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I don't see Balogun as ever doing much for us. I sincerely hope I am totally wrong, but after all the who ha last season about how he was going to leave and there were other clubs lining up to sign him etc, from what I saw of him in the reserves and the occasional sub for the 1st team and on loan he really doesn't look good enough, he just doesn't have "it".
No i don’t see him making it either but I think it will be hard to bring a quality striker in , he will be in the Eddie role .
Eddie has to be one of the worst players ever to get playing time .
I see Balogun as a kind of Kevin Campbell equivalent . Campbell played about 200 games for us and scored about 50 times . A good team member but needs an Ian Wright type striker alongside him.
It will be martinelli and Balogun . Calvert Lewin would be ok but why would Tammy want to leave Roma
Because he will want to play in the PL, he only went to italy because lukaku went to chelsea. Once Lukaku and Werner leaves in the summer, Abraham will probably end up back there as they have first option to buy back. if I remember the deal. Anyway, loads on here said he wasn't good enough for The Arsenal, even though I put him ahead of calvert-lewin in English strikers stakes. Working with mourinho would have done he good, but he'll end up elsewhere when returning to England, as he turned us down for Roma. As Arteta has said he doesn't want players at the club when he has to sell the club to them, they should want to play for The Arsenal, and currently Calvert-Lewin wants to play for The Arsenal.
It will be martinelli and Balogun . Calvert Lewin would be ok but why would Tammy want to leave Roma
Because he will want to play in the PL, he only went to italy because lukaku went to chelsea. Once Lukaku and Werner leaves in the summer, Abraham will probably end up back there as they have first option to buy back. if I remember the deal. Anyway, loads on here said he wasn't good enough for The Arsenal, even though I put him ahead of calvert-lewin in English strikers stakes. Working with mourinho would have done he good, but he'll end up elsewhere when returning to England, as he turned us down for Roma. As Arteta has said he doesn't want players at the club when he has to sell the club to them, they should want to play for The Arsenal, and currently Calvert-Lewin wants to play for The Arsenal.
When you say elsewhere, do you mean at chavski or some other club ?
Working with moaninho will have done him good ? Is that the same moaninho who is a busted flush and who has failed badly at his previous jobs in the last few years ? He is living off past glories akin to what wenger did with us. It isnt just loads on here that said that he isnt good enough - it is 5 years since he made his international debut, and in that time he scored a massive 3 goals for england. He was behind giroud in the chavs squad for a long time, and lets face it giroud was never a free scoring striker either. He looks a good player in a shit league and I wouldnt want him at The Arsenal
I see Balogun as a kind of Kevin Campbell equivalent . Campbell played about 200 games for us and scored about 50 times . A good team member but needs an Ian Wright type striker alongside him.
Yeah! But Kevin Cambell had 'Presence' (Physical and his mind set/ Psychological thingy) whereas Eddie is literally like a lightweight feather a severe gust of wind and he's Gone! I wish it were otherwise seeing as he (and Balogun) have come through the Arsenal Academy, but they just aren't up to it.
It will be martinelli and Balogun . Calvert Lewin would be ok but why would Tammy want to leave Roma
Because he will want to play in the PL, he only went to italy because lukaku went to chelsea. Once Lukaku and Werner leaves in the summer, Abraham will probably end up back there as they have first option to buy back. if I remember the deal. Anyway, loads on here said he wasn't good enough for The Arsenal, even though I put him ahead of calvert-lewin in English strikers stakes. Working with mourinho would have done he good, but he'll end up elsewhere when returning to England, as he turned us down for Roma. As Arteta has said he doesn't want players at the club when he has to sell the club to them, they should want to play for The Arsenal, and currently Calvert-Lewin wants to play for The Arsenal.
In fairness though Nos mate you were telling us Lu-kack-u would be a great signing and as I and many others predicted he is still just the same second rate striker he has always been.
If it wasn't you that was touting Lu-kack-u then I do apologise of course. But someone deffo was hailing him on here before he went to the chav.
