Bellars

Player salaries are massively higher than they were previously, largely negating the increases in revenue. As a result, the “floor” of the current squad is somewhere around a mid table finish. 5 years ago, the floor was relegation.

If we don't have anyone incoming, then I think the belief is that Willock, or Joe in a emergency, can play RAM spot.

Love how after the ball hit the net, it kept violently spinning on the ground after. can’t imagine how good it must feel to leather one like that.

Looks like he’s playing in a preseason friendly.

40 million price tag

I wouldn't be surprised to see us buy a couple youngsters with future PSR potential. That and maybe a CB signing given the number of contracts expiring in the summer.

It's kind of crazy to think that, if we avoid defeat vs Fulham, we will have 11 or 13 points from the first 5 fixtures. Whereas 3 seasons ago (21 - 22), we earned 11 points in the first 19 fixtures that season. Wild

I feel like we will look much better without Murphy on the right. I love the guy, but we lose fluidity with him and the ability to retain possession. Also, still too early to draw too many conclusions given (a) the madness of matchweek 1, and (b) a challenging early-season away fixture with two make-shift center backs.

100%

To me, this is one of the reasons we haven’t been credibly linked with too many wingers. In a pinch, Joelinton and Willock can play in those forward positions. Add the return of Tonali to CM, and suddenly pushing either one of them further forward up field doesn’t seem so surprising.

Tripps offers a lot of maturity on the ball, helps retain possession, and allows other players to find space. Thought we really missed that in the early stages of Saturdays game (before the daft sending off), as much as I am excited by Livramento.

For some reason, at this point I think there's a much better chance of us buying some young off-the-radar prospect for £15 - £25 million instead of paying £40 million for a 27-year-old Gomez.

The part that really annoys me is the shove on Schar, who was totally defenseless and looking the other way, after the whistle had clearly gone. That had a much higher probability of leading to an actual injury than Schar lowering his head. The more dangerous offense resulted in a lighter punishment. And the less dangerous offense received a harsher punishment. That doesn’t add up to me.

That's a hard pass for me

Just realized this was on. Just looked at the lineups... is it me or is that ManU side still wank

Let's not forget how many minutes he was forced to play. Essentially two 90+ minute shifts / week. Maybe it's not a total coincidence that his best form was early in the season before the injury crisis and cup runs.

Andy Griffin

It is a little concerning. It feels like most of the clubs we are often competitive with from a transfer perspective (Villa, ManU, Chelsea, etc) have already done a lot of business. The silver lining of that is that these clubs will have less financial flexibility to be competitive and to hijack new targets that emerge.

The sale of someone like Bruno Isak or Gordon would cost us more points than we would likely get fined.

Having reached the end of their contracts, their respective book values have already been fully depreciated.

It already did. AG10 Edit: Sorry, misread the post

Player of the Season: Gordon Young player of the season (21 or lower): Miley Season to forget: Targett Most Improved: Gordon Unsung Hero: Lascelles Signing of the Season: Livramento Goal of the season: Schar vs PSG Moment of the season: Barnes second v West Ham Low point of the season: Wood's hattrick Manager rating (Out of 10): 8 Premier League Specific Player of the Season: Odegaard Young player of the season (21 or lower): Hojlund Manager of the Season: Emery Season to forget: Man United

Arsenal are going to absolutely dismantle this team

what a finish

I think it'll be an unchanged lineup, aside from Krafth slotting in for Schar. Wilson + Barnes + Miggy (maybe) on the bench to shake things up if needed.