Wenger on the sideline saw that Fly was actually taking a long shot, which was completely out of character.
For a moment, he was extremely surprised.
Because in his impression, Fly's long-range shooting ability was very average!
However, before he could think further, the shouts of the fans suddenly erupted from the sideline.
Just like a white rainbow piercing the sun, the football went straight into the net from 25 yards away.
West Brom's goalkeeper, Carson, stretched his entire body out but still couldn't touch the football.
Fly's long shot was truly too tricky!
"GOOOOOOOOOAL!!!"
"Number 13, Fly!!!"
"A worldie, a brace!!!"
"Fly scores again! This time he actually used a long shot, which he doesn't use very often!"
After yelling excitedly for a few moments, Martin Tyler looked at his partner beside him and asked in a confused tone:
"Andy, I remember Fly didn't score many long shots during his youth training, did he?"
"Could it be that I remembered incorrectly?"
Andy Gray took out the statistics, shook his head, and said helplessly:
"No, you didn't remember incorrectly. That is indeed the case."
"Fly only scored a total of 15 long-range goals during his three years of youth training."
"Combining that with his total of 600 goals scored during his three years in the youth academy."
"It's clear that Fly is not good at long shots."
"Otherwise, a long-range goal wouldn't only appear on average once every 40 goals he scores."
"However, judging from the quality of this long shot, Fly is clearly not a player who is bad at long shots."
"It seems that after coming to the first team, he hasn't slacked off because of his outstanding performance."
"He is still working hard to improve himself and strengthen his weaknesses!"
"I think, perhaps only players like Fly can truly achieve success!"
Hearing his partner's Feelings, Martin raised an eyebrow and teased: "Andy, I remember you were never optimistic about Fly, why have you changed your mind now?"
Andy Gray didn't stubbornly deny it and finally lowered his head: "Oh, my friend, before this match, Fly had played a total of 5 times in all competitions, scoring 12 goals in total, with an average of 2.4 goals per game."
"With this kind of efficiency that would make god take notice, can I still continue to be unoptimistic?"
"If I continue to stick to my original opinion, that wouldn't be stubbornness, but foolishness!"
From this moment on, the famous Sky Sports commentator Andy Gray became the first public figure to be convinced by Fly's performance.
On the pitch.
Fly's sudden long shot caught all of West Brom's players off guard.
No, Boss, didn't you say he wasn't good at long shots?
So what's the situation now?
Let alone the players on the field, even the West Brom head coach on the sideline was completely dumbfounded.
Because his pre-match plan didn't include the possibility of "what if Fly can take long shots."
For a moment, the entire West Brom team was stunned.
Actually, you can't blame West Brom for this, after all, Fly had never used the [Heavy Gunner] skill since he obtained it.
Let alone in matches, he hadn't even used it during training.
Arsenal players, including Wenger, didn't know that Fly had this trick up his sleeve.
"Oh, my god, brother, when did you get this skill? Why haven't I seen it?" Wilshere shouted excitedly as he hugged Fly while celebrating.
"Haha, I just learned it recently. I took it out to see how my practice was going. Looking at it now, it's decent," Fly couldn't help but start being humblebragging.
"You are really Fxxking awesome!" Wilshere couldn't help but swear.
He was puzzled. Why were they about the same age and came from the same youth academy?
How could the gap be so big?
He, Wilshere, had been called a genius by those around him since he was a child.
Even at Arsenal, Wenger had placed high hopes on him.
But ever since this guy Fly burst onto the scene, he had been completely overshadowed, leaving not even a trace.
However, Wilshere then thought, it seemed that he wasn't the only one who had been completely overshadowed.
Putting everything else aside, just looking at Europe's football this season, who could even compare to Fly?
12 goals in 5 games, plus the goals in this match so far, it's already 14 goals in 6 games and it's not over yet.
With an efficiency of 2+ goals per game, who can compete?
Even Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo would get kicked twice!
Thinking of this, Wilshere felt much better.
Indeed, happiness is relative. If everyone is unhappy, then naturally everyone is happy.
But Fly's mood quickly became less cheerful.
In the 37th minute of the match.
Almunia made a mistake by rushing out, fouling West Brom's striker Odemwingie, and was shown a yellow card and a penalty was awarded to West Brom.
Fortunately, West Brom's penalty taker Brent hit the post, and Arsenal escaped.
But this mistake was not Almunia's first mistake in this match.
In the 50th minute of the second half.
Almunia again rushed out rashly, Jerome Thomas passed the ball to Odemwingie who scored into an empty net, and West Brom pulled a goal back.
Two consecutive mistakes were due to the goalkeeper. Not only was Fly fuming in the front, but Wenger on the sideline also had a very grim expression.
It must be said, this guy Almunia's level really doesn't deserve to be a starter at Arsenal.
Fly remembered that in the 2006 Champions League Final, after Lehmann was sent off early, Almunia's performance when he came on was simply disastrous.
At that time, Barcelona's two goals both came from near-post shots.
For a goalkeeper, being beaten at the near post twice in a single match, and on the stage of the Champions League Final at that.
This level of absurdity is comparable to Karius of Liverpool in 2018.
Fly remembered seeing an Arsenal fan comment on Almunia's performance in that match on a certain green football APP in his previous life:
"Even if Wang Dalei went up to save those two near-post shots, they wouldn't have gone in."
Although this statement might be exaggerated, it's undeniable that Almunia's level was indeed not enough to establish himself at a top club.
Fly vaguely remembered that this guy's average goals conceded per game at Arsenal was infinitely close to 1, which means he consistently conceded one goal per game. Which top club could tolerate a goalkeeper like this, a reverse Cristiano Ronaldo, who starts with a 0:1 deficit?
It's only because Arsenal has been too poor in recent years and really doesn't have the money to strengthen the goalkeeper position that they would use someone like him.
Thinking of this, Fly suddenly remembered that Szczęsny had just returned from loan this season.
However, he had not been included in the squad list, so Fly had previously overlooked this readily available goalkeeper.
Since he remembered, Fly decided to discuss the goalkeeper selection with Arsène Wenger after this match.
A weak player like Almunia was originally positioned as Lehmann's backup.
It's truly astonishing that Arsenal forced a backup goalkeeper to be the starter for several years.
Now that is Szczęsny back, Almunia should return to his original position.
It was indeed a bit difficult for him to be forced to be a starter as a backup goalkeeper.
Since that's the case, Fly decided to help him out, seeing him off all the way, directly sending him back to the bench in one go.
Almunia doesn't need to thank him, who told him that Fly is a good person!
Almunia: I don't know if you're a good person, but you're truly a dog...
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