The Arsenal Transfer Show EP540 - Matheus Cunha, Ipswich Preview, Chelsea & Spurs Lose + More!

[@Gideonsmythe]

There is indeed a city called East London in South Africa, Tom. I'm from East London, but the UK version.

[@AJDaEnvoy]

Same

[@DanAlphaWolf]

Same 💪🏽 ​@@AJDaEnvoy

[@rohitraghavan7552]

Cunha can play as a striker, as a 10 & a left or right sided midfielder. Versatility is his weapon.

[@TheGoonerTalkTV]

And yet none of those roles to what he provides are priorities

[@rohitraghavan7552]

@@TheGoonerTalkTV We need a striker and he could potentially be an upgrade to Merino. The left with martinelli, califiori & cunha will be as potent as our right. More routes to goals.

[@TheGoonerTalkTV]

@@rohitraghavan7552 He's not a left eight. Also yes we need a striker but not Cunha as that striker.

[@rohitraghavan7552]

@@TheGoonerTalkTV We have zero answer to teams with a low block. Cunha is capable of unlocking that aspect better than anyone in our team at the moment. The guy can drive with the ball from deep, create spaces, play a creative role, one touch passes, long through balls. He's exactly what we r lacking at the moment. Most importantly he's the type of player wherein if we had just 1 shot in a game and it fell to him 9 times out of 10 he scores it.

[@TheGoonerTalkTV]

He never plays against low blocks?

[@jonathanbailey8266]

Sounds to me like a lot of people didn't get enough shiny new toys for xmas

[@danielogbonnaya5204]

Osimhen didn't move to a bigger club for the same reason the likes of Gyokeres and Isak didn't either and it's that teams simply couldn't afford it. Might sound biased cause I'm Nigerian but I can quite confidently say Osimhen would be top 2 goalscorers in the league every season if he joined Arsenal.

[@Jack_Omush]

Trossard’s on the left, and I’d start Martinelli on the right wing. Don’t sleep on Trossard - he can really step up when needed!

[@andreherbert137]

There is a part of South Africa called East London

[@shedwellswarts2272]

Yes there is

[@bobbyrabelamalabie3962]

Yes, Tom, there is a city called East London in the Eastern Cape in SA.

[@aleroawala2756]

Can't believe anyone would want to swap places with Man utd! All for the sake of 1 league cup?!

[@odinsraven4366]

Hi Tom. Can I just thank you for the time you have given us over the festive time and the great content in the shows. Level head and informative. Also thank you for ignoring the white noise from some of the so called fans. My question is about two players that I haven't heard any comments on. the first is Joao Pedro from Brighton would he be a player that would fit Arsenal profile and in my mind the player I would like to see in an Arsenal shirt would be Jamal Musiala both young and very talented. What are your thoughts??

[@TheGoonerTalkTV]

You’re very welcome. Similar to Cunha really where I’m not sure where the profile fits Musiala would be a no brainer

[@Jack_Omush]

Would be surprised if the Ipswich game ends with a 3-2 win. It’s giving me Bournemouth vibes where we had to come back from 2-0 down

[@sasugasresolve7069]

I don't think expensive should be a issue for Arsenal. 9:00 Alot of our squad are 30 million to 40 million pound players. Like trossard Raya Gabriel saliba and timber. MARTINELI was 6 mil and we got freebies like MLS Nketia Saka, Nelson ; EsR. We should push for the best of the best WITH pace. Fernan Torres, Leaõ players like that. Prime age attackers. RODRYGO would be a summer signing

[@gladiatorscoops4907]

Fernan Torres is not fast lol! But yeh agree we need to inject some speed into our team big time! We only really have one fast short and long distance offensive player in our team: Martinelli, but even as fast as he isnt he isnt that absolute top tier that scares the heck out of defenders.

[@derekbruce5440]

Definitely get him in he is a player that improves the squad.

[@Artsxsg]

5-0 to the arsenal. Up the gunner! there's a city in Lagos, Nigeria called small london, there's also a city in Canada called London. England influenced a lot of the modern world.

[@lesmartin8131]

Cockneys are born in the big smoke within the sound of Bow bells in Cheapside, so those geezers born in East London must have phenomenal hearing

[@dingushussey4100]

The Duran incident was questionable, amongst other things Schar looked to try and kick duran in the gonads as he was going over schar, I think Duran was defending the crown jewels

[@ucheedochie3475]

I have a crazy idea. How about Zinchenko as a central/attacking midfielder? He seems to be the only player in our ranks that can spray passes and open up defenses like Odegaard and he is a leftie. Just saying. As for Cunha, I love him. go get him.

[@nathanthompson8652]

Even if Stirling comes good this season, I think its unlikely we will sign him in the summer, meaning we'll be looking for right sided cover in the summer anyway, so might as well address that now. Whoever comes in needs to be strong in that position, but can hopefully compete in another position also. That said, I am keen to see how martinelli does there

[@coolsam5000]

We don't need 'right sided cover'. We need an elite winger who can challenge/upgrade the left hand side and a striker

[@nathanthompson8652]

@coolsam5000 longer term, saka needs both competition and someone who can cover/rotate with him. Otherwise his injuries will likely become more common. And in the short term, both are injured, so I'd say both short and long term needs suggest we do. Upgrading what we already have on the left and centre might also be a good idea, but very difficult to address in January, even in the summer, not easy.

