Michael Oliver is a twat. Pity. When he first started I had a lot of hope for him.
Amazingly Luiz didn’t compound it by going through the back of Son in the area and getting himself sent off
Pepe is just does everything wrong unless he has a shooting opportunity in and around the right side of the box.
Saka and Holding would calm things down. Maybe Willock and Torreira a bit later.
We don't know how to use Auba any more. He's just drifting around aimlessly trying to make things happen by himself. All that pace, his ability to beat a player, wasted. Why's he stuck out there in no-man's land when he should be a knife straight through the middle?
it's what happens when you're doing favours to players who lick your arse rather than those who are the best players in their positions
all Arteta's 'non-negotiable' stuff is just BS, he's falling for the same teachers pet trick from Xhaka, Mustafi, Kola etc as Emery did
They're asking what Kola should do in that situation? Don't fucking even think of playing backwards! Just fucking stop it you cowardly bastard. Even Redknapp can figure it out.
tbf, Xhaka seems to the the only stabilising influence in this team. At least when he gets the ball he doesn't immediately look to get rid of it and tries to use it. Too much of it is sideways and backwards, but he's not a headless chicken like so many others in this team. I'd rather have a top talent in there, but when you look at who we actually have available Xhaka seems the best option to me.
Kola is just so poor in this position, passing is dreadful and defensive positioning non existent. With Luiz in there as well it's such an easy area for the oppo to attack.