Erlis
Only Came To See Granit Xhaka
Country: Kosova
Who gives a **** actually what you think you daily troll who spends his entire working week trolling people on the net. **** off attention seeker.
In Albanian my sentences sound perfect, I can miss the meaning in English sometimes but who cares.
Do kebabs sell well this Summer?
For those who are interested... Just had a look through all the rags and this is what they rated him.
Football London 6
90min.com 6
Talksport 6
Daily Mirror 5
Express 6
Independent 6
Arseblog 7
Islington Gazette 7
Daily Star 7
Squawka 6
The Sun 6
Whoscored 7
Guendouzi was rated higher by pretty much all of them, if not it was the same. 6 is the bare minimum I'd expect from any Arsenal player to be honest. The worst performer was Mhki by a country mile who scored 3/4 on average.
Great evidence to support all your posts. As usual.Who gives a **** actually what you think you daily troll who spends his entire working week trolling people on the net. **** off attention seeker.
True, let's bring this to here where it belongs.We're clogging up the Mkhi thread now. Yes I know there is a middle ground - refer to my previous post where I have clearly stated he had a poor first half.
Some great players have poor moments.. halves.. games. Messi included.
There is a culture of complaining amongst Arsenal fans now whereby any mistake is elevated and "negates" any positives that can be taken from a performance. Take AMN for instance - he has performed over and above what could reasonably be expected for a CM/Winger who was transitioned into a FB due to an injury crisis and yet we are still one mistake away from our fans saying "he's not a full back" and ignoring any progress he's actually made.
It's ****ing tedious, to be honest.
The facts are he gave the ball away far too much for it to be considered a good performance from a PL football player.
BWAHAHAHA
You never list facts. You list your emotions and you back it up with insults and more useless opinion.
Now swear at me some more and list absolutely no evidence of any facts so the rest of the forum can see what an absolute joke you are.
That culture is apparent, yes. But there is also a culture of giving average players godlike status.
Xhaka is not given godlike status. The majority of our fans criticise him relentlessly - most of it unfair and some of it justified.
You state messi as an example. Brave to say the least. Go look how many games of consistent brilliance Messi gives.
I stated that even the best players have poor halves and decided that Messi was a good example as he is the best player to ever exist.
Xhaka is a decent midfielder. He moves the ball well and spots long passes better than most.
Correct. He is also very good at applying pressure at the right times and doing the dirty work that perhaps the average football fan doesn't notice. This is what made his second half against Newcastle excellent. As stated previously, his first half was poor. Any mistakes he makes are usually very noticeable as he is integral to our system - such as misplacing a pass in a defensive area.
He is also extremely rash and guarantees a card virtually every second game.
Statistically inaccurate. In his career, he's been carded in 25% of matches.
He is slow and gets caught in possession far too often.
Statistically inaccurate. He was our 6th most dispossessed midfielder in the Premier League last season - dispossessed less than Özil, Guendouzi, Torreira, Ramsey and Mkhitaryan. Impressive given he registered more minutes than any of the above.
He fails to make 5 yard passes and gifts balls to the opposition. He did this the entire first half against Newcastle yet people are praising him for being brilliant.
Statistically inaccurate. He had the most passes completed from any midfield player in the Premier League bar Jorginho last season. He's currently the midfielder with the most passes for this season.
You complain about a culture of complaining but you openly admitted a couple posts back that you tend to exaggerate your affection for players.
I do this to annoy toxic Arsenal fans who spout generic opinions that are clearly wrong.
Call a spade a goddam spade man. He was average. Had he had a first half performance like the second I guarantee I would be in here praising him like you have.
I would like to think so because his second half performance was very good. He was helped no doubt by the fact Newcastle are average. His first half performance was wayward and not of his usual quality. Xhaka has concentration lapses that need to be fixed for him to be truly world class.. but there's a big distance between being very good (which I believe Xhaka is) and **** (like some Arsenal fans say he is).
I don't have an agenda against ANY player. I have an agenda for ARSENAL. I want Arsenal to do well and any player that gets in the way of that will get lambasted by me.
Yes, I am also an Arsenal fan.
Xhaka is not given godlike status.See above.
I still have very icky dreams about both scenarios.The joyful feeling of the day he departs Arsenal will only ever be eclipsed by that felt the day Mustafi leaves.
I still have very icky dreams about both scenarios.
Sad that a simple increase in concentration would have him as an elite DLP. Easier said than done though, like we see with Mustafi these moments of madness are just a part of him.
He’s gotten better in terms of cards and I understand what he brings to the team but for me this is his last chance to show that he can go a good ten games or more without one of his trademark lapses.
The man moves like a truck in quicksand and cannot do anything other than pass back to where the ball came from or seek a foul when being pressed. His concentration issues actually do him a favour.
Any player struggles under a press focused on them, for years we’ve seen opposition ignore his midfield partners to press him.
His lack of agility not isn’t great but our midfield options and tactics are the major issue. I remember a game (I think vs Liverpool) where they were ignoring Torreira and pressing Xhaka every time we gave him the ball, and we had to give him the ball because the team relies on his distribution.
If they tried this against any other midfield they would be punished but our unique shambles of a midfield plays right into pressing Xhaka.