Will Eze be the catalyst for a tactical shift?

@DavidLawlor-ci8wz

20 күн бұрын

Eze to Arsenal will give more options , improve the squad and help close the gap on city.

@weray7605

20 күн бұрын

Is Eze an Upgrade on Emile Smith-Rowe? Good question. The short answer is "No." The long answer, more accurate, is "Hell F*ing NO, Eze is NOT an upgrade on Emile Smith-Rowe." Which answer do you prefer?

@Peggyg13

20 күн бұрын

We should go for brah Diaz instead. He offer more attacking wise. He can play anywhere in the front three. Eze is more of a number 10.

@StigPrice

20 күн бұрын

Emile runs rings round eze. This video should be 10 seconds long. Script as follows. "Is eze an upgrade on ESR. No. No he is not" ESR has injury problems. But when fit he's the better player by far.

@ktmsnoop

20 күн бұрын

@@TheGoonerverse we are signing Mikel Merino. Mark my words.

I think the Eze shouts make sense because I think Arteta is still trying to find that player for the role he thought Havertz was going to play in the midfield ?

@TheGoonerverse

19 күн бұрын

Yeah good point!

I love Eze, he can play both wings, attacking midfielder and center midfielder. He is a perfect rotation player for Arsenal! We need him much more than we "need" a new left winger in Williams! We just need someone to fill in for Saka when he needs rest, but Eze offers so much more! He can even be played next to Odegard in Attacking midfielder while we put Rice on 6. There is so much versatility he offers it would be madness to sign Williams over Eze

@mxdi040

20 күн бұрын

Madness is crazy to say after what Williams is doing recently. But I would like Eze for us!

@AustinLM

19 күн бұрын

Asprilla and Eze would be better If we need a player on the left would love us to get Joao felix on loan

At the moment, I think it is. Eze has been amazing for Crystal Palace whereas Smith Rowe has barely played. I would love Eze, he's so good to watch

@TheGoonerverse

19 күн бұрын

Has big moments in him too

@ArsenalNews7

19 күн бұрын

@@TheGoonerverse 100%, moments of magic!

I can see our squad getting shuffled like this as per the rumours: Calafiori

@AustinLM

19 күн бұрын

Garcia and Bentley? I’d stick with any homegrown back up

@liambrowning6962

19 күн бұрын

Lmao p6 in the prem with that

@jokoneve5700

18 күн бұрын

@@liambrowning6962 yh going from second to sixth because of upgrading bench players🙃

Thank you, James, for dropping this video with the most important question when it comes to rumors with other players. People dont realize that many of our players are really good but didn't have the chance to prove themselves.

@TheGoonerverse

19 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video! Thank you!

Availability is the best Ability

I don’t think most people have a actually watch Eze more than 10 times. His ball control is genuinely elite, he is nowhere near as good as Partry defensively or in terms of Athleticism but on the ball him, Rice and Gaard would be a much better trio imo. Get him if available.

1st big up James happy your doing these shows... so much info when you report👍👍👍👍

@TheGoonerverse

19 күн бұрын

Thank you! Try to be in-depth with them - glad you're enjoying them

20x an upgrade.

@rohanshah8808

20 күн бұрын

OLMO > eze ..outstanding in euros 1 goal 1assist against Germany in quarterfinals..yesterday scored again...sent tchuameni to the shops...AND HAS A 50 M RELEASE CLAUSE..10 M cheaper than eze...

@rohanshah8808

20 күн бұрын

Also a hattrick against BAYERN in a cup final for Leipzig...AND people say oh he is injury prone..OLMO AND EZE are similar in that particular stat...EZE missed 25 games ..the season before...and 11 games last season

@ktmsnoop

20 күн бұрын

@@rohanshah8808and has missed 50 games thru injury in the past two seasons…

@ktmsnoop

20 күн бұрын

@@rohanshah8808Eze missed 5 games last season and before that missed 26 games in the 20/21 season, which was 3-4 years ago.

ESR hasn’t had a big enough game sample size for us to judge where he’s at vs the rest of the team. He’s clearly talented and saved Arteta’s job a few seasons back and I think he’s not been given enough chances to prove he can ball with the rest of the team. Eze definitely a great player but I think it’ll be a side step selling ESR to gain Eze

@danielrostirolla5442

8 күн бұрын

Injury history.

Mikel Merino would be great fit in this #8 role. he is exactly what Arteta wants. Physical ,ball winner, late box runner

I do not agree that Eze is better than ESR, I feel ESR if given the amount of games Eze plays will thrive. ESR is just suffering from lack of games and confidence.

