Welcome: Mohamed Elneny

[Kevaldo]

Can't complain for the money spent. Looks like he'll grow into an assured tidy squad player. Beefed up the midfield significantly when playing against Spurs. A midfield 3 of Elneny, Coq and Rambo looks like a solid option for us for the remainder of the season

[g88ner]

Can't complain for the money spent. Looks like he'll grow into an assured tidy squad player. Beefed up the midfield significantly when playing against Spurs. A midfield 3 of Elneny, Coq and Rambo looks like a solid option for us for the remainder of the season

Indeed, but what about the money NOT spent!

[augie]

Can't complain for the money spent. Looks like he'll grow into an assured tidy squad player. Beefed up the midfield significantly when playing against Spurs. A midfield 3 of Elneny, Coq and Rambo looks like a solid option for us for the remainder of the season

Spend fu.ck all and set the bar low - all part of wenker's philosophy buddy We needed a proper DM and we needed someone with proven top quality........we got elneny and regardless of whether he has started ok with us, the reality is that we needed better

[Kevaldo]

Can't complain for the money spent. Looks like he'll grow into an assured tidy squad player. Beefed up the midfield significantly when playing against Spurs. A midfield 3 of Elneny, Coq and Rambo looks like a solid option for us for the remainder of the season

Spend fu.ck all and set the bar low - all part of wenker's philosophy buddy We needed a proper DM and we needed someone with proven top quality........we got elneny and regardless of whether he has started ok with us, the reality is that we needed better

Agreed, I wish this was a "Welcome: N'Golo Kante" thread... but its not... so just giving my assessment on Elneny based on his performances so far, and what he looks like he'll develop into.. (also factoring in what he cost). He's average but could still be useful for the tough fixtures we've got coming up.(Albeit its too late to win the league)

It was the lack of spending in the summer window that cost us

[GranadaJoe]

Can't complain for the money spent. Looks like he'll grow into an assured tidy squad player. Beefed up the midfield significantly when playing against Spurs. A midfield 3 of Elneny, Coq and Rambo looks like a solid option for us for the remainder of the season

Spend fu.ck all and set the bar low - all part of wenker's philosophy buddy We needed a proper DM and we needed someone with proven top quality........we got elneny and regardless of whether he has started ok with us, the reality is that we needed better

Agreed, I wish this was a "Welcome: N'Golo Kante" thread... but its not... so just giving my assessment on Elneny based on his performances so far, and what he looks like he'll develop into.. (also factoring in what he cost). He's average but could still be useful for the tough fixtures we've got coming up.(Albeit its too late to win the league)

It was the lack of spending in the summer window that cost us

Interesting that you mentioned Kante.
I wonder what some posters would have said if last year AW had signed him for 6mil from Caen. Less money and much smaller club than the Elneny situation.
And we won't mention Mahrez.

[StuartL]

Can't complain for the money spent. Looks like he'll grow into an assured tidy squad player. Beefed up the midfield significantly when playing against Spurs. A midfield 3 of Elneny, Coq and Rambo looks like a solid option for us for the remainder of the season

Spend fu.ck all and set the bar low - all part of wenker's philosophy buddy We needed a proper DM and we needed someone with proven top quality........we got elneny and regardless of whether he has started ok with us, the reality is that we needed better

Agreed, I wish this was a "Welcome: N'Golo Kante" thread... but its not... so just giving my assessment on Elneny based on his performances so far, and what he looks like he'll develop into.. (also factoring in what he cost). He's average but could still be useful for the tough fixtures we've got coming up.(Albeit its too late to win the league)

It was the lack of spending in the summer window that cost us

Interesting that you mentioned Kante.
I wonder what some posters would have said if last year AW had signed him for 6mil from Caen. Less money and much smaller club than the Elneny situation.
And we won't mention Mahrez.

It does beg the question what does our French scout (Grimandi still ? ) have in his reports about Kante and Mahrez, were they recommended and Wenker rejected or were they not deemed at our level.

