You're giving a huge small man syndrome vibe! W@NKER!

I blocked him a year ago, him and his other account SofaSlob.

I'm a good judge of character and you Wesdag are a Lousy sh*t c*nt of a man..

Lol.
Bitter spudite returns to spout more non football bollocks.
YAWN.

I think you're in need of the men in white coats.

I go wherever I please.

Point taken.
He seems mightily unstable mentally.

I guess Arsenal have settled on Lavia. Impressive stats but I haven’t see much of him.

Given our transfer business in recent windows, it's best not to project too far ahead until deals are officially announced on the Arsenal website. IF Havertz and Rice do arrive, the jury will be out until they start producing the goods on the pitch. (Huge fees, but we have quite a few outgoings to come so will recoup some money). Current thinking is that Rice and Havertz will come in for the outgoing Partey and Xhaka. The lad from Ajax will be a valuable defensive addition if we get him. Being greedy, you'd hope for another central midfield addition as expecting the same XI to turn up every week and perform is unrealistic and, as well as Saliba's injury, cost us last season. I think there's reasonable cover in other positions. We don't have an out-and-out monster up front, but the way we play, I would expect the goals to be spread around as they were last season.

The really positive thing, if these deals are completed in the next couple of weeks, is that the squad will have a full pre-season with Arteta and the coaching team. I always think that in the early Wenger days, one of the reasons we enjoyed success was that we started fixture 1 with a settled squad and a decent pre-season, rather than scrambling around on deadline day. We haven't done that for years. Good signs.

Two nets but you get my drift.

Did well today and looking good for the new season.

Wouldn't want Partey to leave but if a big offer comes in from Saudi we might have to take it. He has featured a lot in pre-season tho and I think he is an important player who Arteta would want starting with Rice in the big games. He had a good season last year and was a bit tired and exposed at the end. Going to need cover in these positions with the CL to play.

Not so sure about White either. I thought he did very well last season and doesn't need replacing. The LB position was more problematic, especially defensively. Zinchenko did very well but in midfield when he rotated with Xhaka quite a lot. They were both liabilities defending in the LB position, which they didn't have to do that much for most of the season but there is a weakness there. See what happens when Z is back. He might tweak the system a bit with all these new players coming in.

He will prob need to get a lot of cash in the door so Tierney, Balogun and maybe ESR could be sold for decent fees. Would like to see the likes of Holding, Tomi and Tavares offloaded for whatever we can get too.

Not sure where he sees Havertz fitting in but I'd give him a bit more time.

Arsenal definitely closing the gap. Timber might well turn out to be the best buy if the summer for Arsenal. I hope Tierney stays as solid defence is prerequisite for winning Championships.

Still don’t understand thd Hzvettz buy giving rivals £65 million. He is without doubt a very talented player ir can be again but the money would have been better spent towards a Caicedo, Lavia or the final piece in the jigsaw, a Workd Class centre forward should one become available.

UnfuArteta looks like he wants Balogun and Tierney out to raise funds so it makes the zHavertz purchase even more questionable. He might know what he us doing but ever fan knows Arsenal need a top goal scorer.

Both!

Centre midfield has been not just missing but a vulnerability for 15 years. It’s not rocket science. Every fan knows any club with title ambitions needs a 25 league goal striker.

I am sure Havertz is a hood player but Arsenal clearly need a goal scorer not a luxury utility player and why give rivals j trouble over FFP £65 million a solve one of their many headaches? Bad business!

Forget the centre forward for now as who knows when that player becomes available but again I say a Caicedo or Lavia would solidify the team. Both are proven and young.

True lurks but a goal scorer is not exactly a handicap.

A goal scorer terrorises defenders and gives space to others. The spine of the team needed addressing and the final piece is a goal scorer. The centre back emerged last season and now Rice is here. Could still do with another central midfield imho and cash in on Partey as there is plenty of young talent about. The right forward is more troublesome.

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You wouldn't know what Arteta is thinking tho. If the rumours about Raya are true then maybe he sees Ramsdale as not good enough. I don't think he can be happy with Jesus either. I doubt he wants to replace Ben White but you never know. Seems like he's not at all comfortable with second and wants to do well in the CL which is good.

Pep has evolved from having weak ball-playing defenders to more physical guys who can win duels like Akanji, Dias and Ake. He'll prob follow suit but I think it's the LB position where the obvious weakness is there rather than White.

I'd rather Balogun stay and Eddie let go

Chiselled a result out yesterday. In complete control until the sending off and probably should have scored earlier.

Late on, if we had a few more defenders on the bench, I suspect he would have sent them on

For Palace, thought Mitchell had a great game and largely nullified Saka, though they also doubled up on him well.

Need the three points against Fulham as the more difficult games on paper are coming thick and fast.

Was going to post similar. Looks a total waste of money to me. Clumsy and slow.

Ground out three wins without hitting any heights, which I suppose is a good sign.

Interesting to see what happens after the break. Arteta is infamously stubborn, so will see whether he goes back to funky formations and playing style if/when all personnel are fit. I'm worried about Havertz. It wouldn't be so much of an issue if it wasn't for that fee.....