Anyway, it gets weird fast. Some sides able to cover with a relatively un-weird option that has knock-ons for other parts of the squad, for others the weirdness happens on the wings. And of course in none of these situations did I *choose* to forego an attacking player as Arsenal have
Sterling feels like the failure out of all of this for me. That signing after the season we just had wasn't good enough. Whether that failure in the summer could have been fixed in Jan without accidentally compounding it requires info we don't have.
That swing alongside getting what feels like close to the ceiling out of Nwaneri is too much luck for my liking. The floor for Sterling had to be something greater than what it is.
I don’t see why they wouldn’t have been planning to incorporate Ethan tbh, particularly considering his two primary positions are those of two of Arsenal’s stars. The guy behind the first five was very unlikely to play much
In football starting FT early means ending FT career early.
Case in point: Sterling.
Holding Ethan back protects his career.
Arteta also did this with Saka… until he didn’t. Then he went too far the other way.
Anyway, all these minutes take away time after 30 years old. Maybe he’s not a Gunner then.
Yeah I get their logic although him not being ready hurt us early. I think when you don't get the targets you need to still make something happen especially with the conclusions from last season. Another Trossardish player would really have helped but maybe the cost / player wasn't there.
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Anyway, it gets weird fast. Some sides able to cover with a relatively un-weird option that has knock-ons for other parts of the squad, for others the weirdness happens on the wings. And of course in none of these situations did I *choose* to forego an attacking player as Arsenal have
Case in point: Sterling.
Holding Ethan back protects his career.
Arteta also did this with Saka… until he didn’t. Then he went too far the other way.
Anyway, all these minutes take away time after 30 years old. Maybe he’s not a Gunner then.