Premier League 2024/25 - Gameweek 2 - 24-25th August, 2024

[Stan]

Any Arsenal fans have any explanation as to why Trossard seemed so arrogantly moody when scoring against Villa...? 

[Dan+]

On 26/08/2024 at 10:52, Dave said:

It's frustrating that we finally have a Manager who looks like he could rise to the very top in the game and we persist with this strategy of throwing away the first month of the season, and often the first half of the season, by waiting until the very end of the window in the hope we can higher quality players become affordable. 

Saturday showed we missed a maverick in the front three but the bench was the bigger concern. Despite during last season the lack of quality in the second XI being evident for app to see, we've let nine players leave and have signed three.

We need at least five players (two wing backs, two 10's and a centre back) but I imagine we will end up with two. Another disaster window and the blame once again has to be with Dougie and Parish. Nobody begrudges Joachim Anderson being sold now the facts are out, he's 29 soon and being offered 6m over 6 years, you can grab that bag for 32m Joa. But if he's leaving why wasn't Lacroix or Chalobah ready to be signed as a replacement?

It's absolutely no coincidence that the only time we were in the top five at Christmas was when we were ready to go for the first game of the season.

I'm genuinely quite sympathetic to you for these opening two results. You finished last season in a way that reminded me a lot of us in 2018/19 - you could tell we were on the cusp of being quite good and we ended up the following season in a position where we should've actually finished in the top 4.

To lose two games you'd have fancied 4 points minimum from is just a massive letdown and even though Brentford was unlucky it feels like you've opted to cash in rather than actually go for it.