re: Arsenal 2016/2017 Season Long Thread: 13 time FA Cup Champs

Yaya Sanogoal won't have his contract renewed. He's gone after this month.

I think we sell all of those except Wilshire, Ospina, and Theo (I'm 50/50 on Theo). I wish we would keep Perez. Not sure what the frick Arsène's problem is but the guy always looks great when he comes on.

Looks like we just picked up Sead Kolašinac

Ospina for me isn't good enough. His handling and command in the box gives me Fabianski level nightmares. He's a good enough shot stopper and his distribution is superb. I'd rather go after Jordan Pickford. Also Martinez has looked decent enough to get a look in.

I hope we keep Jack and Theo. Selling Theo after he produced 19 goals for us is crazy, especially if we end up losing Alexis.

If we stay with 3 in the back we can finally pair Jack and Aaron together, as that is our most dynamic pairing outside of Xhaka and Cazorla. I would be fine with selling El Neny, as he is fairly pedestrian on the ball, and we lose him to the ACN.

Bellerin to Barcelona. Do not like.

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Bellerin to Barcelona. Do not like.

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he's still under contract for six more years.

if Barca are willing to part with some serious cash (60-70 mil) maybe Wenger entertains the idea.

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Sead Kolašinac

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Watched some highlights, this guy is good. Really surprised how good he is on the ball. Plus he's built and goes in hard on tackles. Def a diff type of player physically than we are used to seeing at left back.

Xhaka and Ramsey are Premier League title winning quality. Ramsey's issue is health and defensive cover. Oddly enough I think Elneny is perfect cover for him but if we could buy a Naby Keita type I'd do it in a second

So much of what we need to do depends on our tactical approach next year. The 3-4-2-1 vs. the 4-3-2-1 makes a huge difference.

Our biggest issue this year was our terrible defensive record. Hector can try to force a move to Barca all he wants and complain about lack of CL football but his massive dip in form was a big part of our poor play. Ox probably doesn't want or need to be at RWB for the future so I'd go sign another RB and tell Hector to shut up and play.

Honestly our squad is in fine shape. A more clinical striker would be great but our problems have been and will continue to be tactical. Wenger finally relented and gave 3 at the back a shot (as much out of necessity because of injury as anything else) but will he stock with it? Better yet, if we need to switch formation yet again to get the most out of our team will he do it? If we give up the same goal four straight losses (as we did vs. Bayern, Pool, City, and some shite Prem team I can't recall ATM), will we fix it in training?

I have a difficult time balancing my respect for Wenger as a man and for what he has accomplished with my frustration with him as a stubborn sunvagon. I really hope he can accomplish what he would like these next two years but I'm not too optimistic.

So it's either Martinez or we are going to buy a new GK.

Stumbled across this on Reddit


Arsenal record in Premier League with and without Ramsey-Xkaha partnership

With: 12 W, 0 D, 1 L = 36 of 39 points
Without: 11 W, 6 D, 8 L = 39 of 75 points