Jake Schuster
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@CoolHandJakeGS
CEO @Gemini_Sports formerly @Seminoles @NZRugby @lborosport Views are my own and probably wrong.
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20-year old Mika Godts in a nutshell: ✅ The first thing that stands out to anyone about Mika Godts is the speed. He's a true vertical stretcher that is deadly in open space. ✅ But it's not just his top speed, his acceleration to get past his man in lowblocks is like a blitz. Best of both worlds. ✅ Fantastic first touch and technique in general. You can tell when a player has a natural feel for the ball. ✅ A demonic dribbler in tight spaces. This is invaluable for a LW that will face the number of lowblocks that we do. He's also a great dribbler in wider spaces, but I wanted to focus on what Arsenal needed. ✅ Good and willing crosser. Not Bahoya level, but still a very good crosser of the ball. Again, another thing that helps break down lowblocks. ✅ His weak foot is serviceable, which makes him a two-way threat that can go down to the byline on his weaker foot (a la Martinelli) or cut inside to his stronger foot (a la Trossard). ✅ Very good creative player. Has an eye for a good pass and the technique to execute. Can still improve with the right coaching. He's especially great at cutting centrally in deep eareas and switching the ball to the other winger. ✅ Very active and effective presser OOP. ❌ Over dribbles. Sometimes he gets double-parked and tries to force a dribble rather than retaining possession. He's too direct sometimes and needs better balance on when to dribble, when to dribble and pass, and when to not dribble at all. ❌ While he is a really good presser and uses his speed to press from the front effectuvely, to my eye, Godts does not fall back as much as he should or will be asked to in an Arteta system OOP. ❌ Aerially poor, though this could only be an issue because Arteta loved aerial ability. Most wingers don't need this, but it sure is a benefit if you have it (Semenyo and Yildiz are good examples of aerially good wingers)
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The main reason I'm all for this is that price. I don't really see any of the current available LW options as true Arteta wingers. Only Kvara, Yildiz, Bahoya, Gordon, and Diomandé are close to what we'd call Arteta wingers. Berta is not paying 100m for Diomandé. If we have that kinda money to spare for a LW, I'd rather we add 20m and go all out for Kvara. Yildiz seems unlikely but if Juve don't qualify, who knows? Bahoya is probably the most cost-effective, but he's inconsistent. Gordon is Gordon. 80m was quoted as Newcastle's asking price for Gordon based on reports. Barcola probably 100m Kvara even higher Mika Godts is 40m max (cheaper in pounds) Godts is a super cost-effective player who embodies both Martinelli and Trossard tendencies. He'll just need to increase his OOP work (which is very coachable imo due to his mentality)
Pep Guardiola responding to @JamieJackson___ probing him about a ‘fallout’ with Mikel Arteta and Arsenal using ‘dark arts’: “If you want to ask a question to try to create some conflict between me and Mikel or Arsenal, I am old enough not to do that. You are how many times here, did I ever use the words ‘dark arts’ about Arsenal? Did you listen to me? You think [they use dark arts?] Go to London and attend Mikel Arteta’s press conference and ask him about that…”
🇧🇷 "Would he get ahead of Martinelli?!" 🏴 "He ain't getting ahead of Saka?!" Would Pelé get into Arsenal's current squad?
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