Rasmi
Negative Nancy
Country: England
I’m worried if we can even sell him. Really should have sold him last summer. Once again Arsenal wait too long and have to take smaller fee
Just ArsenalMania I think.Do some people really think athleticism is all it takes to be a good midfielder? What is in their shxt mind?
true. he needed to be managed carefully to preserve his natural arrogant confidence while developing his tactical awareness in midfield. Unfortunately, he came through at a very chaotic time at Arsenal. He is still very young and has an impressive CV, so its better to rebuild outside, unless uncle mikel understands that there is a world beyong ceballos and elneny.Oh I'll be majorly disappointed when he leaves despite expecting it to happen. He was never given a fair crack at midfield, not at any point in his first team career until Big Sam. I don't think he helped himself by being careless in multiple matches but the ability has always been there, just needed trust IMO. Playing RB is what derailed his career IMO, he never should have played there. That was the beginning of the end, and it's only on sheer natural ability that he still carved out numerous games and decent performances in the RB position - to the point that now everyone thinks he's solely a RB.
That misuse dates back to Wenger I'm afraid. I get he liked to play dudes out of position to help their development. IMO it backfired with AMN, to the point where he's unhappy with his career even though he was getting minutes at RB. So leaving IMO is unavoidable here, he has to go to rebuild his career - especially if he wants to continue being a midfielder. They don't trust him to be one here and he doesn't want to be a RB (rightfully IMO).
true. he needed to be managed carefully to preserve his natural arrogant confidence while developing his tactical awareness in midfield. Unfortunately, he came through at a very chaotic time at Arsenal. He is still very young and has an impressive CV, so its better to rebuild outside, unless uncle mikel understands that there is a world beyong ceballos and elneny.
He got into the England squad off his fullback performances, he's getting dunked on by his own manager after his midfield performances. I feel like this debate is basically over already. Been saying for years, he can be a fullback at a big club or a midfielder at a small club, his choice. I think he's made the wrong choice, but whatever.
This is such a bizarre way of looking at things.He got into the England squad off his fullback performances, he's getting dunked on by his own manager after his midfield performances. I feel like this debate is basically over already. Been saying for years, he can be a fullback at a big club or a midfielder at a small club, his choice. I think he's made the wrong choice, but whatever.
This is such a bizarre way of looking at things.
Like pointing out a young attorney who graduated based on exams at law school should go back to studies because they lost their first couple of cases, rather than gain experience at a small law firm.
99.9% of you would never take the advice you are giving AMN and suck it up to do what you’re told. AMN feels he’s done playing the defensive utility guy. I respect that.
For some people it’s not about collecting plaudits, it’s about doing what you enjoy. Good luck to him wherever he goes.
You're right..Sure it's AMN's choice, it's his career, he can do what he wants. I'm just saying my assessment of him has always been that he won't make it as a midfielder at the top level, tbh i'm not sure a small PL club would take him as a midfielder. If he wants to be a Championship midfielder and he'd be happy to do that, then good luck to him. But he could be a PL player for his boyhood club, he could even get some England games, if he listened to advice.
Plenty of players change positions because it's what's best for their careers, and the vast majority of players want to play at the highest level, achieving the most and earning the biggest wages. And imo most players would change positions if a coach told them they'd have a better career doing so. It's called growing up and making a living. Players who played striker in the youth system have careers at CB, cos if they can make money from it they'll do it.
AMN doesn't have the concentration, positional awareness, 360 vision, or security in possession to be a midfielder. I love AMN, but being a fan of AMN isn't just blindly ignoring all the deficiencies in his game which exclude him from being a top level midfielder.
His problem is he has a bad agent and bad advice, and I find that very sad.
You're right..
All I'm saying is it takes time to grow into the central midfield position and AMN has only had the chance to do that with a long ball team that averages 30% possession. Bums like Allardyce and Pulis do not have a record of developing talent for a good reason, and Arteta's following a similar path. I've seen him at CM only twice for Arsenal and on both occasions he collected an MOTM award (Man U and Rapid).
This is why I say, let him go where he feels important. He's 22, probably feels taken for granted and wants to prove to himself that he's capable. He should be applauded for doing what he feels is best for his career, whether or not that works out, no?
Precisely this. AMN playing midfield is best for his career, not RB. Hopefully he leaves so he can finally cook there permanently. It would be disappointing to me to see him come back and resign himself to RB, because he'll have his good games here and there but he'll never be consistent and reach his full potential because he clearly doesn't like it - we are much better off signing an actual RB who wants to play there. We screwed up with AMN, so it's best we let him go.This is such a bizarre way of looking at things.
Like pointing out a young attorney who graduated based on exams at law school should go back to studies because they lost their first couple of cases, rather than gain experience at a small law firm.
99.9% of you would never take the advice you are giving AMN and suck it up to do what you’re told. AMN feels he’s done playing the defensive utility guy. I respect that.
For some people it’s not about collecting plaudits, it’s about doing what you enjoy. Good luck to him wherever he goes.
If he focus on defending, protecting the defence, and happy to be a Flamini/coquelin type of player. Then Championship team (or even lower PL teams) will suits him.If I was him I would go to a championship team and just play midfield there. I don’t want to see him play for Arsenal at any capacity
He's done a lot for Arsenal as I see it, in going with the utility man role for so long. Just saying that because even though he is an under contract player I have no problems with him.pursuing his dream at CM, regardless of what level he ends up succeeding with that. At minimum he is PL level, the only question is for which tier of teams in the PL.Precisely this. AMN playing midfield is best for his career, not RB. Hopefully he leaves so he can finally cook there permanently. It would be disappointing to me to see him come back and resign himself to RB, because he'll have his good games here and there but he'll never be consistent and reach his full potential because he clearly doesn't like it - we are much better off signing an actual RB who wants to play there. We screwed up with AMN, so it's best we let him go.