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  1. On 7/1/2025 at 8:09 AM, Ted Lange said:

    And now Ornstein is mentioning Eze, with the nugget that it wouldn't close the door on signing a RW as well.    Eze, $$ RW, and a 9.   That is the kind of business they should've done last summer window, or the one before or the one before that...

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    Summer 21, 22, and 23 and January 23 (Trossard, Kiwior, and Jorginho) were big windows. Serious cash was splashed for a club outside the CL and massive upgrades arrived.

    Last summer…. Not do much.  A dud: Calafiori showed promise when healthy, but he was rarely healthy. Merino, signed to play left eight, became more valuable as a striker because we had neglected the position. Then January was nothing. 

    If club was really keeping the powder dry, they need to use it now. Striker, winger, and a defender who can get play LB (or cover those who can) are all needs, and I’d like another creative MF, too. 

  2. Credit to Lando, bouncing back from his fuck up last weekend with a flawless Austrian GP, leading every session. Previous seasons (and maybe earlier in this one) he’d have made a mistake when Oscar was piling on the pressure early. 

    WDC gap is 16 heading to Silverstone, should be a fun one.

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  3. 4 hours ago, Firemans4Horn said:

    Honest question (leaving who you sign at LW out of it because we don’t know who that is), do you guys think Sesko is “the guy” to put you over the top? I remain unconvinced. He has a lot of raw tools but seems like a huge swing for Arteta to make on a pretty unproven guy. 

    You never know with transfers. In 1999, Arsene Wenger signed a skinny kid with a scant 23 goals to his name in 121 career appearances to date. That kid? Thierry Henry, who went on to become Arsenal’s leading scorer. Mo Salah had 29 in 65 in his two years at Roma when Klopp brought him to Anfield (Sesko has 27 goals in 64 appearances for Leipzig, for comparison). Granted, Salah was £30m and not £70m, and I’m by no means saying Sesko will be those players. There are other transfers that looked certain to work out but didn’t. You just don’t know. 

    Both our main striker targets have risk. Sesko is 21 and very raw. The other one is 27, has been a scoring machine, and is in his prime, but the majority of Gyokeres’ goals came against clubs not named Benfica, Porto, or Braga. In other words, he’s feasted against minnows of the Portuguese league. 

    Long story long… The club and scouts have been looking hard at both Sesko and Gyokeres for several years and have identified these two as the prospects. Our hit rate on transfers has been pretty good of late, as has Berta’s track record when he was sporting director at Atlético. In the scouting dept etc we trust. 

    But this transfer had better hit, whomever they decide to sign.

     

  4. 47 minutes ago, Ted Lange said:

     

    Reading Ornstein's article, this kid sounds like a fantastic fit.  Young and can provide cover at both CB spots and RB.  Saliba played way too many minutes and Mosquera can help lighten the load.

    OK, enough with the back 5, CF and LW por favor.

    Absolutely RE Saliba. And with Gabi XL coming off hammy surgery, we needed CB cover with Tomi MIA and Calafiori injury-prone. 

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  5. £9.3m isn’t bad for a PL-proven MF. He is 31, though. If we’re signing Brentford players, I’d still rather Mbeumo. 

    24 minutes ago, idigTexas said:

    I'm trying to decide how to feel about Partey leaving.  

    Likelihood of him having another injury-fee season wasn’t great, and then there’s the whole “other thing.” Zubamendi is his replacement, which is an upgrade. 

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  6. Open face muff sammiches. Opa’s jap & chee, hot sauce (was introduced to Pepper Plant sauce recently and can recommend). Muffs got a bit burnt; nothing a bit o’ knife scraping can’t fix. 

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  7. 1 hour ago, Surly Bevo said:

    Lot of opportunity to make a strong statement in these first 5. 
     

    On the other hand the apparent degree of difficulty also brings in the prospect of bringing back the vibe from the Wenger end days when DT, Troopz et al were losing their shit on a weekly basis. 

    💯 And that list doesn’t mention MW6 is Newcastle.

    Start 5-0-0 +8, and we’ve laid down a marker for the season. 

    OTOH…, 1-2-2 -2, and it’s “oh shit here we go again.”

    Personally, I’d take 3-2-0 if it was offered RN. We haven’t won at Anfield since 2010 IIRC, 115fc should return to form (esp w/ Rodri back and their ~ £500m summer spend), Leeds will be sky high to be back in the PL, manure always seems a tricky fixture for us, and Forest are on the rise. 

    Not an easy start, but you gotta play all 19 home and away at some point. COYG

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