Mohamed Elneny: One Mo Year

[boonthegoon]

Wtf was Mido trying here? esp in the end...If I was Moh, I would have smashed him on live tv. He is happy with his role just leave him alone

 

[Erlis]

What a sh1t of an interviewer. Why does he want Elneny out of Arsenal so badly. lol

Elneny responding with intelligence and calmness to his arrogance, a true Wenger boy.

 

[GoonerJay24]

I still think if he'd played consistently last season with one of Xhaka or Partey, we would've made Europe.

Arteta is so naive sometimes.

 

[UpTheGunnerz]

The last few posts brings a tear to an old mans eye

 

[Macho]

I underestimate Mikel's man management, this guy has literally no clue that he's fodder. That's wild.

Mido sounds like me when I am trying to reason with my french speaking buddies still at this bloody club.

 

[Barry]

Elneny is clearly an absolute gent and a lovely guy. The recent discussions about Tielemans in the CM role got me thinking though so I did a stat comparison between Tielemans and Elneny - won't post it here because I know it gets a bit tedious but suffice to say that Tielemans DEFENSIVE numbers are comfortably better than Elneny's... his numbers are so bad it's unreal. I think he's actually better than they show but he's bottom 1-3% of the charts for pressures, tackles and blocks. For aerial wins and interceptions he is bottom 25% as well.

 

[MikelHadADream]

Elneny is clearly an absolute gent and a lovely guy. The recent discussions about Tielemans in the CM role got me thinking though so I did a stat comparison between Tielemans and Elneny - won't post it here because I know it gets a bit tedious but suffice to say that Tielemans DEFENSIVE numbers are comfortably better than Elneny's... his numbers are so bad it's unreal. I think he's actually better than they show but he's bottom 1-3% of the charts for pressures, tackles and blocks. For aerial wins and interceptions he is bottom 25% as well.

Defensive statistics have to be taken with a massive pinch of salt. It's hard to compare players within the same team as they have different roles, let alone players from different clubs. There are far to many variables to put massive stock on them. Always go back to it, but Harry Magiure was statistically better than VVD a few years ago...

 

[Symbia]

I agree with this completely, yet I would write this with a positive spin instead .

He's boring but quite functional and allows the game flow

More like allow the game pass him by. Elneny does nothing that an average bottom table epl midfielder cannot do.
He is nothing special, defensively and offensively. You hardly see him stop opposition attack or counter attack and he hardly initiate one.
I honestly do not understand what he is still doing in our team.
Great guy but not player.

 

[boonthegoon]

Gotta love Mo

 

[UpTheGunnerz]

Gotta love Mo

That’s all me and @Riou ever asked for. Some appreciation for an outstanding character, not everything have to be about being a great footballer

 

[Oxeki]

With Partey now out, he's going to lead us to top 4 isn't he?

 

[Makingtrax]

With Partey now out, he's going to lead us to top 4 isn't he?

With Partey out, Elneny is probably a safer bet than young Sambi at the moment.

 

[Big Poppa]

With Partey out, Elneny is probably a safer bet than young Sambi at the moment.

Xhaka + Sambi + Elneny would allow for some defensive rotation in the fullback areas when Cedric or Tavares push forward. This is how Klopp plays (albeit with far superior players) but we do not seem to want to ever have more than one player in central midfield.

 

[UpTheGunnerz]

The prince that was promised.

 

[Penn_]

The Xhaka - Elneny pivot will survive the apocalypse.

How do we keep coming back to it like a Arteta - Flamini regen.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

The Xhaka - Elneny pivot will survive the apocalypse.

How do we keep coming back to it like a Arteta - Flamini regen.

Elneny would be good choice if he somehow good going forward but he isn't against Senegal when i watching Egypt he was so awful losing every ball.

 

[Rex Stone]

The Xhaka - Elneny pivot will survive the apocalypse.

How do we keep coming back to it like a Arteta - Flamini regen.

It’s survived four different managers ffs

Genuine if you don’t laugh you’ll cry material.

 

[UpTheGunnerz]

Thanks for the memories (glorious banter tweet at Alexis, stunning goals in the Europa League, Camp Nou banger, Utd away last season, being the most positive and happy soul at the club, being by morning meadow and evening sun, my shining light and my egyptian prince) but its time for an extension

 

[BenTal]

I cannot believe he is not better than Sambi

 

[UpTheGunnerz]

Senpai Mo una