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Tim Akinola Joins Arsenal
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Any good young players are welcome here i like this approach
MD3 Gunner
All Deals Off
Partey who ??
Kingslayer
Forza Milan
Riou
In The Winchester, Waiting For This To Blow Over
Country: Northern Ireland
Player:Gabriel
...we ever had a player called Tim before...unsure on that name.
Dont know about this, I dont mind taking input from analysts about players but to sign one without even a trial or extensively scouting him (which they dont say we did or not).
This is a low risk transfer so sure but I dont like the purely analyst approach.
This is a low risk transfer so sure but I dont like the purely analyst approach.
razörist
Soft With The Ladies, Hard With The Mes
Country: Morocco
This transfer and the one for the lad from Norway seem like cheap ways of filling out the U23 squad to allow acadaemy players to go out on loan.
Country: Wales
“Mum can we buy Thomas?“
“We have Thomas at home.”
Thomas at home:
“We have Thomas at home.”
Thomas at home:
Why
Always Me ?
I suppose we could just ask our scouting team if he is any good... Oh wait...
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Country: England
Lol well in lad
Given the main midfield of the U23 team will likely go on loan (Olayinka and Smith) as well as Burton having left, it'll probably just be Azeez, Cottrell and Cirjan, so this signing makes sense in terms of strengthening the U23 team while maintaining the U18 midfield of Patino and Bandeira. This seems like a good punt - players like Akinola and Lewis could net us decent money if they progress very well under the U23s and with a good manager like Bould, they could very well turn out to be potential first teamers. I have not seen much of Akinola but I;ve seen a video floating around so I'm gonna watch it and see what he's like.
The danger IMO is that the U23 squad gets a bit too bloated and players who should be moved up from U18s early end up staying there for longer and have much less exposure to competitive first team football. Then they end up going on loans later than necessary (see Matt Smith only going on loan now to League One, he will turn 20 in October).
The danger IMO is that the U23 squad gets a bit too bloated and players who should be moved up from U18s early end up staying there for longer and have much less exposure to competitive first team football. Then they end up going on loans later than necessary (see Matt Smith only going on loan now to League One, he will turn 20 in October).
Coquelin reborn
Looks to have pretty quick feet aswell. This probably ends our search for a young CM at that level. I know we were looking at Ben Slimane among other young CMs, this guy looks very much in that mold.
This looks a decent punt.
EDIT: Jeorge Bird just made a decent point that we don't actually have midfielders in the U23s who specialise in breaking up play now, so this makes a lot of sense if you look at it in that regard.
Player:Martinelli
Bring on Stoke
<<reed>>
Lidl Tir Na Nog
who dis
tap-in
Nothing Wrong With Me
Well we cant always develop them from age 12 so this makes sense. He looks to be a confident player, quick feet, could do well.
Arsenio Venger
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His recklessness going for tackles reminds me of Kola.
But maybe he will be a better version. When you move the letters in his name around, you get A Mint Kola
But maybe he will be a better version. When you move the letters in his name around, you get A Mint Kola
Country: Iceland
Never a good sign when all the player can do is stay down in the ground tackling others. AVERAGE.
We are taking valuable time from our coaches who could be coaching a proper talents instead we are dumping some tackling maniacs who belong in 4th division on them.
Massive L from Edu here like before.
We are taking valuable time from our coaches who could be coaching a proper talents instead we are dumping some tackling maniacs who belong in 4th division on them.
Massive L from Edu here like before.
You're reaching!
We don't have any great ball-winners at that level, and he isn't taking time away from anyone who doesn't deserve it. He'll partner Azeez most likely while Cottrell and Cirjan will play ahead. (It's too early for both Patino and Bandeira, at least for another 6 months anyway) Going by the rest of the comps, it's not like he can't play either, good ball-carrier. This is a fair punt, I'm happy with this. If it doesn't work out long term (which I'm guessing is likely), we'll also make some fair profit aswell. In the meantime, I can see him being a great foil for Azeez. Reckon they'd be pretty complementary in the same way that Musah (a much, much better talent, mind) was complementary to Azeez.
