Gabriel Magalhães: Not Our Only Signing

[Rex Stone]

Saliba's lack of games, especially in the Europa/cups, always annoyed me.

As I said, felt like we could have been in a much better place with him than we are now.

I would like to see Mavro brought back too, tbh.

Yeah it’s tough because we have no idea how good these lads actually are.

Jealous of Leicester finishing third starting Fofana while we’re going to finish 8 places lower playing Holding and Luiz every week.

 

[Riou]

Jealous of Leicester finishing third starting Fofana while we’re going to finish 8 places lower playing Holding and Luiz every week.

Selling Maguire for big money, but already having his replacement in Soyuncu...now they have Forfana too, very well run club.

Used to be us...Kolo going from ultimate utility player in 02/03, to one of the best CBs in the league in 03/04, for like £500,000...great stuff.

Kos being picked up rather cheaply and developed into a very good player...then adding Per to the backline, with both cowering each other's weaknesses...miss doing stuff like that.

Barely have chemistry in our team anymore, everything feels cobbled together...or we just keep doing things we know aren't going to work, it's all very frustrating ffs

 

[Taylor Gang Gunners]

Good start to the season, bad end to the season as he’s looked shaky. Potential is there, but you’ll say the jury is out if you are talking about him being a top CB.

I’ve seen enough tbh. The attributes stopping him becoming elite are gained through experience. He can be a bit rash sometimes (like all young CB’s). But he’s dominant in the air, quick, can pass and can bring the ball out from defence.

He’ll be a lot better next season- already excited to see what he’s gonna produce.

 

[Maybe]

Hit the nail on the head. People need to be more realistic about what Saliba can / will offer us at his extremely young age. CB is not a position that develops early. Ask Juve fans...think about what their expectations were for de Ligt when signed compared to the reality.

People need to be realistic about what our senior CB's (Mari, Luiz, Holding, Chambers) can offer, and that's mid table I'm afraid, so any experiment with Saliba is perfectly legit as longs as these clowns are playing.

Had exactly the same discussions on Saka 1.5 years ago, once the boy started playing, it was obvious that talent is far more important than experience. If Saliba is talented, he will perform better than Holding, Mari, or Luiz, no doubt about that.

The same goes for Gabriel, anyone thinking that Holding, Luiz or Mari offer anything more than Gabriel is just delusional. Just watching these senior clowns failing to pass the ball without ****ing their pants is enough for me to bin all of them, that's without touching their horrendous defending throughout the season

 

[Maybe]

Barely have chemistry in our team anymore, everything feels cobbled together...or we just keep doing things we know aren't going to work, it's all very frustrating ffs

This, I honestly can't believe people are not willing to see something different, even if it's a young CB pair, it just ****ing can't be any worse than Luiz Holding and Mari. Feels like mid table is well accepted within the fanbase

 

[Rex Stone]

Selling Maguire for big money, but already having his replacement in Soyuncu...now they have Forfana too, very well run club.

Used to be us...Kolo going from ultimate utility player in 02/03, to one of the best CBs in the league in 03/04, for like £500,000...great stuff.

Kos being picked up rather cheaply and developed into a very good player...then adding Per to the backline, with both cowering each other's weaknesses...miss doing stuff like that.

Barely have chemistry in our team anymore, everything feels cobbled together...or we just keep doing things we know aren't going to work, it's all very frustrating ffs

I think if we’d just given Saliba some EL group games it would have been enough for me.

Playing that ****** Mustafi and including crocked Mari and Chambers in the squad was rage inducing.

 

[Riou]

This, I honestly can't believe people are not willing to see something different, even if it's a young CB pair, it just ****ing can't be any worse than Luiz Holding and Mari. Feels like mid table is well accepted within the fanbase

If we were in the same situation in the league, but Mikel had been playing Saliba-Gabriel the whole season...the fans would ne more forgiving to Mikel, as at least we would been developing players for our future.

Arteta being a young manager makes it even more bizarre...he can't trust our young players, but wants the club to trust him...can he not see the irony in that

 

[OnlyOne]

Nobody is saying Saliba should’ve played every game, you play him here and there. Nearly every EL game for example you could’ve played me and @OnlyOne at CB they were so easy.

Beat part would be the showers after a big win.

 

[UpTheGunnerz]

Beat part would be the showers after a big win.

Do you reach the shower handle?

 

[Kav]

If we were in the same situation in the league, but Mikel had been playing Saliba-Gabriel the whole season...the fans would ne more forgiving to Mikel, as at least we would been developing players for our future.

Arteta being a young manager makes it even more bizarre...he can't trust our young players, but wants the club to trust him...can he not see the irony in that

Yet you defend him to the hilt. Strange one you are.

 

[OnlyOne]

Do you reach the shower handle?

When erect, yes.

 

[Riou]

Yet you defend him to the hilt. Strange one you are.

I can see the faults in the things I like...I am a very enlightened person, tbh.

 

[Red London]

I can see the faults in the things I like

I'm not necessarily applying it to the Arteta situation but I think a few people on here just take a page out of that.

 

[boonthegoon]

This was so good. I thought we lost the game when Zaha went free.

 

[UpTheGunnerz]

Bags of potential, shaky 2nd part of the season. Good tonight. All in all a pretty decent first season for him

 

[Riou]

Pretty much first season Kos...some bad moments, mixed with some very good ones.

Will be quality for us.

 

[Maybe]

This was so good. I thought we lost the game when Zaha went free.

Imagine Mari there

Reminds me of Koscienly, and we'll need him starting if we ever play attacking football again with a high line

 

[balthazar]

This was so good. I thought we lost the game when Zaha went free.

If that was Luiz, it would have been a penalty!

 

[Hunta]

Elite prospect. Will be Maldini levels if he learns the language.

 

[Wryer]

Not sure about the comparisons with early Koscielny. I think Gabriel is way more cautious, while Kos was relying absolutely everything on his pace and recovery.