Myles Lewis-Skelly: Spooky Scary Skelly

[Sammy1887]

Been a bit dodgy, but I don't care still think he's a top player ..to adapt as fast as he had to a new position (a defensive one too which is harder for a younger player) and be a key player for us is amazing.

Love him!

He is becoming complacent..needs some competition and Calarigatoni isn't one to provide it.

 

[bastun]

He is becoming complacent..needs some competition and Calarigatoni isn't one to provide it.

We missed a golden opportinity with Hato. I hate this Chelsea transfer

 

[2Smokeyy]

@Trilly just opened X and this is the first thing I saw

I’m dead ffs

 

[Trilly]

@Trilly just opened X and this is the first thing I saw

I’m dead ffs

Lippy is right, he’s been moving crazy this pre-season but up and downs are to be expected. People calling him a world class LB need to slow down because we won’t know who MLS really is until the end of this season, we’ve seen this before.

I have faith in him though.

 

[MutableEarth]

Imagine my shock that as soon as he started moving into midfield for those 15 mins in the 2nd half he played exponentially better than he has all preseason so far. Funny that!

He's clearly phoning it a bit, not really playing at full sharpness.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

i'm worried about him defensively i know he not LB but he has to be better if he start against the PL season so many space he leaving.

 

[avenellroad]

He had a poor end to the season and seems to have continued it. Teams will be targeting him non stop that’s for sure.

 

[Geofranco]

Lippy is right, he’s been moving crazy this pre-season but up and downs are to be expected. People calling him a world class LB need to slow down because we won’t know who MLS really is until the end of this season, we’ve seen this before.

I have faith in him though.

Just play the kid in midfield, enough with this LB nonsense. Play Timber or calafiori there.

 

[Geofranco]

He had a poor end to the season and seems to have continued it. Teams will be targeting him non stop that’s for sure.

Not really lol. Only remember him being poor in the 2nd leg of the PSG tie. He was one of the best players on the pitch in the first leg and was also pretty good against Liverpool.

 

[HaffBR]

Worse than Zinchenko as LB. Calafiori maybe the clear upgrade on both, but that mf is injured all the time.

 

[viktor]

i'm worried about him defensively i know he not LB but he has to be better if he start against the PL season so many space he leaving.

his positioning not really good

 

[JMB]

Will be Lamine Yamal, Joao Neves or Désiré Doué this year but great achievement for Skelly.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

Fully deserved even tho he won't win it but the 6 months raise he had was incredible. Nobody knew who he was apart from few people year ago we were all focusing on Ethan

 

[viktor]

 

[Trilly]

hold on a second…we keep talking about how we need an AM, LW etc (which we do) but it seems like Zinchenko was a major part of us playing good football…

 

[Geofranco]

hold on a second…we keep talking about how we need an AM, LW etc (which we do) but it seems like Zinchenko was a major part of us playing good football…

It was Zinchenko, Xhaka and especially Jesus that made the team play fluid and technical football that season.

 

[Kobi]

hold on a second…we keep talking about how we need an AM, LW etc (which we do) but it seems like Zinchenko was a major part of us playing good football…

He’s a very good footballer, he just can’t defend, I don’t know why we never tried a 4231 with him in midfield next to Rice.
It’s the same position he played in possession anyway (LCDM) but without the worry of firstly getting back to left back when we lose the ball and secondly getting skinned when he got there.
The other thing I think people forget is how good pre injury Gabriel Jesus was at everything apart from shooting, him and Zinchenko made us so much better, we look like Everton without them.

 

[Tourbillion]

Wenger definitely would have played Zinchenko in midfield. Wenger appreciated proper footballers with an elite first touch.

Obviously, Zinchenko can go **** himself with regards to his political views.

 

[dashsnow17]

Zinchenko quite literally is a midfielder, he just got put at LB by Guardiola. Same with MLS. I think long-term there’s a worry that positional ambiguity hurts his career. The danger is AMN-ification.

 

[Tir Na Nog]

hold on a second…we keep talking about how we need an AM, LW etc (which we do) but it seems like Zinchenko was a major part of us playing good football…

He's a bit of a liability defensively and i don't rate him all that much, but it's weird how Arteta went SO cold on Zinchenko.

He was like 4th choice LB last season (and that's with Tomiyasu injured), even Tierney, the guy he initially replaced was brought back in.

I guess Mik just see that the negatives with playing Zinchenko there now outweigh the positives.