It’s scary considering these are all supposedly top class footballers

Some of them are. And some are definitely not.

And for the first time I find myself wondering about Emery:

Pépé's a work in progress? I can't see any week in week out.............

Sack him. He’s a bum. Trust me on this.

Some of them are. And some are definitely not.

And for the first time I find myself wondering about Emery:

I repeat, AMN is very poor today

Sack him. He’s a bum. Trust me on this.

Kroenke OUT

Two individual errors in an otherwise decent performance.

Really? Gosh. Even more astounding than Arsenal’s performance this evening.

Apart from that assist. And he’s only filling in. Why is this such a hobby horse for you??

Emery’s selections and subs continue to bemuse me to be honest

Yes sometimes those things aren’t great

Main problem is the midfield, paceless, taking too many touches, Xhaka playing like it’s a testimonial, total imbalance and when we did need to change it Emery took off the only player who wants to put their foot on the ball Ceballos

You can always tell if a team is decent or not by how much one touch football they play in my opinion. It’s a good judge if the players are good enough to pass and move and ping it quickly.

... we play little of it at all, if any. That’s the thing I have an issue with today.

Yes sometimes those things aren’t great

Main problem is the midfield, paceless, taking too many touches, Xhaka playing like it’s a testimonial, total imbalance and when we did need to change it Emery took off the only player who wants to put their foot on the ball Ceballos

You can always tell if a team is decent or not by how much one touch football they play in my opinion. It’s a good judge if the players are good enough to pass and move and ping it quickly.

... we play little of it at all, if any. That’s the thing I have an issue with today.

Poor old AMN was taken to the cleaners by Deulofeu today and showed exactly what he is, a midfielder pushed into playing RB. He was completely clueless and lethargic with it, and he was far from the only one.

I’m with you on the midfield. Total lack of pace and power in there. Without those two attributes in CM you will always struggle to win prem games

Eh, stating a fact ?

I like AMN but I’m not sure we can fully put his dreadful performance today down to him being a midfielder playing at right back. His passing was generally utter rubbish. That would have been the case if he was playing in midfield. The misplaced passes would presumably have just been made in different areas of the pitch. Moreover, one of the few good things he did do, the assist, was probably down to him playing at right back.

You're right Bern, if anything his passing should be the best part of his game.

I don't want to dig him out too much because he's a kid, but he's had long enough now to have improved his one-v-one and his positional play. Deulofue didn't exactly have to play like Messi to bamboozle him. A little side step or drop of the shoulder and he was away.

No pace, no power, no outball, no combination football just nothing. Absolutely nothing. None of the players we have look to make a decent combination and I can’t for the life of me understand why Torreira isn’t starting.

I think Pépé hasn’t been great and is low on confidence but the service is appalling and Aubameyang must be walking off the pitch thinking he has to score 3 every game.