biggest no life trolls? If the latter then what possible motivation could you have? Imagine just straight up lying about players you've got a hate boner for & cherry picking stats to discredit them - absolutely nonsensical.
"in a funk", "Trossard's fault", "no Ben White", "newborn baby" lol First 'ELITE' playmaker I've heard of who needs so many things to go for him to be able to create. Ozil, KDB, Wirtz, Musiala, Pedri, Jude, Isco, Bruno F, Cole Palmer, even MORGAN GIBBS FOGGING WHITE- nobody needs any of those things to create. smh
@@atyj1 It's not new. I've had it for 2 seasons now. not a beef with him. It's on the manager for making a rotation player a lynchpin of the team. But it does get tiring knowing exactly what you are going to get from a player in big games.
You'd think it was a one and done match. There is a second leg. Yes we could lose that but I can see Arsenal beating them at away in a cup tie. I seen enough of this team over the last few seasons to know the are capable of beating anyone away. We'll see what happens.
No bigger indictment than all three summer signings not getting off the bench in a massive moment of need
I am increasingly worried about this. In isolation, Calafiori and Merino are both good players, but despite their price tags, they have not improved us so far.
We'll always need rotation so these players are always good to get, but the summer was about bringing in game changers, for the tight games like City away and Bayern last season, we failed in that department
Three? You mean two and a loanee the manager didn't want...
@@kunimitsune177both Merino and Cala are good. Sterling is a miss but there were 0 expectations.
@@elvap23 Merino is average, nothing more. Cala is an injury prone defender, another one.
In addition to scoring issue, I feel this season we are so boring to watch.
We were boring last season. It was winter break and came back played football
Absolutely Agree with Harry - Saliba and Gabriel dicking around taking 6 touches and passing the ball sideways to each other kills our momentum.
I’m gonna say our center backs are not the source of our problems with our toothless attack
@@ihitge No one is moving around looking for a progressive pass. It's not all on them
Odegard usually drops in to fetch the ball from those two and then he sets up the attack. But recently he has only been passing short to Saka and not doing anything creative. Saka then drives into the box and does something. Now Saka is injured, odegard looks so lost and out of ideas.
The only midfielder who has creativity enough to pass the ball to start an attack is jorginho but he isn't that great at it either recently.
I just cant get over the Merino signing. Why? Did they think they would move a midfielder on and it didnt happen? Even so it still doesnt make sense.
I think ESR is better than Merino in my opinion.
And this a 28year old with PL experience. It's not some young player who needs time, the reason you sign experience is to succeed now ffs
We were trying to replace Xhaka which has not worked.
@@alexcoyg3281 why are we buying squad players when the players that are starting right now can be made squad players by buying a better player?
we will never win anything major excusing this merino signing.
He has been the worst buy we could have made. Especially for the money we spent on him. Very telling that he can't even get into the team when Kai and odergard are in such rubbish form.
The lack of urgency in some occasions is so annoying. players always stick to the same plan even tho it is not working and the manager doesnt seem like he is worried about it. So poor in-game management.
Patrick Vieira should be sporting director imo
I think that the coming summer is more an indication of the level of ambition within the club to succeed rather than this general transfer window. Doing business in this window word only be a temporary remedy to alleviate pressure from the fan base rather than ambitious planning for the future in my view. Considering the six points that were taken from us from the first five games when we played three out of five with 10 men due to red cards given for reasons that have not been applied to Liverpool or any other top six competitors, the difference in points is not a true reflection of our relative standing to the top of the lead table. If we as fans are bored with coming second it doesn’t mean from a business point of view and from a future planning point of view we are failing. I think I would reach the same levels of anxiety as I see many friends express now about the need for signings in Januaryif it happened that we didn’t secure top level signings in the striker position and in the left-wing position during the summer transfer window.
Best channel 👍👍👍
Best podcast on any format hands down 🤘🏻🦅
Agreed even tho im currently upset with our style/performances.
It's always an enjoyable little ramble😊
When things are bad kronke and everyone else fault, when things are good Arteta is a genius
From day one even a couple of weeks prior to the first day of the season we never found our rhythm and its cost us in various ways. Nightmare but it will be over soon enough.
It is about the individuals. The collective is doing a decent job. But in the individual moments when Martinelli, Havertz needed to rise and give the group something, they couldn't. The group isn't perfect, but it's trying. 2nd in the league, good position in UCL. It's individuals up top that are letting the team down
Arteta has clearly built the team from the back but I just don't think Arsenal had the finances to fork out for forward players.
I honestly believe we're still 3 quality players away from being a real monster of a team, unfortunately those 3 players could cost £200m+
First! Don't worry boys, we will bounce back
Not so sure unless there are important signings... the team is tired and can't score😢
Expectations are plaguing us !!
Its still clear we are struggling with pressure, fatigue & something called sick but atleast those players are now coming back.
Just wrote a few huge paragraphs on arteta and then deleted them as its probably for the best as it was all waffle, i just hoping we dont lose to utd if we do its pretty much season over.
Make me laugh and say we are still in CL tho.
Declan Rice was a driving force was he? What does he actually do? He's supposed to be an 8 a so called box2box midfielder but
NEVER creates anything from open play, doesnt shoot or score goals. Doesnt make runs into the box iff the ball. As a box2box midfielder that is his job. He is playing in the pockets for Arsenal football club amd its obvious he cannot do. Its laughable. Zero interchanging, He is so over rated and its very annoying. People talk about him playing the No.6. We have seen him play there for england and Arsenal on nunerous occasions, for years and he is not good there. Zubimendi is valued at half the money and is 10x a better footballer than Rice! FACT! Isak money has been wasted on Rice. And Rice is supposed to be the "game changer" waste of money for me.
