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Its only been a month and I'd already totally forgotten we signed Cedric.
#afc team news:
Sead Kolasinac: Significant strain to right shoulder joint, aiming to return to full training by the end of March.
Cedric Soares (left knee): Aiming to be in full training next week.
Kieran Tierney (right shoulder): Aiming to return to full training this week.
What do we reckon of Arteta's Arsenal so far? Are people worried? Is it going to take time to get rid of the remains of Emeryball? Are the players just bad?
I reckon 50% of the improvement we've made under Arteta is just because he tells the players to get back when we lose the ball. Didn't seem like Emery ever thought of trying that.
Tonight's performance just showed how much more we can get out of this squad when they are in a system that supports them. Luiz, AMN, Xhaka and Ozil all looked 10x the player they have so far this season.
We've got to start offering some threat, we're not good enough to hold out defending for half an hour. Need to pin them back a bit with Nelson's pace.
Really good first half performance in terms of keeping Utd quiet. I was a bit worried that we were going a bit Emery after we scored the first goal but that second was so timely. Really need to keep them quiet and keep the attacking threat going.
I really thought Pepe would struggle in this Arteta team because he likes to slow the pace down but the first 20 minutes he looked great. They just need to keep him driving and moving the ball quickly because he can be so dangerous 1 on 1.
Great to hear the players are responding to the changes the manager has made but pretty sure we got the same stuff when Emery first came in. Hope we're hearing the same thing in a year's time.
Feel like this concept could genuinely be bigger than the MCU franchise.
I'd go Independence Day with Bill Pullman. Or maybe District 9 with Sharlto Copley.
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All it needed was for Laca to not be so horribly out of form or one of Saka or Nelson to have a bit more composure in the final third and we win that game. Performance miles better than the Everton game and I'm pretty sure Xhaka went 90 minutes without attempting a slide tackle
Noticeable change in how quickly we're trying to move the ball (bar Sokratis who looks super uncomfortable). Conceding clearly rattled us but a bit of quality in the final third and we'd be on top.
I'm now at the point where I've convinced myself that Arteta is going to transform Xhaka into the complete holding midfielder so I'm in for a tough time if this goes all 'Ole's at the wheel' on us.
Given that we've not managed a clean sheet against any of the bottom 5 clubs I'm actually quite happy we got through 90 minutes without doing something incredibly stupid or bad defensively. It gives me hope there might actually be something Arteta can build on.