Yeah people are right to be critical about some things, but it’s amazing that we don’t have more things to be critical about given his age and lack of experience at the top level prior to this season.
I consider myself a Guendouzi truther tbh, I think he has the potential to be an amazing player if he is developed the right way.
Overexposed this season tbh, he’s direct backup to Torreira & Xhaka, it’s not even a case of picking the right games for him to play once one of them is unavailable it’s Guendouzi or…Elneny.
He’s 19 and I’m not surprised he’s slowed down a bit. Torreria and he both look like they are knackered at this point in the season. This isn’t a strange phenomena tho in the PL. They will be accustomed to the rigors of the league next season.
he is one away from 40 apps this season, for a 19yo that is something. Not surprised he’s slowed down in the last few weeks, it’s natural and these are the weeks that start to expose your squad depth.
I agree we need better CMs but for me Gonzo and Torreira are definite keepers, it is the rest that we should look to replace. Also it matters how you actually line up tactically to how much you get out of your midfield. If you transport the ball with your wide players and play 2 CMs with one #10 that doesn’t track back too much, you will struggle vs. setups that pack central midfield with players. If we often play like that, wide players that can create as well as track back are more important to get in than CMs. But I expect us to also have to replace players that leave by position to have the numbers right, so if Ramsey leaves and Denis heads back we need at least one in.
Denilson was a talent though in terms of his technical quality. He failed because he didn’t put enough effort into his game and put enough of a defensive shift in.
That’s what I mean.
He was the laziest, most useless player I’ve ever seen in an Arsenal shirt.
What I despise about him the most is when he said he wanted to leave to win trophies.
If there was a trophy for playing short sideways passes and avoiding the ball he would be the holder.
Not only was he lazy, but stupid as well.