Reiss Nelson: Lionelson

[TheGreatWright8]

Humiliated by Paqueta.

God damnn lol Arsenal need a player with that audacity he even rainbow flicked Fabio.

 

[freddy_v]

Humiliated by Paqueta.

So he was out of balance in one situation. I guess these days it's easy to blow anything out of proportion.

Unfortunately it has been obvious ever since he scored that last minute screamer against Bournemoth that he will never get a run under Arteta. He should not have signed, nor been offerered, that contract.

Waste of both youth and talent

 

[Tourbillion]

My boy is done here.

 

[BigPoppaPump]

Had to go back three pages to find this. Can’t believe Villa had Diaby coming off the bench while we had this charity.

 

[Farzad Stoned]

Had to go back three pages to find this. Can’t believe Villa had Diaby coming off the bench while we had this charity.

Your guy Mik is responsible for everything Arsenal have or don’t have like the goal keeper we had who he threw away to flex

 

[Let's play Aubamawang]

Had to go back three pages to find this. Can’t believe Villa had Diaby coming off the bench while we had this charity.

It's a bit unfair to blame Nelson when Arteta has brought him on for the first time in ages for all of 5 minutes. Even Scott Steiner couldn't make a big impact in those circumstances.

 

[Tourbillion]

Pathetic how he's been used and more pathetic that he signed that contract.

Just ****ing sell him and Eddie in January and get real attackers in who the manager trusts.

 

[TheGreatWright8]

It's a shame but he had to have known it would have been a mountain to climb to get appearances he's behind Martineli,Trossard,Eddie. Him signing that contact makes no sense.

 

[Trilly]

It's a shame but he had to have known it would have been a mountain to climb to get appearances he's behind Martineli,Trossard,Eddie. Him signing that contact makes no sense.

nobody else was going to give him 100k a week.

Think he just made a financial/family decision tbh. I'm sure he'll chase his football after this contract is done.

 

[BigPoppaPump]

It's a bit unfair to blame Nelson when Arteta has brought him on for the first time in ages for all of 5 minutes. Even Scott Steiner couldn't make a big impact in those circumstances.

Not blaming him for anything, just think it was a poor decision to give him a new contract. He was never gonna make it here, compare him to Martinelli and Saka and it’s just ridiculous. Diaby is much better too.

 

[TheGreatWright8]

nobody else was going to give him 100k a week.

Think he just made a financial/family decision tbh. I'm sure he'll chase his football after this contract is done.

Fair point.

 

[Paperino]

Maybe you should blame the people that offered him that contract.

 

[bergholt]

It's fine for us that he signed the contract, we've got a guy who's happy to sit on the bench and fill a role. Yes, he's clearly not at the level we need, but realistically we didn't have the cash to replace him with an upgrade.

Think about it - his contract costs us 20m total. How could we have upgraded him for that price, taking into account transfer fees and wages?

Less than zero chance. Same as with Holding or Elneny or Cedric or whoever - the guy you have is often the pragmatic choice because they cost 10m to 20m to keep, compared to replacing them for 50m to 100m.

I'm sure we'll upgrade his position (backup wide attacker) at some point, but until then he'll sit on the bench and occasionally come on late in a game and maybe very rarely score a goal like that one against Bournemouth last season.

 

[Paperino]

It's fine for us that he signed the contract, we've got a guy who's happy to sit on the bench and fill a role. Yes, he's clearly not at the level we need, but realistically we didn't have the cash to replace him with an upgrade.

Think about it - his contract costs us 20m total. How could we have upgraded him for that price, taking into account transfer fees and wages?

Less than zero chance. Same as with Holding or Elneny or Cedric or whoever - the guy you have is often the pragmatic choice because they cost 10m to 20m to keep, compared to replacing them for 50m to 100m.

I'm sure we'll upgrade his position (backup wide attacker) at some point, but until then he'll sit on the bench and occasionally come on late in a game and maybe very rarely score a goal like that one against Bournemouth last season.

I have bolded the only thing thats relevant. But, as always, Arteta's decisions must be defended at all costs.

 

[bergholt]

I have bolded the only thing thats relevant. But, as always, Arteta's decisions must be defended at all costs.

Edu’s decision, surely?

So how should Nelson have been replaced? For what money?

 

[Maybe]

I'm fine with the contract, he did have some good games last season but obviously was done by injuries again.

On paper both he and ESR are good for rotation, they just can't get over injuries and this might be their last season with us

 

[TheEliteMaster100_]

Should be the like for like substitute/rotation for Nelli in that LW spot ideally.

 

[A_G]

@Jasard

 

[Let's play Aubamawang]

His stats aren't terrible for a player with the amount of minutes he has had. The bigger issue we have is the risk of Martinelli and particularly Saka being burnt out before the title run-in. That is assuming we keep it that close...

 

[Taylor Gang Gunners]

Give him 20/30 mins instead of 5 every now and again. Keep Martinelli fresh and keep him sharp. He's a real threat. Trouble is you forget he's here half the time.