Premier League 2023/24

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Liverpool legit going into the season without a functioning DM and playing Robertson as a CB lol.

It has been one the weakest so called rebuilds I've ever seen. FSG is allergic to spending money. 3rd time in 4 years Liverpool are going into a season with a clearly lacking squad. 20/21 (CB situation that practically wrote off the season) and 22/23 (midfield situation that wrote off the season).

Our midfield rebuild legit consisted of losing 6 players and only bringing in 2. It's shameful negligence on FSG's part. The club is extremely poorly run ever since Michael Edwards/Klopp fell out over Henderson's contract extension. Granting Klopp Wenger level power over the front office has been a mistake. Dude hired his German drinking buddy Schmadke and all he's accomplished was paying two release clauses to bring in the 2 players we have.

On the bright side, Liverpool have an incredible attacking forward line. The depth with Salah, Diaz, Nunez, Gakpo, Jota is fantastic. Alisson is the best keeper in the world by far. Trent is an absolutely incredible playmaker. And Konate-Van Dijk is still among the best partnerships at the back.

CB depth, Robertson, and DM situation is going to bite us in the ass, I can already foresee. The new Klopp system is poorly constructed with current personnel. Curtis Jones will play DM against Chelsea probably lol. That will be a nightmare situation. And Robertson at LCB, I can't keep stressing how awfully out of his depth he is in that role.

Arsenal will suffer if they rely on Havertz to finish off chances lol

Arsenal need to make their domination count. Once City get into the game it's going to be tough for them.

Myesyats wrote:Arsenal will suffer if they rely on Havertz to finish off chances lol

Havertz vs Nketiah

Havertz pros: more imposing and involved in the game purely coz of his height and positions he takes up
Cons: not a natural finisher

Nketiah pros: more likely to finish half chances
Cons: less likely to get the chances Havertz gets

Which would you pick?

also, let's try to make use of the discord for live match comments

El Gunner wrote:

Myesyats wrote:Arsenal will suffer if they rely on Havertz to finish off chances lol

Havertz vs Nketiah

Havertz pros: more imposing and involved in the game purely coz of his height and positions he takes up
Cons: not a natural finisher

Nketiah pros: more likely to finish half chances
Cons: less likely to get the chances Havertz gets

Which would you pick?

Havertz is pretty much useless, reminds me of Ferran Torres for barca. Gets into positions easily but cant finish, smart movements, tactically astute yet offers little to no final product

I'd choose Nketiah if you cant sign another natural finisher

Arteta probably believed he can unlock Havertz but he might've misfired with this bet, this signing seemed odd to me from the outset

Whats happened with Jesus? Injured? So will who will be first choice no.9?

De Bruyne changes the game as soon as he came on, n this Palmer looked decent with them finishes Interesting Pep subs off Haaland too, praise for that cos I think many managers would just leave their star striker on no matter what in the hope for a goal.

Partey was getting sold to SA I thought, if SA can afford to pay to sign so many other names, surely they can do the same with Partey? But he seems too important to Arsenal.

Myesyats wrote:

El Gunner wrote:

Myesyats wrote:Arsenal will suffer if they rely on Havertz to finish off chances lol

Havertz vs Nketiah

Havertz pros: more imposing and involved in the game purely coz of his height and positions he takes up
Cons: not a natural finisher

Nketiah pros: more likely to finish half chances
Cons: less likely to get the chances Havertz gets

Which would you pick?

Havertz is pretty much useless, reminds me of Ferran Torres for barca. Gets into positions easily but cant finish, smart movements, tactically astute yet offers little to no final product

I'd choose Nketiah if you cant sign another natural finisher

Arteta probably believed he can unlock Havertz but he might've misfired with this bet, this signing seemed odd to me from the outset

reminder this is Havertz's first non-friendly match for Arsenal under Arteta, give it time... he already impressed aside from his poor finishing

it's not always about individual goals, if he can unlock more attacks for us than Eddie then that could lead to us scoring more team goals

Got off watching the injury time, Arsenal wins it just found out lol... credit to them for contiuning to try n push Man C... but definitely still lacking up front?

Trossard is a bit like a poor mans Jota. He's a tidy player, low center of gravity, can do a bit of everything in the attacking areas. I like this type of offensive rotation option.

City snagged the best version of this type of player currently with Julian Alvarez, whose got a very high ceiling to reach that prime Tevez like level.

With Jota and Trossard this is pretty much the level they'll stay at.

Mans said poor mans Jota

El Gunner wrote:

Myesyats wrote:Arsenal will suffer if they rely on Havertz to finish off chances lol

Havertz vs Nketiah

Havertz pros: more imposing and involved in the game purely coz of his height and positions he takes up
Cons: not a natural finisher

Nketiah pros: more likely to finish half chances
Cons: less likely to get the chances Havertz gets

Which would you pick?

Is Havertz even going to play as a striker?

Hapless_Hans wrote:

El Gunner wrote:

Myesyats wrote:Arsenal will suffer if they rely on Havertz to finish off chances lol

Havertz vs Nketiah

Havertz pros: more imposing and involved in the game purely coz of his height and positions he takes up
Cons: not a natural finisher

Nketiah pros: more likely to finish half chances
Cons: less likely to get the chances Havertz gets

Which would you pick?

Is Havertz even going to play as a striker?

Hansi Flick

he did yesterday and impressed with his hold up play and involvement, so i won't be surprised if Arteta continues to use him there

I hope that the Premiership title race goes down to the end of the season again. I reckon Arsenal can challenge Man City for the title again this season, especially now that Arsenal have massively strengthened their squad with players like Havertz and Rice.

FSG out, enough is enough now.

FSG in general have been getting worse and worse. The midfield mess they have created this season is purely being dumb/stupid/Brainfart. And we still don't have a DM signed for this season.

FSG IN

Caicedo is an absolute phenom. He's prime Kante level physical specimen. The best DM profile to accommodate Trent.

We got a complete midfield now, boys.

Still need a LCB, but this is a title challenging squad again. Klopp is cooking.

delusional fans when you've been consistenyl dropping huge money on signings, you've obviously been trying to sign mids and now drop an absurd amount on caicedo

still wont compete for the title IMO, City have already won

I think Pool will compete for second with us though and I think Arsenal are in for a rude awakening this season, they've strengthened a bit but Havertz aint the one

Chelsea look like a circus still and I don't see them making top 4

says the guy whose team massively outperformed their expected points last season
we're better than you, get it over your head

delusional

enjoy europa next season (and this when u get dumped out of the CL)

that said you better start strong this weekend, got 3 Arsenal players in my FPL team