Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

[TheHulk 2,403]

Promote him to Boehly's masseur.

[Blue Armour 4,436]

Why do we even keep giving these guys the no.9 shirt. It's as if we want them to fail.

[robsblubot 3,595]

47 minutes ago, Blue Armour said:

Why do we even keep giving these guys the no.9 shirt. It's as if we want them to fail.

heh think he was already a pretty lousy player at Arsenal when a lot younger. Wasn't great a barca either and doing pretty much the same for us. We get what we pay for.

[Blue Armour 4,436]

26 minutes ago, robsblubot said:

heh think he was already a pretty lousy player at Arsenal when a lot younger. Wasn't great a barca either and doing pretty much the same for us. We get what we pay for.

No doubt about that. I'm just saying the no.9 is like the icing on the cake.

Shame, as it used to belong to some of our greatest players, Osgood, Hasslebaink, et al.

[Vesper 30,087]

26 minutes ago, robsblubot said:

heh think he was already a pretty lousy player at Arsenal when a lot younger. Wasn't great a barca either

last season

20 goals in only 2630 minutes

the Barca portion tracks to over 30 goals in a full seasons minutes

I would kill for that kind of production from a CF of ours

[Special Juan 28,096]

Fucking useless 

[Reddish-Blue 2,489]

13 minutes ago, Vesper said:

last season

20 goals in only 2630 minutes

the Barca portion tracks to over 30 goals in a full seasons minutes

I would kill for that kind of production from a CF of ours

Who cares about his Barcelona statistics? 

He scored from tap-ins and easy opportunities in front of goal, which he was never going to get at Chelsea. 

The fact that we actually paid Barcelona a transfer fee for a player that Arsenal effectively sacked should have been a massive red flag.  

[Reddish-Blue 2,489]

19 minutes ago, Blue Armour said:

No doubt about that. I'm just saying the no.9 is like the icing on the cake.

Shame, as it used to belong to some of our greatest players, Osgood, Hasslebaink, et al.

Maybe we should just retire the no.9 until we find a good striker who can break the curse. 

[Vesper 30,087]

1 hour ago, Reddish-Blue said:

Who cares about his Barcelona statistics? 

He scored from tap-ins and easy opportunities in front of goal, which he was never going to get at Chelsea. 

The fact that we actually paid Barcelona a transfer fee for a player that Arsenal effectively sacked should have been a massive red flag.  

I was refuting what another poster claimed ABOUT HIS TIME AT BARCA

nothing more, nothing less

smdh

[robsblubot 3,595]

17 hours ago, Vesper said:

last season

20 goals in only 2630 minutes

the Barca portion tracks to over 30 goals in a full seasons minutes

I would kill for that kind of production from a CF of ours

I think the intent of clubs speaks volumes: arsenal especially but also Barca. 

Goals need qualification in my book these days. I remember the days of tap-in kings (RVN to name one). Teams with tap-in strikers aren't competitive anymore because they play with 10 players against 11 on the other side.

IMO. Aubameyang is a very bad player. He consistently makes the teams where he plays less competitive.   

[Vesper 30,087]

Just now, robsblubot said:

I think the intent of clubs speaks volumes: arsenal especially but also Barca. 

Goals need qualification in my book these days. I remember the days of tap-in kings (RVN to name one). Teams with tap-in strikers aren't competitive anymore because they play with 10 players against 11 on the other side.

IMO. Aubameyang is a very bad player. He consistently makes the teams where he plays less competitive.   

I think he is shit as an EPL striker now

we never should have purchased him

other than the U21 buys (which have been great so far)

most of our transfers have been shit in 2021 and 2022

[robsblubot 3,595]

Just now, Vesper said:

I think he is shit as an EPL striker now

we never should have purchased him

other than the U21 buys (which have been great so far)

most of our transfers have been shit in 2021 and 2022

No argument there.

Why not a couple, maybe even a few (including other positions) bets instead of a marquee name with his recent history? and yet clubs do that all the time (hardly just us) because it's convenient and sells tickets.

[Vesper 30,087]

2 minutes ago, robsblubot said:

No argument there.

