Arsenal 3-0 West Brom (reserves)

[Massa]

Never heard of Gnabry myself

[GunnGunn]

You should pay more attention, Wenger has been talking about him a while.

[Popey]

Never heard of Gnabry myself

+1

[SammyGunner11]

Never heard of Gnabry myself

+1

Seen his face on the official website, but that's about it

[Hammered Pizza]

To be fair, he's not been an Arsenal player for all that long.

[LinkesAuge]

I'm sure people will become aware of him soon enough. He is also one of the most important players in the german u17 NT which totally dominated their age group so far (21 games, 21 wins, 70:5 goals). There was a reason why Stuttgart tried to hide him from international scouts and why I'm sure that it will hurt every Stuttgart fan in a few years to see him become a big player.
He is of course still very young and a lot can go wrong at such a tender age (injuries can destroy any career) but I'd be surprised if he wouldn't become at least a very good player, he has really everything a modern footballer needs.

[gooney]

gnabry is bigger talent than chamberlain

anything backing that up?

he is ahead of chambo when he was 16 and only wilshere looked this comfortable for the reserves at 16

I bet you've never even watched Chamberlain when he was 16. Furthermore, At 16/17 , last season Chamberlain played 41 games for Southampton, scoring 10 and assisting 8, at a much higher level than reserves.

I have and I doubt our reserve team would do well in league 2

[TurkeyGiblets]

gnabry is bigger talent than chamberlain

anything backing that up?

he is ahead of chambo when he was 16 and only wilshere looked this comfortable for the reserves at 16

I bet you've never even watched Chamberlain when he was 16. Furthermore, At 16/17 , last season Chamberlain played 41 games for Southampton, scoring 10 and assisting 8, at a much higher level than reserves.

I have and I doubt our reserve team would do well in league 2

And thus proving my point. However I do believe ox and gnabry have a similar ceiling . Incredible talents, were lucky to have them both

[Sims]

Haven't seen the highlights or anything, but surely Park deserve a chance at some point? He's obviously got enough pedigree.

Yennaris was in the year above me at my secondary school, kinda weird seeing him play for the Arsenal now haha.

Thats cool. I understand you probably don't know him at all well but what impession did you get of him at school? was he fairly grounded or arogant? I also understand people can change alot between the ages of 16andtheir earliy 20s but still, im intrigued....

He seemed grounded. That year of school is probably the most talented we've had seeing another player is pro at Colchester (my mates bro). His mum worked at the school too, so I guess he had no other choice to be grounded.

[Trequartista]

Haven't seen the highlights or anything, but surely Park deserve a chance at some point? He's obviously got enough pedigree.

Yennaris was in the year above me at my secondary school, kinda weird seeing him play for the Arsenal now haha.

Thats cool. I understand you probably don't know him at all well but what impession did you get of him at school? was he fairly grounded or arogant? I also understand people can change alot between the ages of 16andtheir earliy 20s but still, im intrigued....

He seemed grounded. That year of school is probably the most talented we've had seeing another player is pro at Colchester (my mates bro). His mum worked at the school too, so I guess he had no other choice to be grounded.

Cool, cheers for that insight Sims. I must say I've been really impressed by his composure when he's been forced to play at RB for us in emmergencies this season. Unfortunately for him he's got a whole host of players ahead of him in the CM positions: Song, Wilshere, Arteta, Coquelin, Ramsey, Rosicky etc. Maybe Frimpongs ingury will give him some kind of chance....

[Inchpractice]

http://www.arsenal.com/news/reserves-ne ... -at-times-

Banfield: ‘We made it look seamless at times’


on the performance…
I am really pleased, I thought the application of the first-team players was first class, and the young players as well. Overall it was a really good performance.

on the learning experience…
Without a doubt. You have somebody [in Andre Santos] who has 20 or 30 caps for Brazil and that is something you have to cherish I think.

on most pleasing aspects…
I think the way we set about passing the ball around, our team game, and I liked the way that the young players linked in with the senior players. It looks like there is a good stream of football being played right through the Club.

on West Brom's display…
West Brom always give us a tough game and they work very hard with their young players. They are a well-organised, hard-working side and they did well tonight with a young team.

on Andre Santos…
He did great. He is fantastic to have around the place and with the young players he is first class. To have him in the dressing room and to speak to him is terrific. He came through fine, he was under orders to play 60 minutes.

on other first-team players…
I think the manager spoke to them in the week and said he would like them to have a game. And they want to, they are players who want to play and they were first class as well. It wasn't just Andre, obviously you have Johan, Marouane and Ju Young Park who are full senior internationals and to have them in the side with our young players is terrific.

on current run of form…
Overall as a team it is really pleasing. They have worked extremely hard on the things we have implemented in training and they've taken it onto the football pitch, which is only good for the future.

on scoring more…
I suppose you can be greedy and always want more but it is the type of football that we are playing. I am just really pleased with young players actually playing with the first-team boys and making it look seamless at times. That's fantastic for what the manager has put in place with the coaching staff through Steve Bould, myself and everyone else that works at the Club on the football side.