Rayyo wrote:Mustafi wrote:I would have loved Arteta to be more adventurous sometimes. The second half in the city game I would have expected him to go for changes by the 60th minute trying to get something out of the game, instead he played it safe.
if we would have gone for it and lost 3 or 4-0 then the headlines would have been 'same old arsenal getting tanked away' from home against a top 6 team. that would have had a huge negative effect on the mindset of the players, denting their confidence. i definitely think arteta is aware of our brittle mindset and i can see why he played it like a game of chess instead. as it were we lost 1-0 in a tight affair and what you often find in these cagey games is that you are gifted a good chance to score, and that was the case, but aubameyang failed to convert.
had he got that equaliser we would have come away feeling much better and singing arteta's praises. im not saying what he did was right but i can understand why he set us up the way he did. the margins are so tight in big games and with a bit of luck you can come away with something. but give me losing 1-0 in a cagey affair over getting spanked 3 or 4-0 . ive had enough of getting drubbed and i quite like our maturity & discipline in big games now. we just need to back him with the right attacking players to push on.
I kinda agree with what you are saying, I also can understand that Arteta is trying to change the mind set and the way we are handling bigger games, but at the end of the day three points are three points,
It makes no sense to me to defend a tight loss.
And yes, had Auba, Saka or Pepe converted their chances, then Arteta would have been a hero on Saturday.
