Gykores 2025 = Jeffers 2001

Arsenal finish 2nd three seasons in a row...

They are told (wrongly) that to finish 1st they need an all out goalscorer, a 'fox in the box'.

So they go out and sign one.

Then find out the goal machine can't hit the side of a barn.

But Arsenal win the title anyway......

Gyokeres is Nketiah level. The central role in Arteta's system is not the primary goal threat anyway. If he gets 10+ league goals that's enough if he links the wide attackers but he doesn't, like Nketiah. Havertz is the best option and will be preferred in big games once fit. We scored 88 and 91 PL goals in our first 2 years challenging without a proper 9.

Jesus not good enough in that role either. People forget that he prefers to dive in the box when he can finish cos he's been out that long. Better than gyok but no improvement on prev years.

Arsenal are attacking like last year, reminds me of Southgate, but the manager wants to play for clean sheets and rely on Gabriel from set-pieces rather than take risk. Don't think it will change or be enough to win PL or CL. It is also the main cause of our injury crisis as games are nearly always on a knife-edge for 90+ minutes and this is the 4th year in a row going full gas, while playing them in EFL cup games. There is a lot of accumulated fatigue from that in our best players. Liverpool and City in their pomp couldn't keep that level up for 4 years, they always had a slump after 3. City won it 4 years in a row but the first was Pool's slump year after winning it and the 3rd was when we had Holding starting games after they started slow. Then they had a slump year and Pool won it again.

Need to take more risk, get goals up and rest, like tonight. Don't see it happening but maybe with Havertz and Gabriel fit it might.

Nonsense about Jeffers as well. He made 22 league appearances for Arsenal in 3 years injured or unfit nearly the whole time, gyok is playing every game almost. Henry got 32 that year after 17 the prev year, so they did need a goalscorer.

Gykores looks like one of the worst Arsenal forwards of the last 40 years, if we are just talking about players expected to be regular starters, and leaving out kids that didn't make the jump from youth level.

Ntekiah probably better. I'd swap Gykores for Danny Welbeck.

He hasn't even been Bendntner level up to now. Maybe Chamakh level.

Obviously can't just get rid, but he should only be starting domestic cups and coming on in the league when 3-0 up to see if he can improve.

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Fecking hell, Anthony Taylor ref for Arsenal Liverpool match. He is a nightmare for making decisions detrimental to Arsenal, often sending our players off and giving penalties to opponents. Didn't even want to send the Chelsea player off until VAR got involved recently and yet booked six of our players in that match.

I've fully accepted now that your lot will most likely go on to win the title. 1/4 on the exchange now.  It was a disappointingly feeble title challenge from either Pool or City.  Better not mess it up or you'll never hear the end of it.

It would be a deserved title win.  Arteta, after an immensely stressful start, is proving his mettle.

Fabulous quality performance beating Inter 1:3 in the San ciro, controlled the game. What a pass by Martinelli AND perfect seven straight wins in the Champions League. Can rest players in the final match as guaranteed top two.
Very pleasing to watch and nice to see Jesus have a great european night after his horrendous injury.

^ for the last game

I don't think we win it from here and it will be criminal if we don't. The only season City and Pool were both awful and the manager has decided to play win by 1 and defend after signing Eze and Gyok and slipping up multiple times to extend the lead. City signing Guehi and Semenyo is a game changer but it shouldn't have made a difference.

Hope I'm wrong but he has to change tack to win it or be told to before next season if we don't. Shouldn't be fired.

Wouldn't read anything into the Spurs game.

*losing 1:2 at home Man Utd* doh.

More positively our Champions League draw to the final, a great reward for winning all eight and finishing top in the group stage.

A London derby. Who'll win? Arse is odds-on, but I'm not sure it's deserved. If they lose Man City could be top dog come next week.

Edu stole a living at Arsenal for several years.
Sussed out by Forest after less than one.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cdjm7wn39m7o

Congratulations... Doubt you can imagine the pain you've inflicted on me...

It's only a game, innit.

What's worse is that women have been convinced more & more to involve themselves in this load o' bollox.
They're supposed to be the sensible ones.

Yes, the year Arsenal are on course to win the league and Spurs get relegated it's not important all of a sudden, despite posting on an internet forum about it almost every day.

Bizarre cope mechanism. Same with all the spurs fans constantly posting that it's the worst season in history. Hope you stay up as whoever replaces you would be harder to beat.

lurka sounds like a cynic.

Well said Lurka, truth always hurts. Would be a shame if Spurs go down, for Arsenal that is. Good to see our north london neighbour fans on the Arsenal thread...

Fabulous match last night for Arsenal fans to watch, Leverkusen blown away. Two excellent goals by Eza and Rice and could have been more as Arsenal cruised into quarter-finals.

We weren’t at the races today. No creativity without Odegaard or Eze. City much the better side and deserved the win. It wasn’t even close.

Much to ponder in the last couple of months of the season. Away at City will be a pivotal game.