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we all agree xhaka is shit apart from leftie! however is Lokonga shitter is the question i think wilson is raising
i think hes out of his depth but could be a decent player, he was Anderlecht captain which is no great shakes but must say something about him at such a young age...oh wait isn't xhaka Swiss captain?
I think our need for striker and CM are equally as pressing. One or other will help a bit, but without both we are fooked. Is this Kessie fella at Ac Milan any good, scum been linked with him for ages and his running down his contract, so surely we shouldn't be turning our nose up at him is hes good enough for scum?
This is the point I was making to some of my non Gooner buddies earlier - it is criminal how shit we are in the centre midfield when imo that area is the engine/driving force of any team. Yes partey being back is a help, but lets be honest and say that he has been distinctly average in a lot of games for us, and more importantly we have no-one good enough to play alongside him anyway. I'm sick of hearing crap about how difficult it is to buy in the January transfer window - we have been hearing this b.ullshit for years, and let me add that surely the later you leave it, the harder it will be to do any deals ? Clubs that we will be hoping to buy off will be left with f**k all time to get a replacement in, so then they are less likely to sell to us.
Honest to god when you look at our performance in this transfer window, it is probably right up there in terms of disgraceful with the time the french cock bought nobody when we were challenging - when we knew we were losing 2 midfielders to afcon, we should have had at least one and maybe two signed to come in on January 2nd. When you know that they are gone and you have no replacements signed and are nowhere near bringing anyone in, you dont let maitland-niles off on loan regardless of what the player himself wants. Absolutely shocking business all around
Fully agree, deals should have been agreed, contracts agreed, to be ready to move in on 2nd January. Its not as if the afcon is a surprise...perhaps they thought it would be cancelled due to covid, but big risk to take.
The striker situation slightly different as they didn't know aAuba would suddenly become unselectable, but the CM position is unacceptable, especially allowing options (poor options but better than what we currently have) to leave on loan compound sit. FFS given the situation we are in we should have given Jack a short term deal, cannot do worse than Patino against forest or yesterdays disgrace.
Fully agree, deals should have been agreed, contracts agreed, to be ready to move in on 2nd January. Its not as if the afcon is a surprise...perhaps they thought it would be cancelled due to covid, but big risk to take.
The striker situation slightly different as they didn't know aAuba would suddenly become unselectable, but the CM position is unacceptable, especially allowing options (poor options but better than what we currently have) to leave on loan compound sit. FFS given the situation we are in we should have given Jack a short term deal, cannot do worse than Patino against forest or yesterdays disgrace.
No, Dear God, that is just as desperate as it can possibly get. Not because of his ability to play but that we have got ourselves into the insane position where we are forced to revisit that well.....it is scandalous!! Plus, he would probably get injured and we would be shelling out more money on somebody who wouldn't even be available. Anyway, we don't need another creator in the midfield, we need a defensive midfielder. Somebody to replace Xhaka....PERMANENTLY!!
Fully agree, deals should have been agreed, contracts agreed, to be ready to move in on 2nd January. Its not as if the afcon is a surprise...perhaps they thought it would be cancelled due to covid, but big risk to take.
The striker situation slightly different as they didn't know aAuba would suddenly become unselectable, but the CM position is unacceptable, especially allowing options (poor options but better than what we currently have) to leave on loan compound sit. FFS given the situation we are in we should have given Jack a short term deal, cannot do worse than Patino against forest or yesterdays disgrace.
No, Dear God, that is just as desperate as it can possibly get. Not because of his ability to play but that we have got ourselves into the insane position where we are forced to revisit that well.....it is scandalous!! Plus, he would probably get injured and we would be shelling out more money on somebody who wouldn't even be available. Anyway, we don't need another creator in the midfield, we need a defensive midfielder. Somebody to replace Xhaka....PERMANENTLY!!
we all agree xhaka is shit apart from leftie! however is Lokonga shitter is the question i think wilson is raising
i think hes out of his depth but could be a decent player, he was Anderlecht captain which is no great shakes but must say something about him at such a young age...oh wait isn't xhaka Swiss captain?
