Nicolas Pepe: The Nutmeg Express!

[wolfkidultman]

Bad miss but Aubameyang misses one of these every other game. Difference is that he gets 90 minutes to jog about the pitch offering nothing to our general play and in that time gets another couple of chances. Needs more time on the pitch.

 

[El Duderino]

Guy came on and caused Burnley more problems in 30 mins than Willian did in 60. Keep doing what you're doing Mikel though.

 

[Trilly]

So it wasn’t a terrible miss? Wth

Ofc it's a terrible miss but I guarantee you every single player out there will rack up a few terrible misses each season. So what's the point really? It only becomes a problem when a player is having terrible misses way too often. That is not the case with Pepe, not in the slightest.

I wasn't watching the game that closely but he seemed to be responsible for almost every dangerous thing we did after he came on.

 

[Camus]

Yeah I'm on record as being one of Pepe's biggest critics but I thought he played well and made a difference when he came on, and that's despite missing an unforgivable sitter. Like others have said Auba missed one of those every other game so I've just become numb to it.

 

[Tir Na Nog]

Cannot get over his miss, shows why Saka starts ahead of him!

 

[RunTheTrap]

Tbh with you, as much as Pepe has frustrated, he doesn't usually miss sitters. Could have really been a hero today if he just tapped home one of those chances. Such a shame cos you know Arteta will bench him again.

 

[Ash10]

Ofc it's a terrible miss but I guarantee you every single player out there will rack up a few terrible misses each season. So what's the point really? It only becomes a problem when a player is having terrible misses way too often. That is not the case with Pepe, not in the slightest.

I wasn't watching the game that closely but he seemed to be responsible for almost every dangerous thing we did after he came on.

Dude I just talked about the miss being terrible & not the performance. Other then that he was lively & made things happen at times but it still was a terrible miss like you said

 

[Jakarta]

Cannot get over his miss, shows why Saka starts ahead of him!

So frustrating. Misses a sitter on his left, and then nearly scores a harder chance on a volley with his weaker foot:confused:

Still he was good when he came on. Can’t believe Willian started over him.....

 

[Trilly]

Dude I just talked about the miss being terrible & not the performance. Other then that he was lively & made things happen at times but it still was a terrible miss like you said

Sorry man, guess I'm just used to fighting you! Agree with you on the miss, rate him as the second best finisher behind Auba which makes it worse.

 

[hydrofluoric acid]

Very sad about the miss. Very angry about the penalty incident. I will keep backing Pepe like I've been doing since he joined!

 

[AberGooner]

Should have buried that chance but thought he played well when he came on. Saka is my favourite player we have but he missed just as good a chance in the first half which probably won't get talked about as much.

 

[dka1]

Should have buried that chance but thought he played well when he came on. Saka is my favourite player we have but he missed just as good a chance in the first half which probably won't get talked about as much.

Yeah I was going to mention that actually, the sitter on his left foot.

I suppose you could argue that Pepe's sin was more egregious as he had more time but Saka's miss comes close.

 

[Tir Na Nog]

Very sad about the miss. Very angry about the penalty incident. I will keep backing Pepe like I've been doing since he joined!

Same, needs our support more than ever!

 

[kraphtous]

Eerily similar, Pepe's miss compared to Gervinho's back then. To be fair, the pass for Gervinho was way faster.

 

[Maybe]

I will keep backing Pepe like I've been doing since he joined!

Surely that's a lie

 

[hydrofluoric acid]

Surely that's a lie

I have criticized him, yes but always backed him to come good unlike other people who were like "we need to move him on", "he is better off not playing", etc...

 

[GunnerShy]

Was involved for most of our better chances in the second half, got us a pen that wasn't VAR'd, the whole team couldn't put it in, but let's blame the lad.

Blame him? Did he or did he not miss a sitter? If you read what I wrote, I pointed out I think we'd have won if he came on earlier.

I think Pepe is easily in our best XI now, but you still have to call a spade a spade and you are an absolute spanner.

 

[Sniper Mik]

If ESR hadn't got injured today, Pepe might have been benched again. Let's see if he starts against Burnley

Not surprised at all.

 

[Blood on the Tracks]

The miss was dire.

Weirdly, after Auba and maybe Laca he's probably the player you'd want the chance falling to most. He's a good finisher generally. These things happen occasionally so I'm not going to get on his back about it.

Thought his overall performance was pretty impressive.

 

[UpTheGunnerz]

I like him a lot