Shaka Hislop
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That was quite a known goal, wasn't it?
I mean, a lot of it's down to Arsenal and the way they play, but listen, they knew that.
They knew that when they signed him and they knew what kind of player he was.
He does look a bit like a bull in a china shop at the moment.
He looks out of place at times in this Arsenal side because he's completely different to everybody else.
But maybe that was going to be the X factor that they had somebody completely different.
So there's a bit of both for me here.
That's why he was just a C. No better, no worse.
Because I think the service to him, as Frank said, has been...
sluggish and slow and not the best, tippy-tappy football when he's been making runs.
But I also don't think he's looked great with his back to play, to be quite frank with you.
He just looks to me as if he's a guy that wants the ball in the box, wants somebody to fall at his feet and he can lash it into the back of the net.
So actually I've been a little bit disappointed in him, but I think that's partly down to him and partly down to Arsenal.
Was he ever a number nine, though, that was going to get all these goals?
Well, I think when we saw him at the Club World Cup, we thought he was, wasn't he?
Well, Danny Welbeck did that job at Brighton, and Joe Pedro did it now and again, but he floated around, which is something we discussed when Chelsea signed him.
Behind the striker in the hole, he's a guy that floats around the field, and when you're doing that, I do agree, I think he's not being brilliant, but he's something different for them, and I just never felt he was going to be the guy that came in and got 20 goals, or 20-odd goals.
I just don't think he's that type of player, if I'm being honest with you.