What's the point of giving arteta money if he is just going to spent it on another defender or combative midfielder.
What Arsenal need is to replace Arteta with his assistant manager.
Odegaard has been so poor recently. He needs to be benched for a few games. Maybe play Jorginho or even MLS in the more advanced position. Needs must.
You want to swap Odegaard out for Jorginho? 🤔🤔🤔
I really find it odd that people say "a moment in time" when they mean "a point in time". A moment is already a point in time. So it's like saying "a point in time in time". I'm sorry if I'm acting like the grammar police but it's something that is bothering me at this MOMENT.
What
You're not "acting like the grammar police", you're just talking shit.
'Moment' & 'point' are contextually synonymous; using either term is irrelevant to the meaning of the phrase.
Time is typical viewed as a line (i.e. timeline); a moment is a point on that line.
Uh ur arguing semantics with yourself.
It's January 8th and we haven't bought a defender yet!
come on harry , its mikel, he didnt want a striker, jus speak the truth, he had money and he decided not to buy one, he is obsessed with defenders and useless slow midfielders
God we need at least 3 players and a striker is essential we will see the ambition this club has in January a striker a winger that can play left and right wing and a creative midfielder and if I was greedy I would go for a lb.
*When is it appropriate to admit Arteta is to Arsenal what Brendan Rogers was to Liverpool?*
Never
Eddie probably should have gotten the job League 2 to top 4 all with pond scum. I think he do a lot more with squad. It's only because he English people don't rate him
Who then could be Arsenal's Klopp? 😅
Klopp😅@@dmitriyaleksandrov5451
@ Xabi Alonso, Julian Nagelsmann, Sebastian Hoeness, Will Still (more a long shot)
Holy Christmas!! Some of the comments here are incredible. Newcastle are in great form at the moment and have all their players available. Anyone would think Gabriel and Saliba have become bad. Merino is a great signing and will show what's he's worth as he was bought to replace Xhaka. Odegaard is suddenly rubbish. Some of the 'fans' here sound very entitled. Second in the PL. Third in the Champions League and looking good for the next phase. In the FA Cup. I'll take that.
We hear talk about Arsenal’s horseshoe football. Similarly opening ten minutes of this pod was horseshoe analysis
That Isak chance is being overanalyzed. It was a tap in.
He's just running hot. He's marginally better than Havertz- IF THAT.
Our concerns lie with our 4th attacker- the man behind the attacking trio.
Can he provide ball carrying to break defensive structures? Nope.
Can he change the picture with passes which influence big spaces? Nope. Maybe once every year- Chelsea last season, Brighton the season before that.
Can he make dynamic off the ball runs? Nope.
Can he dictate games? Only against inferior oppositions and that too under ideal conditions.
Everything else is just dilly-dallying. Our attack is being hampered by ONE man. There's 3+ yrs worth of evidence.
Yet, somehow, 95% of our fanbase start fuming at any criticism of the man.
Odegaard? Yeah he’s been poor for ages. Hasn’t scored in open play for a really long time. When they compared him to KDB, looking at it now seems like a massive stretch.
@@M1d32 It's not even about him scoring. The player people make him to be should be creating 3-4 chances every game. He is just not that player.
Jorginho in 15 mins yesterday showed more creativity than Odegaard ever has.
Hes marginally better than havertz what a joke hes clear of both havertz and Jesus be serious out scored both of them in less game every season he’s been at Newcastle
@@DanteDn1 Isak vs havertz last 365 days:
0.07 more goals than expected VS 0.02 more goals than expected.
M A R G I N A L
Now if I add to that the duels, and hold up play and pressing that Havertz does.......
Our forwards aren't the issue. Our chance creation is.
I don't get how people like you even exist.
Like are you actually demented or just the biggest no life trolls? If the latter then what possible motivation could you have?
Imagine just straight up lying about players you've got a hate boner for & cherry picking stats to discredit them - absolutely nonsensical.
"in a funk", "Trossard's fault", "no Ben White", "newborn baby" lol
First 'ELITE' playmaker I've heard of who needs so many things to go for him to be able to create.
Ozil, KDB, Wirtz, Musiala, Pedri, Jude, Isco, Bruno F, Cole Palmer, even MORGAN GIBBS FOGGING WHITE- nobody needs any of those things to create.
smh
Thought I'd seen it all, Odegaard beef? Lmao
@@atyj1 It's not new. I've had it for 2 seasons now. not a beef with him. It's on the manager for making a rotation player a lynchpin of the team. But it does get tiring knowing exactly what you are going to get from a player in big games.
Made him sound like a proper Goldilocks player.
@@00dude3 2x POTY while we had Saka and Saliba at the club...........
You'd think it was a one and done match. There is a second leg. Yes we could lose that but I can see Arsenal beating them at away in a cup tie. I seen enough of this team over the last few seasons to know the are capable of beating anyone away. We'll see what happens.
Are record at st James park under Arteta is awful lol
Keep dreaming - We need to win by 3 clear goals or on penalties.
@DanteDn1
*Our
Jfc
@@housinauthority5258 Yep. 7 May 2023 Arsenal beat them 0-2 away. So it's not impossible. Or is it???
@@DanteDn1 Yep. 7 May 2023 Arsenal beat them 0-2 away. So it's not impossible.
Will Harry shut up
Not a goodly morning 😢
Firepower.. yes thats what we lack
🤡 podcast full of Arteta cult members.
Y’all can off when he does and take win the dog with y’all and this toxic positivity 🚮