StLGooner wrote:jayramfootball wrote:Rockape wrote:jayramfootball wrote:Dejan wrote:You missed the cup game where nketiah was total wank?
Hopefully sold soon. Will not make it
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Yeah sell a 19 year old for missing chances in a rare 1st team appearance and keep an old striker that misses more chances than any other player in the league - because you know...he has a name and cost a lot. Makes sense. Idolising the average has been a problem at Arsenal for some time
You need to keep up Jayram, we'd all been waiting for Eddie to be given a chance, but sadly when he was given a chance, he blew it big stylie! It wasn't even close! Despite it being about 2 years since when he came on in the Norwich match and saved our asses! I suppose that begs the question as to what the hell have we been doing with him all that time and if he really hasn't developed enough, why isn't he out on loan?
I'm still waiting for him to be given a decent chance - a run of games. I hope he can bring his goal scoring to the 1st team. We really need a top striker again - and from what I have seen, he has the potential - We've not had one since RVP left. Players like Rashford at Utd are also raw, but he's been given a chance and he is starting to shwo what he can do. I'd much prefer to see our younger players coming through - it's more interesting than seeing average journeymen on huge wages.
How many times have you actually watched him play though? Can't be that many unless you're going to youth games? So kind of hard to compare him and say he's better than Auba based off a few games you might have seen him in. Also, potential is one thing, actually being good is another. We always have kids with potential, that's nothing new. Which for me makes it hard to get too excited for because most don't pan out.
Before he started knocking on the first team squad door I watched a fair bit of him in 16/17.
He's not better than Auba yet, but he will be I believe. He has more talent, both as a finisher and with the ball at his feet (much much more talent in the latter respect). Sure he might not progress, but I'd like to see him given some game time.
What was Auba doing at 17-19 yrs old? Not much - and more importantly he never did make it to one of the big clubs. It's only in the last 3-4 years that he has been scoring a decent amount of goals and now he's hitting 30 yrs old. Let's get a season or two more out of him, but he's not the top quality striker we need and he's certainly not our future. When he's gone he won't be remembered any more so than Giroud or Adebayor, the other average strikers we've had as starters in recent years.