@gfarrell434

20 күн бұрын

😂 love ESR but Eze is miles better

@benogidan

20 күн бұрын

Wrong , When a player is more available than another player then you can’t use the lack of games, no one is going to wait for you…ESR has had his time

@ktmsnoop

20 күн бұрын

Eze clear

@awonkemsutu3866

20 күн бұрын

This is false. Eze much better out of possession in pressing and duels & Eze is a better athlete and more dynamic in possession with dribbles combinations and carries through the lines. ESR is good at carrying and combining but not as good as Eze in 1v1 dribbles but sadly Arsenal fans are sentimental and aren't having an objective analysis on the player. Eze also has a better engine. The stats also back up an objective eye test even though we're all just talking opinions. ESR hasn't developed much since his break out season as he's been injured meanwhile the manager has been evolving this team and now ESR is finding it very difficult to catch any rhythm especially when you look at the stakes now(UCL football and title challenging compared to challenging for European spots/top 4)so it only makes sense for both parties to leave

@jasonleon1976

20 күн бұрын

​@gfarrell434 smith-rowes best season is better than eze at the moment. Who has the higher ceiling? Who knows. But the disrespect on smith-rowe is laughable and very short-sighted.

Love what your doing at AFTV and your channel , your analysis and way off thinking is appreciated 👏 i think EZE is really great deal if it happened big upgrade on 8 and 10 if ODEGAARD injured 🤞

@TheGoonerverse

19 күн бұрын

Thank you so much!! Really appreciate your feedback and kinda words on all the work

Hard to say when we've hardly seen ESR past couple of years. If Eze actually plays then I guess that's an upgrade.

@TheGoonerverse

19 күн бұрын

I hear you!

My theory is ESR was brought on vs Everton because it was possibly his last match in Arsenal shirt and Arteta wanted to get him his last cheers from home crowd.

Definitely a upgrade

Not only are Smith-Rowe and Eze's game and playing styles more different than they are similar, I'd also argue that the Palace player is beyond negligibly the better of the two. Foden and Palmer are likewise similar yet completely different. Out of sight..out of mind, probably best describes the fickle nature of some football fans as well as adding weight to the philosophy that just because you're looking at someone it doesn't mean that you see them. If in last seasons effort to finally regain full fitness after the demoralising series of setbacks he'd endured for so long, came with him now having a diminished naturally uninhibited instinct on the ball as well as the zip and 12 volt spark that initially made him ready to impact the first team, I too wouldn't have put him back in ahead of players who were both physically and mentally ahead of him just because I know what he is capable of when truly 100% back to his best. Whilst it's a cruel but accepted fact of life that injury, especially a succession of injuries, can savagely curtail a players career(Cazorla, Diaby, Rosiky), hopefully that fate won't also befall Smith-Rowe too, but in Arteta striving to first topple the juggernaut that is Man City followed by the monster of Real Madrid, he doesn't have much wriggle room for sentiment, ifs and buts.

Eze is much better, I no longer believe ESR is going to cut it as an elite level player. He has complete stagnated, whether through injury and/or a lack of drive. He now has the feel of a middling player that needs to recalibrate and find his new level. No player spends 2-3 years in the footballing wilderness and gets back to the top.

@shaynescott5961

20 күн бұрын

That's mad... The last time ESR played, he got MOTM! 🤷🏾‍♂️ He was "the Croydon Debruyne" 💯😂, he got injured and then had to fight his way back in to a WINNING starting line up with a manager that doesn't rotate 🫤 Eze is probably 'better', but the disrespect is crazy.

I think the question should be "is Eze an upgrade on a fit ESR?" Until ESR gets over his injuries then yes Eze is an upgrade.

I would prefer Dani Olmo who has same release clause.

My test on transfer targets is simple - would City buy them? And I don't see them going for Eze. Really good v world class. If we do buy Calafiori, that would give us more solidity on the left and that could open the door for a left 8 who isn't so defensively minded - and for me the perfect candidate would be Olmo. He feels like someone who could play for City. Olmo could significantly boost goals and assists.

@M1gs

19 күн бұрын

That’s a dumb way to assess talent

@FinsburyPhil

19 күн бұрын

@@M1gs Just another yardstick to get us to think about how we feel about a player in our uninformed conversations. I trust Arteta and Edu and their process.

Arsenal fans we have to grow up. Our team has gotten to the point where consistency and availability is a major factor now. We are now challenging on all front. Imagine we had turn down the chance to sign ode on a permanent basics then (half section of the fans was not to please about that cos of smith Rowe) what happened the coming season Smith Rowe was injured. Do you reckon the team would not have been where we are now? The team has sadly left him behind. Can you beat you chest that if smith Rowe is giving a starting 11 role in the team for example, he can be available for 70percent of our games?

