USArsenal remember that twat insisting he's a central midfielder 
Those cringe young English talents all idolising Stevie Me.
Nwanners!
goon I can only assume it's load and expectation management given just how much Arteta raves about him as a player.
We've been playing like shit, and Saka is Arteta's go-to match winner and he's got a long history of leaving Saka out on his legs hoping to squeeze out results. And that is why we haven't been seeing too much of Nwaneri.
Plus Arteta felt like he needed to work through all his other senior options out there, even though they've all been less effective than Nwaneri.
Clrnc sir, you’re taking an outlier as well who is probably the best teenager anybody normal has seen since Messi as the example of why we need to play a child.
And prior to this, we consistently had one of the 16 youngest squads in all of Europe (including places like Austria and Holland where teams are young) when Arteta focused on Saka etc.
People were annoyed Saka wasn’t in the FA cup final. He seems to be fine now as far as I can tell.
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Claudius People were annoyed Saka wasn’t in the FA cup final. He seems to be fine now as far as I can tell.
People aren't worried about Nwaneri stagnating if he doesn't play a few more minutes, so not sure where you're going with this. The question is if Nwaneri playing more would've helped us.
QuincyAbeyie we looked shit. I doubt we would’ve solved significant structural issues that the team had. We had an Odegaard sized hole. Nobody is filling that, certainly not Nwaneri.
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I've seen this argument several times - that Ødegaard is irreplaceable so there's no point in trying to fill the void. As if it's just a binary question of filling vs. not filling rather than degrees of filling.
We looked like shit, like you say. Whether Nwaneri should've played is certainly not a question of "would he have made us play as well as if we had Ødegaard", but "would he have made us play any better than what we did?"
QuincyAbeyie exactly. We looked so blunt without Odegaard. We needed someone with Nwaneris skillset.
Maybe, but you’re talking about an extra 15 mins here and there. I think it was Newcastle where he came on a bit earlier and struggled to get into the game until he had a late shot on goal.
To be perfectly clear, I think he should have been coming on sooner or maybe even starting. I can’t really see the harm. But I also can’t see any other reason why he’s not getting game time than those given.
Maybe there’s a bit of what @Burnwinter suggested in not wanting to promote him ahead of someone like Trossard too quickly, but I don’t even see how that would be a problem if you’re talking about being subbed on earlier or starting one game in 5. He also came on ahead of both Jesus and Sterling at times.
It's not that complex. Nwaneri could've played a bit more by now and it's been indicated with hindsight that he should've. Arteta hasn't played Nwaneri less than he could have purely out of a judicious desire to protect him.
Fine margins in this league and we've dropped points due to a lack of verve and creativity.
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No, the flaw is armchair fans thinking they know better.
Why let facts like that get in the way?
That's why my list of comparable attributes didn't include intelligence.
Aren't all fans armchair fans, unless they don't have any opinion of their own except for "whatever happens is always the right decision, because I am in no position to think otherwise"?
Clive Palmer very good on Nwaneri on this week's ArsenalVision pod.
RocktheCasbah oooh I'm gonna listen to it tucked up in bed shortly.
daredevil No, the flaw is armchair fans thinking they know better.
Nope. Let's be clear, Arteta doesn't give a fuck about load management when there are other factors he deems more important. Don't ask me. Ask Ben White!