Wooooooah, the less said about that performance, the better.
Arsenal took 3 very undeserved points at home against West Ham, the game was won with a VAR decision that overturned an incorrectly flagged offside, but the 1-0 victory didn’t disguise a ‘revert to type’ performance from a group of players that didn’t show up.
It’s easy to criticise every single line-up Arteta puts out because there’s not really an ideal starting 11. We’re a mess whatever we do and you can argue every player and their role. The one that seems to irk people the most is Auba out wide, especially when we have options on the left like Martinelli. I also think we debate the midfield over and over, but the reality is, we just don’t have a lot of good choices.
We were awful today, that was the most important thing to note. The midfield struggled to keep to West Ham at bay, the spacing between midfield and defence was off, and there were a lot of very poor lapses in defence. We are not a creative team, there’s no spark, no magic, no nothing. It’s painful to watch. It’s also interesting that the heavy pressing has gone, with the penny dropping for another manager that the squad aren’t fit enough to deliver on that without dramatically poor second-half performances (or injuries).
It is telling that we’re back to Bernd Leno being the MOTM again. He made some crucial saves, commanded his area well and took high-risk chances in tough situations. He was very quick off his line. It’s simply not good enough that we’re battered at home by West Ham.
More worrying is that moving forward, we just weren’t at the races. No one seemed to find their range when it mattered. We took too many touches, made the wrong choice, or just fucked up the momentum in attack.
Dani Ceballos had a great game from a numbers perspective. He made the most successful tackles, he had the most interceptions, his passing was fairly accurate, but to my earlier point, we didn’t make it count for anything. Our front three managed 2 shots on target. That’s miserable, especially when you look at the players we have at our disposal.
Still, when it comes down to it, the thing that matters most at the moment is the 3 points. We took them. Auba fired a speculative ball into legs, the ball looped up, Mesut Ozil was sharpest, he nodded a header to Lacazette who swept home a clinical shot. The players thought it was offside, the lino did too, but after 37.5 minutes of painfully nerdish deliberation, VAR called it a goal.
It was a bit embarrassing to win that game, but we kept up the pressure in the league and now we find ourselves right in the hunt for top 4. At the time of writing, there are 5 points between Arsenal in 9th and 4th (6 points if you go to 10th). Win our game in hand and there will be two points. It is staggering that this season has been so terrible to us, yet we’re a fluke win at City from being deeply in the top 4 hunt.
On the players, bar a bit of an iffy attempt at a clearance in the first half, Pablo Mari looked pretty solid. The worry in the league is always that you’ll be beasted by hulking thug forwards. He dealt with West Ham’s aerial threat pretty well today, he also won 3 out of his 5 aerial duels. He’s a good passer, he has a bit more pace than we thought, and he’s very composed. A solid Premier League start and his second clean sheet in 2 games. Let’s see how he copes on Wednesday.
Mesut Ozil was the decisive factor in the game, his quick thinking and cushioned header turned the game. He worked really hard, watching him lead the press in the final 20 was a sight to behold. He’s lost a lot of edge with his game-changing passing. He just hasn’t looked very confident of late… it seems odd that a player can lose the sparkle, with him, you do wonder if he’ll ever return to what he was.
Overall, our midfield was poor. We lack power and a tempo setter. Ceballos had good moments, but it didn’t feel synced to the wider team. We created next to nothing, Arteta has to find a way of addressing that in the coming games if we’re to stand a chance of making the most of this top 4 race.
Reality is that we’re still shit and I have little hope that we’ll surprise anyone on Wednesday, but it’s nice to hope, and it’s nice to know that everyone else around us is just as capable of failing as us. The mighty Nuno dropped points, United will have a tough game against City tomorrow and Spurs just went a goal down at Burnley.
Who knows what will happen… but it’d be very funny if we shithoused to top 5.
