Recent content by ToledoTrumpton

You think Ozil will ever play again? I'm surprised every time Luiz makes the team sheet, and how he gets a pass from the Arsenal fans, he has made some real howlers.

Have to say that I am not enthused about the squad right now. We seem to have a lot of young players and not a lot of real stars. How many international players that play for their country do we have? We can be bullish on youth, nothing wrong with that, but apart from blind optimism...

As far as I can tell all 3 of their goals came against a back 4 of Socratis, Holding, Luiz and Kolasinac, and for 2 of them our attackers virtually provided the assists. Not too much cause for alarm.

I think I have been saying something like this for a while, and being ripped for it. But, hopefully, if more people start to recognize it, we can fix it.

It is going to be interesting to see if inserting the winter break will affect all English teams. We (England) were dominating in Europe, but the games are piling up on top of each other now. The players were dead on their feet almost from the start. Maybe Arteta should have rotated more, but...

Whoscored has Mustafi winning 4/4 Defensive Aerials. He may have lost his man, but he was never actually outjumped according to whoscored, just sayin'. https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1376115/Live/England-Premier-League-2019-2020-Arsenal-Everton.

Honestly, we see this a lot ourselves. We have had many, many, games where we get kicked about and fouled repeatedly without the other team getting yellow cards, particularly early in the game. It really is a common flaw with English referees. I can sympathize with Leeds, but until you get...

I think going manic-depressive on our managers is not productive. Arteta has made a good start, but lets not build him up to an expectation level that he can't possibly sustain. I think the fact that he was able to get Ozil fired up after 1 game, is just testimony about how wrong Emery was for...

Arteta is a miracle worker - guess who covered the most ground today out of the entire team? Torreira was second.

Not sure what us being relegated will prove, except that those of us who were saying, don't be too quick to get rid of Wenger, were right. Succession planning is important, and we got rid of Wenger automatically, because a minority of arrogant morons repeatedly told us, everything he did was...

I don't think managers ever say that exactly. They always say something like, "I select the team based on whoever looks best in training." The press then seem to want to make this a negative, because that sells better, and they immediately turn that from a player, or players, looking...

I think it all goes back to my point. It all depends on the tactics. I know you were being ironic, but with one manager's tactics, they may be happy with the wingers being pushed up and not tracking back, whereas another manager might play a real #10 and want the attacking midfielder to stay...

Yeah, there is a general lack of confidence which was (I suppose) only to be expected. Tactically we seemed better and seemed to be creating half-breaks without too much difficulty. It will be interesting to see what happens in the second half. It was nice to see us get more possession, and I...

Absolutely, I think if there is anything the last couple of years have taught us, it is that our problems are no longer this player or that player. There is an overall tactical malaise; or just a lack of identity and tactics that we need to resolve. Until we work out the way we want to play...

Specifically he has said that players need to close down quicker and the space between the defenders and attackers needs to be closer, which is what I have been saying for months, so I am happy.