goon I don’t even think we’re seeing his best yet.

Would be nice if he wasn't the only player in the team capable of running.

Rice is a proper Invincibles era Arsenal player. Beast.

    lorddulaarsenal

    He's not at as good as Partey as 6, nor as good as Xhaka as an 8, yet somehow he feels more integral and a lynchpin.

        He’s a huge personality and when the chips go down automatically plays better. He is like Tony Adams in midfield, can’t praise him high enough.

        In the last 15 years if i could design one player in the lab he would have Rice’s mentality and physicality.

        Looked Ng the part since he started playing with a bit more freedom. If we can get Partey back in he could start offering even more.

          daredevil He's far better defensively than Partey as a 6 and I don't use that word lightly. His reading of the play is next level, the goal he scored against Chelsea comes from him reading the bad pass before Gallagher, who had been superb for Chelsea all game. Nobody is talking about his price tag any more either, shows how good he has been so far.

          What we need though is to have an elite passer with him at 8, we can't be building around Partey due to how unreliable he is from an injury point of view. I do think though Rice has another level in him, I think towards the end of the season or next season he'll really hit another level.

              JazzG Nobody is talking about his price tag any more either

              I'm happy to talk about it. Basically if we're gonna spend £100m Rice is what we should spend it on. Far better value than a gamble at half the fee.

                I really feel the goals will also come from him. Just a matter of time.

                  HomeSteak quarter of the season in and he's got 2. If he keeps going and get 8 PL goals thats as good as Xhaka last season and would be a good return. I'd like to see a few more assists from him but thats also on the guys he's passing to.

                      Qwiss

                      Being right footed and running in a left channel isn't helping him in terms of assisting. We saw against Chelsea when he was released in the channel, that he tried to assist with the outside of his right foot and got it completely wrong.

                          daredevil was a bit disappointed last night after that brilliant run he played the obvious pass to Saka with his left instead of playing it to Martinelli, harder pass, probably didn't see him but it was one time his right foot would have been a benefit.

                            Was quietly superb again. He is so consistent in everything he does.

                            I love him. He's like a massive security blanket for the team. So glad he's proven his worth to everyone so quickly.

                            He's getting to full fitness too, covers so much ground.

                            He drops 9/10s week in week out. He’s just perfect for us.

                            11 days later

                            I can't actually believe I thought Caicedo was comparable to Rice, Rice is on another level.