Andreas pereira is quite shit. Only cause of worry is Mitrovic, but he's been isolated

There is a huge drop in involvement and contribution from Partey and Zinchenko to what we see today.

Palihinha is a pure hatchet man.

Jesus leading the line with pace and trickery like no other Arsenal strikers I have seen since Henry

we look ok, decent approach play, but really blunt in terms of actual chance creation

Kel Varnsen wrote:

Disjointed football so far. Should still win this, but Partey and Zinchenko are big losses.

Don't actually think Partey has been as big a miss to be honest. Given how poor he's been this season, there's not a significant drop in contribution in my mind.

The big weakness is the lack of presence/overlapping on the wings from our FBs.

Been underwhelmed by Odegaard. Bring on Vieira and see what he can do.

Odegaard pass selection at times is infuriating. Needs to shoot and score more.

Don Pacifico wrote:

This Aussie ref is rubbish.

I remember him from last season twice. Once when he was a ref and costed us the match, 2nd was when he was the VAR ref against City.

He is so bad when I saw his name I knew shits coming

Need a goal to open it up. Need more goal threat, I’d bring on ESR for Xhaka relatively early.

ESR may be a good fit for this game with his ability to increase the tempo. Would like to see him for Martinelli at some point. Central midfield is the liability we have all known it is.

Saka has to improve his right foot when he's got the chance to get in behind. He takes the same poor first touch every time.

Bit horseshoey at times. Need to be more ruthless. Maybe someone more attack minded for Xhaka or Elneny.

A little credit where it’s due, last ditch defending from Fulham has been up to it

Shady wrote:

Odegaard pass selection at times is infuriating. Needs to shoot and score more.

Interesting. I actually think this is his best half for us so far this season. Hasn't spent as much time dropping back to pick the ball off defenders, more chance creation. There definitely have been 1 or 2 occasions where he should have shot but that's nothing new.

We have controlled the game very well. Just need to be a bit sharper and more decisive in front of goal, esp Saka.

Martinelli also has not been threatening at all.

Odegaard has been good this half.

Don Pacifico wrote:
Kel Varnsen wrote:

Disjointed football so far. Should still win this, but Partey and Zinchenko are big losses.

Don't actually think Partey has been as big a miss to be honest. Given how poor he's been this season, there's not a significant drop in contribution in my mind.

The big weakness is the lack of presence/overlapping on the wings from our FBs.

Elneny just isn't playing enough progressive passes though. It's made worse when you factor in the difference in the quality of forward passing between Tierney and Zinchenko. We're playing well, the structure looks good, and we should be ahead, but the three forward + Ødegaard aren't getting the early supply they need to really pull Fulham apart.

I'd bring on Nketiah for El Neny, move Saka to CM and Jesus to the right