06 May 2026 20:03:04
After watching the Arsenal game last night it got me thinking about the striker position and just a slight doubt in my mind if Ekitike was an opportunist buy that might back fire for us.
Goykeres was exceptional last night, runs his socks off for 90 mins and is a proper handful & he stays fit! His goal return could be better but next season he could well get a hatful.
He’s similar to Sesko - he’s another that gives his all, physically robust & with a season behind him could well get a lot of goals & be a real threat next season?
Ekitike started really well but I’ve always got the impression he’s liable to pick up a lot of niggling injuries & I was of the same belief before he got his Achillies injury - he’s stick thin, doesn’t work particularly hard and not a physical threat like the other two although his goal return is or will be probably very similar?
Would anyone else on here of swapped Seko or Goykeres for Hugo?
06 May 2026 20:36:00
No, never, absolutely not.
Gyokeres has had a good season for an Arsenal in form, but he is very limited as a footballer.
Hugo has come into a team which is struggling.
06 May 2026 20:41:13
I personally think that Gyokeres is a yard dog, I'm taking Hugo every day of the week. Gyokeres is an incredibly limited footballer, good if he is in and around the box but hard to get him there because he turns like a Stenaline.
Ken.
06 May 2026 20:56:26
Hugo Ekitike's ceiling, if he stays clear of further injuries, is incredibly high.
Can't wait to see him once Slot is gone. He should be gone, at least once Ekitike gets back to it. Then, hopefully, in a higher tempo team, when the focus is on scoring goals instead of winning possession stats, we might see him go to the next level.
Realistically, unfortunately, it might be the back end of next season or even the season after that we see him at his best. Hopefully, Isak can be the main man and get fully fit next season.
06 May 2026 23:07:06
We had a player that worked hard, ran his socks off, was quick, physically strong and had much more ability than Gyokeres, but everyone wanted rid of him.
The problem was, just like Gyokeres, he missed too many easy chances.
I thought Gyokeres was really poor last night, but the ref fell for his and Arsenal's antics every time.
It annoys me when players like Gyokeres back into the defender, the defender moves, and they fall over and get a free kick.
Or he backs in and dives forward like he's been shoved, when it was him that initiated the contact.
Call it clever play if you want. I call it cheating.
06 May 2026 23:32:11
Agreed. Ekitike before Gyokeres any day of the week.
07 May 2026 07:02:15
Gyokeres may be limited, but what he can do, he does very well.
If you play exactly to his strengths, then he will do a great job. He's a bit of an old fashioned target man, no 9 in many ways.
I love Hugo, but there have been some worrying signs about his mentality this year.
07 May 2026 11:05:48
@Stock, I agree with you on Darwin (yeah, I'll say his name) and I would take him over Gyokeres too. However, the goals weren't coming and, regardless of his strengths and abilities, which I liked, he couldn't get it done in front of goal. It pains me but that was the reality.
As for Ekitike, he is raw, young, but his talents and skills are just as good. He needs to grow and mature and stop the antics, as Wassa said.
Hopefully, a good manager will be able to harness these qualities.
Gyokeres is very limited and is a bit of a flat track bully, cos whenever he plays vs bigger teams with better defensive setups, the guy can't function cos Arsenal can't move the ball well enuff to service him and, unlike Darwin, he cannot create chances for himself.
That being said, what he does do, he does well, and for Arsenal, that has worked this season.