TheArsenalis
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He is more than just defensive midfielder, he also helps move the ball forward between the lines. He will useful to us.
Wouldn't panic just yet after seeing it's from the Metro
Of course. But him in Middle givr us more balance more security we can control the game better and he even make xhaka better playerPeople will attribute the improvement in the second half to him, but for me he wasn't the sole reason (team talk and a slight change of tactics played a bigger part,) and then almost all of his positive contribution came before the Xhaka goal. After that he offered little more than Guendouzi would, and he also made three mistakes, at least one of which was horrible.
No doubt he is rusty, I just won't agree with people attributing all of our second half improvement to him.
Of course. But him in Middle givr us more balance more security we can control the game better and he even make xhaka better player
People will attribute the improvement in the second half to him, but for me he wasn't the sole reason (team talk and a slight change of tactics played a bigger part,) and then almost all of his positive contribution came before the Xhaka goal. After that he offered little more than Guendouzi would, and he also made three mistakes, at least one of which was horrible.
No doubt he is rusty, I just won't agree with people attributing all of our second half improvement to him.
Yeah I agree.
Now that I've had the time to think about it, I think our line was slightly deeper in the 2nd half, especially after we scored. This made everyone more confident which then made us look better.....
He was amazing when we went out all guns blazing, but after the goal we controlled the game so well that it really didn't matter who was there, it could have been Elneny or AMN afaik. And then he misplaced a pass in our defensive third, he defended badly in a Newcastle attempt from their left, and was beaten like an amateur in a counter-attack towards the end. Surely Guendouzi wouldn't have been that much worse, no reason whatsoever to believe the opposite.
Emery on Guendouzi and Torreira:
“I want to give every player confidence,” he said.
“I am very happy with Matteo and also very happy with Lucas. But maybe in the second half we needed a little more balance on the pitch with the positioning. Lucas gives us this balance.”
But, like, don't we always need balance? Why not just have balance all the time, like from the beginning?
Xhaka is not a player you substitute, unless if he is on a yellow card. Contrary to what most people think, Xhaka has a very good engine.Him and Xhaka, I think are our best option. I'd give Guendouzi minutes late in the game, replacing Xhaka