Are you NOT entertained?
*throws empty can at wall
The Europa has delivered again. Peak entertainment in a world of MANY choices. Arteta’s Arsenal do not know how to lose. Three wins out of three. This is how we do it.
The starting 11 drew the usual grumbles. It was quite senior, there weren’t many kids, and it felt a little bland.
Things didn’t start well. Lots of possession, terrible in the final third, same as usual. Then Leno fired a long pass out the back, Molde found Martin Ellingson, he then picked out the bottom corner from 25 yards. Not a distance you expect Leno to be beaten from, not a good look for him… again.
We always had too much for them. In fact, we had so much mental sauce, we did the school playground equivalent of asking Molde to ‘stop punching themselves.’
Yep, we extracted TWO own goals. The first came when Xhaka found himself the further player forward, he waited for Eddie to run past him, he then hit a low cross at Willock who forced Haugen to finish it for him. Outrageous mind games.
The second goal was more Willock. He played a one-two with Xhaka, tripped, kept his composure, the ball dropped for him, he controlled it, fired it across the box and Sinyan accidentally bundled it in. Unreal humiliation.
Nicolas Pepe continued the good time with a goal of his own, this time from Saka, the low cross to penalty spot was perfect for the Ivorian to sweep across goal.
The final goal of the game was for MOTM, Joe Willock. Nicolas Pepe, in the middle of the pitch, fed a central ball into a run from the left, Joe controlled it and smashed the ball into the top corner. Wonderful.
So what did we learn?
Errrm, well, we can create when we fancy it? We were depressingly awful in the final third in the first half, but we still managed to come out of the game with 16 attempts, with 5 on target. The interesting thing is the system isn’t the problem… the problem is that our players are just very out of form when it comes to being decisive in the final third.
Nicolas Pepe scored a goal and had an assist, but he didn’t really look like he was a cut above the Molde players. I thought Willian looked poor again. He just doesn’t look like the efficient machine he was at Chelsea.
The player who looked really interesting was Joe Willock. He isn’t clinical with his final ball or pass yet, but he is always in the right position. That’s 75% of the battle. Composure comes later. He had a great game, he ran hard, fast, and he never hid. If he can translate that into the league, we really have a player on our hands.
So overall, not much to learn against a bad team, but at least we won convincingly, and a player we’re all interested in put on a show.
Right, see you in the comments!
*Smegma*
No he can’t make the first team.
Where is everyone?
He is staking a claim, just like I am for 4th
👍👍
Crabregas? Did cesc hurt you? Were you 10 when he left arsenal and you had a lil cry in the backroom?
4th?
So empty…
8th.
Yaaaaay
Listening to the podcast, it’s great but how old is pedders? He sounds so wise, I thought he was a middle aged or nearing that age man. But he talks about how he was 10 when arsenal last won at old Trafford, which is bizzare.
Posted at the end of the last post for those who like a good laugh (or cry)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZrVeR9w16s&feature=emb_logo
I like Joe, but his problem is that he has a fairly limited skillset, so for him to be really successful he has to become exceptionally good at what he does have. Think someone like Lampard – not one of the best all-round midfielders ever, but he did become exceptionally good at what he could do.
But for Joe currently, if he isn’t getting on the scoresheet or providing the final ball, what else is he offering in a game beyond good energy?
Willian has never scored more than ten in the EPL probably averages 5 per season.
Never assisted mor than ten too.
We signed averageness, as average as Laca
Yaya Sanogo was once described in these pages as “having a gait and skill of a camel falling down the stairs”.
Kolasinac is so bad he makes Yaya Sanogo look good… just think about that…
Willian, is just the latest washed up Chelsea player, looking to Arsenal as his comfortable retirement home.
First there was Gallas, then Cech, then David Luiz… please Arsenal if we’re going to ex Chelsea players perhaps we can try better?
What about Hazard at Real Madrid? He isn’t pulling up any trees at Real Madrid…maybe they’ll be open to a Lacazette plus cash swap this summer as they will be looking for a new striker…
I actually couldn’t believe how bad Pepe was yesterday before he scored. His first half performance especially, probably his worst in an Arsenal shirt. He was absolutely atrocious. And tbf, he didn’t get much better.. just took that chance (nicely), but other than that still offered very little. I’m still so hopeful with him, but I really worry that the time is coming where we will have to stop saying he had terrible performances and start concluding that he’s just terrible. Again, I’m not saying this IS the case, I’m just worried. There IS a player in there somewhere. But… Read more »
ET
Ceballos is twice as good as Xhaka defensively. All the stats back that up. He is also much better at carrying the ball upfield.What Xhaka has over Ceballos is his passing. And those numbers too have considerably decreased since Arteta’s arrival.Xhaka for me is the 4th choice for the double pivot position now.
