Arsenal Thread | 2025/26

TonyColemansbagofapples said:
Are you throwing the odd midfielder in those six attackers? If not, tell me the six attackers please. Also the two who are fit, just for completeness.
Is Gabriel classed as a forward as most of your goals come from set pieces?
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Injured are Havertz, Martinelli, Jesus, Gyokeres, Odegaard, Madueke.

Fit are Saka and Trossard. Merino is a DCM but has been playing as striker.
Edit Eze is also fit.
 
So Odegaard, Martinelli and Madueke are forwards? We don't class Bobb, Doku or Savinho as forwards . We class them as midfielders. Who are your midfielders then? Can't be many in your squad. By the way, I do know the squad liusts registered with the Premier League.
 
TonyColemansbagofapples said:
So Odegaard, Martinelli and Madueke are forwards? We don't class Bobb, Doku or Savinho as forwards . We class them as midfielders. Who are your midfielders then? Can't be many in your squad. By the way, I do know the squad liusts registered with the Premier League.
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Midfielders would be Rice, Zubimendi, Norgaard, Merino, Nwaneri.

I'd definitely class Martinelli and Madueke as forwards- I'd class Doku as a forward, probably not Bobb, and Savinho isn't in the class of the Arsenal players I mentioned anyway and I think you know that.

Apparently they've agreed a deal to sign Semenyo from Bournemouth with Nwaneri going the other way but that doesn't go through until Jan.
 
bridgeno1 said:
Midfielders would be Rice, Zubimendi, Norgaard, Merino, Nwaneri.

I'd definitely class Martinelli and Madueke as forwards- I'd class Doku as a forward, probably not Bobb, and Savinho isn't in the class of the Arsenal players I mentioned anyway and I think you know that.

Apparently they've agreed a deal to sign Semenyo from Bournemouth with Nwaneri going the other way but that doesn't go through until Jan.
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I probably value Savinho above Trossard if I'm totally honest. Doku is a winger. We have two forwards. Haaland and Marmoush. What confuses me is how it was stated everywhere that Arsenal didn't have that out and out forward, Gyokeres was the missing link. Then, as if by magic, Arsenal have six missing all at once. I must have fallen under the spell of that hypnotist Arteta brought in.
 
TonyColemansbagofapples said:
I probably value Savinho above Trossard if I'm totally honest. Doku is a winger. We have two forwards. Haaland and Marmoush. What confuses me is how it was stated everywhere that Arsenal didn't have that out and out forward, Gyokeres was the missing link. Then, as if by magic, Arsenal have six missing all at once. I must have fallen under the spell of that hypnotist Arteta brought in.
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Honestly I respect City and you have some superb players. But every time I watch Savinho (and I've commented on it in the matchday threads) I think he holds you back and isn't City level. Decision making is questionable. Should have taken Spurs' money and run.

Doku I like a lot and Bobb is a good player who had a nasty injury.
 
I'll respect Peps judgement on Savinho and as he's still only 21 we'll see how he performs going forward. I'm rarely in the match day threads as I'm at the game so I'll take your word for it. Not getting at you by the way, just letting you know how I see things.
 
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GunnerGer said:
Gyokeres, Havertz, Jesus, Martinelli, Madueke and Odegaard missed the Sunderland game.
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Jesus & Odegaard are just injury prone now, they cant be relied upon and you've signed players to play given their injury record. Its like us saying Stones or Ake are out injured

Gyokeres was for a isolated game, not sure you can class that as having one of the "players out"

Martinelli I thought you guys all hate and wanted sold, saw you guys begging for Eze and saying how terrible this guy was?

Madueke & Havertz are missed but honestly I dont think either of those dont sit in your fully fit first XI (Saka is your best RW and I dont know where Havertz sits next to Gyokeres)

Gabriel is the only "first XI" player you're missing and thats only from this gameweek
 
handsofstone said:
Jesus & Odegaard are just injury prone now, they cant be relied upon and you've signed players to play given their injury record. Its like us saying Stones or Ake are out injured

Gyokeres was for a isolated game, not sure you can class that as having one of the "players out"

Martinelli I thought you guys all hate and wanted sold, saw you guys begging for Eze and saying how terrible this guy was?

