Saka out for six weeks. Could be curtains for our title challenge unless Jesus's purple patch lasts for a few more games.

    Dom hopefully it's closer to 4 weeks. saka is made of tough stuff. this is fucked though. if we were going to make up ground quickly, it was going to be over the Xmas period

      goon this is what he did in 22/23. he had to be everywhere to negate the staler inclinations of tetball that result in the interminable horseshoe. by being everywhere and connecting with teammates, he creates overloads, which is the key to how our structured attack clicks. there must be a steady source of overloads

        Clrnc But the same people who said that have no issue with 18 year old MLS playing and starting. So just wondering is it because of that 1 year difference of age.

        the only reason MLS is getting minutes is cos practically every single LB we had is either injured or nursing one.
        Heck MLS himself is only just back from an injury. That position is absolutely cursed.

          RocktheCasbah

          Yeah Nwaneri isn’t ready for the big time like that yet. Very much still in the learning phase, which is absolutely fine. Also just want to ask for a bit of respek for Havertz plzntnkyou. That’s a top player we are talking about.

            Clrnc What I mean is, previously there are a lot of talks that 30-40 minutes per game might absolutely destroy Nwaneri and his career longevity because of his age. Even if he is a better fit or better quality player than our other options, we can't play him because of his age.

            You are reading this on Twitter, surely. Total misrepresentation of the arguments made on this board.

              It's been said on here that at 17 Nwaneri's quite likely not to be physically and psychologically ideal to risk playing ninety regularly.

              I suspect that's true. There have probably been sound reasons such a young kid isn't starting. However with Saka injured I think we'll see more of him.

                Burnwinter it’s not just age, it’s position.

                The first thing to note is that Arteta got rid of both ESR and Vieira to clear a path for this kid. So he was clearly not marginalising him

                Second - and this is true for MLS as well - is that CM is the hardest position to play. Odegaard covers so much ground, runs with the ball, shows when people need an outlet, leads most creative metrics, runs off the ball, leads press, tracks back.

                What is actually an opportunity is this Saka injury. It might give Nwaneri real time while we source a forward.

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