It applied to his post-playing career 
Notice heās stopped taking shots at Arteta now weāre in good form. The guy is phony with his own agenda, said nothing positive since the rat
The commentator came prepared that day
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If we want to tempt the best players back to Arsenal, we need a player with Henryās quality but also personality.
Why does Vlahovic want to come to Arsenal other than for money? We need to have appeal in the squad as well as the competitions we play in.
Iād give my left nut for a player like Henry now. A prime Henry would instantly elevate us into title challengers. Who wouldnāt want to be in the same team as Thierry? Weād be able to attract basically anybody because they know a team with Henry in it will be relevant.
I pine so badly for those glory days.
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I think we missed a trick after Ozil and then Sanchez. We had enough there to entice other world class players (or those on the precipice of being elite) to come over.
Weāll probably moan that it was money that didnāt allow us to strengthen (which is probably only partly true)
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We have no players of that standard right now.
Maybe Saka gets there? Maybe Ćdegaard or another one of the kids? It will be at least 2 seasons before they even get close to that level.
Partey is our only big name player, and quite frankly, thatās a damning indictment of where we currently are. This squad is right at the beginning of a cycle tbf, but where is the appeal for prospective signings?
We either need to develop a superstar or buy one. Either way, we bloody well need one and soon before the squad is broken up because weāve finished 6th-8th again.
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Itās not even that weāre now irrelevant, I can deal with that, but the football we play is just so fucking boring and shit, thatās what kills me, we had an identity just like Barcelona for playing some of the best looking football in the world, we absolutely donāt have that any more, neither do I see it changing under Arteta.
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By that logic look at United, who have many superstars on superstar wages, as a team theyāre genuinely no better off than us.
Weāre not United. Their situation is unique to them. Unbalanced ageing squad, no coordinated transfer strategy, toxic from top to bottom. Theyāve got one more rapist than us as well. Itās almost intangible whatās wrong with them - a whole host of factors that add up to them being an underperforming, unimpressive pile of shite.
I think with an Henry level player in our squad, we are transformed. There is a definite trajectory and plan with regards to the squad building. The players are young and hungry. Thereās camaraderie, thereās unity. What we lack is a talisman, a fear factor player. Iām not even sure who that could be, but a statement forward signing that everybody collectively looks at thinks āfuck me, wish weād bought himā. Or if we canāt buy one, then develop a player of that standard.
Iāve always banged on about fear factor. I think itās a critical aspect of a successful dynasty. Liverpool and City have it in spades right now, and theyāre probably the 2 best teams in Europe. Fear factor is built from having dangerous, scary players who are established - we have zero players of that ilk.
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Youāre opening paragraph literally described our squad about 18 months ago. And Iād personally say they have two more rapists than us.
I donāt necessarily disagree with your overall point, it ties into what Strolls says - if we donāt start adding elite quality the young stars will leave for greener pastures. I just donāt think we have to discredit the work we have done to overhaul this squad.
Sure everyone would love an Henry but Henry wasnāt the Henry when we signed him and if youāre signing a player like prime Henry youāre looking at 400k a week wages. Hell even shit Henry in Isak costs 90 million.
Itās a slippery slope but I wouldnāt be adverse to taking the risk. Its why Iām in favour of a marquee signing like Gnabry, Benzema, Sterling etc, really anyone world class who will come here.
Itās far from simple though and not something Iām going to crucify Edu or Arteta over because Iād hate to see our squad fall back into that bloated state with high wages for players who donāt even care for the club.
Ideally who would you want to bring in to take the side up a level in summer?
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Iād love a player like Jonathan David as our marquee signing this summer as he looks legit.
Not sure who else weād be able to get that can make an impact for us.
DCL and David would actually be sick tbh, but weād still need a couple great midfield signings as well.
I like DCL but Iām not entirely sure Iād consider him or David as marquee. Feels like pretty standard business for a club of our quality. I do agree theyād be solid acquisitions just donāt think Iād be breaking out the whiskey to celebrate
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But what strikers are there out there that would be a statement signing for us?
Harland, Mbappe and Vlahovic obviously arenāt realistic. Neither are old boys Benzema and Lewandowski.
Iām sure thereās some unscouted super-signing at Donetsk or Dinamo Zagreb but that would hardly be a marquee signing either.
I think the best we can striker wise is probably a DCL + David combo and then focus on an excellent couple of midfielders and integrating Saliba back into the squad etc.
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AC Milan signed a guy called Lazetic whoās supposed to have similar qualities to Vlahovic and heās only 18.
I want us to make some of those signings but I also want us to pump money into proven talents. Iād be happy if we signed someone who could do a Firmino job for us so long as we had players on the flanks who can contribute 15-20 goals a season in the league.
The striker market isnāt great at the moment and outside of Haaland and Vlahovic youāre pretty much gambling on anyone you sign. Iād be happy if we brought in a good striker and supplemented that good striker with even better wide men.
If we sign a central midfielder, strengthen the wings and bring in a good quality striker than we are a very good squad.
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Add RB back-up and I agree wholeheartedly
I think I asked this some time ago as a quality strikers are thin on the ground, Iād like Osimhen from Napoli only because Iāve seen quite a bit of him this season.