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Thank you for the great content! Unlike some other Arsenal related channels, this falls neither to the side of unwavering praise or deconstructive negativity. There's a middle ground, pointing out where to improve, while observing where things have gone right, and seeing the progressive trajectory.
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One thing that a lot of people don't get, and you can tell when they say stupid crap like Lee Gunner's "sell the lot of them" nonsense, is that Arteta clearly believes we are still in phase 3 despite the title run-in (that's important). He kept his starting 11 as consistent as he could to force time on the pitch together between all of his players working through the familiarity factor. We see this a lot with Pep. The first year someone is at the club, they really don't play compared to the 2nd year they are at the club (see Grealish last year and Kalvin Phillips this year). That first year is just working through the familiarity of movement and processing speed. Last season we could see Arsenal moving through the paces too slowly. This year, much much quicker and it took people by surprise just how good Arsenal were. Why? The evidence was there last year. Arteta said earlier in the season, the best players are expected to play 40+ games a year. They can't be tired. So he isn't rotating as much to force them to develop that flexibility to play every 3-4 days. It's endurance training. These are all things that take a year or more to build. Newcastle is a prime example of the fitness aspect. Last year, they were good, but you could tell towards the end of games they collapsed into exhaustion so he was having to substitute a lot more than he does this season. Brighton is going through that at the moment, where De Zerbi has to substitute 5 people. Pep? Sometimes he doesn't substitute at all. Arteta mirrored that behavior earlier in the season and started making substitutions earlier in the games later in the season. This is all indicative of Arsenal still being in development mode versus Pep's maintenance mode.
What will be the main indicator that Arteta thinks we've moved beyond Phase 4 is when he starts using a variety of different systems at the beginning of the year to challenge his players and build their familiarity with games on the line the way Pep does. Because after the halfway point, Man City change their tune from changing systems whole sale to a singular consistent system and changing aspects of their play within that system. This let's them go on their 14+ games unbeaten streaks. When Arsenal is doing that, Arteta will have finished his development phases.
Level headed analysis. Most things worth doing at the upper echelons of success require meticulous planning, understanding the fine margins and a bit of luck. Mikel isn't making excuses, he's being honest. Longevity is sustained through a process. Instant gratification has made many of us undervalue the work it takes to be excellent. Many of our players improved objectively and are performing closer to the top end than most would give credit. Yes room for improvement - Mikel admits this too but there's much to appreciate also.
This is an excellent take. Great analysis 👍
Nick Campbell & Tendai Ponde good evening to you both. Anytime you ever decide to do a joint podcast I'm ready to listen. Thanks for your erudite comments.
If only more people would care to listen to you...
Lee Gunner is just the worst fan i ever seen ..
your arsenal takes are quite refreshing and delivered excellently. Surprised you don't have more of a following
Reason is not most football fans language
Prove that many Arsenal fans (or football fans in general) in general have no brain but pure emotions
It has always been clear from the first season that Mikel is a perfectionist and will not stop raising the bar for the club and the players. That is why, even when he finished 8th, I was more than happy for him to get a long contract. I have never doubted him.
The improvement is not a fluke but deep planning and surgical execution!
Only two minutes in but the difference is very clearly depth, and time. If we manage to not lose anyone, add 2 to 3 players for the next 3-4 years and get the players to gel. City really aren't all that over us, there is just more tactics in fluidity and when injuries hit they don't have to make do with championship players like Holding, Elneny and Vieira
We are miles off in terms of technicality and bench quality.
