Much obliged.
I thought the lad was probably our best player. Wasnāt afraid of his surroundings and went by players without much fuss. Got stuck in and tracked back. Played for the shirt. Fantastic talent.
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Absolutely fantastic considering he hardly had anyone to link up with before Ceballos came on as a 10.
He can wriggle out tight spaces and carry the ball so well. Really surprised me tonight against an experienced Ashley Young.
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There will come a day when you all turn on this guy too, because the poor man has been forced to watch too many USB videos.
And I will laugh my ass off.
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Is Saka the Ā£80m player? Because Pepe seems to be the academy player.
Saka was okay, he shoulda put away that point blank shot tho. He wasnāt the only one to bottle when the moment presented itself but we always have a bunch of youth players at Arsenal that look okay and never kick on. Iām still waiting for him to announce himself with a big goal, a match winner or something. Until then just more unfulfilled potential.
The moment didnāt really present itself lol it was a shit game and we played shit and so did United. Not really sure how our youngsters bottled it lol
I thought he was the most dangerous of our attacking players yesterday. He is the one that is consistently showing promise and I think he should start every game from now. Not sure what Emery will do once Laca is back but it looks like for now he trusts him.
He made a firm contact, it took a deflection. The finish was fine, he didnāt really bottle anything. Unlucky. Itās why thereās always a lot of luck involved in finishing. Important thing is get in the position and make firm contact, he did that.
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Saka was fantastic. Shame heās gonna get emeryed tho
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I thought he showed composure with both his shot on the break (setting up Guendouzi for a second bite at a narrow angle and ultimately just good goalkeeping) and his ball across to Pepe later who just had to score.
Nelson also just had to score with his late chance. Saka at 17 is the one showing obscene levels of composure, red hot right now altho I do expect him to tail off a bit at some point.
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This guy looks like real super star.
Heās making Pepe look like shit by comparison and if he develops as he should and avoids serious injury heās going to be an absolute super star.
When Laca is back to play with Auba, Saka should be the third forward. A midfield of Guendouzi, Torreira and Ceballos (or 3 centre backs with Luiz as libero and no Torreira). Add the two full backs getting fit (although Chambers looks ok at right back to me now also) and a load of work on our pressing and thatās a team that should get 3rd place and win the Europa easily.
We shouldāve saved the 72m on Pepe who has failed big and early already. Saka is the future that instead.
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Massive conclusions to be drawing on two players after such little time. If Pepe turns it on and Saka has a quiet few games, in ten games time will you totally reverse this post and claim Pepe is the shit and Saka is just shit?
Well too early to be writing off Pepe, he gets at least a season before we do that. So far heās not blown me away but I be shocked if he doesnāt come good soon enough.
Saka was excellent last night, and has been in the all the games heās played this season. He looks a talent, along with Willock. We need to lower the expectations cause heās bound to have a poor run of form.
Yes naturally I would. However I donāt think itās likely. Iāve watched a lot of football over 50 years and seen many players good and bad come and go at Arsenal.
I canāt recall seeing an 18 year old start his career this good and fall away unless through injury (although I think Saka has started even better than Wilshere).
Equally with Pepe there are far too few signs to say heās got it and itās just time. Heās showing all the signs heās gonna be Gervinho at best and one of the worst signings weāve ever made and weāve made a few! I could be wrong, I hope Iām wrong. I just donāt think itās likely.
Class is class and it shows sooner rather than later.
Vela and Denilson are two that spring to mind immediately for me. Itās not that rare for a player to burst onto the scene in a very lively fashion before then struggling and failing to reach the heights fans have set for them. It feels a bit like you are building your expectations for Saka a bit too high at this early stage, imo.
I think youāre being massively too quick to draw ultimate conclusions, but at the same time I can see where you are coming from as Pepeās start has been concerning. I think we can just agree to disagree on how soon we should be labelling Pepe a flop and Saka the next big thing. Time might prove you right though, Iām not denying that.
If I may field this one?
Yes. 10 games would be showing admirable restraint tho, Iām thinking 3-5
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