It's a joke because of something Meatwad said in another thread.
Saka
Oh. Don't mind me then.
a month later
looks about 6 ft now. arteta is 5'9".
Think he'll be widely recognised as the best right wing forward in the world by the end of the season. The boy's a baller!
I think he's slowly getting to that Messi-type finishing where he often places it where he's most likely to score and the shot doesn't look that good in real time but still just out of reach.
a month later
Good interview. I'm constantly impressed with how quickly he seems to mature. He seems to be a very good kid, who displays intelligence and wisdom beyond his years (or at least, beyond his peers - I still can't get over Cole Palmer not knowing what a 'sighter' was when interviwed after the Community Shield, or the stupidity of Jack Grealish in general! Man, these "kids"...) whenever a journalist asks him a question. And he's also ambitious in absolutely the best way.
Few points on Saka (not just based on today);
1) we desperately need another RW to drive a rocket up Saka ass and to keep him fresh as well
2) I see an air of complacency with Saka - too much praise has got to his head
2) if he wants to be as good as Mo Salah or considered the ‘best winger in the league’ he can’t think he’s already that. Got to be hungry every single week.
4) full backs are slowly figuring him out, when was the last time he owned one properly? Even Monday night Mitchel performed well against him and in 2023 various full backs have out performed him like Ake
Love Saka and appreciate teams can double up on him but as our talisman needs to step up.
This could be a wider issue but I really think last season could be very dangerous in making some players and our manager think they are better than they actually are.
Sicario2 - Tier 1 not trying to be funny - well, maybe a little bit - but aren't points 1-3 here really just three different ways of saying the same thing?
The whole team hasn't quite figured out how to get going yet, it's natural that Saka would also be affected by the amount of churn in the first team, especially without his mate Benny White on the overlap.
Maybe but I just know Saka’s potential and he is the closest player we got to being actual WC in the squad. Just feel there’s an extra 5-10 percent in him and he still has room to go up a level.
Sicario2 - Tier 1
he can't possibly think that he's already there. salah was more productive last year and he's outside his prime. saka has a ways to go before he's at the level salah was when liverpool was winning everything.
Sicario2 - Tier 1 not going to disagree that there's more to come from him, but I don't think he's swanning around thinking he's cracked it either. Even if I thought that was in his personality, which I don't think it is, there's no way Mikel is letting it happen.
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I do feel sympathy for him on that first goal. Yes he should have looked up for the pass but he passed to exactly where the CB was supposed to be, except for some ridiculous reason the RB had gone tearing up the pitch through the midfield pushing the CB out to RB so there was noone there except for their centre forward on his own. If we were playing with the back 4 structure that served so well last season, it's exactly where Saliba would have been.
PFA Young Player of the Year for Saka while he, Ramsdale, Saliba and Odegaard make the PFA Team of the year. Bit weird this awards happen after the next season has started.
Hard to care about personal accolades. Win us the damn league young man.
Oh, I think we can give him a bit of love for this - he's in pretty exalted company in terms of Arsenal players who have won the award - and Jack Wilshere.
RocktheCasbah he's in pretty exalted company in terms of Arsenal players who have won the award - and Jack Wilshere.
Poor Jack.
Well done the collective, four of our lads are in the PFA Team of the Year. It's a mark of the progress that's made us a preferred destination for big players.
Just had a look and the last Arsenal player to make the cut was Aubameyang in 19–20, then Bellerín in 15–16 and Sánchez in 14–15, then Van Persie in 11–12. In that sense you've gotta go back more than one decade of averageness to pull together the quality in our current squad.
Well done to those guys and no doubt they deserve it. Probably another 1 or 2 who could feel hard done by to not be included.
4 days later
Is there a "there" there? Wish we had a viable alternative to freshen up our right side. It's really bland.
Trossard/Nelson/Jesus - all talented players who could do a decent job on the right.
Hell I wouldn't mind seeing Havertz there - think he'd be capable of getting his noggin onto a few of those crosses Martinelli has been putting onto the back stick