We appear to be scouring Nigeria now for our bargains ( rough diamonds ! ) where we used to get the pick of the young French talent (maybe Wenker still does )

[augie]

Can't complain for the money spent. Looks like he'll grow into an assured tidy squad player. Beefed up the midfield significantly when playing against Spurs. A midfield 3 of Elneny, Coq and Rambo looks like a solid option for us for the remainder of the season

Spend fu.ck all and set the bar low - all part of wenker's philosophy buddy We needed a proper DM and we needed someone with proven top quality........we got elneny and regardless of whether he has started ok with us, the reality is that we needed better

Agreed, I wish this was a "Welcome: N'Golo Kante" thread... but its not... so just giving my assessment on Elneny based on his performances so far, and what he looks like he'll develop into.. (also factoring in what he cost). He's average but could still be useful for the tough fixtures we've got coming up.(Albeit its too late to win the league)

It was the lack of spending in the summer window that cost us

Interesting that you mentioned Kante.
I wonder what some posters would have said if last year AW had signed him for 6mil from Caen. Less money and much smaller club than the Elneny situation.
And we won't mention Mahrez.

I am honest enough to say that I would not have been happy with the signings of kante and/or mahrez if we bought them last summer - for starters mahrez, as good as he is, does not fill a position of real need in our team and I wouldn't support the idea of buying him now UNLESS we got rid of some of our other short arsed tippy tappy players
Kante is a different story - yes he has proven to be a huge success with Leicester this season, but that doesn't necessarily mean that he would have been as successful with us cos schemes/tactics/formations are different with every club. Also, and I have made this point before, we needed a player of proven quality to make the difference immediately - Leicester can buy a player like him and he wouldn't be expected to have an immediate impact, but a team like ours is expected to challenge for trophies every season and he would be under a bit more pressure to perform from day one. Again I know that I am slightly stereotyping here, but I want our DM to be a big physically powerful man - smaller players like coquelin/kante will work in most games, but on the big days against top teams they just don't have the same presence about them like PV4 had

[skizz_b]

Reckon he's completed more forward passes in the past three games than Flamini, Ramsey and Coquelin combined.

[OneBardGooner]

Can't complain for the money spent. Looks like he'll grow into an assured tidy squad player. Beefed up the midfield significantly when playing against Spurs. A midfield 3 of Elneny, Coq and Rambo looks like a solid option for us for the remainder of the season

Indeed, but what about the money NOT spent!

That would be Mr Beans department.

[OneBardGooner]

Reckon he's completed more forward passes in the past three games than Flamini, Ramsey and Coquelin combined.

don't worry Mr bean will soon put an end to such positive play.....Oh! and don't forget Gibbs (aka: Mr I'm all left foot the defender knows I can't cross the ball, nor go inside on my right foot, so I'll pass it back and run around tippy, tappying till we lose the ball)

[Yankee_Gooner_Dandee]

Thought he played well in the Barca game, and his goal was wonderful. Much better than Ramsey.

[GoonerMuzz]

Got to say for someone from a much lower quality league thrown in at the deep end he's not doing too bad so far, hopefully his goal will boost his confidence, he may not be the best but he's definitely no worse than some that we have already considering he's still finding his feet

[Blade]

Neat,tidy player.Not programmed to flicks and backheels.

Good engine.Can actually pass forward .

[DB10GOONER]

Thought he played well in the Barca game, and his goal was wonderful. Much better than Ramsey.

This ^. His goal was a beautiful strike. Also nice to see a midfielder hit the fucking thing rather than continually trying to walk the ball into the net after 56 passes. He has done okay since he joined. He may not be a world beater but I'd play him ahead of Ramsey any day.

[officepest]

Thought he played well in the Barca game, and his goal was wonderful. Much better than Ramsey.

This ^. His goal was a beautiful strike. Also nice to see a midfielder hit the fucking thing rather than continually trying to walk the ball into the net after 56 passes. He has done okay since he joined. He may not be a world beater but I'd play him ahead of Ramsey any day.

Damning with faint praise?

Agree with the thinking that he's doing pretty well considering he's just signed for Clusterfuck FC - and the goal the other night was a thing of beauty.