Arsenal

[Guntz]

Arsenal are buying the Portuguese Billy Gilmour?

I'm petrified.

 

[SpartanSpur]

You guys weren't joking about their potential signings. Per Transfermarkt:

Vieira - 170cm
G.Jesus - 175cm
Tielemans - 176cm

for comparison - Bryan Gil - 175cm, Romero - 185cm

Guess they are all balanced in that sense....

 

[CantSmileWithoutYou]

I don't know him and have no opinion.

 

[kaz Hirai]

you can tell Arteta's only plan is to emulate Pep, primarily his Barca. All these slight 1 touch technical players on their day will certainly cause Arse to murder teams with football when the moon is in the right phase. However i feel they'll still come unstuck over and over against stronger, bigger more aggressive teams away from home.
Crystal Palace away will be interesting, Partey can't hold the line by himself.
Unless you can buy the very best in the world, or just play in a league like Spain im not sure it's the best plan.

we'll see

 

[Jamturk]

Looks a great signing in isolation, but he's 5'6. In addition to the likely signings of Jesus and Tielemans - plus Saka, Odegaard etc - Arse are surely on course to be the tiniest & least physically robust team in the league (arguably already were tbh, but they're looking to take it to a new level here).

I find it a strange course of direction. Does Arteta realise that we're no longer in 2010?

Torreira has gone back there as well after being loaned out last season.

 

[spursfan77]

Supposedly signing Fabio Vieira from Porto for around £35m. Anyone know much about him? Wonder if that is a Tielemans alternative.

If he's a more attacking midfielder then surely it wouldn't be a priority with Odegaard and Smith-Rowe already at the club.

Never heard of him. Another lightweight midfielder by any chance?!?!

 

[YB123]

Never heard of him. Another lightweight midfielder by any chance?!?!

Talented but extremely lightweight.

 

[SlotBadger]

They need to sign someone who actually has some bollocks, as opposed to another 5’3 lad who can do stepovers and wear the latest kit made out of recycled tube seats.

Fuck sake

Just laughed out loud in the office.

 

[SpartanSpur]

Never heard of him. Another lightweight midfielder by any chance?!?!

Nailed it.

 

[spursfan77]

I'm confident we'll be better than Arsenal this season, but they are making some good signings.
I've been running my mouth hard on twitter, so could be in for a real beating if we aren't.

They haven’t made a single one quite yet have they?

 

[punkisback]

Talented but extremely lightweight.

I mean same people were saying that about Modric when we signed him. I wish we had at least a few options like they do in those attacking midfield positions. Sometimes it feels we only have Deki really for creativity. I would love a silky touch and a bit of flair to watch at spurs.

 

[Johno1470]

By the end of this window, I can see Arsenal having a strong starting 11. Whereas we will have that plus a strong squad. They will need to bring in more bodies to fill their squad, as they’ll struggle with Europa commitments.

 

[spursfan77]

I mean same people were saying that about Modric when we signed him. I wish we had at least a few options like they do in those attacking midfield positions. Sometimes it feels we only have Deki really for creativity. I would love a silky touch and a bit of flair to watch at spurs.

Gil?

This player will be as ready for the league as he was!

 

[SpartanSpur]

Got to love this. I spend wayyyy too much time on these transfer forums and I literally never heard of this player until an hour ago!

 

[mark87]

Fuck this guy sounds good.

 

[rossdapep]

I mean same people were saying that about Modric when we signed him. I wish we had at least a few options like they do in those attacking midfield positions. Sometimes it feels we only have Deki really for creativity. I would love a silky touch and a bit of flair to watch at spurs.

Modric really was a special case. His low centre of gravity meant that even if he had a big physical player pressing him, he could wriggle away. He could literally find a way out when it didn't seem possible.

A lot of highly technical players have come to the PL and simply struggled because the physicality denies them time and space they were used to. They get hit or a player on them immediately and can't find a way out, they then get bullied off the ball.

Gil is a better example because he's a similar build and left-footed. Gil looked great in Spain and the Olympics but as soon as he was thrown into the PL he looked years away from being ready because the physicality is a different level.

 

[SpartanSpur]

Modric really was a special case. His low centre of gravity meant that even if he had a big physical player pressing him, he could wriggle away. He could literally find a way out when it didn't seem possible.

A lot of highly technical players have come to the PL and simply struggled because the physicality denies them time and space they were used to. They get hit or a player on them immediately and can't find a way out, they then get bullied off the ball.

Gil is a better example because he's a similar build and left-footed. Gil looked great in Spain and the Olympics but as soon as he was thrown into the PL he looked years away from being ready because the physicality is a different level.

He also had development in Bosnia and Croatia which I'd imagine are much more physical leagues than Portugal. That was part of what made him so unique.

 

[delawarespur]

Great player I’ll admit. I know a ton of people around the Portuguese game and Porto fans love him. And it’s incredibly easy to compare him to Bernardo Silva beyond the nationality. Small players, wands for left feet, can pick out every pass in the book, versatile in where they operate, fantastic body control and agility, magicians in tight spaces, grafters with great engines, underrated athletes. Inconsistent ball strikers the both of them but can strike a football sweetly.

One thing I will say, is that Arteta clearly has a plan to build a squad to try to control the middle third as much as possible. Have as much control of possession as possible. Get as many ball players and technically gifted players in the team as possible and add creativity on top of that. Their top target is a striker who does his best work in the build up. It’s not 100% Pep, because I don’t think their build up is that similar nor do I think Arsenal have the pressing at a level of City, but clearly trying to build a squad like City’s. Great player and I guess we’ll see if it works out.

 

[bomberH]

He’s such an idiot. On paper there are much harder games they could have got.
Also the thing about the last games of the season being rigged is nonsense, just like here wouldn’t be a Manchester derby on the last day there also wouldn’t be a North London derby....dickhead.

It really is telling that he thinks a match like that is rigged. Palace finished 12th and he’s complaining that it’s rigged ? Shows how much they’ve regressed as a club.



With that said, I still think too many people are writing them off too soon. They still have the pulling power because they are a big club. How many on here were saying they’re finished etc early last season yet it took until the last game for them not to finish 4th. And they weren’t even anything special all season. They’ll only get better, let’s just hope that our better is a lot better than their better!

Sort of similar to Utd with everyone writing them off too. With their squad they should be challenging for the title every season. Luckily for everyone they’ve had shit managers and even shitter attitudes. If they get that sorted it all changes. We just have to take our chance while they’re still transitioning. And I think we will this season, I’m weirdly optimistic we’ll challenge for the league but will have a couple of shitarse performances on the way, where we’ll get written off etc. Trophy of some kind incoming - League cup will do though I’ll guess I’d take CL title at a push.

 

[bubble07]

I don't know him and have no opinion.

Safe