dewunmi says:

pls, come quickly i hope u can add value needed to win trophy to our team.

isaaciru says:

Roy has hard a grat season

Steven says:

At 18, Ryo, is phenomenal. But Arsenal fans need to understand that when he returns for a second season, things will get rougher and tougher as defenders will go after him forcefully and even unfairly. Naturally, he’ll need to apply himself better, visit the gym more and earn his right to play to his full potentials. However, what he needs is a combination of what Sir Alex did with C.Ronaldo and what Pep has done with Messi since he took over at Barca. SAF made C. Ronaldo the fulcrum of his attack, allowed him full expression of his abilities, even if it meant moving Rooney wide to accommodate both; Man Utd won the league and the CL that year and C.Ronaldo broke the goal scoring records in the EPL and even won the World Footballer of the Year.

For Messi, when Rikard was coach, we all knew Messi to be the right wing forward prodigy living in the shadows of Ronaldinho, almost becoming a stereotyped winger/forward. But in his first season as coach, in order to bring a lot more surprise element and unpredictability to Messi/Barcelona play, utilize his potentials and turn it into a weapon for the Barcelona side, Pep moved Messi into the striker or ‘False Nine’ role.The result? It confused many coaches and defenders and with it, 6 trophies in one season, a steady improvement for the player and his abilities ever since, and 2 back-to-back World Footballer awards to boot. And in that role, we have not yet seen his fullest potential if he stays grounded being just 23 yrs old! At this rate, what would he be at 26/27?

Scary? Yes and Ryo can be same but he needs the right coach, the right team mates and the right mentality to get him there. Unfortunately, I doubt right now if Wenger, with his current predictable formation and approach to games, sentiments and too many mediocre players, can offer Ryo the right environment to turn him into a great player. If Arsenal continue with the same 1,000 (often tedious, unnecessary and disingenuous) passes that often lead no where, Ryo wont make a different in the team. He needs to be allowed a bit of freedom to roam or form the fulcrum of the attack and a couple of changes in playing him right, left or centre depending on the opposition is crucial.The stereotyping of Arshavin is a key example even if the player’s laziness also contributed to his evolving into a ‘normal’ player.

Again, there is a reason why Arsenal has become tedious to watch these days and an example is when you have a Diaby in the side who wants to take four, five touches on the ball when a counter-attack is on! And we have a Song, a supposed defensive midfielder who wants to venture forward and give the Fabregas pass while Wilshire, his midfield partenr and a platyer who fits the ‘Fabregas role’ of darting forward and opening defences up with his runs and passes made to play ‘defensive midfield’ role! Then you have a pair of fullbacks who cannot seem to cross well or make intelligent timely runs into space to break down packed defences!

As if all these were not enough, there is a Chamakh who, face-to-face with a goalkeeper, wants to pass the ball backwards and sideways for midfielders to finish! He’s a striker for God sake! Aaaah! Don’t forget a Bendtner, with a best-player-in-the-world mentality, playing on the right with a calamitous first touch and a work-rate like he has no care in the world! Add Walcott, a speed star who is continuously running into ‘blind alleys and still learning to cross in the mix and you can ’see’ what I’m saying.

With a team full of such dysfunctional tactics/players, work-rate and application, Ryo may not develop into a world class player his potentials tell us he can become; therein lies the dillemma of the NEXT RONALDO/MESSI out of Japan!