@@thierryhenry674 miles...mate we pushed them for 90% of the season with the youngest squad in the league. You'd be blind to ignore the fact they signed the most prolific striker in world football who broke the goalscoring record on his debut and also have KDB. It would be like us signing prime Messi now. It's not a given, but it's almost expected. We almost clinched the title with a bunch of youngsters, because Arteta has the ability to train youngsters, he doesn't need to buy proven players to succeed. We won't win it next year either, but maybe the year after once KDB starts to decline and Haaland fancies going to Madrid
Facts facts and facts we didn't pushed Man City as much as Liverpool did but what we did with this thin young squad is nothing to be ashamed of even if people call us failures and bottlers which we are bottlers but if you take into the account that this is Artetas and this young teams first ever title charge plus the depth we have the fact we even made it here is amazing and people think we wont go again next season with more experience and investment oohhh we shall see about that
Championship players like Holding, Elneny and Vieira. What a clown. The first 2 are decent squad players, but not good enough for us to compete for a title. Vieira is a kid in his first year. He's adjusting to the league, in the same way Odegaard did in his loan year.
@@anish87 It's delusional stupidity like this which is why the average fan is too optimistic. Holding and Elneny would probably do super well in the championship, I assume they'd be in promotion teams but they're not even making man citys bench, behind the 18 year old kids. I love them both as servants, but you either cut the cord and have depth in quality (think City have Foden, Mahrez, United have Rashford, Eriksen, even Brighton have some quality in depth). We have started having Trossard and Jorginho, both quality subs and if we keep Nelson and Patino/Balogun that would be huge. But stop being delusional and thinking Holding and Elneny are good for anything other than maybe playing Preston or Hull in a cup
Clive Palmer said about a year ago, if not more, that the new currency in football is “minutes”. It’s never left me. Thank you for highlighting this kind of thinking and position = profile is equally very clever. Thanks TDK
Excellent video and analysis! Shame 99% of football fans won’t understand it…
'execution, maturity, character' - one of the the things about Pep Guardiola is his ability to recognize certain traits that suit his coaching style in terms of player disposition. He has said before that he can find great players anywhere in the world but what are they like in the dressing room. It's a wholistic approach. Then you have to mold the team. Big job. City have also spent big and this has put the task of catching them out of the reach of many clubs. Very shrewd. It could take years. Settle in for the long haul. Great channel. Loved that little bit at the end about body language etc
Love TDK’s content. As always, level headed, constructive, honest but also a healthy amount of optimism. Great work!
i think we still are a gap behind financially, like the Mudryk bid and Grealish signing comparison. They activated Jack's 100M release clause, which meant it was full 100M upfront, our (around 100M mark) Mudryk bid was 70-80M (different number from different sources), structured with installments and bonuses which was why Shakhtar rejected the bid and accepted Chelsea's 'similar amount' bid as Chelsea structured the deal more favourable to Shakhtar.
as for 'recruiting properly', no one would know for sure. Like Fabio Vieira, he was great for Porto and performing on CL, we thought we secured a emerging talent but that didn't translate well to the prem. Even in the same league like Cucurella, he was Brighton's player of the season, what happened? For Akanji's case, sure we could have get in contact with him but when City comes in calling, the answer is obvious innit, especially last summer when we missed out on CL. My point is no one would know for sure whats gonna happen in a transfer so just saying 'recruit properly' and pointing out Akanji's case feels shallow.
but yes, i do agree with most of the stuffs you said on the channel
This is fast becoming one of my favorite sports channels with in-depth analysis, quality writing, humor and delivery
You're talking about transfer fees and not considering PL transfer inflation.
Its increased almost 100% since City were spending 250 mill a season 5 or 6 years ago and they still have alot of those players.
City got Gundogen and Silva for less than a Mudryk. If they were around today, they'd cost twice as much.
you can just be smart with your investment, e.g brighton scouting and transfer team is really" good.
player like mason moun who only had 1 year left, is a steal deal, but arsenal are looking for hyped player such as Rice.
most of city's expenses is on the defender, so hard to find a good fullback/CB who played from the back with risk. even then Ben Mendy and Cancelo left City.
Typicially you can find a good midfield and attacker without spending much
@@haihao2942 Arsenal do not want to be Brighton. They get praise for their scouting because they don't have the pressure of having to win. They can play unknown players and allow them to develop.
United were offered Caicedo for 5 mil before Brighton. Big teams are aware of the players that Brighton get, they just can't afford to wait for them to develop. They might buy one or 2 "development" players a season, but they really need the finished product.
