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
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
We were not able to create many scoring opportunities during that first half until an Arsenal counter attack on 37 minutes. Xhaka intercepted Nathan Dyer’s pass and then some neat combination play down the field resulted in Ramsey sliding the ball across to Giroud at the far post but the Frenchman could not quite get a connection. Is it me or does that happen quite a lot to ‘ol Ollie? I can never work out if the crosses aren’t good enough or if Giroud just isn’t quick enough to turn them in. If he starts to score those, he’ll be scoring 30 a season at this rate
Who is Arsene going to drop? Alex Iwobi was one of our better players at Preston, including a poor first half from the team. He looks like he is on the way up again, does Arsene put the breaks on that rise? Lucas Perez has given us some massive contributions in the box in the last two games. Without him we may have lost both matches. And what of Giroud? It’s a funny one for me. I share the opinion that we are a more fluid and creative team with Alexis playing as our centre forward, Giroud is a great option from the bench etc. But he is fresher than most in the squad and is banging in goals for fun
In today's Arsenal Vision Post Match Podcast: Paul (@PoznanInMyPants) and Tim (@Stillberto) talk about both the 2-0 victory against Crystal Palace which includes Giroud’s extraordinary goal, they also talk about the weird 3-3 draw at Bournemouth. The pair talk Alexis Sanchez, the Xhaka & Ramsey partnership, Lucas Perez introduction. All this and plenty more all discussed in this weeks Arsenal Vision podcast
Aaron Ramsey made his first central midfield start against PSG and it looked as if he really reigned in his desire to play in the final third. He was snapping into tackles, made more passes than any other Arsenal player, made more ball recoveries than any of his teammates etc. Meanwhile Xhaka has impressed in his last two starts for Arsenal, improving on his defensive contributions and still showing his excellent passing range. That diagonal pass for Alexis eh? Woof!
Anyway we have some players to add back to the squad after injury and knocks which is great. I think Arsene has been juggling his squad rather nicely in this regard. Holding players back until the right moment and I think he has done that this time with the likes of Theo Walcott, Hector Bellerin and Nacho Monreal. He had done the same with Aaron Ramsey and Oliver Giroud before them, keeping them away for a little longer than perhaps they would have wanted but making sure they could (hopefully) make a lasting impact rather than break down trying to rush them back in.
In today's Arsenal Vision Post Match Podcast: Elliot (@YankeeGunner), (@PoznanInMyPants) and Tim (@Stillberto) talk about the thrilling 3-2 away victory against Ludogorets in the Champions League. Talking points include the magical Mesut goal, the Oliver Giroud dynamic and plenty more in this weeks Arsenal Vision podcast
Time is ticking down, our mix and match team were looking a little tired in the second half as Arsene alluded to post match and dropped points were looking likely until a wonderful sequence of events. Mesut Ozil should be thanking Oliver Giroud as well as Mohamed Elneny for the assist as the big Frenchman showed some real battling qualities to sprint back and launch himself at the Ludogorets player who would have been the clear favourite to move the ball onto his team mate but Giroud showed the kind of fight we all appreciate from Alexis Sanchez. Giroud appeared out of nowhere to dispossess the player and Elneny took over. Spotting Ozil’s run which unfortunately I haven’t been able to see in it’s entirety because of the camera position. The Ludogorets keeper came racing out to meet the ball and Ozil
An Arsenal side full of freshness, confidence and full fitness can overcome that from the likes of Sunderland with a few quick passing combinations and movement from our front players which is why we beat these type of teams more often than not but when our football drops a little, it proves to be a little more difficult. I have a slight fear that without Santi and Xhaka on top of a few tired legs