How about not heading it straight at the feet of an open opposition player in the box?
This close.. Im fingering the card but haven't played it
Starting to feel like the only explanation to me because I dont see what you guys think you are seeing
Guendozi makes mistakes constantly throuout every game. Yet heaps of praise
That Xhaka's header today lead to a goal is irrelevant
That his mistakes or defenders mistakes lead to a goal is just The nature of them working closer to goal
Auba, Laca, Iwobi, Guendouzi took shots that didnt result in goals for us, blame them?
Why isnt Leno blamed?
Strictly speaking he failed to save the shot did he not? Heck he didnt even try...
You focus too much on "mistakes"
He tried and failed. What was his option? Not head the ball? Wait and take it in the chest or kick it in the air? He might have succeded but it would have given The opposition more time.
To head the ball was risk management that he at the time thought was The best odds
No single action is completely 100% risk free
We still got players on the books that dont try and that should ALWAYS be critiqued more.
A game is 100-1000 fails or succcesses
One didnt make us lose
Hence also Why I favour speed, strength size so much. Even if a runner a Kuyt fails he is tiresome and annoying to face
A Cazorla who dribbles/passes and fails over and over is good for the opposition
People fail, that is only human
This close.. Im fingering the card but haven't played it
Starting to feel like the only explanation to me because I dont see what you guys think you are seeing
Guendozi makes mistakes constantly throuout every game. Yet heaps of praise
That Xhaka's header today lead to a goal is irrelevant
That his mistakes or defenders mistakes lead to a goal is just The nature of them working closer to goal
Auba, Laca, Iwobi, Guendouzi took shots that didnt result in goals for us, blame them?
Why isnt Leno blamed?
Strictly speaking he failed to save the shot did he not? Heck he didnt even try...
You focus too much on "mistakes"
He tried and failed. What was his option? Not head the ball? Wait and take it in the chest or kick it in the air? He might have succeded but it would have given The opposition more time.
To head the ball was risk management that he at the time thought was The best odds
No single action is completely 100% risk free
We still got players on the books that dont try and that should ALWAYS be critiqued more.
A game is 100-1000 fails or succcesses
One didnt make us lose
Hence also Why I favour speed, strength size so much. Even if a runner a Kuyt fails he is tiresome and annoying to face
A Cazorla who dribbles/passes and fails over and over is good for the opposition
People fail, that is only human
Torreira deserves better. We deserve better. Lucas doesn't need help to look good, why does Xhaka?
Didn't Emery make Xhaka great again once? Oh, Xhaka goes to sh!t so it's Emery's fault.Sell Emery, too
Where has that beautiful football of Arsenal gone? Probably gone with the wind, ah yes Wenger.
Why doesn't Emery drop him then? He apparently has a plan and so on.
Well he's played him at LB and CB so far this season which is probably more damning than dropping him tbh. Unai isn't a fan and I don't expect to see Xhaka at the club next season unless he's another one who;s content to draw a large salary playing with the stiffs. Did Unai not make Özil captain earlier in the season? I wouldn't read too much into Xhaka's presence in the starting lineup. Leave that to Erlis.
Emery gave him a 6 year contract in June.
He can sell him for a nice fee then. If he thought he was that important to our midfield, even with injuries in defence, I don't see how he starts him at CB and LB. Emery's meant to be clueless anyway in the eyes of some, so strange how they cherry pick his logic...
He made Özil captain as well once. You thought that was significant at the time...
He makes him captain constantly and he ensures he's on the field no matter what. Listen to yourself man.
I did. I suppose I was wrong. But why does he make Xhaka the first player on the team sheet if he doesn't rate him?He made Özil captain as well once. You thought that was significant at the time...
Depends on for what role in the team
Because Unai's clueless of course! But seriously, when the deal was announced I didn't read to much into it. I don't know how much his improved terms were, but I saw it more as not wanting his value to depreciate while he was having a look at him.
I can assure you that'll be Leno, but only just ahead of Cech at this point.
I thought he moved Xhaka to defence because he wanted a left footer there for balance. Don't think it was an indictment on Xhaka's performances as a CM, it was just what the team needed.
I'm sure we'll see Xhaka at GK at some point.
