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Suspect this is all agent talk, but the idea that he could even consider spurs has put me off him a bit, I've gotta admit

I admire your guts man. Not supporting arsenal would leave a big gap in my life, I'd struggle to cope.

I get the questions you raise about principles, I wont ever say arsenal have any moral standing.

I choose to believe in Arsenal just like Trump don't make America shite, if you see what I mean.

Selling the likes of leo, fabio and even zinny might be crucial to find the funds + wages to go for the likes of rodrygo instead of eze.

Fells like we need new signings to be transformative than squad fodder

Funny you should say that, just noticed that Liverpool have this system of playing back to back friendlies with the game opponent where they put out different teams.

Wonder if other teams also do this, never seen Arsenal do anything similar.

Excuses coming out even before the season starts i see!

Cool. After this surely you still demand that anything other than epl or ucl should mean sacking for slot.

Putting half a billion into a winning team must only mean Liverpool need to win anything, others it would be a monumental choke.

Such a scary list. And yet manchester united go on spending high figures, instead of doing a bruno by buying sensibly and giving the players time to bed in.

Lack of expectation management a bigger problem for the club than recruitment.

Leave his club hanging... that part of it. Unlike Liverpool, Newcastle hold power in this case.

So Liverpool have 2 choices, either pay 200 mill, or save the money and buy cbs that they actually need.

Those bullets were suggested by ChatGPT. Or more likely Copilot.

Realistically, Arsenal could win it.

Will they? We'll probably get a better idea by December.

If there was a release clause, he could. But suspect release clauses can also specify the kind of actors who could activate them.

He could just renege on the contract, but would any club support that knowing their players can do the same.

Imagine saliba buying out his contract for example.

Lmao Liverpool fans are the ones believing this is easy.
Idak isn't about to do a Tent anytime soon brother, calm down

Here is a radical idea, let's not lose to anyone. If ever there was one English club that could do it...

Hope he does well at Everton.
Been smothered at man city, epl deserves to see him at this best one more time at least.

In fairness, guehi is so much more of a smarter signing than isak.

If they can get the whole pass it to salah ball going again then they are set.

Guehi makes 10X more sense for Liverpool than Isak tbf

Hope this galvanises the club to go for a rodrygo now.

Having seen the team in action, feels like next signing has to be a ceiling raiser not just to bulk out the squad.

But it's just a little too short so poor lad to sleep with his legs sticking out.

Slot had promised to come back with a bigger sofa, but no sign of him yet.

I'm not worried. They will find another way to fuck up again, probably by hiring a 4-2-3-1 manager who will get confused as fuck seeing cunha mbeumo and bruno in the same team together.

Oh, for sure. Arsene Wenger used to talk about not having more then 2 new players jn any window, teams need trust and automatisms that comes from time together.

Your job is (partially) to make data accessible and interesting to more people, hence wondering what you think of this conundrum

It's a nuanced point being made, wonder if the data points used are a bit anecdotal?

Only worry cudpeople might see this and think, the opinions they carry about teams based on singular data points are valid, instead of understanding use of anecdotes to illustrate what larger datasets show.

Seem to be remember him being blighted by injury in recent seasons. Decent players, but at least the sale allows us to free up a space and saves on wages

Anyone worried that football is far too numbers based can reassure themselves by picking any one of Manchester United's signings over the last 5 years and comparing them to the prices they have paid.

Or, you know, you could explain your point with a bit more specificity than "he's not exceptional" or give me an example to shut me up.

But you do you.

That's all you can ask from the club and manager to be honest.

Winning trophies takes luck, but we can do our bit by being in the mix as often as we can.

You've answered the question that was easy for you instead of the one that was asked.

Let's do your way, why don't you define what exceptional is, and give me a name arsenal could've got.

Otherwise like I said, some people just want to find fault no matter what.

Martinelli is top quartile for npxG+ xA, top 20% for npxG. Also top quartile on progressive carries and progressive passes received.
Somehow I feel this isn't enough for you.

Let me ask you this, who has moved in the last couple of seasons that you would consider an exceptional left winger?

Some people will find faults no matter what

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