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Arteta talks well. Good bullshitter - it's a useful skill to have in something like management.
al-Ustaadh
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Country: USA
Player:Saliba
He offers something different to our other strikers. Looks more physically ready for PL football.
rich 1990
Not A Big Believer In Diversity
Played about an hour and he's already only 3 goals off our top scorer.
asukru
Established Member
Country: Canada
Player:Martinelli
Balo > Eddie all day, everyday for me. Even the way Balo looks is just beastly! The kid looks like a train and he can move, I am hyped for him to extend his contract!
I've said it before many times that he has a higher ceiling than Nketiah and is more rounded than him. That being said I see no reason why both can't be developed here. I would not hesitate to give him game time in the EL. The kid has that bit of quality that you know will allow him to make it at the PL level easily.
Melquiades
Active Member
Yeah, I know it's limited minutes against bad teams, but the power and technique really pops. He doesn't look like he's 19 out there. If you didn't know anything and someone told you he was 22 and we just paid 40 million for him from Porto or something, you wouldn't question it.
This team won't start him in the PL this year, obviously, but I'm really curious to see how he goes if we sign him and loan him out to a lower-table team. I suspect he'll look right at home immediately.
Greenwood and Martinelli are both 19, one of who fans already want back in the first team, a week back from a knee injury.
I would have no issues with him playing in the league, but the contract does need sorting first.
I would have no issues with him playing in the league, but the contract does need sorting first.
nick gould
Well-Known Member
Finally, striker who can protect the ball with his body. Google say he is 178 cm, but I swear he is same height as Pepe. The camera angle looked good and showed him as same height when he went over to thank Pepe.
We have some serious prospects in striking position. I like John Jules a lot as well. We also have Martinelli.
Ciscoo
Active Member
He looks like the perfect striker for us attributes-wise. Laca and Eddie lose something in the way we play them, whereas he seems to play that way much more naturally. Lovely touch.
bonzka
Active Member
Give him a pathway and show him the zeroes..
TakeChillPill
Established Member
Only watched him in the Europa League games, has the X factor. Needs to be in the squad for burley.
Much more gifted than Nketiah. Balogun, TJJ, Edwards and Moller are good prospects. Nketiah is simply not up to standard. He is more championship level. Balogun looks superior to him, physically and technically. Can shoot it with either foot outside the box, can play as a fox in the box, can hold up play and link with his teammates. Hasn't even shown his dribbling ability yet.
Eddie will comfortably play PL football. I'm sorry but this Championship stuff is nonsense.
Country: England
People say it like it’s fact as well. Complete nonsense.
If Brewster is knocking about in the Prem there is absolutely no reason why Eddie can not.
Rasmi
Negative Nancy
Country: England
Nketiah has done everything this kid done. And is England u21 record holder. My 25 years as Arsenal fans one thing I noticed our fans specialise on is jumping bandwagon to the younger player. 18 months from now this kid will be the new nketiah and there will be another young striker we will hype up. From what I seen he is similar to nketiah. More physical, but nketiah seems better penalty box player
Isn't being the under 21 record holder a bad thing? Doesnt it show that he is in the under 21s long enough to become the record holder?
I like Eddie, but I think he is limited. His build up play is mainly playing it back to goal and I think he lacks power and presence.
Balogun has more power, but even though there is barely a height difference he looks like he has more presence about him. More explosiveness. You can see when we work on his body how physically strong he will be with that low centre of gravity . For all the qualities Eddie has, he will never have that and you need that in england.
You know I love the youth, but I have never seen it with Nketiah. I admit he improved from what he was at U18 level. Became more agile and even faster, but never thought he had enough in his game. Maybe I have a bias cause he is a Chelsea reject.
