Do you mean the dude who has just gone 50 games unbeaten with Leverkusen as they march towards the treble? That bloke?Originally Posted by Mac76
Do you mean the dude who has just gone 50 games unbeaten with Leverkusen as they march towards the treble? That bloke?
YesDo you mean the dude who has just gone 50 games unbeaten with Leverkusen as they march towards the treble? That bloke?
You get that German football isn’t the same level technically or in terms of pace, or strength as the premier league. You don’t get the time you’d get in the Bundesliga. And our failure against Bayern Munich doesn’t change that
Do you mean the dude who spent five seasons giving the ball away, getting sent off and being about as quick as a statue?Do you mean the dude who has just gone 50 games unbeaten with Leverkusen as they march towards the treble? That bloke?
Yes, that one
Except that's all bullshit, isn't it?
In other news:
Leakier than their defence.
Xhaka had some talent, decent passing stats, he actually in the end formed a decent partnership with Partey. But he was a massive liability, he was so completely one footed that he’d often give the ball away getting the ball set onto his left foot. He was often guilty of playing blind passes and square passes to no one. And he absolutely could be a red card magnet.
Whether he was a net benefit or detriment to Arsenal is debatable. What isn’t debatable is that we have not missed him one jot
I think that's fair. But I never felt Xhaka was as bad as some people made out. Point taken about the difference in quality in the Bundasliga.
No it isn't - and here I will once again call on the fact that I was at every home game, plus watching every away game on TV, seeing just how much of a liability he was on a game-by-game basis
Arteta only liked him because he was a teacher's pet and/or had some revealing photos
Oh you’re still going with that theory are you
Wow - that was a nervous last 30 mins...but we won thank God.
We were nowhere near our best - and I was unhappy that by inviting them onto us and waiting for a mistake rather than trying to control the game we made them look better than they are. I understand that this is because we were wary of their threat in transition, but our forward and MF players looked like they thought they wouldnt need to get out of second gear to secure an easy win. It was always on the cards that Manure would react to their embarassment against Palace, and (as he has such a hard on for us) that Ten Hag would plan meticulously and raise his players for this home game.
The difference was our defence - and this was a game where our system was the winner. Being able to go away to OT and get the 3 points when we were below par shows how our team has progressed.
Putting the laughter back into manslaughter
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