Yeah but Arteta also has his striker doing a ton of donkey work. But again Arsenal just wants to collect all the tall people, get a bunch of pinball goals and sit on the lead. So I guess it fits, but I don’t like taking back 5 CBs and putting them into back 4, and I don’t like taking strikers that play in a partnership and then making them play alone up front. Will see how it goes. Darwin is a good example of this. And Darwin had a better resume.
I for one am fine with Arteta putting together a squad of the best athletes that are also technically superior to 99% of their opponents. Worked pretty well for Wenger's invincibles
Yeah I mean there are too many games now and not enough time between them. City figured it out two years ago. Arsenal jumped on the train this year. Both teams just decided to become more risk adverse. It works better for City because City have better finishing. But neither is really revolutionary here. Pep going to go back to the Sane/Sterling days next season with Savio and Doku. Arsenal will try to find someone that can give them more than 4 goals; but I don’t think they are going to want to trade in too much of their work rate up front so they’ll need to find some balance. And we will see what happens.I for one am fine with Arteta putting together a squad of the best athletes that are also technically superior to 99% of their opponents. Worked pretty well for Wenger's invincibles
Was literally going to respond to your post earlier about Bruno expressing something similar. His profile is fine, but they couldn’t find that exact profile in an age cohort that fits what they claimed they were looking for?
Supposedly LFC (and I’m sure others) are sniffing around Bakayoko. That might create a spot.
He looked very much like the old Hudson Odoi for the first time in six years when we played them a few weeks ago.
