Alex's Fiery MONOLOGUE About Transfers... | TDK Live

[@AJDaEnvoy]

Alex is spot on about this. The idea of getting the picture perfect attacker or we shouldn't get anyone is ridiculous. A lot of our players aren't absolutely perfect but you have to make concessions and look at players that can elevate or have a different profile

[@thierryhenry674]

The season before Haaland joined ManCity, they created 88.7 xG and scored 99 goals. KDB was their top scorer, he scored 15 goals. The season Haaland joined ManCity, they created 78.6 xG, and scored 94 goals. Haaland was their top scorer, he scored 36 goals. Haaland numbers seem to look good, but he massively reduces his team’s xG. And he tries to use his great finishing to make up for it. ManCity actually score less in total with Haaland. It’s like when you think there is a big discount in the supermarket, but in reality, the price is marked up by a lot before the discount is made, so you are actually paying more. You think a 90% off discount is good, but it’s really not.

[@mrmaestro1896]

I'm forever scrutinising every discounted item in the supermarket now 😂

[@thapelo8635]

Yall talk about goals out of context, Id rather win against Fulham and Aston Villa 1-0 win 1-0 instead of 5-0 chelsea and 1-0 rather than 6-0 Westham.. We just asking for finishers that show up when it matters most

[@thierryhenry674]

@@thapelo8635 The league was lost because we couldn’t breakdown low blocks against mid table teams. Finishers can’t show up when there are zero chances (or if those chances are almost impossible to score).

[@kasimshaikh3750]

​@@thierryhenry674 A good striker occupies defenders makes them do mistakes and opens up the defence.

[@thierryhenry674]

@@kasimshaikh3750 Like Messi, Benzema, Aguero, Suarez, Firmino, Betbatov, Son, VanPersie and Sanchez?

[@thierryhenry674]

We don’t want to sign a goal hanger. Finishing is NOT our problem. Against Liverpool, we created 1.1 xG and scored 1 goal. Even if we are “clinical”, outperforming our xG by a double, we would only score 2 goals and get a draw. Find me a chance we have created which we didn’t score, that Haaland would have scored. You can’t. Because those chances are so low in quality, you wouldn’t even expect anyone to score those chances. Finishing is not our problem. The actual problem is that we lack the skills and technicality to break down teams. We are struggling to create chances in terms of both quality and quantity, when we are playing against an organised low block team. The last two seasons, our xG were 71.7 and 76.1, we scored 84 and 86 goals. We have been outperforming our xG by a good amount. The problem is, why can’t we create 88.7 xG like ManCity did the season before Haaland joined them.

[@mrmaestro1896]

Need more creativity from midfield

[@HarmvanderWilt]

Its about moments though. We need goals in the right moment. Yes we can put 5 or 6 past Palace or West Ham. But we needed that 1 goal against Bayern, Villa, heck, even Fulham and Spurs during the start of the season. We need a striker that offers something different. We need to add more tools in our toolbox to deal with different kind of opponents. We can already pass it into the net. But we need to find more small marginal gains to get big trophies over the line.

[@arvin9425]

​@@HarmvanderWiltcan we 'pass it into the net' against good teams though? Like u said, we can do it against west ham and Burnley and whatever, but when it came to breaking down Bayern's mid/low block did we do it then? We relied on a 'moment' to get through Porto. Maybe a 'moments' player would've got us though Bayern, but if we keep winning on 'moments' that would've come to an end at some point, likely against real Madrid. The fact is it isn't sustainable. We weren't able to sufficiently create big chances against the big teams enough. That's an issue with our in-possession tactics (such as odeegard and saka being in each other's space), not a 'moments' issue.

[@thierryhenry674]

@@HarmvanderWilt The problem is that we failed to break down those low blocks. We had almost zero chance creation (or extremely low quality chance creation), so no, we are not capable to pass the ball into the net against those teams. We need to do better. We need midfielders and forwards with better skills/technicality. Moments? Yes we need moments. Players who can create magical moments against low blocks. To do tricks/skill moves to dribble pass a couple of players, quick tiki taka passes to drag opponents away, these kind of magic/moments to open up low blocks.

[@HarmvanderWilt]

@@thierryhenry674 how many tiki taka players do you want though? Who are available in the market? Isnt it much easier to just get a real nr 9 who can finish a half chance?

