Obviously I love Bukayo but he should be dropped, I feel. Absolutely awful, and blaming others for it is just grasping. Was as bad as Antony today.
Saka
The funny thing about Saka is he has these visually weird games, but when you look at his numbers, he’s always very productive and in the thick of it. Yesterday he led in goal probability added, and was involved in the third most attacking sequences. So he’s doing smart, useful things.
I disagree that Saka was awful. It was a terrible miss, granted, but we are just so used to Saka at his very best that anything short of it is seen as terrible. He was nowhere near as bad as Anthony, who was just functional.
Anthony is just shit. Almost as bad as the Butcher who just quit on his team
Saka's miss was probably his best moment yesterday.
Dalot to be fair was very good against him. As we saw last season Ake defended well against him as well, right footed LBs are more difficult for Saka as he likes to cut in.
Yea, I was thinking about it yesterday. The opposition is so scared and always double-team Saka, but we never seem to profit from it. All it does is just make him give up possession and our attack goes somewhere else. Exactly what the defence wants.
Yeah. When we're able to work it well it even creates space for Ode and White just inside or on the overlap.
goon This is more what I mean. We don't take advantage of this often enough. Switching the play to the other flank should be the last option.
To be fair, Odegaard works well and provides options for Saka, but we've been seriously lacking wide-support with Partey at RB. Hopefully this gets better with White there now.
England player of the year for the second year in a row.
Nominated for Ballon Dor. Still got a few names to be announced, think Odegaard and Saliba/Martinelli will be on it.
Clrnc Nominated for Ballon Dor. Still got a few names to be announced, think Odegaard and Saliba/Martinelli will be on it.
Odegaard is on the list as well.
Apparently Saka is nursing an injury that we are monitoring. Could this be why he’s had a poor start to the season (for his standards)?
https://www.football.london/arsenal-fc/news/bukayo-saka-injury-worry-could-27713258.amp