Its a bit too early to be getting carried away with any sort of impression by any side.
Barring City. They barely broke a sweat. It was only West Ham though
Liverpool must have barely broken a sweat too presumably.Barring City. They barely broke a sweat. It was only West Ham though
We have the players to do so again now imo. It'll be interesting to see how Poche uses the different strengths of the squad to get us back to where we were in the last season at the old ground.I don’t expect us to dispose of teams like West Ham away with such ease:
I thought they looked quite poor, gave the ball away a lot and in dangerous areas, ended up putting themselves under unnecessary pressure. Against a side with a more potent attach they could've easily conceded a few.Considering their injuries etc I thought Arsenal looked more than decent and they will be challenging for a top 4 place providing they can keep their best defenders fit.
We have the players to do so again now imo. It'll be interesting to see how Poche uses the different strengths of the squad to get us back to where we were in the last season at the old ground.
That Arsenal side on paper looked poor yesterday and I am not sure they can do much about it. Bellerin and Tierney are out for a few months, Luiz isn't much of an improvement on the cbs, the only thing that will change is Lacazette coming in.
Not convinced on Pepe either, really don't understand that transfer. If they had gone and spent £80m on two centrebacks, I think most would be more worried about them..
But when you're 4 cbs are Sokratis, Mustafi, Luiz and Chambers...
Forgot about Holding, he's injured too isn't he?
Bellerin is due back September but after his lengthy time out, I don't think we will see him until October. Tierney they have said 4-6 weeks before he is training with them.
Sokratis has been quite solid for them hasn’t he?
Certainly a step up from Mustafi lol.
I don’t expect us to dispose of teams like West Ham away with such ease:
I said like West Ham. I think City will often breeze past teams of that quality, whereas we will usually win but wins of that margin will be rare for us.City are not Wet Spam's cup final.
I said like West Ham. I think City will often breeze past teams of that quality, whereas we will usually win but wins of that margin will be rare for us.
Im not sure those stats in isolation show that much tbh.Agree? I posted some stats comparing our shots/on target/ scored between us, Liverpool and City in the match thread and our inferior chance conversion would concur with what you said.
Im not sure those stats in isolation show that much tbh.
I think our players are just instructed to take a much more 'shoot on sight' approach, whereas Liverpool and City in particular, almost try to walk it in.
It's just a different tactical approach.