Maitland- Niles out for 8 weeks. When you consider Emery record in Europa, I reckon he will take it pretty seriously. Their squad is gonna be seriously stretched. For me they just aren’t involved in top 4 argument at all.
Agreed
To be honest, I think this is the season the so-called 'Top 6' become the 'Top 5', with Arsenal finishing well off the pace.
Last season they finished 7pts behind a ropey Chelsea side that had all but downed tools (including their manager ).
So if Arsenal have a poor league finish two seasons in a row, with no easy fixes in sight, the media and fans are going to saying 'Top 5' instead of 'Top 6'.
You may not like it but it's one of the reasons why City romped the league last season!I think you could improve almost every team in the premier leagues defence just by getting the silly bastards to clear their lines when boxed in under pressure instead of falling into the trap of trying to play out from the back when theres no space to do so.
First weekend and we've already seen Man City, Arsenal and Everton just to name a few guilty of causing their own problems.
I find it pathetic frankly.
I think you could improve almost every team in the premier leagues defence just by getting the silly bastards to clear their lines when boxed in under pressure instead of falling into the trap of trying to play out from the back when theres no space to do so.
First weekend and we've already seen Man City, Arsenal and Everton just to name a few guilty of causing their own problems.
I find it pathetic frankly.
Ooh how original.Alright calm down Sam
And how often is the city defence boxed in?You may not like it but it's one of the reasons why City romped the league last season!
Maitland- Niles out for 8 weeks. When you consider Emery record in Europa, I reckon he will take it pretty seriously. Their squad is gonna be seriously stretched. For me they just aren’t involved in top 4 argument at all.
Mustafi/ sokratis is really poor I mean really poor. At a guess I’d say maybe 4 or5 teams in the entire league would swap their CB pairing for them. And once they’ve been exposed which I believe they will be in first 10 games where will Emery turn holding or mavropanos.
Ooh how original.
Not saying play long ball.
I'm talking about in game management but I guess you know that and was trying to be a smart arse.
Banter aside they have played City (H) and Chelsea (A) which are two of the toughest fixtures in the whole season.Crazy to think anything but an Arsenal win next weekend could see them 8 or 9 pts adrift of the top 4 after 3 games.