Little better but not quite there - 2020 Summer Transfer Thread

Yeah from an offensive POV I can see why Luiz might be considered at DM, but from a defensive POV I don't see why he'd be much less of a liability up there. Couldn't he still get isolated, out of position, do stupid stuff, etc?

 

I'm not morally opposed to working with a super agent like Joorabchian if it ultimately helps the club. But right now, it seems like a one-way street. Arsenal gives lots of money to Kia and his clients with nothing in return. Is he playing Raul, or is there a long term plan to direct some young talent to the club despite interest from other big boys? (maybe Pepe fits that profile but he wasn't cheap and I don't recall other big clubs being heavily involved)

My thought with Cedric is maybe he took 60k a week for 4 years rather than 80k a week for 2 years. That could make sense, but we never hear the details on these things.

 

Luiz offers nothing as a cb unless U play 3

He is ok at winning the ball and spraying it

he can also drop between the other 2 and it means we can try the 2 8’s that arteta seems to want

if rather he played dm than cb in a 2

 

Sounds plausible but do the stats back that up, especially at his Chelsea career, if they played him more that way than we have?

I do realize I may be asking the wrong guy about stats. So maybe others can help out.

 

Clive Palmer on the Arsecast today mentioned Joelson Fernandes - a 17 yo left winger from Sporting in Portugal - as a Joorabchian client that could be Arsenal's reward for playing the super agent game.

 

i've never understand playing luiz in anything BUT a back 3.

 

Is this why Saka hasn't been signed?

 

A player who would be a really good fit, a really good asset to this squad:

Canadian international...Jonathan David...of Gent and it has been said that Arsenal have shown interest in this kid

 

Arsenal need to do a lot to inspire confidence

 

already like him more than Kluivert

 

Justin Kluivert though would be a pretty good steal for Arsenal

 

I love this personally especially as a Ghanaian

 

Ted said he wouldn't sign Partey on a free so I'm not optimistic.

 

Get off teds knutts-son

 

It's funny but he's right about lots of stuff

 

I k ow, but people live in his arse here

I like the guy but he’s not a prophet

 

He's all we got though. I can't think of a real analyst in any sport that interacts with the public the way StatsBomb does and Ted does. It's a little like Bill James in the 80s and 90s. Nobody really on the inside will tell us what's going on so we gotta take what we can get.

I would love to know what his work says compared to StatDNA, for example.

 

Well Pepe is in a shot squad and played under an awful coach until arteta

when we see more isolation on lbs (bellerin is playing cm at times) he will shine

 

i assuming people were just thrown off because it was funny as is.

and people were trying to figure out what bigman MEANT to say. :-D