It is obvious Mikel Arteta is one of those Sir Alex Ferguson, Jose Mourinho, and co who are too stubborn and prefer drowning than begging a nearby sea diver or swimmer for a helping hand.
What business has Ethan Nwaneri Being on the bench almost to the end of every Arsenal’s game or completely on the bench on other occasions.
First of all, must it always be a case of struggling whenever there’s a red card against Arsenal? What kind of fragile team is this? Year in year out.
You started three defensive midfielders, and expect to win a game in the premier league? And even the so called Merino was playing total rubbish from the onset, yet he was left for such a long time in the field, and a world class talent like Nwaneri is left languishing on the bench?
What really happened to playing a midfield of Partey, Rice and Nwaneri? Arteta is just a loser! A deception in the name of world class coach.
Look at the inputs of Nwaneri whenever he comes on, look at his hunger and confidence, but Arteta is comfortable seeing such a talent on the bench yet his team is struggling in the absence of key players?
If Xavi hadn’t been brave enough to give Lamine Yamal at 16 the opportunity to prove himself, how would the world have known about such a great talent? Same goes to other great players discovered at their young ages like Messi, Fabregas, Mbappe, Endrick, and too many to mention, how would the world have known their worth?
As a manager, in the absence of your key players like Ødegaard & Saka, what stops you from trusting Nwaneri? When else do you want to give him the chance, or you are deliberately killing his talent?
Ten minutes to go and you are hurriedly bringing him into the game, to do what magic exactly when you are already two goals down? Mtcheeew!
It’s obvious Arteta overthinks himself as a demigod or what? You have Ødegaard out, and Saka as well, yet you are keeping Nwaneri on the bench and you call yourself a good coach?
