Arsenal: If you’re comparing Denis Suarez with Kim Kallstrom, be quiet

Arsenal’s loan move for Denis Suare hasn’t been dynamic, but it hasn’t had to be. And now, he should be thankful for all the foolish jabbering out there.

When I wrote about Denis Suarez a couple of days ago, I pointed out that getting used to life on the pitch with Arsenal was nothing. The harder part would be getting used to living with all the idiots that have a platform, of which there is an unfortunate amount.

Since arriving, Denis Suarez hasn’t taken North London by storm. He hasn’t scored remarkable goals or tallied Ozil-esque assists. He’s been quiet, with steady strides towards improvement, and for the people out that who demand immediate and unrealistic results, that hasn’t been enough.

There have been plenty of so-called “experts” out there complaining that Suarez has been a total waste, some even saying he’s been worse than Kim Kallstrom. Which is probably the dumbest thing I’ve heard all season, and there has been a lot of idiocy floating around the social spheres this season, as you well know.

Kim Kallstrom came to the club in a fit of absolute desperation. He had a back injury, and thus couldn’t even feature properly, and he was gone before we could even truly grasp what he was here to do. However, he was a loan, so to call him a disaster is still a bit much. What did we actually lose?

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That said, Kallstrom was meant to play a big role with the club, as he was the defensive midfielder that we had lacked for so many painful years. He was supposed to fix all of that, be the backbone of the club, yet he didn’t even have a healthy back himself, ironically.

Denis Suarez is completely different. He is coming into an attacking situation that is laden with other options. Not much is being asked of him. He isn’t here to really fix anything, he’s just here as an exploration of a potential fix for the future, seeing as how Aaron Ramsey is on his way out and Mesut Ozil and Henrikh Mkhitaryan aren’t young anymore. But they aren’t gone either. And they’ve been thriving ahead of Suarez.

But Suarez is getting better with each appearance. Not just that, but he has done perhaps my favorite thing since he arrived – he’s told the talkers to have a seat and keep jabbering to their heart’s content. 

Suarez isn’t dead in the water. He’s got two more months to prove himself and if you’ve been paying any attention, he’s getting better and better, slowly but surely. It is going to click. And when it does, I’d love to hear the Kim Kallstrom comments. But then again, no one ever admits that they’re wrong anymore, do they?