Not as favourable a run of fixtures as it looks for us. Palace a tricky team - though the impact of their departure(s 
) remains to be seen. We all know how the Ev game will be refereed. Plus we’ve got a game against Atletico in between there as well.
City have looked weak as piss so far, Forest managed to capitulate to West Ham, and Newcastle haven’t won a game and won’t play like they did against us.
Still, we should be coming out of that run of fixtures better off. But no sure thing
Love your enemy/opponent…til they go crazy. 
Kiwior out, Hincapie in.
9 defenders if you include Zinchenko, big deal. People present it like they have 20 defenders.
Their quality and depth in defence is how it should be really.
Lesson: look at first team squads at the end of transfer windows. We have the example in our own garden.
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Salibi has played 76 out of the last 78 according to yesterday’s commentary
Finished the window with 8 defenders, 2 players per position, average individual worth €52m (no player below €30m), average age 23.9.
Very well assembled.
At first I wouldn’t say they’re so young, but it’s a compliment to them.
I wonder if they’ll let Eze play with the freedom he had at Palace. That would be a big upgrade for them. He’s got a bit of Coutinho about him
Problem is they seem stuck to a rigid set up that I very much doubt can win a title but we will see.
Definite upgrade
Double it. I could see Arteta use him the same way Pep used Grealish.
So basically ruin him.
Eze is massively inconsistent. For all his undeniable talent.
He’s an improvement as a backup to Saka but Arteta will sap any creativity out of him with his multi billion stoke style of football
Eze is not backup to Saka, Eze will likely start in the left half-space. Madueke is Saka’s backup.
We’ll see. I know Hincapie has his fans, but Kiwior’s main fault is he wasn’t as good as Saliba or Gabriel. But Hincapie almost certainly isn’t either.
This strikes me as a possible upgrade, but the bigger advantage is they moved on someone who while an effective backup had become stale with an acceptance he was never going to challenge for a starting spot. I think that sort of move can be important for the team dynamic, but in terms of personnel it’s still got to play out to see if he’s actually a better player.
I seem to recollect that Madueke was more of a LW in his first two matches for Arsenal. He played right wing against us. Probably changes now that Eze is in.
He still has to acclimatize to the league. Hincapie that is. I don’t see a point in signing a CB right now. Especially when Kwior’s used to the premier league and does a fair job at it.
Szobo was at RB for a few games, doesn’t make him a RB for the season. Madueke might do a job at both wings, but Eze is not brought in to be Saka’s backup on the right.
Kiwior wanted to leave to get more games
Missed that then. They’ve still got Mosquera , Califiori , White who do a fair job at CB. Does seem overkill to be stacking up on so many defenders.
Mosquera gives them their third dedicated CB. Everyone else who is an option there is filling out a squad role in one of the FB positions as well and so once you take that into account as @Zoran pointed out, the number of bodies is about right - 8 or 9 depending on how you count Zinchenko (more out than in) and MLS (may not be being considered for LB this year)
Especially with injury issues to White and Timber, they would not have been able to get rid of Kiwior and not replace him without leaving themselves short.