| Football is mad isn’t it 20:07 - May 29 with 1725 views | WarkTheWarkITFC |
Honestly thought Maitland-Niles would just be another Lee Martin or Alex Henshall.
He’s playing in the UEFA Cup final. Mental.
*I know. Europa League. |  |
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| Football is mad isn’t it on 20:22 - May 29 with 1684 views | Stenvict |
He was 17 when he was with us.
Henshall and Martin had already failed to make it at their respective clubs by the time they joined us. | |
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| Football is mad isn’t it on 20:35 - May 29 with 1648 views | Pendejo |
What is madder than that is that he is the only English player starting an "all English" final |  |
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| Football is mad isn’t it on 20:52 - May 29 with 1604 views | C_HealyIsAPleasure |
| Football is mad isn’t it on 20:22 - May 29 by Stenvict |
He was 17 when he was with us.
Henshall and Martin had already failed to make it at their respective clubs by the time they joined us. |
Very much this
Although admittedly I am surprised he’s made it at Arsenal. Thought he’d end up at a lower-mid PL club, so fair play to him for carving out regular appearances at that level |  |
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| Football is mad isn’t it on 21:24 - May 29 with 1529 views | Ely_Blue |
And the 2nd and 3rd Chelsea goals both were AMN fault |  |
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| Football is mad isn’t it on 21:36 - May 29 with 1490 views | Crock |
| Football is mad isn’t it on 21:24 - May 29 by Ely_Blue |
And the 2nd and 3rd Chelsea goals both were AMN fault |
Wasn't one of them an incredibly soft penalty? |  |
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| Football is mad isn’t it on 21:40 - May 29 with 1468 views | Ely_Blue |
| Football is mad isn’t it on 21:36 - May 29 by Crock |
Wasn't one of them an incredibly soft penalty? |
Depends on whether you call shoulder barging a guy in the back “soft” | |
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| Football is mad isn’t it on 06:42 - May 30 with 1308 views | TractorWood |
I think it's more of a sign of Arsenal's decline than AMN's quality. I'm happy for him personally though. |  |
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| Football is mad isn’t it on 06:45 - May 30 with 1301 views | C_HealyIsAPleasure |
| Football is mad isn’t it on 06:42 - May 30 by TractorWood |
I think it's more of a sign of Arsenal's decline than AMN's quality. I'm happy for him personally though. |
Maybe, but they did finish 1 point off the top 4 and reach a European final | |
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| Football is mad isn’t it on 08:50 - May 30 with 1194 views | GeoffSentence |
I have seen one or two people call the Europa cup the UEFA Cup.
I don't like it one bit. It devalues the UEFA Cup and hence our team's achievement.
The old UEFA cup was closer to todays Champions League in terms of the teams that took part. |  |
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| Football is mad isn’t it on 09:08 - May 30 with 1163 views | Mullet |
Not really. Sounds pretty obvious you were wrong then and it hasn't changed is all.
Was very obvious how good he was going to be with us if he carried on at the same rate. |  |
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| Football fan being wrong about a footballer shock on 09:14 - May 30 with 1142 views | Dyland |
There is really nothing "mad" or "mental" about that at all. |  |
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| Football is mad isn’t it on 09:18 - May 30 with 1131 views | WarkTheWarkITFC |
| Football is mad isn’t it on 09:08 - May 30 by Mullet |
Not really. Sounds pretty obvious you were wrong then and it hasn't changed is all.
Was very obvious how good he was going to be with us if he carried on at the same rate. |
Was it really obvious?
Yes he was 17 and playing in the Championship and he had 4 or 5 decent games. But he was poor or anonymous in a number of other games.
He showed far less promise that Matthew Etherington did at the same age, and he made his debut at 15. Etherington became a decent winger at a Top 10 club for a spell. Never someone you expected to be at Arsenal playing in European finals.
Maitland-Niles clearly had something about him to be at Arsenal, but so did Will Keane to be at United and look how that's gone. The point is players don't carry on at the same rate. Otherwise Dozzell would be off for £25m after the way he broke into the team at 16.
Chalobah was very inconsistent last year, as you'd expect at 18, but was miles ahead of where AMN was when he was with us. Maitland-Niles looked like someone Arsenal would probably release. Chalobah looks like he could go on to be a top player, but even there I wouldn't say it was 'obvious' as you claim to be the case with AMN.
When he left, most were saying he wouldn't make the grade at Arsenal. I'll apologise if you can highlight the posts you made suggesting he was guaranteed to be a regular for one of the biggest clubs in the country by now. | |
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| Football is mad isn’t it on 09:26 - May 30 with 1106 views | ElephantintheRoom |
| Football is mad isn’t it on 08:50 - May 30 by GeoffSentence |
I have seen one or two people call the Europa cup the UEFA Cup.
I don't like it one bit. It devalues the UEFA Cup and hence our team's achievement.
The old UEFA cup was closer to todays Champions League in terms of the teams that took part. |
I didn't see the match but that does look like the UEFA Cup that Chelski are dancing around in the press photos. Is it the same trophy? In which case, UEFA Cup seems OK even if it does demean what the trophy once meant. A bit like the FA Cup perhaps?
I'd echo the thoughts of the original poster. Only his mum thought he was a top player in the making at Portman Road. Perhaps MM was good for him after all.
And as stated above, how extraordinary that in a match touted as an advert for the strength of English football. he was the only starter - quite an achievement for the lad. | |
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| Football is mad isn’t it on 09:30 - May 30 with 1096 views | WarkTheWarkITFC |
| Football is mad isn’t it on 08:50 - May 30 by GeoffSentence |
I have seen one or two people call the Europa cup the UEFA Cup.
I don't like it one bit. It devalues the UEFA Cup and hence our team's achievement.
The old UEFA cup was closer to todays Champions League in terms of the teams that took part. |
I'm with you Geoff.
In our days the UEFA Cup was full of the 2nd and 3rd placed teams, not 5th and 6th like the format of today. Obviously, some league champions and runners up end up in it anyway if they finish 3rd in the CL.
But the UEFA Cup next season, based on the old format, would contain Liverpool, Chelsea, Dortmund, Real Madrid, Atletico, Napoli, Inter Milan etc, most of whom will stay in the Champions League.
Absolutely no doubt the UEFA Cup was a much harder competition to win than the Europa League is now. | |
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