Partey 1st, Elneny 2nd (for now), Ceballos 3rd and Xhaka 4th.
In cup competitions tok Arteta has favoured Willock over Xhaka for the pivot position to allow him to develop more.
Willock is an exceptionally good striker of a football and has a crispness in his passing that i like. He will only get better now that he starting to believe in himself. Think back to the goal he scored v liverpool last season and his 2 goals in the past week …all quality strikes wirh little backlift . He is exactly what we need at this present time to create space for our strikers.. Every run he makes into the box is done with a purpose and he has a hunger and desire to make things happen in and around… Read more »
Amen, DM.
Phil – but he is getting on the scoresheet?
I don’t get the pepe hate,yes he lost the ball alot but at least he was trying to make things happen…Willian lost the ball like 10 times in the first half and he was useless. Infact Arteta’s pet child has been pretty useless since he came. On the set pieces is it really a pepe problem?I saw Willian taking some at OT and it was the same kind that pepe is roasted for,kicked straight at the nearpost. Maybe its tactical instructions from the new set piece guy?
first half was awful and they can’t afford this slow start against Villa as we do not want another Leicester the fans really really did not like that result first and the performance was also not up to scratch and then the Icing Arteta brings on give a goal away Mustaffi to gift the points .Still struggling with why Arteta thought he could bring on a rusty Mustaffi with the c…t Vardy waiting to come on .The attack needs to be functioning it is about time Auba and Laca started to contribute with serious goal threat and not just work… Read more »
“Are you not entertained”
(Throws the can at the wall),
I think you hit the Maximus with that one !
“No Arsenal player has more goal involvements than Nicolas Pepe this season (5).” “Nicolas Pépé has had a hand in eight goals in nine UEFA Europa League appearances since joining Arsenal (4 goals, 4 assists), scoring in back-to-back games in the competition for the first time.” Pepe has end product, no doubt about that, he’s been poor in general play though, especially yesterday . Arteta needs to find a way to get him into more dangerous situations closer to goal, not in our own half with 3-4 players infront of him or locked out on the right wing hugging the… Read more »
the ball was not getting to pepe anywhere near quick enough in the first half , the final third distribution was incredibly poor
Willock has certainly shone in our last two EL games and probably deserves a go in the first team.
Wasn’t it noticeable though that when Elneny, Saka and Tierney came on, how much better we looked.
Elneny is our find of the season. What an engine he has.
GX has that look about him that shows he suddenly realises things are not as they were.
Thank goodness.
America you are still boring the crap out of me. A military coup is not an unreasonable course of action.
Willian has been drinking those Arsenal protein shakes.
Suddenly looks slower and predictable.
I think we all knew that was going to happen.
Pepe all round game was poor yesterday: But… 1 goal 1 assist (should have been 2) 5 chances created He’s raw, but he’s a match winner. 18 goals + assists last season 5 already this season He was a late developer, who wasn’t on hardly anyone’s radar. Some players just develop a bit later. Alexis was also very one footed, consistently lost possession, but won us football matches. Pepe doesn’t provide anywhere near the intensity, or pressing from the front Alexis’s did But if he can develop over the next season, improve on his end product numbers by 30-50% this… Read more »
Rich
Totally agree about pepe, then you ask the experts at le grove and they will advice to sell and get rid of pepe so they can get more players with energy and passun but no end product.
Get a few creative players and we may start playing tiki taka football around the opposition’s box.
Daniel Autos “I don’t get the pepe hate,yes he lost the ball alot but at least he was trying to make things happen…Willian lost the ball like 10 times in the first half and he was useless.” 2 wrongs don’t make a right. Pepe’s a strange one…when he arrived he had the dribbling skills of Messi( almost) . He’s labelled as a winger but the more i watch him i feel he is least comfortable on the wing . His best position is in a sort of inside right position which allows him to go either way or play a… Read more »
Pepe’s a strange one…when he arrived he had the dribbling skills of Messi( almost) .
Confidence
Haven’t read till the end, Pierre.
Magical Mikel. Does anyone still doubt him?
