That is what I wrote in the match preview, I couldn’t have been more wrong if I tried. Well that is not strictly true. We are creatures of habit and the team have decided to ignore what worked so well for the other players at Southampton and instead revert back to sleep walking through the first 45 minutes
In today's Arsenal Vision Post Match Podcast: Elliot (@YankeeGunner), Paul (@PoznanInMyPants) & Clive (@ClivePAFC) talk about the 2-1 defeat at the hands of out of sorts Watford at the Emirates on Tuesday night. Arsenal’s preparation, Arsenal midfield, Oliver Giroud and much more all discussed on this weeks Arsenal Vision Post Match Podcast.
I hope we fly out of the traps as we did at Southampton and given how much Arsenal are creatures of habit, I think that is ex`actly how we will approach the game tonight. At the start of the season we were quite front footed and it is only in recent weeks we have begun to start games slowly only to turn up the heat in the second half. I do wonder if some of that is by design to some extent. Arsene is big on the last twenty minutes of games and you can see that with his substitution methods. How many times has he said post matches that ‘we took over when they became tired’
In today's Arsenal Vision Post Match Podcast: Elliot (@YankeeGunner), Paul (@PoznanInMyPants) and Clive (@Clivepafc) talk about the 5-0 away victory at Southampton. The pod members talk Danny Welbeck's way back into the team, Lucas Perez link up play, Oxlade-Chamberlain's midfield performance, Maitland-Niles potential Xhaka partner plus plenty more in this weeks Arsenal Vision Post match Podcast
In today's Arsenal Vision Post Match Podcast: Elliot (@YankeeGunner) and Paul (@PoznanInMyPants) talk about the crazy 2-1 late victory against Burnley at the Emirates on Sunday. Xhaka's red card, Ramsey & Coquelin going forward, the refereeing mess that was Jon Moss and much more all discussed on this weeks Arsenal Vision Post Match Podcast.
As Alexis turned to his left to play the ball to his left, I am glad it was Mustafi in Monreal’s position instead of the left back because more than likely we would have had a cross into the box headed out before the final whistle. Instead Mustafi decided against using his left foot and played it back to Alexis who arched a dinked ball to the far post, to be fair it was a very good ball given just how many Burnley shirts where in the way and Mee booted an offside Koscielny in the face. Penalty!
Arsene has kept the faith with the side that beat Swansea 4-0 last weekend. Bellerin, Gibbs and Coquelin have all returned to the squad but all three are on the bench rather than forcing their way into the starting line up. I thought we may see both full backs come into the side but maybe that was expecting too much so soon
It gives Arsene a few decisions to make before kick off. We expect Burnley to come and sit back and attempt to stop us from playing/scoring so if sharp and fully fit, I’d like to see Kieran Gibbs come back into the team for this game, I would imagine that both of our full backs will be pretty advanced which will allow Alexis to play much closer to Giroud assuming he starts