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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang: From Thriller To Bad, Should He Just Beat It?
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SingmeasongSong
Right Sometimes
Tourbillion
Angry & Miserable
Needs to be through the middle. He's going to get found out more often from the left this season.
I see him scoring a max of 15 goals.
I see him scoring a max of 15 goals.
TakeChillPill
Established Member
We're not creating enough chances
Country: USA
Player:Saliba
Bonkers decision from Mikel. Only topped by the weirdos claiming he can’t play as a striker despite literally exploding after moving there when Lewa was sold by Dortmund, and ever since.
Finesse
Well-Known Member
Shocking!
Manberg
Predator
Too many excuses made for him. Admit that he’s been crap. First it’s he should play down the middle, despite the fact that he ends up on the middle anyhow and has got most of his goals from the left. Then it’s chances not being created for him. Well he’s been played the ball when in good positions but has been wasteful.
Do you think Salah and Mane need their midfielders to create chances for them? They play wide and they make chances themselves. We need Auba to do the same for us. I’m having Özil ptsd but I pray that it’s not the case and he goes on a scoring run soon.
Do you think Salah and Mane need their midfielders to create chances for them? They play wide and they make chances themselves. We need Auba to do the same for us. I’m having Özil ptsd but I pray that it’s not the case and he goes on a scoring run soon.
Country: USA
Player:Saliba
Our set up doesn’t allow our central midfielders to push forward and join the attack, so our wing backs have to do it. Arteta has stopped the bleeding but he needs to ensure we don’t become too risk averse.
Country: England
That ball over the top to Auba is just too obvious. We’ve become one dimensional. Both City and Liverpool knew exactly what we were going to do and they stifled Auba.
Auba is a limited player but the fact that we don’t have another threat at CF doesn’t help. Who would City focus on if we had a top class CF through the middle and Auba drifting from the left?
Auba is a limited player but the fact that we don’t have another threat at CF doesn’t help. Who would City focus on if we had a top class CF through the middle and Auba drifting from the left?
Country: USA
Player:Saliba
Huh?
Those are their best positions.
They are skilled dribblers/ball carriers. Auba isn’t. He’s a kick and rush centre forward. Henry at Juventus v Henry at Arsenal. Eto’o at Barca v Eto’o at Inter.
Compare their stats. The positions are not simply interchangeable, especially for a 32 year old as is explained here about the change in his role;
https://www.skysports.com/football/...-do-not-have-enough-shots-and-it-is-a-problem
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Batman
Head of the Wayne foundation for benching Nketiah
Country: USA
Player:Saliba
Two things can be true simultaneously. He's been poor but the team also has not gotten him the ball which is shocking given how clear it is that he's the match winner. Arteta is not doing him any favors at the moment. Teams were always going to adjust to us hoofing the ball out to him in space and it doesn't help when the players we have centrally don't warrant any fear or respect from the CBs. Now as to your absurd point about Mane and Salah who are entirely different players, having the 2 best ball playing fullbacks in the league pinging inch perfect passes to them for 90 minutes is hardly creating chances by themselves.
Manberg
Predator
He gets the ball in a wide area he needs to try cutting inside and taking shots. He’s not taking players on enough for my liking. We know he’s capable.
Manberg
Predator
Liverpool have Firmino in the middle. They have no creative players in their midfield at all (until Thiago recently). Salah and Mane are able to create chances for themselves in ways that Auba is struggling to.
Auba is getting the ball in wide positions and I’m expecting our star man to do more with it.
But why are you expecting him to do something he has never done? He creates his own chances every now and then, but that isn't his world class ability. His world class ability is the movement to get into goal scoring positions.
He does end up at Cf, but the team needs to be geared to getting the ball to him in the right areas.
Country: USA
Player:Saliba
He gets it wide in deep areas. What’s he going to do from there? Our team defends deep. He isn’t going to dribble 30 yards past 3 defenders and score. His game involves getting on the end of passes shifting the ball and shooting, not the other way round. Right now he’s the one having to make those passes for people like Willian and Nketiah. It’s *.
Manberg
Predator
No I am talking about the moments where he gets the ball on the edge of the six yard box and proceeds to misplace a pass rather than dribble inside and shoot. Happened several times today.
Country: England
Left wing thing only works if we actually have possession and create chances.
If we’re trying to get 3 chances a game then he needs to be central. Thing is he can’t really play football either.
TakeChillPill
Established Member
Masterful trolling
https://arsenal-mania.com/forum/threads/pierre-emerick-aubameyang-2019-20-performances.33841/page-30
he went through a similar drought last season, still ended up with 22 PL goals...not worried about him at all, Laca/Pepe/Willian are far bigger problems
he went through a similar drought last season, still ended up with 22 PL goals...not worried about him at all, Laca/Pepe/Willian are far bigger problems
BigPoppaPump
Reeling from Laca & Kos nightmares
Auba always goes through quiet games then starts scoring. But he can't keep a high conversion rate all season that tails off, as you said the other guys need to step up but Lacazette is the only one I have a bit of faith in funny enough.
