Mengel97

I would definitely play 34-year-old Mertesacker in front of this clowns. Since he left our defence is very, very poor. Yes, he was slow but he was always on the right place and was always making the right decisions. A decent, underrated defender.

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still don't understand getting rid of Gabriel

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That was a very big mistake. He was the best individual CB we had, he just didn't had the communication with his teammates and that used to lead to mistakes. He was fast, very good tackler, he was reading the game fine and was a pretty good jumper. He was very similar like Koscielny and maybe that was the problem. Two CB's with same qualities just can't play together...

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crazy4lsu

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You explained very well and you're mostly right. But the fact that he does not fit well with this team means that we have no use from him in the moment. I noticed that your understanding of the game is on another level from mine, but saying that Ozil ran more than Alexis is completely wrong from my view. As far as i can remember, Sanchez used to come back very often, taking the ball in his feet and trying to get it up front. He also used to come back and help the CB's and DMF's getting the ball out from our half while Ozil was doing that very, very rarely. And saying about how bad is that Alexis used to keep the ball in his feet longer is also wrong in my opinion. You see, every top team has such tip of player that keeps the ball in his feet. Let's start with Chelsea, they have Hazard, and i think that Alexis and Hazard have similar qualities. United have Pogba, City have Silva, Spurs have Eriksen and Arsenal has nobody with that quality right now. One year ago, we had two players who could hold the ball longer, Alexis and Cazorla, and they both were the reason Arsenal played better football. Since they are gone, i haven't seen a beautiful football from this team. Alexis' vision and passes were so underrated and that's a fact.

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"Ozil has cleverly brought racism into the game to distract attention from the fact that he has not played football well for a long time," Hoeness told Sky Sport.

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A person who clearly understands this game. I can't stand the fans who still think he can bring us something. As a player who earns £350k a week should do a lot more then just pass the ball. I've never seen him run when he or someone else losses the ball. He's just getting angry and does nothing at all. Some of you still think that an attempt to find someone in the 16 yard box is creating a chance. Just think about it. That can be done by everyone. Finding a player like Bellerin -> Auba vs Chelsea when he missed that, is actually a crated chance, and Ozil does that very rarely. He can't even be a leader in this team. Seeing Ozil still play in the first 11 and players like Jack leaving the club and Lacazette sitting on the bench makes me sick. Since he came in the club, i have been watching almost every game and i was never satisfied with his performances.

Think about this before you reply. Thank you.

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“For Saturday, the decision for me is easy. Petr Cech can continue to start the match, I believe in him.

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What do you think about this? Personally, i also think Cech had a good game against City but he does not fit in Emery's tactics. He almost scored an own goal. He's simply not good enough with his feet. Emery should change his tactics about starting the attack from the CB's if he wants to play Cech as a No.1, otherwise, he must play Leno.

Yea man i know nobody wants to hear this, neither do i but that's the reality. It's good to have hopes that we'll have success but i just don't see that...

Chambers has the ability to be a first choice CB at the start of the season until Koscielny comes back. Holding has good technique for a CB, he's faster then all other CB's we have but unfortunately, he's a big flop. The guy almost never tackles. Every fricking player gets pass him because of that. He must learn how to tackle if he wants to be a starter. I think at the start of the season, Emery has to rotate between Sokratis, Mustafi, Chambers and Mavropanos in order to see who has the potential to be in the first 11.

Players released by Arsenal this summer:

Marc Bola

Santi Cazorla

Alex Crean

Vlad Dragomir

Aaron Eyoma

Yassin Fortune

Ryan Huddart

Chiori Johnson

Hugo Keto

Per Mertesacker

Tafari Moore

Jack Wilshere

Personally, can't understand why would they release Vlad Dragomir when he used to be mentioned as a great potential and one for the future. I used to watch videos of him and you can see there that he can be a great player such as Ozil. Great technique, great passer, good vision, what else? In my opinion, this is a big mistake.

What do you think?

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Love this signing.

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How can you love this signing? This guy is old, Mertesacker is faster than him... While other top clubs are battling for world class players, Arsenal is buying an old fricking player who can't even run. And for what? Experience? If you want experience, you have Cech, Monreal, Koscielny who are all over 30. We are signing a player on a position where you have to be fast, and Lichsteiner hasn't got that anymore...

As i used to say, the problem wasn't Arsene, the problem is the board and the club's politics.

What a game that was yesterday, brilliant performance from everyone on the pitch.