Yeah I don't see the big deal, I remember Özil posted a picture of the players eating what looked to be Chinese takeaways on the coach ride home due to the high sodium content.
They were sitting next to Watts ffs:Remember when Hleb's team beat us in the Europa first leg in 2019, then were filmed in Burger King or something after
That’s Pepe in nutshell. He is rarely good. He nicks an assist or goal here and there. 72 million player who rarely plays hood and has poor general play. You don’t keep a CNN player of his fee and wages as an unreliable squad playerI think Pepe's not been great overall this season but he is becoming a bit of a whipping boy for Arsenal fans for some reason.
He wasn't good today but he got an assist.
No need to bury the guy.
You know what, growing up I was a big Walcott hater. I could not understand why Wenger persisted so much with Theo when the basics seem to evade him. I even remember when Pep said he “feared” Walcott and I couldn’t believe that the same guy who developed Messi could be afraid of Theodore “F@cking Speed-runner” Walcott.
Now that Theo has been gone for a years and I’ve grown, I realise now just how hard I was on him. At least Theo made something of his Arsenal career. Despite his limited ability he managed to score over 100 goals and scored against some of the biggest teams in the world without having a third of the ability Pepe has. I have never been so disappointed by a signing in my life. Arsenal have a history of inconsistent and frustrating wingers in the past but none of them takes the cake like Pepe does. Hand on heart. Give me Joel Campbell, Welbeck, Arshavin, Wilford, feck it give me Bebe. You know what. I would rather play Per Mertesacker out wide over Pepe. I am willing to bet Per would beat more men on the dribble than Pepe would. Absolute dud.
The problem is Pepe doesn’t have start product at the moment, which makes the end product conversation a little moot.What's interesting to me and I'm more of a fan of ESR and Saka over Pepe while saying this.
ESR and Saka pass the eye test and feel like good footballers but the output isn't really consistent at this stage of their careers, which is natural. It'll come in time though I'm sure.
Then you have a Pepe who doesn't really pass the eye test and often feels just a bit off but does fairly consistently produce end product.
Pepe can be slated for his performances but I wouldn't bet against him having more end product than ESR or Saka at the end of this season.
I'm kind of playing devil's advocate here but we have a world class finisher in Auba who needs to be supplied. An on form Pepe would definitely help create him those chances.
Hmmm.. someone’s just said they’d rather see Mertesacker on the wings and out of the whole starting 11, this player thread is the only one that’s popping. It is a bit of a witch hunt really.This is not a witch hunt, just reality.
The problem is Pepe doesn’t have start product at the moment, which makes the end product conversation a little moot.
Too many of our attacks break down when he gets the ball, and we can’t then get up the pitch. His lack of balance and strength is a major concern. This is not a witch hunt, just reality.
You can see it at games, his body position is often square rather than on the half turn and the ball’s bouncing off him. He’s really frustrating to watch and severely lacking confidence.
He needs to play himself into a rhythm, but just first get the basics right.
Not really a witch hunt, he just stinks out the place when he plays and people react to that.Hmmm.. someone’s just said they’d rather see Mertesacker on the wings and out of the whole starting 11, this player thread is the only one that’s popping. It is a bit of a witch hunt really.
It’s gotten to the point where I wish he never plays for the club again. Thankfully you guys have won and he’s dropped out the starting 11, but yeah the cups lol.
As we advance he should get dropped for Saka/ESR anyways like the latter stages for Europa last season.
Nah there’s too many dead players on this team so I don’t buy this, only 3 or 4 player threads have been bumped from last night.Not really a witch hunt, he just stinks out the place when he plays and people react to that.
I knew he’d struggle this season without Europa, that’s the only competition he looks competent in.
Lmao Pepe in a nutshell.
From that same guy on twitter
They were sitting next to Watts ffs:
I think your love for Pepe makes the criticism to him stick out a lot more, you want people to take it easy on Pepe but no one will because he's just not good and cost way too much.Nah there’s too many dead players on this team so I don’t buy this, only 3 or 4 player threads have been bumped from last night.
Just clocked it’s the Xhaka Out mob too, he’s injured and some of these man are bored and don’t take it easy if you’re not a teenager.