Also Rice will become the best number 6 in the world. Mount is a good player but not the same level and there are plenty of options in his position. Rice is a level raiser and game changer for Arsenal.
@@alzer6467 not sure about best no 6. Similar to grealish, they're playing very good but i think 70mil is fair price 100 is english tax lol..
and even with inflation coming i think given the situation of how gundo and silva is signed, it won't affect much of their price.
I was skeptical of gundo's fitness since he has a lot of injury during his time in dortmund, yes he's good but tons of injury per season. for silva we know he's good but the world pay attention to mbappe saga instead of him, so Bakayoko,mendy and silva got snatched with cheaper price
you could get 1 box to box and 1 Defender with the price of Rice (rumored 100-120 mil), even rodi only cost about 55-60
Great video brother. Love when you bring stats wouldn’t mind more stats going forward. Also the length is great
Superb content, thoroughly enjoyed it. ❤
Keep it up.
Really great content!! Flexibility and approach will definitely be a big thing next season. Martinelli and Saka need to be rotated with almost the same quality, they literally played all season. The loss of Saliba, fitness of Tomiyasu needs to make us think about how we can shift our defence when the season gets tough with injuries.
Love this channel, such great content, one of the few channels that talk sense.
As soon as I heard about the dog being brought in to reduce stress levels, I became supremely confident that Arsenal will win stuff next year.
Dogs have been used for special tasks since the dawn of humankind, and (alongside cats) have become effective emotional support animals in the past few decades (altho they have had the same function the entire time, it wasn’t made to be as specific as this).
I have a feeling that “team support dogs” will become commonplace in sports going forwards.
As for olive trees? I have no idea lol
DK, you just keep delivering. Fantastic! Always factual justifications. Appreciative!
incredible production, and we get this for free! thumbs up brother
Brilliant as alway. Really enjoy your videos.
Phenomenal video. The fact the Arsenal TH-cam content has got to this level gives me good hope that the team will too.
You have very good content. Following you from Kenya
Well articulated like a documentary 👍🏾
Great analysis and presentation as well.
Great work Alex. Love your content, hate your outro music 😂
Great video!
It is about phases of the play and area of the pitch where there can be creativity. Think of it as the base of a building and then the facade and then may be the ornamental dome if you will. He has the base and the pillars done. That is structure. The artistry will come, one by this artists being able to express better and two by getting better ones where they can't.
I think Alex one of the important thing is the wages. I know we can pay the price, but the player moves to the club that pays outrageously high wages like United and City do. And also the pull, because City is a sure shot way to win trophies and we are not yet. But we are going up!
I love this channel
Would've been holistic to see how the clubs' comparative wage bills stack up alongside net transfer spend over the decade. Still really insightful stuff Alex!
This channel is so underrated
Excellent 👍🏼
I think, you should join Arsenal FC management team. You're always quite rational in your approach and analysis.
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Great speech 🧬
quality vid, as per usual
How do you only have 34k subs. Your analysis is on point
While I agree with most of the video. I do think one thing we do have to keep in mind is that Man City also has many under the table deals as well as high wages in their signings (one of the reasons they have such a high number of financial violation charges). Which is not to take away from their smart signings
We can be better in man to man press, attacking the open spaces, defending deep, set pieces, and game management
we can be ruthless to win games he said
I love how you mentioned "him buying players he trusts " so they'd get enough game time
In his last experiment in the Nottingham Forest game, I was really wondering why KT was dropped despite Zinny not available 😢
I love your genuine opinion here man
Love from Nigeria 🇳🇬 #COYG
Finally some good analysis
We have to act smart in the transfer market.
Nketiah has to go. And I would prefer to also sell Balogun for a profit.
To replace them, either we should sign someone similar to Jesus and Trossard. Players like Gouiri FerranTorres Vidovic(from Bayern) Felix BrahimDiaz or Olmo (Firmino is not quite possible and probably too old)
Or alternatively, we should go for someone more physical (but yet also very technical) like Hojlund or Schick.
