Arsenal Banter Archive October 28 2018

28 Oct 2018 21:32:42
Torrera MOM today for me by a long way, 3 tackles, 4 inreseptions and 3 blocks, that's what a central midfielder should do. Gouendouzi for me too deep today and not as influential but a successful tackle count of 6, higher than anyone. The potential for those two in midfield is obvious. The problems lie elsewhere, the defence can't say they were not protected today. I did think holding did well but can't say the rest did. Xhaka not a left back really so he shouldn't be blamed but he isn't as dynamic as the two that played midfield today and can't tackle or block. That partnership should be allowed to blossom and the defence needs sorting big style. It is so obvious the panic and lack of cohesion in our defence. And the scary thing is, i think we may have the best two goalkeepers in the league, on there own for me only de gea is better. No team has two of the standard we have. So on paper it doesn't seem an impossible job sorting the defence.

28 Oct 2018 21:49:00
Xhaka did much better than I credited hin capable of before the game to be fair, his goal was brilliant.
He's not a left back but neither is he anything else to a high degree either.
I'd stick with Guendouzi and Torreira too but not just for the next game because that would be silly to judge them on, they need 5 games together to have any chance of forming any kind of partnership.

28 Oct 2018 22:43:11
I think they need longer gunner they will be our dynamic duo but it will take time to gel.

28 Oct 2018 23:27:43
Unfortunately today's premier league doesn't allow longer Steve mate, 5 games is an eternity if people struggle now days mate, you have to take your chance quickly as a individual or a double act.

29 Oct 2018 02:39:23
I would hope guendousi will be offered a fair amount of time if he hits a rough spot, he is only 19, New to the league and doesn't have a burden of a high transfer fee.

29 Oct 2018 06:02:31
Reality is Xhaka will be back in midfield once Monreal is back.

29 Oct 2018 08:18:00
I agree Banbury, Dick is fair and if a player grabs his chance when it comes Dick will stick with them, look at Holding and Iwobi.
I would go Guendouzi and Torreira all day long but Dick likes Xhaka so he needs to be persuaded Guendouzi and Torreira they are better than Xhaka Torreira.

28 Oct 2018 15:34:55
Its a point, we didn't look convincing all game even at 2-1,when we should have. There is something not right when we are out of possession, although today we weren't that great in it. I have understood emerys subs so far but i didn't today and they didn't improve anything. We panick in the box and don't defend properly but a draw away at palace, who are awkward to play against, isn't a disaster. We are at our level and we are still in the fight for forth but we have a long way to go to get higher.

28 Oct 2018 15:52:47
For a change we were terrible up top, passing all over the place, Iwobi running down countless dead ends, just very poor.

Top four still a big ask in our present guise.

28 Oct 2018 16:12:27
Spurs and United make top 4 a possibility ahead of schedule.
It's Dicks first season and at the start I thought 5th was asking a lot this season but because niether United or Spurs have built on but instead decreased in stature from previous seasons then the 4th place door has been kicked wide open.
Long way to and we are improving while our 4th place oppenents are stagnating at best.

28 Oct 2018 16:24:07
Stoner, i think citeh are ahead of Liverpool, who are ahead of chelski and chelski are just very slightly better than us, spuds and utd. But the last four are very close because their weaknesses are their downfall. Top two for me at the moment are better, the rest all have faults that are holding them back. From our point of view, it must be players because the same players make the same mistakes they did under wenger. Until Dick gets his own players in that will be our Achilles heal. But a draw today is not a disaster away from home after an away game on thursday.

28 Oct 2018 16:30:36
agreed 62 .

I’m struggling to enjoy our first half performances, they are torture.

Liverpool is going to be a game for the hardened fans, I can’t help agreeing with Merson in the fact the game could be out of sight by HT . we shall see but we have to start quicker.

28 Oct 2018 16:39:16
Nobody thought we would win every game from 3rd to 38th surely, a point against a very hard working decent Palace is a decent result in my opinion.

28 Oct 2018 16:36:49
I agree with all that Steve, until Dick gets to a transfer window we will just have to suffer the weaknesses .

28 Oct 2018 17:35:24
Agree with that Steve, I’m not complaining about the point in really because if the spuds get done by City we’ll still be in 4th.

Just think making the same mistakes is somewhat disappointing. Yes we are improving but hell its slow.

