Either knock out a key contender early or we have one less competition to distract us and it’s not like we have to go to some beat up frozen pitch and risk injury. I’m fine with it.

How many goals did we score against top sides? That’s where the top striker comes in. We don’t need help beating Luton, we need help beating Liverpool

The player is on shit wages and we are the biggest club with the most obvious need at his position. I hope he gets the bag because this is his last chance at a big deal. Just not from us.

Exactly what we needed against these sorts of defenses. There is nothing on the ground, go to the air.

I think given Rice’s involvement going forward pushing him to 8 and finding a stout 6 is easier than finding a complement to Rice at 8, but tough to tell what the summer will bring. Euros always mess up transfers and boost some people’s prices

Yeah Partey would’ve been sold this summer if we had the cover. We don’t.

Trossard is *tiny*, he’s smaller than Jesus.

it’s always dry, we’re going to have to spend 100m+ to fix it properly and a near-28-year old coming off an 8-month break whose non-penalty record isn’t astounding isn’t it.

Osimhen or someone in that class would actually add something we don’t have.

Really doesn’t have any bearing on the striker spot. Havertz wasn’t bought to be a frontman.

Pires is so French his collar would not stay down

Matthew Upson. Can’t not see him in a hammers shirt

I was only ever able to get to a single game there in the last season and I cherish it. Glad emirates finally has an aura to it, but it’ll never be highbury

we’re really going to need that win at St James. 7 PL fixtures in December with a trip to PSV is rough, including Villa and Liverpool we’re bound to drop a couple points there but if we can come out of our first 20 matches with 50+ points we’ll be in great shape for the title chase.

Not having to travel to both CL games is a real benefit this month. If we can get all 3 points off WHU and Newcastle I’ll feel great about a clean sweep.

God did he hate passing up a goal

“OVERMARS WAITING… STILL WAITING… AND KANU HAS TAKEN IT.”

His teammates loved him. The reality is the club was run by cheap dinosaurs then who torched everyone’s reputation on the way out, refused to acknowledge the changing financial reality of the game, and he (rightly) figured dragging us to the champions league with a ridiculous season after we let Man City raid our cupboard was worth actually investing in, was told to fuck off because we didn’t want to pay anything close to star wages.

He’d thrive today

Any former gooner? Let’s just say non Henry, Bergy, Vieira division because that’s no fun.

In attack, Wrighty is ideal, though I’d say from a pure skillet standpoint Anelka would be perfect as our 10 if he wasn’t such a weird dude. Pace, power, technique, had it all when he wanted to. Kanu would be my next choice, but he was really inconsistent at times.

In midfield probably Pires? Would slide in great at left 8. Santi was slick.

In defense we are set at CB, I’d love to have a Cole at left back, or Toure/Sagna bombing up around Saka.

I’m more concerned about sleepwalking through easier fixtures and dropping points. The key to the title is doing just enough in the big matches to get by and wiping the floor with the other 15 teams. It’s those random 5 or 6 matches where you waste opportunities that come back to bite you.