Granit Xhaka: Xhak Off?

[Farzad Stoned]

You've been destroyed on this point more times than Ava Addams and yet you're still banging on like none of that ever happened.

Lol. 5 games doesn’t change a sub standard 6 years. I hope he continues his purple patch; I am doubtful Xhaka is good enough to be a lead numver in a title winning or contending side. Frankly the data on that point bar the last 5 matches us overwhelming.

 

[DJ_Markstar]

So your rebuttal is to repeat the thing in contention in the first place. I hope you realise why that's pointless.

 

[Farzad Stoned]

So your rebuttal is to repeat the thing in contention in the first place. I hope you realise why that's pointless.

So your rebuttal is to ignore the highly deficient numbers I provided from his last full season where he stunk up the joint and you guys were pretending was his best season. If you ignore all the numbers from 6 years for 5 matches I won’t take much else you have to say on the topic seriously.

 

[DJ_Markstar]

So your rebuttal is to ignore the highly deficient numbers I provided from his last full season where he stunk up the joint and you guys were pretending was his best season. If you ignore all the numbers from 6 years for 5 matches I won’t take much else you have to say on the topic seriously.

And then you do it again Let me make this clear for you

Your assertion that he has been deficient for 6 years IS IN CONTENTION. You can't simply repeat "he has been deficient for 6 years therefore he has been deficient for 6 years" and expect me not to notice the obviously circular nature of this, allow you to move on chatting **** about how 5 matches doesn't fix the bad 6 years since THEY'RE IN CONTENTION. You can't rebuttal with the thing in contention, that's braindead.

Hope this is clear

As I already mentioned, you got smoked by @2Smokeyy @Oxeki and @drippin on this already, but here you are pretending like it never happened! Its quite frankly amazing.

 

[balthazar]

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[dka1]

You've been destroyed on this point more times than Ava Addams and yet you're still banging on like none of that ever happened.

Tonight's entertainment lined up, thanks brother.

 

[boonthegoon]

Hope he continues his regular form. He usually has a masterclass vs utd. Need to repeat that this weekend.

 

[BigPoppaPump]

When Partey isn't playing he goes back to the Xhaka that got booed out of a stadium, for years our midfield gets sliced open with him there.

 

[Entropics]

I think we need to stop the attack experiment

He's still doing ok, but he already has his goal and 2 assists of the season. It's likely nothing else of value will come out of him for the rest of 22/23

 

[BergMan]

When Xhaka isn't playing he goes back to the Xhaka that got booed out of a stadium, for years our midfield gets sliced open with him there.

Such football knowledge. Xhaka is in the team therefore it’s Xhaka’s fault we get sliced open. Nothing to do with the football or tactics or instructions or anyone else. Well done.

 

[DJ_Markstar]

I think we need to stop the attack experiment

He's still doing ok, but he already has his goal and 2 assists of the season. It's likely nothing else of value will come out of him for the rest of 22/23

That's how most of A-M feels about you tbh.

 

[BigPoppaPump]

Such football knowledge. Xhaka is in the team therefore it’s Xhaka’s fault we get sliced open. Nothing to do with the football or tactics or instructions or anyone else. Well done.

I meant Partey isn't playing. Let me guess you're another Albanian Xhaka fanboy on here? Not like we don't have plenty of those.

 

[Monstar-Gunn4r]

His worst performance but he wasnt terrible or anything. Hopefully picks it back up where he left it before the match.

 

[BergMan]

We dominated the midfield and Xhaka’s involvement in the build up is a big part of that.

 

[albakos]

Nothing indicates Xhaka affected our poor result. His influence was reduced because he also had to babysit Lokonga who was very much confusing in connecting our midfield and was at fault for their 2nd goal too.

If anything, this loss is more on our defence, especially White who kept them onside twice, for 2nd and 3rd goal.

 

[RunTheTrap]

When Partey isn't playing he goes back to the Xhaka that got booed out of a stadium, for years our midfield gets sliced open with him there.

It’s a bit harsh because long before Xhaka came here we were getting sliced open on the counter. Especially at away grounds like Old Trafford. When you play possession based football you are more prone to counter attacks; that’s just the way it is. I don’t think Xhaka was at fault for the goals, but I do think people have been carried away with his “improvements”. I think Partey has been average this season, but Partey’s skillset brings out the best in most midfielders.

 

[Rasmi]

Without Partey babysitting him he looks like the xhaka we know

 

[BergMan]

When the team was in a defensive phase Xhaka did drop back to help Sambi, Utd found no joy when we were in our defensive shape. But we were attacking for most of the game. All of Utd’s goals came quickly on the transition after we lose the ball when we’re attacking (none of them by Xhaka by the way), at which point Xhaka is up the pitch. In three quick passes and some dribbles they are through on our goal. Nothing Xhaka can do about that.

Arteta’s football normally allows such risk because every player occupies a space (or zone) on the pitch and eight times out of ten we win the ball back when we lose it, or can counter press and get back into a strong position.

 

[Oxeki]

When we lose, the default response is to blame him.

 

[albakos]

When we lose, the default response is to blame him.

Had Xhaka been so poor as Lokonga by making errors like him, White, Gabi and Zinny, you'd have many new pages of this thread.