Wanyama was far better at celtic, actually disappointed me at Southampton he's become a lot more feeble

Wanyama was far better at celtic, actually disappointed me at Southampton he's become a lot more feeble
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Really? Bossed Liverpool today. Bossed us at the Emirates last season. I'd like to know why you think he has become feeble.

Hes excellent, Southampton were poor when get got injured last year

He's a great player, I expect him to show it a bit more this season too.

You could see he was class in his first 6 months with us, but just exploded in his second season and was unplayable. He'll be at a top 4-6 club soon

Southampton were certainly harder to play against last season when he partnered Schneiderlin in midfeld. If he can keep fot this season, I expect he'll move on to a bigger team.

Had a good game today. But he's not very good.

Had a good game today. But he's not very good.
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Why is he not very good? Any particular reason why other than the fact "he's just not". What are the weaknesses in his game?

Who would be a better CDM for Arsenal, Wanyama or Schneiderlin?

He's a beast! I like him.

You want me to dissect his game in detail?

Whenever I see him. He looks slow and ponderous on the ball, his passing and ball retention is below par too.
Sure he's an improvement on Arteta and whatever we have, mainly cause we have no one else.
But he's a distinctly average player. We could do better.

Who would be a better CDM for Arsenal, Wanyama or Schneiderlin?
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Wanyama is better in the holding role. Schneiderlin is better playing the box-to-box role.

Schneiderlin is twice the player really! Also committing several bookable fouls in the first half does not amount to bossing us, in fact far from it. The last thing we need is someone to keep giving away freekicks because goodness me I still have nightmares over Song!

Today is the first time I watched him where he has actually impressed me. I would be gutted if we signed him though. He is an average player imo. Nothing snobby about me thinking that either, just think we can do better, but then it would be odd of you to write an article that didn't include some sort of dig at your 'fellow' Gooners.

Schneiderlin is twice the player really! Also committing several bookable fouls in the first half does not amount to bossing us, in fact far from it. The last thing we need is someone to keep giving away freekicks because goodness me I still have nightmares over Song!
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He is a far cleaner tackler than Song. He's aggressive but he doesn't put his defence under pressure by giving away stupid fouls in dangerous positions. And you clearly don't remember much about our flukeish home win against Southampton if you think Wanyama merely commited fouls.

Today is the first time I watched him where he has actually impressed me. I would be gutted if we signed him though. He is an average player imo. Nothing snobby about me thinking that either, just think we can do better, but then it would be odd of you to write an article that didn't include some sort of dig at your 'fellow' Gooners.
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Another one who can't actually state what the problem in Wanyama's game is. Fine. He's not good enough. Why is he not good enough?

You never asked me why he isn't good enough. Technically he is a poor footballer, he can't distribute the ball, he has no passing range, he fouls too much, his touch is poor, like Song he lacks discipline. That is why he is not good enough for us.

You never asked me why he isn't good enough. Technically he is a poor footballer, he can't distribute the ball, he has no passing range, he fouls too much, his touch is poor, like Song he lacks discipline. That is why he is not good enough for us.
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Total load of ballacks. You're entitled though.

What part of my comment was ballacks?

He is a good player, have always rated him. Needs to be playing every week. Played well today.

oh my god. you should be buried alive Sheriff you deluded . wanyama isn't a footballer

Last season in the PL:

Wanyama:
47 fouls
65 tackles
33 interceptions
50 clearances
1 blocked shot
19 times dribbled past
54/93 aerial duels
7 yellow cards (0 reds)

30 times dispossessed
31 times fouled
16 successful dribbles
18 shots (0 goals)

931/1104 successful passes (84.3%)
7 chances created (0 assists)
0/1 successful through balls
0 crosses attempted
77/108 long balls
in 23 appearances (19 starts)

Arteta:
33 fouls
105 tackles
63 interceptions
54 clearances
52 times dribbled past
7 blocked shots
41/82 aerial duels
3 yellow cards (1 red)

12 times dispossessed
36 times fouled
17 successful dribbles
12 shots (2 goals)

1982/2152 successful passes (92.1%)
3/5 successful through balls
143/166 successful long balls
6/19 successful crosses
19 chances created (0 assists)
in 31 appearances (27 starts)

Statistically, Arteta makes less fouls, more tackles, clearances and interceptions, blocks more shots and accumulates less bookings than Wanyama. Despite being in a team that averages far more possession than Southampton. Statistically he has a far wider passing range and his successful pass percentage is far higher than Wanyama despite being more ambitious on the ball. He is dispossessed far less than Wanyama despite playing far more games (imagine the amount of counter attacks Wanyama would set up for opposition teams playing in our midfield).

All that Wanyama has over Arteta is a slightly better aerial dual success and is dribbled past far less than Arteta, that would be down to his physique and nothing else.

Now we all know that Arteta no longer has the legs to be a main stay in our midfield, so on what basis would Wanyama be any good for us? Go on. Share your amazing insight with us.

You didn't factor Arteta playing about 50% more minutes than Wanyama. Arteta is definitely a better passer. Wanyama drives a lot more with the ball which is why he average more dribbles, and also gets dispossessed more. Wanyama tackles more, with a far higher percentage showing he's a cleaner tackler too(81.5% - 67.6%).

Yeah, those stats are quite telling and it just shows hopw great a dmf Arteta would be if he had the legs. He is dribbled past way too often. Any stats for distance covered?

I did factor that in, and if you do the maths you will see Arteta makes more tackles/interceptions/etc per games.

And that he was dispossessed 12 times in 31 games, whereas Wanyama lost out 30 times in 23 games.