PL: Chelsea v Arsenal | August 18, 2018 17:30 BST | BT Sport

[Taylor Gang Gunners]

AFTV using Wenger to have a go at Emery, ffs you couldn't make this up..

Anything for a few likes and RT’s.

 

[MaraDon]

Im worried about team morale. We need to go on a run now.

Im not at all.
We knew it was going to be hard. There is much more positives than negatives after that performance.
Our run starts against West Ham.

 

[yybecause]

cech’s positioning when we play from the back is the reason why he is not good at it. he stays way to deep and by doing it he invites the pressure and takes away from our build up those crucial 2 seconds of time.
kudos to him for saving some good chances those 2 games, but if we are to play, and we are, from the back, Leno will be needed.

 

[Mo Britain]

I stopped posting second half because I'd let 30 seconds take over and I really needed to let the game flow.

My conclusion is that we are still in a Wenger hangover. Özil, Xhaka two of his biggest signings rightly hooked and two of the worst performers in the last two games. Mkhitaryan who I've thought is useless at least done something. Auba needs a look at himself and I wouldn't start him against West Ham oddly enough I wouldn't start Lacazette either. He made a brutal mistake last week on the back of a poor Özil touch and his pass today created the winner for Chelsea.

Grafters in. Hard work. Get the lightweight players out. Very few of them have earned the right to start against West Ham.

Wilf McGuinness.

 

[krengon]

Not sure if there's a wink emoji missing here

Not saying Xhaka was good, he wasn't and I thought it was the right decision to take him off at the time, but Torreira didn't have a positive impact, probably still needs to adjust to the league..

I thought Ramsey was going to come on and sit in a midfield 3. Especially as it was clearly we were dropping deeper and inviting pressure. Perplexed me to see him playing up top alongside Auba.

Yeah that's what I thought was going to happen, strange..

 

[celestis]

Xhaka used the ball a lot better than Torreira who seemed a bit overwhelmed to me in possession.

Totally agree. Noticed when Uruguay played with Luca they didn't have a lot of possession either . He's a destroyer who can pass but he really doesn't like to distribute and demand the ball .

 

[Sniper Mik]

I stopped posting second half because I'd let 30 seconds take over and I really needed to let the game flow.

My conclusion is that we are still in a Wenger hangover. Özil, Xhaka two of his biggest signings rightly hooked and two of the worst performers in the last two games. Mkhitaryan who I've thought is useless at least done something. Auba needs a look at himself and I wouldn't start him against West Ham oddly enough I wouldn't start Lacazette either. He made a brutal mistake last week on the back of a poor Özil touch and his pass today created the winner for Chelsea.

Grafters in. Hard work. Get the lightweight players out. Very few of them have earned the right to start against West Ham.

Who would you play up top?

 

[MaraDon]

AFTV using Wenger to have a go at Emery, ffs you couldn't make this up..

they are just posting facts.

They can be and they have been more harmful than that, that post is just a fact.

 

[Mo Britain]

Im not at all.
We knew it was going to be hard. There is much more positives than negatives after that performance.
Our run starts against West Ham.

Yep. We shouldn't measure ourselves against teams with Fourth Place Trophy aspirations. That was risible. We now need to fight for Europa league qualification. It's going to be tough.

Wenger out.

 

[Dj_sds -]

Dont know what all the fuss is about. We created numerous clear cut chances. There is an obvious plan in place and we will improve. But i dont think Özil and mkhi should play at the same time.

 

[Mark Tobias]

cech’s positioning when we play from the back is the reason why he is not good at it. he stays way to deep and by doing it he invites the pressure and takes away from our build up those crucial 2 seconds of time.
kudos to him for saving some good chances those 2 games, but if we are to play, and we are, from the back, Leno will be needed.

Top post and astute assessment. Also seems to put massive pressure on the fullbacks who get drawn deeper and deeper as the opposition press. Liverpool in particular will exploit this with ease.

 

[celestis]

AFTV using Wenger to have a go at Emery, ffs you couldn't make this up..

These ****s .......................

 

[vijay]

Mkhi, Özil, Iwobi, Bellerin, Monreal, Xhaka, Guendozi, Auba (ok you too)....take a bow, for one of the best passages of play I have seen from Arsenal for a while. Well done.

Now can the midfield learn how to protect the defense, and the forwards learn how to put away chances. Thanks.

 

[krengon]

Totally agree. Noticed when Uruguay played with Luca they didn't have a lot of possession either . He's a destroyer who can pass but he really doesn't like to distribute and demand the ball .

Yeah think we would have been better off with a midfield of Guendouzi, Xhaka and Torreira.. I feel like we really needed a 3 man midfield here, especially away against a big team..

 

[m-due]

Second games in a row, Unai skips the handshake and darts to the locker room. I like that.

 

[Mark Tobias]

Dont know what all the fuss is about. We created numerous clear cut chances. There is an obvious plan in place and we will improve. But i dont think Özil and mkhi should play at the same time.

You last sentence here is a key point. We're playing a game of ' connect the dots' in terms of determining our strongest and most efficient line up. It'll come.

 

[Mark Tobias]

Second games in a row, Unai skips the handshake and darts to the locker room. I like that.

Why, if I may ask. To me it shows a lack of class. Be angry we lost, for sure but don't disrespect the opposition.

 

[FinnGooner]

Goals change games. Auba missed a crucial chance at 1-0 then we conceded seconds later. He then missed another chance at the end of the half at 2-2 to put us in front.

And in the second half his bizzare run saw him flagged offside when he literally didn’t even need to move much- and he would’ve been in the clear.

In big games it comes down to fine margins. At the clutch points in this game we (specifically Auba) didn’t deliver.

Goals do change games, right about that, but missing a sitter shouldn't lead to defensive chaos, at least not in a team with some balance. Our midfield is a mess and our manager seems to have no clue who should play there. Sarri's process is just as raw as Emery's but a HUGE advantage is the fact that Kante and Jorginho, his two central mids, are the first names in his team sheet. Two of our three subs were CM changes. Our stability is non-existent due to the chaotic midfield. We did look good in the final third but it doesn't matter if 1) we don't get to the final third systematically and 2) we're sitting ducks defensively once we lose the ball in the final third.

I'm not writing Emery off and I know it's early days but the start has been quite unconvincing and it seems he is trying to rush his ideas to the team. Ton of work ahead and I just feel the manager's philosophy isn't in sync with the player material.

 

[krengon]

Second games in a row, Unai skips the handshake and darts to the locker room. I like that.

I don't. He should be respectful win or lose.

 

[MaraDon]

cech’s positioning when we play from the back is the reason why he is not good at it. he stays way to deep.

when you are a GK and you are not that good with the ball you are requiered to do that in order to have more time to play the ball and control it.
As closer as you recieved the ball from a defender as difficult it is to control it and realesed.
Even if you think that extra second makes him **** up, without it Cech we would be forced to play only long balls and we would be putting ourselves in a much more difficult situation.
Arsène tried last season it didnt went well.