[@oliverjones9702]

I also think it’s a matter of sharpness when we talk about a depth signing. Particularly in the forward areas, if Saka can be taken off for someone Arteta trusts we will get more out of Saka over the season as a whole

[@Asshat237]

5:40 EXACTLY. it makes WAY, WAY more sense to sell them first and act like we are not looking for another forward. That way we maximize our return for selling esr, eddie, & reiss because we don't look desperate.

[@arvin9425]

No, clubs are not stupid. They know we want another forward, and they'll appropriately hike up their prices in response. That's inevitable tho, bigger clubs will always have to pay a premium until you reach super club level like real Madrid or something.

[@FTBLPAT]

off-topic but that Jet 2 ad impression was class 😂

[@Squidemon]

Who’s here after osimhen links

[@FlickyFlak]

We do need an X factor type player uo front or left winger (unless Mikel thinks Martinelli is due a big season). I think if Jesus stays he becomes Saka's occasional backup. He did great against City. Woukd love Osihmen or Gyokeres could be rhe answer. Surely we can't go another season where our main investment is in defence

[@adikwualechenu9698]

It's interesting how much Arteta has influenced my perspective. I've come to accept that I don't need to know what Arteta knows about the team's needs because I trust he's the best at it. I would've been excited if we got Mudryk but we're all happy with Trossard. I believe the team we had last season can internally improve enough to secure those extra 2 points. With the addition of players like Ricardo and Mikel*, we would be favorites if City hadn't won the league four seasons in a row. At this point, I think we need a striker who is young or old enough to be content with Nketiah's minutes or a little more, nothing disruptive but also faster, taller, stronger, and a better finisher. This would raise our floor because Havertz has a really high ceiling, and I expect him to have a goal contribution for every game he plays this season. I suspect Mikel isn't keen on overhauling our attacking line just yet, which is why I don't think we'll be buying a starting striker. P.s If i had a friend who enjoyed listening to my tranfer window meltdown rants about arsenal like this, I'd feel rich.

[@rhemamusic6502]

1:31 - 2:20 exactly 💯

[@Nathansss365]

It’s not difficult to work out , Alex . Isak will be the guy we go for , but that’ll be next year . We don’t dive in two footed and blow our load on players that we don’t see as THE perfect player for us anymore a la Pepe. Isak will be pushing for a move next season , Newcastle won’t be in CL he will have 2 years left on his deal , he is our guy and we will get him

[@JR01015]

16:33 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 mate took a Jet2 holiday with the family in June. Service was top notch. Holiday unreal. And that tune was belter on the plane on the way there 😂😂

[@TheOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO]

We don't "need" to sign a striker this season. I could say just look at Real Madrid but that is not a fair comparison. There is a reason we haven't been able to sign anyone yet. Our best options were Gyokeres, Sesko, Osimhen, Nico Williams Sesko: renewed his contract. Not for sale Gyokeres: contract till 2028 and a sell on clause with Coventry. Hes likely going to cost around 100 mil. Osimhen: is likely to cost a similiar amount but has other issues in terms of wage expectations, injury concerns, and mentality Nico Williams: almost definitely going to Barcelona. Now there are links with Billing for roughly 65 million. He might be worth it but he's 28 looking for a long term contract with high wage expectations. Are we really expecting Billing to help us beat Man City and bring a championship league? The best option imo is Gyokeres but I believe if there was an easy deal to be made we would have done it already.

[@seyance9820]

Lloyd Khambule clearly added his opinion with the "A goal scoring winger will come in i feel", he isn't saying that's what Arteta remarked. However the rest of it is pretty much what was said.

[@yangzixiang6605]

"Earning the right to win" Arteta's been saying this since day one. He seems to be obsessed with building such a good system that we will win every game by 3-0, thus eliminating the need for "moments". It's a very Pep way of constructing a team, proven by the fact that he didnt sign a top quality striker until Haaland. He even sidelined Zlatan which was one of the most lethal strikers at the time, forcing him to leave after only one season. Ancelotti is the polar opposite, who just put his best players in their best positions and let them figure it out essentially. Also, FIRST

[@5-Y-5]

We've had 20 odd years of "just sign someone"... it didn't work. It doesn't work. Look at United. Look at Chelsea. We've had plenty of recent "perfect transfers", Rice Saliba, Odegaard. Furthermore, if we buy a striker, he has to fit with the idea of being willing to drop in because astride pushes Havertz into the 8 and he'll often end up displacing the striker. Also, signing a 9 displaces Havertz. Havertz is a confidence player and therefore any replacement HAS to work or you ha a disgruntled player and a not ideal The club believe massively in personality. They didn't like Toney as a man for example so he got binned. Maybe there are players with the technical attributes we need, but not the mental ones. There are so many arguments as to why your position here is fickle, tried and tested and generally, poorly thought out.

