Ozil.
Ramsey.
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Flamster.
Gibbs.
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Totally scuffed a win with set pieces. Great stuff.
Good win, we stoked the Uruk-hais good and proper. Gnabry looks good, very composed on the ball (could be a bit more adventurous with his runs, he got a lot of pace).
Very good team performance, the team show a lot of togetherness and work really hard for each other. Overall we got what we deserved.
Last edited by milla; 22-09-2013 at 02:48 PM.
somebody put something in my milk
Stoke trying to play football.
I'll give it a few more games before Hughes realises there's no point and brings out the Pulis blueprint.
Yep, first tiem I saw Gnabry and he impressed, very good with the ball and is only going to improve.
Pretty poor performance but we seemed to have learnt the lessons somewhat from the villa game early on in the season, seems like we are playing like the away team at home and the home team away from home.
Szczesny 6/10 - Did nothing wrong came out and claimed when he had to and made two solid saves, could do nothing about the Stoke goal.
Gibbs 5/10 - Was caught in possession far too often putting unnecessary pressure on us.
Koscielny 6/10 - Relatively quiet but backed up Mertesacker when it was required.
Mertesacker 7/10 - Looked solid from set pieces defensively and looked dangerous from set pieces offensively....perhaps could have dealt with Arnautovic better for the first goal.
Sagna 6/10 - didn't provide too much impetus going forward, took his goal well though and defended well with the exception of a free kick conceded in the first half
Flamini 7/10 - gives the back four protection in a way that Ramsey and Arteta do not.
Ramsey 6/10 - took his goal well and generally his passing found it's intended target, guilty of getting caught in possession through dithering once or twice and putting other players under pressure with heavy passes
Ozil 7/10 - Difficult always to establish himself in a scrappy game but his set piece delivery was excellent as was the range of his passing.
Gnabry 6/10 - Grew into the game after looking a bit physically weak at the start on the wing, but began to impose himself on the game although he began drifting inside too much leaving us without much natural width.
Wilshere 5/10 - Too much of his passing didn't come off, a lot of heavy touches and seemed to be frustrated by the amount of physical attention he received from Steven Nzonzi.
Giroud 6/10 - Couldn't carve out any real openings for himself in front of goal, but held up the ball very well and provided opportunities for his team mates.
Fair scores/analysis, except I'd give Ozil an 8 and Ramsey a 7.
the final line in the telegraphs match report. makes lovely reading that.The club that lacked the 'ambition' and 'firepower' to challenge for the title now leads the Premier League on the strength of their £40 million midfielder. Work that one out.
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Originally Posted by Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie
those ratings and observations are off the mark. Giroud had a stinker in the second half - fucked up so many counter opportunities when Stoke held a higher line. Defence was dodgy all the way through. Wilshere was decent, creating a few opportunities, particularly in playing Giroud through and Ozil in the second. Also made some good runs - one in particular that Giroud could've easily played him through on goal in the second half but messed up the header. Flamini was ok but they were allowed too much space in the centre. We definitely missed Theo but Gnabry had a good half until he was subbed. Hope he's ok to return next week.Orbinho @Orbinho
Aaron Ramsey made the most tackles in today's game (6) and the joint-most this season (26) along with Lucas.
Wasn't a good performance. Everyone was quite sloppy again. Some players definitely need a game off to recover. Quite clear to see our midfield apart from Ramsey are not fit enough atm to handle 2 games a week for 6-7 weeks in a row.
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Missed the first half, but we seemed to be letting Stoke have the ball knowing they couldn't really harm us with football, as we did against Marseille. Seems to be working too.
Pubbing in three against Stoke is quite satisfying.
BFG, Gibbs, Giroud (winning free-kicks and setting others up) appeared to be playing well and Szczesny looked really solid again.
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Good to see Gnabry and Ryo getting some playing time and Arteta back.
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