ShinjiNinja26
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Good player no doubt but we make a lot of players look far better than they actually are.
People need to ask themselves the following: "Why is Declan Rice afforded so much time and space on the ball in the opponent's final 3rd?"Yeah it’s like people automatically look for what validation they can find for their bias.
He had two runs on the left when they tried to break that ended up in sweet faff all. We were lionising possession but for a 15 minutes spell at the beginning of the 2nd half (which was expected).
He’s a glorified CB.
Bossed the midfield today and would improve the midfield instantly. But people downplay his performance because he is English.
Because those are the relevant stats for a DM0 assists, 0 goals, 1 shot, 2 tackles, 0 shots on target, 0 key passes, 64 touches.
Some of you have the lowest bar possible.
Controlled all the space, forced West Ham to park the bus. Our midfield isn't even good but still were on top.Because dominating a game is just on the ball.
But lets look our midfielders, who had 65% possession.
Take your time and tell me what they did today?
A DM needs to progress the ball too, if you just want tackles and interceptions then may as well play a 6’6 CB there.Because those are the relevant stats for a DM
Gone are the days when people could actually watch a game and come up with an opinion without using stats.0 assists, 0 goals, 1 shot, 2 tackles, 0 shots on target, 0 key passes, 64 touches.
Some of you have the lowest bar possible.
Forced West Ham to park the bus? Are you sure?Controlled all the space, forced West Ham to park the bus. Our midfield isn't even good but still were on top.
They had 34 per cent of the ball.Bossed the midfield today and would improve the midfield instantly. But people downplay his performance because he is English. I'd have him over Sabitzer or Fred any fecking day.
I also watched the game, he didn't do anything of note that calls for the term 'dominating'. We were shit and made him look a lot better than he is.Gone are the days when people could actually watch a game and come up with an opinion without using stats.
But seeing as you like stats so much, according to whoscored, he was the highest rated centre midfielder (7.7) in today's game.
Casemiro and Eriksen got 6.8 and 6.5, respectively, despite having more passes, more shots and tackles then Rice. I guess common sense comes into it after all.
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Rice put up almost identical stats to Caicedo in the FA cup sem-final against us. One performance was hailed as the next best thing, one was having the ''lowest bar possible'. The Caf will continue to Caf.
And surely you accept that it’s easier to destroy than to create?Forced West Ham to park the bus? Are you sure?
The way I saw it was West Ham saying, ''if you're good enough, come and break us down'', and we didn't have the nous to do it.
He isn't better.Palhinha is probably a both cheaper and better option.
He's Portuguese and his name sounds better.He isn't better.
He’s definitely not better but he’s a good alternative optionHe isn't better.
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That is pretty cool, gotta hand it to him.I think something that you can't measure and put a price on is character. And from an Arsenal perspective, it's something we could do with more of. On and off the pitch.
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He is a brilliant player who would get more recognition once he moves to a bigger club and play under progressive manager who would help him fine tune his game even further .He's got the physicality our midfielders simply don't and he's better on the ball than people think.
He may indeed be "better on the ball than people think", but our team isn't missing that. It's missing "every bit as excellent on the ball as people think", as signing another midfielder in the former category still leaves us struggling under pressure in midfield. So his qualities are only relevant to other teams who don't have that priority.He's got the physicality our midfielders simply don't and he's better on the ball than people think.
Exactly that will happen.I still stand by the fact he'll move to a rival, and you'll have people on here whinging why didn't we go for him when he becomes an absolute rock for them.
I had the exact same thought. We need a metronome not someone like Rice unless we ditch Bruno and replace him with an old school highly technical #10.He may indeed be "better on the ball than people think", but our team isn't missing that. It's missing "every bit as excellent on the ball as people think", as signing another midfielder in the former category still leaves us struggling under pressure in midfield. So his qualities are only relevant to other teams who don't have that priority.
Yes, but not for 100m. I would moan if he leaves for 50m and we didnt go for him. That wont happen this summer.I still stand by the fact he'll move to a rival, and you'll have people on here whinging why didn't we go for him when he becomes an absolute rock for them.
West Ham value him at 120m actually as of today. Good luck for whoever wants to buy him.He's very good, there's a reason Arsenal will go in for him now he's nearing the end of his contact. He was never a 100m+ player like was talked about.
Yes he would start for us