Where have I trolled or "shit" on your team. I merely give my opinion... you just happen to not like it. The only teams I hate in the EPL are Chelsea and united. THe rest I'm indifferent to or like watching them play. Hell even Chelsea/United sometimes I enjoy watching their footy. Because Chelsea, United and to lesser degree have shown they will go out and spend. Kroenke penny pinches. SPurs, Brighton. Villa and Brentford arent challenging for the league so that doesnt matter.
Conte is the only thing that kept them in 4th as long as they were. Not having that
This argument would make a lot more sense if it were 2015 and Arsenal wasn't spending.
I think so. If Kane leaves, I don't really see much upside for Spurs. Their CB situation is dire (pun intended), their midfield needs work, and their attacking situation, sans Kane, is pretty rough unless Son bounces back. And all of that ignores that they'll need a new GK. I mean, the players they have now I think should be starters on a top 4 side are Romero, Porro, Betancur, and Kulusevski. Hojbjerg being a rotational piece.
I mean right now they might very well finish eighth. You think they'll go even lower?
Don’t know. Don’t think anyone is particularly reliable. Wouldn’t be shocked by many of the possible combinations in the top half of the table
Compare their spending to those around them...
In the EPL, since the 19/20 season (aka since Arteta), Arsenal are 4th in total spend, behind only Chelsea, United, and City, with a total spend of ~600M. City is at 630. United is at 703. Chelsea are at 1020. After Arsenal, comes Spurs (535), Villa, West Ham, Newcastle, Wolves, Leeds, Liverpool (318). In terms of net spend, Arsenal is 3rd at 480, trailing only United at 560 and Chelsea at 615. Spurs and Newcastle follow, at 383, with City in 8th (240) and Liverpool at 13th (145). Thinking that Arsenal won't spend but Liverpool will, for instance, when Liverpool has a lot more to paper over, seems silly to me.
You should look at their away record against the top teams this year. Rashford being on god mode is the only reason they look good.
Fair play. They may out spend LFC, one would imagine Newcastle purchase steadily increase though.
United definitely can spend, although their sale may be a wrinkle for this window. That said, they haven't shown they can spend well. Martinez was a fine buy and Casemiro was great (although, I would personally avoid spending that much on someone who is 30+). But Antony was a massive overspend. The guy has basically the same stats as Reiss Nelson. Their big buy before that was Sancho. Maguire, AWB, Ronaldo, van de Beek, Fred, Lukaku, etc. United hasn't shown the ability to spend well any more than Arsenal has.
TBH i see this as the norm over the next couple of season unless they hit on the long term manager higher. Even with that, Levi and the deadwood on the squad will be a lot to overcome.
From the stats I have seen, he has been one of the most dangerous players on the pitch even with a lack of overall goal contributions.
There are already talks of Mitoma moving on next summer, sounds like we get one more season of him. Could be some due diligence form the Brighton staff to get a long term replacement.
I wonder if he gets a look in a front three on the right. Not his position or preferred side but if he can translate his game to the right the front 3 would be exciting.
