Alex Iwobi: Big 17 No Safety

[BigPoppaPump]

Talk about weird and strange. You root for a certain player just because you think we don't have enough of their race. lol. What else? You're rooting for Asano to make to it because we don't have Asians in the squad?

Oh shut up you cry baby.

 

[lazyfreak]

Oh shut up you cry baby.

The racist with wacked logic is telling me to shut up... brilliant!

 

[squallman]

Those players are rubbish and have nothing on Iwobi, they're riding their careers on potential and are not contributing atm. Not to mention proposed changes to the rule where HG slots will be upped from 8 to 12 or even more.

This is ironic given that you're trying to defend Iwobi. Rubbish is also a nice way to talk about our young players who haven't stunk out the place yet. If they increase it to 12, all that means is that we have to sell some of our foreign players.

Why are you so hell bent on keeping Iwobi just for HG quotas regardless of his on the pitch performances. Our academy is full of HG players we can use to meet the quota if its increased

 

[teamsoutheast]

He really wasn't the worst thing on that pitch. We know how flaky he is in the final 3rd but he was reliable when it came to getting the ball there. That's as much as I can hope for with Iwobi.

I might be wrong though - he could be close to his ceiling already as he doesn't seem to be better than he showed he could be in the beginning stages of the season.

Give him another year. Players tend to mature at 23 and we should see more goals and assists from him.

 

[Dutch D]

Give him another year. Players tend to mature at 23 and we should see more goals and assists from him.

Magically? What nonsense.

I'm often amazed by these random 'general wisdom' statements that are baseless.

 

[MutableEarth]

Give him another year. Players tend to mature at 23 and we should see more goals and assists from him.

I hope so - he's not getting good shots regularly though. Hopefully more assists.

 

[A_G]

Magically? What nonsense.

I'm often amazed by these random 'general wisdom' statements that are baseless.

 

[teamsoutheast]

Thank You.

 

[Ricardinho]

With Burnley coming up it reminded me of last season's fixture when Iwobi played a lot deeper and was impressive. I just wonder if we'd seen more of him in that role if wengz was kept on.

 

[Bobby the no1 gooner]

Any other job and Iwobi would of been sacked for non-productivity by now. We can not have a forward that does not contribute either goals or assists. He does probe but often his final ball is so indecisive and you can always wager this guy will mess-up a promising attack. It's simply not good enough if this club has any ambition at all. He looked like he had turned a corner earlier in the season but that was very much short lived. Being young is no excuse to keep playing him but this all highlights how desperate Arsenal are for a goal front from wide positions. That will give us potency from a few positions.

 

[teamsoutheast]

Magically? What nonsense.

I'm often amazed by these random 'general wisdom' statements that are baseless.

Rob Holding, Hector Bellerin, both 23 and have improved considerably from previous seasons. Alex Oxlade-Chamerlain also became a better player at 23. If Iwobi hasn't become more influential by 23/24 then maybe we would need to consider his future but for now he is still learning with lots of room for improvement.

 

[celestis]

He really wasn't the worst thing on that pitch. We know how flaky he is in the final 3rd but he was reliable when it came to getting the ball there. That's as much as I can hope for with Iwobi.

I might be wrong though - he could be close to his ceiling already as he doesn't seem to be better than he showed he could be in the beginning stages of the season.

Just think he needs to be more proactive with his growth , Raheem built himself a mini pitch in his house . Needs to work overhaul his shooting technique and maybe the rest of his decision making in the final third will magically . Just think it's sappin his confidence . Other thing is he tends to come into his own when he is in the midst of other technical players , passing and moving in half spaces .

 

[Football Manager]

I would replace Iwobi and Mkhitaryan by Coman and Thauvin.

 

[Dutch D]

Rob Holding, Hector Bellerin, both 23 and have improved considerably from previous seasons. Alex Oxlade-Chamerlain also became a better player at 23. If Iwobi hasn't become more influential by 23/24 then maybe we would need to consider his future but for now he is still learning with lots of room for improvement.

Well, young players are supposed to get better every year, but it is a function of many things and not just passing some magical age boundary. Iwobi is getting a lot of plying time from a young age, I had expected much more of him by now and I am actually a big fan of his. By the way, I did not mean to pick at you specifically, so sorry for that.

 

[MaraDon]

better than what wilshere is

BOSS.

 

[kraphtous]

Good cameo, definitely can help us off the bench by offering a more direct style late in games.

 

[truth_hurts]

It's almost as if he read this thread. Our only attacker that regularly drives with the ball. Starting quality? Not quite yet, but a great squad option.

 

[hydrofluoric acid]

You could see how relieved he was scoring this goal!

Hope he can build on it!

 

[Mrs Bergkamp]

Good goal and I'm surprised he hit the target. The usual problem of cluelessness in the final third persists as just before he scored,he was inside the Burnley box caught in a thousand minds before losing the ball.

 

[krackpot]

he was inside the Burnley box caught in a thousand minds before losing the ball.