On Wednesday night, West Ham defeated Arsenal 3-1, ending the Gunners hopes of winning the Carabao Cup. Most Arsenal players had a rough day at the office. However, Reiss Nelson was one of the few to put up a noteworthy performance.
The Hale End graduate attempted to make things happen in an attack, especially in the first 45 minutes. He was eager to put the West Ham backline through their paces. According to Sofascore, in the 66 minutes he was on the pitch, he managed three crucial passes, two successful dribbles, and three key shots. Some Gooners were upset he was subbed off since Nelson may have been the one to look at to actually break through the West Ham defence.
After all of his hard work, it’s understandable that the 23-year-old feels disappointed that West Ham won the Carabao Cup fixture. Although he may play in the Champions League and the Premier League, the Carabao Cup provides him with more game time than those two competitions.
Reiss Nelson is undeniably talented; it’s a shame he doesn’t get as much playing time as he should, as against West Ham, he showed his ability to impact a match.
Hopefully, in the next few weeks, he will come in handy and cements a spot in Mikel Arteta’s project. I don’t think the Arsenal boss offered him a new deal for nothing, do you?
Darren N
He’s got impressive pace without the ball which helps him track back and get a hold of oppositions starting a counter. I do rate his playmaking abilities, all that is left is his shooting skills.
Has a player ever done so little and got away with it?
Totally agree, he is an awful player for Arsenal and he was pushed off the ball with ease against West Ham
Carlos Kaiser
Whenever he got chances. He has performed. He is good backup player as of now and should be starting every game in other competitions and should come as substitute for Saka in EPL. The Problem is Arteta does not give him sufficient chances. He prefers his bought flops like Havertz.
I hope over reliant of Arteta on certain players won’t cost him losses in some games. Odegard and Jesus didnt play against Sheffield yet, Arsenal won hamsomely. Nelson need to play more regularly to prevent burn out of players like BSaka and GMatineli. It’s all up to Arteta to stop his preference for some players and manage his squad well. When players stay too long on the bench they become rusty. I observe against Westharm Ramsdale is gradually losing his sharpness.
I only saw the first half, but thought Nelson was our best attacking player against West Ham, (although that’s damning him with faint praise) and might have even scored had a defender not deflected his goal bound shot for a corner. Not in the Saka class, but the best available back up we have unless there’s some academy player about to break through.
Is it true he’s on £100K?
Nelson is just an OK player. I didn’t seetoo much against Wet Spam to think any different.
He played better on the left wing. If Trossard leaves, he’ll become Martinelli’s main competitor
Nelson was the only player in starting XI to boost standing on Wednesday
he consistently brings and injection of pace and intent from the bench too – exactly what we need
great member of our team, and home grown too, what is there not to like?
You couldn’t make it up!! Reiss-Nelson on a new 4 year contract worth over £20m plus Nketiah on a 5 year contract worth over £26m!! Nothing either player has done for the club warrants this level of investment. We are supposed to be contenders for the title so we need to ask the question, would either player make it into the Man City squad?
If truth be told Arsenal never turn up at the races.
Reiss Nelson’s performance was not a major contributor to Arsenal losing to West Ham United.
There are many other players to be questioned before him.
Arteta got positive plans for Reiss Nelson as much as ESR and Nketiah as he did with Saka. Bukayo Saka is a world gem now. Nketiah already established himself as solid backup and ESR is steadily getting more time in the first team. Nelson, once touted as the most talented of the bunch, will get his moment as he improves his work rate and tactical knowledge. We have 4 local talents from Hale End within the competitive team. And we have plenty waiting in the wings to be promoted next season. How many clubs can boast that? We should be very proud.
Instead of Who?
Nelson is a great player, talented with a high potential. That said, Arsenal will play almost every 3 days till December end, so I am sure Nelson will get his chances to impress. He is a fine player and I hope he gets goals and assists this season. He can rotate with saka in the PL games so that Saka is not overplayed.
You guys are just deluded In ten games how many has he played and calculate the remaining 28 games how many would he played knowing arteta he won’t get enough playing time in epl unless someone is injured apart from the odd minute 85 & 90 min sub or arsenal are chasing a game then he will be brought in to come and rescue the team what a team management that the norm in arteta managerial regime