…go back to any season and add a maximum of 3 players (keep it realistic, so no Messi etc) to the squad for that year, who would you choose?
Please give reasons, what you think they would add etc, what we might have been lacking, and what you feel the difference they would’ve made for that particular season.
07/08. Centre back, creative player and competition for Adebayor. The meltdown and injuries of Gallas, Rosicky and Eduardo (which led to them using Bendtner way to much) cost Arsenal the title. They needed more depth in those area’s.
3 players of first team quality added to that 07/08 squad could have set up a mini-dynasty of quality football for a few years. Maybe Nasri or van Persie decide it’s not worth leaving and the dismantling of that team and replacing it with trash doesn’t happen so quickly.
I wish we’d kept Serge Gnabry rather than signed new players although by now I’d probably be sick of people calling him a cunt and asking when the manager was going to accept he’ll never be good enough.
I woud have sold Bendtner & Persie before 06 so we wouldn’t have wasted time on them.
We would have won 07/08 as a result of having a stable striker/s alongside Adebayor.
So that’s one striker for sure.
I would have pushed for Alonso or some midfielder to play alongwith or in place of Fabregas. Would have sold Rosicky as much as I loved him.
I would have moved Sagna to middle and bought a new right back.
Craigie is right, winning 07-08 would have been crucial for 4-5 years. We missed a big opportunity there.
What is not to be undersestimated is that winning a title that year leads to Wenger not losing his believe in his 4-4-2 and keep faith in his own principles. That is why that season is so much more important than 15/16 imo.
Arsenal was flying averaging 3 goals a game by November but then injury struck. RvP got injured on international duty (out until April) and Arsenal ended up playing Arshavin upfront for several games. Eduardo and Bendtner had their own period leading the line too.
The screenshot below is from March ffs. Sadly, Almunia happened the very next game.