But the point of comparison to Le Coq needs to be on all the evidence we have today, not the 10-15 game stretch where he looked very promising… it is a pointless comparison otherwise. Just like saying player x wasn’t nearly as productive as that half season of Nasir or that one wonder season of Ramsey’s.
He was actually pretty good for 2 seasons and in his third season when Santi got injured we all realised that Coquelin without Santi meant we couldn’t transition from midfield to attack. Now we still can’t transition from midfield but we don’t hold Torreira as accountable as we held Coquelin at the time.
He was ok for that period, good to very good for one stretch really… beyond that he was incredibly inconsistent… what we loved about him was that he gave us bite again, so a lot of people appreciated that… anyway, Le Coq over his career is what he is as is Song… we’ll see where Torreira ends up - I reckon he has a longer and more productive career at Arsenal but of course no one really knows.
or maybe he needs some rest because he isnt used to the EPL pace and it is his first season and he puts his all into every game and everyone can see he was tiring and it could end up in an injury then we are fucked in midfield totally.
nope i am just stating facts look at him recently in the liverpool game he looks knackered and it showed he was making mistakes that he doesnt usually do.
We know what he can do, it just looks like Emery doesn’t like him.
If he’s not out the door this month then someone’s not doing their job. Absolutely pointless to have him here right now if wages are truly what’s preventing us bringing in players. I bet Saka ends up getting more minutes than him in the league this season.
Is Elneny on significant wages though? He’s contracted to summer 2023 so he could be sat around for a while
In terms of wage efficiency it’s a certain sidelined German that is the biggest single factor restraining our wage bill and he needs to be moved on by the summer if Emery doesn’t fancy him
Don’t like him at all as a RCM. Out of his depth so far. Obviously there to cover for Bellerin, like Guendouzi does on the left for Kolasinac but I prefer Torreira as a single pivot at DM.