Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert wrote:

Let ESR come in for him or Ødegaard on Saturday.

Think Pepe should come in ahead of Saka. Saka looked so tired yesterday.

Arteta needs to learn better squad management. Def need to shake things up on Sat.

Really need Tomi back as well to give Cedric a breather too.

We need to keep Martinelli here , Klopp definitely wants him. If we don't get CL we at least need to make certain we tie him down.

These three are all big talents, but I feel like we've asked way too much of them. At most you can only start one at a time consistently if you want top 4.

They need to be rotated more and supported by more seasoned players. The last three months supports this.

ESR went from saving our season, again, to sitting on the bench for months. Saka never gets a break. Martinelli's asked to sprint up and down the pitch for 90 minutes, while Pepe hasn't started since October. It's amateur squad management and it's coming back to bite us.

Kurt Eisner wrote:

ESR went from saving our season, again, to sitting on the bench for months. Saka never gets a break. Martinelli's asked to sprint up and down the pitch for 90 minutes, while Pepe hasn't started since October. It's amateur squad management and it's coming back to bite us.

That combined with our senior players being Laca and Xhaka.

It doesn't matter how talented they are. They are not given a platform to perform to their best.

Our attackers are always so isolated and left with 1v3 too much to do while there's a severe lack of movement around them to pull defenders away and give them more space. They can only pass back or cross aimlessly into nobody

They're all so meek because they have a coach who doesn't instill "handbrake-free" football.

Look at Ødegaard and his garbage ball control at the moment. Attackers need to have a feel of the ball throughout the game to get comfortable.

All we do is get it wide and swing in crosses for midgets.

Arteta out.

Disappointing that these youngsters have froze at the most important time.

If you want to be a top player you need to perform in April and May, not just September and October.

Sicario wrote:

Disappointing that these youngsters have froze at the most important time.

If you want to be a top player you need to perform in April and May, not just September and October.

They're not top players, obviously. They're 20 and have a ton to learn, especially Martinelli and Smith Rowe, whom are levels and levels below being "top" players.

Saka is the only one of the youngsters who's a genuinely top player. The rest have it all to prove but a lot of them have the potential. Unfortunately of the older players only Partey is top class. And worse still Laca and Xhaka are no where close to being 1st team quality for a team with CL ambitions.