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In The Winchester, Waiting For This To Blow Over
Country: Northern Ireland
Player:Gabriel
Loved his little lobbed pass over the top for the Auba chance in the first half, him and Elneny had another good game following the Liverpool one.
One forward pass?Eh. He had a very solid game, but he had like one real forward pass the entire game. It was a very Elneny game (In a good way). Other than that they had good games, both had a decisive action which led to a goal, and they were both solid.
Elneny also dropped off massively the last 10 minutes, whether that was because he suddenly had to switch sides or didn't have much practice with Ceballos yet I dunno.
YMMV of course.
Think everybody including his biggest detractors mentions he’s really good at passing. You just don’t see it!Xhaka makes beautiful passes in every game most of you just don’t see it.
Every pass that Xhaka makes is beautiful to him, even the ones that go to the opponents. Don't botherThink everybody including his biggest detractors mentions he’s really good at passing. You just don’t see it!
He’s Swiss, so the reason why he gets played regularly for Switzerland is because they have nothing better. His previous club in Germany were equivalent of Southampton here, so again, I’d expect an average type with a few alleged leadership qualities to be held in high regard there. There is a reason why no top clubs value him highly and it’s because he’s not that good. If Arsenal are looking to break into regular champions league football and beyond, he is not good enough. If he only does the little things well, then what the hell is he doing a club like Arsenal? If his role is being reduced just to make him barely efficient, then I don’t know what our goal is.I can probably screen shot a whatsapp message I sent in our football group where I said that despite fans not liking Xhaka, there must be a reason why every coach and manager plays him consistently. There must be a reason why he was first choice to captain Switzerland and there must be a reason why he's always probably the first name of the team sheet. He does the little things well and you can clearly see that he's the leader on the pitch. No coach would overlook that.
What, a little bit of pointing before shovelling it to the right back who immediately came under pressure and had to hit it first time to Elneny? Par for the course for the player really.both had a decisive action which led to a goal, and they were both solid.
Elneny also dropped off massively the last 10 minutes, whether that was because he suddenly had to switch sides or didn't have much practice with Ceballos yet I dunno.
YMMV of course.
I can probably screen shot a whatsapp message I sent in our football group where I said that despite fans not liking Xhaka, there must be a reason why every coach and manager plays him consistently. There must be a reason why he was first choice to captain Switzerland and there must be a reason why he's always probably the first name of the team sheet. He does the little things well and you can clearly see that he's the leader on the pitch. No coach would overlook that.
Oh for sure. He’s comfortably been our best midfielder for years, which is really not a good thing. Some don’t get this.He's undynamic midfielder in a dynamic league. To me our performances over the last few seasons and him are inextricably linked. He's not the sole cause but a significant contributing factor
He’s Swiss, so the reason why he gets played regularly for Switzerland is because they have nothing better. His previous club in Germany were equivalent of Southampton here, so again, I’d expect an average type with a few alleged leadership qualities to be held in high regard there. There is a reason why no top clubs value him highly and it’s because he’s not that good. If Arsenal are looking to break into regular champions league football and beyond, he is not good enough. If he only does the little things well, then what the hell is he doing a club like Arsenal? If his role is being reduced just to make him barely efficient, then I don’t know what our goal is.
Yeah I'm not sure why they keep fighting this battle.Out of all the groups of haters on this forum (Özil, Laca etc) the Xhaka haters are the ones who take the most Ls, it's sad to see.
Old habits die hard.Xhaka has a tough start to his arsenal career, but is a very good footballer.
Find it kinda weird how hard people find it to accept that.
He starts at Arsenal because our CM options are so poor. He starts for an Arsenal that has had to play 5 at the back since the signed and that finished 8th last season. Switzerland is not a good footballing nation.
He's undynamic midfielder in a dynamic league. To me our performances over the last few seasons and him are inextricably linked. He's not the sole cause but a significant contributing factor
Switzerland is not good, but has been on positions 8th - 12th in FIFA ranking for the past 8 years.
Sure, any nation outside of top 7 is not good at football.
https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/associations/association/sui/men/