Would take hector rolling back the years to win his place back in the team if he comes back next summer
A bit bland, but solid as feck.
Heād also have to murder Tomi.
Judging by his hairstyle at the moment, he has rolled the years right back to the 1970s
Rolling back the years to a previous life where he was a competent fucking full back perhaps
Remember when SkySports clowned the club on air for signing him?
Iām happy with Tomi. Heās not perfect but heās a very good buy and heās solid. One of the rare full backs who are extremely physically imposing too. He looks like a giant compared to a lot of full backs
Yes he is damn you
Over 6ft right?
Yeah heās a solid 6ā2 or 6ā3 if I remember rightly.
Itās actually insane how he moves for such a big lad, really reminds me of a better Meunier.
We have to remember how young he is too. So confident on the ball, confident with both feet. Works his socks off and has that true Japanese humility.
Honestly Iām waiting for a few Japanese members to sign up here to tell us how big we are again in their country because of him.
Wenger been trying that shit for years and Arteta does it like itās nothing. Whoād have thought you actually need to play the players and show belief in them.
Heās just a really solid RB. Has the defensive basics absolutely nailed, great in 1v1s and really strong in the air.
What I like the most about him is even though he is limited technically, he isnāt afraid of playing high-risk passes in field.
When the fullback is happy to pass inside into central areas, that really moves defensive blocks around. Really upsets the shape of the opposition. When he sees Partey, Ćdegaard, Lacazette demanding the ball in field, he doesnāt shit the bed and horseshoe the cunt back to White.
Another player who takes responsibility. He never goes missing this lad. His name is always mentioned numerous times in commentary. Love his attitude even though he isnāt the greatest footballer we have in the squad by a long shot.
Is he though?
For me yeah, he just seems a tad clumsy at times. And his first touch just seems a bit robotic. Basically, he looks like a CB thatās been converted to fullback - for me you can tell that quite quickly.
Limited technically is perhaps excessive. I mean that in the context of the best RBs around. TAA and Cancelo, for example. To be fair, there arenāt many in that elite bracket, so a pretty harsh measuring stick.
He looks pretty lanky as well which is an interesting body shape. But I donāt see him getting constantly rolled by small wingers.
Yeh I donāt really see the whole CB to RB thing, it was a stick people wanted to beat him with when he first joined though letās be honest no one has watch a goddamn single moment of this kid play.
I actually have to disagree about the touch too I think heās insanely assured on the ball, the little link up with Partey, Ode and Saka tonight was lovely, quick, decisive and confident. At 23 years old heās still finding his best position, people will say oh heās a CB or a defensive full back, thatās all he is. I see him compared to Sagna. Sagna was a great defender but a complete dog shit attacker, that little ball against Toon that Tomiyasu put over to Martinelli was something else. This young manās game is far from refined and certainly damn far from being defined.
I think he has the tools to grow into one of the best full backs in the league, he already understands the hardest part of the gig and has the fundamentals to improve on what he needs to going forward.
Also I do feel like TAA and Cancelo are indeed unreal but also lucky to be in the teams that play for, TAA in particular is a pretty God awful defender.
Offensively Iām not that high on him but heās certainly no worse than Bellerin in that department.
Defensively pretty solid though, deals with 1 on 1s, strong and good in the air. I do feel we look more sound of defensive set pieces this year.
Upgrade on last years options for sure.
TAA has improved his defensive side last 18 months, wouldnāt say god awful, Iād say serviceable but yes he is the best attacking full back in world football.
Sorry bro didnāt mean to slander your boy. In fact I actually agree with you itās often underserved he uses his athleticism quite well to cover and heās what Bellerin should have been for us. Going forward though heās as you say ridiculous and at any other club if he didnāt have Salah in front of him heād already be converted to a winger