I’m not sure how the season will pan out with such contrasting run of form. But since last season, there’s been one player who’s been consistently good through it all. This guy is Bukayo Saka. His end product is superb for such a young guy. But this season, his individual play is showing, and this is how Pepe should be playing.
He looks like a proper goal threat now, which I would’ve expected a few years down the line. Him and Martinelli can go onto be really good players, if injuries are kept at bay.
If he carries on till the end of season like this, other than Salah, who else could we say is a better right sided player in the league? There’s talk of him being voted best young player of the season. Just for reference the last Arsenal players to win that award were Wilshere and Cesc. Both players in the season they won it were unbelievable.
Saka
posted on 3/1/21
Can't praise him enough for his performances this season. At his age his development has been nothing else than amazing. So happy that he just signed a new contract with us.
Him and also the introduction of Martinelli, ESR brought him new life into this struggling Arsenal team. A special mention also to Kieran Tierney who is also in this mould but with more experience than the other guys.
posted on 3/1/21
I meant his current form WB2 and with Partey out and Auba's dry spell, but he's part of a group of 6 or 7 top players we have that we can build the team around. I don't share your concerns about him tbh, he's gone past the point of being a prospect with potential to a quality player in his own right and his mentality and attitude is also really impressive. He got all A*s and As at GCSE's while coming through our academy which is pretty amazing. Still need to be cautious and not overplay him or put too much pressure on but at the same time we don't want to hold him back as well.
posted on 3/1/21
I fully expect his England international career to pick up and him to become the next target for thinly-veiled racist flack from The Mail and other rags. And I fully expect him to rise above that come through that with no problems. Smart kid.
posted on 3/1/21
comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 7 hours, 10 minutes ago
Saka is in his second year as a first team player, so WB2s points seem rather erroneous.
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FGS stop being so flippin pedantic man. Yes technically it's his second season playing some 1st team footy since he started to appear last season. But it's under Arteta (so the last year or thereabout) that this great purple patch he's having has been
You know damned well the point I'm making is that he's still birthing his career. Plenty of adversity to come and an inevitable form drop. Which is when alot of people hyping him now will turn on him. Sadlly it's what too many AFC fans do. I know it and you know it. So why not address that instead of yet again being pedantic and nitpicking, actually purely for the sake of distracting from the valid point made. You like the kid so you should be as concerned about this as I am, if not more because you know the fanbase as well as I do if not better
posted on 3/1/21
comment by 8bit (U2653)
posted 5 hours, 34 minutes ago
I meant his current form WB2 and with Partey out and Auba's dry spell, but he's part of a group of 6 or 7 top players we have that we can build the team around. I don't share your concerns about him tbh, he's gone past the point of being a prospect with potential to a quality player in his own right and his mentality and attitude is also really impressive. He got all A*s and As at GCSE's while coming through our academy which is pretty amazing. Still need to be cautious and not overplay him or put too much pressure on but at the same time we don't want to hold him back as well.
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That's all I mean. Not played too much and not "He's gonna save Arsenal" from the fans. Barr the one acting of sensible I've seen from Arteta yesterday (pulling him at 70) I'. not seeing either. Fans have lost it and gotten way to carried away. Yeah he's beyond prospect but he's got a long way to go to complete adult player. Plenty can and will happen and this is setting up to be a "Gooners boo and slate the confidence out of a kid as soon as it starts going wrong."
We got too many fans who love to hate so I'd rather people just let the kid play, enjoyed it and stop setting him up on a pedestal that so many of them won't hesitate to kick him off it and hate on him as soon as he's kept quiet a few games by the opposition.
posted on 3/1/21
You are using a very small sample pool to justify your case when the larger evidence shows players often play a lot as youngsters and not suffer career ending injuries.
posted on 3/1/21
‘birthing his career’?!
Where the f/ck did pick that one up from, WB2. Mumsnet?
All players have drops in form. What do you suggest then. Dropping them all?
No, as usual you’re just waffling on, talking bo//ocks, when what you really want to do is use yet another topic to tell us all how badly you think Arteta is handling things. All because he played Ozil when he first took up the reigns.
It’s pathetic, and if you think we don’t all know what your real agenda is, you’re even more of a fool that we already think you are.
posted on 3/1/21
‘We got too many fans who love to hate’
Finally some self awareness
posted on 4/1/21
comment by TheSkins (U3865)
posted 15 hours, 4 minutes ago
I fully expect his England international career to pick up and him to become the next target for thinly-veiled racist flack from The Mail and other rags. And I fully expect him to rise above that come through that with no problems. Smart kid.
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He is a child of God, I know the Mail can be pretty satanic at times but they'll have to dig pretty creatively to find anything
Reminds me of when it turned out the new of the world hacked Theo's voicemails but just found a load of boring and lovey dovey stuff between him and his wife
posted on 4/1/21
comment by CrouchEndGooner (U13531)
posted 5 hours, 18 minutes ago
comment by TheSkins (U3865)
posted 15 hours, 4 minutes ago
I fully expect his England international career to pick up and him to become the next target for thinly-veiled racist flack from The Mail and other rags. And I fully expect him to rise above that come through that with no problems. Smart kid.
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He is a child of God, I know the Mail can be pretty satanic at times but they'll have to dig pretty creatively to find anything
Reminds me of when it turned out the new of the world hacked Theo's voicemails but just found a load of boring and lovey dovey stuff between him and his wife
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All he has to do is buy a nice house and the Mail will stick the boot in.