theHotHead wrote:Phil71 wrote:Santi wrote:Sorry but are you guys purposely ignoring the bit where he wins the ball in acres of space could do a simple pass to any of 4 teammates but instead almost runs into one of them then has to scramble out of it?
Yes the scramble was good and composed but should never have been necessary in the first place. Plus the pass at the end wasn’t any good either.
Low standards here christ
It's just the anti-Arteta brigade.
If we had a different manager this French chap would barely get a mention.
Nice 8 games before Saliba:
P8 W2 D2 L4 F10 A12
Nice 8 games with Saliba:
P8 W2 D1 L5 F7 A11
He's hardly a knight in shining armour who's ridden to their defensive rescue. They've barely improved defensively and lost more games.
But he doesn't have to, no one player in a shit team is going to change their fortunes around. What Saliba needs to do is put in good performances, MoTM performances, stand up to wave after wave of attacks against the top teams. Show his mettle basically. Thats EXACTLY what Saliba is doing.
Thanks for confirming his player of the month was won in a shit team. He got nowhere near the nominations for Ligue 1 player of the month.
Stand up to wave after wave of attacks from the top teams? What top teams? So far he's played in a defence that has shipped two goals against Brest, three against Bordeaux and lost five matches.
Look - I'm not disputing that the player might be doing OK, and I hope he does come good, but he's not the defensive colossus that some people are making him out to be. Nowhere near it. It's just another stick that some are using to have a go at Arteta.