Trusting the process took 5 seasons to get to a position to compete. The fans have done their part. It’s now about reaping the rewards, delivering and maintaining the process by getting over the line instead of flirting with it and missing out.

Nobody knows, none of those guys have any clue besides what positions Arsenal want as Arsenal have killed most leaks. But they're under pressure to produce content with the very little info they have. Watts, while likeable enough hasn't broken a transfer scoop since Thomas Partey.

Hey Alex here. Still think we’ll spend big, cards just very close to Arsenal’s chest from what I hear. Just my opinion 😄

@@alzer6467 I agree they haven’t got a clue what we’re doing overall, however gunnerblog especially is tempering expectations based of the insider knowledge he’s aware of. We probably sign a good midfielder and a forward option but the expectancy that 200m plus is spent again and we have 7 class forwards we like (havertz, saka, martinelli, trossard, jesus and a winger and a top striker) along with Zinchenko out and good new left back option in (who’ll be on the bench with Tomi and Kiwior), and a top midfielder is completely unrealistic. Add to that every fan thinks we’re entitled to sell back ups that haven’t been good for years and haven’t played much for good money it’s going difficult for those fans to adjust to reality come the end of the summer

@@TheCannonPod I hope you’re right sir, an unexpected major signing like ozil would be a treat after the last years of Romano ruining the fun

I am backing the strategy that Alex has outlined. At least 5 incoming ! Possibly 8 outgoing . 3 maybe 4 rookie types also and maybe even a couple of loans incoming. Those extra CL matches are surely ball breaking

I think Arteta prefers some one who is quick on the half turn and more of a register in his 6. And you have to say that rice will probably grow into the 8 role. And Timber as left back will give way more dynamism to the left side. Maybe you even switch rice and ödegard ingame… I think Rice will be a 6 out of posession and a 8 in possession

From what I read it's more because there's more quality #6 that are available on the market than #8

Exactly, i feel some people just have this weird fetish with keep partey in the team, our defence actually looked solid with rice as the 6 and there are amazing 8/10s out there, eze, writz, musiala, xavi etc, we can get rid of both ESR and partey and sign a 6 and an 8

The solution on the LHS comes in what the LB does more than the LMF. The right worked before White inverted. But last season he began inverting while the left couldn’t. The left worked when the LB inverted and didn’t when it didn’t. Getting that person to support & (under)overlap Nelli the way White does Saka will be massive. Even with Zinchenko’s injuries, it would function when he was fit bc Gabi’s numbers weren’t a complete drop off. It was definitely disjointed though with all the workarounds at LB.

Viera will replace him

I think your points are fair, just not sure about Eze being the 8 choice. But I agree that Rice is a much better 6 than he is an 8. Pacy winger would be 2nd priority and I’d want a backup for Saliba too. He’s played every minute, that ain’t happening too often. Imagine if we could get an injury free Neto.

What do you think about Karim Adeyemi, he can play as a winger/striker, left footed, really fast, really technical, champions league and top 5 league proven...

The idea was supposedly Havertz to be the left side Odegaard, with him being a #10 in his time in Bundesliga.. But yeah he's not as good as we hope when he played there and somehow flourish as a #9

​@@goonerOZZif arsenal are signing osimhen then havertz will play left 8,

@@makei89 we're not buying Osimhen, too expensive, and we already settle that the #9 position is Havertz's for the next season, so if we do buy strikers, they will be rotation or backup for Havertz

In all honesty, Mikel likes his 6 to be this unique Partey type profile. As far as I know only Partey plays like Partey. It’s why he was one of Mikels early signings. He’s using Rice’s interception and ball winning qualities higher up the pitch to make our high press even more oppressive. If we get a good ball progressing 6 who’s good on the turn and beating a press like Partey is, we won’t need to have that 6 who shields us. In fact we need someone like Partey who skews a bit to the left in terms of their passing and thinking to balance us out. We’ll be dominating the opponents third for most of the game. And that’s also where the versatility comes in, because in case we’re being pushed back say against a city, then Rice drops into a double pivot with the new 6. Also I feel Rice’s offensive play can be developed further.

if so then it was a very poor purchase cause all of the attributes Rice has can be found in multiple midfielders as there are many ball winning midfielders. As for Partey there are quite a few as I stated in the players who are similar to him plus even throughout history there are many: Pirlo, Rijkaard, Petit, Makelele, Xabi Alonso, Rodri, etc. also if Rice was to play at LCM we should’ve just gotten Mikel Merino you can check the statistics they’re pretty similar but I agree with you though

@@nabeel426 nah man how can you look at this first season Rice has had with Arsenal and say it’s poor in any capacity? There really are not enough prem proven players of Declan’s quality, it’s either all hope, potential or hype. Declan carried West Ham for multiple consecutive years and people call him a bargain at 105m. He’s still young and we’re not sure what Mikels long term plans are. Rice isn’t just about winning the ball, it’s spatial understanding, his presence, his reading of the game. Players don’t even try to challenge him because he bounds past them and has the physical strength to hold off the kind of challenges players face in the epl regularly. It’s not quite as simple as all the players who play the same position in the world and just getting them, it’s their strengths, and approach and how it fits into the system we want to play, their experience at a young age etc. I can never think Rice is a mistake no matter where in central mf he plays. We just need a complimentary mf with him.

