BlueCo FC v The Arsenal - 5:30 PM 21 October: Page 19 - The Arsenal discussion community: One More in the Tolly

BlueCo FC v The Arsenal - 5:30 PM 21 October

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert

Qwiss not at all.

Qwiss

Thought ESR was good when he came on. Deserves a start soon.

naz

Qwiss agree. Some of his rough edges will iron out with more playtime

swider

Shape and tactics aside, this stupid passing at lethargic pace in our own half just to set up high risk/ low reward pass forward has to stop. It looks safe in theory, but in reality isn't (number of goals conceded proves it) and it affects us negatively on both sides of the pitch.

goon

swider

I hate it. You can see it’s putting everyone off their game, no one is quite sure what they should be doing with the ball.

Meatwad

HomeSteak
why did we want to spend 70-80m on him in january? arteta's talent id is deficient. imagine if we got our primary targets in january how shit we would be right now. caicedo, mudryk and havertz went for over 250m and they would make any top team worse. how?

Qwiss

Clrnc I really liked him at Brentford and was glad to sign him but it just st looks like the step up is too much for him. Goalkeeping is largely mental and he constantly looks rattled.

Don Pacifico

Clrnc the one thing I'd say in Raya's defence is that Arteta's management of the situation hasn't helped things one bit.

But yeah, feels an utterly pointless signing so far. Ramsdale will make mistakes too but he's got a few more years on Raya who is yet to show he's an upgrade in anything other than adhering more closely to Arteta's instructions.

Clrnc

Don Pacifico Don't think his mistakes is Arteta fault, given that he is under no pressure to lose his place and is basically our de facto number 1 for awhile now.

Don Pacifico

Clrnc he's under greater scrutiny because of how Arteta's managed the situation. And he looks like a player who is acutely aware of that.

Mirth

Don Pacifico also he’s acutely aware he’s on a loan contract.

Clrnc

By the way, Havertz was very good when he came on. Won almost everything in the air.

Gazza M

Clrnc it's all very LVG at man united, replete with stuivenbergs influence. play dogshit for 70 minutes, then throw on fellaini (aka havertz) and try long ball.

daredevil

This brand of football only works if you don't concede sloppy goals. Both Saliba and Raya cost us today and it's a miracle that we got a point out of the game. We are still so reliant on Saka despite him having a poor game as our attack is powderpuff.

naz

daredevil exactly that which is why it's stupid. We make mistakes and don't have the fluidity up front to make up the numbers. We're lucky to score 2 goals a game without a corner or penalty

lorddulaarsenal

HomeSteak yes a true clogger.

naz

We also had a penalty for that stupid lunge

HomeSteak

Rice is turning out to be a steal, even at 100 mil.

Qwiss

HomeSteak still feels like Arteta doesn't know how to get the best from though.

lorddulaarsenal

Clrnc it’s Mike Maignan time!

Clrnc

White first time pass to Havertz looks simple but absolute class. Basically by passed 2 players and led to our 2nd goal

goon

Mirth

It’s a loan in name only, no?

Think it’s just a case of a player joining a big club knowing there’s a big name behind him with tons of attention on them both.

Arteta should have just rotated them. Takes the pressure out and kills the constant coverage.

Kel Varnsen

Garbage performance and another match where we struggle to create chances. We've looked slow and predictable all season, and I think this is a problem that won't go away anytime soon. Arteta's obsession with control and structure has made us easy to defend against.

Gazza M

Kel Varnsen the entire system relies on us drawing opponents, breaking the press from our own half, and then outnumbering opponents with our frontline. the first half of that equation relied entirely on partey and to a lesser extent zinchenko last season. this season has been a study in what happens to our 'system' when you don't have midfielders that can break a press. it also calls into question the whole system when you have such a critical single point of failure designed into it

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