03 Jan 2025 13:25:26
Hello Team
Hope you are all good. what's everyones thought on our visit to Brighton on the weekend? Personally i'm hoping for a good game with all 3 points but have been tricky for us in the past and we won't have Timber who has been one of the key players for me this season so will be interesting to see how we adapt without him.
03 Jan 2025 15:27:03
Hi Gunns
Not sure about Brighton away tomorrow. Potentially a banana skin, but thought that about the brentford game as well. Timber will be a big loss. I'd like to see lewis-skelly come back in at left back, really impressed by him so far. Maybe Cslafiori cover at RB.
My own opinion on some of latest chats is, I think we're doing well, yes, obviously not getting over the line, but, the squad needed major overhaul from lots of signings that were either not good enough, or, seasoned professionals that thought there previous status meant they could just turn up. Slowly, mikel has sorted that out. We seem more of, not just a team, but a squad. I think we all know where we could improve the squad, but, there are the regulations in place
Only my opinion, but, there's no point buying a striker that guarantees you 20+ goals, if you're likely to concede so many. Shoring up defence and midfield was needed. He's done that.
Trying to overhaul a squad in dire need can be long haul and difficult with scattergun big money signings or so called reputation. utd, spurs, everton, chelsea can attest to that (although chelsea had a squad of about 250 players to choose from ?
We'd all like success tomorrow, 100%, and arteta might well fail, but, to where we were before he took over, it's definitely a better club lately
Happy new year gunns.
03 Jan 2025 18:53:37
Great post Ramsgate mate.
03 Jan 2025 20:56:46
Thanks Bill. Have a great new year mate.
03 Jan 2025 21:04:48
Good post ramsgate and thanks for your reply to my question. I’m also a fan of arteta and the team 100% appreciate what he and the team have done for the club. I believe there’s only so much you can support someone. Arteta has had 5 years so it’s not exactly an overnight irrational thought. I’m also not advocating sacking him this instance but I do think we do need to think of what else can you change and when should you make the change. I personally think a performance review around Christmas and we have not won any silver or addressed the concerns we all have. Then we need to start talking about replacing Arteta.
03 Jan 2025 23:25:13
Bill, absolutely completely agree with that. I used to hold on to the fact that we've still won more major honours than spurs in last 15yrs or so, but then realised so have Wigan. fa 2013 ?.
04 Jan 2025 09:45:04
Same to you Ramsgate mate.