I think our need for striker and CM are equally as pressing. One or other will help a bit, but without both we are fooked. Is this Kessie fella at Ac Milan any good, scum been linked with him for ages and his running down his contract, so surely we shouldn't be turning our nose up at him is hes good enough for scum?
This is the point I was making to some of my non Gooner buddies earlier - it is criminal how shit we are in the centre midfield when imo that area is the engine/driving force of any team. Yes partey being back is a help, but lets be honest and say that he has been distinctly average in a lot of games for us, and more importantly we have no-one good enough to play alongside him anyway. I'm sick of hearing crap about how difficult it is to buy in the January transfer window - we have been hearing this b.ullshit for years, and let me add that surely the later you leave it, the harder it will be to do any deals ? Clubs that we will be hoping to buy off will be left with f**k all time to get a replacement in, so then they are less likely to sell to us.
Honest to god when you look at our performance in this transfer window, it is probably right up there in terms of disgraceful with the time the french cock bought nobody when we were challenging - when we knew we were losing 2 midfielders to afcon, we should have had at least one and maybe two signed to come in on January 2nd. When you know that they are gone and you have no replacements signed and are nowhere near bringing anyone in, you dont let maitland-niles off on loan regardless of what the player himself wants. Absolutely shocking business all around
Midfield is where games are controlled and therefore usually won or lost
It’s absolute bullocks that you can not buy in January
Adebayor
Arshavin
Auba
Elneny
Walcott
As well as Kim Kallstrom !
Fully agree, deals should have been agreed, contracts agreed, to be ready to move in on 2nd January. Its not as if the afcon is a surprise...perhaps they thought it would be cancelled due to covid, but big risk to take.
The striker situation slightly different as they didn't know aAuba would suddenly become unselectable, but the CM position is unacceptable, especially allowing options (poor options but better than what we currently have) to leave on loan compound sit. FFS given the situation we are in we should have given Jack a short term deal, cannot do worse than Patino against forest or yesterdays disgrace.
No, Dear God, that is just as desperate as it can possibly get. Not because of his ability to play but that we have got ourselves into the insane position where we are forced to revisit that well.....it is scandalous!! Plus, he would probably get injured and we would be shelling out more money on somebody who wouldn't even be available. Anyway, we don't need another creator in the midfield, we need a defensive midfielder. Somebody to replace Xhaka....PERMANENTLY!!
Xhaka should he phased out & must be improved upon, but I cannot be convinced that Lokonga or Elneny are better options, nor ESR or Odegaard dropping deep. As of right now, Partey and Xhaka is the best pairing we have.
Its not a coincidence we were flat for a straight 180 minutes against Nottingham Forrest and Burnley without scoring when Lokonga was playing next to Odegaard/ESR. We were too slow moving the ball against Burnley, We had zero midfield distribution from Lokonga and a wondering ESR/Odegaard, With Xhaka and Partey they are better at breaking up the opposition attacks and getting the ball out to the forward players, even if Xhaka's quality is still in arrears, when picking the team he needs to be compared relative to what we have, & thats Lokonga and Elneny.
Its so obvious we need a midfielder more so than a striker. Have we finally given up on Vlahovic and pressing forward with Melo. Thats what we need, semi experienced player having played over 100 times for Barcelona/Juventus & 21 Brazil caps to add some quality and level headedness to the team
Ramsdale
Tomiyasu White Gabriel Tierney
Partey Melo
Saka Odegaard ESR
Martinelli
That team would have a lot of success. Xhaka and Lacazette are the weakest links int the team, but Xhaka has to play because Elneny and Lokonga would make the chain even weaker.
Xhaka should he phased out & must be improved upon, but I cannot be convinced that Lokonga or Elneny are better options, nor ESR or Odegaard dropping deep. As of right now, Partey and Xhaka is the best pairing we have.