Answer me a question on Xhaka and Torreira. If both players were available for £30 million tomorrow how many teams would be interested in Torreira and how many would be interested in Xhaka?
Ishola
Xhaka doesn’t care what anyone here thinks. The only people he has to impress are his manager and team mates. From what we see, they like him.
Adulation???
I don’t know what you’re on about. Xhaka has had lots of decent performances under Arteta, the fans know this and would promptly clap him off so long as he hurried off when substituted.
Dissenter
Sorry but you’re wrong there – Xhaka also has to impress the crowd at the Emirates something he does not do very often and yes he does care what they think of him.
Marc
Xhaka is the captain of a decent national team, Switzerland. He will fetch in the region of £20-30 million and it’s not even conjecture. Herta Berlin’s reportedly offered in that region before we even started negotiating with them.
Torriera wouldn’t go for any more than that.
Neither player is built for the premier league, they have their own flaws. It’s not a case is one good and the other bad.
Charlie
You see xhaka as toni Kroos when in reality he is a knockoff mark noble. He doesn’t contribute in forward positions in huge amounts to warrant keeping him. He always is a bad pass away from giving the opposition a goal like yesterday’s Bowen shot that hit the post. He is always giving free kicks away in dangerous positions. I just don’t see that many positives in his game that out weighs the bad.
Dissenter
Xhaka is the definition of a player who isn’t dependable.
Dissenter
Torreira would have more takers at a higher fee than Xhaka.
We’ll see in the summer as I can see them both moving on. Torreira back to Italy and Xhaka to a bottom half team in Germany.
Marc
Respectfully, you are another card carrying member of the Xhaka-bashing party. 🤣🤣🤣.
Unfortunately, he’s not seeking your votes
Xhaka is a strong willed person, for better for worse. He has to impress his manager and his team mates, that’s all he has to do.
Did he ever say sorry for giving YOU the middle finger?
. He didn’t and he was ready to leave. He’s not one of the players who want to run down a contract and yap about “loving the club”
Un
So you have 3 players (Santi, Ramsey and Wilshere) who you rotate because they are all injury prone?
So that £500,000 per week in wages for those 3 who can only play 1 in 3 games.
Mate you’re mad!
Oh yeah and that £500k per week in wages is assuming Ramsey would have stayed for £200k per week which he wasn’t going to do anyway.
Dissenter
How dare you. I am not a card carrying member of the Xhaka bashing party.
I’m fucking honorary President for life.
Un
Both Cazorla and Wilshere left in the summer of 2018 – for them to stay a contract would have had to be offered before that when both Gazidis and Wenger were in charge.
Dissenter
“Xhaka is a strong willed person”
Strong-willed but not strong mentally?
It’s no good is it being strong-willed if you are not the strongest mentally.
As well as fans not being particularly impressed with Xhaka as a player it has been noted as well that he is a bit of a baby.
Unai na
Honestly, you need to reflect on the exits of these players.
Two were crocked and the third tried to get us into another Ozil situation.
I miss Santi, have genuine pity for Wilshere and still respect Ramsey [for how he conducted himself on the way out. Had Ramsey been fit at the end of last season, we would have returned to the CL and won the EL.
Un
I agree the players should have been replaced but keeping Wilshere was a fools errand, Ramsey should’ve been sold 2 years before and Cazorla who I loved was allowed to go home after an horrific injury in which he nearly lost his foot.
China I’ve always defended Xhaka from ridiculous over the top criticism he’s been victim of. The sort you can’t help yourself with clearly. Only difference being on numerous occasions I’ve criticised performances and stated quite clearly I’ve no ties to him or any other in the squad and would chop and change where applicable. Stark contrast to your chapter and verse about how Torreira shouldn’t be sold and is a top 5 player at the club. So do me a favour with the giddy over players spiel. Habesha Yes, if in doubt head down the sensationalist path and do your… Read more »
Ishola
Thanks for the erudite distinction of ‘strong willed’ from ‘strong mentality’.
