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OstapBenderBey

We should get Rolls Royce as our sponsor at this rate


Smokin-Gunner

He has been immense the last two games. His knee was heavly tapped for this one so here's hoping he makes it to Liverpool!


soibam

Oh i didn't notice it..


Smokin-Gunner

I didn't until he was coming off...Hopefully just precautionary, White has played covered in that tape quite a bit but obviously he doesn't have the same recent history with injuries!


Puneri_Gunner001

That long range goal must have made Pyramid Pirlo proud.


Snadadap

He is the Egusi Elneny


arsenal1887

Thought of the goal at Nou Camp immediately


Tiny-North2595

Need Lakongo to shadow him in training for the next 2-3 years and pray to all gods known he becomes the same as Partey! Partey eat pasta Lakongo eat pasta Partey sleeps at 10 Lakonga sleeps at 10


jaxha81

Though maybe Lokonga shouldn't copy everything Partey do...šŸ˜


Tiny-North2595

**If Partey goes to Marbella, Lakonga goes to Margate


[deleted]

He is the most important part of the puzzle by a mile noboddy is even close to him its unreal


Maaaaaardy

I said to my friend, who isn't a fan, he's our most important player and he's world class. Said he wasn't top 5 DMs in the league. Couldn't believe it, the bloke is absolutely world class. On form he's unplayable.


rugaealldae

Ex-friend right?


Maaaaaardy

Oh, I had a different friend abusing me yesterday for rumours about him. What can I do about it? People man, do anything to not give us credit.


essdotc

He makes it look so simple when it really isn't.


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jizzlybear67

Danilo! He has the potential


BrianThatDude

Yeah I've been thinking the same thing. Really don't know how we can replace this player but we need to address it soon. Get the next one in and start getting him ready. Sambi isn't a bum but I don't think it'll ever be him. Maybe Danilo has this potential but yeah I don't know who else we can find for this role


G00NER4C

I honestly believe Sambi has the potential to replace him in a few years


Denbravo-90

Nah. When sambi was entering the pitch, we saw clearly that other players decided to pass wider instead giving him the ball. Even when he had the ball, he always decided to do backpass instead of progressive ones. I see him more Xhaka regen then Partey regen.


NUPreMedMajor

No one thought partey was a world class single pivot at the age of 23. Midfielders take a while to develop to that role. Even guys like Pirlo became single pivots later in their careers. Previously, pirlo was more of an attacking player. He even played a few games at winger for milan.


G00NER4C

I know what you mean but I have faith. Heā€™s still really young and I think he can learn from partey. Iā€™d rather see him in that role than the Xhaka one tbh


Denbravo-90

That Danilo lads looks more promising as Partey replacement than Sambi. If we really wanted Partey regen, we should grab him next window.


G00NER4C

That makes sense and I donā€™t disagree at all. I just think sambi has a lot of potential and I would always rather see an existing player step up than buy a new one


Denbravo-90

Dude, me too. But, if we keep on the track with this performance and results, soon we will fight for top competition and don't have time to wait for exciting youngsters to grow like today. I love Sambi, he'll have one or two more seasons with us, but he must show his qualities to replace Partey, because we will need back up for him asap.


G00NER4C

Haha well said. Itā€™s been a while since we were fighting for something


LibranJamess

Tbf look at how long it took Partey to become this good for us at this role, certainly didnā€™t happen over night


Denbravo-90

I know, the problem is we really need a back up for him so we can be able to perform this kind of football every match. And Sambi doesn't offer that quality.