Nelson and Pepe are going to leave. SaintMaximin or Chukwueze would be great wingers to have.
Try to sell Xhaka Niles Lokonga Elneny.
Rice and Caicedo are overpriced, we should allocate the budget better.
Neuhaus Asensio MacAllister Maddison Brandt Unuvar Ziyech, or even Puig Roca Ceballos would be great options. Gundogun on a free can also be a good signing.
Sign Tonali or DeJong to bench Partey.
Sell Tierney. Cancelo has no resale value because of his age, and he will cost quite a lot. Guerrerio is yet to extend his contract, so he could be a cheaper option.
We don’t have an attacking right back, Fresneda or Devyne can become our Zinchenko on the right.
Holding has to go. Schlotterbeck Scalvini or Andersen would be great signings.
So here is around 7 signings in total. We don’t need a big bench. A small bench with first team quality versatile players is what we needed.
Man had me agreeing on everything until I saw the dead baller ceballos name 💀
@@foleylad54
Ceballos has improved a lot since then.
Even the Madrid fans, who usually have very high standard, prised him over other Madrid midfielders.
If Arteta’s current system have made Xhaka to reach his current level. I don’t see why a way more technical silky Ceballos couldn’t do much better.
I think I should keep Balogun, being too predictable has clearly cost us this season. Having Jesus as a creative Striker and Balogun as a more classic goal scorer would give us a lot of versatility.
Physical nd technical : *BENJAMIN SESKO*
Jesus type striker: *Vitor Roque*
Lisandro Martinez type defender: *Facundo Medina*
Holding replacement to play right back and centre back meaning white can play CB if needed: *Stefan posch*
Granit xakha replacement/ Next odegaard : *Kang in Lee*
Only when Arsenal manage to win against City then will I believe in them winning the league. Losing 3 matches in one season is proof that they're still a long way from becoming champion.
Excellent content as per usual. The minute I'm able to afford to subscribe to a Patreon, it shall definitely be yours.
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You’ve made what’s essentially the horses for courses argument on several occasions...I agree 100%...and when it comes to “being much better” Arteta no doubt does or at least should include himself...and I agree on your other point Arsenal had a habit of turning promising teens into mediocre 20 somethings...has to end
Theres gonna be a new phase in style if play nxt season
Smart talk
hahaha the thumbnail 😅
when Arteta runs to stop Xhaka
4:25
I think theres one more
Depth = options
Tomiyasu getting injured was the death knell of our depth
Get as smart as City with Edu in charge of transfers. Good luck with that
That's the problem.. He didn't believe much in his bench so when he had no option but to use them, they had lesser minutes and couldn't do much for the game. You need to rotate them to keep them fresh and active. Everyone needs to know they are contributing to the team.
I get the Dog called 'Win' angle, but the Olive tree?
Is that so non-playing squad members feel there's always an olive branch extended for them?
While I would like to see Declan in an Arsenal kit next season, all the rumours and reports scream… media signing! Is it a “Here we go” or a “Here we go again?” Watching Rice sign for Chelsea and Caicedo sign for Aston Villa is the nightmare that now lingers.
On paper, Rice adds to our midfield in Granit’s absence, but at what cost? He’s a proven talent, with all the attributes to have the statisticians drooling over their laptops, but at the cost of around a third of Arsenal’s total speculated transfer budget (including fees from potential player sales) can Rice bridge the ravine between 2nd and 1st?
Will Rice, or the like, be Arsenal’s only signing? No, I’m sure there will be others, but will the KSE spend the big bucks?
Can Arsenal ship the 8-15 players still bleeding our wage budget and failing to contribute to our progress. In one window I doubt it.
Historically we’ve been diabolical at demanding high fees for the players we ship out, and that’s if we can move them on in the first place. I expect nothing to change.
This leaves us with a miserly budget if we’re going to shop around in a market consisting of our direct competitors, considering we will need to sign between 8 to 16 players to have a chance of competing in two competitions this season.