He also has a strong mentality, if that helps to slake your Xhaka-thirst.
Marc Add that we also have an Ozil on 350k a week that we couldn’t move on in the same position and a Mikhi on 180k a week, also in the same position that some people are still pining over and it just gets ridiculous how much waste we accumulated under Wenger. How can we move on when we have more than a million in wages weekly invested in 1 position, none of them good enough/ fit enough? We had to cut off all the excess fat to have any chance of moving forward, that’s one of the reasons Rauls… Read more »
“I loved Wilshere. He was the player Charlie thinks xhaka is now“
First Toni Kroos and now Wilshere. At least pick similar players before making stupid claims about what I believe or not.
Or better still, why not worry about what you believe and stop being so triggered?
Dissenter
No he doesn’t have a strong mentality at all.
I’m marking you down as a Xhaka fanboy.
One of the last few oddballs now that still call out for him.
Card carrying member of the Granit Xhaka Appreciation Society.
Congrats. You are one of a dying and elusive breed.
He comes the General secretary of the Xhaka-bashing party politburo, comrade “Freddie Ljungberg “ 😀😀
Today will be a real test how this new found Manure midfield with Bruno Fernandes competes against MC.
Here we go Charlie. This is the last thing I can think of. Tell me Xhakas biggest attributes point by point and let’s discuss its merits. If you really give sound logic that he is a massive asset I will change my mind but not before.
Here comes the General secretary of the Xhaka-bashing party politburo, comrade “Freddie Ljungberg “ 😀😀
Many partakers in historical revionism on le grove.
Iwobi and mykhi are ballers apparently and emery was responsible for everything bad at Arsenal
Ishola
I’ll be wearing sack clothes and dousing myself in ashes henceforth since you’ve marked me as a “Xhaka-boy’
Like any other player, he has strengths and weaknesses.
I recall people did the same to Oliver Giroud too, he wasn’t as good as RVP so he was shite.
Except it’s not over the top criticism is it charlie, which is why he gets it so regularly from so many people both inside and outside the club He doesn’t have any high level attributes outside of a good long ball and professionalism on the training ground/dressing room (less so on the pitch after telling the fans to fuck off…) His primary contribution to Arsenal’s midfield in 3 and a half years has been committing fouls. It’s also very interesting that the best runs of form he’s ever had where he’s not been trash and actually been passable have been… Read more »
Diss
Well, he’s pretty shit and one of the 2 players I would upgrade on first in the summer so sure. Didn’t mention him in my post though…
China1
Excuse my intrusion but I think CC is merely stating that Torreira is just as flawed as Xhaka but you’ve chosen to ignore his flaws and refuse to consider Xhaka’s
It’s not a good vs bad argument.
We don’t have any complete midfielder in the club.
Torriera isn’t that great a signing too.
Freddie
I was just messing with you
Cheers.
Un na, well pogba for all his flaws has put in far more good performances than xhaka over the time frame so it’s only a question then of value for money.
But how much has pogba generated in terms of shirt sales and the like for utd, he’s a huge asset on that front. I’d love to know how many people on this blog have ever bought a xhaka shirt as I firmly suspect the number is 1
“Better we spent £35m on xakha than £100m on Pogba”
Or you could just go and buy a good player for £35 million.
How many card boards cut outs does £35 million buy?
That’s the one redeeming thing about ozil that we all often forget is that as ridiculously expensive as he is, he’s a beast in terms of marketing and revenue generation
Id be very curious to see exactly how much money ozil makes the club compared against his costs. Whilst we as fans don’t think about this, the club will be very much aware of that and it’s probably as much why they were willing to sanction such stupidly high wages for him moreso than his footballing contribution
If Xhaka played for the Spud’s we’d be laughing ourselves silly at them paying £35 million, making him Captain as well as making him their first choice CM.
