When Wenger met him he told him he needs to score more goals. Says it all.

Agree with this.

To be frank, if he hasn't developed as people thought he might, that says more about their expectation on development than anything Olise has done.

I think allegations of that sort against Eze are more reasonable; he's 3 years older, has been playing at this level for longer, and still not contributing to the same extent as Olise in a creative sense.

Agree re Eze's injury, but even factoring that in I worry more about him than Olise - Eze seems to severely lack intensity in his game, particularly off the ball, and his contribution in possession just isn't enough to warrant a defensive passenger.

Olise seems to have a lot more bite and intensity about him - he's clearly a grafter and reminds me of Wilf in his desire to win games. I don't see that with Eze, as talented as he is.

Exactly. If we had a half decent striking threat we wouldn’t be having this discussion

Some players just are what they are and will not change therefore develop. Eze strikes me as such or certainly far more than Olise.

If we do not accommodate Eze (and not suggesting we should or shouldn't) you find it hard to see where he will fit or contribute.

Agree that Olise looks more likely to have it 'in him' to add arrows to his quiver.

Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!

Unfortunately I agree, he could do a lot more. Watch this goal United scored against us and keep an eye on Olise. Zero interest in helping out Clyne with a 2 on 1 so Doucoure does it, leaving Hughes to cover more ground. Then zero interest in following Fernandes into the box. Olise can see Hughes has left Fernandes whilst Fernandes is turning so is at low speed - Olise then goes into a light jog. There are others that don't do well for that goal but even Edouard gets further back. With the application, he'd have nullified Fernandes.

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One of the recent draws, might have been Liverpool or Brighton, I remember them getting into a counter position and Olise flew back and put in a half decent challenge so he can do it - it's just effort and on occasion it's not there. We might get away with it against the lower half, but against the big teams it has to be 100% on or we concede goals we don't get back.

Could do with developing his right foot too. He's brilliant at getting down the line in really tight spaces, made Henderson look a complete mug, but seems so reluctant to put a cross in on his right foot that he only does it when he's totally isolated and has no other choice. We attack too slowly for him to always cut inside, he's faced with an absolute wall of defenders at the edge of the box.

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