Nicolas Pepe: Saint Nic Is Back

[Tir Na Nog]

Nah I'm done.

 

[Trilly]

I'm not sure if you quoted the wrong person (x-posted from a different thread?).

I would also love it if he played **** every game and racked up the goals/assists (though, if he did, he wouldn't be "playing ****," I'd imagine). It would be great if he didn't score/assist once every ~3 PL games. But that's where we're at, and it's silly to pretend otherwise.

I genuinely hope he grows the consistency in his game; his purple patch last year was a lot of fun. If he was all end product and nothing else, he would be a great player for the current Arsenal front line. But as it stands, he lacks both end product and everything else.

Yeah wrong quote my bad. He had a good 10 mins, then a bad 50 then an ok last 30. Overall it was poor but His general play has gotten much better recently so hopefully today was just a blip, his touch was way off today.

Still needs to be in the side until somebody else can step up with end product though.

 

[Trilly]

Nah I'm done.

Nah wtf?

 

[Trilly]

This is what I mean. Even when he plays badly…

 

[Token Yank]

People not rating his performance because a couple balls pinged 50 mph bounced off of him? He can be frustrating but can pull something out of his ass at any moment and produce some brilliance. He also works hard for the team and always puts in a shift.

 

[TinFish]

Nah I'm done.

Mans said we are staying up

he edited his post after this.

 

[TornadoTed]

Haters can hate, I'm a big fan.

 

[Riou]

If that's a real post from Pepe, then his £70 million fee has been justified...great stuff from Nico.

 

[Macho]

I’m actually shocked by this, was far from one of his better games.

A couple balls bounced off him today which bugged me, moves broke down because of it. Those balls were fizzed into him as pointed out. Atleast he tried today.

 

[BigPoppaPump]

Can’t lie stats like ‘key passes’ and ‘chances created’ aren’t even real things. Stats guys come up with a new thing every week.

 

[GUNNERS4L1FE]

No balls were fizzed at him. His first touch was awful.

had a decent game but he was generally meh

 

[chessygoal]

No balls were fizzed at him. His first touch was awful.

had a decent game but he was generally meh

He was visibly tired in the second half and he lost his first touch but in the first half it was pretty good.
You know what you get with Pepe, he's going to make dumb plays but he's never going to stop trying and take risks.
Right now he's probably our most important player if we continue creating so little opportunities through passing and movement.

 

[Macho]

I’ve said many times on here chances creates is iffy. Key passes I killed Hleb for that he was the master of those.

Pepe was the only guy who looked like doing anything though so whilst people are disgruntled about him, I’m not surprised the numbers reflect this.

Defo surprised at MOTM until I wonder who else I would give it to. Tomiyasu or ODG maybe? It’s slim pickings.

 

[Red London]

As usual he looks like he’s the person who can do things. I trust him when it comes to key passes or shots.

His first touch 2-3 times was poor of course, and even though he has improved his decision making outside of the area he needs to take less touches inside it sometimes.

He was one of our better players for sure though because Pepe can be frustrating but he often looks like our most dangerous player. He has dangerous ball striking ability and is good at opening his body up for accurate shots.

 

[Riou]

Mans said we are staying up

he edited his post after this.

Why did he have to edit his post?

Did the club/Arteta throw a hissy fit over an obvious joke, ffs

 

[Trilly]

Can’t lie stats like ‘key passes’ and ‘chances created’ aren’t even real things. Stats guys come up with a new thing every week.

The chance created and key pass stats are a bit iffy but every player on the pitch is judged by the same standards so it’s still something.

Trent, Ritchie, Shaw and Tierney have the most chances created for defenders. Grealish, Traore and Pogba for midfielders. Even though the stat is a bit dumb those are the more creative players in the league.

Tl;dr it’s a dumb stat but it still means something. Especially with a large sample size of games.

 

[hydrofluoric acid]

Macho has it right here. Awful tonight. But you expect this minimum from Pepe against Norwich. I fear this will be Pepe best game of the season NORWICH!!! Hope Im wrong though!

 

[El Duderino]

Can say what you want about the guy but any goals we're ever likely to score will involve him in some way.

Someone posted the shots percentile of him in the box and it's pretty ****ing good.

Every time he gets inside that right hand side little corner of the box he is dangerous.

 

[El Duderino]

Why did he have to edit his post?

Did the club/Arteta throw a hissy fit over an obvious joke, ffs

No fun allowed.

Was probably told he only got the start today because ESR wasn't fully fit and Saka had to play at lw.

My boy going down swinging

 

[GeorgiaGunner]

Who says he’s got no creativity though? Don’t usually see that on the lists of issues.