After measured consideration, including competitors and playing time limits as factors, it appears that Arsenal will require the recruitment of top quality players in the following roles, if they are to improve on the results of this season:
GK x 1
CB x 2
LB x 1
RB x 1
CDM x 2
CAM/CM x 2
LW x 1
RW x 1
ST x 2
A total of 13 new faces in addition to our strongest starting eleven. Perhaps Nottingham Forest can be forgiven for turning so many heads with their transfer activity this season!
There’s a very good reason BM FCB and MC all won things before pep arrived, they’re called “Quality Players.”
Rice might give Arsenal a box to box ball winning neat passer, but we will still lack bite!
Yes we were awful against NFFC and yes we had injuries and deflated players out of position, BUT, where are our game changers?
Saka is going to get double teamed like he did against Brighton, Odegard will get similar treatment next season. One injury to Martinelli and we are mid table!
What many fans have pointed out in the past is still haunting us to this day… Our recruitment has been awful. While we have managed to bring in a few gems over the last few years, asking Arsenal to sign the kind of talent that can elevate us to championship status is like asking your kids to suggest a few good movies to watch. While you might temporarily enjoy what you think you’ve got, in the end you know you should have chosen winners.
With names like Lautaro Martinez, Xavi Simons, Moussa Diaby, Moises Caicedo, Rafael Leao, Mohamed Simakan, Romeo Lavia, Mohamed Kudus, Jonathan David, and Piero Hincapie, likely to remain unspoken by Arsenal employees during this summers transfer window, most fans can expect to be underwhelmed by either one or two £90m+ signings or a light peppering on lesser known bench warmers to ride their way into a fight for top four.
Without spending upwards of £400m, can Arsenal really expect to compete with MAN CITY in four competitions next season. Not to mention the threat of much improved squads, teams, tactics and performances from the likes of Newcastle, Man U, Liverpool, Brighton, Villa, Chelsea, even Tottenham!
In my opinion, Yes… Yes they can! But there is a huge shadow from the caveat that looms over that statement, and that is the question!
Can we be first? Can we be first to the players who will undoubtedly be signed by Real Madrid, Man City, Brighton, Dortmund? Can we be bold enough to do what the great Arséne also failed to do during the latter years of his tenure at the club? Can we buy players who will rip through defences? Can we buy players who will lash the ball into the back of the net in anger? Can we buy players who will annihilate the silky patterns of our opponent’s play? Can we buy fierce, humble, focused, dedicated ballers who will die for the badge?
Or should we just light the barbecue now and rest our hopes and dreams on the shoulders of a few good men for one more season?
There’s more, but for now… Let me know what you think!?
Very similar to 2007/08 hopefully the future looks better for this team than that.
Personally I want Xhaka to stay
If Elneny deserves a one year extension, Xhaka needs to stay even if he leaves for free next summer
Closing the chapter for the Wenger era with a title for him will be the perfect send off
Ain’t winning no title with xhaka as a 8, his improvement in new role is amazing but he’s not the guy! Less sentiment and attachment to players, we need quality upgrades in many positions
Remember Elneny was out with a long term injury in his final season. Part of the Arsenal brand is being 'classy'. Like we did with Santi Carzola. And part of our evolution is letting people leave amicably after they've served us provided it's financially feasible and then upgrading. 'Big clubs' always have options and shouldn't have to sell the project too hard.
@@foleylad54 True.. what I am trying to say is he deserves a title before he leaves, especially how he was death threaten by own fans and overcame all this
He doesn’t need to start every game, a character like him is good enough for the dressing room and I think he is good enough for our bench.
Dude where do you get your stats from you are like a bag of knowledge.
You could do a job as my Director of Football in my FM save
Fog the dog 😭
I understand the need for signing smart & not expensive but Arsenal are at a point were we have enough young upcoming talent in Saka, Gabi, Odegaard & Saliba, & at this point we need proven quality players like Rice, Caicedo, Raphnia/Gnabry/Diaby to raise the ceiling of these players. Adding Gundogan for free is a shrewd signing but that can't be our Marquee signing of the summer.
