Match Autopsy v Liverpool (away).

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No argument there, just amused at the way Zim and others have such polarised opinions.
No ability to think with any subtlety.

I’m not sure what to make of our squad. We are generally scoring enough but our defence is nowhere near good enough. I don’t think the whole squad needs rebuilding and I was hoping that with the defence the issue was largely coaching but there does seem to be a real lack of quality there, certainly in depth. Work to be done but while we are miles away from a title winning squad I don’t think we are more than a few key signings away from a top 4 spot and we can push on from there. We really need to sort out the captain situation. We really haven’t had a decent captain since Vieira. Wasn’t Ramsey captain yesterday and he’s leaving.

Emery gets a free pass this season but what he does in the summer and how we do next year will tell us more about what he is made of.

There’s a lot of work to do with this squad. Ramsey and Ozil will go. Mikhi isn’t up to much, neither is Iwobi. Xhaka would be a decent squad player, nothing more. Guendozi has got a lot to learn. Elneny is another one that will go. Which doesn’t leave much in the midfield department. We can still nab a top four spot but not long term with this lot.

Judgement passed on Emery will depend on what resources are given to Sven and co to go out and find players of quality. If they aren’t, we should expect more the same.