Arsenal v Leeds Utd Match Thread - Jamie Shackleton replaces the injured Kalvin Phillips

[Boo Radley]

We’ve handed this on a plate to a very average team from the kick off with our line up. No one looks anything but shaky in their roles. Meslier having a mare - and under pressure because he has no out.

[SG90]

I hope they murder us.

It might teach Bielsa a lesson.

He'll still pick Struijk at DM and Ayling at CB even if we lost 100-0.

[Cjay]

Why play so many players out of position it boggles the mind.

[BGwhite]

I hope they murder us.

It might teach Bielsa a lesson.

They have done

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[SG90]

Sell Meslier for £25m in the summer and get Romero from scum on a free.

[The Subhuman]

For me the worst half of the season and that includes Crawley was it? And to be honest I don't think it's the players fault. When we get out of our half we look dangerous so I'm expecting defenders and the keeper to score high in the MOTM scores

[Cjay]

Lots of players out of position losing the 1v1s.

To easy

[SG90]

even if phillips had not been injured we would still have been tuened over, this is a chapionship team still will only wins games to teams below us not teams above us.

Apart from Leicester and Aston Villa

[White Riot]

Sounds like we're playing like fookin twats, thank fook the power went off here and I can't watch it.

God is merciful, with his divine intervention

[whiteswan]

On MB this for me.

It was simple, play Klich for KP and Shacks for Klich.

Is it ideal? No.

But it at least keeps most of the team the same.

Dicking about with it like we have has destroyed any rhythm.

Struijk isnt a dm, he isnt able to find space to receive the ball on the half turn like KP does.

At least Klich can.

So disappointed, Arsenal arent particularly good, a real opportunity today to cement ourselves in the top half.

Unfortunately I think you are right Cjay. We have no rhythm with this line up....

[Cjay]

Meslier at fault for all 3 goals.

It seems harsh to say but imo we should have got Martinez.

Its to soon for Meslier he makes some awesome saves but he concededs some really soft ones and his distribution is awful.

[Chilli D]

Apart from Leicester and Aston Villa

And Everton

[White Riot]

Apart from Leicester and Aston Villa

We'll be above them next season

[BGwhite]

Need a HT reshuffle.


Ali off
Ayling to RWB
Dallas LWB
Shacks as the DFM
Pablo on the middle

Also Bamford for Rapha, Rapha for Bamford, Dallas for Harrison, Pablo for Dallas and the tea lady for MB.

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[White Riot]

Meslier at fault for all 3 goals.

It seems harsh to say but imo we should have got Martinez.

Its to soon for Meslier he makes some awesome saves but he concededs some really soft ones and his distribution is awful.

He needs to get off the drugs

[SG90]

Meslier at fault for all 3 goals.

It seems harsh to say but imo we should have got Martinez.

Its to soon for Meslier he makes some awesome saves but he concededs some really soft ones and his distribution is awful.

Ayling was at fault for the first goal, didn't close Aubameyang down. Dunno why he's so highly rated, he can't defend for s**t.

[Cjay]

Unfortunately I think you are right Cjay. We have no rhythm with this line up....

Correct Swannie.

It just seems like overkill.

1 player out so move 3 or 4 around away from their natural positions?

We lost a cm brought in Shacks who is a cm but then moved him to rb moved the rb to cb and the cb to dm?

Wtf.

[WhiteRose]

Just a joke, we have surely seen enough to know struijk is not a midfielder yet the whole team has been unbalanced to accommodate it - get him back in defence and shack in to midfield, or take him off and put hernandez on.

[CHAPELALLMAN]

What I said yesterday ;
"I fear we will lose if we play Struijk as a defensive midfielder. Their 10 will probably try to pull him around all over and leave big gaps in the middle for them to run into. We do part like the Red Sea sometimes in the middle of the park."

[Peter in Blackpool]

I hope they murder us.

It might teach Bielsa a lesson.

no chance, play the same against wolves.

sorry, but i have said it before MB is far too stubborn to ever be a top manager....he just wont learn from his mistakes