22 minutes ago, Richard P said:

Woke up with a bad hair day, so wasn’t fit!

We all know the feeling. Well, except @loz and @just .

28 minutes ago, Valerie said:

We all know the feeling. Well, except @loz and @just .

On 02/05/2026 at 13:30, Scott Harris said:

Both Garnacho and Neto have more goals and assists than him and he is playing for a team competing for the title.

Arteta tax

3 hours ago, Valerie said:

We all know the feeling. Well, except @loz and @just .

3 hours ago, Valerie said:

We all know the feeling. Well, except @loz and @just .

You cut me deep Shrek

On 02/05/2026 at 02:29, RMH said:

Madueke is better than either of Neto or Garnacho, and he wasn’t the quality to be a starter.

think Neto is literally twice the player Madueke is, and Garnacho soon will be too.

For me, Madueke is only traded among top English clubs because he’s English; otherwise he’d probably be at a lower-tier club in England or abroad.

He has no close-control game; he carries and dribbles in long strides, which works far better in counter-attacking setups where there’s space to attack into. At top clubs against low blocks, he has far less room to operate, which exposes his limitations. It was a bizarre Arsenal signing IMO.

I almost forgot — thank you Arsenal. 😉

Edited May 8May 8 by acaeus

4 hours ago, acaeus said:

think Neto is literally twice the player Madueke is, and Garnacho soon will be too.

For me, Madueke is only traded among top English clubs because he’s English; otherwise he’d probably be at a lower-tier club in England or abroad.

He has no close-control game; he carries and dribbles in long strides, which works far better in counter-attacking setups where there’s space to attack into. At top clubs against low blocks, he has far less room to operate, which exposes his limitations. It was a bizarre Arsenal signing IMO.

I almost forgot — thank you Arsenal. 😉

Well, you think that Enzo is a great player, so I guess that it’s normal that you think that a Wolves level player like Neto or a ManUtd reject like Garnacho are better than Madueke. I don’t think that Madueke is a good player, but Neto and Garnacho are rubbish. Madueke may not have close-control and may dribble in long strides, Neto and Garnacho can’t control nor dribble for their life. They are sh*te and selling Madueke to get Garnacho was the typical backward step from the board and SDs.

3 hours ago, RMH said:

Well, you think that Enzo is a great player, so I guess that it’s normal that you think that a Wolves level player like Neto or a ManUtd reject like Garnacho are better than Madueke. I don’t think that Madueke is a good player, but Neto and Garnacho are rubbish. Madueke may not have close-control and may dribble in long strides, Neto and Garnacho can’t control nor dribble for their life. They are sh*te and selling Madueke to get Garnacho was the typical backward step from the board and SDs.

Madueke's for Garnacho had a different prob for me: it was yet again a more ready player for a project. I'm pretty confident Garnacho has a higher ceiling tho, but I can agree that it was a downgrade at the time.
Enzo being a great player is a bit of a stretch; I think he's a good player and far from "sh*t" esp in this IMO sh*tty roster.
Well, time will tell. We will see where these players go from here.

9 hours ago, acaeus said:

think Neto is literally twice the player Madueke is, and Garnacho soon will be too.

For me, Madueke is only traded among top English clubs because he’s English; otherwise he’d probably be at a lower-tier club in England or abroad.

He has no close-control game; he carries and dribbles in long strides, which works far better in counter-attacking setups where there’s space to attack into. At top clubs against low blocks, he has far less room to operate, which exposes his limitations. It was a bizarre Arsenal signing IMO.

I almost forgot — thank you Arsenal. 😉

This is one of the most bizzare analysis on Madueke.

1 hour ago, Bob stark said:

This is one of the most bizzare analysis on Madueke.

Well, I do think his second touch is a f**king tackle so... 😅

Every touch Madueke takes takes the ball away from him and then he chases it. I know because that was my game too when I played at amateur level back then. These types of players are a dime a dozen... but he's English.
He does have a decent shot in him though; other than that it's just pace and power.

I do need to emphasize that even then I'd not have sold him; same way I'd have kept Gallagher because I suspect much of the poor individual poor are down to the squad's lack of depth.

Edited May 9May 9 by acaeus

On 02/05/2026 at 13:30, Scott Harris said:

Both Garnacho and Neto have more goals and assists than him and he is playing for a team competing for the title.

See minutes played for neto, nearly double the minutes of Madueke. Garnacho has also played more minutes...

Doesnt really matter, all three are terrible footballers and its like comparing one used nappy to others. all three are soiled and binnable.

6 hours ago, bluelightening said:

See minutes played for neto, nearly double the minutes of Madueke. Garnacho has also played more minutes...