“Excuse my intrusion but I think CC is merely stating that Torreira is just as flawed as Xhaka but you’ve chosen to ignore his flaws and refuse to consider Xhaka’s It’s not a good vs bad argument. We don’t have any complete midfielder in the club. Torriera isn’t that great a signing too.” Bingo. I said it above, Xhaka is our most useful CM. He’s not a star, he has some good characteristics and they’re beneficial to a team with aspirations of playing possession based football. The rest are interjections and ascribed pov, little of any of which I actually… Read more »
Charlie I am waiting on his merits
China
The reason Ozil got the deal hi did is because Gazidis had a panic attack at losing our two marquee and record signings in the same 6 month period whilst negotiating the new shirt deal with Adidas.
Marc be fair at least. Cardboard cutouts can’t commit professional fouls.
That’s gotta be worth something….surely…???
Habesha
You might have a long wait. CC’s tried the Hubble telescope to look for them but couldn’t see any and the James Webb Space Telescope doesn’t launch till next year!
One difference between Xhaka and Torreira is that Torreira, when he is played as a DM, compliments the other midfielders . He does his job for the team and allows the rest of the midfield to play further forward. In my opinion Xhaka always has to be accommodated, in other words other players have to take in the slack that his presence causes. He can’t play as an out and out DM as he is too slow ( Torreira is quick both in anticipation and in 10/15 m sprints)and his tackling technique is average. He can’t play too far forward… Read more »
China
They also don’t lose the player they’re marking as often either!
China
Pace is 50 – 50 though!
Bob
Agree – you set up any team to play to the strengths of your players and you try to negate your weaknesses. Xhaka just takes this to another level.
True Marc but we don’t know how these numbers look If you took all the players of the world and compared their salaries against what they bring in commercially you’d see the extent for some of these insane contract change somewhat I’m not defending the deal because the proof is in the pudding that ozil is a shadow of the player he once was and we can’t shift him because of said wages – but the point still stands, he’s not really a 350k a week cost. I don’t know what the number is but you can probably cut a… Read more »
Come on Everton!
Come on Man City!
Physicality Passer Better defensively * you are having a laugh Ok let’s go through them. He isn’t physically imposing as you point out he ducks shots because he is mentally fragile. I have seen get brushed of the ball my smaller players. Passer( one attribute of his) he is a high volume passer I will give you that. but how many of his passes actually let is score or out us in positions to score. Not a lot. He has one good long ball every game. and it’s not a defense splitting pass like Fabregas used to do. He just… Read more »
seen him get*
by*
let’s us score or puts us in positions to score*
jesus typos
Lmao, no toilet paper, just go old school.
wash your arse. Way more cleaner than toilet paper. Wash your hands thoroughly though after.
I’m not convinced with auba in the wings.
Lost the ball every time he took on a player yesterday. Has no pace to burn, and looked gassed by the 70th min.
I like the look of pepe though. Can see him tearing the league next season, hopefully, he doesn’t get kicked around, and is protected by the refs.
I would say xhakalson is the most useless of our midfielders, the fact that he has most of his teamates in his pocket says alot about ze mental strength of this team.
Im telling you this for free!
Habesha That’s not analysis, that’s your biased hot take with literally nothing backing it up and a bunch of anecdotal rubbish like “have seen get brushed off the ball by smaller players.”. If your POV was so clear cut it would be a doddle to communicate it and back it up with requisite data. You can’t though. I’ve already thrown this seasons data at you from the PL, and despite it reading that Xhaka has bettered Torreira in every defensive department except interceptions you’ve completely dismissed it. You even tried using Whoscored to further your argument and it states Xhaka… Read more »
Ufraud I remember the conversations we had a couple of years back when you would boycott the games due to Wenger being in charge , consequently missing so much good football including our excellent home record every year where we would put teams like west ham and Everton away with ease. Just wondering how you are feeling and if you are using your season tickets to watch us struggle to beat these teams and often being outplayed , which is something that never happened under wenger. Over 200 million spent , Raul, Edu and Vinaii overseeing transfers and we have… Read more »
Sid
“I would say xhakalson is the most useless of our midfielders”
It’s Xhakalinho not Xhalson.
