Myles Lewis-Skelly is arguably Arsenal’s breakout star of the season, and the Englishman is a joy to watch every time he steps onto the pitch at the Emirates. Arsenal have some of the best players in England within their squad, and it signed a new left-back when this season began. The arrival of Riccardo Calafiori meant that Arsenal had more left-backs than they needed, although little did they know that they would soon unearth another outstanding player in that role.
The Gunners gave Lewis-Skelly an opportunity, and the rest, as they say, is history for the Londoners. Lewis-Skelly has made the left-back position his own at the Emirates, consistently delivering one mature and impressive performance after another. Arsenal is fortunate to have him on their squad, and Jurrien Timber has spoken about who the teenager is both as a player and as a person.
Timber is himself enjoying a fantastic season at the Emirates and has been amazed by the performances of Lewis-Skelly for the club. The Arsenal defender recently spoke about his impressive teammate and said in The Big Interview, “It’s incredible, it’s incredible with him, I want to say he’s a kid, but he’s not a kid anymore, I think he’s so mature, he’s special you know. He does it on the biggest stage, he just does it. Off the pitch he’s so nice and kind, you don’t see the lion that comes out on the pitch, which I love to see, The whole backline the level is insane, we push each other and I’m lucky to be a part of it.”
Timber’s remarks highlight just how impressive Lewis-Skelly has been this season. The young defender’s maturity and composure on the pitch have distinguished him as a standout performer in a highly competitive squad. His ability to rise to the occasion on the biggest stages reflects a temperament and talent that belie his age, earning the respect and admiration of his teammates. Lewis-Skelly has been unbelievable, and he is undoubtedly one of the finest players in the group since he made his debut this term.
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This kid has been nothing but a revelation, I remember when the gaffer first gave him a gentle introduction at left back.
Various armchair managers said he was overrated and he’s not ready and should first tried in midfield, the gaffer has silence the critics on this one.
He’s actually ahead of the Nwaneri kid in their development
I tell you Nwaneri is good and even better than Lewis Skelly though they play in different positions it is just that Saka is miles away good at is position in the premier league so no chance of Nwaneri benching him, Arteta is just afraid also to bench struggling Odegaard for Nwaneri maybe because he knows he will loose both is position and captain armband, Lewis Skelly has been doing fine in the absence of the ever injured Calafiuri and that has given him chance to showcase is talent though in a much unfamiliar position.
Has he ?
The title could be lost today and he’s silenced the critics ?
Nah I maintain he would be better in forward positions , has made lots of mistakes early in his career
For example a must win game against West Ham , how did his red card prove critics wrong ?
Or when he gets away with a red card against PSV ?
Or he’s out of position for numerous goals ?
Jamie Carragher ” Myles looks like an absolute super ster”
The legendary Henry on Skelly ” I absolutely love him”
At the cemetery of talents Myles Lewis Skelly completed over 54 out of 57 attempted passes, putting in a couple of tacklers while creating two chances, am still yet to see Rodrygo made a single dribble past the young Englishman in that game.
Sure he’s still a little raw, and he the decision doesn’t always goes in his favor as in that Wolves game
Yeah I deal with facts
Since he started at left back we dropped allot of points and gone out of cups due to many mistakes from him
If I said to you in December he will start at left back every week and by April we could be 15 points behind Liverpool I wouldn’t call that a revelation
A good talent who needs to be in midfield
Feels like a scapegoat to pin all the dropped points and cup failures on him. We have the best defensive record in the league by all metrics and Myles has been a huge part of that.
I’d say we’ve dropped points mostly due to a lack of cutting edge in attack both in terms of creating chances and converting them. The loss of Saka, Jesus,Martinelli and Havertz impacted our attack massively.
Onyango, totally agree with your post 👍👏👏
Not a scapegoat at all
Just think defensively he can’t be called a revelation
Results and mistakes don’t suggest that
I would play him as a DM although he will get better at LB the more he learns the position
You do realize he’s only 18,right? No footballer is the finished article at that age. The fact that he’s the ONLY defender with 15+ appearances who is yet to be dribbled past in the league tells me he is very capable defensively.I’ve seen players more experienced than him like Zinchenko and Calafiori being easily dribbled past in that position. I mean, the kid held his own against Rodrygo, one of the best wingers in the world.
No one expected him to be that good at the start of the season. I doubt anyone, including Myles himself, expected to get plenty of minutes let alone be a guaranteed starter. If that’s not the definition of a revelation I don’t know what is.
Exactly he’s only 18 learning a new position
Let him develop
He first started in the league in December and defensively has made allot of mistakes
Going forward he’s good
Since December our league form hasn’t been great
That’s not a revelation
Injuries gave MLS an introduction at left back more than MA. So glad it worked out for the kid. MLS really bailed MA out.
The silver lining from our injury crisis is that MA had no choice but to give youth players like MLS and EN a chance. Otherwise he would normally not even allow them any game time for redundant games like last season’s final CL group stage game when we already qualified regardless of the result
Bailed him out ?
15 points behind Liverpool
Some fans literally make me things up lol
Lol some fans are so entitled to think we couldn’t be more than 15 points behind Liverpool. Without MLS, MA would probably still be playing TP out of position at RB and JT at LB to solve our LB woes. Could we not be more than 15 points behind Liverpool and out of CL without TP in midfield?
Absolutely right.
MLS has played a pivotal role in that position.
He is the king of LB and the king of teenagers in defence apparently.
He has proved everyone wrong
What a player and character! He’s so good it’s unbelievable. The way he’s able to glide with the ball is impressive. He did this to great effect against Madrid in the first leg.And how about the way he can take contact from much bigger players.
I came across two interesting stats about him. He has the second best ground duel success rate in the league and he’s the ONLY player with 15+ appearances not to be dribbled past once in the league.
I think MLS is perfect for that inverted left back role because of unique blend of physical and technical qualities he has. He will only get better. The fact that Thomas Tuchel was willing to use the inverted left back tactic which he rarely uses speaks to what he thinks of Myles Lewis Skelly in that role.