I don’t care how a player looks on the field — as long as he produces goals and assists. Just because a player shows desire and fight means he is more talented than another who has a more sanguine approach. Or would you rather have lots of passionate players with lots of desire and fight without any end product? The reality is in a successful team you need both types of characters. Pepe is scoring and creating assists which in turn is winning us games… wins in the bank is what counts. For the first time in ages we have… Read more »
Leeds
It’s a balance.
Talent without application won’t get you anywhere, all the fight and passion in the world with no ability won’t win matches either. The best players demonstrate both characteristics.
There’s some really good fixtures this weekend.
Everton – ManU
Leicester – Wolves
City – L:iverpool
No screwing about Mikel a win keeps us right in the mix with other teams dropping points this weekend.
Pepe’s a strange one…when he arrived he had the dribbling skills of Messi( almost) .
It has been hammered over and over during training about the consequences of losing the ball and its in his subconcious.
Keep hearing about how Pepe is dangerous when he’s close to goal, but that’s kind of obvious and applies to literally all of them. Auba plays the opposite side to Pepe and manages a return incomparable. I understand people are desperate for him to work out, but when you fork out that much for a player he shouldn’t need the bar lowered with talk like ‘if you ignore his all-round game….’, or have his performances excused because ‘players aren’t passing to him’, ‘the manager doesn’t trust him’. Pepe by raw output: Lille: 79 appearances, 37 goals, 17 assists Arsenal: 53… Read more »
” is dangerous when he’s close to goal, but that’s kind of obvious and applies to literally all of them.”
Not Kolas from last nights evidence!
There wasn’t a bigger Pepe cheerleader than myself on here when we signed him, albeit based only on his you tube reel since I don’t watch the French football, but most of the excuses we’ve all used to explain his shortcomings have mostly dried up by now. New league, language barrier, three different coaches, no preseason, Covid and some others as well, but here we are in his second season and he’s yet to have a single complete game of football in any competition. It’s not looking good for him and I’m afraid what we see from Pepe is what… Read more »
Marc
Attackers Marc, attackers. Kolasinac defended that goal with aplomb I think you’ll find. GREAT clearance Kola.
I find that Arteta values more team players than someone who only occasionally applies his skill. He wants his system to run smoothly. Willian is a system player and Pepe is not.
Willock has the drive and the speed to success. Arteta needs to adjust his system to include an ACM against teams playing low-block in the EPL. Willock can cause confusion in the opponent’s defense.
Arteta should give Pepe a free roll. He is one of the few who can score from outside the box.
The thing that grates with me about Pepe is the look on his face – a thousand yard stare like he cant be bothered or has been subjected to abuse on the pitch. Id rather have someone with Henry’s passion!
Auba last seasons EPL runners up top scorer has 1 goal(less goals than the real Bamford).
It does not take much to know where the problem lies.
What we need is the Pepe who made van Dijk nervous, in one of his first matches for us, at Anfield. That and his record in France suggests he is a player who can provide a high output and who opponents may fear. The trouble is unlocking that on a consistent basis. The productivity in terms of numbers in his EL performances needs to translate to the league.
Joe Willock absolutely has a part to play from the bench at least in league games, I really like his energy.
Sid
“It has been hammered over and over during training about the consequences of losing the ball and its in his subconcious.”
You are probably right…a creative fooballer needs the trust of his manager, not the fear of making a mistake.
Cc
He certainly hit row Z with that shot I mean clearance.
Has anyone ever seen anything like what’s going on in the US at the moment? The TV networks cutting away from a Presidential news conference saying he’s lying.
I remain a Pepe fan.
He can come good, I’m convinced of that.
Yes, we grossly overpaid for him but there’s no disputing he is capable of doing things that no other Arsenal player can do.
I agree with Nelson, he should be given “a free roll”.
Pepe’s a marginally better Theo Walcott, fine to have as a squad player but when he is your 72m record signing, yikes.
Thankfully United have spent horrifically in recent seasons so not much of a gap to close at all although Chelsea look like they have started to get it right, even Spurs although not as concerned about them.
In the English Premier League season 2020/21, Nicolas Pepe has played 1 match (plus 5 as a sub).
Marc
You’re obviously talking about Trump.
Would that be CNN by any chance?
