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  • in reply to: Edu #2155763
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    it would help if you watched it, as it dispels most of your concerns or thoughts about what Edu has and hasn’t done at the club and player recruitment. It’s not too in-depth but you see enough to understand his role and how effective he is in player recruitment.

    in reply to: Edu #2155440
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    Tso – have you seen the documentary on Amazon prime?

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    wouldn’t be the first time a player has pulled out of an international friendly due to an ‘injury’

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    Very good result that was. Their biggest ever defeat at homes since something like 1960’s that says a lot about a team when 3-0 is their biggest home loss in almost half a century.

    I felt Xhaka actually deserved MOTM for sunday, he was brilliant and it was great to see the loyal fans getting behind him and showing the support. since Arteta has come in has been a solid player for us. the new role and coaching seem to of had a very positive effect on him. I’ve never been a big fan of his and probably never will be. That said he has been one of our better players and consistently over last 8-12 months.

    People harp on about us not playing anyone decent, but facts remain the teams we have played gave ‘better’ teams than us a run for their money. The only game we have lost so far is a game in which we dominated, were the better team, had 2 manc officials making huge calls, we shouldn’t have lost that game. I’d say we have been brilliant so far this season, Arteta a man who has taken hits from all angles, undeservedly IMO is leading this Arsenal revolution.

    This season is going to be very open. Spurs are 3rd but most fans i speak too cant stand watching their team and don’t like Conte. Talk of Conte already going back to Juve. Liverpool for me are biggest risk of failing to make top 4, something is clearly not right at moment and Klopp has history of failing in his 7th season at any club he has been at. Chelsea, well potter will probably be gone before end of season. I said same about Tuchel last year, knew it wouldn’t last. Utd for me are the dark horses, not because they are that good but refs love them. City are for me the only Guarantee for top 4, if we sit 1st or 2nd come Jan 31st i will happily throw our names in for a title challenge, for now though i am just going to enjoy the great football, the passion and the group of players we have.

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    just goes to show not always the best team wins on the day. they were dominated for large parts, shocking Ref and Var decisions given by 2 officials who live in Manchester. how that was allowed is beyond me especially given their mistakes only the day before.
    Not ruthless enough and we went for the win as opposed to closing it out. Personal opinions aside, i would rather we went for it, they were there for the taking we should have won.

    If we play like we did for most of that game we will get top 4, if that was a home game we beat them easily.

    Everton in the prem next, at home, time to shake it off and go again. This for me is now the true test to see how far this team have come; how we react after defeat, last season we struggled to get back on track after a defeat.

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    Well, we made that one much harder than it should have been. Realistically we should have been out of sight by halftime, completely dominated them. They made some great last-ditch tackles and interceptions, Leno had a good game for them as well.
    Overall though we massively deserved that win.

    4 games, 4 wins, top of the league! i haven’t enjoyed going to games over the last 5 or 6 years, felt the fans that managed to get tickets were too quick to boo and moan after every little setback, now though its great going to games again. The fans are with the players and manager, when we are behind there was non of the spoilt brat nonsense of booing immediately, the fans are straight away getting behind the players and it is having a big impact on the players. This is probably the first time in a long time that i actually like all our players and what we are doing, big credit to Arteta and Edu for repairing the broken ship we had for years and bringing the players, fans and club to a more harmonious place.

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    To be fair Steve, arteta wasn’t wrong with what he said. You should never ever leave a player of son quality, a player very good running at defenders and faster, alone. Especially holding! Gabriel or white I’d be more confident defending the 1on1 both have good pace. In those situations there should be covering/supporting players.
    Although he did deserve to be sent off for 2 stupid offences.

    Agree with the sentiment on playing newly promoted I said same thing before Brentford last season. Newly promoted teams have got the wind up their arse and prove to be hard work for first few months then drift off.

    Looking forward to the game, apparently everyone is in training and fit, which is great news. Can’t see many changes, maybe Tomi for white.

    in reply to: Leicester #2122644
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    First game back and what an atmosphere. What I especially enjoyed was the support for the team after we conceded and boy did it help.
    Great game and a great weather to match.
    Should have been many more goals up, game could have easily ended up 7-2 we were very very good!
    Jesus is a top top player, zinchenko adds so much to this team as well, he is bloody good with the ball. Saliba and gabs are big powerful guys, partey and xhaka were solid and martinelli whilst in n out the game was exceptional the first 30 mins.

    in reply to: Signings needed ? #2118911
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    Stev – The pre season has been great, we cant read in to it too much, that said we have looked dominant throughout. So the drive and want to win every game is there even in friendlies, you need that. We lost to Brnetford but not a single first 11 starter played. It was only Eddie and Turner that are not in shopwindow who played.

    Incredibly optimistic for the season, we will lose a few and I’m sure we will get the Karens telling us after 1 game how shit we are are how they Edu and Arteta need to be sacked. becoming fewer for sure but they still do exist.

    We do need another CM! and whilst i don’t like selling players for cheap, we do need to get rid of a few, so its inevitable it will happen. Which to be honest is better than keeping players you don’t want and wont play, it free us up to buy more, better players.

