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Lost a sausage bet on Xhaka 😭
We must have been watching a different game I thought he played very well. Anyone who thinks hes not good enough for us needs their head checked he's one of the best fullbacks in the league.
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Kieran Tierney: Tesco’s Finest
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mpower2540
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This is a problem that’s been around for ages. As simple as it sounds, we just don’t compete at all. The amount of first and second balls we lose is frightening.
Brentford didn’t do anything special, they just out hustled us. They actually started quite poorly but they won a few contests and their confidence just rose. Our only out is to knock it up for Pepe to win the header cos no one else can.
It’s the thing that hurts me most about this team tbh. There’s no intention to win the duel or the ball, we look scared. Brentford put a little press on and we folded, they got out of our press easily. The second goal I mean Jesus you’d be upset if your under 11’s conceded that.
It’s so evident how teams no longer fear us whatsoever. I’ve said before, they play the name and the badge for about 10 minutes before realising “hang on this lot are ****”. I don’t care what style we want to play, if you don’t earn the right to play it, particularly away from home, then your doomed.
GunnerShy
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Rusty to last night. But no concerns over his class. Would like to see more variation on his crossing. Or more so, him getting to the byline and cutting it back
mpower2540
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Don’t think anyone’s saying he’s not good enough for us. He’s one of our better players for sure. I just thought he had a poor game yesterday up until the last 10 minutes where he was good. Yet his rep seems to mean you’re not allowed to criticise him and every game he’s a 10 out of 10.
Tbh it was Carragher droning on about how he can’t be criticised that probably made me think he was worse than he was, it was doing my head in.
Heavy Duty Rom
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Anyone remember what it was like to watch him defend? I remember him being rather good at it.
From an attacking point of view, he picks up the ball too early, full backs are most effective when they make a late overlap and pick up a lay off from the winger. Then they can decide whether to cross or take the ball on the dribble into the box. At the moment he picks up the ball to early, when he gets it, a lot of the time he has to beat the full back before crossing.
From an attacking point of view, he picks up the ball too early, full backs are most effective when they make a late overlap and pick up a lay off from the winger. Then they can decide whether to cross or take the ball on the dribble into the box. At the moment he picks up the ball to early, when he gets it, a lot of the time he has to beat the full back before crossing.
Tir Na Nog
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I thought he was dreadful tbh, I was getting annoyed as his **** cross spamming, but I was a mate who's a United fan and I had to tell him that Tierney does this all the time. @Trilly might be onto something, team Tavares is the way to go imo.
Rasmi
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He is used as a creator by Arteta. It’s not that he decides to play same way every match. He is our go to attacking play where we give him the ball and he puts on crosses
He shouldn’t be such a prominent attacking outlet for us. Cross every now and then sure, but he’s arguably our main avenue for attacks which is bonkers.
freeglennhelder2
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“If Arsenal’s only attacking idea was to get the ball out wide to Tierney, at least he looked up for the challenge of trying to create something. He was by far Arsenal’s most prolific creative threat in this match, both in volume and quality. He was involved in 63% of Arsenal’s attacks that ended in shots, while also contributing 42% of Arsenal’s expected goals through his shots and key passes”
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Especially when you have a skinny teenager up front against two units for Brentford.
If we’re going to play this way all year we have to get a target man in. Might as well go big for DCL.
Monstar-Gunn4r
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Only player able to beat full backs and oppsition wingers in our team not named Saka or Esr. Maybe hed be better losing the ball for 2 seasons rather than putting the ball in dangerous areas so we could says hes great and being held back by Arteta's. Thought he defended well and created some really good chances last night with very little to work with.
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Good post mpower, our compete level was just not there at all yesterday. We don't win our duels and immediately put ourselves under pressure and the opposition gains confidence by the minute. And even if individually we may have a moment of excellence, it's typically negated by the following interaction.
mpower2540
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It hasn’t been there in years. Just been watching Liverpool, 5 years ago they were nowhere, they then sack a good coach for an elite one and through sensible decision making and clarity of vision they’ve built such an impressive side. Matip and VVD are mountains at the back with two dynamic full backs either side, pace, power and quality in forward areas and a midfield that lets be honest isn’t even that technical but it’s strong and it competes for every ball.
We’re apparently going to spend €40-50 million on another nice player with nice technique who has to play 10 and who’s main attribute is passing. Don’t get me wrong, I think Ødegaard is gifted but it’s as if we’re trying to rush towards being this Barcelona style tippy tappy team before we’ve even got the foundations sorted out. I just don’t get it.
I want Arsenal to be feared again, or at least tough to beat. At the minute we’re slow, weak and meek and it’s crushing me to see it.
Gn1212
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One of our best buys in recent years, not that it says much. We need more with his attitude.
mirrorstare
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I remember when all his crosses looked threatening, Arteta has also ruined this guy
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You're wrong, no?
His crosses are always good but pointless as we don't have players to work with that. The chances he created for Pepe and Balogun is a much better approach, lifting the ball in the air doesn't work for us
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As much as his crossing pisses me off, the team is failing him I have to be honest.
He's the only guy with any sort of aggression whatsoever. If only we had a right sided version but I dunno where you find those.
He's the only guy with any sort of aggression whatsoever. If only we had a right sided version but I dunno where you find those.
None of our players will perform to their full potential whilst Arteta is here. We have non way of judging who's good and who's not because the manager refuses to play to the squad's strengths.
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You're wrong, no?
You get a CF who attacks those crosses, let's say someone like Abraham, Tierney ends up with more assists than Alexander-Arnold. The other way around it would be if we would have more bodies in the box but with the lack of mobility from Xhaka, there's no way we can have that. That makes Willock sale a bit questionable as he was the only player who actually fits into what Tierney/Arteta is doing
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