I miss Henry, PV4, Ashley Cole, Sol, Pires and Bergkamp.
I started from 2011
On the Arsecast Extra, Andrew from Arseblog pretty calmly laid out why Lacazette shouldnāt start at Southampton and James was like āyeah, heās still startingā and I can absolutely see that being the case.
Arteta has his guys and itās not changing this late in the season.
I do think weāll see a three CB set up with wingbacks though.
Next season perhaps?
Can see Arteta rocking a 3 at the back with wing backs either side. Tomi - Saliba - White - Gabriel - Tierney
Probably true, but also I think one way of looking at it is he has his tactics and theyāre not changing.
If youāre hell bent on playing like this there isnāt and never was anyone else in the squad who can do it, let alone do it better in that position. Eddie sadly is completely lost there. I thought for a while that maybe ESR could do it in the same fashion KdB plays for City but idno if he even trains for that role in between games, who knows. This is a major issue with the squad at this point anyway.
Only June can rescue us from this Lacazette nightmare. Arteta is going to start him every game until his contract runs out. Shambles. Pep v 0.34 will never do it, but it coild be time for Mar9 or Pepe upfront.
Bit unfair on the lad there. Itās not his job to make passes, heās a striker. Heās there to convert penalties won by superior players.
Injured? Or just too embarrassed to show his face?
Laca is still recovering from doing some running in the last match
Do we really have anything to lose by trying something different than Lacazette at CF on Saturday? I say fucking go for it
Well last two games heās been dog so about time someone else started but only real option is Eddie. Martinelli canāt even figure out how to be effective on the wing never mind with his back to goal.
If we played counter ball then maybe Gabi or Pepe would be an option. In this tactic Iād rather try ESR again.
If heās playing to earn a new deal, heād probably be be better off getting his agent to apologise and to walk away as quietly as possible. His form is horrific.
Auba treatment here we fucking go!!!
I want Nketiah to start every game for the rest of the season
Ehhh. He talked up Nuno before the Brighton game before putting him in deep storage. I donāt trust a single thing he says.
Should have been dropped for the Brighton game. Nketiah has been playing significantly better than him recently.
Could have used Martinelli or Pepe there too. As soon as a player drops to this kind of form a manager needs to step in and ours has been too slow to react.
The same could be said for a couple of players the past 2 games tbh.
Itās a pisser some crying out for Eddie thatās how bad our options are.