Offical match day thread

Willock has done nothing since replacing Ozil - we just aren’t managing to have the ball in central attacking positions

 

Good header from Mustafi. He defends decently a lot of the time, he’s just too often a liability.

 

Watching us play is like watching paint dry.. I actually fell into deep sleep.. We have fallen so far off the top table. We are actually in deep slumber, nothing I doubt can rouse this team!

 

This is ****ing infuriating. A proper even 50/50 game with BURNLEY.

 

We just haven’t had the intensity in this game. Looking like an Emery team with no direction in this second half.

 

The front line look tired, being on Pepe!!!

 

Bellerin has probably been our best player.

 

Nketiah?? **** me. What has Pepe done wrong?

 

I think Willock was the wrong sub, should have gone for Ceballos to try and control possession. And left it too late with taking off Laca.

 

I think Arteta has done almost everything wrong today. This line-up again a big robust Burnley side main no sense IMO
his subs have also been weird.

 

I’m really pleased to have him back in the team. If we can get Tierney back to fitness and if this new CB is any good we might start to look a bit better at the back and also going forward with proper wing backs.

 

Yeah it was a bad day at the office, our worst performance under him and his decision making seemed off. It’s bound to happen sometimes, it’s a long road back to where we need to be.

 

Yeah - it's only one league win for Arteta soo far though. Another draw - fans will be starting to turn already.

There's no 'easing in' period at this level anymore.

 

What a **** game.

arteta has won 1 of his 7 league games in charge.

yes I know he has changed things and organized us but still...

1 win in 7...

 

Overall we are playing better and seem to be developing a style of play and identity which was clearly missing under Emery.

We need to be patient and give him time to get the team playing the way he wants and bring in players who fit the style.

 

We’ve got to keep patience. It’s not quite happening for us yet but turning on the manager and players at this point isn’t what we need.

 

Another uninspiring result and performance. Although, it has to be said, Lacazette and Aubameyang missed 3 chances you would normally expect them to score. Really, really poor from both of them, especially Aubameyang.

I have to say I thought Arteta got it wrong today. Guendouzi and Xhaka as a midfield pairing has never really worked. They both take too long on the ball and are quite cumbersome in possession. It was hard to get any real fluency in attack when the middle of your team doesn't play it forwards quickly enough.

Also, not starting Pepe was a mistake, particularly given Lacazette's awful form at the moment.

On a slightly more positive note, Mustafi had an excellent game. That was one of his best in an Arsenal shirt. I wish he could play like that regularly.

6 wins. 13 draws. 6 losses. That's a horrendous, horrendous record.

We need to be winning games.

 

What an insipid performance, question is did we even get the the new manager bounce? The results are not much better than Emery's last few weeks in charge.. The performance marginally better. Arteta should start looking at himself and his team selection!

 

Our formerly s--t defence now looks better than our s--t attack

 

I thought Auba, Laca and Ozil were off form today. Not the same energy and they all looked frustrated. But I think part of that was the lack of transition from back to front. We weren’t giving them the ball quickly enough. Willock came on and did nothing in Ozil place and again I think it’s because the front players were disjointed from the rest of the team.

I think Arteta got his team selection wrong and didn’t use his subs as well as he could have. But mostly this hasn’t been the case in other games and he is going to make mistakes at times as he finds his feet.

Our finishing also let us down today as you said, we had some golden opportunities to get a goal.