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Youngsters On Loan Watch

Rasmi

Calls It Like It Isn't

Country: England
Biereth 2 goals today to put Sturm first in the table, 1 point ahead of RB Salzburg, who play later today. Might be able to lift a trophy in Austria. The next two games will be against Salzburg, first in the league, where the winner will lead the table. After that in the Cup semifinals, the winner will be favourite to win the final as well. Going to be very hard, but who knows.

I still don't think he's at the level to make an impact for Arsenal next season. 15 million could be possible if he's sold. That's around the same as the last two strikers that were sold by Sturm Graz in the last two summers (Emegha and Hojlund).
A buyback would be good, he's certainly got potential and especially a nose for goals.
Selling him would be mistake imo. It’s funny those 3 strikers are born within few days of each other. He turned 21 last month and has missed quite a bit of football due to injuries. If you watch him closely he is made for PL football. He has great combination of size, technique and work rate.
 

drippin

Obsessed with "Mature Trusted Members"

Country: Finland
Would be more smart to get him a loan in a Big 5 league, think he could score there 10+ goals and we would get more than 15m.
He himself said in an interview, that he wanted to join them permanently, but Arsenal didn't allow it.

He was bought in 2021 from Fulham, so doesn't likely have a big affection for the club. We should expect him wanting to move permanently next summer, and not renew.
 

froehlix

Member
Selling him would be mistake imo. It’s funny those 3 strikers are born within few days of each other. He turned 21 last month and has missed quite a bit of football due to injuries. If you watch him closely he is made for PL football. He has great combination of size, technique and work rate.

That's definitely true. Emegha is just a freak physically and is a fun but frustating player, but Biereth definitely has a higher ceiling than him.
I just don't know if he can translate his qualities to the PL, especially for a title challenging side. Hojlund looked even better than him, while being two years younger back then.
Hojlund looked like Haaland Mk2, while Biereth looks promising, but so did the likes of Daka and Hwang in Austria.
 

lazyfreak

Active Member
He himself said in an interview, that he wanted to join them permanently, but Arsenal didn't allow it.

He was bought in 2021 from Fulham, so doesn't likely have a big affection for the club. We should expect him wanting to move permanently next summer, and not renew.
He didn't say he wanted it, but rather he was open to it. I think he'll be given a chance at least. It'd be stupid of the club not to. I mean you don't recall a player who's doing well to send him on loan again and even blocking a permanent move just to sell him at the end of the loan? He gives you what Nketiah does plus a bit more.
 

drippin

Obsessed with "Mature Trusted Members"

Country: Finland
He didn't say he wanted it, but rather he was open to it. I think he'll be given a chance at least. It'd be stupid of the club not to. I mean you don't recall a player who's doing well to send him on loan again and even blocking a permanent move just to sell him at the end of the loan? He gives you what Nketiah does plus a bit more.
Arsenal will very likely have Havertz, Jesus and Trossard for false 9 next season. Plus strong rumours of another one.

So no, I can't see him staying. It was a good move for him. It will bring a nice profit for the club. Arsenal is a title challenger.
 

froehlix

Member
Biereth has the chance to win silverware with Sturm Graz after beating Red Bull Salzburg away 4:3 in the Austrian Cup Semifinal. He had a really good game with some Alexis-esque pressing situations (not him pressing headlessly and alone, but like sprinting across the field). Also was able to get a nice assist.

The final will be against Rapid Vienna, as it was last year, where Sturm will be favourites. Last year Okonkwo won the Austrian Cup with Sturm.
 

MutableEarth

Reiss' Dad
And why not bring him on as a sub, when you are loosing?
The manager just don't like him tbh and I don't think there's much Patino can do to change the manager's mind. Since they changed manager, he hasn't been starting regularly - you know how it is with Championship managers and loanees sometimes. They'll default to the more experienced option every time. With that said, you can see sometimes Patino gets turned really easily in the midfield because he lacks that acceleration at the top level, for all his smarts.
 

froehlix

Member
Quoting my post from last year:
Following up my last post in this thread:
Okonkwo won a title!

In what has been one of the biggest matchups in Austria (since RB Salzburg started to win almost all titles due to an even bigger monopoly in talent than Man City could dream of) Sturm Graz has won the Austrian Cup against Rapid Vienna with a 2:0 win in the final! This has been by far the biggest game concerning supporter groups in recent history in Austria.

[...]
Fast forward a year: the same can be said for Mika Biereth :clap: Only difference is the Final ending 2:1 today.

This year the Final was kinda overshadowed (from a Sturm supporter's view at least) by the fact that we lead the league by 3 points ahead of RB Salzburg, with 3 games to go. So winning the double is a a real possibility, and arguably winning the league is the priority.

Biereth has slowed down the goal scoring side of his game, after a strong start in Austria. He has also missed an absolute sitter 1 on 1 with the keeper last weekend against Salzburg, which would have made it 3:0. The game ended 2:2, so instead of a possible 6 point gap, now we are 3 points clear.

3 big games coming up, where good performances of Biereth will be needed. Winning the league would be quite the sensation. He will definitely help with his strengths in pressing and hold up play, let's hope he will get back to score some goals again as well.
 

teamsoutheast

🤔🤔🤔 I want to believe 🤔🤔🤔

Country: USA

Player:Ødegaard
Congratulations to both Alex Kirk & Kido Taylor-Hart for helping Bromley reach the EFL following their playoff final victory over Solihull Moors. Another local team in the EFL: :applause:

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DuBB

Active Member

Country: England

Hein in La Liga TOTW on his debut. Kept a clean sheet and was pretty assured on crosses and on the ball - but wasn't quite threatened.

Fun fact, played against our transfer target between the sticks, Joao Garcia. And outshone him.

I watched the last 15/20 minutes of that game when I realised Hein was starting.

Looked assured and confident. Got a nice clap and cheer from the crowd when he raced out of his box to sweeper keep a long ball that beat his defences high line.

Was even yelling like mad when trying to organise the wall for a free kick at the edge of their box in injury time. Then bumped into a defender when trying to claim a high ball because they don't speak the same language. Looked relieved as hell when he caught the ball and fell on it to kill the game 😂

Happy to see he's their starting GK. I'll be watching Valladoid games if they air to keep up.
 

Aevi

Hale End FC
Moderator
Getting a La Liga starting opportunity is huge for Hein, if he takes it hopefully he ends up an option as the eventual Ramsdale replacement if that's deferred another year.
 

DuBB

Active Member

Country: England
Getting a La Liga starting opportunity is huge for Hein, if he takes it hopefully he ends up an option as the eventual Ramsdale replacement if that's deferred another year.

I think in a perfect world, he has a very good season on loan and proves himself to be just as good as someone like Joan Garcia so we have a ready made #2 for next season.

Though I reckon even if he does have a good year, we'll still sell him for a decent fee, then get Joan Garcia if he's a better fit stylistically, or because our coaching staff clearly has people they want and others they don't.

But from what I've seen of Hein, he looks a good GK.
 

teamsoutheast

🤔🤔🤔 I want to believe 🤔🤔🤔

Country: USA

Player:Ødegaard
I think in a perfect world, he has a very good season on loan and proves himself to be just as good as someone like Joan Garcia so we have a ready made #2 for next season.

Though I reckon even if he does have a good year, we'll still sell him for a decent fee, then get Joan Garcia if he's a better fit stylistically, or because our coaching staff clearly has people they want and others they don't.

But from what I've seen of Hein, he looks a good GK.
He'll need to prove he's better than Joan Garcia in every department at Valladolid if he wants a chance here next season.
 

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