Match Day Thread Arsenal vs West Ham United - Matchday Thread

[Jayramfootball]

BTW. We've only conceded 3 goals in 10 games this season. INSANE.

Yes the defence is excellent.
I watch them when they are not in possession and they way they work in sync - also the little angles they create in possession when under pressure. It truly is superb to watch.
They are also physical.
Best defence we've had since the famous back 5...maybe even better.

 

[Jayramfootball]

I didn't say he was 'great', as a great performance would be playing how he did but also scoring. His only great performance for me was against Forest.

I said he'd played well - which I think he did in those games I mentioned IMO.

The other games, he wasn't so good, including today, but as I said, it's not like we've been creating chances in abundance for him.

I still have question marks about how he fits into the team, how he handles contact against good quality CBs and the types of runs he makes (sometimes he's too eager to drift out wide when we need him to be going through the centre).

But I do have some of the concerns that you have - I just think we need a slightly larger sample size. Otherwise we need to reconsider what we do in January.

Ah sorry - misread your rating of him against City.
He does have time. To me it looks like he isn;t playing with confidence and that might be to do with the step up in level.
I've seen him take touches before trying to get shots away - he needs to just start hitting it first time and also being more aggressive in his running into space - especially through the middle.
Probably my biggest concern is that he he doesn't really look that strong against the best defenders. Goes to ground a lot.

 

[BrunelGunner]

He does have time. To me it looks like he isn;t playing with confidence and that might be to do with the step up in level.
I've seen him take touches before trying to get shots away - he needs to just start hitting it first time and also being more aggressive in his running into space - especially through the middle.
Probably my biggest concern is that he he doesn't really look that strong against the best defenders. Goes to ground a lot.

Yes, that is a pet peeve of mine too. I think he's still not fully adapted to the type of contact/physicality you get in the Portuguese league compared to the Premier League.

Although what I will say is that he was being manhandled at times against Olympiacos and the referee was just letting play go on. It was infuriating. Even Ally McCoist on commentary was saying that he wasn't getting given fouls that should have been fouls.

But broadly speaking, he does need to do better against top quality CBs. His movement needs to be a bit better too. For me, Haaland makes the best attacking runs in the league and I thought Gyokeres would be in a similar mould. But he's not.

Let's give him a bit more time, though.

 

[Jayramfootball]

Yes, that is a pet peeve of mine too. I think he's still not fully adapted to the type of contact/physicality you get in the Portuguese league compared to the Premier League.

Although what I will say is that he was being manhandled at times against Olympiacos and the referee was just letting play go on. It was infuriating. Even Ally McCoist on commentary was saying that he wasn't getting given fouls that should have been fouls.

But broadly speaking, he does need to do better against top quality CBs. His movement needs to be a bit better too. For me, Haaland makes the best attacking runs in the league and I thought Gyokeres would be in a similar mould. But he's not.

Let's give him a bit more time, though.

I think he probably needs a few games on the bench as a sub - he could probably influence games where we need to try something different to grab some points (drawing or losing with 30 mins left).

My preference right now would be Martinelli through the middle or Merino.

 

[BrunelGunner]

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This is proof that we need to start finishing our dinner. But I'm glad we're seeing us create more chances, especially from open play.

 

[BrunelGunner]

To give praise to the team and manager, this was a pretty tough week of games.

We had Newcastle away last Sunday, where we struggle in recent times, and deservedly won.
We had Olympiacos in midweek, who had beaten us in their last 3 consecutive games at The Emirates, and we won with a clean sheet.
We had West Ham at home, who had beaten us here in the past 2 consecutive seasons, and we won with a clean sheet.

A good week heading into the international break.

 

[Jayramfootball]

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This is proof that we need to start finishing our dinner. But I'm glad we're seeing us create more chances, especially from open play.

The extra positive thing is that we're joint top scorers in the league - albeit with City and Liverpool still to play their 7th game.

 

[PINKIE]

Thought that was a reasonably comfortable win today. I'd like to see us finishing more of the chances we create, but Calafiori was really unlucky not to score and it could have been 3 or 4 today

Never really needed to get out of 3rd gear today.

 

[Jayramfootball]

Oh i love it, Liverpool lost to a goal 5 mins into injury time.
Hahaha. luck is turning.

 

[PINKIE]

Oh i love it, Liverpool lost to a goal 5 mins into injury time.
Hahaha. luck is turning.

Gotta love those Chelsea slags today

 

[TheBear]

Oh i love it, Liverpool lost to a goal 5 mins into injury time.
Hahaha. luck is turning.

Was a fun game - very open. Felt like a game from 15 years back.

Top of the League. COYG.

 

[Jayramfootball]

The fixing of the PL schedule to start the season to make it difficult for Arsenal has backfired.

 

[Jayramfootball]

If you ever wondered whether the PGMOL cheats against Arsenal , or pretended they did not, this clip should close all debate.
There is no possible way that VAR can miss this. I called it at the time - it was an obvious hand ball and penalty. They spend 3-4 minutes in slow motion to check for a touch when they want to rule out a decision in our favour , they spent no time on this

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This is why i say we need to be 10-15 pts better than anyone else to win the league - which is also why Wenger only won 3 league titles instead of 8-10 titles and why we dont already have 2 titles under Arteta.