Country: England
Player:Saliba
Definitely prefer Xhaka to Elneny, but instead of jumping down the managers throat, just trying to think of reasons why he left him out.SO we bought a player with a clear disciplinary record and now we're working on him? How much did we pay for this lad again? Now we must work on him.
In that case the argument should be, why are we constantly buying projects?
I must admit, I have a firm Wenger In fan who was pissed with the decision while I on the other hand, before the game, was willing to give AW the benefit of the doubt. Strange turn of opinion on that one but anyway. But as the game progressed I became increasingly angry with the decision.
XHaka still came on as a sub. A player who is that bloody dangerous in terms of a red shouldn't play a second. It takes a split second to make a rash challenge. There is nothing substantial to suggest a player who has a problem with bad tackles has better control of it over 15 minutes than over 90. It is the same gamble.
Not everything's black and white.