Great atmosphere at the DHSP, especially after Nketiah scored the late winner.
Going by the crowd's chants it'd be safe to assume thousands of Arsenal fans were present.
Clearly outnumbered the Bayern supporters.
by Zenith » Thu Jul 18, 2019 5:06 am
by Godlop » Thu Jul 18, 2019 5:10 am
by mel4 » Thu Jul 18, 2019 5:11 am
by Zenith » Thu Jul 18, 2019 5:23 am
mel4 wrote:At the end of the day
Aubameyang was the best on display
Ozil was good and better than the rest
Eddie just like against Colorado is having a good president season
Burton also impressed.
Willock also impressed but seems to be a 60minutes player at best.
Xhaka though a despised player still shows we need him for transition. Emery needs to find a balance with him in the middle of find a better player.
AMN got exposed as usual. Dude should not play anywhere in the defense. Not LWB, not LB.
Sead can never be better than a LWB
Mustafi has snail brain for a footballer. Again poor marking led to their equalizer, afterwards he blamed some imaginary enemies.
Mkhy... can we release on a free? Worst player on the pitch for both sides.
by mel4 » Thu Jul 18, 2019 5:29 am
Zenith wrote:mel4 wrote:At the end of the day
Aubameyang was the best on display
Ozil was good and better than the rest
Eddie just like against Colorado is having a good president season
Burton also impressed.
Willock also impressed but seems to be a 60minutes player at best.
Xhaka though a despised player still shows we need him for transition. Emery needs to find a balance with him in the middle of find a better player.
AMN got exposed as usual. Dude should not play anywhere in the defense. Not LWB, not LB.
Sead can never be better than a LWB
Mustafi has snail brain for a footballer. Again poor marking led to their equalizer, afterwards he blamed some imaginary enemies.
Mkhy... can we release on a free? Worst player on the pitch for both sides.
No love for Tyreece John-Jules ?
Thought he did great to set up Nketiah for the winner.
by Fenice » Thu Jul 18, 2019 6:01 am
by Goonerfromafrica » Thu Jul 18, 2019 6:46 am
by CynicalGooner » Thu Jul 18, 2019 10:07 am
by StLGooner » Thu Jul 18, 2019 11:43 am
CynicalGooner wrote:Auba was an absolute menace in the first half. I really think we should play him as a right forward this season. It's the best way to fit both him and Laca in the team because he's not good on the left and I think Emery agrees since we are going in hard for left wingers.
Ozil was interesting to watch. He was working harder than usual but then it was a meaningless friendly against a german club he probably wanted to prove a point. When he puts in a shift in an important game then that will be progress.
General thoughts about the youth is a lot of them are not going to make it at the top level but that is common sense. It's just this group are being overhyped a bit. I don't particularly rate Willock, Eddie (despite scoring, good lad) is one dimensional and greedy and none of the midfielders look very good. But hyping them up and giving them game time is beneficial because we can sell them on for decent money.
I think Saka and Martinelli are real prospects though.
by Phil71 » Thu Jul 18, 2019 1:07 pm
by Angelito » Thu Jul 18, 2019 1:13 pm
by Nuggets » Thu Jul 18, 2019 1:15 pm
Phil71 wrote:Is it me being over optimistic, or have we seen something positively different in these two games?
The players seem to have more oomph, and are playing a bit quicker - even Ozil! He usually turns in a wide circle, but was spinning on sixpences.
Could it be the introduction of new players into the squad - both younger players and those we have brought in? Has that energised the rest of the players? Do they feel that they have to step up to help these youngsters? Or maybe they feel that their place is threatened and they have to compete with them? And for the new players, they are all playing for a chance of getting regular games.
My glass is definitely half full at the moment.
by jayramfootball » Thu Jul 18, 2019 1:16 pm
CynicalGooner wrote:Auba was an absolute menace in the first half. I really think we should play him as a right forward this season. It's the best way to fit both him and Laca in the team because he's not good on the left and I think Emery agrees since we are going in hard for left wingers.
Ozil was interesting to watch. He was working harder than usual but then it was a meaningless friendly against a german club he probably wanted to prove a point. When he puts in a shift in an important game then that will be progress.
General thoughts about the youth is a lot of them are not going to make it at the top level but that is common sense. It's just this group are being overhyped a bit. I don't particularly rate Willock, Eddie (despite scoring, good lad) is one dimensional and greedy and none of the midfielders look very good. But hyping them up and giving them game time is beneficial because we can sell them on for decent money.
I think Saka and Martinelli are real prospects though.
by CrimsonGunner11 » Thu Jul 18, 2019 1:49 pm