[@shawnjoseph867]

I totally agree with ur opening statement bro

[@jabz7703]

Simple facts are our bet spend isn't bad and there are players who can just plug holes and give us more depth/versatility. It doesn't have to be the perfect player.

[@FlickyFlak]

That mic is so big it looks like a cardboard cutout

[@FlickyFlak]

Also that shirt is cool af

[@aiwithrudiyt]

The reason you’re wrong is because we are constantly lied to by the club. We were supposed to be competing with Bayern, we watch Man U and Chelsea do what it takes signing the players they want no excuses no scrimping. If that’s not what we are about then just say it, we are sick of being lied to. 5 stage process blah blah we will end up buying top talent blah blah blah. This is the problem we need to stop moving like West Ham

[@orpheusjones7313]

Strange rant. Not seen anyone suggest we should wait for the 'right' forward.

[@thierryhenry674]

How much pace did this team have? Iniesta Fabregas Silva Xavi Busquets Alonso Alba Pique Romas Arbeloa Casillas We need more skills and technicality. So that we can create more and higher quality chances.

[@HarmvanderWilt]

How many EPL games did that team play? National football and club football are apples and oranges

[@AyaGumede]

But Osihmen is a terrible pick because no one seems to notice how no striker coming out from the Serie A has been good for over 10years(Scamacca anyone?). And the reason is pretty simple, football is getting faster but Serie A still keeps it's slow pace and strikers moving from Serie A can't cope with the sudden change in pace because strikers unlike defenders need to learn to not only switch up their pace like CB's but they also need to think quick since you only have less than a second on the ball, and you can't just easily learn that, most great strikers who think 3 steps ahead like Haaland have that naturally. Also, notice how average EPL strikers seem great in Serie A for the first few seasons since they still in the mindset of the pace from the EPL. I actually watch Serie A, and I know what I'm talking about when I say, STAY AWAY FROM SERIE A STRIKERS

[@-Gooner76-]

Q if we do get Merino and say Gyokarez aswell as the Roberto signing,do you think its enough,or do we need the Saka back up,and who? Neto too injury prone, nico is staying....?

[@arvin9425]

Depends on arteta's stubbornness. If he actually gives nwaneri/jesus more of a chance at RW, I think saka's body would appreciate it.

[@shawnjoseph867]

Literal click bait merchants. Talking down every position for " content "😂😂😂

[@Nathansss365]

What you on about you mong

[@EmperorDraconianIV]

Buying fir the sake of buying is worse than not buying at all. Just take a look at chelsea and man utd. We scored over a 100 goals in the league and goals scoring is not the main issue. We lost the league due to midfield injuries to players like Partey.

[@milindmatang]

wow first time the mutant sounded sensible

[@williamfrancis5546]

What is wrong with you guys. Not showing the full video. It absolutely annoying being an Arsenal fan.

[@DiffKnockLive]

Eh? The full video is on the channel

[@-Gooner76-]

Its gotta be Gyokarez boys!

[@Bullybellator]

I don't want another injury prone player. No former man city players because two we have are rubbish and want them gone. I want gyokeres. He's the best option. We won't win the league without him. A right winger would be great but get gyokeres first and maybe get a winger in January. We have cover.

[@thierryhenry674]

Jesus and Zinchenko are world class. They transformed us into title challengers. Last season we lost the league because we couldn’t break down low blocks against mid table teams. We played Havertz, Rice and Kiwior/Tomiyasu instead of Jesus/Trossard, Jorginho/Partey and Zinchenko/Timber in those games. Notice that the first list of players are much less tricky/skillful/tekky/silky/creative/tiki taka capable than the second list? It was exactly the lack of Jesus and Zinchenko last season that has lost us the title. Because we lack those skills/technicality to breakdown the low blocks.

[@Bullybellator]

@@thierryhenry674 for me the first season we got second was zinchenko cost us 4 games because of his lack of defending. Last season against Aston villa Arteta decided to play havertz in midfield which cost us the title, hell, he put him there the first half of the season. Zinchenko and jesus are not world class, if they were pep would have kept them. How many goals in two seasons has jesus scored? I'm sure not even 20. Trossard carried us goal wise, he deserves praise. Trossard has been our best forward signing hands down.

