The Official Arsenal - 14 x FA Cup winners thread - Vol 4
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Tough one. I can see no possible way we deserve to be in the CL, but without it we will probably only have a tenth the budget that we actually need to overhaul the squad.
Unless the owners have a massive change of heart and throw at least £200m at the squad, I can't see us doing any better than this for years to come no matter who the manager is.
As for this game right now, less said the better. I'm just hoping we can maybe restore some dignity after the break with a couple of goals. No way in hell are we winning it.
Unless the owners have a massive change of heart and throw at least £200m at the squad, I can't see us doing any better than this for years to come no matter who the manager is.
As for this game right now, less said the better. I'm just hoping we can maybe restore some dignity after the break with a couple of goals. No way in hell are we winning it.
silverfoxcc said:
As a Spurs boy, i cannot for the life of me why you are letting Ramsey go. He was the only one worth his pay check.
You will miss him
Easy, we've had ten (fifteen?) years of fYou will miss him
king up contracts more and more. It's culminated in Ozil and Mhki wrecking our wage structure and players like Ramsey being allowed to run out of contract. Even worse, we've been left with players that we most likely won't even be able to sell they're so bloody useless.
lemmingjames said:
Wheres Carl_Manchester?
I am here bud. i went to see Hall and Oates last night so slow to get going today. I need to read the sports press but you can’t concede six goals in two games and expect to win anything.
full credit to Wolves, we need to start picking apart the best players from teams like this in the transfer window.
Carl_Manchester said:
full credit to Wolves, we need to start picking apart the best players from teams like this in the transfer window.
No, we need to have a more effective scouting/recruitment system that identifies them and picks them up cheap BEFORE they sign for teams like Wolves!Or even better make better use of our own bloody academy/youth system!
Kronke isn't going to spend big money, as he's not interested, so its up to the club to find new talent from within or scout it out when its young and cheap and then develop it.
I'm yet to be convinced the club has the system in place to do that effectively.
aeropilot said:
Carl_Manchester said:
full credit to Wolves, we need to start picking apart the best players from teams like this in the transfer window.
No, we need to have a more effective scouting/recruitment system that identifies them and picks them up cheap BEFORE they sign for teams like Wolves!Or even better make better use of our own bloody academy/youth system!
Kronke isn't going to spend big money, as he's not interested, so its up to the club to find new talent from within or scout it out when its young and cheap and then develop it.
I'm yet to be convinced the club has the system in place to do that effectively.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/nov/21/s...
Arsenal have been an earlier adopter of analytics.
I'm not convinced the output of the analytics department has been as effective as it could have been.
Fittster said:
aeropilot said:
Carl_Manchester said:
full credit to Wolves, we need to start picking apart the best players from teams like this in the transfer window.
No, we need to have a more effective scouting/recruitment system that identifies them and picks them up cheap BEFORE they sign for teams like Wolves!Or even better make better use of our own bloody academy/youth system!
Kronke isn't going to spend big money, as he's not interested, so its up to the club to find new talent from within or scout it out when its young and cheap and then develop it.
I'm yet to be convinced the club has the system in place to do that effectively.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/nov/21/s...
aeropilot said:
Given Sven has already left the club........that link is rather pointless!
I was just about to bring this up. We had one of the best scouts in Europe and he left, we're fked. The 8 signings he was involved in seem like good buys, Torreira, Auba, Guendouzi and Sokratis especially. Has Emery even got a good record with youth players?
We badly need Nelson and Smith-Rowe back too. If we manage to sell Ozil then Smith-Rowe becomes our only creative player doesn't he?
aeropilot said:
Fittster said:
aeropilot said:
Carl_Manchester said:
full credit to Wolves, we need to start picking apart the best players from teams like this in the transfer window.
No, we need to have a more effective scouting/recruitment system that identifies them and picks them up cheap BEFORE they sign for teams like Wolves!Or even better make better use of our own bloody academy/youth system!
Kronke isn't going to spend big money, as he's not interested, so its up to the club to find new talent from within or scout it out when its young and cheap and then develop it.
I'm yet to be convinced the club has the system in place to do that effectively.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/nov/21/s...
Fittster said:
aeropilot said:
Fittster said:
aeropilot said:
Carl_Manchester said:
full credit to Wolves, we need to start picking apart the best players from teams like this in the transfer window.
No, we need to have a more effective scouting/recruitment system that identifies them and picks them up cheap BEFORE they sign for teams like Wolves!Or even better make better use of our own bloody academy/youth system!
Kronke isn't going to spend big money, as he's not interested, so its up to the club to find new talent from within or scout it out when its young and cheap and then develop it.
I'm yet to be convinced the club has the system in place to do that effectively.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/nov/21/s...
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