shoot for the top
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It is sad, he hasn't made one appearance for us. Leaves Arsenal and is in team of the season.
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William Saliba: Here to Stay ✍️
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kash2
More Consistent Than Arteta
it is sad...some basic values and baselines should be maintained. Every player should get a fair chance of playing for the club, before being sold off.
MartiSaka
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Anyone who watches ligue1 over the past few seasons will tell u that Saliba is good enough to play in the PL. His talent is clearly evident, its such a no brainer. To not even play him in the EL given some of the dross we played there, is unforgivable, IMO. I haven't heard a single person being able to conjure up a reasonable defense for why Arteta treated him like he did.
Pretty obvious he's not rated, he'll have to play out of his mind and force Arteta's hand in preseason I guess.
berric
Established Member
Player:Trossard
It's just BS talk from Arteta for low IQ people.
The guy's gone. It doesn't take "being watched at close hand" to determine the guy is already better than Mustafi and Mari,has a higher ceiling than Holding and probably Luiz as well.
They are just cooling the things down before they inevitably sell. Make no mistake, we're not Chelsea. We can't afford to lose the likes of KDB, Salah, Lukaku just because some coach doesn't rate them.
The damage that Arteta and Edu already did will take years to rectify. Another disaster class like that and it's bye-bye to any sort of top-to-mid-tier European club status.
The guy's gone. It doesn't take "being watched at close hand" to determine the guy is already better than Mustafi and Mari,has a higher ceiling than Holding and probably Luiz as well.
They are just cooling the things down before they inevitably sell. Make no mistake, we're not Chelsea. We can't afford to lose the likes of KDB, Salah, Lukaku just because some coach doesn't rate them.
The damage that Arteta and Edu already did will take years to rectify. Another disaster class like that and it's bye-bye to any sort of top-to-mid-tier European club status.
BobP
Memri Fan
I think I've been pretty measured and balanced in my criticisms of Arteta but his handling of this situation has been both dreadful and disgraceful, from start to finish.
Imagine preferring an Albanian calamity, an aging clown, and a CB more suited to BruceBall to one of the most gifted French CBs of his generation.
Imagine preferring an Albanian calamity, an aging clown, and a CB more suited to BruceBall to one of the most gifted French CBs of his generation.
Jury
A-M's drunk uncle
It’s funny, some people seem to believe it’s personal with Saliba… I don’t know why this is. I mean, if he is as good as everybody says he is, then there is a very good chance that he will be involved next season.
Does anyone really think that he’s so unrated by staff that we will attempt to cut our losses and sell him for 10 million or something just because... There is a chunk of logic missing here.
balthazar
Well-Known Member
come on! He'll have to earn his place like everyone else. If he is as good as we all think he is, he shall soon make himself undroppable.
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Country: Nigeria
Player:Saliba
He's not going to be part of the first team next season. Arteta has already made up his mind.
Liverpool just got an Injury prone konate who isn't even better than Saliba for £35m and our manager was on his knees begging Mustafi to extend ffs.
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Country: England
Tbh, if you said that at the beginning of the season just gone I'd have agreed with you.
But the way Arteta behaves with certain players does make one raise an eyebrow, or two or an imaginary third or fourth. I mean if Saliba didn't get much of a kick next season would you really be surprised?
People will then rush to make excuses for Arteta ala Willian but then in the end was it wrong to suggest that he wasn't worth it (Willian I'm referring to)? No.
Managers are not infallible and that applies heavily to Arteta.
But for now let's see how it plays out as he might be involved next season (fingers crossed he is).
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Country: Nigeria
Player:Saliba
Why was he starting Mustafi when Saliba was rotting in the reserve?
That's what nobody has been able to answer and that's what those ***** journalists like Chris Wheatley and David Ornstein are too scared to ask him.
That's what nobody has been able to answer and that's what those ***** journalists like Chris Wheatley and David Ornstein are too scared to ask him.
Rasmi
Negative Nancy
Country: England
Arteta wont be the first manager to let a young talent go and the club regret it. The idea that mari is worth to persist with than 30 million young talent is joke. even if he is rough round edges. we spent that money on him knowing young talents need nurturing and game time to reach full potential. Did we think we were getting finished article when we signed 18 year old CB.
Maybe
You're wrong, no?
The worst part of this is that Saliba is the only ball playing CB we have, which is a must have when playing from the back as we do. While I don't think Holding is the worst defender, he is definitely not suited for this style and his subpar passing makes us struggle against high pressing, most often losing the ball by kicking it forward.
This would be a situation where the club shouldn't even ask Arteta about his opinion on Saliba, the boy simply needs to come back and play from the start for a year before we make any decisions. Arteta's opinion is completely irrelevant this summer over any important decisions the club needs to make, he is already on a borrowed time here after some absolutely shocking decision making and results following those decisions
This would be a situation where the club shouldn't even ask Arteta about his opinion on Saliba, the boy simply needs to come back and play from the start for a year before we make any decisions. Arteta's opinion is completely irrelevant this summer over any important decisions the club needs to make, he is already on a borrowed time here after some absolutely shocking decision making and results following those decisions
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Bloodbather
Established Member
Country: Turkey
I don't think this is true, actually. Gabriel was a ball playing CB for Lille, and has shown glimpses that he can be one for us also. Needs more confidence, though, which he might get with more experience at this level.
Maybe
You're wrong, no?
Yeah, actually I agree with that, Gabriel looks very decent on the ball as well and his passing looks very positive. We should definitely build their partnership from this summer, and I don't think any substantial investment in Holding/Mari is worth the effort
Monstar-Gunn4r
Established Member
Same reason ESR only got to play because of injuries, Martinelli barely gets a chance and Nelson has been wasted... Arteta only thrusts journeymen who have already played in premier league team before.
Country: England
Yeah, I'd say Gabriel and Mari are quite comfortable on the ball (emphasis on the quite) though they are no David Luiz in that respect.
But even then, what is 100% without a doubt is that Saliba would be our only right footed CB that's both comfortable on the ball and crucially athletic.
YMMV with Chambers in terms of his passing ability but he's definitely not as athletic as Saliba.
The problem is logic and Arsenal football club don't go hand in hand.
For example we signed Cedric, a guy that was meant to cover the RB/LB positions, but when both of our starters in that position were injured/out of favour, we play a failed CB and our most consistent midfielder instead of him in the most important two games of the season.
The club do stupid and reckless things all of the time.
Pop Tart
Established Member
Still not ready for Lego man ..