I’m telling you this for a blue one.
Xhaka had already said that Arteta did not want him to leave this winter but that would be revisited during the summer. That does not sound to me like a ringing endorsement to me. More like you’ll do for the moment and during the summer if somebody comes for a decent price I’ll upgrade you. That is pretty much what most people are saying with regard to Xhaka. He is not best central midfielder in the world. He is not suited for the premiership because he is too slow and can’t play on the half turn, however for the style… Read more »
Charlie You have provided data from a skewed season where torriera’s role has been ever changing under three different managers. Your views are also biased If you put it that way. You have seen the character traits from the past two seasons. Whoscored doesn’t use personal opinions for these character traits. It says he is ill disciplined, lacks concentration and is weak tackler. Torriera doesn’t need to tackle as much because he is in positions to intercept the ball. But if you put any forward in the league and asked them to choose who they would rather face it won’t… Read more »
Arsenal apparently looking at Willian on a free transfer end of the season.
Quotes claiming he and his family see London as their home.
Gonsterous
“I like the look of pepe though. Can see him tearing the league next season, hopefully, he doesn’t get kicked around, and is protected by the refs.”
What makes you think anything will be different regarding Pepe getting protection.
You only have to watch yesterday game to realise that Pepe’s quick feet not only bamboozles the defenders , he also fools the refs time time again or is they just choose to ignore the contact on him…
Bob N16 ‘ In my opinion Xhaka always has to be accommodated, in other words other players have to take in the slack that his presence causes’ Have you considered the possibility that Xhaka is yet another clog in the disjointed midfield that we have acquired? He’s having to step out of his strengths to compensate for others. I mean we’ve played without a properly attacking midfielder for 3-4 season, had a central midfielder who liked to play center forward [Ramsey], didn’t have wingers until this season, played a wannabe midfielder as right back [AMN] and has center forwards who… Read more »
@Pierre
Lol “quality football” with nothing to show for it.
Habesha Yea sure thing mate, lots of extenuating circumstances for Torreira I’m sure, 3 managers hurt Torreira but not Xhaka, gotcha. You can look at the data over their entire duration and it reads the same, but don’t worry about that one either. Keep hitting me with analysis like “But if you put any forward in the league and asked them to choose who they would rather face it won’t be torriera.”. Colour me convinced. Thing is, Torreira would have to be miles better than Xhaka defensively for them to stack up as comparable because Xhaka is leagues ahead of… Read more »
Little p,
Still missing wenger I see
What stats are being used to compare torreira and xhaka? What’s the context? Torreira was a bench player who was regularly used out of position until December… Also Charlie please spare me the ‘you’re not being objective’ bs lol. Since day 1 when xhaka arrived you’ve been in his corner protecting him come what may. You think if once in a blue moon you say he didn’t have a good game people are dumb enough to think you don’t think he’s a great player? Reminds me of you claiming not to be an AKB despite being in the guys corner… Read more »
I can accept that Dissenter., Arteta must have an idea of how he wants to set up, though I’d be surprised if Arteta has a vision that includes Xhaka’s particular skill set. Not sure how many players can be realistically be sold for upgrades, Xhaka’s on my list though.
The good news is that arteta has better stats than emery this season.
The bad news, if we continue to perform like yesterday, we won’t be playing in Europe next year.
We were lucky that antonio fella was useless in front of goal. Don’t expect city to be lenient.
True China
Being bombarded with endless stats is bs territory.
You are better off watching games and making your own judgement.
And the overwhelming majority of fans by doing this have made their judgement. Sling your hook Xhakalinho.
The majority rabble can see through the pretences. They call that spade a spade.