Madueke & Havertz are missed but honestly I dont think either of those dont sit in your fully fit first XI (Saka is your best RW and I dont know where Havertz sits next to Gyokeres)

Gabriel is the only "first XI" player you're missing and thats only from this gameweek
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So, basically your saying none of them really count as injuries. :-)
 
Xhavenjoe said:
I can only recall 5 players offhand that had Gabriel in their name and 4 of them are at arsenal.
Batistuta is the other one.
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Jimmy Gabriel- Everton
Gabriel Agbonlahor - Villa
Gabriel Heinze - Rags
 
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TonyColemansbagofapples said:
I probably value Savinho above Trossard if I'm totally honest. Doku is a winger. We have two forwards. Haaland and Marmoush. What confuses me is how it was stated everywhere that Arsenal didn't have that out and out forward, Gyokeres was the missing link. Then, as if by magic, Arsenal have six missing all at once. I must have fallen under the spell of that hypnotist Arteta brought in.
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What amuses me is that all off season we were told that a striker was the missing piece of the puzzle and Gyokeres was going to come in and score a bucketload of goals but now the narrative has changed to him being crucial to free up space for other attackers.

Yet it is Gabriel & set pieces where they have been finding ways to win matches. Not sure why Arsenal fans can’t admit that so far Gyokeres has been very underwhelming and luckily for them their position on the table is masking it being called out.
 
bridgeno1 said:
Honestly I respect City and you have some superb players. But every time I watch Savinho (and I've commented on it in the matchday threads) I think he holds you back and isn't City level. Decision making is questionable. Should have taken Spurs' money and run.

Doku I like a lot and Bobb is a good player who had a nasty injury.
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I agree, Savinho isn’t up to much and he has an arrogance I don’t like.
 
Xhavenjoe said:
Gabriel Heinze is one of the 4 now at arsenal.

I don't know how I didn't recall Abonglahor as he is constantly on tv and talks pure rubbish.
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Yes I realised after. Agbonlahor is a nonsensical idiot isn’t he? There’s also a Gabriel at Leeds but can’t remember his surname off hand.
 
Danny Tiatto said:
What amuses me is that all off season we were told that a striker was the missing piece of the puzzle and Gyokeres was going to come in and score a bucketload of goals but now the narrative has changed to him being crucial to free up space for other attackers.

Yet it is Gabriel & set pieces where they have been finding ways to win matches. Not sure why Arsenal fans can’t admit that so far Gyokeres has been very underwhelming and luckily for them their position on the table is masking it being called out.
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Perhaps there was some Arsenal fans that actually believed that, maybe the noisy online crowd.

However, i don't think any sane Arsenal fan (they do exist) ever thought he was the final piece in the jigsaw, & certainly the club didn't given they went out and bought 8 players in the summer.

Also, while certain Arsenal fans and a lot of the media thought that he was the ultimate answer at number 9, i'd also say i'm not sure with how much Arteta rates and admires Havertz, that was the clubs absolute thinking. Much in the same way Arsenal spent £50M on Madueke & £60M on Eze without them being definite first XI players, i think the club thought similar with spending £60M on Gyokeres

There were many Arsenal fans that assumed he was going to come in and score loads, there were also lots wary of the signing because of the quality of the league where he was coming from, & there were many debates with Arsenal fans picking sides in the whole Ekiteke vs Sesko vs Gyokeres debate about who best to sign.

I would agree that Gyokeres has underwhelmed, i'd also caveat that by saying that he has joined a much harder league, unfit and lacking a pre season and been thrown right in at the deep end. 4 in 10 in that circumstance doesn't seem overly bad, but totally agree you'd want to see more from him going forward.
 
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