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Yousif convincing himself Saka has gained muscles was bs and I explained why. It's just a good picture. Maybe a bit of puberty.
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Think Saka is good at everything that you’d want from a winger but not elite in any one category, most of A-M disagrees with me on this though. For me his best attribute is his football IQ and if you combine that with his rounded attacking attributes I think you get a world class attacking midfielder eventually.Hi all. I don't post on here often but I wanted to share a perspective on Saka which is a little bit against the conventional view.
No doubt he's a wonder kid at Arsenal and he's done great to establish himself in the first team.
But a little part of me says that he will at some point hit a ceiling and not become "elite".
When I watch him play on the wing, I've rarely seem him beat the fullback near the byline. Usually when he gets the ball at the byline he passes it back inwards to the midfielder nearest to him back into the center of the pitch. It's essentially a dead end because the center of the pitch is packed.
What I want to see him more do is whip the ball into the goal from the byline or try to take on the full back who is in front of him. I've rarely seen him do that and seen so many attacks break down once saka gets the ball at the byline.
Take nothing away from him, he still gets goals and assists but my observation is that they're more tap ins, or being in the right place (e.g. his goal against sevilla yesterday was a good example of being in the right place to poke the ball in). That means he has exceptional off the ball movement and ability to be there at the right time
So all in all, I'm a bit confused about Saka. He definitely has great off the ball movement and positioning, but I don't see him particularly great at the "winger" role especially from the byline where many wingers spend their time.
Look at trent Alexander Arnold from the wing. He has an incredible ability to whip the ball in.
If saka develops that he'd become elite.
Think Saka is good at everything that you’d want from a winger but not elite in any one category, most of A-M disagrees with me on this though.
For me I think his best attribute is his football IQ
Our right side doesn’t help at all but Saka plays more directly than B Silva. Think a better comparison would be Mahrez tbh.I’d say some of @aryal observations is just a consequence of playing on the right side under Arteta.
We’ve been through it many times, but it’s difficult.
I could only think of very few accomplished creative players coming in and doing a better job than Saka. B Silva or something like that (random example of the type of player needed not comparing the two).
Our right side with Pepe and Saka being double teamed by opposition makes it likely they won't try to go past many players by themselves.Agree with everyone's comments here. If he could develop that "byline" game he'd be an absolute beast. Imagine him beating the full back and then running towards the penalty box to pass it to someone else inside the box who has a shot on goal.
That's far better than just passing back to a midfielder from the byline and the play slowing down.
So just improving his ability to beat the fullback could massively improve arsenal.
£150-180k.
How much do we think Saka is going to get?
How much do we think Saka is going to get?
I think Foden's deal has less impact on how much Saka is getting than the same agent getting Nketiah 100k a week. Saka should easily be on 200k based on impact and ability vs wage by that standard.
How much do we think Saka is going to get?
ESR kicking himself that he signed for 20K before Nketiah got £100K.I think Foden's deal has less impact on how much Saka is getting than the same agent getting Nketiah 100k a week. Saka should easily be on 200k based on impact and ability vs wage by that standard.
How much do we think Saka is going to get?
Never understood the "tap-in merchant" criticism anyway, if you can position yourself to get tap-ins then that benefits the team and is a function of good positioning and movement amongst other things. How in the flying **** is this bad?Yeah guys another myth in this thread, Saka scoring “tap-in” goals through his great positioning. Go look his goals back, most are edge of the box or 12-14 yards out. Not easy to score from those positions at all but whatever. Saka from the right is not a traditional winger, think you have to play him from the left for that. He’s clearly doing what Arteta wants from him as well as he is the guy driving us forward, keeping the ball when double or triple teamed, he’s almost never in a 1v1 position. People just making stuff up now to use as a stick against him. Guy is stil 20 years old and was our most important attacker last season. Think Gabriel Jesus fits perfectly with him, can see him go up a level.
To be fair, I think it may have started amongst our particular fanbase some 20 years ago when the deluded Mancs were trying to compare HorseFace to the King.Never understood the "tap-in merchant" criticism anyway, if you can position yourself to get tap-ins then that benefits the team and is a function of good positioning and movement amongst other things. How in the flying **** is this bad?
Possibly, but Henry got his fair share of tap-ins, too. We were accused of "trying to walk it in" for years, this is basically the definition of tap-in merchants, lol.To be fair, I think it may have started amongst our particular fanbase some 20 years ago when the deluded Mancs were trying to compare HorseFace to the King.
If he gets 180k, if Leno and Mari go, it would just replace their wages and the overall wage bill would not increase. Torreira and Bellerin leaving will free up another 185k which can be used for new contracts or for new signings.Where would this put Arsenal in the wage championships?
Think Saka is looking at 150k minimum anyways. 200 wouldn't surprise me though.
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He hates the Hale End players ever since they usurped the French guys he loved. If ESR was from Marseille it would be a different story.What’s wrong with you