24 Jun 2021 22:18:37
Hope the Eds here and all the posters are having a good summer.

The reliable David Ornstein reported that arsenal are close to finalizing a deal for Ben white. In my opinion, this is a ridiculous transfer and shows incompetence in our recruitment.

firstly, Ben white is not even worth that price and that is my fundamental issue with this transfer. He is excellent at playing out from the back but is suspect in the air due to his height. He is 6 feet I believe which would pose problems when defending set pieces.

secondly. We have other areas where we have bigger problems, mainly the midfield. Our midfield is dire and our attack nearly impotent. do we need to splash such amount of money on a defender where there are other glaring weaknesses in our team?

Thirdly, the emergence of saliba. Upto now, I have never fully understood why Arteta has never given a chance to saliba. What is going on between Arteta and saliba? with the club having spent 30 millions euros on saliba, i can't believe Arteta won't give him a chance. He might not like him but the club shelled out a lot of money to sign him. Does Arteta struggle with basic economics? He seems to keep undervaluing the club's assets. He has done the same to guendouzi .

1.) 25 Jun 2021
25 Jun 2021 00:16:38
Good points. I’d love to know what the problem is with WS. £27 million and he’s not even had a sniff.

2.) 25 Jun 2021
25 Jun 2021 06:58:15
William Saliba seems like another Guenduzi. Every news that comes out from his side has been negative about Arsenal. He seems very close to Guenduzi and was seen to mock Arsenal on social media. It's better he leaves if he doesn't want to be here. He's the best talent out there, but if he feels he's too good for the club, it's better to let him go.

3.) 25 Jun 2021
25 Jun 2021 10:05:50
Guendouzi is a quality player and will only get better. What I've seen of Saliba suggests the same. Of course they're going to be arsey about the club that just shifts them out for whatever reason. We need a bit of spite in this team and what Guendouzi did against Brighton wasn't even that bad. Compare it to Keown against Van Nistelroy. Vieira against everyone. its weird how we say we need aggressive players but then a young capable kid shows aggression, we ship him out. One of Arsenals biggest mistakes will be getting rid of MG.

4.) 25 Jun 2021
25 Jun 2021 10:21:44
Can`t disagree more with you Punani! Guendouzi is disruptive and not as good as he thinks he is yet we bought for £7 million and looks like he could be going for £17 million! Poor economics? Ridiculous and incompetent for buying an England international who is highly rated! May I point out we had Rob Holding for most of the season who is nowhere near the England squad! The window isn`t shut so we could buy one or two midfielders and some on here wanting Willock to have his chance. Saliba isn`t fancied for some reason, and I for one want him to be given at least a chance. MA didn`t buy him but who knows if he is that good we could at least get the money back! I don`t think we should assume the worst when actually none of it actually happened COYG.

5.) 25 Jun 2021
25 Jun 2021 10:34:40
Are people saying we need aggressive players? Leaders yes aggressive no. Guendouzi can go - ego bigger than talent - agree though Saliba needs a chance COYG.

6.) 25 Jun 2021
25 Jun 2021 10:35:01
You seriously value a CB on height alone? Never heard anything so ridiculous

Carles Puyol (5ft10) One of Spain's best ever. .
Fabio Cannavaro (5ft9) Just another player on the coveted list of legendary Italian central defenders. .
Franco Baresi (5ft9) .
Ronald Koeman (5ft11) .
Franz Beckenbauer (5ft11) .
Frank de Boer (5ft11) .
Ivan Cordoba (5ft8) .
Bobby Moore (5ft10)

I’ll stop there!
Do you honestly believe that MA is running the finances when it comes to players transfer fees? There are a huge team of people at a EPL club which deal with these things and all of these financial decisions are way beyond us mere fans understanding and should be left to the experts.
The value of a player is only as much as the buying club are willing to pay and the selling club are willing to accept, it certainly isn’t calculated on their height or Peter crouch would be worth £200m 🤣🤣.

7.) 25 Jun 2021
25 Jun 2021 19:47:55
373 you haven`t seen 26 have you gone MIA! Missing the analogy / stat posts . Brian Flynn was worth 2 and 6 COYG.

8.) 26 Jun 2021
26 Jun 2021 09:09:34
G69 prob just like myself got a bit stressed and needed a break, he loves our club, as do I and sometimes we have to step away from the negative stuff
He will be watching, and he still has my red high heels her borrowed 👠 👠.