[@thierryhenry674]

@@Bullybellator If Spain was a club, and one of Silva/Cazorla/Fabregas/Thiago/Alonso wants to go, the manager won’t stop him. Because they have Iniesta, Xavi and Busquets. But does it mean the one who wants to go is not world class? No. They are all world class players. And also, whoever wants to leave, Pep would let him go. With the help of Zinchenko in attack, why didn’t Martinelli, Saka and Odegaard create any meaningful chances? That’s the problem. With Zinchenko’s input in the build up we should be scoring more.

[@Bullybellator]

@@thierryhenry674 i salute you to being a zinny fan. I wish I was. Attack is all well and good but the fact is, he cannot defend against good opposition. Timber was his replacement but unfortunately injured. He was never put in midfield ever by Arteta because he is not good enough. Last season we recorded the most amount of goals and best defensive record. Why was that? Zinchenko hardly played and Jesus hardly played. Talking about world class, Brazil has 3 world class forwards, Rodrigo, neymar and vinicius jr. Jesus will never get picked over them. The Brazil team now is a mess. The quality of players are not good anymore. If we sold zinchenko now, none of the biggest teams in Europe would buy him. Why? He's not world class.

[@thierryhenry674]

@@Bullybellator Football is a game to outscore your opponent. Zinchenko might cost us a goal, so we only get 1 point instead of 3. But with his input in the build up, we should have won 4-2. The fact that we didn’t, means our other players are not skillful/technical enough. If you have the ball, your opponent can’t score.

[@jordonbooman9913]

We don’t need to sign a forward for the sake it of it. We’re not desperate. We already have top players. Havertz and Jesus are better than most striker so why someone worst if you can’t get the top ones.are team is so young we can improve through experience without the need for signings

[@j_dyme]

I don’t think it’s for the sake of it at all, plus there’s no proof that havertz and Jesus can do it at all

[@jordonbooman9913]

@@j_dyme of course not but if we don’t bring Islam or osihmen. I don’t see the point of signing someone who’s gonna be third choice just to add number and quality when we can wait a season and see what’s available next summer.

[@j_dyme]

@@jordonbooman9913I get u bro, but who’s to say that we DEFINITELY get isak next year, he could get injured or someone else could get him. Anything can happen. As Alex says there’s no such thing as the perfect player and tbh if we wait ANOTHER year without even trying to get someone then I can see patience running thin with Arteta

[@sonofapollo6814]

I think both reiss and ESR should leavee Eengland nd go to germany

[@tasrifm208]

We need them to hear it. Hopefully they do and fix the elephant in the room.

[@ziaurrahman4505]

Alex on 🔥

[@pwrofmusic]

Yes I wanted a striker but Im ok if the player is not available even after remembering the Bayern game. And I don't think we are not gonna win if don't get the right striker we can't win the league. Alex it's just your opinion. Our goal scoring power is good. This season with Martinelli getting support will score more goals.

[@garv_masta]

Take a risk man buy a good forward

[@thesargs]

Agreed. The attacking group needs to improve collectively and a suitable addition will give us that. It just won't be an Alexis Sanchez style 'difference maker' who will drag us over the line on his own, because a realistic target of that type has not been identified so far this summer.

[@L.o97]

I think Vlahovic is still better than Osimhen btw

[@thierryhenry674]

Vlahovic? How about Calvert Lewin?😂

[@j_dyme]

Thank you Alex. I’m fed up of hearing PR from all these other KZbinrs trying to protect the club. I’m telling you that if Arsenal don’t get a top striker this summer then when we fall short next year they’ll be protecting Arteta again (and I like him) but at some point we HAVE to pull the trigger. Edu promised! It’s NOT our money, Yh we scored loads of goals but there’s a difference in beating a team 5-0 and having a guy that scores crucial goals. City won loads of games by 1-0 last year and THAT is the difference

[@yemiadio8073]

If we buy a player and he doesn’t work out we can just sell him? These are human beings, it’s not a slave auction

[@mickynjx1699]

It is actually a sports business where players are acquired to render service at a particular standards that meets the client clubs expectation in exchange for a remuneration package that meets the players expectations. When expectations r not met movement naturally occurs. It's not romance or marriage its pure business. When expectations r met by both club n player naturally a bond of love begins to manifest which also translates to the fans and also bcos such emotions translate to improved performances by players n club in general everyone is happy. But first n foremost it's a business n elevation is the only mutual interest.

[@L.o97]

Osimhen isn't as clinical as Haaland but he would easily be our best finisher