China
Your whole argument has been a militant defence of Torreira and attack on Xhaka. Spare me the boredom, and more puerile AKB crap because you can’t articulate an actual defence of your own POV.
The big takeaway from your analysis is that I love Xhaka, I think he’s great, I’ve always defended him, I’m an AKB, I think Torreira is bad because he’s short.
Quality input as always. As I’ve said, you’re a complete waste on the subject.
Un
He’s a good player, but I’m not sure about touching him on a bosman which is just another inflated wage for a player that isn’t necessary.
Rumour mill though. Depends on outgoings too I guess idk. I mean is he better than Mkhi? Debatable. Prefer another approach personally.
All that matters at this present time is results ..
Will take dodgy 1-0 wins until the end of the season.
Have to keep clean sheets ..vital.
The Xhaka argument is pointless. With Torreira out injured for the rest of the season we don’t have the numbers and Xhaka seems to be a current favourite of Arteta. Most fans will be between ecstatic good riddance and whatever if he goes in the summer and is replaced.
No one is going to convince CC that Xhaka is useless and CC is not going to convince all of the right minded intelligent football fans that he’s any good so we might as well just drop it.
Pierre
Agree – I’d bite your hand off for 13 one nil wins between now and the summer.
Interesting discussions on Xhara, Torreira and what’s left of our MF. If we can only sell Xhara or torreira, personally would keep Xhara simply because he’s almost injury proof AND I hope we’d buy a more robust CM who could play DM. This would work if Arteta has most of the team pressing anyway. As good as torreira can be he’s just too ‘small ‘. Makalene is bigger, sturdier and more powerful. The dilemma on how much of our MF to replace is another interesting one. Best to set aside those we should keep. For me: •ESR – must see… Read more »
Actually Charlie good try but not really My defense of torreira has been that when he gets a run at DM he’s a very decent player – something which repeatedly winning and contending for arsenal player of the month awards in the only spells he got in that role clearly shows that’s its hardly just me who is seeing it – he’s been voted it en masse by the fans. Meanwhile you mocked me for saying he’s one of our top 5 players in his primary position and laugh at player of the month awards as being not objective. In… Read more »
We have the worst amalgamation of players. Players that in another system might be good-very good but combined with the others we have they look like dog-shite.
It’s like a bunch of players that are square pegs, another bunch that are round holes, another bunch that are triangular pegs. Nothing matches/mixes well.
Saliba
https://twitter.com/BnsComps/status/1236276946457235458?s=20
And yeah Pierre if we get CL football with crap performances I won’t be complaining too much provided the club takes improving seriously over the summer as they say they will
What I’m scared of is if we play poorly regularly til the end of the season and also don’t get CL football. That would be a bit shit.
But points come first and top 4 is there for the taking if we go on a solid run and beat the weaker teams. And at the end of the day we may only need 5th so it’s definitely possible
Chelsea have so much more quality in the final 3rd
England’s number 1 covering himself in glory again.
Dacoure is the new capoue very poor technically, reminds me of the time chris samba was a favourite here for his athletism,
arsenal have conceded 36 vs watford 44
Unless they turn a major corner I’m not too worried about Chelsea Pedro
League form last 6 games:
Defeat, draw, draw, defeat, win, draw. Everton today, city after. If they don’t manage to beat Everton and lose to city that’s going to be one hell of a rut of form to turn around. They’re almost definitely crashing out of the CL next week as well.
They need to win today for their confidence
China Yea including player of the month awards in your deep analysis of a player pretty much says the lot for me. The inevitable fallback of ‘covering Xhaka’s flaws’ is a classic, Torreira is something special if you and Habesha are to be believed. We’re on our best run of the season and 3rd in the form table with Xhaka in the lineup, so your fragile factoid about us doing well when Torreira is in midfield covering for Xhaka doesn’t really wash. This is two years Torreira has been here now, and you’re making claims about a handful of games… Read more »
Pedro
They have more constructive quality, but their forward options are still B grade imo.
