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Good to see him driving up his market value.
AMN and Willock need to be some of the first names on the team sheet for an EPL to further their development and give them a chance at playing for us.
Yeah exactly. It’s easily forgotten how abysmal our so called starters were before Christmas while these guys who’d run through a brick wall for the club were tearing it up in Europe, only to be ignored again.You frame this as very matter of fact, but it is something to just agree to disagree on, and based on comments above and others I have seen I think it is pretty safe to say the majority is more with my stance. All I ask for, and I think what the players themselves would ask for, is a genuine meritocracy. If they have a run into form there should be no inhibitions from a manager to give them more starts over the more established players. That’s how it should be. We should be shedding Elneny and Ceballos this summer, but even if we brought in a player like Bissouma or Berge it wouldn’t be enough for overall numbers. That’s where AMN and/or Willock come in.
Yeah exactly. It’s easily forgotten how abysmal our so called starters were before Christmas while these guys who’d run through a brick wall for the club were tearing it up in Europe, only to be ignored again.
It’s not that AMN or Willock didn’t get any chances at all, it’s that whether they played well or badly, they’d get benched the next game.
Same thing happened to Nelson who disappeared after the back end of last season.
People carry on like these young players have Henry, Bergkamp and Vieira ahead of them rather than a bunch of overpaid medium-to-good payroll leeches.
Yeah exactly. It’s easily forgotten how abysmal our so called starters were before Christmas while these guys who’d run through a brick wall for the club were tearing it up in Europe, only to be ignored again.
It’s not that AMN or Willock didn’t get any chances at all, it’s that whether they played well or badly, they’d get benched the next game.
Same thing happened to Nelson who disappeared after the back end of last season.
People carry on like these young players have Henry, Bergkamp and Vieira ahead of them rather than a bunch of overpaid medium-to-good payroll leeches.
But Willock and AMN did get chances. Willock has been in and out of the team for a couple of seasons, but not good enough to be a regular starter. AMN got a bunch of minutes and was even called up to England, but for various reasons he never got a significant run of matches in his preferred position. They obviously needed a change to further their development.You frame this as very matter of fact, but it is something to just agree to disagree on, and based on comments above and others I have seen I think it is pretty safe to say the majority is more with my stance. All I ask for, and I think what the players themselves would ask for, is a genuine meritocracy. If they have a run into form there should be no inhibitions from a manager to give them more starts over the more established players. That’s how it should be. We should be shedding Elneny and Ceballos this summer, but even if we brought in a player like Bissouma or Berge it wouldn’t be enough for overall numbers. That’s where AMN and/or Willock come in.
AMN was pissing off WBA fans before yesterday's game, and people think he's good enough to be getting more minutes for us? Are you all for real? AMN is clearly a great athlete but a terrible footballer and I have a hard time understanding why people think he would make for a good midfielder.
If they are good enough for Arsenal, they should be in the top few players for their on loan clubs because if they can't even do that, how can they even get playing time with Arsenal? ESR showed that when he went to Huddersfield and even Calum Chambers did it for Fulham but we haven't seen AMN anywhere near that.
He has the speed and versatility to be a wing back but does not have the technicality, decision making or passing to be a CM. Happy for AMN to be sold (and Bellerin) in summer to continue the rebuild.
AMN was pissing off WBA fans before yesterday's game, and people think he's good enough to be getting more minutes for us? Are you all for real? AMN is clearly a great athlete but a terrible footballer and I have a hard time understanding why people think he would make for a good midfielder.
You’re missing the point entirely. We’re saying he, and anyone else who’s earned recognition, should be given at least the same treatment as someone like Willian, Ceballos and Elneny.
If you collect consecutive MotMs in a cup semi, final and community shield, you should be in the frame to start the season with some game time in your favoured position over a returning loanee who flopped in the Turkish league.
This was normal about a decade ago. Now we have no choice.This is normal for a club of Arsenal's size. Few of our youngsters will make it here, but many will go on to have successful careers in football in other clubs.
It's mental. One good performance against a Southampton team with 1 eye on their semi final at the weekend & it's used as another reason to bash Arteta.
Same with Willock, who's doing ok, but even he's not started the last 2 games & the game before that he got hooked off after an hour with Newcastle losing 2-0 to Brighton.
You've skim read this thread it seems. The topic is way broader than recent loan performances.It's mental. One good performance against a Southampton team with 1 eye on their semi final at the weekend & it's used as another reason to bash Arteta.
Same with Willock, who's doing ok, but even he's not started the last 2 games & the game before that he got hooked off after an hour with Newcastle losing 2-0 to Brighton.