The first of 6 extremely winnable games in a row.
Job done, same again for Palace.
The first of 6 extremely winnable games in a row.
Job done, same again for Palace.
Slight change from games where we've had hardly any chances, by the look of the highlights we created a lot especially in second half and it was only Ben Foster who stopped it from being an absolute root.
No not a fantastic performance, but would have been ridiculously harsh on us had we not won.
These comments are said in the context of this one game I should add
Gutted I didn't stay up to watch this.
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Yeah hardly inspiring stuff but you could see the effort and urgency was there so if we'd have dropped points It would have looked fairly feeble but been very unlucky. The game was practically played in their third.
Fat Sam next.
With the players we have we should be doing a lot better, we just need a manager who has a plan and plays to his players strength. We struggled yesterday because the manager didnt have a plan, he somehow didnt see that Pulis packed the middle of the park and we needed to stretch the play (see the only goal) a bit and vary it up. Palace up next will probably be a similar story although Palace have a bit more quality and pace up front so will be dangerous on the counter.
ona side note, I watched some of the Chelsea game and i though Jack did really well. every time he had the ball he made things happen. he drove forward and that ball to set up Afobe one on one was world class.
Chelsea played this West Brom side two weeks ago and created far less than we did.
Doubtless it seems ridiculous to play Giroud and not ping more crosses in than we did. But ultimately even for sides in top form it's not easy to break them down.
Over 70% possession, both Xhaka, and Ozil completing over 100 passes. Coquelin completes 91. Ozil is back to creating chances, 7 created with 1 assists but it comes at the 86th minute?
Wenger will mistake the above stats for something positive and play the same team again. We'll follow the same tragedy as last season.