So what, Defoe looked like the best striker in the world at 16. I have seen nothing to suggest that in adult football he will be exceptional.
Lupoli was good but he was just a goal scorer Bendtner was an all round player. He had skills, dribbling ability, could pass a ball like fabregas. He was just an exiciting player to watch. barcelona, Ac milan were all after him at younger age!
People were saying the same thing about Afobe and Aneke. Sometimes we go a bit overboard when looking at our prospects.
Bendtner is a better footballer than jay emmanuel thomas. People shouldnt be judging jay thomas in the reserves!m lol hes practically been up against under 18 defences in the reserves. And hes a guy who relies on his strength, power/ Bendtner was always a technical, clever footballer. He relied on his feet more than his body. Its only recently hes bulked up put on some muscle. He was a very skinny guy
Have to trust Wenger's judgement on which youngsters are good enough I guess! Luck plays a part though, if we hadn't had all those injuries in goal keeping position then Szczesny may have left us but now he is our number 1 keeper. Funny how these things turn out.
Meh, Bendtner's 1st touch has been the worst part of hid game for as long as I can remember. Occasionally it will be genius but I would never describe him as a technical player. As for John i think he is a good poster when he isn't talking about Nasri
You don't know that. Unless you have been sitting in during the contract negotiations, you've no idea what money Nasri is asking for. Stop talking **** John.
John always used to wum on the Stoke boards. He would post a few negative things (Needlessly) and then out of the blue post how he actually respected Stoke, Pulis etc etc. He was a very strange man.
shame if bendtner goes. i understand what John is saying. it DOES upset the wage structure if a player who has performed, but not consistently, is given big money. fact is tho, this is a special case. if he had 3 years left on his contract, you could wait another 18 months to see if he performs again, and again, before you offer him big money. since he only has a year left, you have to either speculate on continued performance and offer him big bucks, or say he's not going to be worth that, even in 3 years time, and sell him now. if he's done that well this season, will his contribution improve further next season? he's not at his peak yet, but in 2 / 3 years he will be. if he can add more assist and keep hitting 15 goals a season, he's worth the money. the only real decision is was it a one-off or is that going to be his constant from now on? i don't agree that he's at cesc / rvp level now, but he could be in a couple of years. in fact, i'd expect him to be that valuable in 2 years. so should he have the money?
