Viv Andersons Tache wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 10:18 am
IW8Goalmachine wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:25 am
Viv Andersons Tache wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 8:36 am
IW8Goalmachine wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 8:12 am
Viv Andersons Tache wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 7:42 am
Please name the player you would play regularly in Sakas position to rest him without a drop off in output of the side.
It would be nice to read your answer to Retro's question.
It was a good honest question that deserves to be answered.
If you answer my question I might answer his.
Did you direct that question at me?
If yes then that's a bit odd since I never mentioned anything about saka
Absolutely. Hey if it means so much to you that I answer his previous questions then he and you can answer mine first.
You're the guv'nor are you? We have to answer a question about Saka, despite neither of us entering that debate and then you'll deign to answer the questions that I'd previously asked and which you were clearly going to ignore?
Ok Viv, I'll play your game. Replacing an in form Saka with anyone else in the squad would have a deleterious effect on the team, in my opinion. However, if the boy is fatigued and/or struggling with a knock, then there's no option but to rest him. The manager might also take the chance to rest a key player in games where we face a weaker opponent, as Arteta did against Luton, when he made about 5 changes. These decisions are tricky, but it's what "elite" managers get the big bucks for.
We have the option of Nelson, Trossard and Martinelli to play on the right wing and if we add ESR into that mix (personally, I don't consider him a winger, but Arteta has played him out wide), then that's 4 players with which to fill the 2 wing slots while Saka rests.
I'm not really sure what point you're trying to make, because I doubt anyone on here thinks the team is improved by not playing an in-form Saka, but if he's not performing at that level, then maybe he needs a break. Personally, I always want him in the side, but his performances have been below par recently.
There, question answered. Now how about answering the two questions I asked you on the previous page?