Myles Lewis-Skelly’s key trait is awe inspiring.
Arsenal ended their year of football with a really comfortable win against Ipswich Town last night. Regardless of it ending in only a one nil win, Arsenal controlled and dominated for the vast majority of the encounter, limiting the visitors to only three shots on the night without any of those shots being on target.
The defence was obviously the biggest reason for this thanks to very good performances from the members of our backline. One man who had a really good game in the backline was none other than Myles Lewis-Skelly with the game against Ipswich, in my opinion, being the best performance he has put on in his short Arsenal career so far. Saying he didn’t put a foot wrong would be an understatement, especially so considering he had a very impressive 98 per cent passing accuracy for the entirety of the game.
Along with his technical abilities, I also find his strength to be an absolute joke for a player of his age. He is freakishly strong, riding off challenges and coming off victorious in the various duels he was involved in throughout the game. Among his many other abilities/traits, it’s this strength that has impressed me the most considering how young he is (18-years-old). Most players of this age bracket usually require a lot of in-game experience to develop the robustness and power to thrive in the Premier League. However it just doesn’t apply to a select few and MLS is among those players. It certainly isn’t the most impressive aspect of his gameplay but it is one that a lot of gooners should appreciate.
And by the way, coming back to his performance again, I think the starting berth at left-back is his to lose currently due to the way he is playing. His composure and calmness under pressure situations really speaks volume of the player’s readiness to feature prominently for the Gunners and I believe he should be left in the side for an extended run of games, he’s been that impressive!
How impressed were you all by his performance last night gooners??
BENJAMIN KENNETH.
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Yes the kid has take and grab his chance with both hands and now though playing in a different position, he’s way ahead of the Nwaneri kid in their development.
The writer is getting completely carried away with what, in reality , was a sound performance by the promising young midfielder.Due to the ultra defensive set up deployed by the Ipswich Manager MS was never tested by the opposition, but goiǹg forward he offered little in the way of a threat on the left flank which is not surprising as he lacks pace and is not an attacking LB.We really need to take pressure off the youngster at this stage of his career and not build him up to levels he has yet to attain.
He was tested against crystal palace and he was great as well.. he also has required pace to flourish in that role … it’s amazing how a match can be viewed in thousands of ways and perspectives
The boy is very strong on the ball, not easily shaken off it. That’s a critical trait of a world-class defender in the making.
Not surprised he was named in Sports Mole’s PL Team of the WeeK.
Great things ahead for the kid, I hpoe.
But he is not a defender, he is a midfield player and to talk in terms of him graduating to become “world class” is really stretching the imagination.Some realism is required with this young lad who does not have the natural talent of Nwaneri..Would Arteta play him against Liverpool and Salah?
Grandad, there’s been a few players that changed positions during their time at the club. Ashley Cole and Kieran Gibbs were both Left Wingers when they joined us, but both became LBs. Kolo Toure, a midfielder became a CB. Peter Storey and Michael Thomas were both RBs who were moved into CM. Only time will tell if he’ll be as successful as the players I’ve mentioned.
Like the kid, he looks more like a midfielder though, potentially the sort of player we wished Elneny had been. However, we were nothing on that left flank when it came time to attach. Califiori has to be our best hope amongst the inverteds to provide some support to an isolated Trossard.
Early days yet, but MLS does look a top prospect. One thing I liked last night was how he reacted when first Delap, and then Phillips, tried to get physical with him. He stood up to them and showed he want be intimidated.
*won’t
He will get games but I would not want to see him playing twice a week at this age. We need to look after him and have plenty of options in that position.
Look the kid has talent and I like him but he was up against an Arsenal reject. And Ipswich. Lets give him time to learn before we have him targeted for a statue.