Become so important to this side.
Guess is time for him to pull one of his mindless Xhaka moments? Would rather he does it now and gets it out of his system before we get deeper into Europa.
Become so important to this side.
While Manberg does go overboard with things all the time to prove a point(and then loses himself in it) he seems to be one of the few that understand football on a deeper level.
He's been rock solid since Chelsea, the problem in recent years is that we've relied too heavily on him. Once Ramsey left, who the **** did we have in that group? He's not a glaring hole here, he has a moment of madness in him but I don't mind him staying as long as he's not a guaranteed starter week in and week out. We desperately need to add quality to our midfield options.Xhaka has had a decent personal season, but so much has happened over the years people are understandably weary or don't take to him. Xhaka/his fans have to accept this.
Myself I gave up on him early in his Arsenal career but currently he passes my eye and stats test. Over a sustained period too (Chelsea onwards), I have no complaints.
You just know a moment of madness from him is just around the corner though, that's what stops me from outright saying he's the guy.
We need a CM this summer, not necessarily because of Xhaka, but more so we see less Elneny and assuming we won't keep Ceballos.
Become so important to this side.
He ran the most against Leicester with 11.2km. Second was Tillemans with 11.1 and third Cedric with 11.0
Can’t believe Xhaka’s main midfield partner have been Guendouzi (warming the bench at Hertha) and Elneny in the last 3 years. Chosing Arsenal was such a bad career move for him personally if you think about it.
Well, he had the mistake yesterday. The red against Burnley. Still well below his normal average. And he has stopped his mindless long square passes that were just waiting to be intercepted. He has improved under Arteta. One plodding under-talented midfielder to another...Guess is time for him to pull one of his mindless Xhaka moments? Would rather he does it now and gets it out of his system before we get deeper into Europa.
Twelve 90 minutes in a row is damn impressive tbh. As some people have already made a connection to Giroud I won’t beat a dead horse but it’s lowkey funny how the guys who hold us back are always available.
Are we not forgetting when he first came here he was paired with Ramsey and Cazorla. And Arsenal choosing him was the bad move. Xhaka going to Arsenal was the highlight of his career, if he went to any other serious top club he would be at loan to Newcastle by now. Please, let’s be honest with ourselves. We’ve been poor for some time now. Pretty much most top clubs could come in and take Xhaka off us if they believed he was worth it and no serious club has looked to him. There’s a reason for that.
He ran the most against Leicester with 11.2km. Second was Tillemans with 11.1 and third Cedric with 11.0
Can’t believe Xhaka’s main midfield partner have been Guendouzi (warming the bench at Hertha) and Elneny in the last 3 years. Chosing Arsenal was such a bad career move for him personally if you think about it.