Nonsense. If you watch him, you can see him positioning himself next to a Burnley player so he can't receive the ball. Even when we had a throw in late on, White was looking for options, Lokonga stood behind a Burnley player and pointed for White to throw it elsewhere. He's scared out there.
ITS ROCK BOTTOM BURNLEY AT HOME WHO HAS NOT PLAYED OVER A MONTH AND WE COULDNT SCORE 1 GOAL.
Yes, and Sambi was a big part of that. The CM is meant to pick up pockets of space, get on the ball and make progressive passes. Sambi doesn't do it because he doesn't want the ball. He doesn't want the ball, he doesn't want to run, he doesn't want to tackle. I don't know what he offers.
In a midfield of Sambi and the 4 golden boys Arsenal hype up in saka, esr, Martinelli and Ødegaard he was always gonna be blamed. Burnley didn’t dominate the midfield and run at our defence at will through the middle. This is the problem with our fans. They have favourites who are untouchable. Saying at home we couldn’t score against burnley is laughable
People talk about this guy like he's 18 years old. He's 22. Did what was asked you say? He done nothing, show some responsibility, some eagerness to get on the ball and play, we've seen glimpses from him. Look back at 19 year old Guendouzi for example, when the chips were down, he was demanding the ball, making things happen, driving the team forward from CM. Honestly, even Elneny does twice as much as Lokonga.
I'm not denying they were horrible, Saka especially. I thought Ødegaard did well, Martinelli tried but was wasteful, ESR not at it again. Doesn't mean i can't have the opinion Sambi is not good enough for Arsenal or the PL.
He did early this season when there was player beside him last few games he played alone he made mistake trying to be clever. Guendouzi if you remember have abslout no positioning sense and defensively awful.
Outside of saka and potentially Martinelli none of them are good enough for a CL team. The team has overachieved already and their true level is 7th
I disagree, i'd have Guendouzi over him all day, everyday. Lokonga lacks character and physicality. For me, that won't change.
Pretty easy to see this. He doesn’t look like a player who wants to make an impact. He hid the entire day.
I find it very hard to believe Arteta sends his central midfielder out there with instructions to not get on the ball. Impossible.
Exactly with guendouzzi instead of Sambi Burnley would have created way more because there would be no midfield. Guendouzzi at Marseille has 2 central midfielders behind him as he plays in more attacking position.
I don't mind him making mistakes. I just want him to do something. He doesn't get on the ball, he doesn't run, he doesn't tackle or engage, he's just there, jogging around. His most noticeable contribution was wiping Sakas hair clean before the free kick.
