• sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I thought I heard that Airpod Albert is now the assistant manager and it was always the plan to phase out Round.

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        1 year ago

        Wasn’t he already assman last season though? Are we just happy with having one less coach then?

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          Looks like you’re right, he has been listed as the assistant manager for years now. But when Arteta is thinking on the sidelines, it’s always been Albert - I don’t think I’ve ever seen him and Round conferring in the technical area. My theory that it was always the plan to have Round move on is based on that. In addition, I heard rumors (maybe from Arseblog?) that Round was primarily brought in to address the locker room culture, and management may feel that that issue has been addressed now.

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          Man United treated him poorly after making the seventh most appearances for them. It’s not his fault the tactics evolved past him.

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            Eh, did they though? They stuck with him for a long time, way past him being at his best. They even kept him and let Henderson go on loan when Henderson was arguably better. I’d argue they’ve treated Maguire way worse; he was gonna be leaving no matter what this window, no need to strip the captaincy before he left.

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              Oh man. Forgot Maguire was even still there. Ten Hag has no trust in him and then we’ll probably still see Maguire the number 1 CB for England.

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    1 year ago

    I genuinely think the best thing in the world would be Harry Kane stays, then leaves on a free when Sp**s come 8th.

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    1 year ago

    Arsenal need to sell quicker. We have depth but we also have deprecating assets. The longer some of the players stay without playing time, the more they lose transfer market value. Xhaka and Turner have gone for transfer fees, am I missing anyone? Just two while the window narrows is not a good start.

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        1 year ago

        Correct, I need action on Tavares, Cedric, Pepe, Sambi, Holding, and Runarsson. Luckily there are some desperate clubs out there.

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          Besikatas going to double their bid for Holding from 2.5 to 5. Lol.

          Sambi can go on Loan to Burnley and I’m sure a club will come in for Tavares. Runnarsson will probably see out his contract to next summer tho.

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    1 year ago

    Carabao cup is already kicking off, and our Mauro Bandeira has made his senior debut with Colchester there! They lost 3-0 on pens after a 2-2 draw.

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    1 year ago

    If the Delaney story is true, I can see us going for Youssouf Fofana. Very similar profile as Rice in the sense that he can play as a 6 and an 8.

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        1 year ago

        Are you counting Elneny? He’s not really fit. So 3.

        My suspicion is we want two defensive 8 options but neither Jorginho nor Partey can play there.

        Because if Rice gets injured now we’re fucked.

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          Partey can definitely play there, he played 8 at Atlético Madrid. Elneny’s gonna be fit soon enough, and will probably be here this season given we just extended him to let him recover, at most being sold in January cuz I don’t see someone buying him right now while the return time is unknown. We don’t have room for any more signings lol. We have like a 33 man squad right now, and we can only register 25.

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            Even just counting players with the new kit for their portrait, we have 27. The only players there I’d say are redundant are Cedric and Runarsson. I’d rather have Holding than a fifth 6, given we have so many injury prone fullbacks. If Zinny and Tierney and Tomi all get problems like they usually do, we’re down to Gabriel, Kiwior, and Saliba as the only CBs if we sell Holding. And that also means only having one option for RB and LB — Timber and White. While losing all those fullbacks would be unlucky as fuck, Zinny is injury prone, Tierney can literally slip in the shower and be out for months, and Tomi… has been frankly stupidly unlucky.

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              Elneny’s injury will keep him out and without match fitness until at least Jan.

              Cedric, Holding, Runarsson, Okonkwo, Marquinhos, Tavares, Balogun. Possible even Tierney. That’s 7-8 players leaving.

              Coming in will be Raya, maybe a RW. And now maybe a CDM. I’m not saying it’s likely, but I can see it happening.

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                Not convinced it’ll take that long with Elneny given he’s in training already but I’m no expert. You forgot Sambi btw.

                Even after all those departures, though, we’re still just at 25 lol. You could sell Tierney yeah but then you’d just have to replace him unless you wanted Holding to be RCB backup again, cuz you’d have to move Timber to LB.

                Our current squad:

                GKs: Ramsdale, Hein, Runarsson, Okonkwo (4)

                DF: Zinchenko, Tierney, Tavares, Gabriel, Kiwior, Saliba, Timber, Holding, White, Tomiyasu, Cedric (11)

                MF: Partey, Rice, Jorginho, Elneny, Lokonga, ESR, Havertz, Ødegaard, Vieira (9)

                FW: Saka, Nelson, Pepe, Marquinhos, Jesus, Nketiah, Balogun, Martinelli, Trossard (9)

                That’s 33 without Raya. We need to sell or loan 8 to even register everyone without Raya. Saka and Saliba and Hein are 21 now so we have to register them.