One of our best performances of the season, completly dominated them and should have scored more. They had that early chance which we gifted them but we had them under control all game i thought.
Gnabs was fantastic, what a player he's gonna be. Rozza, Caz, Feo, jack, Arteta, Mert, Kos, everyone was great.
Spurs lol.
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"After all, it was the Gunners’ goalkeeper who started the move that culminated in Thomas’ crowning glory. It was Lukic who, in injury time, decided to throw the ball out to Lee Dixon rather than lump it long..."
I like how Gnabry is focussed on defending the corner rather than Rosicky's words
One of the reasons I'll always love Wenger is that he always finds a young gem. It's so much better seeing someone like Gnabry coming through compared to spunking a load of money on a player. I'd take Gnabry over any of the Spuds summer signings and that's not an over reaction.
I find the Adebayor slide funny. We were giving him stick, he gives it right back. Pisses people off but it can't always be one way. But the big difference with that situation is that he was a former player. Theo did nothing wrong. What about when Henry did that slide in front of the Spurs fans! Players shouldn't get fined for that.Originally Posted by Penguin
Tbf we of all people should know how that feels after that celebration by Adebayor a couple of years ago. As funny as it was Theo is a professional and shouldn't be doing that right in front of their fans.
Wenger said that, apparently, the Spurs fans threw coins before the gesture. Not sure why he would feel the need to aggravate them more.
Exactly, the guy is going to be a world beater. He has it all: the vision, the skill, the technique, the attitude and the strength. I've said it before but playing him and Theo on either wing would make a devasting combination. He'd be starting weekly for any PL team outside of us, Man City and Chelsea - he'd certainly walk into United's midfield right now.I like how Gnabry is focussed on defending the corner rather than Rosicky's words
One of the reasons I'll always love Wenger is that he always finds a young gem. It's so much better seeing someone like Gnabry coming through compared to spunking a load of money on a player. I'd take Gnabry over any of the Spuds summer signings and that's not an over reaction.
Low needs to cap him immediately as he's still eligable to play for the Ivory Coast through his father. They're not going to waste any time trying to tap him. Hopefully Mertesacker, Podolski and Ozil will have a word with Low during the next International break.
I'd rather see Gnarby and Ox on the flank with Theo up front. Despite Theo not getting on the score sheet, that's the most active and involved he's been all season. In a while in fact. He doesn't play as a winger anymore. He's playing as a wide number 9, same goes for Podolski and I think we sacrifice too much out wide when we do that.
With Giroud as striker, he plays the target man, drops deep into the hole and we're expecting Theo and Pod to make runs in behind the space he creates or to work off his flicks and pass backs. I hate when we play like that because we're often left playing tippy tappy on the edge of our opponents box. Theo and Pod can also look anonymous if there isn't enough space to make runs and get behind. Without Pod and Theo making runs and playing with guys like Wilshere and Cazorla...it's worse.
Throw in Theo up front, Gnarby and Ox wide then defenders have something to really worry about. Gnarby and Ox are both able to take on their markers and beat them. Pod and Theo rarely do this when wide. It's been a while since we've played down the flanks with a winger causing mayhem for our opponents defenders. Theo had a few games where he'd do it but his role at the club has changed as mentioned. Also, with Theo making runs and always looking for space, it pulls defenders and creates more space on the edge of the box for players like Ramsey and Ozil. We could have a serious team on our hands with threats all over the pitch. For the past few months out main threat has come from the centre of the pitch in Ramsey and Ozil.
Don't know what state Ox will be in after his injury. I'm not expecting anything from him this season. Perspective: while the system we had yesterday worked from defence to attack, it was just one game against two lightweight CBs, 4 man midfield compared to our 5. I'm also interested to see more of Theo upfront and more of Gnabry, but things might well be different in a trickier games, or even in a bigger sample size than 1. Wenger clearly likes the big man upfront with Theo playing off him. And if we're being fair it's a method that has been getting results for quite some time now.
I hope Wenget starts using Gnabbers a bit more rather than longing out the more established players if they aren't performing.
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