22 Oct 2017 11:59:33
Not sure what to expect today but i really hope xhaka elneny and ozil are benched. We need fighters not shirkers. I also think with xhaka and elneny our football is slow and negative, with big holes in midfield when we don't have possession. I don't think it will be easy this afternoon, even though everton are struggling. A big game for both in terms of managers.
{Ed025's Note - certainly for ours steve..
22 Oct 2017 12:47:59
Just as i thought xhaka and ozil playing. Lol. oh well, what did i really expect.
22 Oct 2017 13:06:55
Agree with your point but don't see how you can put eleny in that bracket?
22 Oct 2017 14:21:04
Elneny is a player who does nothing at all, doesn't defend particularly well and does not offer anything going forward. A nothing player really, not good enough for the prem.
22 Oct 2017 14:30:23
After last week's disappointing result at Watford we desperately need a win today. Against a sluggish Everton side we need pace and movement.
As far as the DM positions are concerned we need to return to the type of players that were played in our trophy winning era, the likes of Vieira, Petit and Gilberto come to mind.
All were tall, athletic technical player, which we lack in our current DM options. At present we have Elneney, a headles chicken, Xhaka who used to put his foot in and clearly Wenger has coached this out of him and he looks poorer for it. Yes, he got sent off occasionally, but so did Vieira, Keane, etc. Coquelin looks a squad player at best. Not that it will happen as he played mid-week, I would have played Wilshere next to Xhaka and told Xhaka to protect the back four and get stuck in.
22 Oct 2017 14:54:13
Thing is xhaka to be blunt is a rubbish tackler. Hence the sending offs. You just can’t get away with mistimed tackles now.
22 Oct 2017 16:54:11
Wow! Tell xhaka to protect the back four. First we are playing three, second the last person i would ask to protect anything would be xhaka. Why can't some people see he is not up to it. Should not be in the team.
23 Oct 2017 00:34:20
XHaka is great when facing the opponents goal, however he cannot play with his back to goal as he lacks so much awareness of players behind him. If anything we should just be telling the cbs not to play passes into him.