Mraven
Active Member
Let's be honest. Lacazette is nothing special. If Eddie is physically strong enough to challenge PL defenders this year, I don't see why he couldn't compete for the CF position.
Eddie, Eddie, Eddie.
00:14-00:18 is more impressive than the videos you have posted.
Eddie, Eddie, Eddie.
He is OK playing against top players so I have no worries about seeing him against Newcastle00:14-00:18 is more impressive than the videos you have posted.
Starting from your last point, no-one knows who will make it at Arsenal or not. I for one thought Chuba had a higher chance than Iwobi but see what happened? So when people say xyz won't make it at Arsenal, I just brush it off.I actually don't have a problem with them going on loan. As long as they are playing regular minutes, that will please me - I'd rather them play here instead of some of our other "experienced" dossers in the team, but particularly in Nketiah's case he has 2 very seasoned strikers in front of him who've contributed a lot of goals. I don't expect him to play too many games in front of them - he should have at least had the EL group stages mostly to himself but we had Welbeck for that.
And with Willock, the word is Dani Ceballos is coming on loan. That could potentially bloat our midfield and if Elneny is unfortunately still at the club, then a loan for Willock isn't a bad idea. Again, rather he was playing here, but regular minutes is the order of the day. I'm happy with that. I'm only concerned about the nature of the loan - "where they would go, what role in the team they'll play, are they going to be regulars etc". Nelson had a relatively productive loan that could have been so much better if he actually played more.
To your first point, I think people definitely are underrated Willock and Nketiah, to the point that some are still adamant they won't make it here, which I think is unnecessary hyperbole. They most certainly have the talent to succeed and if given a proper first team run here, I think they would be successful IMO.
00:14-00:18 is more impressive than the videos you have posted.
If you want to prove that he is a great player, you should show 00:14-00:18, and nketiah should do more of that.
The tap-in and your clips means very little, the one I posed (00:14-00:18) above shows how good he can be.
Nketiah is a different player, though. Perhaps he never needed to do it.Nketiah should learn from Martinelli
I’m not saying he is incapable, but he should do more of this.
The first goal, credit to him knowing there’s space on the right, so he drag the ball there and shoot. But it isn’t that hard to pull off. Anyone can score the second goal to be honest.Nketiah first goal: https://streamja.com/Rawz
Nketiah's second: https://streamja.com/KOm7
Nketiah is a different player, though. Perhaps he never needed to do it.
Maybe, but if you look at the buildup, he was being marked by two defenders, shrugged one off, and then he takes up an nice position.The first goal, credit to him knowing there’s space on the right, so he drag the ball there and shoot. But it isn’t that hard to pull off. Anyone can score the second goal to be honest.
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on how close he came to going on loan...
Last year in December we were thinking of loaning him to Germany. We decided he would stay with us to train and progress with us. We started this pre-season with the same idea as we finished last year - stay with us. And my idea is that if you progress like we are seeing from you, you can have a chance here for us.
on whether it's likely he will stay now...
I spoke with him and with the club. He has started with a doubt if it is better for him to stay here with us or leave to play more minutes with another team. But we have examples last year of some players who wanted to go away and didn’t play all we wanted. I said to him to first be focused here. If you earn the right to be with us it’s because I can promise you that you are going to have minutes. But in those minutes you need to learn. And in the pre-season at the moment he’s playing like we want. The young players who are here, this is the moment for them to show how we can use them to help us in the season.
on whether Nketiah needs to stay as striker back-up...
Last year Aubameyang also played sometimes as a winger. Last year we had Auba, Lacazette and Danny Welbeck. They had space to play. We didn’t sign another striker at the moment because we want to give the chances to Nketiah. But every young player, if they deserve to be here we are going to help them.
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That's a bit unfair. RVP was a unique talent and he shouldn't be set as an example for young players.He needs to learn these sick skills, beautiful one-twos and through passes.
Nketiah is great at 1:28-1:36 and 2:18-2:26
He does it more often now than when he was in youth level, so I’m glad that he is improving. But he need some consistency on this, he need to be able to do this every match.
He needs to learn these sick skills, beautiful one-twos and through passes.
Can anyone send Nketiah this clip so he can practice some step over or even elastico? Modern striker can’t just be quick and have good finishing. They need to get involve in the build up play and be good at it.
He’s a clown.Give it a rest for once with the ****ing “skills” bullshit.
Would prefer him to go out on loan and play 30-40 games next season. It would be far better for his development than staying here and getting a couple of starts and sub appearances.Emery - My plans for Nketiah this season
https://www.arsenal.com/news/emery-my-plans-nketiah-season
Childish as ****. Lives in FIFA land.He’s a clown.