Gabriel Jesus joins Arsenal

[EL APACHE TEVEZ]

Chuffed for him never shirked a game for us always ran his bollocks off

 

[domalino]

I agree with a lot of the posters here. Jesus had more than enough opportunities. Wish we could have him back in a heartbeat. He will thrive at Arsenal and I hope he does.

Some players just need a different environment to reach their best.

Pep's an amazing manager, maybe the best ever, but I get the sense he's very "sink or swim", he doesn't have time to rebuild confidence in a player every time they hit a down spell.

Arteta is different, he's much more of a cheerleader. That's why he was such a great assistant to Pep and why Jesus, Sterling and Sané all were at their best when he was at the club. They were all confidence players who Arteta worked with 1 on 1.

Watching Jesus today he's almost unrecongisable from the player of the last 2 years at City with the exception of games where he got a really early goal and could relax and play with confidence.

Arteta is going all in on him, and he's going to build up his confidence every day, and he'll be a much better player than he could be here. The sacrifice is he won't win trophies every year and play in the CL every season.

 

[SJT]

Yeah, great lad, miss him at City...he’ll have a great season, our loss.

 

[Jesus2020]

Some players just need a different environment to reach their best.

Pep's an amazing manager, maybe the best ever, but I get the sense he's very "sink or swim", he doesn't have time to rebuild confidence in a player every time they hit a down spell.

Arteta is different, he's much more of a cheerleader. That's why he was such a great assistant to Pep and why Jesus, Sterling and Sané all were at their best when he was at the club. They were all confidence players who Arteta worked with 1 on 1.

Watching Jesus today he's almost unrecongisable from the player of the last 2 years at City with the exception of games where he got a really early goal and could relax and play with confidence.

Arteta is going all in on him, and he's going to build up his confidence every day, and he'll be a much better player than he could be here. The sacrifice is he won't win trophies every year and play in the CL every season.

Yep. This. It's football psychology which means players will fall or thrive in different environments. I'm currently getting almost as much joy from his goals as when he was with us. That will only change if he scores against us or Arsenal are top of the league.

 

[yankblue]

Glad he's doing well but the video of him and Zinchenko celebrating hurt me

 

[Saddleworth2]

According to Shearer it’s now that he feels wanted at Arsenal - that’s why he is playing so well.
Completely unnecessary comment.

 

[HypnoticBlue]

Some players just need a different environment to reach their best.

Pep's an amazing manager, maybe the best ever, but I get the sense he's very "sink or swim", he doesn't have time to rebuild confidence in a player every time they hit a down spell.

Arteta is different, he's much more of a cheerleader. That's why he was such a great assistant to Pep and why Jesus, Sterling and Sané all were at their best when he was at the club. They were all confidence players who Arteta worked with 1 on 1.

Watching Jesus today he's almost unrecongisable from the player of the last 2 years at City with the exception of games where he got a really early goal and could relax and play with confidence.

Arteta is going all in on him, and he's going to build up his confidence every day, and he'll be a much better player than he could be here. The sacrifice is he won't win trophies every year and play in the CL every season.

Spot on.
Arteta after Pep maybe?

 

[Lauz9888]

Spot on.
Arteta after Pep maybe?

I like Arteta and hope Arsenal stick with him. He's pretty early in his managerial career and he needs the time and freedom to develop his own style, try stuff out and make mistakes.

I think that with that talented young Arsenal squad and a supportive board whose expectations are steady improvement, he's in the place he needs to be right now.

If Pep were to leave next summer, I don't think Arteta is ready. But if Pep gives us a few more years then Arteta may well be in the running. It's worth monitoring how he does, anyway.

 

[dave_blue12]

It’s a very different proposition playing upfront for Arsenal than playing for us. City face packed defences every week. Teams don’t generally set up like that against Arsenal and so there is much more space.

 

[bluealf]

According to Shearer it’s now that he feels wanted at Arsenal - that’s why he is playing so well.
Completely unnecessary comment.

Absolutely no need for it but I guess all his finishing was on show, scored two missed three easier chances.

I never wanted him to leave tbh but I guess we have to move on, he will score 20+ goals as he will get plenty of chances and all the minutes to score from them.