    On a completely separate note. I bumped into Rob Holding yesterday whilst walking the dogs (st albans park) what a top guy, he walked with me n the kids for 10 mins, chatting Arsenal and dogs. took a pic with kids, genuinely a top top geeza. asked him about the dressing room and he said its the best it’s ever been whilst at Arsenal. my kids were buzzing all day afterward. made their summer holidays.

    in reply to: Signings needed ? #2118409
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    thanks for the compliment TSO – seeing that Rats are considered one of the most intelligent species on the planet that’s some high praise for me 🥰
    you are still a 🤡

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    🤡🤡🤡🤡

    in reply to: Signings needed ? #2118046
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    Daddy – I find that more fun than Max, not sorry either 😬

    I agree with pretty much everything you have put, its along the same lines as my thinking. Those big contracts for certain players massively cost us (thanks Ivan the terrible), and i do agree with what Edu said and i think many have on here have said same as him; You cant sell players no one wants or wont pay a fee and huge wages for. He was right saying its better to get rid, maybe his terminology of it being an investment was wrong, he was right to bin them off though.
    We have been bad at selling, even when you take the big contracts out of the equation. We were buying average players for larger fees than we should (again thanks Ivan and also Raul) players no one wants now.
    regarding the money we are spending, i have heard the exact same thing from many people=. Its borrowed Money its not theirs, now i dont have a problem with that as long as its not leveraged borrowing against the Super league or some stupid shit like that borrowing style that Barce are still doing! but the owners should not be applauded for simply borrowing money. They’d have to bankroll it themselves to be applauded.

    And i, like Stev, do try to help the one, you know which one. I don’t even care that we don’t agree on stuff, i cannot stand double standards which i think is obvious from my posts, especially to his level. and yes the same space cadet is the one handing out challenges, challenges for credibility 🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️

    in reply to: Signings needed ? #2117847
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    It’s always easy for people to put something on the line that they don’t have, TSO.

    🤡

    in reply to: Signings needed ? #2117723
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    very likely Daddy.

    in reply to: Signings needed ? #2117686
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    TSO and everyone here is convinced you are a know it all who actually knows nothing and supports spurs. lets also be clear you are making nothing clear with your endless stupid ‘offerings’ also people likely don’t want to engage in your games, because like always you will move the goalposts, contradict yourself, and when we are likely to improve on last season you will say we didn’t understand what you meant as you always do.

    I believe Edu strategy with Arteta is working, i can lean on the fact that since it was just them 2 deciding things, we signed a good group of young and hungry players. they took us from 8th to 5th just missing out on 4th down to injuries. so that would show progress, this season hasn’t happened yet. If all players remain fit for 90% of season i would say we should be competing for top 4 and a EL win. if we suddenly get 8 injuries after the world cup then my expectation would have to adapt to our situation. do you understand all this? you do get that circumstances play apart and it not a computer game

    Muff/Stev, i was in 2 minds over Edu interview. I thought for most part yes that’s exactly what we need and at other points, i was scratching my head. maybe it a mix of both of your thoughts. The pepe deal might well have been when Edu came in but its obvious it was a Raul signing much like most of the signings made at that time were. He had his fingers in all pies and Edu having just come could have been blindsided and naive to his influence. Then he saw this and took responsibility and dealt with the issues. Which he has done very well. I would like to think that most could agree, since Arteta and Edu have been working in tandem the signings have been good, they have improved us (to that there is no debate) so whilst there were failings with more people involved at the time, we as a club do appear to have fixed that issue. Its obvious that with Raul we made some weird decisions without him we make solid well thought out choices.

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    I wouldnt mind if a couple stayed, I say that purely on the fact that in the likes of bellerin and torreira you have 2 solid back up players. Problem with that is they don’t wanna be back up, aren’t good enough to warrant starting and don’t seem to have the stomach to roll their sleeves and prove everyone wrong. They appear to want it easy.
    I’ve heard rumblings of a few clubs being after Pepe, whether that’s true or not is a different story. As you say though, clubs know we don’t want them and they aren’t elite level, so getting decent money is a tough ask.
    Likely our next transfers in or out will be at the last minute.

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    Stev – you are right.

    Shevchenko i assume you meant Zinchenko and good ol predictive text got ya lol. I am very happy with this signing, 30mil is a fair price for a player of his quality, experience and ability.

    when you compare him to what we could have signed and for how much, its a way better deal. proven prem league experience, national captain, winner, one of City’s most technically gifted players – City players said this way before this move came about, Bernardo put him in top 3 as did Walker. He can play LB, LW and LCM. he will hit the ground running which we need. Given how injured Tierney is he will play more as a LB than anything, i would have thought

    We didn’t look convincing with the second string out, well a fair few were 3rd choice players i thought Lakonga did ok, signs of him growing as a player. these games though, i not sure much can be taken from them, friendlies with a makeshift starting line ups.

    We have to shift on so many players now, and i don’t think another incoming will happen before they go. The squad as it is, is bloated at least 4 have to go. Bellerin, Torreira, Pepe, leno and Tavares

    in reply to: Signings needed ? #2116037
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    oh wow, you think clubs record their net spend with just transfers in and out.

