Hm nah i'd put Foden above Saka, he has an aesthetic quality that Saka doesn't quite have, plus he's showing a bit more finishing. There might not be a huge gap between them though, if Saka was playing at City he'd be getting way more attention.
I've decided to just let Arsenal fans overrate our players, what I hate is when they start punishing the players for not matching their ridiculous expectations.
I'm gonna creep back in with my world class LB agenda and you'll hate me for it.One game against WBA and people are gonna lose their **** about him as LB.
LCM > LW > LB/RWWhat's his best position?
LCM > LW > LB/RW
I just don't think he's an inverted winger, his game isn't about cutting in onto his stronger foot and playing reverse balls/scoring curlers. The inverted winger role is for goal scorers imo, Saka will chip in but he's more of an enabler.
I would love to see him starting in central areas but drifting out wide, he's good enough of a defender and smart enough to not be a liability as a no8. Remember Di Maria playing central winger at Real? I think Saka could be the best version of himself in that role. He'll be alright anywhere though.
LCM > LW > LB/RW
I just don't think he's an inverted winger, his game isn't about cutting in onto his stronger foot and playing reverse balls/scoring curlers. The inverted winger role is for goal scorers imo, Saka will chip in but he's more of an enabler.
I would love to see him starting in central areas but drifting out wide, he's good enough of a defender and smart enough to not be a liability as a no8. Remember Di Maria playing central winger at Real? I think Saka could be the best version of himself in that role. He'll be alright anywhere though.
We would have to press and defend very well as a unit but that's basically what City do when they line up with a midfield of Rodri/Fernandinho plus two attacking mids.I Would like to see Partey as a 6, with Saka and ESR as 8s in a 4-3-3...feel Bukayo would do well in that role.
LCM > LW > LB/RW
I just don't think he's an inverted winger, his game isn't about cutting in onto his stronger foot and playing reverse balls/scoring curlers. The inverted winger role is for goal scorers imo, Saka will chip in but he's more of an enabler.
I would love to see him starting in central areas but drifting out wide, he's good enough of a defender and smart enough to not be a liability as a no8. Remember Di Maria playing central winger at Real? I think Saka could be the best version of himself in that role. He'll be alright anywhere though.
Love it. I sound like a broken record right now but with the mish-mash of players we have there is a solution for at least top 6 level football in our current squad.Here's an idea, play a narrow 4-4-2/4-2-2-2 with Saka on the left and ESR/Buendia on the right, Partey/Bissouma 2 man midfield, overlapping fullbacks for width and two strikers, maybe Auba plus a target man, or Auba plus Pepe.
Good points, equally possibly LW in a 4-4-2? Kind of what Lemar does, or what Giggs used to do. But yeah you're right, he's not a goal scorer.
Also Saka at RW deprives us of Pepe cutting in and shooting on his left foot, which is sort of the best and only thing he offers the team.
We won so it won`t be talked about much but playing him as a right wing back was an awful idea. In a game which we controlled and where the wing backs spent most of their time attacking maybe but it was obvious that we would have to defend deep and it seemed to be Artetas plan as well. Saka played all game as a regular RB and was obviously very uncomfortable, which was always going to be the case with his body shape and things like that completely different.Seems like we just chucked him at RWB last night for the sake of getting him in the team. Offered nothing really from there and I wouldn't expect him too. His versatility is a great attribute but let's not go over the top by playing him everywhere.
Yeah and given that we had three RB's on the bench it makes it even more baffling. Saka just wasn't in the game at all and I don't blame him for that. I'd have been glad to give Saka a rest for this one but if he had to play he should've played either LWB or the position Ødegaard was occupying.We won so it won`t be talked about much but playing him as a right wing back was an awful idea. In a game which we controlled and where the wing backs spent most of their time attacking maybe but it was obvious that we would have to defend deep and it seemed to be Artetas plan as well. Saka played all game as a regular RB and was obviously very uncomfortable, which was always going to be the case with his body shape and things like that completely different.