Little better but not quite there - 2020 Summer Transfer Thread

Sounds like something we could really use! No idea how good he is at that. But banging 2 against Spurs don't hurt.

 

there really isn’t a lot of difference between Pep’s 4-3-3 and Arteta’s 4-2-3-1. Arsenal utilize three forwards. They essentially play a 4-2-1-3 as opposed to a 4-1-2-3. The difference is in the shape of the midfield triangle. City’s has a defensive mid behind two attacking minds, Arsenal employ two defensive mids behind one attacking mid. It works for City because they have de Bruyne and the two Silva’s available in the attacking mid roles. Arsenal don’t play with two attacking mids because they have an aging Ozil and a question mark. They also don’t have a dominate defensive mid.

Re the question mark: For me Willock is to inconsistent to play an attacking mid role on a regular basis and Ceballos looks like a deep lying playmaker, he Is a better version of Xhaka. When they have played together this year, Xhaka seems to fade into the background. So without a second consistent attacking mid, Arteta’s solution is to overlap Saka into his natural attacking role. This variation also allows Aubameyang to play in the half space, getting him nearer the goal.

ESR may fill one of the two attacking mid roles next season, but if they want to play like City they would still need another attacking mid either to phase out Ozil, or at a minimum for depth.

As a final note/question, Iwobi seems like he would have been a natural for one of the two attacking mid roles, playing in the half space. I wonder if he would have been sold if Arteta was in charge at the start of the season?

 

Imo we need a b2b

if we want to play 433 at least and possibly a dm screener who can pass (rare)

mid wr want to keep the 4231 then an ozil replacement and a 6

 

Re Smalling and Lovren, we need to get rid of the thirty something defenders we already have, not add more.

 

Agreed. Had he actually shown more positive evidence of value then I could be turned. But he had like 1 good match under Emery... his first or second match? And lately he had a few good matches under Arteta. But the sample size of all this is too small to commit 36M for.

p.s. Didn't his loan deal have a pre-determined buy price?

 

Ceballos for 36m seems steep but I don't know if we can really get a player of his skill level for less money than that. He's been better since returning from injury.

 

36 million for a young prospect in today’s market is cheap

I would take it and sell laca and auba

bring in a cb and obviously a young striker with pace and go from there

that’s if the world doesn’t end of course

 

Real question here. Does he do anything you would want from a young player? No pace, no power. He has good vision, and seems to not lose the ball at his feet at a grossly unacceptable rate. But, isn't that the preferred skill set of a journeyman vet? There are literally hundreds of these players out there.

 

Also, sometimes I look at a player who is as unbelievably one-footed as Dani seems to be, and you scratch my head a little and ask "couldn't we find someone just as good who can use both feet?" <reminiscing of Santi Cazorla>

 

he has shown to be a potential great 6 who puts defensive work in and moves the ball really well

please show me where there are loads of these midfielders. All I see is wide forwards and fullbacks coming through

 

That would be an important distinction if we already owned him, but we are talking about £36 million. So the question is what can we get for less, unless his position is particular to our plans going forward.

 

I would love that, but honestly I can't see why he would. Unless there's something about Spain that he isn't liking (other than Corona of course). It seems he might have a bad taste in his mouth about how his foot surgeries were handled by Arsenal doctors/staff.

 

i haven't seen him enough to form much of an opinion but does he have the mindset where it's possible to make that same conversion like arteta? i mean, if he does, he would have arteta at the training ground to guide him along. and it'd be cool.

i wonder if, unless we (could afford to) bring in someone outrageous, he could pair successfully with xhaka on a long term basis in the premiership. neither are really a natural defensive midfielder but if they could learn to pair, one could hang back further to support the defensive line or slide over to cover their respective fullback when they go forward (like xhaka has been doing for saka) while the other move further forward to support the attacking line.

 

Head of StatDNA leaving to go work for Wenger at FIFA. Apparently Sanllehi would rather give money to agents.

Is it ethical to want certain people to get COVID-19? Other than Xi Jinping?

 

No, but we can quietly fantasize.

 

N'Dicka? Longstaff? We are finally getting around to replacing Coquelin with players whose names make us giggle like 5th graders.

 

N’dicka would pair well with rod fanni