Guendouzi has shown some very good progress. Clearly plays with more intelligence this season.
2019/20 Rivals - Arsenal
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Happy for Chambers, he should start until Hector is back.
Don't think we have a choice anyway. Maitland-Niles couldn't put his foot down in the tunnel, might be out for some weeks...
Completely shit weekend.
Fantastic player for Arsenal, an absolute steal for £7m. And to imagine he was playing in Ligue 2 in 2018, now he is one of Arsenal's best players and in the French squad. He is lovely to watch when he is on form. Just shows you don't need to spend a truckload of dosh to get a quality player.
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Guendouzi has been our best player so far this year. Give him Torreira and maybe Willock/Ceballos and it will look more balanced.
Unfortunately, our team has a combined football IQ that is comparable to my daughter's under 8 team. We got semi rid of Mustafi only for others to pick up the slack. Sub out that entire defense...we to see more of Holding Chambers Tierney and Bellerin.
Unfortunately, our team has a combined football IQ that is comparable to my daughter's under 8 team. We got semi rid of Mustafi only for others to pick up the slack. Sub out that entire defense...we to see more of Holding Chambers Tierney and Bellerin.
I suspect he was exaggerating his injury to avoid a red. I won't be surprised if he is in the squad for the Man Utd match.
Sokratis is still a major concern. What the hell was he thinking today ? Should be booked retroactively
A completely unpredictable team and manager. They could easily end up 3rd or 7th.
Well I can't say I favour of us for Top 4 with the level of performances but Emery is managing to get players to run out of their skin at least at home.
Guendouzis stamina is something else, he kept dribbling box to box constantly. I say this as someone who didn't rate him that much last year but he's gone up a level and showed yesterday he can do much more play a holding role.
Good, I don't want to see him in an Arsenal shirt ever again. Defensive liability, loses the ball constantly, at fault for the first goal and got a needless red card which could of seen us drop 3 points.
Guendouzis stamina is something else, he kept dribbling box to box constantly. I say this as someone who didn't rate him that much last year but he's gone up a level and showed yesterday he can do much more play a holding role.
Good, I don't want to see him in an Arsenal shirt ever again. Defensive liability, loses the ball constantly, at fault for the first goal and got a needless red card which could of seen us drop 3 points.
You're a heartless bastard aren't you ?
Nah he's absolutely right. I also never ever want to see this 22 year old english lad who has been with us since birth put an Arsenal shirt again. What's he done for us ? Play a whole year out of position while Bellerin was injured ? I hope we rescind his contract as soon as possible.
Other than that the game @ Old Trafford is going to be very important, we can't lose and go back to that 5th to 8th range and fight all season long to reach 4th. We have to stick as close as possible to City especially if they prioritise the Champions League. Spurs struggling and Chelsea having no idea how to defend (not that we're better at it) there's a real opportunity to grab third.
We should be getting Laca, Holding, Bellerin and Tierney back just after that game. I'd like to see a Sokratis-Holding partnership given a few games but i doubt Emery will have the balls to drop Luiz.
Actually they're very predictable
They're predictably unpredictable?
Winning the match 3-2 with 10 men, losing 1-2 by the 80th minute. Yes indeed.
Hehe, good we'll keep everyone on their toes not knowing if they're going to get blown off, or the other way around.
What does balls have to do with it? I'd absolutely rather see Sokratis dropped. Hopefully by the end of the season the first choice pairing will have been Chambers-Holding for a while, and then Saliba comes to challenge them.
I don't know, Luiz's agent link with Sanlehi + the connection with Edu from the Brazilian NT. Something tells me he kind of have to play him. This season at least.
Hopefully for me, Chambers will never be the answer to "who is starting at CB". I still can't see it happening for him. An important goal against Villa won't change that.
Chambers isn't the answer.
Nah he's absolutely right. I also never ever want to see this 22 year old english lad who has been with us since birth put an Arsenal shirt again. What's he done for us ? Play a whole year out of position while Bellerin was injured ? I hope we rescind his contract as soon as possible.
I also don't want all the other Championship level watercarriers playing for my team who can't tackle or control a football. Or cnuts with an entitled attitude who blame the goalkeeper after passing it into your own net. His mother can attack some Championship coaches instead of ours
And sorry he isn't out of position, if you can't get into this midfield and keep passing to the opposition when you're out wide with loads more time on the ball, then you're never an actual midfielder.
I suppose Ashley Cole played his career out of position because he was a winger in the youth team and Theo Walcott is a number 9
Xhaka announced as new permanent Arsenal captain so looks like he's not going to be dropped anytime soon which I find bizarre.
Surely logical Arsenal middle trio is Torreria-Guendouzi with Ceballos pushed a bit ahead of them. Looks quite balanced to me.
Surely logical Arsenal middle trio is Torreria-Guendouzi with Ceballos pushed a bit ahead of them. Looks quite balanced to me.
Finally got the keys. Captain Xhaka.
Goodness sake, I didnt know this until I read this post, he shouldnt even be in our team imo, though was an article in the Athletic yesterday saying how well liked he is in the changing room etc so that must have played a part.....could Probs put money on him doing something dumb against you utd on monday
We are poor but they are as equally as very bad as us.
Look very similar to United really. Wouldn't have got anything from the game tonight if it wasn't for the Tuanzebe error. Also very fortunate with the blatant handball being inexplicably ignored by VAR.
Yep. I'm almost tempted to say the draw was the better result for us, all their fans (and ours) were so confident of an Arsenal win and that's the performance they produce?
Guenduzi looks a real talent. Very impressive in a game with very little quality.
Pepe have the look of a massive flop. Was really bad today.
do we improve defensively since the board sacked Wenger? I doubt it.
Both fanbases seem to have had the same reaction from this match "That's one of the worst United (Arsenal) sides I've seen in ages, so if we can't outplay them what does that say about us?"
Frankly, neither manager deserves the job or to last much longer.
Saka looked very promising last night.
Pepe is perfect example how big the role of the right manager plays. Arsenal under emery are terrible and he is a manager who cant coach any attacking coherent team. Pepe has been thrown in a team who has no pattern of play or any identity where the whole attack depends on individual players making difference. He simply is lost while feeling the pressure to do something. The sooner arsenal sack emeey the better. Arsenal has not improved one bit and play terrible football to add.
Really? 4th and 2 points short of the leader? (Pool and City don't count, different league).
We have ridden our luck to have as many points as we do.
Even more importantly, getting fourth shouldn't be the goal. If that's what we wanted, we could have just kept Wenger while buying him some more expensive players. The goal is to actually build a team that could aspire to more. And its very clear (to me at least) at this point that Emery isn't the guy to build that team.
Fair enough.
Bit of an overreaction from all quarters regarding the quality of our display. We were bang average but away from home, with the kind of rubbish we've been putting out in the league, and with that backline I'll take it. Emery has little or no clue what to do with these bunch of players other than hope for a counter which clicks or a moment of genius from some genuinely talented attacking players and I'd look to line up a replacement by season end pronto. However, we've had worse displays over the years at stadiums where we get overawed and end up losing our heads.
Some objectivity needed. A point was a fair result for both.
Some objectivity needed. A point was a fair result for both.
Surprised that Pepe is actually Bebe in disguise.
Honestly, what's your assesment of Pepe so far?
He was absolutely trash last night. That 17 year old looked miles ahead.
He needs more time or do you question his abilities all together?