Sky Sports reporting we are happy with Sanchez and Penders and will not proceed with Diogo Costa.

1 hour ago, OTL said:

Sky Sports reporting we are happy with Sanchez and Penders and will not proceed with Diogo Costa.

Actually liked what I saw in Penders. For once we have a goalie who has good distribution, presence, and claims corners. Sanchez gives me the jitters in those situations. Ironically, Costa’s main weakness is crosses.

5 hours ago, OTL said:

Sky Sports reporting we are happy with Sanchez and Penders and will not proceed with Diogo Costa.

Great. Sanchez is good enough and Penders could be great. Costa is a gamble and would rather spend that money (if we had it) elsewhere.

16 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

They just sold Norgaard, so they likely won't sell Zubimendi. Rice, Bruno, Zubimendi, MLS.

I do find it funny that they sold Norgaard at a loss and Tamiyasu just left on a free, yet they are spending big money on Bruno and almost got Rogers for 100m. On top of it, they offer mad wages to their players.

I swear Arsenal has benefited the most from PSR/FFP rule changes.

This is from 2 seasons ago.

Just a complete co-incidence that the old G14 clubs are the ones most to benefit from the new financial regulations, definitely not what was intended....honest guv....

1 hour ago, dkw said:

Just a complete co-incidence that the old G14 clubs are the ones most to benefit from the new financial regulations, definitely not what was intended....honest guv....

The old regs favoured the bigger clubs. Any regs linked to income, no matter how they're framed, will favour the biggest earning clubs.

19 hours ago, bisright1 said:

Great. Sanchez is good enough and Penders could be great. Costa is a gamble and would rather spend that money (if we had it) elsewhere.

Won't comment on whether Costa would be a significant upgrade over Sanchez or not because I don't know.
However, "good enough" would apply to almost all players in the squad. We need to do better if we want to challenge the better teams.

7 minutes ago, acaeus said:

Won't comment on whether Costa would be a significant upgrade over Sanchez or not because I don't know.
However, "good enough" would apply to almost all players in the squad. We need to do better if we want to challenge the better teams.

7 minutes ago, acaeus said:

Won't comment on whether Costa would be a significant upgrade over Sanchez or not because I don't know.
However, "good enough" would apply to almost all players in the squad. We need to do better if we want to challenge the better teams.

I've always thought Sanchez is good enough to be a PL winning goalkeeper.

When he's not being told to exclusively play it short, he's class.

There are other holes I would fix first. Primarily who is next to Caicedo. Then it's about depth. Then maybe it's about the goalkeeper.

I don’t think you win the league with Sanchez in goal.

Teams who win the league have great keepers. Imagine Sanchez in any type of title run in, those tight games were performance don’t matter you just have to keep winning.

You could say the same about Penders who’s never kicked a ball in the prem.

No thanks, IMO a new keeper is a sure way of upgrading the team and is just as or more important than a new partner for MC.

Hopefully we can have a good clear out and do both.

Edited August 6Aug 6 by C3blue

40 minutes ago, bisright1 said:

I've always thought Sanchez is good enough to be a PL winning goalkeeper.

Bold statement.

He'd need to tune out all his errors, similar to David Raya.

I mean Sanchez could win a major club trophy...

If he signed for PSG. The could cover up his many mistakes by smashing enough in at the other end.

10 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Bold statement.

He'd need to tune out all his errors, similar to David Raya.

This.
I can agree he's a good shot-stopper between the posts. My issue with him is his command of the box, dealing with crosses, and especially his decision-making. I personally value a goalkeeper's decisions very highly because they're often what separates good keepers from elite ones.

That's why I don't think Sanchez is the level Chelsea should be settling for if the goal is to compete with the very best teams.

For example, I was never as high on Ederson as most people. I watched him a lot for Brazil as well as City, and I thought his decision-making and overall goalkeeping were overrated. City's dominance and possession-heavy style hid many of his weaknesses and amplified his strengths.

19 hours ago, dermott said:

The old regs favoured the bigger clubs. Any regs linked to income, no matter how they're framed, will favour the biggest earning clubs.

This.

If you want American sport style rule then you need something like super league.

11 hours ago, C3blue said:

I don’t think you win the league with Sanchez in goal.

Teams who win the league have great keepers. Imagine Sanchez in any type of title run in, those tight games were performance don’t matter you just have to keep winning.

You could say the same about Penders who’s never kicked a ball in the prem.

No thanks, IMO a new keeper is a sure way of upgrading the team and is just as or more important than a new partner for MC.

Hopefully we can have a good clear out and do both.

Arse won it with Raya and I don't think he is that good.

4 hours ago, Bob stark said:

Arse won it with Raya and I don't think he is that good.

Have to agree with you on Raya he’s not world class at all but we are talking about the worst Champions in the worst title race in recent memory.

Let’s not use the exception to prove the rule.

16 hours ago, Bob stark said:

Arse won it with Raya and I don't think he is that good.

Raya is not one of the best ever but he is elite in this era. I watched Arsenal a fair amount last season and he was absolute class. Numerous match winning saves.

14 hours ago, C3blue said:

Have to agree with you on Raya he’s not world class at all but we are talking about the worst Champions in the worst title race in recent memory.

Let’s not use the exception to prove the rule.

The last 3 seasons

89,74 (done after Jan as they focused on cl), 85 they are legit good.

2 hours ago, KonaKai Blue said:

Raya is not one of the best ever but he is elite in this era. I watched Arsenal a fair amount last season and he was absolute class. Numerous match winning saves.

If you are talkin about shot stopping, Sanchez is equally good.

Arsenal defensively is very good because they have 0 passenger and they play with 4 cb.

While we all agree Raya is not world class he is still better than Sanchez.

Raya doesn’t spook those 4 centre backs like Sanchez does ours at times.

Arsenal fans I remember felt Ramsdale was hard done by at the time having had a decent season but Arteta saw a chance to upgrade his keeper and took it.

That’s how you improve your squad. But it looks like they are going with what they have. Let’s hope Penders is good, and hopefully we won’t be playing kamakazi football this season which doesn’t help anyone especially Sanchez.

Edited August 8Aug 8 by C3blue

Is Si Philips a reliable source? Cause he mentioned Tomas Araujo as a possibility. Tracking him for a while apparently

22 minutes ago, DarkMata said:

Is Si Philips a reliable source? Cause he mentioned Tomas Araujo as a possibility. Tracking him for a while apparently

Has he not just gone to the Dippers on loan for the season?

34 minutes ago, DarkMata said:

Is Si Philips a reliable source? Cause he mentioned Tomas Araujo as a possibility. Tracking him for a while apparently

Every time I've watched Barca and that guy has been on the pitch I swear he's been sent off...

Isn't Tomas Araujo the one at Benfica?

1 hour ago, BordeauxBlue said:

Every time I've watched Barca and that guy has been on the pitch I swear he's been sent off...

Thats Ronald and yes he's sh*t. Tomas plays for Benfica don't know if he's sh*t though.

But the one he was interested in was Maxi Araujo, but I suppose Chavarria puts an end to that.