If you don't see it...

forgot how much burst/zip/fluidity he lost after 2011 injury. was still very good for a few more years until his body fully broke down, but man what cud have been

Imagine if we had an injury free midfield. We never had a break. It wasn't just small injuries it was career ending injuries. Diaby Wilshere Rosicky Ramsey

Yep. I think partly there was a culture of kicking Arsenal at the time ('arsenal are soft'). Eduardo Ramsey Diaby horror tackles in 3 years. Partly must be something to do with training, coz even outside those guys, the injury issues were often ridiculous. Also luck ofc

@ziko014 All I see is what Myles Lewis Skelly would become if we actually play him in midfield

Wow who is that geezer?!?! Looks like a white Myles Lewis Skelly 😱😱

Why would you post this man? especially right now when we only have mechanics in our midfield?

would be myles... treatment of him and nwaneri alone should get him the sack like lets be fr

I think MLS has similar movement, balance and burst. Shame on Arteta

I’m not an arsenal fan but this one is one of the saddest and most painful what could’ve beens. What a player bro, what an absolute player. Sometimes fate can really be harsh fr fr

Jack would’ve been special man absolute joke off a footballer

What Skelly should’ve been if only Arteta had trusted in him. Shame on you, Mikel Arteta. Shame on you!

We need Ethan Nwaneri back IMMEDIATELY! I felt so safe 😪

Half turns, let’s the ball run, so many ways to beat a press and take out players from the equation, things I don’t see with my club anymore.

Damn we had so many in that era. Shame they were backed up with crap defenders. We've never had the whole package at one time

@___Nans

Breaks my heart man. Jack was so special. He was my favorite player. Would be England and Arsenal captain right now if he stayed fit…

i genuinely see MLS

Myles

We had an abundance of players like this in the Wenger days. Vieira, Diaby, Rosicky, Wilshere, Cazorla. Players comfortable receiving the ball in the middle of the park and easily gliding by players

We all love Skelly but come on this is Jack Wilshere 😂

We don’t have it because Arteta doesn’t want one person doing all of that with the ball 😂😂😂 Everything you see Arsenal do and all the players signed are exactly who Arteta wanted He was given that power

The intelligence, elegance and strength. Miles and Dowman can be coached great but I think Ethan is the most likely to touch and surpass this level.

What a pleasure watching a player try to stay on his feet, rather than going down feigning a major injury after a feather touch like they do today !!!

I can’t even imagine a midfielder doing half of this for us now but it used to be normal.. CRAZY

yh he reminds me of nwaneri sometimes

Meanwhile we’ve got Rice now in the midfield 🤣. This is what you call progressive carries.Not that rubbish Rice does in a straight line, which always 💯 leads to nothing.We use to hv some technical geniuses in the midfield man. Now we hv big lumps with 0 skills, 0 creativity

Football has honestly died hasn’t it who tf plays like this anymore and this was an Arsenal crock / sub the games gone to shit just long throws and running now

Ball carries and players who pass with purpose are the game changers.

Jack is press resistant. You'll hardly find midfielder who move ball like this again.

I think it's only fair someone shows a failed comp of Wilshere losing the ball in midfield via dribbling, and caption it: "And Wenger still trusted him".

The kind of player that makes transition easy. This is what Arteta should convert Lewis Skelly to. He has this ability

A Wilshere in this midfield won't be timid to get the ball from the back be it from the goalkeeper or defenders. We lack those attributes in our play which made us always crack under pressure due to the numerous back passes we always make. Fuvk!

Instead now we have Zubimendi. If you notice in tight games this mofo instead of creating angels for Raya or the defenders to pass to him, he sticks to an opponent. Clear indicator he doesn't want the ball

Odegard is the best in this for our team now. Others lack the technicality or just lack the balls to show up

Mules-Lewis Skelly, Ethan Nwaneri, Declan Rice, Jurrien Timber, Ben White, Zubimendi, Max Dowman.... All of these players have the ability to break lines with these sort of runs.... Are they allowed to do it? NO Fvcken way