Time for him to go. I did see promise in this guy. His ball retention and passing was excellent, but needed to learn fast in terms of his positioning out of possession. Also didn’t work hard enough. I was willing to stay supportive of him until he showed an attitude problem. Once he did that, nah, get rid.
Arsenal’s XI for The Emirates cup fixture against AS Monaco: Jesus is out with a knee injury apparently. Hoping it won’t be too serious.
This makes me anxious for another striker going into this season Problem is, to get one better than what we've already got, we're looking at £100m+
Arsenal 0-1 AS Monaco. Fofana. Awful defending. Cleared the first corner, Martinelli gets beaten far too easily for pace when they get the second ball and Fofana has all the space in the world between our CBs to head home. Partey didn’t cover himself in glory either. Just left his man free.
1-1. Nice goal by Eddie and a good delivery from the corner by Martinelli. Let’s hope we can tighten up and also play more fluidly.
Our defending has been really, really shaky this pre-season. We need to tighten up by the time the season starts otherwise we’re gonna have a very ropey start to the actual campaign.
Just when I was thinking how strong our squad was - the one player we don't really have quality cover for.. gets injured.
Was at the game yesterday. A few things.. Fabio Viera was poor - it's just never works when we play a AMF/No.10 out wide in this system. Perhaps we do need a quality backup for Saka? Smith Rowe was also REALLY poor. I hope we don't sell him but.. He has to deliver when he plays or he won't last much longer. I'm coming round to the idea of Raya at Arsenal. Ramsdale saved a penalty (finally) but really he was truly awful in the last two shootouts. Its like he decides where he's going to dive beforehand. .I wouldn't fancy him in this position in the Champions League.. it really is a big weakness that could cost us.. Timber is absolutely class. Was nice to see Partey and Rice playing together this partnership could be one of the best.