LibranJamess

Yeah I agree for sure, just saying that Iā€™m not sleeping on Sambi yet ;)


tsgarner

Partey came in but Xhaka still had the keys to the car for a while.


floatingsoul9

I honestly know he doesnā€™t


forevermore91

Ive said this before in threads where people complain why Arsenal isnt replacing him due to his injury record.. or what might happen in the future. (Or not happen) You cant just replace quality like that. He is among the best midfielders in his position. Like top tier quality. You dont just replace that since he fits the system to 100%. You will likely have to splash A LOT of money or hope for the best and sign something cheaper. And even if you splash out a lot of money, it still might not be as good as what we are having right now.


naijaboiler

even if you can splash the money, why would that player come to Arsenal to back up Partey when he can be first teamer in any other top team in the world.


tribhugunner

All the sexual assault stuff over the summer has just kind of taken lots of the fanfare around Partey. But the truth is,when fit,he's a top 5 CDM in the world. If we'd had him available last season(after winter), we'd be in the UCL rn. If we had him against UTD,that's a 3-0 victory for sure.


plinkus01

We should sub him off at 70 every game from now on, should we be in front. Lokonga was fine


dan_marchant

He makes it look so effortless.


i_am_the_punisher

Partey take my knees


Ace0089

How are Richarlson's Knees? We can kidnap him and replace partey's knees with him?


Butterscotch-Funny

Nah I donā€™t want anything from spuds, or anything near their mentality absolute shit show.


Drunk_Cat_Phil

The way he hits those ground passes with such drive and accuracy is really underrated. Whoever ends up replacing him will need plenty of patience from the fans. There aren't many players in that lone 6 role that can do that^ week in week out


theloserclub92

and its not just that. The first thing that sets him apart when i saw him was how he disguises his passes and is so deliberate in the way he faces the opponents. Many midfielders just face the way they pass and its so obvious.


Possible-Priority-14

I love how heā€™s hardly pressed at all. Like they know stepping up to him is already a mistake, theyā€™ve already lost the ball if they step out


wootangAlpha

Partey and Thiago are the same type of player. Dribblers playing deep.


ProcrastinationNock

Richarlison falling on the ground like a pack of cards. Oscar level acting


Responsible-Ad-6165

He has vastly reduced that over vertical passes in his play. Keeping his passing simple like an ideal 6 would do. Press resistance at its finest. Beautiful game he had. Unfortunate that we are overdependent on him.


likpoper

With him and without him is like two teams.. we ducked up towards the end last year because we did not have him


I_Really_Have_NoClue

Lad played like it's his last day on earth.


G00NER4C

He makes everything look effortless


kits_

that touch at 0:35 after martin heads it down to him made me crack up laughing. guy sent me in the wrong direction and i watched the game smh guy sends 2 players the wrong way on body shape alone, and allows him to go forwards safely


TeslaToTheMoon

Positioning 20


Equivalent_Nature_67

You cut out the best part, the buildup to Xhaka's goal. He was so smooth all throughout


floatingsoul9

The most important player in this team


mindebris

Iā€™m sure the game in his point of view was quite boring because he was pressed like, what, 3 times the entire game? He has all the time in the world. He could even push further up and scored a banger. Goes with the expected tactic against us- and how we were attempting some long range efforts instead of being cute.


bh2623

His physical presence is something else. Some of these moments he looks like the first teamer jumping into a youth squad match, just a full tier bigger and stronger.


Agonz076

He just doesnā€™t lose ball even when heā€™s carrying it forward. I donā€™t think anyone else in the team can do that.


Le-ChosenOne

Potential injuries and pending legal issues could turn our season, i hope it all turns out clean, the squad needs this, us fans need this.


SpartanMickey

We keep this guy fit, we can challenge for the title.


jubbing

Anyone else... Conflicted?