Doesnt really matter, all three are terrible footballers and its like comparing one used nappy to others. all three are soiled and binnable.

Garnacho has played just over 20 minutes more, and Madueke is playing for a better team. I agree that all three are terrible anyway, but if Madueke was here with us, then I wouldn't bet against Madueke's performances being worse than both Neto and Garnacho.

8 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

Garnacho has played just over 20 minutes more, and Madueke is playing for a better team. I agree that all three are terrible anyway, but if Madueke was here with us, then I wouldn't bet against Madueke's performances being worse than both Neto and Garnacho.

Arsenal might be better than us but he has the same problem at Arsenal he had with us. Not enough end product.

On 10/05/2026 at 00:39, dermott said:

Arsenal might be better than us but he has the same problem at Arsenal he had with us. Not enough end product.

That is not a problem though, he is signed as backup for Saka.

52 minutes ago, Bob stark said:

That is not a problem though, he is signed as backup for Saka.

I think he was actually signed to see off Gabrielli on the other side, but failed to do that and so became the back up to Saka. Still he'd rather be back up to Saka than back up to Net Zero surely?

5 minutes ago, WhiteWall said:

I think he was actually signed to see off Gabrielli on the other side, but failed to do that and so became the back up to Saka. Still he'd rather be back up to Saka than back up to Net Zero surely?

Not sure that is the case. Madueke is a left footer and much better on the right and it kinda make sense for Arse to sign backup for Saka as Saka has chronic hammy issue.

1 hour ago, Bob stark said:

Not sure that is the case. Madueke is a left footer and much better on the right and it kinda make sense for Arse to sign backup for Saka as Saka has chronic hammy issue.

Not like they had a better player in Nwaneri in the exact same role or anything

2 hours ago, Bob stark said:

That is not a problem though, he is signed as backup for Saka.

A back up with no end product? Not a problem?

22 minutes ago, dermott said:

A back up with no end product? Not a problem?

Yes, not a problem, plus he was only 23. I will be happy with Madueke as my backup if I have a Saka.

3 hours ago, Bob stark said:

Not sure that is the case. Madueke is a left footer and much better on the right and it kinda make sense for Arse to sign backup for Saka as Saka has chronic hammy issue.

Regardless of what you and i think of his attributes it was widely reported at the time that his signing was as direct competition for Gabrielli, who had fallen out of favour slightly with Arteta. Gabrielli than stepped up and scored some clutch goals re-cementing his place allied to the habitual injuries of Saka, hence why he has become a back up to either side.

It does seem we will have a better chance in the cup final by playing Cucurella wide left rather than any of our actual wingers.

The money we have wasted on players like Garnacho, Gittens and even Neto is criminal. Folk talk about how we could have got Olise, Semenyo or even Kvaratskhelia. Those players have all ended up at Top clubs so not sure if that was just wishful thinking but I look at Summerville at West Ham and Christ, he is 100% better than any wide man we have currently. West Ham look certs to go down now so I would be picking Summerville up to replace Garnacho as soon as the season is over.

11 minutes ago, Nibs said:

It does seem we will have a better chance in the cup final by playing Cucurella wide left rather than any of our actual wingers.

The money we have wasted on players like Garnacho, Gittens and even Neto is criminal. Folk talk about how we could have got Olise, Semenyo or even Kvaratskhelia. Those players have all ended up at Top clubs so not sure if that was just wishful thinking but I look at Summerville at West Ham and Christ, he is 100% better than any wide man we have currently. West Ham look certs to go down now so I would be picking Summerville up to replace Garnacho as soon as the season is over.

Say one thing for Somerville. He has upped his game from his Leeds days. He was all tricks and flicks, if he lost the pill that was it. Works a whole lot harder now, even tracks back. Still just a bit lightweight for me.

23 minutes ago, dermott said:

Say one thing for Somerville. He has upped his game from his Leeds days. He was all tricks and flicks, if he lost the pill that was it. Works a whole lot harder now, even tracks back. Still just a bit lightweight for me.

We would be lucky to get Jimmy Somerville.🙂

50 minutes ago, dermott said:

Say one thing for Somerville. He has upped his game from his Leeds days. He was all tricks and flicks, if he lost the pill that was it. Works a whole lot harder now, even tracks back. Still just a bit lightweight for me.

I agree, always saw him as a bit lightweight. But that was before I saw Gittens!!

Fairly damming that McFarlan is playing two left back starts ahead of wingers in our side. It's almost like he's channeling the ghost of Bobby D Mateo in 2012.

Saw the best of him last night. Came on with very little time left and hardly touched the ball. Helped us hugely in that respect. One of his better cameos.