Robert Pires: “Bukayo Saka lacks a certain level of consistency & experience, especially in big games. Maybe he will show a more convincing face when it matters, especially in UCL. Jeremy Doku is better than Saka. He’s technically stronger, has better dribbling skills & more creative”

To say he lacks consistency is wild, he definitely hasn’t been at his absolute best in the last year but imo that’s down to arteta for overplaying him

Such a bad take honestly. They’re both good players.

What does Arsenal and England do when they have nothing on? They pass to Saka who reliably does one of these things:

A) Makes space and just shoots the damn. He saved England’s ass so many times with that bozo Southgate.
B) Wins a foul / penalty
C) Makes it to the deadball line reliably and gets a cross off.

Saka has gotten 20+ goal involvements per season the last 3 seasons in a row and is usually one of the best and most reliable players on the team, even when nothing is happening.

Doku is great as well, but his final pass and decision making leaves a lot to be desired, and if he really was so good he wouldn’t be benched half of the season, he’d be essential to every game. Of course you look better when you are only playing when you’re at your best.

Every player goes up and down in form, it’s pretty normal. The fact that Saka plays every single game regardless of form says quite a lot. It also leaves more room for criticism, but even at his worst he is pretty integral to most games.

Also he is only just on 24 years old, and has improved every season. Doku is again, brilliant, and just on 23 but I mean cmon.

Bro saw the Saka limping memes and decided to base his opinion on them 😭

I see Pires is choosing the walk down the same path at Petit…

I don’t read the whole article but his points are disconnected. He said Saka is inconsistent and inexperienced but then compared him to Doku on different traits.

What has Doku done in UCL that warrants this “he’s better than Saka” claim?

Saka is a litmus test on people who prefer style over substance. Some people will never rate Saka because he isn’t a dribbly boy

Hahahaha rrrrr goes the comments

Criticises Saka in lacking consistency and experience (whatever that means), especially big games, even though he’s one of the most reliably good performers game to game in the league for a couple seasons now. Not to mention being one of the standout performers for England in tournaments. Also, he has performed to a high level in many big games while also creating and scoring important goals.

Then he says Doku is better (presumably he was asked?) by judging it on a completely different dimension, like being technically stronger and having better dribbling skills. Ridiculous.

Henry was right, Pires talks too much.

Saka has been consistent in his every action over the last six seasons and that’s why two full time Arsenal managers, one interim, and two England managers have started him in pretty much every game he’s been physically available for.

Genuinely the first thing that comes to mind when I think of him has been consistency in decisionmaking and execution when it comes to pattern of movement attacking from the right hand side, since he was a literal boy. It took him only six months to become undeniable on the right wing for club and and like a year for country and it has stayed that way ever since.

This is, frankly, a ridiculous opinion from a great E: if it’s even a real quote.

Pass that shit Pires

I don’t think he knows what he’s talking about. All these ex pros will say anything to get some attention.