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Tbh it doesnāt really matter as we were dire throughout irrespective of the red card. I think thatās the more worrying/overarching problem
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Iād say itās orange and if the on field decision was yellow, especially away from home, you just know thereās not a snowballās chance in hell that becomes a red. You think if we were at Anfield and it happened to us that would be upgraded?
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Is the bigger problem not that we play somewhat miserable football? And if we donāt win playing it then it truly is miserableā¦
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I disagree that itās a clear goal scoring opportunity and a clear and obvious error. Everything is a goal scoring opportunity if you shoot every time youāre in possession.
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šŖš» letās go!
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Goodly evening gents,
Whilst itās early days, do you think Nwaneri is playing himself into āmust startā territory even with a fully fit squad? Far from being a rotation option for Saka, does the future hold a place for both of them in a starting XI?
#arsecastextra
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I like your thinking! Galaxy brain š¤Æ
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Youāre suggesting the plan was to deploy Merino as an emergency striker all along? š¤
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I envisage something like that. Just have to lean into positions where we do have players available!
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I just think weāll have to change to a 352 at some point. Canāt play Trossard/Nwaneri/Sterling every game and donāt think KT/Zinny will offer enough on the flanks for what we need. Something like below with KT/Zinny as further rotation. Just have to lean into where we do have players!
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Presume itāll be Trossard though I wouldnāt mind seeing Nwaneri there for more running power in behind. Just not sure if heāll get crowded out a bit per his cameos at R8.
Think weāll have to see some KT/zinny on the wings or maybe a change to 352
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Morning gents, a lot of debate about the ārightā player not being available in the Jan window
a) What do you think constituted the ārightā player in January?
b) Do we need to be more bullish as a club to generate availability or is āIām sure they tried and the club knows bestā a reasonable view?
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Weāre getting to the point where Dowman might get minutes. Exciting and terrifying!
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Letās take a look at it from another angle. Oh yeah, Salibaās gotta be stronger there. Heās tried to buy a free kick and Michael Oliver hasnāt fallen for it. Arsenal once again showing their glass chin, a soft touch, bottle jobs!
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As a doctor I tend to agree knee ligament injuries arenāt predictableā¦ more asking whether his resurgence into a usable force was predictable. But I think weāre at an impasse in terms of the overall view on things, I hope youāre right about our ability to cope but worry weāll be sad in March.
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His resurgence was well timed and very welcome - heās one of my favourite players and to my mind one of the most talented in the squad when fit physically and mentally. That said, was it something we could have predicted/relied upon?
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If we zoom out a bit on this I think thatās the problem overall. Weāve had two windows to obtain some sort of non-critical dependence on Havertz and have failed. Never mind a ceiling raiser itās just a tough idea to reconcile with.
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Time will tell - I hope we can handle it. Iām not angry we havenāt signed anyone per se, I just have a real concern that we have left ourselves very vulnerable if our cursed season continues on its current injury and suspension trajectory
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See I think thatās perhaps where we disagree. I didnāt even necessarily think we needed someone to āmake an impactā at this point. We needed injury and rotation cover to take minutes off our knackered players. We have 5 players for 3 positions which include a 17 yr old and a potential busted flush.
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Well for me I think it goes back to the original point I was asking - is the perfect being the enemy of the good? Were our criteria too stringent for what we looked for vs. what you could argue we needed via a loan cover move? I donāt know - but thereās a lot of football til Saka comes back, I worry
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But this goes back to the original point of letting the perfect be the enemy of the good no? What was āthe askā so to speak? As I said I canāt know what was looked at, but objectively donāt you find it hard to believe absolutely no one was available as āproject buyā, āproven buyā or āloan coverā?
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I accept that the specific examples of players who have been signed may not have worked, but itās a struggle to believe that across the whole of world football there wasnāt a loan +\- option deal to be made for a usable injury cover and rotation player across our frontline.
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Well thatās why a loan +\- option was the right move for me. Itās mutually beneficial, provides depth but no hard feelings if it doesnāt work out right? Surely an auxiliary forward to take minutes off Havertz if weāre up and cruising in a home fixture just made sense even without an injury?
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I suppose I look at Villa and, to an extent, Sp*rs - theyāre not perfect signings and something of a punt. But as a loan theyāre basically zero risk and provide cover in case of emergency. Itās up to the club to sell the vision of āif youāre good enough youāll play and you might win something.ā
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Iām not saying Rashford or Asensio was specifically an option for us but these are pretty good examples of the sort of player we should have been looking at in my opinion if not a signing. A no/low risk loan move saying āif youāre good enough youāll play and you might win a PL/CL to boot.ā
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Itās been said before but I think with attacking signings we are letting the perfect be the enemy of the good. Trossard was the exception and to be honest exactly what we needed this window. I canāt know the ins and outs of what we tried but weāre going to look very silly if we get an injury up top.
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Respectfully disagree - Trossard was a very good January signing and we needed something along those lines this window. If a Newcastle goon crunches into someone along our front line on Wednesday weāre going to have a lot of egg on our face about not bringing anyone in.
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I do agree itās hard though, and there are mechanics/considerations that Iām not even aware of about doing these transfers or loans. Iām just disappointed we havenāt safeguarded our season in some way.
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I think the difference there though is Utd are in disarray and wanted a potential world class starting striker for the future. We needed a Trossard-esque signing this window in my opinion and itās maddening to think our season possibly blows up with 1 significant injury.