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Swissh:
Xhaka should be ashamed of himself. He doesn’t offer enough to continue to be such a weakpoint for us. The occasional diagonal long ball does not make up for the blunders, concentration lapses, or his agility of a planet

Xhaka I have noticed struggles in a flat midfield 3, but does better in a midfield 2. His game improved when Torriera was moved wide, and later in the second half when Ceballos was introduced. I also noticed that his tackles though were rash but were professional (except the penalty). If Xhaka must play, he needs either Torriera or Guendouzi not both.

BlueRayDick:
Pepe just needs more shooting practice and he Will be fine.
I don't know if I'm the only one who observed but I think Mitland-Niles plays too far away from him which usually makes his work more tedious on the flank unlike dem mane or Sallah having Robertson/Arnold playing really close to them.

We just need Bellerin and Tierney back from injury. Our fullback positions are simply useless.

sod09:
aswear this Pepe is becoming a suspect oo

Pepe needs to play in his own skin. Do what you are good at. He is good at dribbling and taking on defenders, he should stick to that rather than crossing uselessly.

To all Guendouzi haters

Please why is Xhaka in the team. Someone give a reason.

Eawwal:
Lacazette is not playing well

Really

Roland17:
Guendouzi has been terrific thus far in linking the midfield with the attack, his passes have been incisive.

Nice view

Spurs eleven is a complete attacking set up with Kane, Son, Lamela, Eriksen and Sissoko.

kokaneprodigy:
you see the favouritism I’m talking about. I just hope and pray we win and his plan works.

I am just laughing over here. We better win else Emery will be suya

All Guendouzi haters...

BlueRayDick:
Torreira starts. No ceballos in the starting line up

Guendouzi benches Ceballos, lol

A typical 4-3-3

How many of us want Ozil on the bench today?

sod09:
aurier
poch can't risk peters against auba

Peters is injured. So Aurier starts.

Fkhalifa:
It's 50-50, they only edge us in that they have been together for like 2/3 seasons and have established system, the only addition is Ndombele..

We on the other hand
, have our entire backline and goalkeeper new to one another, our front4 of CLAP have also not yet clicked like thiers.

These are matches won strictly based on tactics, discipline and hunger.

BlueRayDick:
Substitute Trippier for Kyle Walker-Peters

Thanks man

ndidibabe:
Kola is not a defender.

I hope you eat your words...

NLD
Who has the better eleven?

Arsenal:
Leno;
AMN, Socratis, Luiz, Kola;
Xhaka, Ceballos, Torriera;
Pepe, Lacazette, Aubameyang.

Spurs:
Lloris;
Trippier, Aldeweireld, Sanchez, Rose;
Sissoko, Winks, Ndombele;
Son, Kane, Eriksen.

Fkhalifa:
Iwobi and Monreal's departure is a huge blow to that Left wing. We need Tierney to be fit quick and get Soares Everton in Jan.

Going forward, now that we have only Kola left, let's see how he copes with the challenge. He is in the make or break period of his career.

LostMyZeal:
It can never get to that point...not in our lifetime

Lifetime FC

diji04:
I don wash hand for man United Mata dis season na sit down look I dey

E no get wer we dey go dis season

abeg Ole should step up and take de bold step by dropping those Deadwoods or na he head e go take carry am.

But the greatest problem still remain our board, when the head is bad the other part of the body suffers

We need total overhauling at United

Yes, Overhaul United FC

Lana1:
1. You wan compare that Chelsea team to ours? Their Midfield is heads and shoulders above ours and their attack is slightly better.

2. You guys overrate this Chelsea team. They are just as bad as we are. Nothing special.
Shey Lampard is performing wonders abi? They have just thrown away a 2 goal lead to a relegated side. If that was United, all hell would have been let loose.

You know what?

ChristineC:
Let's keep playing Rashbeck as CF. I dare say if Mason Greenwood started the game in place of Rashbeck, Man United would have taken the points.
Play Mason, Gomez and Chong in place of Rashbeck, Mata/Lingard and Pereira. Let them lose games and get better for it. Two midfield additions is a must in January.
I pity OGS. When facts like 3 wins in 16 begin making the rounds, he should know his sack date is cooking.

This Anty is pained...

Lana1:
We had 8 shots on target today. Which is much better than what we've played so far this season. But as usual, poor quality killed us because we have a striker whose prick only gets hard when he sees a top 6 team.
We have two number 10s that cant score, assist or create chances.
We lack a natural RW.
Our central midfielders only had 2 passes between them all game.

Ole has his problems no doubt but these players will be the end of all of us this season.

Cry cry baby...

Fkhalifa:
Hello bro, your moniker looks like you used to frequent here, it'll be nice to read your opinions again, so I can see what you looked like

He looks like sod09
Lol

Order of preference
1. Europa league
2. Top 4
3. FA cup
4. Carabao

sod09:
laca in the middle...I'm not sure ceballos can excel in 10, we should just partner him and torreira and ozil to play 10

My idea of a front three is for constant switching. So Lacazette in the middle.

My Team This Weekend

In the game against Liverpool, I correctly predicted the formation Emery would employ, if only he had stuck to the personel, who knows... :8

Here is my team for the NLD

..................... Leno.....................
AMN.. Socratis.. Luiz.. Monreal
....... Torriera ......... Xhaka.........
.................. Ceballos..................
Pepe.... Aubameyang..... Laca


3-1

kokaneprodigy:
Spy360 can u invoke amadioha on this guy.

His case is a minor case of madness. Okongor should be OK for him.

sod09:
That's another problem, has Emery learnt his lesson or another wengay in the making sticking to mediocre players and leaving the good ones on bench.

We just dey use one eye dey look Emery and all his 'I too know' tactics. It's when he fails to beat Spurs that haven't seen their periods for weeks now, that's when he will know how impatient Arsenal fans can be.

Fkhalifa:
I'm thinking Emery has issues with Laca, he subs him out quick, brings him late, when he's clearly been delivering in most of our big games..

I'm sure he'll learn, he isn't as stubborn as Pa Wenger.

I do not wish to conclude. Laca was our best player last season. His problem is his speed on the ball, and the fact that he enjoys playing with back to goal; unlike Auba who works the space and depends on speed. Most people prefer the speedsters, but it has always been the slow ones that end up with better effectiveness and even stats.

Fkhalifa:
For me, it served, only that we didn't bury our chances,
Previous results of us attacking them has been 4-0 and5-1, its only wise he tries new thing..

Truly, the game wasn't lost on formation, goals from corners, penalty give away and wasting chances are beyond the manager's Can.
Though he really f.up by leaving it too late to introduce Torreira and Laca.

Why Torriera didn't start at all is mind boggling. Introducing the duo at 60mins surely could have driven the game to an edge. Anyways, we have Tottenham next, hope Emery has learnt his lesson.

sod09:
That tactics was never okay, arsenal defence will surely crack and not equipped for packing bus style of play.
We play high line, Liverpool didn't have offside that day because we choked the box18 that's very unarsenal to say the truth, I was happy they scored in the first half because if not second half would be deadly.
They had free access from their own defence to our own without any disturbance our attackers were feeding on scrap.
It's better to look like a hero than to be a coward and still lose

Obviously it wasn't OK, but it served the while. Though it allowed their fullbacks free way into our defence but it also exposed their CBs. They were forced to depend on crosses into our box. Even the goal they scored was from set piece, which is not a function of the formation. We also had clear chances to score, several times we caught them 2vs2 but failed to bury the opportunity.