Quote Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn View Post
There’s a lot there I agree with. I don’t know who has been comparing Saka to Ronaldo but no you’re right he’s not that level and never will be, players like Ronaldo exist in a class of their own, as you say freak (a word I often attribute to someone like Haaland who is clearly miles better than anyone we have in our team). Saka will not get to that level, he’s not going to be a Thierry Henry for us. In terms of players for this club he’s more in the mould of Michael Thomas/David Rocastle. And that’s no bad thing…I’ve a lot of time for Saka and I think you’re right last season he was the stand out player in a lot of shit and now because as you state Martinelli has improved so much he has faded somewhat.

Saka is still one of our best players, and I would definitely play him more often than I wouldn’t. But I don’t like the fact that he seems to be undroppable.


Martinelli seems to get dropped more and I think this rather unfair because he and Odegaard have been the two best players for us this season

ESR? Not sure if I would agree with you there. Just a poor man’s Jack Wilshere and he never reached his full potential due to injury.
Agree with most of that. Re ESR I'm not sure that we can assess his current form because we have not seen him play for any length of time. Its seems odd that our second highest scorer for 2021/22 - in front of Odegard and Martinelli that season - has suddenly become a player without the potential to improve like they, and Saka have. He was also a good link player - that should have been able to work in Arteta's preferred system - unlike, say Nketiah. I think your 'poor man's JW' comment is harsh simply because he hasn't been given a chance this season. I can remember that he was almost solely responsible for the uptick in our lamentable form before December 2021.

Generally speaking I think some fans (I'm not directing this at you BTW!) seem to think that our players are average simply because they are not at the level of Citeh's best. Citeh are a freak show of a team who can hoover up the best talent in the world. Most of our players would not get into that team, but neither would those from the other teams in the league. Our players have been good enough to run Citeh close for the title. That is not average.