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Mikel Arteta: Top Drawer
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Sanchez11
Fs FC
Country: England
I hope hes learned his lessons in terms of not carrying players and more rotation.
MikelHadADream
...and then He woke up sweating !!!
Rotate who? We were missing 5 first team players in key positions.
Sanchez11
Fs FC
Country: England
Thats down to squad building and having injury prone players. Also the hamstring injuries are probably due to players being overplayed. It all goes back to same thing. We cant carry Tomi, Zinny, Jesus and Potentially Cali anymore. The squad needs sorting out, i hope Big Berta can do it.
Mrs Bergkamp
Double Dusted
Last night we were missing Gabriel and Partey-massive players for us. I could add Calafiori and Havertz but tbh, other players have come in and done their jobs better so they are now virtually backup albeit rotation options would be nice. Can't play Havertz at L8 as Rice is better and the gap between him and Merino at CF is down to pace atm. GJ and Zinny were done last season and Tomi may never be seen again
MikelHadADream
...and then He woke up sweating !!!
Jorginho and Jesus would have come in for Partey and Trossard, allowing us to maintain our midfield shape with Rice at 8, as well as giving us an option off the bench for the last 20 in Trossard. I’d bet we would have got back into that game if we had those options.
We all agree the summer window was bad, but it’s the injuries (which can be down to lack of rotation) and stupid suspensions killing us more than anything.
HagnSprayGooners
My resources on Discord say Šeško's cominng
Country: Northern Ireland
Lads come off it saying we haven't been missing many players.
Calafiori
Gabriel
Jorginho
Partey
Havertz
Jesus
Ødegaard
This is a long list of absentees for last night's game.
Calafiori
Gabriel
Jorginho
Partey
Havertz
Jesus
Ødegaard
This is a long list of absentees for last night's game.
Ljonin
Well-Known Member
The back up options playing very well is down to Mikel’s coaching and can’t be used here as a way of saying we’re not missing important players ffs. Come on
Rasmi
Prophet of Doom
Country: England
Don’t think you can really judge Arteta until he has a season where his first 11 is fit every game
Country: Bangladesh
Player:White
Ljonin
Well-Known Member
I see where you’re going with this, but fact is the two teams (potentially) we’re coming up short against this season in Liverpool and PSG have had their best players fit. In Liverpool’s case basically all season
Rasmi
Prophet of Doom
Country: England
We came up short against Newcastle and Man United as well. No matter how you twist it we never had the attacking talent and firepower to seriously compete this season. I’m not gonna lie to myself and say if Havertz was around things would be different when he single handily eliminated us from both cups
Mrs Bergkamp
Double Dusted
I hear you but Jorgi's legs have gone and his brain can't compensate for that. MLS is the best Partey replacement we have atm. GJ for Trossard I get but GJ has been injured so often that he's barely an option- a bit like Tierney who can't be trusted to play 30 minutes. We have a whole load of players that are unsuitable and barely sub worthy
Mrs Bergkamp
Double Dusted
Okay. I'll give you Kai but he's not head and shoulders better than Merino at CF tbh. We are missing important players but we started 9/11 of what is now are strongest team. 8/11 at worst. Credit to Arteta's coaching for the backups playing well but I aways rated Timber better than White and MLS was always a baller and a blessing.
grange
Losing my brain cells 🥸
Country: USA
Player:Calafiori
I thought he got the team selection wrong last night so he should be criticized. I still want him here for the long haul.
The Ducking Duck
🦆 quack 🦆
Country: Sweden
The more i think about how primitive we played against PSG the more angry i become. The way we relied on set pieces, muscles and duels and lacked technical quality was shocking. We played like Stoke and that's not even a joke.
TheGreatWright8
Well-Known Member
Player:Jesus
Devoid of imagination bereft of creativity it's been an on going theme throughout his tenure.
HattoriHanzo
Established Member
Country: Croatia
Who could have expected such reasonable post from you.
Arsenal really looked primitive compared to PSG yesterday.
squallman
Still Pining for Wenger
I think it's a shame we have had to resort to playing Havertz at CF. Take each striker playing for a top 3 club in the three biggest leagues, is Havertz the worse?
Our squad building needs some serious examination.
One Attacking midfielder.
No signings on the left wing in how many years?
Who thought Sterling would be a good back up? Our back ups in general are awful. Arteta needs to stop rummaging around City and Chelsea's bins for their cast offs.
A lot of full backs, yet we had to play an 18 year old there for half a season more. What does it say that Arteta doesnt trust Zinchenko or Tierney? We got really lucky with the rise of MLS and Nwaneri, otherwise this season would have been a lot worse.
The Ducking Duck
🦆 quack 🦆
Country: Sweden
That was mostly first eleven players yesterday. We missed Havertz, Partey and Gabriel. Calafiori and White aren't first eleven players anymore.
