Xhaka is such a petulant knob ... unecessary bookings are his speciality .

Indeed.

Excellent result away in Europe. Looked solid for the most part. Certainly effective.

Yes, an excellent result and another clean sheet

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Hard to get excited about that match , if you are one who is buoyed soley by results alone then it was indeed excellent ; the entertainment levels along the way though were pretty dire .

My expectations have been managed downwards over a long period.

I’m just pleased right now that we no longer look like a joke team giving away daft comedy goals on a regular basis. It looks like a move in the right direction.

Excellent result away from home in a tough place to go. Olympiacos may be no great shakes but away from home with the long travel and a passionate home crowd I think most teams would happily take that result back home in the first leg.

The goal was brilliant. Aubameyang doing so well to keep it in and under control, Saka still bombing on in support and an inch perfect ball across for Lacazette.

We have been raving about Martinelli as an amazing find for a £6m 18 year old signing, but Saka is right up there. Tie him down to that contract.

That's it. Not a particularly good performance but Arteta has cut out the "shooting ourselves in the foot" performances. Long way to go but we look like an organised team at last.

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I’d be fascinated to see how Saka handled a game in the number 10 position, he has speed, weight of pass and goals. The best academy player since Ashley Cole surely

He’s up there, although I’d say at the same point in their careers Jack Wilshere looked like he had the world at his feet in a very difficult position for young players to break through. That first season as an 18 year old (I think) was unbelievable. Injuries did for him. Very excited about Saka though. For me the most impressive part is how he’s taken so naturally to playing left back - it is just unheard of even in very senior players to do it this well. I posted a while back about it being too early for him to go to the Euros but take age out of it you have Chilwell who has done very well for Lecoester and has the position for England but who else is playing left back better than Saka? Shaw? Rose? Bertrand? Nope

I think Saka is possibly our biggest prospect.

Martinelli has done well but I think at this point the hype has gone too far. Comparisons with the likes of Brazilian Ronaldo and Juve's Ronaldo are a step too far at the moment.

Great result last night but boy do I find watching us mentally draining.

We have improved defensively but the lack of quality and creativity from the midfield is palpable.

I watched young Martinelli make a million runs from out to in last night and barely a single ball was threaded through the lines into him.

Things improved a little when Ceballos came on but generally we are a side who are too slow in possession, too willing to play the easy sideways pass and unable to find those killer passes.

Contrast us with Liepzig the other night, I thought their ability to move the ball quickly and accurately was miles ahead of us. Infact, most of the top sides move the ball with a pace, accuracy and intent that we simply don't have.

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I commented yesterday that I thought Martinelli had a bad game, actually it might have been a little unfair.

Pépé,Martinelli and Lacazette should be playing on the shoulder of their defender but have to drop short all the time because our midfielders are unable to pass progressively. Think of all the Walcott goals and assists that started with cesc or Cazorla playing that cross field ball behind the full back. We have none of that. Until we buy more creative midfield players I find it very hard to complain about our strikers and wide players.

The interview Lacazette gave after scoring at the weekend was telling when he said something like he wasn’t getting much service but if he got 1 chance during a game and missed it he felt terrible and his confidence was down but he needed to remember we are going through entire games without creating a single chance.

All in all I think Arteta is doing well, we look harder to beat but I think we keep making the mistake of not playing Aubameyang up front on his own away from home.

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Get brexit done, how dare you call us all racist blah blah blah etc

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Özil should be that person to thread passes. Imagine what Fabregas would do for our attackers? We are far from the finished product. I'd like to see how much we improve when everyone is available.

Finally got it.

Guendozi is all huff and puff and no end result, sadly. Xhaka is Xhaka, always the safe option first. Willock looked clueless. Agree with your comment; "mentally draining".

I dont agree with regard to Willock at all. He made some mistakes but he was our best attacking player in the first half. He was driving forward at their defenders and could probably have been a bit more selfish once or twice and just taken a pop at goal. He's by no means a sideways player.

There were some interesting quotes from Arteta praising Saka for wanting to learn and improve at left back even though it clearly isn’t his role and isn’t where he wants to play. Arteta also said that players can be asked to play out of position and already have their excuse for a poor performance, must be aimed at AMN who has had his say about having to play right back. Sokratis played ahead of AMN last night and I don’t doubt Cédric would have as well if he was fit.

A lot agree that central midfield is where we need the most improvement now, and if AMN seems a long way away from getting minutes in central midfield with this squad then you have to wonder whether he has a future at Arsenal other than a squad utility player

Gidday Soc ....you are not wrong .

Mikel is doing a wonderful job , but he can't fix everything immediately . Never mind Leipzig nearly every other team in the Premeir League moves the ball better than we do ; the reason we are mid table instead of relegation zone is down to the fact we have very good strikers .

I'm always buoyed when the ball goes to the left because Saka has yet to learn this f***** irrritating sideways / sideways / back that Xhaka , Luiz , Sokratis Mustafi , Bellerin and Kolasinac serve up.

Even Aubameyang on the right in many instances received the ball and passed it straight back to whoever passed it to him . Thierry would have turned and had a go at the defence .

I heard the commentator say our pass completion rate was a lot higher than Olympiacos ...no bloody wonder , the back four touch the ball about twenty times more than the attack .

I agree Willock is not a sideways player (did not imply he was). Perhaps my "clueless" comment was too harsh. But, I was hoping he would be playing more accurate threaded balls onto our front men. Hope this is a transition period for him, while building the telepathy with the forwards.

Very sad to see the decline of AMN. He was doing very well when he started playing. Along the way, he started to look lazy and careless. He needs someone influential to help him reflect truthfully about how he got to this stage. Hopefully, there is someone there to help him.

Always liked your candor. With you saying it, I need not say it. And you say it better than me

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Thanks for all your efforts
Much appreciated

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Kudos to Mustafi, who has been putting on more assured performances of late. Hope he continues to stand the test of game-pressures, especially against tougher opposition.

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"England is currently blessed with some of the best players in the world and even Jadon Sancho struggled to get his time in the senior national team."

Who else is laughing at this statement? I agree there are good players in the squad, but best in the world?

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Giroud has been great for Chelsea. I've always thought Arsenal fans were overly harsh on him. He had the misfortune of replacing RvP after his best season for us ever and into a team that wasn't that good. He was blamed for lacking attributes he never had when we bought him like pace. Giroud never had a chance.

What the hell is City wearing away to Leicester They should be docked a goal based on their kit alone.
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It's the Tequila Sunrise kit.

When they walked out, I thought they were marching in a 'Pride' parade. (no offense to those of you who are so inclined )

So spurs player Lo Celso stamps on azpilicueta, nothing given by the ref, goes to var, nothing given, stockley Park then admits 20 minutes later they got the review wrong and he should have been sent off.
These refs are losing credibility every single game

Now this is interesting. If indeed Liverpool did hack into the system, and they must have if there was a settlement, then they should be punished. Then there is the issue of illegally obtained evidence and whether the integrity of those has been maintained. How do UEFA prove there was no alterations of the emails and I believe that any judicial fairness says that they cannot rely on the emails as evidence.

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But fairness either way, seems to have no part in the way these organisations run there corrupt practices. Don't get me wrong I am not on Man City's side but the whole thing has a certain smell about it. I would love to examine the documents and the full judgment of UEFA, as to how they got to their decision and whether they gave City the opportunity to answer each allegation and then what City replied.