Feel like willock has a part to play this season. Nelson, saliba and ESR should be on loan somewhere. Cedric shouldn't even be here
Our u23 team is incredibly strong 😆
Maybe its Arteta's plan to create a winning team and mentality all the way down to youth football
Game ended 3-3 with Nelson banging in a freekick and Balogun scoring a brace. We were down two goals at one point apparently.
not surprising, bunch of players barely played together.
Balogun will be in the first team by Feb/March imo
Think it's far more likely he'll have been sold by that time. Less than 12 months left on his contract now.
which is silly because i would rather see him getting games up top over laca and eddie any day. he has the athleticism, power and finishing ability that we're desperate for up there. eddie has the finishing ability but he's weak.
Highly rated youngster Charlie Patino has signed a professional contract with the club a week after turning 17: https://www.arsenal.com/news/charlie-patino-signs-first-pro-contract
I've seen several people claiming he's the best academy product we've produced in ages. Used to combine academy football with playing futsal apparently.
Don’t see it with him. Looks decent by nothing to write home about.
Azeez is our boy
Azeez looks special. Seems physically ready as well.
He is still very rash with his tackling especially for a DM. Has a tendency to give away stupid FK's and penalties.
Needs to mature in that regards.
Patino has been highlighted by several people, many with connections to our academy.
Hope we keep a pathway into the first team for him and Azeez going forward. Don’t overload CM with dross.
Balogun signed a new deal
Did not expect that.
Edit: Just Twitter rumours at the moment. You really love doing that, Dules
It'd be daft promoting Balogun when we still have TJJ out there.
Will either of these guys be top half starters? We have to be realistic. Give them a chance but if we get much more than Azeez from this lot I’ll be shocked and elated
John-Jules is decent but I wouldn’t be surprised if he ends up a championship level player. Balogun is a bit of an unknown quantity, I think his contract situation has gotten in the way of us really finding out.
banduan wrote: It'd be daft promoting Balogun when we still have TJJ out there.
Balogun is levels above.
Balogun is levels above Nketiah let alone TJJ.
As I said cream always rises to the top.
The hyperbole has gone into overdrive I see.
