Quote Originally Posted by Mac76 View Post
I've seen him sub players at half time if he's not happy with them and/or wants to change something, i thnk it's happened to Trossard for example

Rice isn't playing well and he's on a yellow, Jorg is better than you say and has good experience for this game
Again I can’t say whether Arteta is being honest or not, but with Trossard, as I recall the reason given was that he picked up a knock. Maybe he’s said that to save them what could be perceived embarrassment for being pulled at half time, maybe Rice will suddenly have picked up a “knock”

And Jorginho is a decent enough player, I would have started him tonight….but on his own it’s asking a lot for a player who isn’t the quickest and has been known to be dispossessed in dangerous areas to deal with a team that’s closing us down high up the pitch.