Its not a coincidence we were flat for a straight 180 minutes against Nottingham Forrest and Burnley without scoring when Lokonga was playing next to Odegaard/ESR. We were too slow moving the ball against Burnley, We had zero midfield distribution from Lokonga and a wondering ESR/Odegaard, With Xhaka and Partey they are better at breaking up the opposition attacks and getting the ball out to the forward players, even if Xhaka's quality is still in arrears, when picking the team he needs to be compared relative to what we have, & thats Lokonga and Elneny.
Its so obvious we need a midfielder more so than a striker. Have we finally given up on Vlahovic and pressing forward with Melo. Thats what we need, semi experienced player having played over 100 times for Barcelona/Juventus & 21 Brazil caps to add some quality and level headedness to the team
Ramsdale
Tomiyasu White Gabriel Tierney
Partey Melo
Saka Odegaard ESR
Martinelli
That team would have a lot of success. Xhaka and Lacazette are the weakest links int the team, but Xhaka has to play because Elneny and Lokonga would make the chain even weaker.
No coincidence that we won 8 games in a row without the swiss turd too
Whilst playing Odegaard out of position alongside Lokonga.....nice to see Guendouzi assisting twice for Marseille, Torreira scoring for Fiorentina and AMN playing for Roma in their 4-2 win
Great we're doing other teams favours while we draw 0-0 with the basement boys
Whilst playing Odegaard out of position alongside Lokonga.....nice to see Guendouzi assisting twice for Marseille, Torreira scoring for Fiorentina and AMN playing for Roma in their 4-2 win
Great we're doing other teams favours while we draw 0-0 with the basement boys
I'd play any of those players you name as a DM ahead of Clive every single time. Including Ohdeargod and Lokonga, though admittedly both Ohdeargod and Lokonga would be chosen after the other three.... Still just anyone ahead of walking lobotomy Clive.
Xhaka should he phased out & must be improved upon, but I cannot be convinced that Lokonga or Elneny are better options, nor ESR or Odegaard dropping deep. As of right now, Partey and Xhaka is the best pairing we have.
Its not a coincidence we were flat for a straight 180 minutes against Nottingham Forrest and Burnley without scoring when Lokonga was playing next to Odegaard/ESR. We were too slow moving the ball against Burnley, We had zero midfield distribution from Lokonga and a wondering ESR/Odegaard, With Xhaka and Partey they are better at breaking up the opposition attacks and getting the ball out to the forward players, even if Xhaka's quality is still in arrears, when picking the team he needs to be compared relative to what we have, & thats Lokonga and Elneny.
Its so obvious we need a midfielder more so than a striker. Have we finally given up on Vlahovic and pressing forward with Melo. Thats what we need, semi experienced player having played over 100 times for Barcelona/Juventus & 21 Brazil caps to add some quality and level headedness to the team
Ramsdale
Tomiyasu White Gabriel Tierney
Partey Melo
Saka Odegaard ESR
Martinelli
That team would have a lot of success. Xhaka and Lacazette are the weakest links int the team, but Xhaka has to play because Elneny and Lokonga would make the chain even weaker.
No coincidence that we won 8 games in a row without the swiss turd too
Exactly, you also give away less possession, less penalties, less pissing the ball away, less slowing the play down, all when you don't play Clive. The cùnt is a moron and vice versa.
Naaah! I'll happily drive him to the local Veterinary Surgery down the road and have the fucker "Put Down" - That way imagine how many Gooners that single act of mercy alone would be putting thousands out of their misery.
Naaah! I'll happily drive him to the local Veterinary Surgery down the road and have the fucker "Put Down" - That way imagine how many Gooners that single act of mercy alone would be putting thousands out of their misery.
Naaah! I'll happily drive him to the local Veterinary Surgery down the road and have the fucker "Put Down" - That way imagine how many Gooners that single act of mercy alone would be putting thousands out of their misery.
however is Lokonga shitter is the question i think wilson is raising
