Ekeke
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How did you make Arsenal?
I didnt make Arsenal. They were founded in 1886 as a munition workers' team from Woolwich.
I'm surprised you havent heard of them before
How did you make Arsenal?
Since when being in England NT as the stick to judge a player? I thought United fans would be more wise than that. Remember Scholes, Carrick, Andy Cole, and John Terry vs Rio?£120k per week he doesn’t even get on the England bench !!! What are you on. The players that start for England won’t even be on that.
Since when being in England NT as the stick to judge a player? I thought United fans would be more wise than that. Remember Scholes, Carrick, Andy Cole, and John Terry vs Rio?
Golden.I didnt make Arsenal. They were founded in 1886 as a munition workers' team from Woolwich.
I'm surprised you havent heard of them before
Sadly not the younger ones
Golden.
Glorious as the thought of Smalling threading balls through midfield to Xhaka and Aubameyang like Emery demands of his centre backs I'm going to have to call horsesh*t on the notion of Arsenal wanting Smalling.
Surely we should have waited for new gaffa or DOF to come in before we start agreeing all these new contracts?
Absolutely and completely deserved. We'd have been mad not to do this one. Now onto Ander's contract...
No where near good enough and just because he's the best of a bad bunch shouldn't mean a new contract, we're never going to be able to sell these players given the absurd money they earn at United so the only way to get rid is to let their contracts run out and yet with both Fellaini and now Smalling we've willingly decided to keep them
FFS
Just watch some videosAnd who does that at Arsenal? Mustafi and Rob Holding?
Just watch some videos
I watch their matches instead. I suggest you do the same
Clearly not closely enough if you think Emery goes for Smalling but ok everyone has their own point of view.
He is, but even if offering the contract was questionable (it isn't) it still is not a high wage. We've got multiple earners reportedly on 200K plus and one that will be negotiation more from that wage starting point. Smalling has given 9 years of service and the way the wage bill is structured then this level of service can carry a contract level of in excess of 200k as a starting point.So then they're too high unless you're absolutely 100% sure he's good enough to stay with us for the next 4 years no matter what happens.
Neither were Michael Carrick, Andy Cole or Steve Bruce apparently.Not good enough for England, somehow good enough for United.
Ah. The guy that goes on other people's opinions.I love how the 25 or so people on here think they know more than the thousands who see Smalling for exactly what he is.
Good point, but to let it get to the point where all of our defenders are shite shows how bad our signings have been. The fact that Smalling is our best defender shows how low the quality of our team has dropped.Easily our best defender so highly logical that we’d sign him to a new contract.
I don’t really understand what people are expecting, that we just let him, Jones, Rojo, Young, Valencia, Darmian leave on frees and replace them all with £50m players? Pull the other one.
Yes let’s mention smalling in the same paragraph as the above names!! Jesus wept.Since when being in England NT as the stick to judge a player? I thought United fans would be more wise than that. Remember Scholes, Carrick, Andy Cole, and John Terry vs Rio?
Indeed. No top club would willingly let their top defender go for nothing. It is amazing that we even managed to get him to sign a new long time contract. I wouldn't have begrudged him if he decided to move on to better things.Great. Now Jones and Valencia and Young and we are ready to go. Great. Delighted. Shows our ambition.
I don’t disagree with you, but rightly or wrongly that’s where we’re at. If we were giving out extensions to Jones or Darmian I would be very concerned but tying Smalling down is a highly logical move, no club is going to want to let their best defender go for free. Especially when that player is someone who would probably be more than happy to remain as a squad player when better players are brought in.Good point, but to let it get to the point where all of our defenders are shite shows how bad our signings have been. The fact that Smalling is our best defender shows how low the quality of our team has dropped.
Well, if England caps is the criteria to judge, then there's nothing wrong with putting him next to a guy that beats him with just three caps.Yes let’s mention smalling in the same paragraph as the above names!! Jesus wept.
Ok... so just to confirm, Emery gets to choose his ideal centre back for his style of play, you think he'll choose Smalling?I've also watched his Valencia side every week that had Raul Albiol and Alexis in the backline and was the calamitous and error prone defense I've seen since Wes Brown and Silvestre. But I'm sure you're the expert on Emery since you watched 2 youtube videos and learned that Rob Holding is a central defensive playmaker
Doesn't that say more about the type of pass?I watch their matches instead. I suggest you do the same
As an example, Mustafi had 72.7% pass accuracy against United. Holding had 74.2%
Smalling had 97.1% and if he had 72% passing accuracy he would have been slaughtered
Ah. The guy that goes on other people's opinions.
Nonsense. Anyone can spot the difference between the former players mentioned and smalling, I don’t think any sane person will be looking back at England and thinking if only smalling had played more games !!Well, if England caps is the criteria to judge, then there's nothing wrong with putting him next to a guy that beats him with just three caps.
I watch their matches instead. I suggest you do the same
As an example, Mustafi had 72.7% pass accuracy against United. Holding had 74.2%
Smalling had 97.1% and if he had 72% passing accuracy he would have been slaughtered
If England caps is the criteria to judge, then there's nothing wrong with putting Smalling next to a guy that had just three more caps than him in 7 more years. Southgate will likely move on like every other England manager did, and a very good England defender will likely be back in the England team. Win-Win.Nonsense. Anyone can spot the difference between the former players mentioned and smalling, I don’t think any sane person will be looking back at England and thinking if only smalling had played more games !!
I've been on moaning about this but I'm not saying we shouldn't have extended his contract. He had been our most consistent defender over the past 3 years.Can any of you who are against this at least explain what would you do if you were in charge?
First time this season that Smalling is injured for 2 or 3 games and we literally haven't got two reliable CBs to field, let alone some decent option like Smalling, and we have around 5 cbs in our team. And yet everyone here is angry that we gave him a new contract.
I swear some of you don't even deserve the likes of Jones, let alone Smalling, or better players. Do people realise we need at least 3 new reliable CBs if we are going to sell Smalling, and we haven't manage to sign 3 reliable players in ten years, let alone CBs.
Can anyone give decent explanation except Smalling is shit, can't get into England side bullshit, etc?
Ok... so just to confirm, Emery gets to choose his ideal centre back for his style of play, you think he'll choose Smalling?
Incidentally why do you think he prefers Leno over Cech in goal?
Doesn't that say more about the type of pass?
1) his contract expires end of 2019 season plus a one year extension I.e end of 2020 season by that point I would hope we would have centre backs that can play football.Can any of you who are against this at least explain what would you do if you were in charge?
First time this season that Smalling is injured for 2 or 3 games and we literally haven't got two reliable CBs to field, let alone some decent option like Smalling, and we have around 5 cbs in our team. And yet everyone here is angry that we gave him a new contract.
I swear some of you don't even deserve the likes of Jones, let alone Smalling, or better players. Do people realise we need at least 3 new reliable CBs if we are going to sell Smalling, and we haven't manage to sign 3 reliable players in ten years, let alone CBs.
Can anyone give decent explanation except Smalling is shit, can't get into England side bullshit, etc?