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Why Emile Smith Rowe is the solution to Arsenal's attacking problems, a thread.
Possesses the ability to dribble past many players and get the ball much closer to the goal himself. Although we have Dani Ceballos who can keep the ball from a couple of players, attacking vigorously is not his natural instinct. That's where ESR comes in.
Ozil played a huge role for us for around 5 years and that gap has never been filled. We were used to an excellent style of playing with fluidity and players like Ozil really made it look easy. Now we see how difficult it must be because of how much we struggle each game.
A major reason for creating lesser chances is not being able to use the easiest chapter in the book, wing backs overlap and link up play. Saka, Dani have great ball control; expoit that. Tierney has total ability to provide 15 assists & 5 goals each season, but he has no support.
Every game I see Tierney high up the pitch on the left flank waiting for the ball, completely unmarked, but there is no one smart enough to make that through ball to him & use his speed. Comes in, ESR. He has shown how he can be very creative to generate an attack out of nowhere.
ESR is up there. With lots of attention from Arteta he could really get to the top. The best part is he breathes Arsenal. He's really quick with his feet & physically strong enough to hold off players and can actually score himself or make some great passes (traits of KDB).
Finishing ability: A goalscoring midfielder we need so desperately. Not to exaggerate but I've not seen this spark from any young midfielder at Arsenal since Fabregas. Really intelligent & not a back passer of the ball, unlike most of our current mids.
Defensive ability: With speed & good game sense he falls back to help out the defense, pretty decent in handling a 1v1 situation outside the box. Wins the ball & carries it ahead starting a proper counter attack, unlike right now, where we just blindly put a long pass ahead.
Set pieces - good at corners, crosses, freekicks & puts good power behind ball. We usually rotate corners between Pepe & Dani. Dani has a good curl but lacks power in his shots which we must exploit, having Auba, Luiz, Mustafi & Saliba for headers.
Out of all the youngsters at Arsenal, Willock and ESR are the only Central midfielders. Willock can not play at 10, while ESR would be perfect at 10 & simply be the solution to our major problems. He will need a lot of fine-tuning and getting used to the teammates & new players.
I don't see many options in the market who would contribute drastically more to the team than our own boy ESR, & we better give him the chance next season rather than delay it any further. He played well on his loan & looks to have developed more game sense.
Since Arteta is already giving youngsters a chance this season I am certain ESR will be a first team player sooner rather than later, it's just a matter of him watching ESR in training. I do hope Arteta rates him highly and has him in his plans.
Arteta will obviously bring the positives from what City have been doing, and a lot of City's damage comes from David Silva and KDB. It is all developed in training; to create that rhythm with constant practice & routine. ESR being an AM is absolutely going to shine next season.
