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In The Winchester, Waiting For This To Blow Over
Country: Northern Ireland
Player:Gabriel
I don't get it lol. I thought it was just a randomly assigned generic one.
I don't get it lol. I thought it was just a randomly assigned generic one.
I don't get it lol. I thought it was just a randomly assigned generic one.
8th is midtable, no? I think your starting XI is 8th best in the league, and your squad is probably 6th best.
That's not going to happen unless we win the damn thing or we get a sugar daddy. Much as I enjoy trashing utd, I enjoy the champions league anthem more.I do think if you added a few hungry, consistent, talented footballers to our starting 11 and squad you'd see way more consistent results, because we've proven in big games we can win and dominate games. I haven't seen an Arsenal side go to Old Trafford and dominate like we did since I hit puberty.
I feel I have to disagree somewhat. Elneny may be more positionally aware but in recent matches, I've seen him running hard and never getting to the ball! His passes are so safe that they don't help. He can't advance the ball even when a pass is telegraphed. He certainly can't tackle but is ok if a ball cones lose or play stops and is restarted. He has moments where I'm impressed like vs Utd but his level is garbage tbh. He's a nice guy but not good enough and begging the fans to be nice to him just about sums him up.Elneny is an average player but he is better than Willock and AMN in almost everything. Passes better, has better touch, defends better, positions himself better. This is not an opinion, it is a fact. Willock and AMN needs to improve a lot just to become as average as Elneny.
Sarri didn't get sacked tbf:Sarri won the goddamn trophy and made the top four and STILL got sacked because Chelsea knew he wasn't good enough long term. Maybe that's why they're successful and we are where we are. A lot of our fanbase seem to be okay with settling.
It's difficult to use labels such as mid table squad. To be honest we have bottom of the table stuff in our squad.
Elneny- Ceballos is below mid table.
Partey alone brings us into top 6 if he is paired with Xhaka. Mid table if paired with anyone else.
Holding- Mari- Luiz and Gabriel, Tierney with Cedric, Bellerin and Chambers as options? That is mid table. Maybe slightly above if they are on form. I am talking collectively hear. Obviously Tierney is a top 4 calibre player, but he can't do it alone defensively.
The key thing to me is that the one area of our team that isn't midtable is our front line.
Saka, Pepe, Martinelli, Auba, Lacazette, ESR, Ødegaard.
Those attacking options are easily top 4 quality. The talent is in the front line. Yet Arteta has leaned into the defence. It's so hard to make any sense of that.
If you want to build from the back and play out from the goalkeeper, you nee a gk who is very good at it and a defence that is full of ballers. We don't have that.
If he wants to cross the ball in the air or play long, he doesn't have that either. So obviously when you try and play that way, it's going to be slow and cumbersome.
What we do have in our squad is a lot of players who thrive in transition and broken play.
Midfield: Willock, AMN, Partey, ESR
Attackers Pepe, Auba, Saka, Martinelli, Nelson.
We could have played a high pressing game, base on transition with athleticism in central areas and across the front line rather than a possession based game as we simply do not have enough ballers to make it work in the rear of our team.
We may have conceded goals, but we would have scored a lot. We would have done much better vs the teams below 6th.
It's difficult to use labels such as mid table squad. To be honest we have bottom of the table stuff in our squad.
Elneny- Ceballos is below mid table.
Partey alone brings us into top 6 if he is paired with Xhaka. Mid table if paired with anyone else.
Holding- Mari- Luiz and Gabriel, Tierney with Cedric, Bellerin and Chambers as options? That is mid table. Maybe slightly above if they are on form. I am talking collectively hear. Obviously Tierney is a top 4 calibre player, but he can't do it alone defensively.
The key thing to me is that the one area of our team that isn't midtable is our front line.
Saka, Pepe, Martinelli, Auba, Lacazette, ESR, Ødegaard.
Those attacking options are easily top 4 quality. The talent is in the front line. Yet Arteta has leaned into the defence. It's so hard to make any sense of that.
If you want to build from the back and play out from the goalkeeper, you nee a gk who is very good at it and a defence that is full of ballers. We don't have that.
If he wants to cross the ball in the air or play long, he doesn't have that either. So obviously when you try and play that way, it's going to be slow and cumbersome.
What we do have in our squad is a lot of players who thrive in transition and broken play.
Midfield: Willock, AMN, Partey, ESR
Attackers Pepe, Auba, Saka, Martinelli, Nelson.
We could have played a high pressing game, base on transition with athleticism in central areas and across the front line rather than a possession based game as we simply do not have enough ballers to make it work in the rear of our team.
We may have conceded goals, but we would have scored a lot. We would have done much better vs the teams below 6th.
You look at what Tuchel’s done with Chelsea and you see a few things.Imagine if we replaced Sir Mikel of the Mid table with a competent manager like Tuchel?
Fair enough, the fans hated him tbf and you feel like Chelsea weren’t too fussed about keeping him.Sarri didn't get sacked tbf:
Mikel Arteta: Aston La Vista To The Title?
Wasn't Sarri gone right after? That was peak Arsenal tbh, we lost a final to a team led by a man who knew he wasn't going to be there on Monday. A manager who had never won a trophy before as well against a Europa League specialist. You'd swear we were doing a 24/7 save the children's marathon...arsenal-mania.com
Oh ffs who unbanned this *****?
Why is t e r r o r i s t censored ffs?
no pressure Mik
That's a quick retreat from supposed Kroenke promises of investment. Not sure I believe this article though. Tabloids.
no pressure Mik
That's a quick retreat from supposed Kroenke promises of investment. Not sure I believe this article though. Tabloids.
I just see it in general as raising the heat as much as possible on the day before the match, as tabloids tend to do. It is a big tie for us, but they will add to the pile-on in any way they can. I don't trust the Kroenke's, but at the same time am sceptical of any real fresh substance behind this piece.Mokbel is inconsistent but he is more reliable than Josh.