Captain of the Brazil under 18s, once considered a solid first teamer, the decline of Denilson has been meteoric.
As fans we must take our part in this, our support of him has waned and his selection is met with a groan and not a cheer.
His confidence is shot to pieces, I’m not sure he hit one pass to the right player yesterday. Arguably his performance was down there with Squillaci and Almunia.
So what do we do with him apart from taking him out back and releasing him from his torment? A loan spell away might help but the argument is valid that he is no longer integral and has been superceded by Wilshire and Ramsey.
I suggest we cut our losses and sell him, along with Diaby. Between them we’d get a good 12million easy and save on the wage bill.
I don’t like giving up on players, especially talented one’s but I just think both of them are square pegs now and I just wonder if its time to let them move on?
Let me know your thoughts folks
WG
Bit harsh on diaby. Admittedly his last two games weren’t great but he was excellent for us at the start of the season. We could easily have dropped more points were it not for him actually.
I don’t know what it is with denilson. He clearly has the talent in there, he just so rarely shows it. I thought he was great against Utd last week, but that’s the first time I’ve seen him actually sprint for a ball all season! Compare him to jack wilshere and you’ll see there’s not a great deal of difference wrt to their strengths from a football perspective. Both have good control, can pass the ball accurately, tackle and make interceptions; I would say from what I’ve seen Jack does have marginally quicker feet and certainly better vision but denilson certainly has enough talent to play for this team. The REAL difference between the two players comes down to attitude. Nothing more. Wilshere will give 100% in every game, regardless of the opposition and doesn’t ever seem to shy away from the occasion, whereas most times denilson is the opposite. This should be fairly easily remedied imo, but I dont think our manager has a track record for improving players’ attitudes. I think lansbury will come into the 1st team squad next season and that, along with ramsey’s return to form/fitness, will see denilson’s match chances slowly diminish. I think he needs that sort of knock in his career to force him to step up his game (as happened with theo, arguably), but I’m not convinced that will happen while he’s at arsenal.
My only problems with Diaby stem from his inability to stay fit. When match fit and sharp he’s a good player. Really good, but if we can only put him out on the pitxh for 30percent of games in a season and ten percent of that he is not match fit then he’s never going to hit form and be a valuable player for us.
I like the guy and he’s got talent but his injury record is worrying, though whether that’s down to our medical team or his body or bad luck is yet to be seen.
WG
Good points, I misunderstood you I guess.
Diaby’s been adapting pretty well to a defensive midfield role imo, but he would probably be a lot better by now if it weren’t for the injuries as well. I don’t know if he used to get injuries before but it seems like that tackle against sunderland has held him back a lot.
i suggest we cut our losses and sell him, along with diaby. Between them we’d get a good 12m easy and save on the wage bill?………… if you are a coach, will you put 12m on both of them?
Hi Azeez,
A confident Denilson is a good player and he could be an asset to any team. If you are asking if I think he’s worth at least 6 million then yes, definitely. Two, three years ago he played over 30 games for us and did well. He’s a good player, I just think we’re killing him and he needs a fresh start.
As for Diaby, he’s a good player and as above if fit he’s a really goof player. I think he’s worth at least 8 million as an established international midfielder of his quality.
So if I was a coach, if I could get them both for 12million I would feel rather fortunate.
WG