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• And we never look like scoring more than 2, think it was Brighton at home last time. Glad Raul got to 10 and possibly Iwobi will, everyone else is woefully short in terms of chipping in and helping out (NT) -- Waterboy, Sunday, March 09, 09:51:07am (NoHost/84.67.210.3)
  • We don’t need to, palace are the form team, they very rarely score more than 2. In the prem mid table teams don’t just go around blowing teams out and scoring 3+ goals regularly, you end up like saints getting battered each week if you leave yourself too open. Palace have won 75% games this year based on clean sheets, being tough to beat and pinching close games, not by some fanciful suggestion we should be regularly scoring 3 or having loads of players scoring 10+ goals a season. (NT) -- Henry1879, Sunday, March 09, 10:00:11am (croy-26-b2-v4wan-167127-cust1611.vm24.cable.virginm.net/82.38.22.76)

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• I haven't posted here for a few years but do on occasion read the forum. I don't really understand all the technical and tactical facets of the game and perhaps (naively) over simplify otherwise complex issues. However, I thought at the time, and still do, that the failure to replace Mitrovich and wasting nearly £30 million on ESR will cost us European football next season. (NT) -- Samuel, Sunday, March 09, 09:54:05am (NoHost/81.78.226.36)
  • What is the rationale behind saying, we’ve scored more goals than when mitro was here, our CFs are both regularly scoring, therefore the problem is at the CF position? ESR has been ok I’d say, 30m isn’t pennies, but it’d also not a mammoth fee anymore, Anderson cost the same, I’d give him a 6/10 so far and it’s a position we did need someone in at, I still think he’ll turn into a good signing for us, he’s young enough to keep improving. (NT) -- Henry1879, Sunday, March 09, 10:08:29am (croy-26-b2-v4wan-167127-cust1611.vm24.cable.virginm.net/82.38.22.76)
    • I don't disagree with your observations about Anderson and ESR, although in regard to the latter I feel it was always suspicious (to me at least) that they had agreed to sell their messianic Golden Boy. With respect to the striker debate, do you think we would be in a better position had we kept Mitro? (NT) -- Samuel, Sunday, March 09, 10:22:10am (NoHost/81.78.226.36)
      • Bit of a moot point, given he forced a move out, we weren’t looking at selling. We need to be realistic, we need to sell for profit and reinvest to stay competitive. I don’t think it’s made much difference on the team, in that Raul/muniz do things mitro cant and vice versa, so we have a net profit of circa £35m by selling mitro and replacing with those 2, therefore it was good business. We are doing well, let’s not forget that, for me mitro leaving isn’t why we aren’t doing better. (NT) -- Henry1879, Sunday, March 09, 10:40:19am (croy-26-b2-v4wan-167127-cust1611.vm24.cable.virginm.net/82.38.22.76)
        • I disagree that it's a moot point because the circumstances surrounding Mitros move has nothing to do with replacing his skillset and that's the fundamental issue. I would suggest his record breaking championship season and the multi faceted package of attributes that made him arguably one of the most feared and tenacious strikers to face sets him worlds apart from what we currently have. Forest are experiencing similar success with Wood. (NT) -- Samuel, Sunday, March 09, 11:00:36am (NoHost/81.78.226.36)
          • Our CFs have 15 from 28 starts, mitro’s best ever was 14, with numerous mediocre seasons, champ is not a relevant comparison. So in goals/mins ratio similar. Mitro better passer, header, but slow, poor discipline, picking up injuries and wouldn’t have run in behind like muniz did v wolves. All 3 have are strengths/weakness, but for net 35m was good business to move him on. He was a good prem CF at best, our current 2 are similar ilk, he was never a top 6 CF despite 1 v.good half season. (NT) -- Henry1879, Sunday, March 09, 11:25:53am (croy-26-b2-v4wan-167127-cust1611.vm24.cable.virginm.net/82.38.22.76)
            • There are so many variables that it's difficult to assess the impact on stats alone. Mitro performed under more restrictive circumstances, he had to search and forage for opportunities to a greater extent than those on offer to Jiminez and Muniz who often miss gilt edge chances. Mitros physicality, tenacity and arial domination were also great assets that we no longer benefit from. I only mentioned the championship season because breaking records is always relevant, particularly as a striker. (NT) -- Samuel, Sunday, March 09, 11:49:18am (NoHost/81.78.226.36)
              • We’re scoring to our XG, we aren’t less clinical. There’s romanticism with mitro due memories, but offensively we aren’t much different, stats are impartial to emotion and prove this. Physical, tenacious (debatable given he defo offered less pressing than Muniz/raul), aerially yes for sure, but he was slower, didn’t offer any threat in behind, was getting injured, questionable attitude & discipline (why did he take pens?), for net 35m was better in some aspects, worse in others. (NT) -- Henry1879, Sunday, March 09, 12:48:10pm (croy-26-b2-v4wan-167127-cust1611.vm24.cable.virginm.net/82.38.22.76)
      • Arsenal academy is best in England, producing nwaheri’s, myles-skelly, Obi (moved to Utd), they’ll play lots of games for England. Even if ESR doesn’t I think he’ll be like iwobi, a good prem player, even if he never kicks on to be an elite player that’s ok. They also sold due PSR, they were tight and nketiah/ESR sales given them loads of room now, n.castle sold minteh, CFC Gallagher, sales now from all clubs aren’t always due how good players are, a lot is now due PSR. (NT) -- Henry1879, Sunday, March 09, 10:56:50am (croy-26-b2-v4wan-167127-cust1611.vm24.cable.virginm.net/82.38.22.76)
        • I appreciate the problematic circumstances of PSR but Smith-Rowe was regularly touted as the future of Arsenal during his purple patch at the club. He clearly loves Arsenal and had a unique relationship with it's staff and fans. It makes no sense that they would sell him unless they became aware of issues that would prohibit his development. (NT) -- Samuel, Sunday, March 09, 11:17:26am (NoHost/81.78.226.36)
          • His purple patch was over two years before they sold him, during which he hadn't kicked on and cemented a place in the first team beyond the bench. Therefore a step down from a title winning aspirant to a more average Prem outfit. Four or five years previously, Iwobi, having featured quite often, was also considered prem worthy and attractive of a decent fee, but quite not the future of Arsenal as starter.. (NT) -- b+w g., Sunday, March 09, 10:31:28pm (68.52.159.143.dyn.plus.net/143.159.52.68)