They were good times until we finished 11th.
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They were good times until we finished 11th.
roydo
in memoriam - 1965-2024
Not half. Was thinking that earlier, lob in a Baines and a Coleman, maybe a dash of Mori, and things do look sunnier.
TrixyStevens
Player Valuation: £35m
Let’s see what happens on Saturday.
Saint Domingo
Player Valuation: £90m
Was that also the year we went out of both cups in the first round too? Phenomenal season. How quickly people forget.
And drain off the excess fat of sam
canuckblue
Player Valuation: £50m
That's 108 more than you or me, to be fair. Let's give the guy a chance to show what he can do as a first-choice player.
Saint Domingo
Player Valuation: £90m
Think Mori is a bigger loss than anyone thought. Yeah he’s a bit erratic but he’s fast, good on the ball, left footed and good in the air. Watching Jags and Williams struggling on that left side has been painful.
..absolutely. The thing with him is that you know what you’re getting. Unlike Bolasie, Walcott is uncomplicated. He’s a fine mover on a football pitch, he’ll run in behind defenders and he strikes a ball well. My only reservation is ‘whether the game is still important to him’, whether he retains the same type of hunger that the likes of Rooney does, but his interview and demeanour since signing are very encouraging.
There’s no doubt he’s a good player and fits the criteria you highlight.
gixerk6
Player Valuation: £6m
Yeah it probably will be. That lot across the park have a list of crap a new signing has to come out with when interviewed. Big club, history... yada yada yada. I'm not sure who's biography it was in that basically said as much. I'm sure they asked him to say he always supported Liverpool as a kid even though it was known he supported another club.
If cenk proves a success then yes we will be more balanced which is good. I'd like to see some form of structure and identity start to appear in the next couple of months. I'm very happy with Walcott all the same and it's a rare signing that makes perfect sense in amongst all the chaos of the past 18 months.
Yeah I was really surprised by his interview there eggs, like you have mentioned previously I've always thought he came across a bit too passive and a not arsed attitude. I've thought similar about the majority of Arsenal players tbh and that's why they've never kicked on the past 6/7/8 seasons. But hes impressed me there, actions speak louder than words though so I hope he produces the good where it matters most.
His signing really makes me believe that we will now be seeing Gylfi behind the striker, don't think Theo will be replacing Yannick who I guess will move to the left, Theo right, Gylfi middle with Cenk up top. Instantly will give us width, pace, a real threat. Midfield 2 from Gueye, Rooney, Davies or McCarthy unless we can unearth a real box to box midfielder and of course sort that left back out and we might actually see us play some football!!!
Indeed and with an actual left back and someone in the middle who will look for an attacking pass or to open up play and we'll be much healthier.
There's still a lot of dross or deadwood in the squad, but Walcott will inject so much needed pace, width and flair that we've missed.
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