✍️ OFFICIAL Declan Rice

[jones]

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He’s sounding like @albino here

Not for me, Clive.

He's a ****ing idiot isn't he, Wilshere reincarnate with his comments. Like you have to have had a top level player career to have an opinion worth listening to, proper yer da take.

"60k go every week" most of them aren't top midfielders so their cheering you on doesn't count either ya eediat.

 

[jones]

The "Welcome to Arsenal" Declan Rice thread is going to be quite awkward for some AM posters

If we do sign him I'll make an unashamed 180 degree spin while reserving the right to call him a donkey when he puts in a stinker.

Can't see this happening though, will be real awkward when he signs for Boehlys band of inbreds and @OnlyOne love letters here are laid out for everyone to see.

 

[Sebastes]

He's just being a bigot about it. Criticised Partey as overrated for so long, can't adapt his opinion in the face of new data. It's an ego thing I reckon.

Isn’t that somewhat of a grey area? I reckon it’s much more black and white than that

 

[bastun]

I cannot comprehend how so many posters don't see what Rice brings to this team. If your issue is the price tag I can understand, but to diss the guy. He's a big strong physical player who is a natural leader as well. Exactly what Arteta wants for his system. He said it couple of times already. Yes he might not have Partey passing qualities and might not be that press resistant but will be a good backup to Partey and probably can play xhakas role. He is the right age, still can become a better player.

 

[Xln]

The same midfield that bossed and bullied by Everton?

No Partey hasn't. Rose tinted fans like you are the reason why he was one of highest rated players in a match on a fan rating site when he came on as sub and hardly touched the ball.

Partey comes no where near Rodri statistically.

Partey has improved immensely from last season (in which he was dross) and at his best is very good. Partey, however, is far too inconsistent and dropped far too many poor performances to be considered amongst Rodri, Casemiro and Rice this season. Partey is in the next bracket with Caicedo and Norgaard and it's debatable he's been even been better than them.

It's clear Partey has been our weakest performing player this season in our starting 11 again. Jorginho in his short time here has shown the gulf of technical ability and positional awareness between the two.

Casemiro is late in challenges and misses a lot of easy passes. On top of that he doesn't have the dribbling skills Partey has.

You are lost.

 

[Mitch]

Casemiro is late in challenges and misses a lot of easy passes. On top of that he doesn't have the dribbling skills Partey has.

You are lost.

Partly is better at evading the press (almost Torreira like) and a better dribbler than Casemiro.

Ro counter it Partey also gives away posseion often (some very sloppy in vulnerable positions) and doesn't have the positional awareness that Casemiro has.

 

[Gooner Zig]

Casemiro is late in challenges and misses a lot of easy passes. On top of that he doesn't have the dribbling skills Partey has.

You are lost.

He's also got himself red carded (straight red) TWICE in barely 6 mo of football

 

[blaze_of_glory]

Rice would never do that btw

 

[GoonerJeeves]

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He’s sounding like @albino here

Not for me, Clive.

It would probably have been best to not comment at all, or if need be, give a generic comment about pundits in general. This is a lose lose situation for any footballer. Let the pundits do their thing, give your replies on the pitch.

 

[Rasmi]

Looking forward to watching him tonight and see how he does against Italy

 

[ArsenesCoatMaker]

Partly is better at evading the press (almost Torreira like) and a better dribbler than Casemiro.

Ro counter it Partey also gives away posseion often (some very sloppy in vulnerable positions) and doesn't have the positional awareness that Casemiro has.

Passing Accuracy

Partey 87%
Casemiro 79%
Rice 89%

Long Pass Accuracy

Rice 72%
Partey 68%
Casemiro 55%

Times Lost Possesion Per Game

Partey 12.4
Casimiro 16.2
Rice 9

Ball Recoveries Per Game

Partey 9
Casimiro 7.8
Rice 9.7

And more if interested

https://www.squawka.com/en/comparison-matrix/?compare=mUEky7p62GwKt5p2F1mVv

 

[DuBB]

As someone who spent more time watching AM than posting, I love the way our online fanbase sways.

We love nothing more than admiring a player from afar, and then trying to talk ourselves out of them when they're actually linked to us.

It's happening now with Rice, because I know for a fact if there was a race for his signature and every other Top 6 club was an option but us, we'd be asking "why not us?"

The Caicedo thing was a perfect microcosm.

He was "the type of player" we should be getting and wishlist material.

Then we bid for him, and roundly people were saying we were bidding too much and he wasn't worth the price, not experience enough etc. etc.

We didn't get him, and now most links are to Rice, and suddenly, Caicedo is back to being one we should be after.

I'm speaking generally, I'm not targeting any one poster, but the ways the tides shift over here is WILD.

 

[Mitch]

Rice has been excellent so far tonight.

 

[Blood on the Tracks]

Forget the goal. Rice ran the midfield first half.

So clever at sniffing out danger. His distribution has been very good also. A few of his trademark driving runs from deep too.

 

[Rasmi]

Call me a hater. But he is carbon copy of Hjorberg. Good grafter, but very little ability to control a midfield or make smart passes.

 

[Dokaka]

Leave it to Rasmi to list a bunch of things Rice cannot do minutes after he just did it.

 

[GDeep™]

Leave it to Rasmi to list a bunch of things Rice cannot do minutes after he just did it.

@Rasmi

 

[Blood on the Tracks]

Leave it to Rasmi to list a bunch of things Rice cannot do minutes after he just did it.

Tbf I think he just hates DM's as a species

 

[Rasmi]

@Rasmi

I trust your judgement. Do you see a 100 million midfielder or am I just nitpicking with this guy

 

[Rasmi]

Tbf I think he just hates DM's as a species

A DM can’t be 100 million players surely