Number 10 as well.
Hopefully has no bearing on the new 10 we should be trying to sign
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Madders8? 
That number is for madders mate 
I love that he is asking for #10 and backing himself against whoever we might bring in as another attacking midfielder.
But also a sign of where the club is at right now that we would give it to him.
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Yes ladddddddd
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Dear Aston Villa
Now kindly fuck off .
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What, you donāt think this is just like a new signing? 
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That showed Aston Villa that we wonāt be bullied around by bigger clubs.
They wanted ESR but theyāll just have to make do with Grealish. 
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If thereās any youth product who has the right be our number 10 itās this kid, I honestly believe that the sky is the limit for ESR.
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Weāll see about that, I havenāt seen anything so far that indicates this. I think he averages out like Iwobi tbh
He definitely doesnāt have the talent of a Wilshere at the same age
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He doesnāt quite have the same talent but Wilshere is a great example of how talent isnāt everything. I think Smith-Rowe will be able to add way more end product particularly in the form of goals, and most importantly heās just not as stupid as Wilshere. I donāt think weāll find him continually sliding into dangerous tackles or going through how ever many packs of cigarettes a day.
Iām honestly surprised that ESR has so many detractors on here. The kids talent is so ridiculously obvious and evidence to my eyes. Not only is he miles above Iwobi Iād easily bet the house heāll go on to show far more than Wilshere ever did- not that, that would be hard Jackās career was non existent.
I think weāre looking at a Cesc like talent with this kid and Iām well prepared to put my balls in the metaphorical vice by putting that out there.
Time will tell I guess, and Iām more than prepared to eat shit if Iām wrong. This kid is like my anti-AMM agenda.
Not quite an ESR defense force but the true believer force.
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Donāt think heās same league as Cesc if Iām honest but he works a lot harder and seems like heāll fight for both his spot and the club.
Great news that weāve tied him down, hopefully a bright future.
Too early to label him as any star before him, but I agree that he got talent, miles above Iwobi.
No just no. I like ESR and he may develop into a good player but no way is he ready to be our starting #10.
I think we are looking at another transitional season of up and down results. We wonāt be fighting for top 4 with ESR as our only CAM option.
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Iām not a detractor, I like the kid and his style I just havenāt seen anything yet that suggests his talent alone is anywhere close to Wilshere or Cesc.
I think at 19/20 if a kid is that special it would be pretty evident by now. Thereās nothing really out of the ordinary from him when it comes to technique or intelligence.
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Comparing him to Iwobi aināt flattering bro lol.
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I didnāt compare him to Iwobi in terms of talent, I think he might hit a ceiling like Iwobi did. Whether thatās as a bottom half player or a top 6 player I donāt know
I think personally Iwobi was always at his level, and probably wouldnāt have the career he did if not for his uncle and nepotism. Very different situation for me with ESR.
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Heās had the better part of half a season playing a bit-part role, alongside Mi Martin and a successful loan spell at Huddersfield to go off of at this point.
Still raw, undeveloped and full of promise. To completely trust him to deputise the AM entirely would be naive.
However, Iām thrilled heās signed long term with us. I didnāt doubt it, but found the Villa bids slightly odd.
I really love that we have a core of promising young talent in the team again, all invested in Arsenal, compared to having the wretched cock-knockers weāve had to endure for the last five years.
Welldone The Smith.
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