@@NakulKrishna firstly I meant he was a poor purchase for the price tag if you understood what I meant before no disrespect. Yes ball winning midfielders have to certain traits that make them special but that doesn’t change the fact that he’s just a ball winning midfielder with above average passing and you can check his statistics with his own from 22/23 & 23/24 as it’s not that much different hence why I said it’s a poor purchase. Haaland didn’t need to be Pl proven either did Alexis Sanchez, Salah, Fabinho, Toney, Watkins, Paqueta, Isak, Etc cause majority of the players in the PL are foreigners they just need to be good. Nicolas Jackson that almost everyone said was average beat Havertz best prolific season (which was this one) after he’s been in the league longer. My point is this: no player should cost £100M useless they’re changing the club significantly based on value for money for example CR7 is the best value for money for R.Madrid cause he helped them win multiple trophies, won multiple personal awards and became the highest goal scorer in the club’s history that hadn’t been broken since the 50’s & 60’s. Another one is Lothar Matthaus to Inter Milan which was around half of the highest paid player ever at that time(Gullit). He helped them win their first title in 9 years in his first year, won the Ballon D’or the next and won 2 trophies for the next three years before moving back to Bayern. Declan Rice is the 8th most expensive player in recorded football history he can’t be a bargain. It looks like I don’t like his ability as a player but that’s not the case I think he’s a good player and one of the few ball winning midfielders who can pass well. Value for money he isn’t worth it at all; he improved our defense, improved his goals & assists and our points tally from 84 to 89 but that’s not what a £100M player is bought for. Compare Rodri to Rice then you’ll understand what I mean

@@nabeel426 no disrespect perceived don’t worry, we’re having a perfectly reasonable discussion. I just don’t agree with your opinion, if you’re a team that finished 2nd to arguably the best team in the history of the prem, you have to pay 100m for a single player that takes you from 84 to 89 because that’s how hard it is to recruit at the stage we’re in. If you watched the last England game, Rice bossed it, even Jude thought Declan controlled things. You’re talking about Erling who had numbers and consistency never before seen in a player of his age and many can argue city don’t play football as good with him in this side too. As for the others you mentioned, Sanchez was quite proven in barca, Salah was a Chelsea reject who had a reversal in trajectory after leaving there, Toney isn’t even in the same bracket as everyone else you’ve named. Watkins is around 3 years older than rice and in his prime. Parqueta might be banned for life due to gambling. Isak had major injury issues. Also the argument isn’t English vs foreigners, it’s prem proven vs good numbers in other leagues that don’t quite translate here. You’re comparing Kai to Jackson, when for 2/3s of the season Kai was played in midfield so the numbers aren’t comparable. I’d rather have Kai Havertz over Jackson every day of the week. This is Rice’s first season my guy, and he’s already in the top 3 best players of the season of our record breaking season and not even really into his prime. The market is over inflated but we will only disagree on how much of a difference Rice has made to Arsenal, his availability alone was worth the 100m, we didn’t concede at the etihad, and we had the best record against the big 6. I just don’t see what you’re saying because it’s contradictory. If we could buy Rodri at Rice’s age I would, he is a different level, but he’s also in his prime, has been playing at the top level for half a decade now and under the best coach in the world. Rice will get there, you’re being hasty in your judgment and are probably the only one who would do things differently if given another chance imo. Just for comparison, United bought Harry Maguire and Anthony for 80m+ each. Chelsea bought Enzo and Caicedo each for than 100m. That’s how stupid the market is, considering that Rice is a bargain. And the fact is not every transfer you’re going to get at the perfect idealised rate. We got Odegaard, Saliba and Gabriel for less than United got Anthony for. We get bargains somewhere, and sometimes you pay over to get your project realised. Imo re-signing Jorgi for another season is the questionable decision, either him or Partey need to go and be replaced by someone far better. We also have lots of passengers, in Vieira(who’s a much worse purchase imo even though his statistics screamed creative genius in Portugal), ESR, Elneny, Eddie, Nelson, Cedric etc. Rice is not the issue here, it’s floor of the squad that is the problem.

First of all no one is looking at Osimhen because of the price tag and negotiations with Napoli are very uncomfortable Second of all you have to accept that if arteta wants a player you can critique all you want but he knows best you have based your Osimhen = average striker of a few compilations on KZfaq probably And Finally mudryk was a mouldable player someone who arteta could mould into a top player given his track record with wingers but here the price tag and the politics behind the deal made it not worth Arsenal's while

@@AdamFuraha-zp3si nothing factual came out of your reply. There's no proof that Arteta said he wants any of the players I mentioned. I was talking about the links and Arsenal fans getting hyped over average players they don't watch. I watch Serie A, and Osihmen because I was intrigued by him, and later disappointed, he scored 15 goals last season from 66 shots, yet the CF Arsenal fans were skeptical about Sesko scored 14 from 29 shots, but you guy tell us to get Osihmen because he's clinical? Gtfoh

@@AdamFuraha-zp3si And please read what you just said, because you contradict yourself by first stating that we're not in for Osihmen due to the price tag but then go on to support an argument of us getting Mudryk who also cost an arm and a leg but wasn't proven. Lol, it's like I'm arguing with kindergartens

@@AyaGumede the problem with you is youre seated on a couch somewhere talking like this like youre some lead analyst for a professional football club ...ayy Gumede? Please relax with your goals and assists analysis

@@AyaGumede how did i contradict myself learn to read and comprehend i said mudryk was a fine mouldable player but his price tag and the whole politics about the deal was what took us off and as for osimhen its the price tag and how shrewd Napoli are at negotiating deals for their players