swider Saka and Ode are both way below their best but we still won, we had a very marginal VAR call against us, we are solid as fuck. I choose to believe we can only get better. Need to be much sharper and move the ball quicker though, thats the key to creating more. Have to stop letting the oppos get back into their shape.

      swider almost looked like Saka was tired of trying, not a good look

          Qwiss Arteta also cannot be so utterly averse to the occasional fullback overlap.

          Everyone's grandmother knows Saka and Odegaard are going to shape swing one in on their left foot and can barely do anything on the outside.

          Saka in particular doesn't have enough pace. I really, really hope we make a major wide forward signing in January.

            Trossard and Odegaard ran more than anyone else in the team.

            Qwiss

            Yes and we always suck after the international break and at 1730 KO’s away from home for some reason.

            Got a good run of games now so hopefully we will be a bit more fluid with our football.

              Qwiss no Arsenal player should even think about playing that attack like he did. School playground stuff

                  DiabyKungFu

                  Exactly. I was delighted to see him start in midfield but he only proved how difficult the role is to execute.

                    naz
                    It looks like he is instructed to do not lose possession at all times, which is far too safe approach to my liking, again I hope it is one of those things that get addressed. Arteta seems to ditch his failed ideas when there is enough evidence that they aren't working as expected.

                      lorddulaarsenal bad decision but if that was enough to end his Arsenal career Zinchenko would be gone a long time ago.

                      I was actually thinking when he came on he reminds me of Hojland. Only Eddie's off ball movement, first touch and ability to find goal is better.

                          I think we had to play we did due to the way Brentford were set up, multiple bodies behind the ball and no space down the middle. Crossing was our best option and we were expecting Jesus to be on the end of them, problem being that our crossing is not particularly good but we did get the offside goal first half and obviously the winner at the end. Probability wise we were hoping to get a good chance or two to score from the many crosses and thankfully we were able to convert one of them.

                          Credit to Brentford who are set up well without being complete thugs.

                          Not gonna lie, beating Brentford with a Kai Havertz header from a cross is quite likely to end up being one of my favourite results of the season. The notion we would turn up today and simply batter them was fanciful, they're as strong as anyone at home. This was apparently the first London Derby they've lost at the Gtech since we beat them just over a year ago.

                          They've lost 2 league games since last october at home before us

                          lovely 3 points

                          I'm close to accepting this is simply how we're going to play this season.

                          on the pep-moyes scale, it's heavily skewing towards moyes. it's one of those things where it's fine as long as the results are there, which - for now - they are.

                          if our defense starts creaking or we start picking up key injuries back there, we don't have much else going on as a team

                            Gazza M it's quite pep-ish tbf. For all his success his football is boring

                              not this boring. his teams may be structured and predictable, but they do create chances and have the werewithal to play between the lines