by Santi » Tue Apr 05, 2016 9:24 am
Went to the game last night, was good even though we ended up on the wrong end of the result. Feel like we got shafted by the ref (yeah even at u18 level) but need to see the highlights to confirm a few things:
Looked like clear hack and pen after a smart turn - not sure
Completely missed the red card tackle but sounded bad - probs red but want to see
Ref finally showed at 87th min he had a yellow card for the whole game - why didn't he fuckin use it when they made 500 fouls?
How did we let them take that quick freekick for 2nd goal - somebody should've been stopping that, simple things.
Man City basically 3 shots 2 goals annoying!
Arsenal squad:
Thought Nelson was easily the best of our lot, Willock also looked good in the first half but seems he needs to work on his stamina. Nelson should definitely move up and either go on loan or start getting some minutes in cup.
Central midfield looks weak, Bennacer was crap last night and Jeff is by no means a CM, much better going forward and doesn't have the position sense for CM. Looks comfortable on the ball and very strong though. Yaya/Diaby like, just hope he doesn't get the injuries of the latter.
Defence looks shocking even at this level, individuals look alright but the tactics and positional play is so weak. Cost us both goals and only ever looked like we had 1/2 defenders. Bielik looks comfortable on the ball but bit of a shite defender and Bola looked cool, looked like the fun joker (read: Eboue) but don't think he's gonna be a CB, can pass well though. Chiori Johnson (RB) looked decent until he got tired and seemed to pick up an injury, just very Arsenalised already and overthinks it when he's in the final third.
Suprise package - 14 McGuane - had to fill in at CB after Bola's nightmare but looked very composed when he replaced Bennacer at CM, was like replacing our Welsh boyo with Elneny, he actually maintained position and could pick some good passes. Would like to see more of him and maybe Jeff would look better next to him as his positioning wouldn't matter so much.
They're not all world beaters but definitely some talent there. City didn't have anything special to be honest, a lot of height and strength but outside of pinging it from full back to full back and 2 shots 2 goals, they didn't look up to much.