Say what you like about him from a purely footballing perspective but I think Xhaka is one of the few players we have had in years that actually does appear to give a fuck in the shit moments, even if the way he expresses it might be questionable.
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Iāve being saying for years that the reason Xhaka has survived under 3 different managers is because heās a professional sycophant. Points the finger at everyone else with complete conviction and confidence and tells the managers what they want to hear.
Heās poison, heās the fucking football anti Christ.
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He has a track record of blaming others. Did it when his buddies Mustafi, Kola, Ozil, Auba and others were here and they were hounded out and now he blames the kids.
FYI Granit, itās not you who got us here. Itās those kids.
Those kids have been carrying Arsenal FC for 2 seasons now while a bunch of you pussies shied away from your responsibilities and didnāt step up when it mattered.
God know where weād finish if we relied on your sorry abilities last season. We would genuinely be fighting for relegationā¦
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Rare good take from Neville.
Sick to my stomach with this guyā¦
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Ironic cuz u just described Arteta as a manager too.
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Itās a football human centipede with old Stan in the front of the train. Xhakaās the caboose.
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Iām actually fuming right now.
Canāt believe that shit show of an interview from this guy.
Threw all the fucking blame to everyone else but him.
How truly pathetic. The guy who gave away games on his own. The guy who told the fans to fuck off.
Itās never your fault Granit. Never you fucking faultā¦
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I always thought the comments about the improved club culture werenāt meaningful with this guys still around
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I was talking about sexy Freddie. Though now that I think about it Emery was never a manager here
Lol Xhaka talking about himself there?
His words would be fine if he was a level above the other Arsenal players on the pitch, but I didnāt think he was. I said it last summer, and Iāll say it for this summer. We need 2 good CM signings, not 1, and that would be to either relegate Xhaka down the pecking order or to offload him.
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His thoughts on the performance were right tbh, we played like a pack of spineless cowards that werenāt up for the fight.
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Being right (not sure he is right btw) and airing that in public are two different things.
If heās such a great leader who is so amazing with the young players who carried this team for chunks of this season, including when he was dropping 3/10s, why is he embarrassing them like that?
And Iām still not sure how much of the performance was down to things I donāt put a ton of stock in like āfightā or ādesireā because I think the way the team celebrated points against Wolves or Villa showed me they really wanted this. So I donāt think itās a lack of desire.
It probably has a lot to do with fatigue despite playing (mostly) once a week with a small squad and thatās Artetaās fault.
And there were times yesterday it looked like there wasnāt a plan. So, yeah the players obviously take some of the blame but Artetaās subs were awful even with limited options.
I just donāt see the need for Granit to go there like this in public. Maybe heās wound up, we know heās kind of an emotional shithead. I just hope he leaves in the summer so heās not casting a shadow over the group. Heās a big personality and I think itās time to go.
It was a lack of desire last night.
To get completely out hunted from whistle to whistle by a team thatās 14th with nothing really to play for is pathetic.
You can be annoyed at him for saying publicly though if you think itās unprofessional.
Personally I donāt mind the spineless weak coward grubs copping it.
Only thing Iām annoyed at regarding the interview was Xhaka didnāt also call himself out.
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Speaking big is easy as fuck
There is no substance behind Xhakaās words.
If it came from a person who has exhibited application on pitch, it would have been digestible
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Itās not like we were bossing midfield and forwards were fluffing chances and defenders were panicking and giving away cheap goals (well except for Ramsdale being a fucking mess and Tomi being mugged by ASM).
We lost āthe midfield battleā as much as I can remember in any game this season, so when youāre the senior midfielder you should probably be a little reflective first. Good to see some of that famous behind the scenes leadership though.
He really should have just got into bed with Mourinho and ended this for all of us.
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One thing Xhaka did say is that the players were not following Artetaās plan. Now that could be a major issue, that Arteta cannot get the team to play to his plan/tactics but it can also be that we have a bunch of youngsters overwhelmed by the occasion (I hope it is the latter).
Xhaka and Arteta are similar personalities.
They like to portray themselves as hard men but both mentally weak and blame others for their incompetent.
So having the pair of them, supposedly as leaders, with an even more incompetent owner, is about the worst combination a club could have.
The only people who are happy with this situation are spurs supporters.
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He didnāt lie though. ESR, Saka, Ode, Nketiah just to mention a few all bottled it. Xhaka is far from perfect but Iād rather him say grow some balls rather than āāoh it just wasnāt our dayāā blah blah bullshit
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