Not a particularly fluent performance but it is a win and better that than most of our opening day games recently.
Well done to AMN.
Auba of course for finishing the one decent chance we had.
A clean sheet away from home, equalling the league away total from last season.
Joe Willock much better than Joe Linton.
One good bit, the rest was rubbish.
Mikhi was terrible and should not play again.
Massive improvement needed.
That was a tidy finish by Aruba.
It was a forgettable match, but 3 points and a clean sheet with nobody getting injured will do for me.
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Happy to win and keep a clean sheet but this was easily the weakest performance by any of the top 6 so far. If it had been any of the other guys, Newcastle would have taken a real hiding.
The main positive from this game was Wilock's performance, I think he is good and earnest enough to make a contribution this season. Nelson was average and I'm not sure he is ready yet, however I did like all the deadball situations he was involved in, he's far better than Xhaka in delivery.
Chambers did ok, but he seemed too eager to clear or lash out and everything and was clearly unsure of himself. Guendozi had a generally good game. AMN's assist was great and going forward he his just as good as Bellerin, but honestly in a top game, he will be found out defensively and be as calamitous as Mustafi.
The most worrying thing was that only one player looked like scoring all through the game..... and it seems this is what our season is going to be- heavily reliant on Laca and Auba goals, which obviously is not a good thing for a supposed top team.
We’ve only got about 1/4 of our best XI out at the moment, so I’ll take an away win and a clean sheet any way it comes.
I did wonder if Emery might rotate Auba and Laca this year, rather than playing Auba on the wing...
Which is why we bought Pepe?Originally Posted by 21_GOONER_SALUTE
Most have assumed he won't, but you're right he may well do that....
I think with the sale of Iwobi, he will be less inclined to though.
I think it’s probably the last-minute loan of Nketiah that’s made his mind up.
Has to be a tactical decision though. Laca’s had the whole summer off, so he must have been fit and ready - with so many other players still working their way back to fitness I can’t think why else he’d be on the bench?
Last edited by I am invisible; 11-08-2019 at 04:19 PM.
Lacazette has not been fit and ready, he was injured in pre-season.
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