Edit - We need atleast 3-4 top quality players 1st & then we could think of adding shrewd signing to enhance the squad.
Sell sterling, zinchenko, GJ9 and buy Haaland and Alvarez who combined are cheaper than what Kane, Vlahovic or Osimhen would be sold for individually. Quality need not always be expensive but the right player to fit the right profile at the right time for a reasonable price is worth it; see Declan Rice or Moisés Caicedo
You are overrating our current players. Since we have so many positions to upgrade, we can’t spend massive money just in one position.
@@Regeneratero We don't have Sterling. And Alvarez & Haaland are secured Long term at Man City. These types of young player only works when you have your foundations set i.e defence & midfield like Man City. They have had Silva, De Bruyne, Gundogan, Fernandinho, Mahrez, Foden, Stones, Laporte, Walker for atleast 3 or more years. That's a settled foundation and you can buy cheaper to enhance the squad.
@@thierryhenry674 Your namesake would understand that the foundations need to be set right at Arsenal i.e the Midfield & defence which will take good amount of investment just like Man City did in 2017. Then we can sign cheaper younger talent to get legs & intensity but foundational quality requires Money which we have so spend it right now when the Club's stock is at its highest. Need atleast 3-4 top quality players no excuses will be acceptable.
We are miles off ManCity in terms of technicality. Require at least 7 players to sign in order to upgrade our technicality.
Look at us, other than Jesus Trossard Jorginho Zinchenko Saliba, who else is close to as skillful and as silky as Iniesta Xavi Busquets on the ball? ManCity have like 18 players close to that level in terms of silkyness on the ball.
Nketiah has to go. And I would prefer to also sell Balogun for a profit.
To replace them, either we should sign someone similar to Jesus and Trossard. Players like Gouiri FerranTorres Vidovic(from Bayern) Felix BrahimDiaz or Olmo (Firmino is not quite possible and probably too old)
Or alternatively, we should go for someone more physical (but yet also very technical) like Hojlund or Schick.
Nelson and Pepe are going to leave. SaintMaximin or Chukwueze would be great wingers to have. Bench both Martinelli and Saka.
Try to sell Xhaka Niles Lokonga Elneny.
Rice and Caicedo are overpriced, we should allocate the budget better.
Neuhaus Asensio MacAllister Maddison Brandt Unuvar Ziyech, or even Puig Roca Ceballos would be great options. Gundogun on a free can also be a good signing.
Sign Tonali or DeJong to bench Partey.
Sell Tierney. Cancelo has no resale value because of his age, and he will cost quite a lot. Guerrerio is yet to extend his contract, so he could be a cheaper option. Maybe also FacundoMedina.
We don’t have an attacking right back, Fresneda or Devyne can become our Zinchenko on the right.
Holding has to go. Schlotterbeck Scalvini or Andersen would be great signings.
So here is around 7 signings in total. We don’t need a big bench. A small bench with first team quality versatile players is what we needed.
City possibly has the best recruitment team employed by their OWNERS
WE HAVE edu gaspar...who highfived selling auba for free...WE'RE SCREWED UNTIL CERTAIN GREAT EXPERIENCED PEOPLE ARE EMPLOYED..specially on the transfer squad
4:15 - Saka shouldn't be a +1 since he signed a new contract.
you should have looked at Wage structure..... this is where man city crush everyone. haaland is almost on 1m a week. so you only highlighting net spend and not overall wage bill is a little bit miss leading. they are far above us in that regard
1 million a week!? 😂
@@darcy5754 you prob find with bonuses etc. it’s fairly close.
@@colin5324 a lot of people believe that, but nothing has come out to prove that at all.
@@darcy5754 that’s pretty much the story with a lot of City’s finances
@@darcy5754Liverpool paid more transfer fee for Darwin than City did for Haaland
Thus the main differential has to be Wages if Haaland wages were cheap then we would have seen an incredible tight race for him
the season we finished fifth was a waste buying the likes oflokonga wasted funds in the name of developing players
Arsenal pushed Man City’s button all the way and they became Super Saiyans of football. With 5billion investment, Man City are entitled to do that. But Arsenal did it with the youngest team. Imagine that.
