the playing mantis wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 10:06 pmAbsolute joke of a club we are.
Good window my arse, good signings in isolation, but we are again down on numbers and haven't improved key areas. Mirror image of January.
All the c.unts said we kept our powder dry in January and took a calculated gamble as summer was the most important and no one had expected top 4 last season and we were ahead of schedule.
Absolute load of old bollox. had we signed a striker in Jan we would now be in the CL and scum wouldnt, conte and kane would be gone. It would have made the difference.
And they kept their powder dry for what? to leave us short AGAIN. painfully thin upfront, and f all in CM. We shouldnt have been signing a CM due to the injuries, we should have anyway. The injuries just make it a travesty. To ship AMN and azeez out to boot rubs salt in to the wound.
The usual window lickers fan boys (sorry not meant to be toxic, just so pissed off) on here will say oh ben white can play DM, can he fuck, 6 times he did for brighton, they lost each time.
All the not spending in Jan to do our business in the summer has been proven to be utter crap.
We have made a brilliant start by beating weak teams who we would have slipped up against in the past, yes we played well, but signs have been there about clinicalness and CM nt controlling the games. Why oh why after making such a good start dont we double down and sign those 2 players that could really make us strong? Why does this club sell itslef short? Always 2 players away from a strong squad who can compete, We have EL to play, who is going to play CM when sambi is playing in the first team?
This will come back and bite us sorry to say it but it will and AGAIN its all our own fault. Edu, garlick are a joke. I don't necessarily blame arteta as he clearly wanted more players, as i said early how can we not have a back up for uiz given villa have said all along there not selling? All these other clubs get deals done promptly when needed, season long loans often for players who can make a difference, as victims and chavs have shown.
The only hope is its only 10ish games until the WC and then jan, but why take the risk? and the story will then be, its hard to do business in Jan and the markets overpriced. Rinse repeat in this endless cycle of doom. We wont make top 4 and it should spell edu and artetas jobs.
Sorry fr the rant just so frustrated we dont do we what need to especially when after such a good start
I wasnt as angry as many of you seem to be because I never expected us to sign a central midfieder, but then I read your post and it reminds me of the auba situation all over again, and it starts t boil my piss again As a manager/club you can only decide to sell/loan/release a player when you dont need him or have replacements coming, but it is madness that we allow two centre midfielders to leave at a time where we are anorexic in midfield options