Ronaldo Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Holding is a centre back, and a pretty promising one at that from what I saw of him for Arsenal in pre season and early on this season. You what? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 I'm not sure how he f***ed up by letting him go tbh. You can be a good player and not be good enough for Arsenal, it's not really a criticism of a player. I know right They're bringing guys like Iwobi, Coquelin and Bellerin through. Think they're doing alright Can we just be thankful to monsieur Wenger maybe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Oh and Arsenal also signed a young Nigerian midfielder Nwankali this summer, from the Nigeria under 18 team that previously won their world cup, and he is absolute quality. They know what they're doing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Holding is a centre back, and a pretty promising one at that from what I saw of him for Arsenal in pre season and early on this season. You what? Just my opinion sir! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Holding is a centre back, and a pretty promising one at that from what I saw of him for Arsenal in pre season and early on this season. You what? Just my opinion sir! Michael Holding ? Holding back the years ? Holding out for a hero ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Oh and Arsenal also signed a young Nigerian midfielder Nwankali this summer, from the Nigeria under 18 team that previously won their world cup, and he is absolute quality. They know what they're doing. How old is he, 40? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foluwashola Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Holding is a centre back, and a pretty promising one at that from what I saw of him for Arsenal in pre season and early on this season. You what? Just my opinion sir! Michael Holding ? Holding back the years ? Holding out for a hero ? The bowler's Holding, the Kaka's mental. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Holding is a centre back, and a pretty promising one at that from what I saw of him for Arsenal in pre season and early on this season. You what? Just my opinion sir! Michael Holding ? Holding back the years ? Holding out for a hero ? He's talking about Rob Holding at Arsenal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Holding is a centre back, and a pretty promising one at that from what I saw of him for Arsenal in pre season and early on this season. You what? Just my opinion sir! Michael Holding ? Holding back the years ? Holding out for a hero ? The bowler's Holding, the Kaka's mental. I am noticing that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 What's he said wrong there like? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 I'm so misunderstood man. It hurts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foluwashola Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Fuck knas, just saw Michael Holding. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 I'm confused now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Feel like people are going a bit over board with Hayden. He is looking like a very good player at this level and is still very young, but people need to remember that he's barely even arrived here. Talk about Wenger fucking up for selling is daft as hell Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themanupstairs Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Rafa's Didi Hamann. End of. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Rafa absolutely loves the lad according to the guys who were invited to the training ground. Called Rafa personally in order to finalise the deal (may be old news but I was unaware). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Probably as close to an "all-round" central midfielder we've had since, I dunno... Rob Lee? I'm not directly comparing the two, just that all our central midfielders for years have only ticked one or two boxes... usually the ones marked "tackling", "shooting" or "unfit" but rarely much else. (Any suggestions of Cabaye can gtfo) Not all-round but Cabaye's only been bettered (comfortably, I might add) by Lee and Speed imo. Cabaye wasn't so much of an all rounder though, while his passing was out of this world, he wasn't quick enough to be a box to box player like Lee and Speed. Hayden is much more capable of doing that role than anyone else we've had for ages. He was like, the closest you'll get anyway without being an absolute beast who bosses every area of the field. He got stuck in and had a great passing range, could score goals and take set pieces (even though that part of his game was half stifled by Pardew being fucking shite). th Not going to disagree with any of that, but I always felt that because he wasn't so quick across the ground, he ended up giving away a lot of fouls. Maybe I'm just picky but I really do like my central midfielders to be able to get from box to box quickly. Cabaye always struck me as someone who would be most effective when he's given a specific area of the pitch to patrol, whether that's in his own half or the opposition's. I was surprised he failed at PSG tbh, you would have thought he would be ideal for the French league and CL football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Pure box to box central midfielders don't really exist these days, so it's a bit of a pointless debate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Cabaye was great. Hayden a different type of player but I really like the cut of his jib. Also probably needs this year in the Championship under Rafa. This is perfect for him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Pure box to box central midfielders don't really exist these days, so it's a bit of a pointless debate. I think they do but not in a midfield 2 anymore. Think Pogba in a midfield 3. Or Ramsey. IMO too wreckless or shackled in a midfield 2. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 What's he said wrong there like? Didn't mention boxing or being a real wised up man. 2/10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiotes Witch Doctor Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Saw this thread at the top thought he was injured Don't post in any player threads plz. ta. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Pure box to box central midfielders don't really exist these days, so it's a bit of a pointless debate. At the top level, not so much. they can in the position we are in, to the point where I wouldn't want Rafa to play with a definite 4-2-3-1 (like we did at the start of the season) for the rest of the league season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 Hayden is healing some of those Abeid wounds man. Abeid was the closest we had to this kind of midfielder. Would love to get Mehdi back in the fold. Had a lot of promise, wasted by the shitheads who managed us. Given a chance under Rafa... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 How's he started at Dijon? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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