We want to get ahead of City not just perpetually chase them.
You do that by gaining a numerical advantage in the middle of the park.
By inverting both Timber and Zinchenko in possession even the box is outnumbered.
Man to man we are more balanced in every position, we are a better team.
It is a matter of proving it not catching them.
With Haaland they are playing a man down.
He does nothing but score, he is a huge liability.
Stop thinking so small.
Before their sanctions I was a City fan...
I was an Arsenal fan first, but when so many of the side left for City due to ambition I went with them...
Now I think this club is a few windows away from surpassing anything they ever did...
That puts a huge smile on my face, even though most fans will look down on it.
Step 1: become Pep’s apprentice
What wage structure do city stick to? Not even tryna be that guy genuine question
Infinite money
Their best players get paid the highest wages - unlike United, Chelsea.
Instead of keeping 12 subs, funding 12 player’s wages.
Use similar or slightly more budget to get 7 first team quality players on the bench (for regular rotation).
@@DiffKnock Hi mate. Can you direct me to where I join via TH-cam? Can’t find the link. Your channel is fantastic btw. Absolutely the best content for Arsenal online. By a large margin lol
They got Haaland for “60m”. Can’t compete with that
You do have to realize teams don't only consider the Price of the player they also take into account the wages
They were building since 2007 though not 2012/13
It's not just that city can spend money, but they can spend money and not have the pressure to play/use the player in near future. it is basically having no fear of losing money since they get money so easily from etihad while we have to actually earn it.
Need to recruit the proper players in this transfer market. No excuse next season
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They pay crazy wages tho more than fees. Their recruitment is pretty insane tho they are the benchmark despite ffp they are the best run club in the world at the moment
first thing = oil money
Spending smart isnt using our entire budget on just Rice and Caicedo. Just saying.
Spending smart is getting the absolute best players in the market no matter the price.
But it is impossible to improve the whole team within a single transfer so we start with rice and caicedo and others 3 average but young and promising then in January we add, then next summer we add players hope it won't be midfielders, we go for world class striker maybe,, there is no shortcuts
@@makei89 waisting 80m in one window on rice as a xhaka “upgrade” wont increase your trajectory to beating city to the title anytime soon they won’t wait or care less about mistakes. adding more/improving your team isn’t about buying the most broad and expensive players small buys get you bigger rewards.
Player sales and there should be a lot will allow us to get more than just 2 midfielders in. Them two would elevate any top 4 midfield, we have to make sure it’s us
Stefan posch Bologna high iq centerbacky right back
Facundo Medina RC Lens centerbacky leftback ( lisandro Martinez 2.0)
Kang In Lee Mallorca - technical player born footballer
Cheap but solid high iq players to improve squad depth
Arsenal going to have to break the ffp to compete with city if the push is 2023/2024, if failed will have to cook the book for 24/25. They still only have 10, missing a good LB.
Rival fans calling us bottlers but little do they know that this is just the beginning 😊
Do you know how arsenal can catch city? Not dropping stupid points like we did at the end of the season.
Because we have a Sunday League level bench when Saliba was injured?
@@thierryhenry674 agreed
We wont catch city as theyll out spend us & pretty obvious out coach us. Nope unless we get owners who give a fuck 2nd is about as good as it gets & i doubt we'll even be that high come end of next season.
No, I don't think I will be subscribing to Giorge Voutsas anytime soon. But thanks anyway.
Arsenal can not reach City's level with Arteta, unfortunately Arteta needs to complete his apprenticeship yet, he hasn't got the experience, courage and ingenuity as Citys Pep and Brighton's Roberto. He is not smart, proven by buying Peps rejects, Jesus who can not score, Zinchenko who can not defend.
Arsenals weekly wages £98,000,000 versus Brighton's weekly wages total is £36,000,000. And Brighton demolished Arsenal, 3 - 0; I don’t need to say any more.
