Nicolas Pépé

[immsun]

Emery logic

Buy the player and dont support his playstyle

When the player starts getting confidence then drop him and play him in EL and dont play at Home when we need a goal

This f***er emery just boils my blood.

[jayramfootball]

A game where he would have been deadly on the counter. One of our most creative players and the manager benches hin for what? Bellerin was poor on attack and defence and Aubameyang was having to do too much work down that side from deep. That game would have suited Pepe more and the manager should have just stuck to a 4-2-3-1.

Pepe has had a chance and hasn't performed.
His place is on the bench at best.

[Power n Glory]

A game where he would have been deadly on the counter. One of our most creative players and the manager benches hin for what? Bellerin was poor on attack and defence and Aubameyang was having to do too much work down that side from deep. That game would have suited Pepe more and the manager should have just stuck to a 4-2-3-1.

Pepe has had a chance and hasn't performed.
His place is on the bench at best.

You'd continue to play that same set up? Who or what is the better alternative?

[Sims]

Hope he doesn’t become Emeryised

[jayramfootball]

A game where he would have been deadly on the counter. One of our most creative players and the manager benches hin for what? Bellerin was poor on attack and defence and Aubameyang was having to do too much work down that side from deep. That game would have suited Pepe more and the manager should have just stuck to a 4-2-3-1.

Pepe has had a chance and hasn't performed.
His place is on the bench at best.

You'd continue to play that same set up? Who or what is the better alternative?

I thought that we looked much better against Leicester.
Take out the utterly woeful defending of Bellerin and Holding and the woeful play of Lacazette amd we may even have got a result.
We weren't good by any stretch, but it's the best set up we have - replace Lacazette with Martinelli, Holding with Sokratis and Bellerin with Chambers.

Pepe doesn't look like he is ready for top level football and won't add anything.

[Power n Glory]

A game where he would have been deadly on the counter. One of our most creative players and the manager benches hin for what? Bellerin was poor on attack and defence and Aubameyang was having to do too much work down that side from deep. That game would have suited Pepe more and the manager should have just stuck to a 4-2-3-1.

Pepe has had a chance and hasn't performed.
His place is on the bench at best.

You'd continue to play that same set up? Who or what is the better alternative?

I thought that we looked much better against Leicester.
Take out the utterly woeful defending of Bellerin and Holding and the woeful play of Lacazette amd we may even have got a result.
We weren't good by any stretch, but it's the best set up we have - replace Lacazette with Martinelli, Holding with Sokratis and Bellerin with Chambers.

Pepe doesn't look like he is ready for top level football and won't add anything.

Our best performances in the Premier league was the Burnley game. We were woeful yesterday and could barely string together a pass. We only looked dangerous on the counter but in terms of control, organisations and defending, we were still poor.

Neither of our wingbacks were getting forward, Lacazette and Aubameyang were tracking their fullbacks deep into our own half and far too wide, Holding and Chambers were passing the ball backwards to the keeper a lot instead of forwards...

[Fenice]

A game where he would have been deadly on the counter. One of our most creative players and the manager benches hin for what? Bellerin was poor on attack and defence and Aubameyang was having to do too much work down that side from deep. That game would have suited Pepe more and the manager should have just stuck to a 4-2-3-1.

Pepe has had a chance and hasn't performed.
His place is on the bench at best.

You'd continue to play that same set up? Who or what is the better alternative?

I thought that we looked much better against Leicester.
Take out the utterly woeful defending of Bellerin and Holding and the woeful play of Lacazette amd we may even have got a result.
We weren't good by any stretch, but it's the best set up we have - replace Lacazette with Martinelli, Holding with Sokratis and Bellerin with Chambers.

Pepe doesn't look like he is ready for top level football and won't add anything.

Our best performances in the Premier league was the Burnley game. We were woeful yesterday and could barely string together a pass. We only looked dangerous on the counter but in terms of control, organisations and defending, we were still poor.

Neither of our wingbacks were getting forward, Lacazette and Aubameyang were tracking their fullbacks deep into our own half and far too wide, Holding and Chambers were passing the ball backwards to the keeper a lot instead of forwards...

Basically this. When your strikers are forced to play wingbacks there’s a serious tactics problem.

[DiamondGooner]

A game where he would have been deadly on the counter. One of our most creative players and the manager benches hin for what? Bellerin was poor on attack and defence and Aubameyang was having to do too much work down that side from deep. That game would have suited Pepe more and the manager should have just stuck to a 4-2-3-1.

Pepe has had a chance and hasn't performed.
His place is on the bench at best.

You'd continue to play that same set up? Who or what is the better alternative?

I thought that we looked much better against Leicester.
Take out the utterly woeful defending of Bellerin and Holding and the woeful play of Lacazette amd we may even have got a result.
We weren't good by any stretch, but it's the best set up we have - replace Lacazette with Martinelli, Holding with Sokratis and Bellerin with Chambers.

Pepe doesn't look like he is ready for top level football and won't add anything.

We did play better against Leicester because we played 5-2-3.

Our sad excuse of a team needs 3 CB's just to not leak 3+ goals.

This is Emery's system at AFC, it produced his best results last season as well.

I remember he switched to this because we were getting terrorized out wide and leaking goals.

I don't love it as its a lower league teams formation, however, he may as well revert to sticking with it as 4-3-3 under him has been a disaster, which is funny as its his favourite formation (probably ruined because you need a sitting CDM or two yet he sends Torrieria up front).

At least with 5-2-3 we have an identity to build on and stability at the back to make up for our chaotic defending on the break, it gives us a bit of a cushion by over manning the defense.

[swipe right]

Fundamentally there is nothing wrong if you play 3 at the back. Since we don’t have wingers, it allows our wingbacks to bomb forward and stretch defenses, it gives more creative freedom to the midfield because they don’t have to worry too much about possession. More and more I am inclined to a 352.
BUT...it does require your CBs to be very quick, read the game excellently and be drilled in that system. You can’t keep switching from two CBs to three CBs in a contingency and expect it to work like we are.

[NovaGB]

Fundamentally there is nothing wrong if you play 3 at the back. Since we don’t have wingers, it allows our wingbacks to bomb forward and stretch defenses, it gives more creative freedom to the midfield because they don’t have to worry too much about possession. More and more I am inclined to a 352.
BUT...it does require your CBs to be very quick, read the game excellently and be drilled in that system. You can’t keep switching from two CBs to three CBs in a contingency and expect it to work like we are.

Who actually plays wingers now anyway? i don't know any top team that has designated wingers and a target man, they all play either inside forwards or playmakers outwide.

[jayramfootball]

Utter crap performance once again.
Sell.

[Ach]

Unlucky when he hit the bar.

Why he didn't go for goal earlier, I don't know

[Roycck]

A victim of Emery's chop and change formation. Guess he needs to keep playing to get used to the league.

Emery is killing his confidence game by game.

[VCC]

A victim of Emery's chop and change formation. Guess he needs to keep playing to get used to the league.

Emery is killing his confidence game by game.

Emery is killing Arsenal game by game, and the board continue to allow him too

[jayramfootball]

A victim of Emery's chop and change formation. Guess he needs to keep playing to get used to the league.

Emery is killing his confidence game by game.

Emery is killing Arsenal game by game, and the board continue to allow him too

Pepe being so bad as to be laughable is not Emery's fault. Much is Emery's fault, but not that particular issue.