I would definitely love to see more of him. I think Arteta is being a bit too cautious and conservative with his introduction into the team.
I’m not asking him to start every game or anything like that.
I was actually against pushing him in those games against City or Spurs when many suggested he should start.
But playing more than some odd 10-15 minutes against teams like Bournemouth, Southampton, Leicester, or even getting some time in that PSG game, isn’t much to ask.
I think even Nwaneri is somewhat frustrated at this point. No matter how young he is, he’s aware of his own quality.
Two things can be true at once. The midfield selection was wrong- far too conservative. Starting Nwaneri in an away game where we need to win to go top is unnecessary.
Do we start him against Liverpool then? Because Idegaard won’t be fit.
So it isn’t the same situation and it’s a different level of opposition also, just because you play him away to Bournemouth doesn’t mean that you need to start him at home to Liverpool so I don’t get the relevance of the question
Saka doesn’t play in Nwaneri’ position, so who would you play in central midfield out of interest? A minute ago his situation was being compared to that of Yamato.
Nwaneri off the bench and starting Carabao games is fine for me.
You’d think he had an exciting cameo today for people to call for him to start.
Barely got involved, in the few attempts he tried to do so Bournemouth players read him pretty easily.
Jesus Christ! Are you seriously this hard headed? Or, just dense??
It is ficking obvious what the point is. With Martinelli and Jesus in the bench, Trossard or Havertz dropping into the creative role makes more sense than Nwaneri starting. Bored now.
Well, he was. What have you seen from Nwaneri today that made you regret not starting him? His bad crosses straight to Bournemouth players or the duels he went for and lost them all?
I thought his Leicester cameo was impressive but we’re talking about an away game here against a tougher(for me) team.
Clearly a very talented player and he’ll get his chances today but I don’t get who he would start over today. Sterling maybe? In which case, we lose all the threat in behind, which was evident when we subbed him off and Trossard stayed on instead.
You can’t throw someone on for less than ten minutes and expect that they will contribute compared to starting them from the get go especially when you’re down to ten men
What he showed a man down playing for ten minutes isn’t necessarily what he would have showed with more time and having one less teammate to play with