21 Oct 2017 09:18:51
Couldn’t see a post on it. But one area I’ve been so disappointed in this season and for me are where games are being lost. And that it the Central midfield area. I can’t see after two transfer windows we still miss Santi.
Xhaka who I’ve been sticking up for is just not cutting it. Watford was the last straw. He shows moments of quality but are few and far apart for me.
Elneny I like but I just don’t think he is good enough to be a starter.
Ramsey again like others is so inconsistent it’s frustrating
Coq for me is a bit like Elneny. Tries hard but just doesn’t cut it.
So for me as much as I’ve not been a fan
Does wilshere deserve a premier league start with everyone being pretty crap in the cm department. Would niles be worth a go? What do others think.
{Ed025's Note - i have been one of jacks biggest detractors over the years D16 (mainly due to his off field antics) but ability wise he is one of your best players mate..
21 Oct 2017 11:01:13
Xhaka is only good when where in control. A bit of a flat track bully, he doesn't work hard enough to play that possition, or work hard enough in the right areas . Elneny is a safe player and very rarely if ever does anything wrong but on the other hand doesn't do anything to right either. He is the main culprit for side to side passing and passing backwards, slowing the play down and not tracing with the ball. We're in a situation where we don't have a midfielder that can travel and run with the ball except jack. But for him to flourish we need a better harder working player in there with him. Someone like kante you would see best of jack . We have not played good football since cazorla.
21 Oct 2017 11:13:56
Le Coq is great at what Le Coq does but he needs the right partner to make it work, Caz complimented him perfectly and we should have replaced Caz in the summer no question of that, trying to make Xhaka work has done and will be continue to be a real problem for us.
34 million is a lot of money to admit youve spent unwisely so Arsene will continue to try and make Xhaka a success.
The tea is crying out for Le Coq Wilshere partnership because it's the closet we have to what worked so well with Caz.
Arsene will eventually accept Xhaka was a miscalculation but that won't happen before the summer at the earliest.
21 Oct 2017 12:45:38
Ha ha D, "couldnt see a post on it" should of gone to specsavers. Lol.
21 Oct 2017 14:25:16
Tongue in cheek that part was Steve 😉.
21 Oct 2017 15:54:17
Spot on D16. Fact is we lack a quality core in both central defense and midfield and without that we won't compete at the top level. We are vulnerable without the ball and always likely to concede. Our successful sides of the past had this. It is also the reason where luxury players like Ozil are exposed as you need all hands to the pump when we don't have possession. With the right core you can carry players like that to some extent as a Silva, Viera, Petit would provide a wall in front of an equally quality defense. They would win the ball back and we would be off in attack again.