[@coolsam5000]

@@nathanthompson8652 We need to improve the 11, saka is one of the best player sin the world, our left wing isn't good enough, upgrade that first. No point buying a player just to act as back up for saka

[@nathanthompson8652]

@@coolsam5000 no point? A, he's injured, and b , he plays a stupid amount of games which lead to a. That'll only get worse until we have someone who arteta trusts to rotate more. Improving the left and centre would be good, but by no means easy, such is the talent we have, the lack of central options out there, and the added difficulty of signing players in January.

[@coolsam5000]

@@nathanthompson8652What do you do with left wing, then striker? We don't have good ennough players in those positions. Why spend 40=50 million on a purely saka back up who won't play mich, waste of funds

[@thomassolheim5133]

We should try and get Bakayoko of PSV!

[@nashosombe1040]

Hi Tom you may be interested to know there is also a town called new castle in South Africa

[@TheGoonerTalkTV]

Interesting!

[@fgtrhwu2]

Cunha as good a player he is, can't be the Saka competition. I do wonder if it's possible for him to play in midfield. Or if Odegaard can play in a deeper midfield role to accommodate playing Cunha in AM. The only way this might answer the Saka problem is if Martinelli/Jesus plays on the right then I suppose Cunha can play on the left and rotate with Trossard. Would give us rotation option for Havertz too

[@lkydartavenger6004]

Arsenal fans are always unsatisfied. They have problem with Harvetz currently, before is Giroud, then there was Adebayor. Players like Wright, Henry, Anelka or Bergkamp are generation talents and probably Arsenal have to wait a century for another great striker.

[@TobiMesh]

They just want to win. That's all. 20years and counting... If Arsenal had somehow won last season, nobody would be moaning about anything this year. Since the invincibles, the club has never been closer than they are with this group. Now is the time to double down and get the players to get them over the hump. Who knows how long this window will be open for the club. Giroud and Adebayor were not part of teams that had a chance. Havertz is. Unless he somehow transforms into a different player, this version of Havertz won't be the reason they win the league.

[@simonhealey5061]

Q from audio catch up listener - as a 30 year supporter of Arsenal who should Arsenal go for in the summer if Isak and Gykoeres aren’t available?? my opinion is Newcastle won’t want to sell to another EPL team and Gyoeres will follow his old manager to Man United …

[@TheGoonerTalkTV]

Isak for me. Technical ability will help more and Gyokeres remains a big risk

[@TheGoonerTalkTV]

@@markfoster7949 XD

[@edzico1908]

Arsenal 7-0 Ipswich Jesus 4 goals

[@BjornAgain76]

Marquinhos still coming back in january?

[@TheGoonerTalkTV]

He’s back and is leaving again

[@trinibro25]

Cup competitions should be viewed differently than your league standings cup competitions do not reflect the longer body of work . AC Milan for context changed managers and their best players have underperformed theo Hernandez and leoa being the key guys but leao has been inconsistent from previous season so I won't get him for that main reason

[@ostevoostevo1592]

East London is a South African city on the east coast. It's north of Port Elizabeth and South of Durban.

[@PisangMalaysia]

How about Sane ?

[@Amberle38]

I don't think an ageing stop-gap is a good idea when we already will need to be thinking about moving on the likes of Trossard, Partey, & Jorginho.

[@tonyfullbrook9689]

After what he did to that ipswich member of staff I don't want him how people forget

[@TheGoonerTalkTV]

Hmm not sure it’s as bad as you make out

[@ArsenalDomiNation84]

I wonder if Mbuembo or David might be viable options this window?

[@dominicpalmer3130]

Ha and the second I type this (I watch with both my accounts to ensure Tom gets two likes to help him out) Tom mentions one of those two players! 🤦

[@mobashiralian1221]

5 to 1 to Arsenal

[@TGFLdn24]

I think what that commenter does not get is that Man Utd is a bigger mess than what you see with results on the field. It's a mess in the boardroom, they have no real direction, players are stagnating and their fans are as low as we was near the end of emery era. How can you want that because they won a FA cup recent?😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@hanzosiku]

Arsenal will win today by 1:0

[@Liverpool196YNWA]

Arsenal 2 - 1 Ipswich Town Brighton 3 - 1 Brentford Liverpool Looking Like Absolute Monsters.... Clearly the Best Team in Europe! Arsenal Aren't in a Title Race No More!

[@m.d8434]

I did say I prefer cunha him to kudus Overall we can cope... an injury should really not send us to the market We have a squad

[@BP-bs2ny]

We have Trossard, Martinelli, Havertz and Jesus as senior attackers. That’s it. We cannot get through these fixtures expecting that not a single one of them won’t get injured with our congested fixture list coming up. We have no idea when Saka and Sterling will be back. Therefore we need at least one more attacker.

[@adrianeades2061]

Seriously??...you not seen what it has cost us these past 2 seasons??...you actually watched or been to any games?