We will probably accept 13 million quid in the last hour of the window.
That just about sums up whatis going on at the club
Total shambles
Chambers >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Holding
Good to see him back in the team.
What makes you say this? Some on here class him as mid-table material now or at least should have been sold off.
Always thought he has a bright future especially under a coach who can actually teach defence, I think the Middlesbrough loan did him a world of good.
Itās mainly to do with their ability on the ball, I think Chambers is a level above Holding especially when it comes to technique and decision making.
Tbf Chambers has had so much more top flight football than Holding.
I think Holding has better decision making (Chambers decision making on the ball was something I didnāt really like about him) and is as good as him on the ball. Think Holding is just in a bad way form wise/confidence wise.
on Calum Chambersā¦
Chambers is injured again on the hip, yes.
Injured.
So typical Arsenal :mustafi:
I donāt think experience at the top level has anything to do with a players ability on the ball tbh if it did Walcott would be ghosting past players for fun right now like his name was Adama Traore.
Chambers is another good example of that, youāve only gotta look at how good he was on the ball for Southamton when he broke through into their first team at 18/19.
or for us at 20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8w46tBR0OM
Itās only a little thing but I love the technique on this.
I know ability can be refined but imo Chambers is always gonna be the more naturally gifted footballer between him and Holding.
Weāre gonna have to agree to disagree because for me in terms of ability on the ball thatās like comparing Keown to Koscielny.
Yeah, I guess we will, Iām not quite sure where youāve got this idea of Holding being poor on the ball.
I hope we can keep hold of both of them before one of them gets old enough to get irritated by lack of game time.
Mertesacker retires next summer, Koscielny takes over his role as experienced-but-often-injured defender and suddenly we have a clear route to the first XI.
It was only Doncaster. Letās see him in the Europa League and in some Premier League games before judging him.
Iām not sure I want to see him in a PL game for us again. I donāt think he has it to succeed here. Bottom half PL or top Championship level right now and I donāt see it improving. Geez I hope Iām wrong though.
Give him another chance at this point. He wasnāt bad in his first season with us.
Heās played very well for us in the PL and also the CL earning England call ups in the process.
Is interesting how heās been discarded in a way by some fans despite a great start here, Holding is now experiencing much of what he went though after he initially arrived and he was dropped out of the team.
From almost being sold to being given a new contractā¦ Good decision IMO.
Thats good heāll be playing a lot too with or defender injury issues.