Re: Reserves / Youth Thread

by **Mario** Sun Jan 22, 2012 8:23 pm

Showed some nice touches, dribbles. He really does need some regular football whatever the division.

YouTube comments are the best:

Does he have potential to become better than Messi or CR7
Do you think he is better than Neymar?
Daniel96sj 7 hours ago

@Daniel96sj For the time being,not yet. But he has the potential to surpass Neymar right?
arsenalondonorth 2 hours ago

by Jonathan Prendergast Sun Jan 22, 2012 8:44 pm

lol Mario.

Anyway, very encouraging from Wellington.

by **Mario** Mon Jan 23, 2012 9:59 pm

Photo of Nico Yennaris as an Arsenal mascot in 2000.

www.flickr.com/photos/27453474@N02/6731466931/lightbox/

by Vanig Bostanian Mon Jan 23, 2012 11:33 pm

Just saw that a few minutes ago. Very nice to see our players in Arsenal shirts when they were kids.

by Mike York Mon Jan 23, 2012 11:36 pm

Same. Nice to know when players of the club are actually fans.

I recently saw a photo of Mertesacker in an Arsenal shirt aged 11 but now I can't find it.

by Vanig Bostanian Mon Jan 23, 2012 11:46 pm

I saw that one on Facebook. It had a caption saying, guess who that is and someone had commented "Frimpong"

by vyom.chaudhary Tue Jan 24, 2012 2:22 am

Mario Leontiou wrote:Photo of Nico Yennaris as an Arsenal mascot in 2000.

www.flickr.com/photos/27453474@N02/6731466931/lightbox/

a question..what team is that?with 'subaru' on shirts?looks like some south american team

by **Sue Lee** Tue Jan 24, 2012 2:30 am

think its Coventry

and awww bless him!!!!

by vyom.chaudhary Tue Jan 24, 2012 2:36 am

such a weekend.no one noticed that bendtner also had to be substituted with an eye injury.

by Joey Schwab Tue Jan 24, 2012 2:37 am

What a cute little kid!

Wellington looks to have tons of raw skill. If he can fulfill his potential and get the chances he needs to progress I don't see why he shouldn't be a success. That sort of creativity and flair is really exactly what we need in the team right now, too bad he's not ready.

by Zaid Derweesh Tue Jan 24, 2012 4:06 am

Nico Yennaris only got uglier as he got older. That's too bad, he looks a decent player.

by Zaid Derweesh Tue Jan 24, 2012 4:10 am

Is everyone in Liga Segunda four feet tall?

by Jenks1981 Tue Jan 24, 2012 5:28 am

Zaid Derweesh wrote:Is everyone in Liga Segunda four feet tall?

Haha! Clearly!

On Yennaris I know everyone has made a big deal about Chamberlain but I would also say that Yennaris could start in the next game and see how he does, he looked alright on sunday and Djourou is very very poor there, clearly only picked as he is a senior player, which counts for nothing when your abysmal!

by Samritpal Singh Fri Jan 27, 2012 6:41 am

Sanchez Watt joins League Two Crawley Town until the end of the season. A drop down divisions, but #AFC get big loan fee.

- Jamie Sanderson

by Zaid Derweesh Fri Jan 27, 2012 9:23 am

So here's a question: who becomes our second choice RB now, Yennaris or Jenkinson? If I were Yennaris I would consider switching to RB full time, the path to the first team is a lot less crowded than in midfield.

Sagna is in his prime but is no spring chicken, unlike Song, Coquelin, Frimpong, Ramsey, Wilshere, Diaby.... whereas at RB behind Sagna there is only Jenkinson and then Djourou.

by **Chris Chan** Fri Jan 27, 2012 9:53 am

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/yennaris-right-back-role-suits-me-well

Sounds like he is already thinking about it. Don't know much about him and way to early to judge him off the back of a half of football. Mario probably knows more about him following the youths and, you know, the Cypriot thing

by Samritpal Singh Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:19 pm

League Two outfit AFC Wimbledon have signed Gavin Hoyte on a months loan from #AFC. He badly needs games after injury.

-Jamie Sanderson

LINK

by Vanig Bostanian Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:29 pm

YoungGunsBlog Jamie Sanderson
Monaco complete signing of Nacer Barazite from Wien for €4m. #AFC get €1.5m sell on fee. Barazite scored 11 in 12 games in Europe.
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by Michael Foster Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:33 pm

vyom.chaudhary wrote:such a weekend.no one noticed that bendtner also had to be substituted with an eye injury.

That's him completly faaked...that fucker needs 6 eyes to find the net lol

by Mike York Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:46 pm

Ryo has hailed his “priceless” opportunity to train with Thierry Henry.

Henry has been back at London Colney since the middle of November and signed a short-term loan deal from New York Red Bulls two weeks ago.

The record goalscorer was a childhood favourite of Ryo and the Japanese youngster is delighted to be playing alongside his role model.

“It is a little strange,” he told Arsenal.com. “He was one of the players I really looked up to [when I was younger]. It's a priceless experience to play and train alongside him.

“Every minute detail in the way he plays is quality. You look at everything he does and he's an example to behold.

“I try to watch players like Henry in training and watch what they do. He's the player I want to be like.”

http://www.arsenal.com/juniorgunners/news/ryo-it-s-priceless-to-be-with-henry?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arsenal-news+%28News+Feed%29

by Liam Bermingham Sat Jan 28, 2012 12:43 am

How has Ryo been doing with the reserves? I had forgotten about him till the I saw behind behind the dugout during the united game

by **Mario** Sat Jan 28, 2012 1:02 am

Not that great, Liam. Subbed off last game, and also in a couple of games I saw him play in at the start of the season, and he doesn't really seem up to the pace of the game yet. Positioning suspect in what I saw but that was earlier on. He's only scored once and he's yet to impose himself the way he was doing with Feyenoord.

He also had to deal with a couple of injuries, the last one keeping him out for the dreaded 3 weeks. Although this time it actually was 3 weeks.

by Liam Bermingham Sat Jan 28, 2012 3:10 am

I guess he's
a) getting used to living in another country at such a young age
b) getting used to english football which is vastly different to football in holland

Still, with what he did at Feyenoord, I'd thought he'd be banging on the door for a place in the first team squad. Maybe next year...

by Michael Foster Sat Jan 28, 2012 3:17 am

Might sound a bit wengeresque this one...but I would be banking on this lad coming good,
If he adjusts and settles well from what I have seen of him......
That's a defender spanker right there....

by Liam Bermingham Sat Jan 28, 2012 7:17 am

Michael Foster wrote:Might sound a bit wengeresque this one...but I would be banking on this lad coming good,
If he adjusts and settles well from what I have seen of him......
That's a defender spanker right there....

I agree, far too early to judge. I guess I bought to much into the hype of the kid

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