Unless Arteta fundamentally changes system, we will never see the best of Pepe. He is not a regular winger who will take the outside and cross, he is an inverted right winger who needs space to run at people. Unfortunately for him, Arteta wants inverted fullback which push him wide and in redundant territory for his skills. Willian may be a team player, but right now he plays well below the level that most people expected of him. I was expected somebody able to make the difference in 1v1 situation, but it looks like his best position is No10 which… Read more »
Pepe isnt good enough to warrant a free role.
That is what you do for players that are exceptional going forward and score/create for fun.
Pepe’s numbers are very average and he spectacularly fails the eye test on a weekly basis, always looks on the verge of tripping himself up, loses the ball three times for every dribble/pass he executes and has a terrible football brain.
Captain Tierney Ceballos is twice as good defensively than Xhaka!!! You are being ridiculous. Ceballos is defensively “lightweight”. Let’s face it most people who post on LG do not like Xhaka and that colours their opinion of the player. Arsenal are currently playing a 3-4-3 formation in EPL and so long as that continues and Partey stays healthy Ceballos chances of starting in games will be remote. I am fairly confident that Elneny or Xhaka will start ahead of him. The only way that he will get a starting place is if either Partey gets injured or needs a rest… Read more »
Charlie
“Arsenal: 53 appearances, 11 goals, 12 assistsThose figures are garbage for an elite attacker.
I think you’ll find that that pepe has started between 35 and 40 games ( at a guess) , so having 23 goal contributions in so few starts is anything but garbage…
Graham
No think it was one of the other stations – either way it’s not something I’ve ever heard of happening before.
Gervinho raw stats:
– Lille: 93 games, 36 goals , 20 assists.
– Arsenal: 63 games, 11 goals, 12 assists
Pepe raw stats:
– Lille: 79 games, 37 goals, 17 assists
– Arsenal: 53 games, 11 goals, 12 assists
Now for my money Pepe is in another league to Gervinho for talent, but oh boy, oh boy, if their outputs don’t look awfully similar. We were playing CL football then too, so no Dundalk and Molde stat padding madness from the five-head.
Trump must be going berserk.
Biden’s on the cusp.
Oh the joys.
Marc , you’ll see more of this as it becomes more clear Trump’s grievances politics is what’s left for him to exploit. No point in airing his speeches and fact checking them later when 90% of what he says is pure fantasy and dangerous vitriol.
Once he loses states where Republicans are in charge of elections the whole I was robbed by the crooked Dems narrative will only remain within his closest inner circle and the fringe nut jobs.
Charlie
You forgot to mention as well that Pepe’s numbers are inflated by penalties. 9 of his 22 Ligue 1 goals in his breakout season there were from the spot. He has also scored a couple of pens for us out of that 11.
Pepe is like Gervinho if he could shoot.
Not much of a difference between the two besides that.
@marc graham42 actually all 3 main nnetworks did……I’m sure a few more cans against the wall at WH…boring first half…but a win is a win
CC
Was Gervinho their penalty taker?
Marc The same people who said Trump stole the last election through Russian interference, without any evidence, and that Brexit was stolen, without any evidence, and tried to get both results overturned in the courts, are the same ones now saying electoral interference is impossible, and the other side should just accept the result I said to you weeks back, this would descend into anarchy. Postal voting is a really bad idea, we’ve seen in this country voter fraud, intimidation and bribery. Unless you’re a public servant stationed abroad, or you’re physically incapable of getting down to a polling booth,… Read more »
joe
That wasn’t a criticism of the networks it was just a comment on how crazy Trump is acting.
The networks cut away from Trump when he was repeatedly making false claims about voter fraud. No basis in fact and they’ve had enough.
Final throes.
Tom
Nope, Cabaye was their pen taker.
Rich
I agree – voting is something you do very rarely getting your arse down to a polling station is not asking that much – of course there are exceptions but for the majority don’t make fucking excuses.
One of the major issues in all this and it’s the same argument as my rants about the media is mainstream politics has been more interested in it’s own agenda and not listening to the the majority who don’t shout loudly about minority issues.
joe
I actually think the networks did a great thing – the easy choice would’ve been to let him continue.
“The same people who said Trump stole the last election through Russian interference, “
No one said such a thing, Rich.
What people said was Trump welcomed, or even invited a foreign interference “ Russia if you’re listening………”
The US have been interfering in foreign elections whenever it suited for years so seeing another power interfering in ours was really no big surprise.
A candidate from a major political party actively seeking foreign assistance is illegal and that’s what people were upset about.
As per usual you’re uninformed and comparing apples to oranges.
