Eisfeld: Who I am and what Wenger wants to do with me
According to new Arsenal midfielder Thomas Eisfeld, he has been promised the chance to mingle with the first team by his manager.
The German youngster joined the Gunners on Tuesday as Wenger’s biggest and only buy of the January transfer window, but at 19 years of age and with little experience under his belt, many have wondered how the midfielder will be used by the Arsenal boss.
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Eisfeld, who never played in a competitive match for the Dortmund first team, claims his new manager has made it clear that first team action will come, but only his ability as a player will determine how far he goes with his new club.
“Arsene Wenger said to me that I will get the chance to train with the first team and the rest is up to me if I play or do not play”. Eisfeld said.
This season, Eisfeld made 12 appearances for the Borussia Dortmund under-19 side and scored six goals along with six assists.
Those are efficient numbers for a man who is labelled as an attacking midfielder, and the 19-year-old claims his style of play is more about creating chances and unlocking defences rather than scoring goals.
“I first played for the under-13’s for Dortmund and then at the under-15 and under-16 level for the German national team” Eisfeld said
“Yes, I think so (that I am an attacking midfielder), but goals are not so important to me because my dad told me assists are more important than goals”. he said.
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How can he say assists are far more important than goals? Assist’s don’t win you games.
But there are no goals without assists. It’s called an ‘assist’ only when it leads to a goal. So the boy is still talking goals here.
Your an Idiot, Assists create goals, goals win games Duhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Without any assist, how can you score goals mate? Sigh
As assist is helping someone else score, it’s the same thing! are you confusing chances and assists?
Actually they do. An assist is only counted when a goal is scored.
that dont make sence, if he makes 3 assists in a match that surely means there has been at least 3 goals
What a ridiculous thing to say! They are both equal lol
well clearly assist’s do win you games, an assist is setting up a goal
Dont be a moron. An assist is when you contribute the final ball that LEADS to a GOAL. Otherwise its just called a pass. So with his 6 assists his team mates got 6 goals. How do you know this?
*How do you NOT know this*
this is super funny …. Assist = goals mate 🙂
Are you an Idiot.. what is an assist?? It’s when someone scores a goal and the the person who creates a goal does the assist.. So he meant as far as he can create and assit the goal for our striker, he will be happy with that..Main job of any Attacking mid is to that..
you MUPPET
@imzgunner
thats why we are struggling to score goals this season. no assist no goal
because we sold players who make more assists in the team and didn’t buy replacements.
clearly asists aint missing, how can you create the chances we created last night and not score? stiuckin the ball in the net is required first
We do believe in the future,and the potentials of the Arsene dream players. Gired up your braveness lad and be the best of stars…
No goals without assists eh? How many times did Henry take the ball and run past 3-5 players to score…
not as many times as someone slotted open the defence for him to score…
Nice one………can’t wait to see hw u plays
Just believe in yourself nd the tem nd u will succed nd build your career nd name…welcome to emirates arsenals home 🙂
Are you going to play with your dad in the pich?as a player try to prop ur self in the field as a attarking midfilder,try to score and assist.you are welcome to arsenal.and we are expecting something special from you.
That was at imzthegooner
players who like making assists are always looking to make something happen.
players who like scoring goals are always waiting for their chance to come.
it’s all about the assist-makers i say, the creators.
Why was Cesc the player that he was??? He did not score many but he created a lot more. Thats what we are missing badly. If the boy can do that, let him be in the team now.
Arsenal need him at least cos of the state of the Jack Wilshere but what the team need most is a hungry striker who ll put the ball in opponet’s net even to assist RvP.
Assist…forget…it…we have so many assistance…we need a goal….
I am going to reserve my judgement until I see him play. If he has that vision and can created that room on the pitch to first receive the ball them spay the ball as Cesc often did, he has The Bear’s Vote.
What Ramsey’s lacks is the ability to break himself free from all defenders and make the telling pass. He misses Jack who would create the opening for him.
If I was Wenger, in his tutoring of this lad, I would bring out all the old video’s of his former captain and show him what is required at Arsenal. If he has the vision n movement of Cesc I repeat, he will be one heck of a player
I love love to see a player like nasri back to arsenal. I can’t wait to see is game
A midfielder saying assists are more important to him than scoring goals, is a thing of beauty.
lets see what he can do first,b4 i make any comment about him
Pls. Play game. For me
Sorry, what did say you an assist is again?
Might prove better than all our mf prospects – maybe not. Rght now he is not the top striker, nor domiating mf we desperatey needed. It`s what we might have expected rom M. Inerta. Empty seats and no shirt sales are the only thing that might drag Kreonke`s away from LA. That or a threat from Old Slowcoach to resign With no CL. we`ll not sign the players we need and we`ll be lucky if there isn`t a rush for the exit by our more ambitious players. Rambo, Excel, Walcott, TV and RvP will come under pressure to join winners. This doomsday scenario is not ineitable but too much now depends on EvP`s form, tiredness and health. Everybody in football knows this – except one. I fear Robin will take some stick from now on.
If assists = goals I don’t see how he can improve our goal tally, as only one of our players scores goals. Unless we start scoring more goals there wont be any assists from him