by swipe right » Sun Jul 11, 2021 11:30 pm
by KG3 » Thu Jul 22, 2021 3:41 pm
“I believe he is the future. He can play left back, right back, central midfield. Of the three positions, maybe the least natural for him is left back, but he adapts very quickly and is a good defender.
“He has that sense of one against one, he is very strong, he is very quick, he has very quick recovery runs when he comes back. He has some aspects to learn: experience and he has to work on his heading. But overall, what he has done is positive.”
by Arsenal Tone » Fri Jul 23, 2021 4:59 am
KG3 wrote:Wenger back in 2017...“I believe he is the future. He can play left back, right back, central midfield. Of the three positions, maybe the least natural for him is left back, but he adapts very quickly and is a good defender.
“He has that sense of one against one, he is very strong, he is very quick, he has very quick recovery runs when he comes back. He has some aspects to learn: experience and he has to work on his heading. But overall, what he has done is positive.”
If only we still had him in charge or anyone else other than Arteta really out youngsters would be flourishing right now the likes of Saliba, Mavropanos, Martinelli, Niles and Nelson are behind in terms of development because or manager is afraid of using the young players at his disposal.
People can say what they like about Lampard as an inexperienced manager but look at what he did for Chelsea in terms of developing Tomori, James, Mount, Abraham.
As things stand we are going to waste money on Abraham who isn’t worth that fee, if we were willing to give Martinelli/Balogun a full season of regular minutes up front i guarantee you they’d be better than Abraham
on Granit Xhaka
“Xhaka is an exciting young player, already with good Champions League and Bundesliga experience,” Wenger said when the Swiss international arrived in 2016.
“We have been watching him for a long time now and he is a player who will add quality to our squad.”
After the issues surrounding the club captaincy earlier this season, Wenger reiterated his admiration for the midfielder. “I think Xhaka is an intelligent player,” he said.
Shkodran Mustafi
“I think so, yes,” Wenger said in 2018 when asked if he expected Mustafi to be a success at Arsenal.
“He wasn't close (to leaving). He is a young defender who has had ups and downs. I believe overall he has potential. He is one of the guys who is committed and goes for the challenges.
“He is not one guy who hides from the responsibility, so overall he will be a promising defender for the future. Experience helps.”
by starmandb » Sun Jul 25, 2021 9:36 am
by KG3 » Tue Aug 10, 2021 2:49 pm
by Santi » Tue Aug 10, 2021 5:28 pm
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by starmandb » Thu Aug 12, 2021 10:38 pm
aniym wrote:Possibly the only player we haven't heard a single peep from.
Did he get any minutes in pre-season? He was in the squad, not sure if he played.
by Arsenal Tone » Thu Aug 12, 2021 10:42 pm
by KG3 » Fri Aug 13, 2021 9:16 am
TedLasso wrote:Tony Adams wrote:Go to a back five and play him and Saka as wing backs if we don't sign a RB.
Tierney-Gabriel-White as the back three.
And just tell him he’s playing a really wide CM position
by Phil71 » Fri Aug 13, 2021 9:23 am
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