Every time I went to put a player on the new jersey, they left the club.augie wrote: ↑Mon Jul 28, 2025 3:05 pmArsenal Till I Die wrote: ↑Mon Jul 28, 2025 2:47 pmI must admit, signing Gyokeres has really perked me up for the season.
Signing Madueke has spoiled things a bit, I will admit; especially for the price we paid, but if we add Eze AND a left winger (Rafael Leão would be game changer) then we really would be in business!
Me too - to the point that I would consider putting his name on the new jersey that I will buy (had stopped putting names on jersies cos few on here suggested that "older" fans shouldnt be doing that
I will say though, that for me the success or failure of this window depends entirely on whether we get eze or not - with him (in the 10 position) and our attacking threat goes up massively imo even without a new left winger, but if we still have captain invisible "supplying" our front 3 this season, then it doesnt matter if we had prime pires, henry and freddie as our front 3 cos the supply line will be faulty
I know I said that I intend to try to cool my jets re the kid dowman, but fcuk me what a talent he is, and it makes the decision to sign the chav reject all the more baffling - yes I know he cant play premier league until he turns 16 (in December), but surely we have enough options to get us through until then ? Many of us were pissed last season at the way Nwanieri's game time was severely limited, but if this chav reject comes in and isnt playing well and is preventing Nwanieri and/or Dowman getting game time, then the cone boy will not see out this season cos the fans will revolt imo.
The more time goes by without announcing new contracts for saliba and nwanieri, the more concerned I am getting - yes I understand the need to get recruitments in fast, and the need to get rid of the dross too (not looking likely btw), but keeping our main players and prospects surely has to be a high priority too ??
First I went to put Cole on the back, he left that summer, then I wanted Henry, he left that summer, then was going to do RvP then he announced he was leaving. Thinking back on it, I should have put Wenger on the back of a shirt from 2012. I agree that Eze should play the 10. Odegaard is simply not productive (good) enough to fire us to a League title or European Cup. Persoanlly, I’d sell him - we could benefit from his inflated market value and apparent popularity; or, at the very least, be him for Eze. We all know Arteta won’t drop Odegaard, so it’s likely that Eze will be hauled out on the left.
Also, I also agree with the fact that the more Arteta neglects Dowman/Nwanieri going forward, the more fans will begin to wake up to his inability to use talent and drop his favourites. We just need to ensure that these young talents believe in the club and want to stay, rather than feel comeoltyl disillusioned by Arteta.
