by #ST » Sat Jul 16, 2022 6:32 am
I shouted so hard in Nurnberg when he came near. I told him PEPE YOU CAN DO IT, OUTLAST ARTETA
What Arteta is doing to this guy is legit abuse. This guy had GOOD performances rewarded with bench after bench.
LISTEN dear anti-Pepe people, ITS NOT THIS GUYS FAULT Lille asked for 80 million and Arsenal agreed to it!
YES, THIS IS TOO MUCH MONEY FOR A GUY AS GOOD AS PEPE.
I am NOT disagreeing with the fact we overpaid for this guy.
But this guy is STILL class. Not 80 million class. But still class!
When he has the ball, theres a directness to our game. He tries to pass his opponent, cut inside, go outside and cross. Whatever. He has the tricks, he has the pace, he has the magic, AGAIN, NO, THIS IS NOT 80 MILLION WORTH OF MAGIC but he is still MIIIIIIIIILES ahead of Willian WHO GOT WAY MORE GAME TIME than this guy when they were both here.
Just think about that for a minute. What does that do to your confidence? You see this guy, Willian, being ABSOLUTELY Terrrrrrrrrrrrrrible. Like, hurts-my-eyes kinda terrible, and that guy is getting gametime over you. Seriously? Then Pepe has a good game or 2, and the next one he is on the bench? Most of the times not even getting OFF the bench for any meaninful amount of minutes and this DAYS after having a GOOD game?
This guy got some SERIOUS abuse from Arteta. I will not forgive Arteta for not only ruining this guys vallue but also for mis-using him as a player for Arsenal.
He was class. Again, not 80-million-kinda class, but he has that x-factor to his game. I will not forget how he won us that tie in the Europa League, those are magical moments that was made possible SOLELY because of HIS class. There was no team effort there involved just him being a class f***ing act.
Now I can hear you thinking; 'But ST, what about all the moments he just wasted a chance, wasted an attack, just wasted the ball posession we had?' Yeah guess what, that happens when a guy is DIRECT AS f**k. I much rather have us defending because we TRIED TO ATTACK AND IT FAILED over us f***ing passing the ball to the opponent ( Xhaka and Tavares love to do this )
No I love this guy and when I had the opportunity to show him love in Germany I shouted at the top of my lungs to try and let him know this. Truly hope he outlasts Arteta but Im afraid its not gonna happen.
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