Pierre Pepe averages a goal contribution every 185 mins in the Premier League. Gervinho averaged a goal contribution every 159 mins. Saint-Maximin every 230 Deulofeu every 167 Mahrez every 142 Martial every 133 Sterling every 131 Pulisic every 127 Mane every 126 Salah every 89 – Weagle/Tom True, but I personally dont pay much attention to pens because invariably its in place of a goal scoring chance. Though in fairness that doesn’t mean the penalty taker would’ve been the one scoring it! I just tend to let them go, the raw output stats are skimming the top as is. Just… Read more »
We want to talk about Arsenal but all Marc wants to rant about is American politics.
Always knew he was a closet Trumper.
He’s labelled as a winger but the more i watch him i feel he is least comfortable on the wing . His best position is in a sort of inside right position which allows him to go either way or play a slide rule pass , similar to the willock goal or the goal he himself scored. .What’s happened to his quick feet, the nutmegs , the leaving players bewildered with his dribbling skills….he must be playing with little or no confidence to not even attempt to commit defenders…..I’m sure Arteta must be just as frustrated as the fans.And yet… Read more »
Pepe and Willian will get better as the season progresses.
It’s always hard to judge quality players against weak teams.
“Nope, Cabaye was their pen taker.”
Lille Cabaye was such a good player, another blindingly obvious Arsenal player that should’ve landed here and done a job for us given we had 32 year old Flamini, and Coquelin was still a thing. Massive upgrade on them and Newcastle got him for like 5 mil
I think champagne charlie is being deliberately stupid. Gervinho played under an attacking manager in Wenger and was allowed to express himself. Pepe has played under 3 managers and under Arteta especially, the team is set up to be defensive and solid(nothing wrong with that). Pepe has started 35 games and has 23 goal contributions which i think is pretty good considering how much he is struggling to come to terms with the prem and the constant change of managers. I would say his stats for a wide player compare with most …i would guess that a player like Son… Read more »
Son every 110 mins, Pepe every 185 mins.
Good guess Pierre….
Charlie
Do you think it’s possible that Arteta has not found the best way to deploy Pepe.
He also needs to give him a consistent run of games before you draw the curtains on the lad.
CC
“Pepe averages a goal contribution every 185 mins in the Premier League. Gervinho averaged a goal contribution every 159 mins.Saint-Maximin every 230
Deulofeu every 167
Mahrez every 142
Martial every 133
Sterling every 131
Pulisic every 127
Mane every 126
Salah every 89”
Don’t see your boy Zaha in there, surprising.
Gervinho played in a attacking, often dominant Arsenal team that scored for fun, a bit different from where we are now.
Dissenter Obviously, but the buck stops with the player and he’s not delivering on the basics match after match. He’s now being championed through his G/A figures and I’m shining a light on how weak sauce they actually are outside our little bubble – have a look yourself at who the goals and assists have come against. No influence from me. I’ve been saying since early last season that for all the ability Pepe has, he fails to do the basics throughout the match and be a threat over 90 mins. He lives off moments, and all things considered that’s… Read more »
I mentioned after the game yesterday that pepe should go out on loan , he is a shadow of the player he was when he arrived and Arteta hasn’t a clue how to use him, something i find surprising considering the good work he did with sterling…
Pepe doesn’t even smile when he scores , he needs to start enjoying his football again.
Pepe isn’t good enough, but it also doesn’t look like Arteta has made much of an effort to bring him along or bring the best out of him. When a player cost the club 72m, a manager should do everything he can to develop that player, utilize that player. If in the end it doesn’t work, so be it. I am not convinced Arteta has done this. I think he makes his mind up about players fairly quickly. This is a relatively small criticism, though, and in the end I am of the view that Pepe doesn’t have what it… Read more »
Freddie
“My boy” Zaha is every 217 mins, for a Crystal Palace team that scored 25 less goals than the toothless Arsenal team you’re propping up Pepe with.
“Gervinho played in a attacking, often dominant Arsenal team that scored for fun, a bit different from where we are now.“
He also played in the CL and not against Dundalk and Vitoria. Deulofeu played for Watford and Everton, what’s the excuse there?
CC “My boy” Zaha is every 217 mins, for a Crystal Palace team that scored 25 less goals than the toothless Arsenal team you’re propping up Pepe with.” Well, you do keep harping on about him as superior to Pepe when he clearly isn’t and would have cost more. So there’s that. Our whole attack has been poor, and Pepe has been played very sporadically in the PL, not saying he shouldn’t be doing better but portraying him as trash isn’t exactly true Good for Deulofeu, didn’t know I have to explain anything he does though? Guess he has settled… Read more »
We shouldn’t have spent 72 million on Pepe.
