We were exceptional in every department except finishing. We really need to question if Mitrovic is going to be able to score enough to keep us up this season. Ratings - Elliot - 8 - Excellent saves at times to keep us in it Janmaat - 8 - Excellent energy right through the game. Mbemba - 8 - Solid Colo - 8 - Great play Dummet - 8 - Dealt with Ox very well after the first few minutes. Sissoko - 8.5 - Superb performance. Tiote - 8 - Solid. Excellent break up of play and decent ball playing. Colback - 8 - Good performance. Wijnaldum - 7.5 - Missed a great chance that would have been typical of him, but Cech made a great save. Still upset that he didn't score today. Good in other departments though. Perez - 7 - Left Dummett exposed at the beginning. Got more stuck in later on. Some good dribbles and passes. Mitrovic - 6 - Good hold up play, but should have scored at least one. He's not looking sharp enough in front of goal. Thuavin - 6.5 - Good work rate and energy late on.
cannot fault the effort from the lads. We now need to see effort from the board. Hope Tiote isn't injured too badly.
Ratings - Elliot - 5 one decent save, everything else was straight at him. Not quick enough out to Ramsey, bit **** from him for their goal, and pretty poor kicking today. Janmaat - 8 - he was really good going forwards as always and made some crucial defensive plays for once. Mbemba - 8 - fantastic pace, composure on the ball. Colo - 8.5 - Fantastic performance from Colo, marshalling the backline, had Giroud in his pocket, and put us on the right track going forward. Dummet - 5 - he's so limited as a ball player. Was solid in defence, but all the threat came from his side. Sissoko - 8.5 - great interceptions, wonderful innovation going forwards. Powerful, great passing. Tiote - 9 - Tiote at his best. Kept the midfield ticking over with tidy passing, comfortable on the ball playing simply, broke up Arsenal's attacks well. Colback - 7 - He was decent. His crossing is super ****, and really no need for him when we have Tiote. Plugged away though and ran the miles. Wijnaldum - 8 - much better when played centrally, great link-up play and busted a guy to get in the box at every opportunity. Should have scored, but made us look like Arsenal on a good day. Perez - 7 - defensively ****, but come on, he's a striker. He caused problems down the right and created chances. Mitrovic - 1 - abomination of a footballer, it was almost 11 vs 10 with this buffoon on the pitch. He can jump, and bully, but he can't head for **** (ball just bounces off his stupid bonce because he closes his eyes and hopes for the best), his finishing technique with his feet is way below that found in the 8th or 9th rung of English football, and his first touch is pretty pants. What can he actually do? I used to laugh at Zigic, Crouch etc, but at least they could finish a header. This boy makes Shola look like Pele! Subs: Thuavin - 6 - did ok when he came on. De Jong - barely had any time, and by that point Tiote had gone and so had our control.
I'm simply saying you can't say you are playing well and losing every week. Qpr did that all season apparatley
Sorry, that was unnecessary. I've not been too worried so far as some of the performances have been good but even I am starting to see the pressing need for some actual points on the board
Have we improved since the start of the season? I don't think we have. Arsenal struggled to beat us last time out and that was with 10 men for 70mins. We played well. Over the season so far we showed no consistency and we only have about 13players to pick from. If we don't buy players quick, think we'll go down. Buy: Austin Townshend (The Ox on loan?) Jon Jo Matip A Left Back Should cost about 50 million in total
Vile need 10 wins we need 8 wins and you need 7 wins. Which owner Learner Short or Ashley is going to spend to help this to happen? We also need at least one other team to plummet. The fat lady us in the wings waiting to come on.
