Folarin Balogun: Balogone

[TromsoGooner]

How do you think our chances are of keeping him @MutableEarth ? He should fancy his chances here. Auba is not young and being played out wide, Lacazettes decline is alarming and he Nketiah while promising can easily be displaced by Balagoun.

 

[Tourbillion]

Thread title should read Balo d'Or.

 

[Tourbillion]

Up there for most pointless stat I’ve ever seen

Nah that's still xGchain or whatever the **** it is

 

[DanDare]

Haaland who?

 

[TakeChillPill]

This is what you call a real talent. Has that zing xfactor. One touch turn boom!

 

[MutableEarth]

How do you think our chances are of keeping him @MutableEarth ? He should fancy his chances here. Auba is not young and being played out wide, Lacazettes decline is alarming and he Nketiah while promising can easily be displaced by Balagoun.

I think the last month or so has improved our chances of keeping him exponentially and I honestly expected him to leave from since pre-Covid. But Arteta must really like him because he isnt handing out minutes for free! Whatever Arteta is saying/doing is obviously tipping things in our favour.

I think he is the most explosive talent of all our young strikers bar Martinelli maybe, so naturally he will be in the conversation as long as opportunities exist for the kid.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

Impressive needed only one chance to score was impressive turn and shot because the ball behind him sign of a poacher hopefully we'll tie him up and get on loan this January or next season

 

[bingobob]

I saw he scored.

 

[Arsenal1508]

Arteta is fvcking him about just like ESR.

He should have started.

 

[bergholt]

I really hope Arteta's man management is up to the challenge here, Martinelli + Balogun + Saka could be a pretty fun front three for a lot of years.

 

[krackpot]

turn and shoot. Lovely!

 

[scytheavatar]

How do you think our chances are of keeping him @MutableEarth ? He should fancy his chances here. Auba is not young and being played out wide, Lacazettes decline is alarming and he Nketiah while promising can easily be displaced by Balagoun.

Balogun still needs to compete with TJJ and Martinelli for the striker spot, it's simply impossible to give minutes to all of these players. TJJ in particular is probably the best fit for the psuedo midfielder that Arteta wants as his striker. If I am Balogun I would still consider leaving the club as the odds of him getting minutes isn't very good.

 

[Wryer]

Kid is built like a bulldozer. We could do with some raw power up front. Watching the senior forwards fall always like twigs at the first defensive challenge pains me.

 

[Sniper Mik]

Would be interesting to see the battle between Eddie and Balogun for spots in the last 2 group games.

 

[Arsenal1508]

Can we juat exile Lacazette or use him just as an impact sub. No point persisting anymore.

 

[Tourbillion]

Thread title should read Balo d'Or.

@American_Gooner

 

[roz]

Kid is built like a bulldozer. We could do with some raw power up front. Watching the senior forwards fall always like twigs at the first defensive challenge pains me.

Bulldozers are slow no?

 

[kash2]

BaloGunner ... looked the part and looked sharp and smart. Right now the striker spot at Arsenal is there for the taking. There will never be a better opportunity for a young striker, and he looked hungry and determined and intelligent.

Rooting for him.

 

[Pyres7]

Hard to tell from these 10 minute cameos but from what I've heard about him he's a much better prospect than Eddie. They both have the end product but Balogun's a better footballer.

I'm all for giving Eddie opportunities but I don't think he has that high of a ceiling. Maybe we should sell him and give Balogun those minutes instead.

 

[Maybe]

Hard to tell from these 10 minute cameos but from what I've heard about him he's a much better prospect than Eddie. They both have the end product but Balogun's a better footballer.

I'm all for giving Eddie opportunities but I don't think he has that high of a ceiling. Maybe we should sell him and give Balogun those minutes instead.

If the club can sign a contract with Balogun, we sell Eddie for £15M, think everyone would be happy. It would be a success story for Eddie and the club.

Selling Eddie and AMN could give us enough money to finance 1 bigger transfer, which makes our investment youth totally worth it, and should be a template for the future