I’m sure there’s no gooner on the planet who doesn’t retreat that we signed him for that price. He’s not a £72 million player. That’s not to say he’s a bad player.
I suspect that’s why Raul was sacked because the ball park of that Pepe deal would have been in the £85-90 million range when you consider agent fees.
The media aren’t helping him at all because they preface every Pepe comment with the “£72 million Arsenal player”. That’s like hanging a millstone around the lads neck.
Dissenter
“ “who doesn’t regret”
ET
Pull up the defensive stats of Ceballos v Xhaka just like you did for Joe . You’ll know what I’m talking about. Xhaka gets bypassed very easily.
I personally dont hate Xhaka but its clear Ceballos does much more Defensive work than Xhaka.
Freddie Quite something that you’re so arrogant to state Pepe ‘clearly superior’ to Zaha given what he’s delivered here so far. There’s little to back that claim up whatsoever. Seems to forever boil down to X vs Y with you, always pitting players against one another to give your views an apparent leg up. “not saying he shouldn’t be doing better but portraying him as trash isn’t exactly true” His output is rubbish given the expectation. Its only a handful of people unable to bring themselves to admit such a thing when the raw data above is offered as his… Read more »
I now think that Pepe would work best in an old fashioned 4-4-2 formation as the second striker with two other players being the wide midfielders / wingers. I certainly agree that Pepe is best playing somewhere in the middle but that doesn’t work in a 3-4-3 formation or a 4-2-3-1 (BT stated we were using former but watching the play it seemed to me to be the latter) That said and accepting that formation is unlikely for the foreseeable, both Willian and Pepe looked better when they had swapped flanks – Willian on the right and Pepe on the… Read more »
Pepe is not garbage.
He is maddeningly inconsistent, loses the ball a lot, and is required to play far too wide.
He is much more dangerous playing a little more centrally.
He is fine.
It’s the £72m that was paid for him that was never fine.
Yup, nice succinct post Pedro!
@Sid, I agree, I think the super organisational coaching has robbed Pepe of his confidence to want to beat a man. That is always the risk of flair players in highly drilled structures.
I think there is a good player in him, but we won’t see it consistently in an Arsenal shirt.
Better to sell him in two seasons time and take the loss, but already be looking for his replacement this summer.
Having watched 3 players occupy the RW in recent matches, two of them have cost a shit load of money in fees and/ or wages and how ironic it is that the most effective of them, Reiss Nelson, cost almost nothing in comparison.
Words
Well put.
“So what did we learn?”
That Europa League against the likes of Molde is our level of competition.
CC “Well, you do keep harping on about him as superior to Pepe when he clearly isn’t and would have cost more. So there’s that.” Not sure where you get that I’m saying Pepe is far superior to Zaha? You have been saying the opposite many times though and that’s what I’m not agreeing with. Again, his general play hasn’t been good enough, but his output has hardly been “rubbish” or “trash” as you like to call it. Still missing me with the point you’re making with Deulofeu, did you expect Pepe to instantly have the best numbers in the… Read more »
Gooner Joe “it also doesn’t look like Arteta has made much of an effort to bring him along or bring the best out of him.”
Just let you know that I have just listened to Charles Watts’s video. He said that Arteta kept yelling at Pepe on the sideline, telling him what to do. I think it is a personality problem. You can’t change someone’s personality. Willock is someone who enjoys playing. Pepe will only move when he is yelled at.
@Nelson
Yeah, I’ve alluded to this but if this is true from Charles then we will be looking to sell him, if you don’t like your boss, you don’t want to perform for him, doesn’t matter who you are.
“That Europa League against the likes of Molde is our level of competition.”
To be exact. It is Xhaka’s level of competition. He looked good yesterday.
“Not sure where you get that I’m saying Pepe is far superior to Zaha? You have been saying the opposite many times though and that’s what I’m not agreeing with.“ I’m of the view Zaha is a level above Pepe, you claiming he “clearly isn’t” doesn’t negate it, there’s nothing clear about it. “Again, his general play hasn’t been good enough, but his output has hardly been “rubbish” or “trash” as you like to call it.” His output is garbage if you hold him to the standards that have been suggested of him. How is a G/A every 185 mins… Read more »