21 Aug 2021 18:19:16
If anyone is watching the Brighton game then how the love of God have Arsenal not tried to sign Bissouma?
What a player he is! He would be our best midfielder by a country mile.

1.) 21 Aug 2021
21 Aug 2021 18:34:35
I enjoyed watching Brighton last year, they will give all teams a tough game, According to Transfer market, he's valued at 27.5 dollars.

{Ed014's Note - we had interest in him but he by all accounts wasn’t our first choice.

You couldn’t make it up! 🤦‍♂️

2.) 21 Aug 2021
21 Aug 2021 18:39:27
I would have taken him over White all day long - nothing against him but I really don’t think he was a priority while CM and creativity was. Gutted he didn’t sign as I thought player 💯 wanted to join. That would have strengthened our starting 11 immensely. More than all the signings added together
So frustrating

I believe instead we have Granit on a new deal and Elneny being offered a new deal 😳.

{Ed014's Note - it’s a joke SY we have plenty that can go to get him, Xhaka, AMN and Elneny.

But no we’re keeping Xhaka! 🤦‍♂️

3.) 21 Aug 2021
21 Aug 2021 18:46:08
Who was our first choice? Elneny

Clubs a joke.

{Ed014's Note - don’t know mate but it’s crazy keeping Xhaka and Elneny and not buying Bissouma!

4.) 21 Aug 2021
21 Aug 2021 18:49:43
Ed, who was our first choice. Would love to know emoji was and what happened and where Bissouma was on the list.
He would have changed our side overnight. Him and S Partey together in midfield could have been a dream partnership but at least if injury prone Partey is out that we have a beast in there still

So so frustrating - didn’t really need White but crying out for Bissouma.

{Ed014's Note - you’d need to ask Ed02 SY as it was he who said that mate.

5.) 21 Aug 2021
21 Aug 2021 18:51:55
Brighton manager has them playing great football

Dare I say he would be great choice to replace arteta.

{Ed077's Note - agreed 100%

6.) 21 Aug 2021
21 Aug 2021 19:31:16
Absolutely Mark, Graham Potter has done an apprenticeship like no other, and passed each test with distinction.

He needs a big club to move to the next stage of his remarkable career and we need someone who has shown he knows what he is doing.

7.) 21 Aug 2021
21 Aug 2021 20:30:09
I’d take him all day long and he can bring Bissouma with him

I like Brighton and he deserves a chance. Can’t believe we didn’t bet on him before Arteta in the first place. Let Arteta earn his strips elsewhere then compete for us. We are a big bloody club and we need to start acting that way.

8.) 21 Aug 2021
21 Aug 2021 21:03:16
Quick question though lads. who you starting CM in January?

Because it wouldn’t be
Bissouma
Partey
Elneny
Xhaka probably would of been sold for him coming in.
Torreira

Leaves you very light of options. That could be a costly few weeks depending on how far their respective nations got.

9.) 21 Aug 2021
21 Aug 2021 21:12:37
Glad it wasn’t just me thinking we paid 50m to Brighton for the wrong player.

10.) 21 Aug 2021
21 Aug 2021 21:23:12
It's a decent point about January JG93 mate but I think people are looking at the bigger picture.

It's Mikels show and he should do what he feels right, but equally if it goes wrong them it's on Mikel and he should go the same way other managers go who can't hit the required standard.

I hope whoever our next manager is that he has absolutely no previous connection to the club and stands or falls by what he does rather than who he is.

11.) 21 Aug 2021
21 Aug 2021 22:03:42
Well based on the effectiveness of Xhaka JG93, we could play someone plucked out of the local junior school 3rd XI, or maybe we could train a pigeon to tap the ball sideways a bit and forget to track the opposite midfielder into our box and watch him score, flapping his wings in frustration, but whoever, they probably wouldn’t be much worse.

12.) 21 Aug 2021
21 Aug 2021 22:15:45
Yeah 62 mate, i get where you are all coming from, but this could be Mikel and Edu’s throw. So would they try and build a team where 4/ 5 players from the middle all leave in January for a few weeks, as we seen last season a tough run before or after Christmas can turn a season, if you change our pre xmas form we breeze into 5/ 6 place with how we finished the season. I think if it wasn’t Afcon year we might of gone in, especially with the type of rumours and links that were coming out.

Although i'm not extremely excited by the window, i feel we are strong for the future we have a lot of bright young players on the books, including those brought in this summer.

13.) 22 Aug 2021
22 Aug 2021 07:58:57
Bissouma is very similar to Partey and Lokonga. And is an African as well. We need someone with different skillsets, that’s why Locatelli links! Rather Koopmeiners than Bissouma. Saying this we have lot of players to ship.

14.) 22 Aug 2021
22 Aug 2021 08:40:16
Hi JG93 mate, the squad is and has been for some years better than its results and performances mate, and I absolutely agree with you there are some very good young players within the squad.

But our experience over the last 7 years in particular has been the more we spend the worse we get, why this keeps happening is surely the question that needs addressing.

I don't think there is another club that has spent anything close to what we have and either stood still or gone backwards like we have done.

15.) 22 Aug 2021
22 Aug 2021 09:29:38
Yep good point 62, we have spent a load of money and actually gone backwards, it’s bizarre and equally frustrating.

16.) 22 Aug 2021
22 Aug 2021 10:20:59
G62 sorry fellow not having ago but it’s seems a bit much talking about whoever the next manager is whilst the club already have a manager. Plus why does it matter if the person has previous connections with the club? Like you said it’s not the value of the player that matters but how he performs.

17.) 22 Aug 2021
22 Aug 2021 11:47:36
Hi Yard mate, the reason I wouldn't like another ex Arsenal players as manager is the loyalty they automatically inherit rather than have to earn.

Fans love club connections and will accept far lower standards from someone they have good memories of.

Graham Potter or anyone with no former connection to the club would need to deliver to survive while ex players can get away with delivering far less.

For me it's all about what's good for Arsenal present not about keeping it warm and fuzzy because of the past, look where that's got us over the past decade.