Arteta hasn't got the courage to rotate his players, and let them rust away, only push the bench warming players in panic, in 80th or 85th minutes, this doesn't work. Sala has become ghost player in the last 10 weeks, yet Arteta keeps him in the first 11 and for 90 mins, while Nketiah, Nelson, Rowe Smith are waiting to get descent playing times.
I expect players like Rowe Smith, Kieran, R Nelson, Nketiah will be leaving soon. He loaned away Bolagun who is one of the top scorer in France, much much better striker than Jesus. Had Arteta bring Bolagun, we wouldn't spent the buying money for Jesus, neither pay him nearly £300,000 per week as his wages. I reckon Jesus can serve us better by replacing Xhaka as a mid field player, but not as a striker. Remember, Arteta wanted to keep Saliba on extended loan in France, who now presented as the major reason of Arsenal balloon bursting, crumbling against the relegation zone teams. Arsenal lost to Southampton, who had no chance to survive relegation. Arteta is not a creative coach, every week he comes with the same game plan, every coach in PL knows what he has told to his each player, very simple to make our players ineffective.
If you stay for nearly 4 years and still have all these issues to solve yet, it is proof you simply not up to the job. Arteta not good enough in many ways in my opinions…player profile selection, rigid tactics, and poor mind games and motivational capacity.
Definitely weaknesses for me in terms of backup:-
GK 2
CB x2
RBx1
CMx2
AMFx 1
CDMx1
RWx1
CFx1
There's both alot of selling necessary and alot of buying to do, because beyond the starting 11, the squad is nowhere near Arsenal quality in my opinion. Even that starting 11 is barely good enough and will be exposed in the Champions League next season.
If you're listening Arsenal:-
Ins
GK - Marmadashvili
CB - N 'Dicka/Upamecano
RB - Upamecano can cover
CM - Tielemans (on a free); Szoboszlai; Caicedo (GET IT DONE)
AMF - Ljajic
RW - Keep Pepe unless you can find someone better, he can still net you around 15 goals a season for all the frustration!
CF - Vlahovic or Zirkzee
This will not break the bank, the club will still have money left over and the squad will be much stronger. LW may possibly also need a bit of a shakeup with one more person competing.
You're welcome Arsenal FC
Arterta. Never again😂😂😂
Arsenal need depth. So Arsenal's strongest XI on paper is Ramsdale, White, Saliba, Gabriel, Zinchenko, Partey, Xhaka, Odegaard, Martinelli, Saka and Jesus. No disrespect but Zinchenko, Xhaka and Jesus are clear and obvious weak links. All good at certain things but Zinchenko is a liability in defence, Xhaka is hit and miss from game to game and Jesus is a poor finisher. All 3 of those positions need to be upgraded and same can be said about Partey but people have been harsh to him lately as his form dipped and he got dropped. Putting aside the starting 11, the bench is also sub-par when compared to City. Barring Tomiyasu, Jorginho, Tierney, ESR and Trossard it is all players that aren't good enough to step in for others in the case of injury, suspension or dip in form. Turner, Holding, Kiwior, Lokonga, Vieira, Elneny, Nelson, Nketiah or loanees like Tavares, Pepe, Mari, Runarsson, Niles, etc are all not good enough for a top 4 race let alone a title race. Balogun is probably the only loaned out player that MIGHT have potential. But even that is a gamble. Arsenal need an upgraded LB, CDM, CM, ST and needs more depth at GK, RB, CB, CAM, RW. That is alot of stuff not because it is what is required usually but because CIty are literally perfect from top to bottom as a squad. I can geniunely see City dominate as long as we have a KDB, Haaland, Pep combo in that club. If one of those three leaves then it might be broken but till then it will be City winning the PL over and over again.
Jesus Trossard Jorginho Zincehnko Saliba are our best players. They are the most skillful and technical. Vieira is also very technical too.
You know nothing about football if you think they are the weak link.
Does Arsenal's team even watch these types of videos?