28 Oct 2018 18:22:01
We are making too many silly mistakes that lead to goals conceded that don't have to be conceded. Any team will always let goals in but when more are down to your own doing than good play from the opposition, you are in trouble. Apparently we are level with bottom club fulham at allowing the highest number of shots at our goal, twice as many as any other top 5/ 6 team. We are at times a very sloppy team and we can't play football like that and get to a higher level. Liverpool could be scary next week, if they come with an attacking attitude but it is another game and we start at 0-0 so anything can happen.

28 Oct 2018 18:38:12
I do genuinely fear next weak, I’m hoping Monreal is fit, we don’t need any make shift defenders against what is arguably one of the best attacks in Europe.

28 Oct 2018 19:01:39
What ever happens next week Jurgen is 2 and 2/ 4 seasons into his Liverpool rebuild while Dick is just 1/ 4 into ours, they both started off at roughly the same point, in Europa league and miles off the title pace.
Liverpool fans would be really worried if we'd overtaken them in just a quater of a season.
Lose next week and like City and Chelsea games it's the obvious result most neutrals would go for getting a draw would be a good point get 3 and it's party like it's 1999 :-)

28 Oct 2018 19:31:08
Oops that should have been 2 and 3/ 4 seasons for Jurgen:-)

28 Oct 2018 19:41:40
I’d take a point now 62, would show real promise IMO.

28 Oct 2018 19:49:00
Me too Banbury mate and I think we will get one too :-)

28 Oct 2018 19:59:07
Id take a point at this stage but it what we do after is more important. We are at a level and we have to stay there.

28 Oct 2018 20:15:47
We're all pleased to see the club finally moving forward again and I don't think anyone has got carried away with our 7 premier league game winning run with wild predictions of title wins or even challenges, we have simply enjoyed the progress we've seen and equally we shouldn't get too despondent about not beating Palace or should we lose to Liverpool next week.
Work in progress has to be our motto for this season at least.

{Ed025's Note - absolutely G62..

28 Oct 2018 21:29:02
I think it's the same for you boys at Everton Ed025 mate, new foundations need to be laid and be bedded in before you can build anything that's going to last.
Even Pep who inherited a decent City and had a huge budget needed a season so it's only natural other teams might even need a bit longer still mate.
The first thing was to stop going backwards and I think we've done that already.

{Ed025's Note - thats a fair point G62, i think both our clubs supporters can see that things are changing for the better and that we are moving forward mate, yes we would all like it to be quicker but rome was not built in a day....maybe if everton and arsenal fans had been on the job though it would have.. :)

28 Oct 2018 14:18:42
Going one down is probably the best thing that could have happened.

28 Oct 2018 14:30:44
It's difficult to see how things are going to improve second half but then again it has been all season:-)
Hopefully we will be all :-) after 90 minutes, plus storage time of course:-)

28 Oct 2018 14:41:55
Boom Xhaka:-)

28 Oct 2018 14:46:06
Wow we have had the rub of the green.

28 Oct 2018 15:05:59
Not arf mate, although we were brilliant on Monday in the second half but we also got the rub that day too,
you can't always be brilliant and on those days you simply have to be lucky if your going to achieve anything worth having.
If your results come from 90% brilliance 10% luck surely that is a cocktail recipe that leads to a champagne finish :-)

28 Oct 2018 15:18:36
It just got evened up, not Xhaka fault that he's not a left back and Zaha is always going to draw a touch to make the ref think about what to give in those situations.

28 Oct 2018 07:29:01
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, Review Of The Day 28th October 2018

28 Oct 2018 08:23:39
Ed01 mate you just had me and Mrs S laughing out loud at the first paragraph! Brilliant. 😂😂

On the flip side thoughts are with Leicester and Glenn. 😔.

{Ed001's Note - it is a sad day. I nearly redid the first paragraph after reading about Leicester etc. However, if you can't find reasons to laugh, what is the point in anything?}

28 Oct 2018 09:19:11
Haha very good Ed. They will soon be wishing they were back in the cave after a tortouous 90 mins inside the theatre of screams.
Agree stoner thoughts are with all those around the king power today.

{Ed001's Note - mightn't be so bad, but the poor little fellas have to watch them play Everton! It is nearly Halloween though.}

28 Oct 2018 10:01:27
Mind you I’m sure that they will all be very excited to see what Pogba’s hairstyle is doing and maybe they might be treated to some Mourinho antics and if there very lucky Phil Jones might pull a few gurney faces. Not a complete waste of a day. As long as the united fans refrain from sing the ji sung park song then I’m sure the trip to the north west won’t be all bad 😂.