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Re: Granit Xhaka (34)

Postby Jedi » Sun Mar 10, 2019 7:31 pm

give him the armband
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Re: Granit Xhaka (34)

Postby Royal Gooner » Sun Mar 10, 2019 7:41 pm

Xhakaboom!
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Re: Granit Xhaka (34)

Postby Interest: waning » Sun Mar 10, 2019 7:45 pm

Well done Granit.
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Re: Granit Xhaka (34)

Postby Losmeister » Mon Mar 11, 2019 5:32 am

he drives me nuts. today he was very good.
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Re: Granit Xhaka (34)

Postby Roycck » Mon Mar 11, 2019 5:45 am

He was busting his gut to win. Long may this continue.
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Re: Granit Xhaka (34)

Postby theHotHead » Mon Mar 11, 2019 7:42 am

Jedi wrote:give him the armband

This. Did you lot see him fired up as f**k, he was firing up players too, he and Kos were the actual leaders on the pitch yesterday

I loved to see that fire in Xhaka, he fought for everything today!!
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Re: Granit Xhaka (34)

Postby Santi » Mon Mar 11, 2019 2:54 pm

Two big games this season, shit in the rest.


Sell.
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Re: Granit Xhaka (34)

Postby Losmeister » Mon Mar 11, 2019 3:55 pm

Santi wrote:Two big games this season, shit in the rest.


Sell.



pretty much this
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Re: Granit Xhaka (34)

Postby Fenice » Mon Mar 11, 2019 4:18 pm

Credit where due, he stepped up.
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Re: Granit Xhaka (34)

Postby themessiah » Mon Mar 11, 2019 4:32 pm

Xhaka was brilliant his awareness and pivot play was on point released the ball quick everything I thought was his weakness

BTW Xhaka's Left Foot > Thor's Hammer.

Xhaka's left foot is a missile launcher
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Re: Granit Xhaka (34)

Postby ag6789 » Mon Mar 11, 2019 5:12 pm

Xakha is a conundrum that needs to be fixed. He has played 95 PL games so far, scored only 7 goals ( all from outside the box), 10 assists , has 23 yellow cards, 2 reds, 68% successful tackles, passing accuracy.... can't find.
We all know he's slow , and indecisive, which causes confusion to defenders behind him, resulting in us conceding goals.
But, he has the best long range shot in the team.
I think, he should be played in specific games, and divide his time with Guendonzi, with Torreira ( when fit) being the constant factor as a deep lying CM/DM.
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Re: Granit Xhaka (34)

Postby theHotHead » Tue Mar 12, 2019 9:10 am

He isn't what we need and he is not Arsenal quality. But I loved his passion and fight against Man U, we need more of that
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Re: Granit Xhaka (34)

Postby Jedi » Tue Mar 12, 2019 2:43 pm

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Re: Granit Xhaka (34)

Postby BrunelGooner » Tue Mar 12, 2019 6:18 pm

I admire his passion and dedication to the cause. He has put in some big performances this season.

But he is still a liability. He is guaranteed to make at least one huge mistake per game. We cannot afford to have players like this being regulars for us if we want to compete for trophies.

For as well as he played in the United game, he also made one clanger which almost cost us.

One of our defenders cleared the ball away from Lukaku from getting a chance (albeit a poor clearance) and it went to Xhaka. He was on the edge of our box and, rather than booting the ball out of the danger zone instantly, he tried to control the ball. Rashford took the ball from him to frantically continue the United attack. Thankfully the attack fizzled out, but on another day, that would have been yet another individual error leading to a goal.

I agree with those who say we need to sell him. I am telling you all now we won't win anything with him in the team.
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Re: Granit Xhaka (34)

Postby Highbury Hillbilly » Tue Mar 12, 2019 6:30 pm

He isn't going anywhere. Xhaka has shown over and over again that he can withstand 90mins of football week in and week out, and that matters when we're losing a player to injury almost every game.

Played like a champ against Utd. Hope to see dat left foot in action again soon.
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