Man City vs Arsenal 26.04.2023 Match reaction and player ratings

[Chippy]

Pep changed his system for this game too, remember.
Walker has been out in the cold with Stones or the young boy (can't mind his name) playing RB and inverting from there.
Martinelli is such a threat Pep brought Walker back in for this. THAT is the difference between the two managers. Pep adapts , Arteta doesn't. Not that it always works for Pep, as we've seen him mess it up in Europe...but Arteta doesn't even try. Same set up for each of 4 games without a win. Mental.

This.
I have said it in previous posts about Arteta not even trying to change things around. If we set up the same every time, the element of surprise never appears. Pep must have been laughing.

[fakeyank]

Wait.. I just saw posts on here wanting Zinchenko to be offloaded. Are we in la la land here? Man has been immense for most of the season. His defensive side can be shored up but he is an absolute beast of a player.

Partey is another one.. he has been shit over the last one month but he has been one of our best players this season. The players who need shipped and/or loaned out are: Vieira, Holding, Xhaka, ESR, Nketiah. ESR has lots of potential, so he is the only one who I would keep next season.

[HCZ_Reborn]

Wait.. I just saw posts on here wanting Zinchenko to be offloaded. Are we in la la land here? Man has been immense for most of the season. His defensive side can be shored up but he is an absolute beast of a player.

Partey is another one.. he has been shit over the last one month but he has been one of our best players this season. The players who need shipped and/or loaned out are: Vieira, Holding, Xhaka, ESR, Nketiah. ESR has lots of potential, so he is the only one who I would keep next season.

Mate he’s shit. Needs too many touches all the time and he’s always absent when attacks come down the right. It’s an utter joke that we had a capable left back and instead of signing someone as back up because of Tierney’s proneness to injury we buy a Man City cast off who has cost us more goals than any other player this season

Selling him might be fanciful but only because no club in their right mind would sell him

[Mac76]

Mate he’s shit. Needs too many touches all the time and he’s always absent when attacks come down the right. It’s an utter joke that we had a capable left back and instead of signing someone as back up because of Tierney’s proneness to injury we buy a Man City cast off who has cost us more goals than any other player this season

Selling him might be fanciful but only because no club in their right mind would sell him

couldn't have put it better myself except i think you mean "...no club in their right mind would buy him?"

[HCZ_Reborn]

couldn't have put it better myself except i think you mean "...no club in their right mind would buy him?"

I’ve been out drinking this afternoon…it’s a miracle I was able to construct a coherent paragraph

[IBK]

Wait.. I just saw posts on here wanting Zinchenko to be offloaded. Are we in la la land here? Man has been immense for most of the season. His defensive side can be shored up but he is an absolute beast of a player.

Partey is another one.. he has been shit over the last one month but he has been one of our best players this season. The players who need shipped and/or loaned out are: Vieira, Holding, Xhaka, ESR, Nketiah. ESR has lots of potential, so he is the only one who I would keep next season.

Plus by being frozen out this season ESR has seen his value plummet so we would be selling him at the very worst time if we get rid.

[HCZ_Reborn]

Plus by being frozen out this season ESR has seen his value plummet so we would be selling him at the very worst time if we get rid.

Simply being English gives him a valuation of about 40 million and that’s what a club like Aston Villa would pay for him

Realistically we won’t get more than that, because he isn’t that good….no real pace, ok technically but nothing special.

I think the goals he scored last season give him the impression of being anything more than an average player, and I think would do well to sell him before he’s found out

[Mac76]

Simply being English gives him a valuation of about 40 million and that’s what a club like Aston Villa would pay for him

Realistically we won’t get more than that, because he isn’t that good….no real pace, ok technically but nothing special.

I think the goals he scored last season give him the impression of being anything more than an average player, and I think would do well to sell him before he’s found out

I agree, he could be another Iwobi, i.e. a nice little earner who we won't miss, if we sell this summer

[IBK]

Simply being English gives him a valuation of about 40 million and that’s what a club like Aston Villa would pay for him

Realistically we won’t get more than that, because he isn’t that good….no real pace, ok technically but nothing special.

I think the goals he scored last season give him the impression of being anything more than an average player, and I think would do well to sell him before he’s found out

I think he's more likely to be a Joe Willock, personally - a key component of a side that will achieve Top 4 who is being tipped for England...

[HCZ_Reborn]

I think he's more likely to be a Joe Willock, personally - a key component of a side that will achieve Top 4 who is being tipped for England...

Exactly and Joe Willock wasn’t that good either, glad we got rid of him. Newcastle are doing well, but it will come to the point where they will want an upgrade on him