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Arsenal vs Bayern (A), Wednesday 20h00 GMT, Champs League QF

Clrnc

daredevil do you think he was 100% today? He won't be letting Bayern players past so easily while walking if he is

goon

Could be but he’s done this before in some high pressure situations, I’ve actually mentioned it before too. His reactions with pressing, tracking and even driving at players drop off by a percentage.

daredevil

Clrnc

Doesn't matter if he's 100% or 70%, he's fit enough to play and should be judged accordingly. You can give a pass to a player for not playing well for a few months, but he hasn't looked good to me for a long time, despite his numbers.

awooga83

I don't think Arteta has the humility to reflect on what he's done might not be the right approach. He doubles down on everything and very rarely seems to accept he might need to change. We've been rotten in Europe under him and yes we got to a quarter final bit we had a joke of a group all those were awful European sides and have been taken the distance by Porto and lost away and brushed easily aside by Bayern. This is not great evidence at are in track. I mean should we be looking at getting Alonso in? He seems to have worked out how to break Bayern's dominance in a short time?

Don Pacifico

awooga83 that sounds more like your axe to grind than anything. I don't see how you can watch the last four seasons and think that Arteta hasn't evolved at all.

There's also no acknowledgement of the experience this group have at this level.

lorddulaarsenal

Watching Doku get Madrid on the back foot - we need that trait

Qwiss

lorddulaarsenal he ran into dead ends over and over again.

Claudius

Gazza M I think I typically said I was looking forward to this tie because this was a big team. I didn't want to be in this cup to be playing smaller teams.

goon

Gazza M

That run had nothing to do with rice being in the 8 role though and it stoped working soon enough.

The problem all season has been that we’ve been 1 short in midfield. So if we need to address that in the summer I’d much rather do it with Rice as a 6 who’s genuinely top class in that position.

Honestly just play ESR there the rest of the season.

Don Pacifico

goon Honestly just play ESR there the rest of the season

Would be up for this. Not sure it'll ever work out but don't see a reason not try it out a bit more.

Claudius

Clrnc sorry you’re losing me completely.
I think we have a great team. But I would not hesitate to take guys like Musiala, Sané, Kane etc., to improve our starting line-up. Am I missing something? Are these guys bad players?

Qwiss

Claudius thing is Musiala wouldn't be let run with the ball so many ch to f he played midfield for us and Kane would be dead from pressing by now.

Clrnc

Claudius you are trying to big up this Bayern team. I think they are average from what they have shown us. Im not surprised they lost to Heidehem and Bochum. Certainly the worst Bayern team in the last decade.

Good for you if you think our performance was to be proud of and we went out to an unbeatable team.

awooga83

Don Pacifico mainly because the outcomes haven't changed. He's never been good at affecting the game from the bench when the primary plan hasn't worked. That's still evident tonight.The way the team has collapsed and the causes is that are very similar to last year. He acknowledged in an interceptor with sky at the half way point is last season you cannot expect a small group of players as he used to last the season and then proceeded to do just that. Again this year we haven't rotated and when things He's bought his players fully in and indoctrinated them in his style is football but it doesn't get you over the line. He will need to change the approach next year the two times we've gone at it that style has key us down. The only time he's so far won a trophy was with a squad that wasn't his and a player in Auba who was a type he doesn't really value single handedly getting a brace in the semi and final.

Sicario2 - Tier 1

Fuck this shit. I’m creating the next thread v Wolves.

daredevil

The quality of our attack and attackers is inflated because our counter pressing is so good at generating chances for us. Jürgen Klopp once said that counter pressing is the new number 10 given that a timely tackle around the opponents box can create an opportunity just as well as some good creative play.

With pressing generally not being all that effective in Europe because every team is so good on the ball, more reliance has been laid on Ode to create chances and the others have frankly been exposed for their lack of quality.

Gazza M

daredevil if your gegenpress leads to chances falling at the feet of a peak mane and salah, instead of a valley jesus and havertz, it can work well in the CL.

flobaba

My takeaway from both legs: Quarter finals is just about our level, maybe a different result if we had a luckier draw, but overall we were exposed, both on offense and defense. Not yet ready for the next level.

Clrnc

flobaba we can't be luckier with the draw. Probably drawn the 2nd weakest team in the QFs and one of the weakest in the last 16.

awooga83

lorddulaarsenal what classes us as competitive in the champions League? We beat Porto in pens and were easily beaten by the first big side we encountered?

Looking at the league last season at 32 matches City had 76 points and Arsenal 75 points is there much you could say was different or improved based on that?

Don Pacifico

awooga83 We beat Porto in pens and were easily beaten by the first big side we encountered?

How were we easily beaten by Bayern? They won by a single goal on aggregate.

And managing a PL title challenge whilst playing in the QF of CL is not the same as doing so whilst playing in the Europa League with a rotated squad.

goon

The bright side is with both us and City crashing out it looks highly unlikely that Spurs can jam their way into the CL with a 5th place finish…

Clrnc

goon hate to break it to you but 100% it's gone. Officially

lorddulaarsenal

Don Pacifico yep and you could argue we played far from our best football and were only eliminated by a single goal

awooga83

Don Pacifico what about a title run when your are in no other comps should that be easier?

I don't think Bayern had to do much to beat us, I'm not liking back thinking that's an excellent master class. Well just didn't offer anything, I think that as fairly comfortable personally I don't think we looked like we were ever going to win or score tonight

lorddulaarsenal

Got as far as City in the competition lol

Qwiss

lorddulaarsenal we definitely weren't outclassed. It was a close contest. If that foul at the end of the first leg gets called as it should have the whole things very different.

Claudius

lorddulaarsenal I didn’t see anything alarming today. I just saw a team that lacked certain qualities when defended well against. What annoys me over the two legs is the Gnabry goal. That was careless.

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