ESR sta and fight for your place. This is the future elite team unfold, ESR seems so much part of it

That team that ended the season should start the new one. ACTUALL A VERY GOD ONE

😮😮 I hope and pray we get him

Trossard is the ESR upgrade, if you notice esr s game time been going down with trossard s arrival, remember it was esr who used to compete with nelli. Now esr got moved to the center but teta won't give him the minutes, so it's better for him to move on. Eze is a good player but his profile won't suit arsenal s system unless arteta changes it, but I d be careful with changing things too much, as we have seen already. Eze is a good fit for the way villa play

@alzer6467

20 күн бұрын

Trossard is definitely not an upgrade. His output with goals in the run-in was great but he adds little to the LW as he doesnt have the pace to beat his man. ESR was never really a long term LW option either.

Fantastic player, and he seems like a really good guy, but i'm not sure he really has a position in this team? Versatility, sure, but you don't spend 60m on versatility. LCM, not really the passing maestro, tempo setter i feel we need. LW? Not really the type of winger we play with, if we had a goalscoring 9, maybe, but with Kai 9, our winger needs to be more like Martinelli. Fantastic player, wrong time. LB, 6/8 and a winger. This was the plan, stick to it imo. As for the ESR upgrade, its hard to say as ESR without fitness issues and minutes was an England International. I hope he moves and gets back there. He's more of a Wenger style player than Arteta.

james , just want to tell you , you are making top content and just keep going , i am skipping arsenal vision and arseblog content to see your videos first

@TheGoonerverse

19 күн бұрын

Ah wow, those guys are GOATs in this space, so thank you so much for supporting the content. Hope to have some of them on the channel soon! It's great that this space has such a variety of voices. Thank you for the kind words - more to come!

Think about smite rowe at palace with regular playing time

@asm347

20 күн бұрын

Exactly!!!

50m minimium for smith rowe. highly rated and english. even though he has a poor injury record he is young enough to turn it around. imo i dont mind keeping him.

Being available to play will be an upgrade.

I believe ESR wasn't that far behind than eze. Maybe arteta should trust him more.

yes!! without a doubt..

2 vids in a day James B

@TheGoonerverse

19 күн бұрын

Yep busy day! None today tho haha

@joshhenry2389

19 күн бұрын

@@TheGoonerverse clickbait Watkins to Arsenal vid we need it!

THE DISRESPECT IS CRAZY! The last time ESR played, he got MOTM! 🤷🏾‍♂️ He was "The Croydon Debruyne" 💯😂, he got injured and then had to fight his way back in to a WINNING starting line up with a manager that DOESN'T ROTATE 🫤😂 Eze is probably 'better', but the disrespect is crazy 👎🙌

Dani olmo has a lower release clause than eze. Olmo would be an incredible 8 and far better than eze !

@thabs24

19 күн бұрын

Totally agreed I don't understand why anyone would overlook olmo for eze, really frustrating 😒

I love Smith Rowe But this is not 2022 anymore We are in 2024 guys And the thing is Smith Rowe has lost his place And can't even score a goal from the bench Now I know Injuries happens You can't control that But to say he is currently better than Eze is a pure joke Eze is more physical Dominates possession More progressive on the ball And is a better dribbler as well And is entertaining to watch also Smith Rowe is good against deep block teams And is great on the counter attack But that's pretty much about it Smith Rowe doesn't add anything we need to challenge for titles Eze is a type of player that not only is a great option But can play for any of the top 6 sides in the premier league He improved his game And has shown that he can deliver.

Eze best season vs ESR beat season is legit exactly the same. Reason Eze is better is lack of INJURIES

Yes

Can’t believe this is a question lol

right now Eze... but ESR with game time and rythm will be better in 2 years time

We have too many emotion clouded fans and less of a vision minded fan- base ,eze is a massive upgrade to smith rowe at the moment . No long talk

@LilJones-mj4ys

20 күн бұрын

He is very press resistant , has a high freekick conversion rate, shoots from outside the box and is actually on target when he shoots he is just better

I dont think so but if Arteta refuses to even give ESR a run of games while playing Havertz at LCM for half the season with mixed results, then ESR should leave unfortunately.

Yes Eze can play on the left he is very effective on this side. I can't wait.

