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The club's handling of the Partey allegations

Qwiss

Coombs every time you hear an ex-player doing punditry they say "you can be sure Arsenal were all watching that" etc in those situations so I assume its the norm. Although it does fly in the face of the stuff Arteta and the players come out with about not worrying about other teams and other results, etc Does seem a bit counter productive though. Can't imagine those late goals helped our morale.

Sicario2

Qwiss if we let late goals in rival matches ruin our morale we should forget about ever being champions. It should have the opposite effect.

Anyway, we started well and went 2-0 up.

banduan

Sicario2 Anyway, we started well and went 2-0 up.

Exactly. Nothing to do with morale.
My main problem with the team is we so feckin casual.

Qwiss

Sicario2 kind of agree with the first sentence. Good point on the second one.

JazzG

banduan Literally switched off for two crosses, two crosses which should have been dealt with and we've managed to concede from both. Unbelievable how we seem to concede from literal half chances

banduan

JazzG Literally switched off for two crosses, two crosses which should have been dealt with and we've managed to concede from both.

yeah, and those were the ones where they scored from. So many instances of brain-dead casual passing and recreational ball-watching.

invisibleman18

Leaving aside the ludicrous attempt at goalkeeping, has he played one game at right back that the opposition haven't scored from a position he was supposed to be in?

Claudius

invisibleman18 there are a lot of reasons to hate or be annoyed by Partey. but i am not overly concerned by the goals he concedes at right back.

JazzG

invisibleman18 has he played one game at right back that the opposition haven't scored from a position he was supposed to be in?

Had a good game against Liverpool didn't he? I can't remember how Liverpool scored that day or whether Partey was a fault.

We aren't playing him there because Arteta really rates him there, he is being played there because of the injury situation at the club. White & Tomi are out injured and we simply cannot afford to lose Timber as well so need to manage his minutes.

Big Willie

Claudius but i am not overly concerned by the goals he concedes at right back.

The concern is mayne not the goals we concede with him at RB, the bigger concern is him being in RB in the first place and what that means for our midfield shape, which is even more exaggerated when Jorginho isn't coming in the step in.

Coombs

Claudius why?

Tam

You don't seem overly concerned about any of the goals our full backs concede!

Claudius

JazzG We aren't playing him there because Arteta really rates him there, he is being played there because of the injury situation at the club. White & Tomi are out injured and we simply cannot afford to lose Timber as well so need to manage his minutes.

This. Plus we don't concede a lot of goals in general. Hence my lack of concern about this.

Big Willie

JazzG We aren't playing him there because Arteta really rates him there, he is being played there because of the injury situation at the club.

Maybe that's the case now, though I still reckon we should have brought in Kiwior and kept Timber, Partey and Rice in their original positions.

The less said about what his thinking was at the start of 23/24 the better I reckon.

Claudius This. Plus we don't concede a lot of goals in general. Hence my lack of concern about this.

My issue with this is more the knock on effects it has on out midfield and attacking shape with Partey dropping to RB.

Claudius

Big Willie My issue with this is more the knock on effects it has on out midfield and attacking shape with Partey dropping to RB.

What's the alternative.

Big Willie

Claudius I already mentioned it. Don't end up moving Timber/Partey and Rice at the same time. Move as few pieces as possible.

Either play Kiwior and keep Timber, Partey and Rice in their preferred positions, or if you don't want to play Kiwior, bring in Jorginho and at least you still have a passing progression style player at 6 rather than moving Rice back and bringing in Merino.

Claudius

Big Willie you want to play Jorginho as a right back?

Big Willie

Claudius you want to play Jorginho as a right back?

No. If we're refusing to put in Kiwior and are adamant about putting Partey at RB then bring in Jorginho at 6.

Tam

I'm no fan of Partey (in general) at right back but given the availability issues, and last night being as close to a competitive dead rubber as you're likely to find, it's not that big a deal.

There's other games we definitely shouldn't be taking the risk of having him there though and last night was more evidence that he isn't suitable and it should only be a in an immediate last resort i.e. no other players available at all.

Big Willie

Tam I'm no fan of Partey (in general) at right back but given the availability issues, and last night being as close to a competitive dead rubber as you're likely to find, it's not that big a deal.

Yeah last night I didn't care at all who played. I wanted to rest as many players as possible.

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