Brentford vs Arsenal - Match reaction and player rating

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Originally Posted by Xhaka Can’t

Xhaka is playing the best football of his Arsenal career. That isn’t a particularly high bar to overcome, but it should be acknowledged.

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Quite he still is slow and gives the ball away but he at least is doing some things to compensate.

Still not good enough though

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Originally Posted by 21_GOONER_SALUTE

His best performance of the season (not true BTW) and you still gave him a 5 :haha:

Agree with the other ratings but you need to add an extra 1-2 point to all the defenders, they were solid. Plus White's overlapping run actually created the space and cleared the way for Viera's goal. The guy deserves a lot more credit.

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Was definitely Saka's best performance of the season. He gave the ball away/wasted possession far less than usual. Maybe because he hid from the ball really well today : ��

A fullback making a run off the ball really isn't something I think is deserving of special credit, ffs.

Spurs and Liverpool at home next. Good opportunity to change this narrative about us not being legit. Hopefully 4 points at least, feel like we’re ready for a statement win.

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Originally Posted by Xhaka Can’t

Xhaka is playing the best football of his Arsenal career. That isn’t a particularly high bar to overcome, but it should be acknowledged.

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:goodpost:

Absolutely.

He's still a huge weak link and has only been usurped as the worst player in the team by an incredible effort from Saka.

Also meant to add that even in victory Arteta makes some mental decisions. 3 up and doesn't make a sub until the 78th minute, I think? Ridiculous.

People like Partey should've been off and Nketiah on much earlier. Just stupid, simple decisions.

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Originally Posted by mandela8

Also meant to add that even in victory Arteta makes some mental decisions. 3 up and doesn't make a sub until the 78th minute, I think? Ridiculous.

People like Partey should've been off and Nketiah on much earlier. Just stupid, simple decisions.

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This is definitely something he needs to improve on, also,playing Jesus for 90 mins in that situation is just not clever

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Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn

Why are you still here? Shouldn’t you be in a training camp set up by the modern iteration of Al-Muhajiroun

Or wanking yourself off to footage of terrified people covered in dust after 9/11 or the london tube bombings

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The question should be, why are you posting this here?

This is a football thread.

Keep the other shit where it belongs.

I’m not a fan of the decision to field Nwaneri. I know it’s only for four minutes, but it raises expectations and pressures at a ridiculously early age as well as the pressure to field him.

He is still a child and the physical demands placed on him to compete at this level could lead to injury that shortens a career before it should even start.

Am I being overly critical here? It just doesn’t sit well with me.

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Originally Posted by Xhaka Can’t

The question should be, why are you posting this here?

This is a football thread.

Keep the other shit where it belongs.

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Fuck compartmentalising etiquette

I’m going to remind this piece of shit exactly what he said for some time

Don’t like it? Take it up with a mod

He is a mod :lol:


Well, sort of.