PL: Bournemouth vs Arsenal | Sunday 25th November | 13:30 GMT

[Mo Britain]

I'm not really holding my breath if I'm honest.

I didn't think you were Holding. I'm not Mustafi either.

 

[MLK79]

So would I. I don't think either of them are worth that though but it might have been that Ramsey would have settled for less if Mkhi wasn't being paid silly money.

It was a bad deal all round.

Most of what we did in January was poor. We paid Özil way too much. The same with Mkhi and arguably Auba. And the problem with all of this is that other players are looking around thinking they deserve at least that because they're playing better.

 

[MLK79]

I didn't think you were Holding. I'm not Mustafi either.

Thankfully there can be only one Mustafi. The universe would collapse on itself if another one came into existence.

 

[freeglennhelder2]

Iwobi had some extremely fustrating moments and was also responsible for some of our brightest attacking today. A very confusing player. I’m still not 100% convinced.

 

[Mohamed7]

Don't think we're playing any better than last season. Just luckier so far.

We had no hope last year. Under a man who believed we do not need to improve the team.

Now we have a coach who wants to play differently but is lacking the players. With better and more suited players, we will no doubt challenge for the top three easily. So far, most of the buys under this head coach have been terrific.

 

[freeglennhelder2]

We are 3 wins from 3 without Özil this season, makes you think

Was thinking this, but kept quiet. His followers are loyal and many. I don’t want to be bullied

 

[krackpot]

Miki seems sensible so I doubt he'd move to China. At this stage,the transfer fee is largely irrelevant. We just need him off our books. I'd sell in January and give Smith Rowe and Nketiah his minutes. Stats and performance wise,we've little to lose.

I get your frustration, but Mkhi is still a very important player.

 

[tap-in]

3 pts away without playing well against a well organised team. I'll take that!

 

[Mohamed7]

Steve Bould is important like traffic lights in GTA nowdays.

:rofl:

 

[Dregen57]

3 pts away without playing well against a well organised team. I'll take that!

We didn't play bad

 

[HollandGooner]

Arsenal fans love to go on about how we sold Utd a dud when Alexis went there, but it’s not like we got a great deal either. We got a 29 year old on huge wages who hardly ever performs to the standard of those wages. That deal really was pointless in hindsight, for both sides.

I agreed MKHI has not reached his level at Dortmund at all, both clubs should not be happy with what they got atm.

 

[#254]

Don't think we're playing any better than last season. Just luckier so far.

You create your own luck brother. You can't be lucky and go 17 unbeaten! If you want to talk about luck, how about facing City and Chelsea as the first games with a new Manager with almost a quarter of the team new or the Chelsea game where we were super unlucky not to win!

 

[tap-in]

We didn't play bad

I agree but we can play a lot better, and I said without playing well, not that we played bad.

 

[Tonytone]

I think we deserve a 2-3 nil lead before half time, this M Ali football tactic is not good for the soul. Looking like we're on the ropes again then winning/drawing. Title race still on though, our odds on winning are still under 5000/1.

 

[L3T5 PL4Y]

Totally missed this. What happened?

 

[Big Poppa]

Iwobi had some extremely fustrating moments and was also responsible for some of our brightest attacking today. A very confusing player. I’m still not 100% convinced.

He has a niche skillset in this current squad in terms of his direct dribbling in wide areas but honestly coaches like Pochettino, Klopp and Guardiola long understood the importance of these types of players which is why they put such stock in much better versions of Iwobi. I’m just hoping Emery’s continuous citing of Liverpool’s ascent since the EL final means he recognises what Mané and Salah have done for that team and prioritises our wide attacking areas accordingly.

 

[L3T5 PL4Y]

Reads like we were ****e but just about edged it.

 

[Tir Na Nog]

Reads like we were ****e but just about edged it.

I actually thought it was one of our better performances, we started poorly but after about 20 mins we were in complete control and it stayed that way for the majority of the match and on balance of play the win was thoroughly deserved.

 

[Mrs Bergkamp]

I get your frustration, but Mkhi is still a very important player.

I really like his ideas but he's so poor in his execution. Baffling.

 

[Tir Na Nog]

The transformation for Bournemouth over the last 10 years has been nothing short of incredible if not miraculous. What Eddie Howe has done for the club is out of this world.