The Arsenal Thread XX

Every Arsenal fan I've spoken to irl as well as most on Twitter about Fabregas has said they'd take him over Wilshere. Granted Wilshere played well today but he doesn't do that enough, he's wack most of the time.

& they got Everton next week, Everton always up their game vs Liverpool 😏

Chelsea are just ripping things apart adm :/

they have city next though..

Will be cheering for a good city win - means both teams are well witihn our reach, and can hopefully knock chelsea down a peg or two

i'd admire your optimism it won't matter really. you're competing for 4th with the likes of man united, not with city/chelsea

i'd admire your optimism it won't matter really. you're competing for 4th with the likes of man united, not with city/chelsea

Harsh man. Once Walcott is fit Arsenal will look so much deadlier. I think Arsenal will at least get 3rd.

I know you love Walcott but Arsenal are not going to get 3rd.

Liverpool will come 3rd or 2nd with the blue giants in 1st place.

Hmm I fancy Arsenal to edge Liverpool this season. Let Welbeck settle in too, he looked much better than Giroud.

Ramsey, Walcott, Ozil, Sanchez, Welbeck is a quality attack. Arsenal are normally slow starters in the season, they'll pick up. Let's see how Pool deal with extra European fixtures this season.

Arsenal are a half season team tbh rather than being slow starters. So they'll probably go ham for about 4 months.

Hmm, only Ramsey and Walcott(possibly welbeck) are quality.

Alexis isn't quality?

What the **** are you smoking?

Nothing just actually watched him in games other than the world cup. Guy scored a good goal but didn't make up for the fact that he's one of the most wasteful players on the ball, can't thread a final pass, can't cross and is very inconsistent when it comes to having any decent composure.

Same way Ramsey was pretty **** today but he got an assist.

Nothing just actually watched him in games other than the world cup. Guy scored a good goal but didn't make up for the fact that he's one of the most wasteful players on the ball, can't thread a final pass, can't cross and is very inconsistent when it comes to having any decent composure.

Same way Ramsey was pretty **** today but he got an assist.

??????
Incredible dribbler, can cross very well (noone gets on the end of it), has scored in his last 3 games and scored 21 times for Barca last season despite playing on the wing and rarely starting a game (inconsistent my ass) and has an incredible work ethic.
You really should watch more games before making such a terrible judgement.

His work rate is second to none, and his ability to draw fouls in crucial areas or at crucial times, dribble, put in a defensive shift, and score have become vital to us.

I'll concede that some of his passes were abysmal and his set-pieces are a below par, but he has quality written across his forehead.

Koscielny doesn't get enough credit; and although Wilshere has his critics, and rightly so, he played very well and has a future ahead of him.

did somebody say that Sanchez was a good crosser **** me man so if I put in a bunch of **** crosses and free kicks that don't get past the first man it's the other players fault.

I said wasteful on the ball not that he's a bad dribbler please read.

Sanchez was a starter for Barca for most of last season as Pedro got put on the bench **** me man talk about things you know don't bull**** like you know them Sanchez had more appearances for Barca in his last season than the season before despite the team playing less games.

I don't care about the system etc it's easier to ****ing score as an inside forward when you have Messi, Iniesta, Fabregas, Neymar and others setting up chances for you that's simple logic. Same with Ozil having to thread passes to Ronaldo and Di Maria.

I never tried to argue that he isn't wasteful on the ball I was simply bringing up another factor to determine his quality, PLEASE READ.
Secondly I support Barcelona not Arsenal (if I haven't made this evident) so I find it amusing when you try to talk to me about Alexis' appearances and game time, Wikipedia is not doing you justice.
Lastly, saying you 'don't care about the system' proves enough that you are unwilling to give recognition to a brilliant goal scoring record for a wide forward, bringing up his old teammates is a terrible excuse, the reverse can also be applied, why has Giroud not bagged a ****load of goals from Ozil's passes? Also, Di Maria does not even score many goals so I automatically assume you do not watch La Liga. Stay in your lane.

Alexis had a lot of gametime last season in comparison to his other seasons where he was consistently on the bench, yes tata martino rotated(but he did the same with Neymar and Pedro) but Sanchez got considerable gametime compared to what he was getting before hand...

Bit in bold is because Ozil requires fast forwards to play his game(aka not giroud) and was never actually that great a player, he just happened to be setting up Ronaldo and with his great final through ball. Sanchez plays with Messi, Fabregas and Iniesta if he isn't getting goals with the amount of appearances he gets then he's a terrible player.

Ozil plays well when the team is playing well, not the other way round.

When did I say that Di Maria scores a lot of goals ffs stop putting words into my mouth? Di Maria makes space for Ozil and is a good creative player, Benzema, Higuain, Ronaldo were the main goal threats during Ozil's time there but I included Di Maria because he creates space for Ozil, either via taking his position when Ozil goes right wing(e.g. CL semi final vs Bayern 2 years ago) or by him providing an option for Ozil to pass to.