Another great piece.
The club does nit have any excuse with all the options out there.
Luton have a midfielder called Berry. Might need more than 1 but that’s a tasty combination!
Hello, my dears:
Here’s a massive one on potential options for the midfield, including:
- What profile should Arsenal target?
- Who are the 22 best fits?
- Longer looks at Luiz and Fofana
- Top prospects, bad ideas, and more
Along the way, we create PWR (or “Pair With Rice”), a bullshit metric for ranking potential targets. We are looking for the players with MAX PWRRRR
There’s a lot of nuance in there, including whether Arsenal should even go for a midfielder in the first place, and if so, when.
https://billycarpenter.substack.com/p/introducing-pwr
I solemnly hope you enjoy!
-Billy
Fun fact, Max Power plays in Saudi Arabia for Al-Qadsiah.
Nice skimmed through quickly and was pretty happy to see some names I liked all did pretty well.
I think we should push hard for Fofana ASAP.
With lower defensive looks — Arsenal face the lowest average height of defensive actions in the league — and improving work further back, Arteta has successfully proven a major point.
I can’t help but feel like Arsenal are the architect of their own demise with respect to this stat. This is entirely driven by the way we play.
MO PWR BB 🍖🔥
As everyone knows, Rice is best served with more Rice. Will be interesting to see who the club brings in seeing as potentially there could be quite a few outgoings from midfield.
Thank you Billy. Can always count on you to keep us sane during the interlul
I wish we could get FdJ, he and Rice would be a generational midfield.
Not gonna happen though. Out of everyone here, the highest on that list that is more attainable would be Luiz, who is surprisingly high. And even then Villa won’t part with him for a silly fee. Could’ve got him for relatively cheap in the summer as well smh.