Quote Originally Posted by 21_GOONER_SALUTE View Post
I find this paragraph interesting, probably because I am one of the fans who thinks Arteta's system makes a lot of our players look better than they are and not the other way around.

But let me ask, looking at the Chelsea team we beat convincingly, how many of those players would you take over our players? Lets be honest, if given the chance and you were building your own team, would you choose:

Ramsdale over both Kepa and Mendy?

White over Azipilicueta as RB

Zin over Chilwell

Kiwior over Silva & Fofana

Gabriel over Silva & Fofana

Xhaka over Enzo or Kante

Jorginho over Enzo or Kante ( I think Chelsea have answered this already)

Trossard over Sterling & Ziyech


I have left Odegaard out as their was no like for like player playing.

And Saka and Jesus win their toss for now if you aks me.

We've not even started talking about their bench with Felix and Mudryk and co.

But interested in how people rate our players, not on form (as clearly we win, but that has shown to be temporary) but on class and talent.
With the exception of Chilwell and Enzo Fernandes I’d take almost all of our players over Chelseas

Kante is old, Silva is ridiculously old, Azpilicueta is old, Sterling is a busted flush. Their goalkeepers are average. This Chelsea side if properly managed should be top six, but better than us player for player? Not for me.

Our central midfield is shit but even then I’d take Partey over Kante