The biggest clowns are those who think an Arsenal team can achieve anything of substance with that shithead Xhaka in the team. He was wearing the captain's armband against City. Disgusting.
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The biggest clowns are those who think an Arsenal team can achieve anything of substance with that shithead Xhaka in the team. He was wearing the captain's armband against City. Disgusting.
Xkaka's style is not suited to the English Premiership it's too fast for him that's why he looks good in International's, would be better suited in Italy or France.
Or in non-league...Quote:
Originally Posted by dazthegooner
Xhaka doing what he did on Saturday is why he gets so much hate. He makes idiotic game changing mistakes on a semi-regular basis. Quality wise he is a decent enough player, aside from his stupid mistakes. I personally think Xhaka has actually played quite well this season, especially more recently in the more advanced role. Regardless of this, I hope we are in the market for one or two new Central Midfielders, both Xhaka and Partey need serious competition for their places.Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters
:d That aside, we are in a battle for top 4 this season. I am not saying we will finish top 4, but our recent performances suggest to me this team has enough quality to sustain the challenge right up until the end of the season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Globalgunner
I was thinking about this and I basically agree. Xhaka is a pretty good player, not really at the level we need if we are going to push on but he's not the duffer some make out.Quote:
Originally Posted by selassie
But yes, he does have these brainfarts far too regularly and it lets both us as a team and himself down.
Xhaka could be having the perfect game but still be very capable of making game changing errors. I’ve actually grown to appreciate what he does do given how shit Partey has looked most of the time, I don’t think it’s a coincidence that Partey has looked a better player with Xhaka next to him.
The problem for Xhaka though is that he doesn’t have any powers of recovery due to a lack of agility. Which makes his decision making clumsy and rash when he’s caught out.
whenever someone says Xhaka is playing well all they mean is he isn't as shite as he was before - let's face it, it's a very low bar he needs to get overQuote:
Originally Posted by selassie
your key sentence is "He makes idiotic game changing mistakes on a semi-regular basis"
literally... THIS
that's just not good enough - he costs us points every season just like he did on Saturday
until we get rid of him we are starting every game with a handicap
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Originally Posted by Mac76
Bloody hell Mac! You absolutely hate Xhaka don't you? :haha:
He can be a handicap but he can also be very useful. I personally would upgrade on him but let's be honest it isn't going to happen anytime soon, Arteta seems to like him, in fact pretty much everybody who has been in charge since Wenger has constantly picked him.
We seem to be linked with quite a few CM's so here's hoping we replace him or gradually phase him out of the team. I personally think we have bigger issues to deal with in the squad at the moment.
even if that's true, why then don't we get rid and find another player who's equally 'useful' but isn't a **** who gets sent off regularly and gives away pels and FKs...?Quote:
Originally Posted by selassie
he tried a sliding tackle in the first half against Man City for which, if he'd connected with the Citeh player, he'd have been sent off again
he's a total liability
Losing the ball when it's easier to retain it is a much bigger problem than anything Xhaka gets up to. They were all doing it. A simple pass, a simple cross, a slight injection of pace that caused panic, a throw-in to nowhere, so many times. Especially towards the end where that match was still winnable because the gypos were so lethargic at the back. Just a few considered passes or a bit of sense from players who had space but didn't exploit it. Very frustrating to watch. The old Arsenal would have ripped that gypo side a new one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Globalgunner
You do realise we were down to 10 men?Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
For all my criticisms of Arsenal we played really well against City, ripped them to shreads in that first half, best I've seen Arsenal play since peak Wenger and one of the best displays I have seen in PL this season from any team.
We lost our way a bit with 10 men but still put in a very credible performance. For all of our faults over the past what 10 years...we seem to have really improved recently, we look a legitimate top 4 or top 4 challenging side, first time in years. Here's hoping we can maintain the current level of performance.
actually we had a corner near the end which ESR made a complete ballsup of, if he'd put a good ball in we'd have been the ones on 2-1 and maybe could've held out, who knows.Quote:
Originally Posted by selassie