To be honest, I really think Eze would be a wasteful signing. I just don't think he's either the profile, nor the position we need. Honestly, I think our funds should be directed to Calafiori (which seems to be done, basically), a 6 or an 8 (to partner Rice, replace Partey, and take on the torch from Jorginho), and a striker (so we can rotate Havertz and also so Jesus can move to the RW and rotate with Saka, the boy plays too many games honestly). Only reason I can see Eze being a good signing is if he rotates with Odegaard as we don't have an Odegaard replacement. We have Viera, but is he physical enough and dynamic enough with his pressing? I don't in so. We have Smith Rowe, but to be honest, he can't seem to keep fit. Even if Eze did replace Smith Rowe, I just see him being a bit-part player like Smith Rowe or Viera have been, and nothing more than that, unless he plays alongside Odegaard but then I fear our midfield would get run through on the counter against pacey teams.

Personally, I just don't believe the Eze links are true. I think Arteta's first choice for the left 8 is Merino.

Eze has had several great seasons dating back to his days at QPR. We all love ESR but if we love our club more we need to stop being over sentimental and rather be objective in our opinions. Eze today is a far better bet, ESRs best is a distant memory unfortunately

I really do not see eze as a huge upgrade on ESR. If both players are to play consistently 20 games a season, I believe ESR output will be better. Arteta should go for someone else

@emmanueletukudo1213

20 күн бұрын

U Most definitely don't watch Eze play. Don't know why, but just try to do your research before u begin to compare Eden Hazard to Pulisic and say Pulisic is better

JUST SIGN BARKLEY from Luton town and I am telling you that is very cheap and surely works easily as GRANIT XHAKA replacement

The only problem with Rowie are injuries. Otherwise, he is better than at least two starters in Kai and Jesus, if equal opportunities were given to him. Now am asking, is Eze better than Kai or Jesus?

If we sign eze that only leaves jorg and rice as our only deep midfields for a whole season…

Olmo > eze (has a release CLAUSE 10 m less than eze)People say injury prone..EZE HAS missed 40 games in last 4 seasons..they are almost similar in that.. Technically better..1 goal 1 assist in quarters against Germany...yesterday scored again sent tchuameni to the shops...FOR LEIPZIG SCORED A HATTRICK AGAINST BAYERN IN A CUP FINAL

@M1gs

19 күн бұрын

Just because he had a good few games for Spain this tournament? 😂

@rohanshah8808

19 күн бұрын

@@M1gs olmo has always been a great technical player...but the sad thing is...real quality footballers don't have the PR ..as some media hyped...MERCHANTS...

Is this a rhetorical question?

ESR is a better finisher than Eze, Eze is just stronger and fitter. To me ESR needs to be given more chances, but why not get Eze as well!

Smith Rowe is a better passer, Eze is a better dribbler...both like to carry the ball..Smith would make a better 8 than Eze! I prefer the better passer because it fits our system and an 8 should progress the ball through multiple passes

yes. ESR is injury prone and lacking confidence. If we can swap him for someone who’s international level, do it. End of. Stop with the small club mentality. Idc if he’s homegrown. He isn’t at the level he needs to be at right now.

Eze doesnt solve the Saka alternative.

Smith rowe is the most overhyped overprotected player we have at the club by our fans

Short answer: no!

I prefer olmo instead of eze

Year iñ year out arsenal is building defence. They seem to avoid going for top attackers

smith is better than eze ..... he needs more playing time..... we should loan ESR ....am against a permanent move

Before I start the video, yes lol

I’d rather keep ESR

Too much ESR disrespect. Give ESR minutes

I don’t think we need a player of Eze’s profile and I’m 99% sure we won’t sign him.

It’s a shame he can’t stay but we ain’t using him so why keep him cash in , wish him well.

I'm sorry but I don't rate Eze that much. i don't think he's at the level we need if we are to win the Prem. Would he get into City's team? NO. Would he get into Liverpool's team?....Erm, NO.

He is not better, his only advantage is his availability.

Should swap for palhinha

Smith Rowe is better than Eze. Smith Rowe will come good. Arsenal will not sell Smith Rowe

Smith Rowe is levels above eze. And is only 23. Eze is 26.

Smith Rowe hasn't done shit in years. let it go

Eze is not better than ESR! No way! Eze would be a waste of money, good player but i'd rather keep ESR

no

All Hail the Almighty Algorithm ☯️🔥

Absolutely not. Don’t need eze

No he's not..

Ni no no no no

Eze is not better than ESR .. the only thing is injury

No, ESR is better

Eze is definitely an upgrade on ESR! I love ESR, but he is not good enough or consistent enough for us.

Smith Rowe LM Odegaard CAM Partey DM Rice CM Jorginiho CDM Vieira RM AM Havertz

Eze is rubbish, would rather keep emile

@gfarrell434

20 күн бұрын

Man said Eze is rubbish😂 you don’t know ball.

@emmanueletukudo1213

20 күн бұрын

​@@gfarrell434I dey tell you....probably an English fan.

@Maybekyron

19 күн бұрын

You’re lost kid go watch cricket or something