Why not a couple, maybe even a few (including other positions) bets instead of a marquee name with his recent history? and yet clubs do that all the time (hardly just us) because it's convenient and sells tickets.

I really have utter disdain for our transfer (both in and out) record (for fully adult players, over 21yo as of now) over the past 5 years, plus our contract management

 

here are the 22yo and up players we have currently on the Sr team who are not academy products, plus the 22yo and ups out on loan

bold black the only ones I  consider great to good buys

bold italics are ones who were good buys for a spell, but now need to GO

bold red are shit buys

horrific 2 lists!

shambolic

 

the ones currently here, in order of oldest to youngest:

Thiago Silva 
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
César Azpilicueta 
N'Golo Kanté 
Kalidou Koulibaly 
Jorginho 
Edouard Mendy (one year wonder)
Marcus Bettinelli 
Hakim Ziyech 
Mateo Kovacic  
Kepa Arrizabalaga
Raheem Sterling 
Denis Zakaria (loan) jury still out
Ben Chilwell (too many injuries though)
Marc Cucurella (insane overpay, he is a £25-30m LB, max)
Christian Pulisic 
Kai Havertz  
Wesley Fofana (so far a sht buy for the price)

 

on loan now or sold or released or lost on frees recently (so many NIGHTMARES and the only 3 decent buys ALL left on frees!!!)

      
Tiemoué Bakayoko - still on the books
Emerson
Malang Sarr (free transfer, but his salary is cray and he is UTTER SHIT, never should have came here) - still on the books
Romelu Lukaku - still on the books
Michy Batshuayi  
Kenedy 
Antonio Rüdiger (disastrously left on a free)
Andreas Christensen (left on a free)
Marcos Alonso (left on a free)
Abdul-Rahman Baba  -  still on the books
Ross Barkley
Danny Drinkwater 
Saúl Ñíguez (loan, but a disastrous loan)

 

[robsblubot 3,595]

2 hours ago, Vesper said:

I really have utter disdain for our transfer (both in and out) record (for fully adult players, over 21yo as of now) over the past 5 years, plus our contract management

 

here are the 22yo and up players we have currently on the Sr team who are not academy products, plus the 22yo and ups out on loan

bold black the only ones I  consider great to good buys

bold italics are ones who were good buys for a spell, but now need to GO

bold red are shit buys

horrific 2 lists!

shambolic

 

the ones currently here, in order of oldest to youngest:

Thiago Silva 
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
César Azpilicueta 
N'Golo Kanté 
Kalidou Koulibaly 
Jorginho 
Edouard Mendy (one year wonder)
Marcus Bettinelli 
Hakim Ziyech 
Mateo Kovacic  
Kepa Arrizabalaga
Raheem Sterling 
Denis Zakaria (loan) jury still out
Ben Chilwell (too many injuries though)
Marc Cucurella (insane overpay, he is a £25-30m LB, max)
Christian Pulisic 
Kai Havertz  
Wesley Fofana (so far a sht buy for the price)

 

on loan now or sold or released or lost on frees recently (so many NIGHTMARES and the only 3 decent buys ALL left on frees!!!)

      
Tiemoué Bakayoko - still on the books
Emerson
Malang Sarr (free transfer, but his salary is cray and he is UTTER SHIT, never should have came here) - still on the books
Romelu Lukaku - still on the books
Michy Batshuayi  
Kenedy 
Antonio Rüdiger (disastrously left on a free)
Andreas Christensen (left on a free)
Marcos Alonso (left on a free)
Abdul-Rahman Baba  -  still on the books
Ross Barkley
Danny Drinkwater 
Saúl Ñíguez (loan, but a disastrous loan)

 

Yeah this list looks strikingly bad.

Now, regarding Christian Pulisic we know what that was all about: $$$ into the American market.

I do wonder how many of those were pushed by agents (payback combo deals) and whether the club is keeping tabs on which agent pushed for who.

Tiemoué Bakayoko - still on the books this is the best contract he will even get... will never leave. 

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,920]

He's done here.