EPL | Watford v Arsenal | 27th of August at 15:00 (GMT)

[4R5Emaniac]

Good game. One place for improvement is our selfishness. The gulf in class between us and Watford is probably the same as Barca and, let's say, Levante. The difference is Messi, Suarez and Neymar play for each other. Our forwards don't. If Messi's through on goal but Suarez has a tap-in, he'll square it and Barca close that game out 4-0.

Our players would rather dink the keeper and make tomorrow's headlines. We got away with it in this game, but we really need to finish teams off in future.

Pure ****, killer mentality.

 

[Makingtrax]

Some usual haters are still around...but most have toned down the vitriol. Good day

Yeah, noticed. Seems @Rimaal has lost her free holiday in Jamaica though, but I reckon @redanddread is the forgiving type

 

[carlito'sway]

Cazorla’s class, Holding’s the real deal: Arsenal’s five best players against Watford

http://www.squawka.com/news/cazorla...rs-against-watford/757778#mH119m5d7emRdVQc.99

 

[Makingtrax]

Cazorla’s class, Holding’s the real deal: Arsenal’s five best players against Watford

http://www.squawka.com/news/cazorla...rs-against-watford/757778#mH119m5d7emRdVQc.99

Only saw the highlights on match of the day. Didn't realise Nacho was injured. Is that 5 injuries now in 3 games?

 

[4R5Emaniac]

Yeah, noticed. Seems @Rimaal has lost her free holiday in Jamaica though, but I reckon @redanddread is the forgiving type

I had a hearty laugh at @redanddread 's "supposedly"

 

[carlito'sway]

Only saw the highlights on match of the day. Didn't realise Nacho was injured. Is that 5 injuries now in 3 games?

Just a knock according to Arsène.

 

[Rain Dance]

calm your tits, it was Watford, not Real Madrid
and had Ighalo scored his magnificent overhead kick, it would have been a different outcome (literally too)
that Success kid is good, too

 

[carlito'sway]

Watching the game again and taking time to look at the plays, tendencies and individual performances.
Xhaka/Santi/ Mesut and Alexis had some intricate movements and fluent passing between themselves, really promising for the future.
Ox was even worse than I thought, the dude was shocking. Even when he started a good move, his final ball or decision was diabolical.
Theo was very active and alert, much better showing than his usual insipid and transparent performances.
Bellerin is talented but needs to be less lackadaisical sometimes. He relies too much on his pace and got burned a couple of times. He also needs to improve his aerial game. He is often being picked on with diagonal balls.
The second half was not as bad as we thought. It was still a decent and controlled performance, never felt that we were going to give up more goals to Watford.
Xhaka is a real midfield general, he attracts and demands the ball and add so much directness and fluency to the transition game. With Santi next to him, it is hard to press both of them as well.

 

[Dennis_Bergkamp_10]

Dutchies, how are you watching games nowadays? I can't get Foxsports GO or Ziggo Sports at the moment, so I don't know where to watch football legally now. Are there any alternatives? Or any good slightly-less-than-legal streams you could recommend, maybe?

@Vinci @Kroket @razörist @clockwork orange @Dennis_Bergkamp_10

Little late, don't know what others have said, but I usually watch games via http://www.livefootballol.me/streaming/english-premier-league/

You'd have to install acestream, it produces very high quality. Succes er mee.

 

[CurryFlavoured]

Watched extended highlight, attack looked very fluid and the defence shaky, some bad set piece defending and Kos looks rusty. Good momentum though, plus a couple of new signings and a winnable game next week gets us going. Still no hope for this season though.

 

[bojed]

You've got to love Caz.

I don't care if it's Watford or Burnley, a win is still a win. I'll celebrate it any way I want.

By the way, we've sent the wrong guy to Sporting me thinks.

 

[BobP]

Our pass selection is so bad.

Especially in finishing positions.

It's comical.

Bellerin would get into a decent attacking position and just squander by playing some silly pass.

His crosses are quite silly also.

We saw similar moments from Ox, Elneny, Walcott.

There's also something wrong with the way our attacking play is structured, we were relatively stable in our build up play, with both Cazorla and Xhaka but they had no means of progressive up the field because the rest of the team doesn't seem to react.

A disconnect would develop between guys like Xhaka, Cazorla and Walcott, Ox and Özil.

Just forced our team to keep on passing back even when in a relatively advanced position.

This inability to progress up the field is linked to our occupation of the wings, the fullbacks and the wingers basically occupy the same areas when attacking, end up being literally on top of one another.

In this case you only have Özil in the middle, meaning he can easily be overcrowded.

 

[krackpot]

Our pass selection is so bad.

Especially in finishing positions.

It's comical.

Bellerin would get into a decent attacking position and just squander by playing some silly pass.

His crosses are quite silly also.

We saw similar moments from Ox, Elneny, Walcott.

There's also something wrong with the way our attacking play is structured, we were relatively stable in our build up play, with both Cazorla and Xhaka but they had no means of progressive up the field because the rest of the team doesn't seem to react.

A disconnect would develop between guys like Xhaka, Cazorla and Walcott, Ox and Özil.

Just forced our team to keep on passing back even when in a relatively advanced position.

This inability to progress up the field is linked to our occupation of the wings, the fullbacks and the wingers basically occupy the same areas when attacking, end up being literally on top of one another.

In this case you only have Özil in the middle, meaning he can easily be overcrowded.

no giroud

really, he helps more in the buildup

 

[celestis]

So I saw glimpses of what we could become , we really need to up our efficiency - team game . Guys like Ox and Theo to a lesser extent need to stop thinking about their own numbers just do the team thing . Numbers take care of themselves . You can tell it annoys everyone else too .

 

[BobP]

So I saw glimpses of what we could become , we really need to up our efficiency - team game . Guys like Ox and Theo to a lesser extent need to stop thinking about their own numbers just do the team thing . Numbers take care of themselves . You can tell it annoys everyone else too .

It's absurd and not what one would come to expect of a Wenger team.

You can see Wenger get frustrated at it on the sideline at times.

 

[BobP]

no giroud

really, he helps more in the buildup

A lot of people, including me moan about him but he is crucial in providing our attack with a focal point. It sounds basic but without him we have nobody to hold the ball up and who can bring others into play.

He's a temp fix for our structural issues.

Even then, it's hardly a proper fix, has to wrestle two players when contesting for the ball.

 

[HollandGooner]

Cazorla is such an inportant player for us in midfield, he makes Özil click with the rest. Anyway i was happy with the peformance from the team it looks like we are finding some rhytm which is very important for the confidence.

 

[Rimaal]

Yeah, noticed. Seems @Rimaal has lost her free holiday in Jamaica though, but I reckon @redanddread is the forgiving type

Free holiday? Regardless of what you think of me, you certainly can't think much of @redanddread if you think he's the sort of fool that offers strangers on the internet free holidays.

 

[Rimaal]

calm your tits, it was Watford, not Real Madrid
and had Ighalo scored his magnificent overhead kick, it would have been a different outcome (literally too)
that Success kid is good, too

He's excellent. Great signing.

You've got to love Caz.

I don't care if it's Watford or Burnley, a win is still a win. I'll celebrate it any way I want.

By the way, we've sent the wrong guy to Sporting me thinks.

Most definitely.

 

[redanddread]

Free holiday? Regardless of what you think of me, you certainly can't think much of @redanddread if you think he's the sort of fool that offers strangers on the internet free holidays.

I am a forgiving fool....