    Richarlison a better deal albeit 15mil more and being a worse player. Stats, which you use back that up. So your own measuring tool doesn’t apply to players you prefer…… like i said you make no sense at all.
    Your valuations are all over the shop, last year it was guendouzi is a 45mil player and Tammy abrahams was a 20mil player. with reasoning being nonexistent.

    Your challenge leaves too much ambiguity, its stacked in your favour and not because the players are not good enough because the real world dishes out surprise circumstances that cannot be mitigated. also like i said we could finish 10th and win EL that’s CL qualification not top 4 but still the same end result. its also not about being positive or praising the current crop. its about your reasoning and logic of which there is none, tahst what i am getting at and have been trying to get at. i’ve used your own metrics to judge players and more often than not you just make it up as you go along. what credibility is being questioned, what are you on about?

    Spending money doesn’t equate to success, in your small picture it might but in bigger picture and in reality it doesn’t. City don’t have a fixed first 11, i’d go as far as saying it’s only Ederson in that team who is guaranteed a starting place, my boss is a city fan, season ticket holder, he’s told me this before.

    so i offer you this. If Arsenal make Zero progress this season on last season i will never return. But should arsenal make any progress based on last season you must leave this forum to never return.

    for example, if we finish below 5th and win nothing you win and i go. We finish 5th and win something you leave forever or if we finish 4th and above you go. that would be fair.

    Darling boy you are the only one who is loopy loo around here.

    in reply to: Signings needed ? #2115868
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    Net spend is the worst, because too many people are too stupid with it. Net spend isn’t just player sales vs players bought. I hope you realize that? it is not how any business or club is run. its how the press measures it because they have no idea about anything else, financially at the club.
    i’ve used your very own style of states and fees to justify why its good business compared to others you wanted us to sign.
    you are a hypocrite, plain and simple and got way too much ego to accept this. you manipulate what you say when people counter it and say things like ‘you don’t understand’ no one fucking understands what you say because you flip flop around. you say Richarlison is a good signing at 60mil all whilst being a worse player than the one we signed for 45mil. you use stats to back up your argument but the one we signed has better stats and you still try to say its bad business. it makes absolutely no sense at all.

    You make very silly arguments like spending 150mil should mean top 4, no it doesn’t! this is not FIFA or fantasy football, you understand that life isn’t just oh i bought 7 players for 150 mil so we must finish top 4. Its not as simple as this. Fulham spent 110mil last time they were in prem and got relegated, would they have been aiming for EL/CL or survival? judinging on your own reasoning they should have qualified for EL at very least. they got relegated. Everton outspent us many season before the last one yet finished well below us. Leicester were out spent by everyone when they won the league. So what a club spend doesn’t equal success. You have to build a team and implement ideas, that takes time if you don’t have a ready-made squad of superstars (Chelsea and City).

    If we don’t make top 4 it doesn’t mean you are right about anything you arrogant turd. we could finish 10th and win EL, would that equate to success? or failure? judging by your metrics that is failure albeit back in the CL.

    So if we sign Tielemans for 35mil, a player you really want us to sign, is that overspending or the right business? you cant have it both ways like you seem to try and do all the time.

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    Klopp took 3 seasons to implement ideas and bring in the right players before he had any success.

    Pep used to manage Barcelona and played a false 9 more often than not, with their finances and wealth at the time could have bought a out n out top striker but didn’t. Villa Henry messi all played wide and in messi case fakes 9 many times. So pep not playing him as n out and out striker at city means fiddly squat when you look at what he does and how he deploys it.

    Richarlison cost spurs 60mil and has worse stats than a player who played less and wide more often than not. We got the better deal no doubt about it.

    You havnt been proven right on anything. So get off the imaginary high horse you sit upon.

    Alina wanted out and down tools for 18 months, laca scored something like once in 6 months from open play in league. I liked laca I liked his effort and work rate but we are better off with both gone. I feel more confident with Jesus than either of them. Eddie still has big question marks and I hope, I really hope he proves me and many others wrong.

    With mane and lewansovski they are both over 30 and whilst both score more they are both in twighlight of their careers, so naturally with no hope for any kind of financial return they would go for less.

    As for being over positive, I am using your own metrics to judge players and yet you are still negative all whilst these stats are better than players you wanted us to get. There is no logic in that. It’s blind dislike for these players we signed. I would also like to give the players the backing, support and chance before they are written off.

    Martinez has good stats…. In a pub league. Zinchenko who we are signing instead boats some very good stats for a player who played 15 times last season in the most competitive league in the world. He also knows the league, won’t need time to settle etc. based on your metrics alone a player like Martinez isn’t worth more than 15 mil at most and you’d be happy paying 36mil whilst moaning about overspending and wasting money.

    I would like to get tielemans I think he’d fit in perfectly for us. A few factors stop any deal happening. Us getting rid of players, a bidding war, Leicester actually willing to sell for reasonable price. If they demand 35mil (perhaps they are) would you then be happy we signed him over paying by your figures or would you moan about the club overpaying for a player?

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