William Saliba: Here to Stay ✍️

[Riou]

I watched a bit of Saliba against Rennes, he did some good stuff, also did stuff good stuff in the game against PSG, but in that game he gave the ball away and Mbappe almost scored, and today he gave the ball away and Rennes directly scored from it. Clear mistake. Nice won but their other CB should have been sent off but wasnt, so on another day they don't win and his mistake is a factor in it.

So nothing's changed really, he's doing good stuff, strides about like a colossus, but he is making mistakes.

Sounds a bit like Gabriel then, very difficult to play 2 new centre backs at once...can maybe see another loan for next season for Saliba.

 

[GDeep™]

Sounds a bit like Gabriel then, very difficult to play 2 new centre backs at once...can maybe see another loan for next season for Saliba.

Yeah loan or sell Saliba and extend Luiz. Great future planning this.

 

[Macho]

Yeah loan or sell Saliba and extend Luiz. Great future planning this.

I love how people watch for his mistakes as to justify his treatment when we watch Rob Holding every week.

Not like we are fighting for the title was nothing wrong giving him games here and there whilst he was here.

 

[AberGooner]

All in all a really pointless loan unless the plan is definitely to sell him. I watched him boss Lyon last season and by all accounts that was a regular occurrence for him. They know what he can do in France or they wouldn't have signed him. A club planning on keeping him would have loaned him to another English team I feel.

 

[dashsnow17]

I love how people watch for his mistakes as to justify his treatment when we watch Rob Holding every week.

Not like we are fighting for the title was nothing wrong giving him games here and there whilst he was here.

Not watching for his mistakes, just watching him, he does great stuff, received a bad pass from a teammate with opposition players aroun him at one point and just breezed out of it, very commanding. But he also passed it directly to a striker who collected it and scored.

 

[AberGooner]

 

[Riou]

You know what would have been perfect, if we could have loaned William to a Brentford at the start of the season...agree that another French league loan seemed redundant.

 

[GoonerJeeves]

Probably best to loan him to Huddersfield next season. It is all well and good to loaf around on the Promenade des Anglais in the spring...but some swimming in the Colne (the proper River Colne that is) in December would make a man of him.

 

[al-Ustaadh]

Meanwhile, Nice has only won 3 of those and conceded in 8 of them.

 

[Breezy]

Sounds a bit like Gabriel then, very difficult to play 2 new centre backs at once...can maybe see another loan for next season for Saliba.

I’d like to see the club recall Mavropanos and loan Saliba out for another season. Preferably to a premier league or Bundesliga club though.

 

[AberGooner]

Meanwhile, Nice has only won 3 of those and conceded in all of them.

Pity they don't have 10 other Saliba's then

 

[Macho]

Meanwhile, Nice has only won 3 of those and conceded in all of them.

? pretty sure he's had 2 or 3 clean sheets since he joined actually, not sure you've been watching.

They are 12th in ligue 1. You know what would be fun? if you guessed who's currently 11th in the Premiership.

 

[Jury]

Do any of these clean sheets etc really matter though?

I’ve not seeing enough of him to form a proper opinion on him other than to confirm that he is an outstanding athlete. But all these reports and tweets… It’s just... nothing. People that want to believe we’re making some massive mistake by leaving him in France will obviously make the most of it but we all know clean sheets, interceptions, Nice’s league position etc means the square route of nada. Until he playing for us here in England, every bit of info on him is worthless.

 

[Macho]

Do any of these clean sheets etc really matter though?

In the grand scheme, in that league and that team no. However Al said something incorrect trying to insinuate something (I’m guessing) and I challenged it.

No shock to anybody, I watch the French league a bit and Saliba has been doing very well. You’re right, these tweets mean nothing.

 

[Batman]

Yeah loan or sell Saliba and extend Luiz. Great future planning this.

Arteta is a great developer of talent, I'm told.

 

[al-Ustaadh]

? pretty sure he's had 2 or 3 clean sheets since he joined actually, not sure you've been watching.

They are 12th in ligue 1. You know what would be fun? if you guessed who's currently 11th in the Premiership.

Nope, just two clean sheets.

https://www.whoscored.com/Players/361822/Show/William-Saliba

So I correct myself... Nice has conceded in all of them except for two.

 

[dka1]

Nope, just two clean sheets.

https://www.whoscored.com/Players/361822/Show/William-Saliba

So I correct myself... Nice has conceded in all of them except for two.

Man, you're really not going to disagree with anything Arteta does will you.

 

[al-Ustaadh]

Man, you're really not going to disagree with anything Arteta does will you.

Not true.

But I'm just one of the rare ones who doesn't make a big deal about Saliba. Seems a good talent, just trust Arteta's judgment on it. I have the feeling he has some attitude issues (based on how he deals with the media and other events).

 

[Macho]

Nope, just two clean sheets.

https://www.whoscored.com/Players/361822/Show/William-Saliba

So I correct myself... Nice has conceded in all of them except for two.

I was a lot closer than you, you better had correct yourself.

 

[shoot for the top]

Do any of these clean sheets etc really matter though?

I’ve not seeing enough of him to form a proper opinion on him other than to confirm that he is an outstanding athlete. But all these reports and tweets… It’s just... nothing. People that want to believe we’re making some massive mistake by leaving him in France will obviously make the most of it but we all know clean sheets, interceptions, Nice’s league position etc means the square route of nada. Until he playing for us here in England, every bit of info on him is worthless.

Yet playing in the U23s matters?