Eddie Nketiah

Entirely depends on what team and where, a loan to the Championship or even perhaps the Bundesliga perhaps would serve him well.

If he does indeed stay and its yet another season of him not being fully trusted or clocking few minutes then it’s a missed oppurtunity.

People were making similar noises last season and he barely featured

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We need 3 strikers. We also have Europa and League Cup where he’d be the starter and he’d get 30 minutes coming off the bench and start when Auba/Laca are out. Given Emery likes starting both Laca and Auba at times Nketiah should get plenty of minutes.

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Like he did last season?

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Arshavin

I think the EL gives us options here.

If he stays, he can have 6 EL games, and maybe 1 or 2 League Cup starts while training with the first team and maybe getting a few mins here and there. Not a bad first half of the season for a backup striker.

Then in the second half of the season when we’re definitely not going to be trusting him to deliver in the EL latter stages, the FA Cup and we’re out of the League Cup, we can send him to some club that’s in need of a striker and let him have a good second half of the season.

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This is the sort of thing I do on my PES career mode :grin:

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I love this kid style of play, once his little boy body develops into a man’s body he’s going to be a fucking force.

Yes they probably will, I agree. But if one isn’t available, the other is highly likely to get the nod centrally, rather than being played wide or wherever else while Nketiah gets the nod centrally. It still makes it a very different scenario to what it could be like being a back up striker elsewhere, where he could be basically guaranteed the next in line to start in the event of injury or rotation. That’s all that I’m saying, not that I favour loaning him out, not that it will be impossible to find him minutes if he stays, nor anything else either really.

Last season Welbeck got a decent amount of minutes. You’re right that it depends if Emery is going to trust Nketiah or not. But the EL against small time opposition is the perfect chance to blood him into the squad

Never really done much in the Europa when given games last season tbh.

Meh, that was last year and from the initial preseason it looks like he’s improved.

I want to see him get those minutes so Arsenal know what they have.

Thats a very small bite size and not convinced. Not really concerned what we do with him but will be happy if he has more to give.
All in all its probably a make or break season for him.

I don’t disagree I just think that he’s better than any other 3rd options that the squad may have.

Let’s see what he’s got and if he can make the leap up. I’m fine with letting the younger players picking up minutes and living with their mistakes.

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Yeah agree with making him third choice behind Auba & Laca

However, if we are going to play both Auba & Laca together most of the time, then we need one more player ahead of Eddie

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If we get a winger in I don’t deem that as necessary tbh.

Tough conditions for young Eddie :frowning:

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cage

Wtf do they mean learnt to play in a cage?

Unless it’s a reference to Chelsea’s negative football I think it’s a distasteful reference to Chelsea’ racism

Cage / street football I’m assuming

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