Certainly from a technical standpoint fantastic player, his criticism has been the athletic ability and defensive aptitude if memory serves. But can we be too choosy at this point?!
Surely in the summer with Erikson/Case off, we’ll need at least one CM?
Hopefully it’s a bloody good pickled egg 😂

I read they want to increase the height of the team (raise the physical floor of the team) someone sizeable who can carry/protect the ball would be ideal.

Feel we need someone who can pass reliably, too many games I’ve seen us slow play in the middle with an under hit/misplaced pass.

@nqatpod.bsky.social I’d love to hear your thoughts on this on the pod if you get around to it.

On the pod they only highlighted the faltering revenue streams. What I wanted to express was as we are now a team who can’t reliably provide European football (ECL not included) should our approach to new signings and current player contracts be more inline with our league position of late?

Is it time that this summer we seriously look at ourselves as a mid table team.
Club reset almost, look to move players on big wages on and hold the line on contract negotiations regardless of how talented the player is.
We are a mid table team who pay mid table wages?

Born ‘95, classic “glory hunter” non match going fan. Growing up hated and still hate Arsenal the most.
Feel like we’ve flipped position with Liverpool. Turn up for the occasional big game but not able to sustain a title challenge.
Sacrilege but would rather Liv win the league than Ars.

Collyer would probably do as cover until the end of the season. Realistically the league is almost irrelevant at this point. If you have a chance to unload him in Jan I think the club should go for it.
Amazing player but long term commercially would hold the club back.

I’m a Kobbie fan, I hope he extends. We gave Rash a bumper long term contract and that’s not worked out so far.
I think the club folds a little quick on these contract extensions. If he has 2 years on his contract and a club comes in for £80m that’s still a strong bargaining position for the club.

Is it really a ‘situation’, my understanding is that he is contracted until 2027 with an optional year until 2028?
I think we’re negotiating too early, let’s see how he’s getting on at the end of the year and negotiate then?!

Be great when the football starts to somewhat match his demeanour.
I’m worried at some point it will start coming across as irritating if the obvious holes in his system aren’t solved.

Great Pod, you guys have been so dedicated to giving us listeners content over the festive period, really appreciated, especially by those of us who still have to work!