Nico Williams

Not seen enough of Zubimendi, but he had a good game yesterday. I thought Spain were cooked when Rodri came off at halftime, but he slotted in nicely, and they kept their shape and upped their intensity going forward.

comment by Sheriff John Brown - Arteta IN!!! (U7482)
posted 16 minutes ago
Rice is not "horrendous with the ball' at all. He was actually a lot better on the ball than I thought when he arrived at Arsenal. He carries it well through midfield - a reason he found success as an 8 in Arsenal.
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Rice is actually better than what I thought he was. I thought he was just a physical player with a good engine but he has shown that there is more to his game.

Saying all that, I don't actually think he is better than a fit and healthy Partey.

Hope he plays as a 6 this season

Rice does everything better than Partey, IMO. He's been better and more productive going forward than Partey at Arsenal. He's as effective defensively. And he makes less of those maddening errors that puts us in trouble, like Partey does when he makes a sloppy pass infront of our box or gets caught on the ball in a dangerous position.

Rice hasn't been great at the Euros, but I've seen too many people (including Arsenal fans) getting carried away with that and forgetting what he's brought to Arsenal. His performance in the Euros is irrelevant in evaluating his impact to us which has been overwhelmingly positive.

comment by Sheriff John Brown - Arteta IN!!! (U7482)
posted 58 minutes ago
Rice does everything better than Partey, IMO. He's been better and more productive going forward than Partey at Arsenal. He's as effective defensively. And he makes less of those maddening errors that puts us in trouble, like Partey does when he makes a sloppy pass infront of our box or gets caught on the ball in a dangerous position.
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Without a doubt, Rice is better defensively and less error prone.

However, as a progressive MF player, Partey is ahead

For some reason I think Nico Williams will find it hard in the EPL.

comment by Sheriff John Brown - Arteta IN!!! (U7482)
posted 22 hours, 25 minutes ago
If Nico Williams' release clause is £50M, which is a bargain, then it's more than fair to pay him £300K per week in wages, IMO.
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The issue comes when the other, more established, players who are already at the club and may have contributed to recent success then go "hang on, why is this new 22 year old in double the money that the rest of us are getting?"

I think Salah got bumped up to about that level on his last contract negotiation, but how do you think he would have felt before that if, after being a record goalscorer and leading Liverpool to every trophy, a new kid was being paid more than him?

comment by welshpoolfan (U7693)
posted 1 hour, 55 minutes ago
comment by Sheriff John Brown - Arteta IN!!! (U7482)
posted 22 hours, 25 minutes ago
If Nico Williams' release clause is £50M, which is a bargain, then it's more than fair to pay him £300K per week in wages, IMO.
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The issue comes when the other, more established, players who are already at the club and may have contributed to recent success then go "hang on, why is this new 22 year old in double the money that the rest of us are getting?"

I think Salah got bumped up to about that level on his last contract negotiation, but how do you think he would have felt before that if, after being a record goalscorer and leading Liverpool to every trophy, a new kid was being paid more than him?
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Good point
Also we have to renegotiate Saka's contract in the next year too

comment by welshpoolfan (U7693)
posted 7 hours, 45 minutes ago
comment by Sheriff John Brown - Arteta IN!!! (U7482)
posted 22 hours, 25 minutes ago
If Nico Williams' release clause is £50M, which is a bargain, then it's more than fair to pay him £300K per week in wages, IMO.
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The issue comes when the other, more established, players who are already at the club and may have contributed to recent success then go "hang on, why is this new 22 year old in double the money that the rest of us are getting?"

I think Salah got bumped up to about that level on his last contract negotiation, but how do you think he would have felt before that if, after being a record goalscorer and leading Liverpool to every trophy, a new kid was being paid more than him?
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He's on 250k a week atm so I'd expect hos agent to be seeking 3-400k a week. That's why so few clubs have pursued him, and smart from his club, noting they spend on transfer fees.

comment by 50 No longer trusting the process (U1147)
posted 2 days, 12 hours ago
comment by Castor Troy (U8700)
posted 12 minutes ago
comment by oldboy2002 (U20062)
posted 32 minutes ago
comment by Castor Troy (U8700)
posted 15 minutes ago
Good player. Unlikely to get him however.

What we do need though is a real technician in MF.

Yesterday once again illustrated why Rice struggles in Europe
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Would you take Martin Zubimendi?
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Actually looked good yesterday.

Rice will always do well in the prem but kind of looks out of his depth when up against a real technical MF
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Rice needs to play DM in Europe imo. Great at defending but horrendous with the ball and without a proper ball playing CM he’s a bit of a liability.
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What the fack? He has things to work on but to call him horrendous and a liability is just pure conjecture. Stay the fack off twitter.