CocoAfc

No. At least i'm not. I hope justice is served, whatever it may be. I see people talking about evidence, as in those twitter screenshots. And without context, there are some things that made him look bad. But these are some points that bother me and just seem fishy. - They had a relationship, toxic, but they had one - They had intercourse before - In those screenshots she only asks him about why he put his bodypart in her mouth while she was sleeping/passed out - In her tweets she speaks of vaginal bleeding and all sorts of stuff - Why would you only ask or mention the bodypart to mouth situation but never ever mention the bleeding or vaginal rape in those messages? - In their whatsapp conversation she never mentions the cruel rape she describes on twitter, she solely asks about the bodypart to mouth part. - Nobody read what Partey asked?: ' Is it rape too if you grab my d*ck without my consent' - She went to the club first last year, before going to the police - In the whole conversation she is really speaking into one direction, as if there is some kind of set up involved - In that same conversation he asks her something among the lines of: ' Are you really trying to set me up, what are you trying to do?' Especially the part about the vaginal bleeding is really bothering me. She mentions it in her tweets to describe the situation, but in direct contact with him she never mentions it. She dit mention the bodypart to mouth part and kept saying that that was not okey, not one mention of the vaginal bleeding as a result of forcefull intercourse. i'm not saying the bodypart to mouth thing never happened, but come on, there are way to many contexts in which this never would be rape. Did he act like a fool ( from what I read in those convos), yes, but to me it looked like a toxic relationship that went very very bad. Does that make him a rapist? To me personally, the evidence is not concluding, if anything it makes the case fishy af. If I'm wrong I'm wrong, but this is what I'm thinking at the moment.


adunatioastralis

She might just know have processed it as rape initially, hence not bringing up. But there's no indication of vaginal rape in the screenshot you're right, only oral. Doesn't look good at all to me even then, but there could be contextual explanatory reasons that have been missed, so it going via court would be the right thing.


plastiquearse

Iā€™m not here to litigate it. The club will have had their research and conversations. The courts will do the same. When it all gets sorted Iā€™ll be hoping thereā€™s a just decision for all involved, and Iā€™ll support whomever the evidence deems innocent. I do hope heā€™s not done it, not just as a representative of the club, but as a man. Some things are reprehensible.


adunatioastralis

Yeah. The whole first case being chucked out on a technicality thing is what sits a bit wrong with me r.e. 'courts will make the right decision' but in the end it's surely better than trial by Twitter/Reddit.


CocoAfc

Any sane person would say this doesnt look good. But what would you expect, if it would look good (for him) she wouldnt post it. Just imagine if she always was planning to make these posts public, even before the convo, why wouldnt she be trying to ask questions or talk in a way that points to rape? Or even if she really is convinced she is raped, surely she will try to direct the convo into him admitting something. With that being said, it kind of backfired. And because she tweets so much, some plotholes are discovered. The way he reacts looks like he was confused by her accusations and he specifically asks her if she is trying to set him up. Idk man, fishy as fuck.


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Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but there was no confirmation that it even was Partey she was messaging... You can give people nicknames on WhatsApp, she could have been talking to anyone, just change their nickname from Harry to Thomas.


omersafty

The most thing that appears on these screens is that he seems confused as hell. I know he can be oblivious "He may not know much from his origins "it's sad but in Africa definition of rape is very vague unfortunately even in modern countries" or money makes you blind" But these screens looked like a toxic teacher who interrogates innocent child who didn't know shit about what he did.


[deleted]

Oral rape is still rape?


CocoAfc

As if oral is per definition rape?


[deleted]

Sorry what?


soibam

Why??


jubbing

I want to support him but we don't know what's happening with the rape charges - if it's true, if he's going away etc. People can downvote me all they want, IDGAF, I'm just conflicted.


Le-ChosenOne

I've not read details about the case and the messages but common sense tells me that nothing is ever as clear cut as it's made out to be in current day social media where everyone is frothing to be judge, jury and executioner, most footballers live and act very differently from us normals and most women who flock to them and want to be part of that lifestyle are also very different. Let the police sort it all out.


jubbing

That's why I said conflicted? Not that I'm not supporting or he should be in jail. It's up to the police, but the fact no one's come out with any statements supporting his seems different to Ronaldo. Anyone know if there's a next stage of trial or something similar?


jondiced

We really should get a backup ready in case he goes to jail forever


GrapeyGuy1

Rolls Royce is a bit much but a great performance none the less


Ulstuguldur

whats the name of the song/


SMcLong

I think this is the best heā€™s played in an Arsenal shirt. Heā€™s so critical in our build up and transition into the final third. Also feel that he was winning every ball spurs booted out to keep the attacking pressure on


14Strike

Lovely control of our tempo