Make it make sense, macho. Pleeeeease.
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You're fully aware Elneny had more forward passes (in general and percentage wise) than Partey last night, right? So this is just false.
I mean if you want to make a general case against Elneny fine, but last night he wasn't the problem and I don't get why so many want to portray it that way.
Similar story to Ole, as soon as he came in people were like “no tactics just vibes”, and no tactics is what killed him. Soon as Tets came we’ve been saying he’s too conservative. No creativity is what will kill him.
In the same way that Xhaka has good numbers for forward passes. Dawdle on the ball for 5 seconds then play the safest pass forward.
He slowed our attacking play down so much last night. I'm not knocking him, we all know he's a limited player who puts a shift in. I blame the manager for picking him in this match.
Absolutely. It's just strange (not really), how everyone is on Elneny's case when he was quite positive in his play last night.....
You're fully aware Elneny had more forward passes (in general and percentage wise) than Partey last night, right? So this is just false.
I mean if you want to make a general case against Elneny fine, but last night he wasn't the problem and I don't get why so many want to portray it that way.
For anyone too lazy, we had 24 points in the equivalent games last season (Replacing Norwich/Watford/Brentford with Fulham/West Brom/Sheffield)Funnily enough we're doing worse if you compare our results so far vs last season.
The experience angle makes sense only for the most in-depth fans. The true fans who realise the value of experience in big games and in Arteta's European inspired gegenonpressing system. Elneny brings energy and experience along with mediocre positioning that truly inspires Arteta Arsenal fans who are very happy to see such a genius philosophy in action. Arteta's at the wheel, man, we need to give him 5 more years.The Elneny thing baffles me because he didn't drop Nuno, but dropped Sambi.
I get the experience angle, but he hasn't played much all season and brining him in for a game like this is just over thinking it a bit.
The tinkering will keep happening until he lands on another formation that gets a result. It's what he does.
My eyes tell me we aren't really improving and it's reassuring to be backed up with some meaningful statistics.For anyone too lazy, we had 24 points in the equivalent games last season (Replacing Norwich/Watford/Brentford with Fulham/West Brom/Sheffield)
So we are on course to be 1 point worse off with games not played staying equivalent. Tragic
how so?Eleney has 34/39 forward passes completed. Which drives your point a bit further.
how so?
The eye test is very accurate. Pundits and managers want people to think that the light analysis they do (Just comparing points to same period last season) is greater than fans who watch week after week. It's not, and a deep dive into stats usually proves fans right.My eyes tell me we aren't really improving and it's reassuring to be backed up with some meaningful statistics.
Does really believe this BS?
If this was a quote from the Brentford manager or a manager in league 1 after a cup game it would be fine.
Don't think he could ever get a job at Brentford, but Stoke does feel like a team that would be a nice fit for him
If this was a quote from the Brentford manager or a manager in league 1 after a cup game it would be fine.
I thought it was evident, especially in the 1st half that he was quite progressive with his passing. In the 2nd half, on a number of occassions he reverted to passing back.Did he really feel like he was making that many forward passes? Him and Partey were dying to get rid of the ball.