Giroud, Tammy, and Batty boy.
CC, it works better than ours at the moment, next season, hopefully we’ll look as effective.
Pedro I have no doubt that Saliba is going to be a beast for us. Physically already miles ahead of any of our current lot at 18 and probably better on the ball too. Just going to need some adaptation and experience. I hope the mistake by Mari early in the West Ham game was just nerves/ not used to the league and he turns out great for us so we can focus on blowing up that disaster of a midfield we’re saddled with. Go young and elite there too and I think the fans will show some patience, at… Read more »
Pedro
100%, the creative element is vitally important and it’s why a Grealish sort transforms us.
If Chelsea had Auba and Laca as their strike options they’d be probably be a comfortable 3rd best.
Freddie, yeah, he looks the biz. MIdfield absolutely the focus this summer… really hope we go for high energy and creative through-out.
You see that Dortmund are close to signing Bellingham?
CC, I love Grealish… gonna cost a fortune though, think he’s out of our range.
Pedro
It’s been quoted on here several times that he as a buyout clause of circa £45 million.
I have no idea if it’s true but that isn’t that much in todays world.
Pedro
Yea sadly he’s he that good of a season we’re too late on him as per. Has a relegation clause mind so it’s not all said and done, but if they stay up he’s 65 mil. United bound it would appear.
Our business needs to be in the Eredivisie and the like where price tags are more sensible, that or opting for players who haven’t developed yet.
Terrific performance from Giroud for Chelsea. Barkley and Gilmour in midfield looks a great combo.
If Grealish is 45m we have a chance. Struggle to remember us ever buying a prem proven player on the up for significant change, not in the premier league era at least.
Pape Gueye, Grealish and Jonathan David would cost around 70m and leave us much more balanced, a bit attacking maybe but would be fun to watch. Keep Torreira Guen and ESR as backups and loan/keep Willock.
Easily funded by selling Laca, Xhaka, elneny and Mikhi.
Relegation clause? That’d be nice. Though buyout clauses have rarely been our friends.
If you look at our back 4 for yesterday’s game, it is hardly surprising that we looked vulnerable. 2 make shift full backs and Mari making his prem debut was hardly going to look rock solid was it. Any team would struggle defensively with having to make so many changes. For instance ,city without Laporte never look as good and last week gomez was out for Liverpool v west ham and they conceded 2 and were lucky to win. A back 4 always works better with a consistent line up . 3 clean sheets in the last 4 league games… Read more »
Greslish out of our range!
The clubs worth 3 billion, the owner has 7 billion, Ozil on 18 million per year, yeh right. Really hard up.
Pierre
“2 make shift full backs and Mari making his prem debut was hardly going to look rock solid was it.
Any team would struggle defensively with having to make so many changes.”
It’s just not about the back four Pierre.
West Ham were getting through enough times onto the back four.
Midfield is a bit shit you see.
It’s all well and good pining for an AM with a snazzy haircut but Arsenal need to sort the CM area.
Madrid will want 40 mil for Cellabos who would you really prefer?
We need a midfield dynamo .
Willock is a dreamboat half asleep like ANM .
Where our magical pairing of Cedric and Tierney?
They just love therapy and the cash, it’s mid March ffs.
I will take Willian on a free.
Everton have been totally outclassed here
TR7
“I will take Willian on a free.”
We don’t really need him tbh. He does all his best work coming in from the flank running with the ball.
We already have Pepe and Saka.
If Arsenal are silly enough to get Willian in and keep ignoring other areas it will just sum up the Arsenal management of this squad for the last several years.
Fucking hell Everton are getting torn to pieces.
Giroud getting more love from Chelski fans than he ever did at Arsenal
Giroud is one the reasons Ozil did so well. His link up play was understated on this blog. He’a good target man and held up the ball well for us.