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What's the problem(s)?
- Thread starter FantasyIreland
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Not enough pace & athleticism in centre mid.
This is unquestionably a major issue, but probably not only in the centre of midfield. It comes back to recruitment and how suitable some of the players are to the league in which we play. We don't have enough players that can frequently win one-on-one situations. Only Sterling really fits that description. The game today perfectly illustrated this.
eastmanc
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Problem is all our best players have either left, after ten years at the club most of them, or are about to leave. We have not replaced them With like for like quality, which I realise is very difficult. At the moment we are just not good enough.We lack quality, come on. Especially in midfield except KDB.
KDB can easily fuck off to Bayern, they would utterly destroy us.
Think you are pretending that things are better than they actually are.
Txiki is absolutely responsible for it. It took 18 months for him to replace Kompany. Everyone has known for a while that Aguero is getting wrong side of 30. Same with Silva and again with Fernandinho.
Its not come out of the blue! He has had years to prepare for this and has made mess of it.
In my viewI have a few ideas.
1. A lack of preseason/fitness
2. A inadequate replacement for Arteta
3. A lack of a striker,a hard man type.
4. A lack of leadership/characters/Fight
5. Squad disharmony
Am I wrong or being unfair? Is there another reason?
Whatever....something isn't clicking,and we need to find the answer otherwise top 4 will be a struggle.
1 May well be true and has been exacerbated by people getting covid etc, we have a very depleted squad right now.
2. I rate Arteta but from the outside realistically I have no idea and don't know how the new guy is doing. It's always easy to blame a deterioration on a change.
3. Definitely agree with,we can play without a striker and have done in the past but it's usually against sides who are our equal/peers and we hit them on the break. WHen we are expected to dominate the ball it's hard to play without a proper center forward
4&5 haven't seen obvious evidence of disharmony and many of these characters have done stuff before, not to sure to be honest and don't think it's always easy to spot form the outside in the early stages. Think we lack a bit of confidence at the moment hopefully with more players getting fitter it will return.
6 We need a decent left back.
We all have hope because we know how good we can be. Some are over the top with over reactions while others maintain the problem is fine because of injuries and covid. I see where the frustrations are coming from.
Everyone is right to a certain extent. Our problem isn't one thing, it's an accumulation of tons of little things in almost every aspect of what we are doing that have us adrift. Great teams find a way.
Everyone is right to a certain extent. Our problem isn't one thing, it's an accumulation of tons of little things in almost every aspect of what we are doing that have us adrift. Great teams find a way.
citytill1die84
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You are,but its nonsense.
A few duds certainly,but to make a sweeping statement is way off.
Honestly mate if the recruitment wasn't poor we wouldn't have been this bad for 18 months. Since we beat the dippers to the league who have we signed that's been good?
20/21 ok window, could have been better.
Players in
| PLAYER | FROM | FEE | DATE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ferran Torres | Valencia | £20,800,000 | 04 Aug, 2020 |
| Nathan Ake | Bournemouth | £41,000,000 | 05 Aug, 2020 |
| Ruben Dias | Benfica | £61,200,000 | 29 Sep, 2020 |
| Total: £123,000,000 |
19/20 shite window
| PLAYER | FROM | FEE | DATE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pedro Porro | Girona | £11,000,000 | 01 Aug, 2019 |
| Joao Cancelo | Juventus | £60,000,000 | 07 Aug, 2019 |
| Issa Kabore | Burkina Faso | £4,000,000 | 29 Jul, 2020 |
| Total: £75,000,000 |
18/19 shite window
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FROM | FEE | DATE | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippe Sandler | PEC Zwolle | £2,200,000 | 01 Jul, 2018 |
| Riyad Mahrez | Leicester | £60,000,000 | 10 Jul, 2018 |
| Claudio Gomes | Paris St-G. | Undisc. | 24 Jul, 2018 |
| Daniel Arzani | Melbourne C | £801,000 | 08 Aug, 2018 |
| Ko Itakura | Kawasaki F | £990,000 | 14 Jan, 2019 |
| Ante Palaversa | Hajduk Split | £7,200,000 | 31 Jan, 2019 |
We never learn imo when we win titles we don't improve our squad, it happened with Mancini & Pellegrini and imo it's happening to Pep.
No idea why Rodri isn't on that list lol.
You missed Rodri FWIWHonestly mate if the recruitment wasn't poor we wouldn't have been this bad for 18 months. Since we beat the dippers to the league who have we signed that's been good?
20/21 ok window, could have been better.
Players in
PLAYER FROM FEE DATE Ferran Torres Valencia £20,800,000 04 Aug, 2020 Nathan Ake Bournemouth £41,000,000 05 Aug, 2020 Ruben Dias Benfica £61,200,000 29 Sep, 2020 Total: £123,000,000
19/20 shite window
PLAYER FROM FEE DATE Pedro Porro Girona £11,000,000 01 Aug, 2019 Joao Cancelo Juventus £60,000,000 07 Aug, 2019 Issa Kabore Burkina Faso £4,000,000 29 Jul, 2020 Total: £75,000,000
18/19 shite window
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FROMFEE DATE Philippe Sandler PEC Zwolle £2,200,000 01 Jul, 2018 Riyad Mahrez Leicester £60,000,000 10 Jul, 2018 Claudio Gomes Paris St-G. Undisc. 24 Jul, 2018 Daniel Arzani Melbourne C £801,000 08 Aug, 2018 Ko Itakura Kawasaki F £990,000 14 Jan, 2019 Ante Palaversa Hajduk Split £7,200,000 31 Jan, 2019
We never learn imo when we win titles we don't improve our squad, it happened with Mancini & Pellegrini and imo it's happening to Pep.
citytill1die84
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You missed Rodri FWIW
Ye i copied it off a transfer website and noticed it. I just edited the post ha.
We lack quality, come on. Especially in midfield except KDB.
KDB can easily fuck off to Bayern, they would utterly destroy us.
Think you are pretending that things are better than they actually are.
Txiki is absolutely responsible for it. It took 18 months for him to replace Kompany. Everyone has known for a while that Aguero is getting wrong side of 30. Same with Silva and again with Fernandinho.
Its not come out of the blue! He has had years to prepare for this and has made mess of it.
I think you are wrong. The squad is full with talent from the keepers to the forwards. It's naive to expect that the transition to a post-Kompany, Dinho, Silva, Aguero team can be smooth and fast.