Matt C

From a 15 min watch over lunch the quality gap is so huge it's hard to judge. But I've not seen McGrath play before and he does look very good.

A lot of people hate XG. But the eye test couldn't be more in line with the data. Some of your stats on take ons and giveaways were alarming. Think we have to find a way to get some combo of Malen, Buendia, Sancho and Elliott into the team more regularly. Probably Maatsen too. Will just post this 2

Hasn't Hampton just won the Yashin award?

I think we'd all feel it more and concentrate on it more. It's inevitable. So I know what you mean. But that's our bias not the level of criticism genuinely due

Very good episode BTW

But can't see the logic of Dan's argument that if a player made two identical mistakes, one resulting in a goal and the second not, you'd only criticise the first. It's the same error.

Completely agree John's points on lacking a creative player like Bailey. Really we need two or three of these guys. We arguably only have Sancho but he isn't rapid

Yeah it's a worry. Think we probably need to reevaluate after the next three. As we had started to create more and then had three tough games. Think we might see malen and Watkins up top again in the coming games?

I know it doesn't really matter. But 6 for Konsa is outrageous. He was brilliant again

Our XG is the second worst in the league. Thank God we spanked some long rangers in but that has papered over the fact that it's still a massive issue

In fact in terms of expected goals for, we are second bottom....

No shame losing to Liverpool. My bigger worry is that we aren't creating chances. Our expected goal difference is fourth bottom. Not gonna score 20, yard screamers every week

We cant keep calling emi the world's number one with a straight face. He has been poor for 18 months now

Got away with it v Brentford (missed punch, disallowed goal) Fulham (passed it straight to their midfielder and Konsa saved him). He's been poor for 18 months now. Available all summer and nobody bid. Just cant see anyone taking on those wages

John I put a question for your mailbag a couple of weeks ago about emi. He's made quite a few mistakes already this season. It's a discussion we need to have

Aren't arsenal typically one of the best teams at this level?

I think if you ask ppl if they'd pay an extra penny on income tax to halve child poverty loads would say yes. I think if given the chance to vote that way loads of people wouldn't.

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Also think our chance creation remains an issue. We're third bottom on XG. Some dont like those stats but eye test confirms it too. We've scored three bangers from outside the box in the last two games. We cd easily go another 20 games without doing so again.

I agree broadly where I thought but that's partly because only arsenal are consistent.

I think we 'gained' c 5 pts over par vs spurs and city.

But dropped 8 pts v newcastle, Brentford, Sunderland, and palace compared to results last season / what I'd expect.

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Separate question. Why isn't Konsa more highly rated? He's absolutely brilliant. Is it because he goes about things so quietly?

After a summer where BIG SIX harvested all the players from mid table sides, how good is it to see such a competitive season

It's the 10 game trigger that is not interesting here. If he doesn't fancy him do we just stop playing him? Would be incredibly harsh

Try today..

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Genuinely thinking we are going to try and ship Elliott back to Liverpool and avoid the fee

Outside chance of 3 CBs I wonder.... I think it would be a big step to drop Pau

Luckily we never concede an early goal...🤦

Interesting pattern to city away games this season. Strong start before allowing opponents back in. Low chance creation so the result depends on those one or two moments (which is a bit ominous considering Haaland and Watkins goal scoring form)

I thought they were both awful

I thought some of our players (sancho, Bogarde, buendia, Rogers) did well

Agree. It's only useful if you want to go on one or two very specific journeys