Emmanuel Frimpong

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in terms of his effectiveness on the field then you only have to look at wolves, who completely fell apart when he got injured. i know its easy to say that because he's a gooner but they really did; they were cruising it with frimpong on the field and he had great range of passing in that villa game, playing a crucial role in wolves' goals. as soon as he came off, wolves fell apart and villa ended up winning. the balance in midfield completed shifted and there was a massive gap without beast there.

at arsenal he's something completely different but thats not necessary a bad thing;

In the reserves, along with lansbury I seemed to remember him as a box to box midfielder like essien, mobile and good at defense and attack, a central mid, not a defensive holder. Like Flamini he's seen as a clogger in the first team, and he does put in some crunching tackles, but he actually has better technique than he's given credit for, especially passing range as you said and shooting. But I think Wenger wanted to use him in a less attacking role in the first team, maybe to continue developing his physical game. And that's definitely developing!