Offs were going to lose this aren’t we. Zero movement and NOBODY making runs in-between the lines

Then we will have to endure another week of people talking more bollocks about Leno, Aubameyang & Arteta anything but the truth

Even Partey ignored the pass to him in that last attack

Bellerin making a habit of foul throws these days

5 foul throws this season. Totally inexcusable. It is a small point but if someone isn’t bothering to take him aside and show him how to throw a ball in then there is something wrong. I don’t care if he’s thrown the ball like that all his life, he’s obviously doing it wrong

and we had a throw in specialist who seems to have done the business for the opposition

That was a foul on Partey - ref unsighted

He can’t have thrown like that all his life Rich; it’s sloppy play that’s all

Great play by Tierney - our best player so far

Genuinely don’t see how Willian, on current form this year, is picked ahead of AMN.
As I write this, he misses a great chance.
Hook the lazy sod

And Partey injured too

Lo celso has been booked and had another foul that the ref gave him a talking to. An arsenal player would be off for their next foul no matter what the foul. We need to be targeting Lo Celso to try to get him sent off

Right, second half at least let’s get a goal

This is going well

That was Bellerin’s own quote when he was asked about it recently

We just aren’t a team yet. We haven’t been for a long long time.

Xhaka ceballos midfield combo coming up 2nd half.

Could end up an avalanche here

We’ve had plenty of possession.

Xhaka off, he plays too much as a Centre half, and Gabriel does the job far better. Push a Xhaka replacement AMN further forward and let Gabriel take the ball on the halfway. Holdings not bad at that either.

What have we got to lose? Go for it.

I think Arteta needs a major rethink.

What he is trying at the moment with the personnel we have, clearly isn’t working.

I enjoyed watching 80% of Wenger's games even if we lost. With Arteta that's dived to about 40% if not less.

Not sure I can take much more of this but who's going to do better for us?

2 attacks and 2 goals. Bit unlucky really as nil nil would be fairer reflection.

And now we’re left with Ceballos and Xhaka in midfield. I’d much rather have Elneny and amn. I’d also rather have Nelson than willian.

Partey clearly wasn’t fit, shows how desperate we were for any kind of quality in central midfield.

So far this has to be on Arteta for staying safe with his selection. He needs to learn, this experienced but slow players are letting us down every game. No movement no dynamism.

That’s exactly it, Xhaka literally sits on top of the CB, he plays so deep because he has no mobility or pace. But by being so deep it is a massive hole in midfield. He has to be dropped, so does Willian.

I was so despondent when I saw the starting line up today. Everything felt so inevitable

Our full backs join the attack so much with little or no result, and always leave us vulnerable to counter attacks. But that Son goal was a bit special.

It’s not one thing it’s several

Our midfield is *%^@ so our full backs have to bomb forward as our only creative outlets and get caught

You have Xhaka playing a north London Derby at walking pace

Saka to me looks bizarrely ineffective right now probably as a consequence of playing too many games

Willian and Lacazette short on confidence

We have no midfield, no creative outlet and are just an average side

Something else I’ve noticed these past few games. Why is Ceballos playing at right back?

1st half, Xhaka was asked to get near Kane every time he got the ball. It was Arteta's tactic.

We are struggling to score from open play, we should work on free kicks and corners to get goals. Not sure if we work on on set-pieces.

What about the times when WE had the ball though Goonie? No need for Xhaka to have the ball on the CB line then

Losing confidence in Arteta. To echo so many here, why are Xhaka & Willian playing? AMN & Nelson are better options.

It is really strange. Xhaka playing left centre half, ceballos playing right back and literally nobody in central midfield!
I just can’t believe if you had Elneny and amn in there that those would be the positions those two would decide to take up.

He needs to stop trusting them. Right now I don’t care about any technical attributes, we need more physical attributes right now. Pace, power and dynamism. Just pick 11 players in their natural positions who beat display those attributes.

There really is only about 6-7 of this squad who are good enough

I suppose he was covering for our full backs. I agree our midfield is a problem area. AMN and Elneny combo next?

You can scream at Willian all you want. It’s utterly pointless as he never has any options or inside midfielders supporting him. He’s totally isolated on that flank.

It’s far trendier to slag him off and call him rubbish than look at the bigger picture.

I wouldn’t want to be a winger or striker at arsenal.

All going much as anticipated having seen the starting line up. And that includes Partey not getting through unscathed.

Horribly mediocre. And our master tactician is being taught a lesson.

There was one time Willian received the ball in opposition's box. He brought the ball out and we had to restart the attack.

We needed an entire new midfield this season and we’re playing the second half with the same as last year.

Half the first 11 needs rebuilding and most of the squad needs rebuilding. Arteta isn’t helping himself by trying to push his methods on to players who are too inflexible and old to take it on. Give the rest of the season to the younger players.
Amn, Nelson, smith-Rowe, saka, Martinelli

I’m watching carefully, and Bellerin isn’t far away from Willian most of the time. Not sure how much more support a seasoned professional should expect?

Until the bigger picture is sorted, which will be some time, the least you want is work rate.

And on that basis, Willian’s contribution so far this season definitely needs improvement. Give AMN a go there and see if there’s any difference. Nothing to lose at the moment.

At least Lacazette is trying to make things happen in this 2nd half. Worth persevering with him in this new role.

Mourinho parking the bus

Same thing on the left flank. A few occasions where winger and full back were only abt 5 metres apart from each other in opposition's half.

But our biggest problem is Xhaka