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Saka Contract Saga

Claudius

goon wrote:
Arseblog played a clip of Hector saying 'how many times ref', it's the sort of thing we need to do often.

I'm not sure mentioning it pre-game is a good thing though, you might get into the referees head but you also potentially get it into the opposition to target him.

Anyway, pretty much every player who can run with the ball at pace gets fouled frequently, we just need to use it to our advantage and win them in the final third.

I think noise helps.
So per the referee debate. I don't think referee's cheat but referees are human. They are prone to biases. Ferguson used to talk shit and intimidate them and I imagine that help. I honestly don't think any referee goes to work thinking I want to help United, but you bring your feelings into a game - a manager's comments, a team's reputation as divers or foulers, and these will affect you in a split second judgment. Where possible, VAR can help with some of this, but won't solve everything

speedy

Claudius wrote:
goon wrote:
Arseblog played a clip of Hector saying 'how many times ref', it's the sort of thing we need to do often.

I'm not sure mentioning it pre-game is a good thing though, you might get into the referees head but you also potentially get it into the opposition to target him.

Anyway, pretty much every player who can run with the ball at pace gets fouled frequently, we just need to use it to our advantage and win them in the final third.

I think noise helps.
So per the referee debate. I don't think referee's cheat but referees are human. They are prone to biases. Ferguson used to talk shit and intimidate them and I imagine that help. I honestly don't think any referee goes to work thinking I want to help United, but you bring your feelings into a game - a manager's comments, a team's reputation as divers or foulers, and these will affect you in a split second judgment. Where possible, VAR can help with some of this, but won't solve everything

It works great in rubgy when the captain will ask to clarify a rule politely to highlight if a rules isn't being enforced.

Coombs

Of course referees are human, but that's not an excuse for incompetence. English refs very literally do not know their place. They misunderstood their role, and they do it wilfully. Needs a revolution.

Claudius

Listening to Arseblog. Someone wrote in to ask if we should sell Saka to fund our rebuild. I laughed so hard I spat out my scotch. That guy owes me liquor.

GooneriC

If we continue to play this turgid football he will be picked off and have his head turned by bigger more ambitious clubs.

Gazza M

thank christ he re-signed. would've had a 60-70m asset walking out the door for nothing

Claudius

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He's crazy good. Already our best player at 19.

We better take advantage of his potential and build a proper team around him.

Klaus

Could easily have had 3-4 more too. Scary to ponder what he'll look like with another 30 starts under his belt.

goon

I don't really understand how he gets around players so easily and with so much success. He's not rapid or got an insane burst (no more so than Nelson), it's literally just through his ball control by the looks of it. Can you imagine when he's actually fully developed physically?

Clrnc

goon wrote:
I don't really understand how he gets around players so easily and with so much success. He's not rapid or got an insane burst (no more so than Nelson), it's literally just through his ball control by the looks of it. Can you imagine when he's actually fully developed physically?

That's the thing about him, on first viewing he won't look special immediately. No insane pace, no ridiculous tekkers skills. But the more you see him play the more you are convinced he is ridiculously good. Makes everything looks so simple and effective.

Ricky1985

He changes direction like Mané. Takes the defender one way and then explodes the other way. His balance is so good that it is subtle compared to someone loke Adama Traore, but he's so hard to deal with because of it.

Klaus

Saka is sound enough technically to play a bit, but above all his being as a footballer is about the importance of making the right decisions on the pitch. His brain, his perception of the game, is in the top 10 percent even among other elite players. I've said it before but I don't think a lot of people get how unusual that is, how much rarer it is than a perfect first touch.

There was an interesting contrast yesterday to Adel Taarabt who is made of Saka antiparticles: He's basically a jumped up futsal player who's barely literate as a footballer. I doubt there is a single skill he can't pull off if you let him play around with a ball in a park, but the bloke couldn't give you a match-winning performance if you held a gun to his family.

swider

Klaus wrote:
Saka is sound enough technically to play a bit, but above all his being as a footballer is about the importance of making the right decisions on the pitch. His brain, his perception of the game, is in the top 10 percent even among other elite players. I've said it before but I don't think a lot of people get how unusual that is, how much rarer it is than a perfect first touch.

There was an interesting contrast yesterday to Adel Taarabt who is made of Saka antiparticles: He's basically a jumped up futsal player who's barely literate as a footballer. I doubt there is a single skill he can't pull off if you let him play around with a ball in a park, but the bloke couldn't give you a match-winning performance if you held a gun to his family.

Yep, Saka is a very clever player and his decision making is very quick too.

goon

I was telling my nephew a while ago that it's pointless to do a countless number of stepovers and sort of defeats the purpose, you only need one or two to unbalance someone and then you make your move. You watch Saka and that's exactly what he does. There's no hesitation in his game, he see's the space and he drives into it.

IBL

That weight of pass for Auba's first, you can't teach that kind of stuff

flobaba

goon wrote:
I was telling my nephew a while ago that it's pointless to do a countless number of stepovers and sort of defeats the purpose, you only need one or two to unbalance someone and then you make your move. You watch Saka and that's exactly what he does. There's no hesitation in his game, he see's the space and he drives into it.

And is young Nico listening to you?

Temo

goon wrote:
I don't really understand how he gets around players so easily and with so much success. He's not rapid or got an insane burst (no more so than Nelson), it's literally just through his ball control by the looks of it. Can you imagine when he's actually fully developed physically?

Deceptively explosive, especially with the ball, which is different. And his touches/strides while dribbling are always timed perfectly - good example was the overruled penalty he won last week in the away leg. Nelson's a completely different dribbler, more short steps and changes of direction, which is why you don't see him "leave" his man as much as you do Saka

Coombs

Saka almost never needs to stand up his marker because he's usually already gone. Amazing skill to have.

Claudius

Arteta plans to rest Saka but says fatigue is all in the mind
https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/arsenal-news-mikel-arteta-admits-buayo-saka-needs-rest-b921386.html

Jack says he wishes he rested more and listened to the physios
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-9305235/Jack-Wilshere-reveals-biggest-regret-career-living-dream-Arsenal.html

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