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A lot of these pundits would be more useful as baby bird feeders. I feel like all they do is pick up on hearsay and conjecture and regurgitate 2nd/3rd/4th hand information without doing any actual leg work and research.
It’s barely ever meaningful or constructive and seems to only follow popular trends or incite/fuel outrage for clicks/views.
I think we’ve been doing some good business so far (Madueke not included. Yet.). What other positions would you like to strengthen?
If Kiwior stays, he can cover for DC and LB, but with Tommi leaving, we only have Timber and White as RB options. The club are apparently looking as Mosquera as DC and looks to be able to cover RB?
A backup winger might be required, but I’ll admit I’m not sure what I think we need. We have Trossard and Martinelli on the left, Saka on the right with the possibility of Jesus (subject to availability) and Nwaneri who Arteta may prefer to cover Øde? You then have Havertz who could cover for that position, but I think plays better up front, at least in our setup.
Looking at our Winger options I can see why the club are looking at Madueke (obviously there are concerns there) who can cover both LW and RW. Eze would add good cover for the LW and we’d have Saka, Nwaneri and Jesus (if available) as RW.
It looks like Rodrygo could also cover RW and LW, but I imagine he would be a difficult target to get as all the other big clubs will be in for him.
What I’m realising here is I’m glad I don’t have to make these decisions… but curious on your thoughts outside of what has been reported.
I made a little depth chart thing using Transfermarkt to help me visualise our depth for each position. I included current, potential in-comings and out-goings as well, for no other reason except to get a holistic view. It started to get a little messy, so I then split a player’s main and secondary position. I also included secondary positions I highly doubt Arteta would ever use that player in i.e. Ødegaard playing off the RW or even in MF.
This is the page I used for the Arsenal squad. Then I looked up the other players.
https://www.transfermarkt.us/fc-arsenal/kadernachposition/verein/11
I’ve seen a report say we’ve agreed a fee of £56.1 million with £13 million in potential addons for Gyökeres.
It’s most likely hot air, either by the agent as a scare tactic or journalists for clicks, but even if Nwaneri does decide he wants regular football, why the hell would he entertain Chelsea?
Sure he’ll get a fat paycheck, but there’s no way in hell he’d be guaranteed regular football with their bloated squad. It would defeat the purpose of moving for game time.
It feels like journos are feeding off Chelsea’s transfer activity for views.
That’s how I felt about Clara back then. It felt like she was hamfisted into being the reason the Doctor is who he is. It doesn’t feel half as bad as I remember now though.
You could also argue the same for Amy Pond. Maybe the difference is it felt more natural opposed to literally being a part of the Doctor’s timeline.
That’s a good point I overlooked. So, I guess the teenage angst works in that regard. Trying to find who you are and how you fit?
I’m up to In the Forst of the Night now. I’m slowly piecing together what I remember.
That’s fair. I’ve only watched Tom Baker and bits and pieces of other Doctors, maybe a bit more of McCoy. I suppose Eccleston fit that vibe a little bit.
I too, like you, thought he was cleared. I figured he was more of a sexual deviant or something and I admit I didn’t look into it too heavily myself and that’s on me.
So this next part feels gross to say now… I didn’t think he was great, but I think we needed him and it was good to see him but in some consistent performances throughout the season. That is of course due to the lack of other options in midfield, which once again comes down to the clubs inaction. What’s more damning is that they were looking to extend his contract as well, only for him to be released on a free and then charged a few days later.
I too was conflicted about having a post about him. But, I think it’s important not to hide away or ignore what he’s done. I think pinning the post could be used as a means of drawing attention to his actions and acknowledge that it’s not something we accept and is the antithesis of what we and the club stand for. Although, their handling of the situation seems to say otherwise…
I completely understand if you don’t pin it, I was just outlining why I feel like pinning it could be positive, on top of it being quite big news.
Yeah, it’s hard to make a call when you don’t have the available information, but surely the club had some inclination of what was going on.
I hope not, but it feels like they may have turned a blind eye so they had some deniability.
Fucken disgusting… this is a few days of some raw, undulating emotions.
I know these things need to be looked into, but for it to have gone on so long… I feel gross about it. I can’t fathom what the women went through.
It won’t change what happened to them and there’s going to be trauma there, but hopefully this helps with any healing going forward.
Yeah man… such a tragic loss. It completely blind sighted me. I came home from a night out and was winding down before bed. Opened BBC and I was hit with a giant black box that completely disorientated me. I thought they revamped the site only to read he had died in a car crash.
It feels strange to be talking about Doctor Who or transfers or being sad that Tomiyasu has terminated his contract with the club.
I’m only halfway through Moffat/Capaldi’s 1st season and so I’m still kind of processing my thoughts. The change of tone is definitely something I struggled with the first time. And the doctor is like a rebellious, angsty teenager? Some of his choices and reasons make sense after the fact, like Mummy on the Orient Express. But, he continuously comes across as a jerk, especially to Clara. The Doctor has always been a jerk in some form, but he was always a softie at heart. It’s weird that he seems completely oblivious to certain things when he’s had thousands of years of experience and interaction with human kind.
I think I can see the direction they were going with him. He’s meant to be the angry doctor (hence the Scottishness) and says what’s on his mind. But, I think that’s what came across as jarring when I first watched it. Every episode is basically some conflict, The Doctor being a dick, Clara gets upset, tells him he’s being a dick, some story later, Doctor still a dick, resolution with no real apology for his demeanor, and she forgets all the dickish-ness because he saved the day and thus justifies him being a dick. Rinse and repeat.
I think the production and stories as well felt a little off. As you said, there are really strong ones like Listen and then the rest are just fairly okay. I remember not liking the Robot of Sherwood at all the first time I watched it. I think it’s still pretty weak for the 3rd episode into a new Doctor’s tenure. This time around I didn’t mind it as much, but I still feel like sub-par writing and show direction didn’t give Capaldi justice.
I think that’s my current thoughts on my second watch, whilst trying to be as brief as possible without repeating myself.
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Yeah, he is. Kepa’s jersey is the GK one that is being sold on Arsenal Direct. They seem to be using Raya’s photo from last season, at least for now.
Yeah, BBC has reported it as well, just not officially confirmed by the club. Unless they have mentioned it somewhere on social media I don’t follow.
It makes sense for him and his career and with his injury record, unfortunately, his availability is unreliable.
I just wish him all the best and hope he bounces back to finish off his career.
Hasn’t been officially confirmed by Arsenal, but the BBC seems to be confident that Tomiyasu has mutually agreed to terminate his contract with the club. If true, I hope he recovers and comes back to his best (just not against us xD).
I started to continue rewatching Dr. Who by myself and Peter Capaldi hasn’t felt quite as bad as I remember it 10 years or so ago.
It was tough coming off the back of Matt Smith, but I felt the production dipped a little for me. I don’t think it’s as good as Tennant/Smith, I still think the show had started to dip by this point, but I think I appreciate it differently on a 2nd watch.
Very true. I suppose that’s the nature of the sport. Sometimes you have to make tough decisions to be successful at the highest level and this could be one of them.
All good matey. I haven’t been watching due to timezones. Just been keeping up with scores