It will be martinelli and Balogun . Calvert Lewin would be ok but why would Tammy want to leave Roma
Because he will want to play in the PL, he only went to italy because lukaku went to chelsea. Once Lukaku and Werner leaves in the summer, Abraham will probably end up back there as they have first option to buy back. if I remember the deal. Anyway, loads on here said he wasn't good enough for The Arsenal, even though I put him ahead of calvert-lewin in English strikers stakes. Working with mourinho would have done he good, but he'll end up elsewhere when returning to England, as he turned us down for Roma. As Arteta has said he doesn't want players at the club when he has to sell the club to them, they should want to play for The Arsenal, and currently Calvert-Lewin wants to play for The Arsenal.
In fairness though Nos mate you were telling us Lu-kack-u would be a great signing and as I and many others predicted he is still just the same second rate striker he has always been.
If it wasn't you that was touting Lu-kack-u then I do apologise of course. But someone deffo was hailing him on here before he went to the chav.
Well it wasn't me, the only player I defend is xhaka (I refuse to call him clive)
It will be martinelli and Balogun . Calvert Lewin would be ok but why would Tammy want to leave Roma
Because he will want to play in the PL, he only went to italy because lukaku went to chelsea. Once Lukaku and Werner leaves in the summer, Abraham will probably end up back there as they have first option to buy back. if I remember the deal. Anyway, loads on here said he wasn't good enough for The Arsenal, even though I put him ahead of calvert-lewin in English strikers stakes. Working with mourinho would have done he good, but he'll end up elsewhere when returning to England, as he turned us down for Roma. As Arteta has said he doesn't want players at the club when he has to sell the club to them, they should want to play for The Arsenal, and currently Calvert-Lewin wants to play for The Arsenal.
In fairness though Nos mate you were telling us Lu-kack-u would be a great signing and as I and many others predicted he is still just the same second rate striker he has always been.
If it wasn't you that was touting Lu-kack-u then I do apologise of course. But someone deffo was hailing him on here before he went to the chav.
Well it wasn't me, the only player I defend is xhaka (I refuse to call him clive)
No Italian teams left in champs league. Italy knocked out of world cup by north macedonia. That my friends is the level of competition abraham is playing at, and yet some insist on proclaiming him to be a quality striker
No Italian teams left in champs league. Italy knocked out of world cup by north macedonia. That my friends is the level of competition abraham is playing at, and yet some insist on proclaiming him to be a quality striker
It's also lovely to see because I HATE Italian football. Always have, always will.
No Italian teams left in champs league. Italy knocked out of world cup by north macedonia. That my friends is the level of competition abraham is playing at, and yet some insist on proclaiming him to be a quality striker
I don’t watch much football apart from Arsenal but I’ve liked what I’ve seen of Abraham.
Tbh many on here didn’t want Ramsdale, Odegaard or Tomiyasu last summer, and have made their views on Partey clear this season too, so in some ways I see a negative OnlineGooner review of Abraham as decent evidence that he’d actually do well for us
No Italian teams left in champs league. Italy knocked out of world cup by north macedonia. That my friends is the level of competition abraham is playing at, and yet some insist on proclaiming him to be a quality striker
I don’t watch much football apart from Arsenal but I’ve liked what I’ve seen of Abraham.
Tbh many on here didn’t want Ramsdale, Odegaard or Tomiyasu last summer, and have made their views on Partey clear this season too, so in some ways I see a negative OnlineGooner review of Abraham as decent evidence that he’d actually do well for us
The difference being that we have seen enough of abraham to make a quantified assessment - I hadnt heard of tommy, had seen sweet fa of ramsdale, admittedly was not a fan of odeargod (and still believe that smith-rowe is way better than him despite his improvement), but abraham I had seen plenty of and was not at all impressed. I know that it isnt a new thing (or unique to England) but english players frequently get hyped up way beyond their ability (eg pickford, maguire, stones), and it is my opinion that if abraham was "a foreigner" clubs like brighton southampton and west ham would now be vying for his services, instead of so called bigger clubs