Xhaka looked fine except he still throws in some pretty reckless challenges. There was one early that Valencia managed to avoid but he needs to get on top of that.
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
Useless thug of a player.
I'm just not sure he was what you needed in the midfield. He can pass a ball but so can most of your players. He's not a creative genius and lacks drive and energy. Other than being tidy I don't see much else or the potential for any more.
I'm optimistic, I think it'll take a little more tinkering though. He wasn't the issue today.
Another below par display.
Looks a nothing player so far.
His range of passing is quite impressive (when he has time on the ball), but the game can bypass him a bit easy.
Stereotypical Arsenal player.
A nothing player. Plays nice passes when under no pressure 
Perfect for Arsenal then
Perfect for Arsenal thenFor a player that is trusted with the key to his parents house ahead of his older brother he sure does shy away from responsibility a lot.
He's a better passer and playmaker than Pogba apparently..A nothing player. Plays nice passes when under no pressure
I actually thought he'd give them the much needed steel/tough-man mentality but he just seems to be a, yet another one alongside Elneny, below-the-needed-level-player.
Looks very average whenever I see him play.
He looks to be struggling.
He's a boring cnut that's why they give him the key. Granit would get a strop on if the key was left under the doormat whilst Taulant went out on a sesh with the Benders.
Didn't think he would struggle this much... Still think he will come good when fully adapted.
Xhaka and Coquelin as a partnership is unbalanced though. They are both holding midfielders, just different type of holding midfielders.
Wenger should put Elneny or Ramsey next to Xhaka, let Xhaka focus on dictating play from deep. When Cazorla is back, they should play a three with Xhaka as the pivot and Cazorla + Elneny/Ramsey in front of him. Ozil should probably be dropped, he disappears too often.
Xhaka and Coquelin as a partnership is unbalanced though. They are both holding midfielders, just different type of holding midfielders.
Wenger should put Elneny or Ramsey next to Xhaka, let Xhaka focus on dictating play from deep. When Cazorla is back, they should play a three with Xhaka as the pivot and Cazorla + Elneny/Ramsey in front of him. Ozil should probably be dropped, he disappears too often.
Probably even worse than Schneiderlin.
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It's too early to make a judgement on him. He's a technically a good player. Young, can impact a match. His ceiling is higher than he's currently showing.
That said, he's looked poor recently.
That said, he's looked poor recently.
Yeah, that was bollocks. I assume/hope he was taking the piss.
Wtf is this True?
Probably not
Don't know, whoscored has different figures, but I guess all sites count them differently.Edit: True according to Squawka.
When did he say that?
Bang average
Too slow for the Premier League, imo. But we knew it.
After a few drinks I'd imagineWhen did he say that?
IIRC Whoscored.com has total tackles attempted whereas Squawka gives both tackles attempted and tackles won. Might be wrong though.Probably not
Edit: True according to Squawka.
It says ”Total tackles” in the column (whoscored) but under the numbers it says ”Total tackles: Tackles won”.
Average player.
I think both him and Elneny are a bit short of top class, yeah. They move the ball so slowly.
Xhaka's got a nice through ball on him, but he so often slows the play down or takes half a second too long to release the ball.
Xhaka's got a nice through ball on him, but he so often slows the play down or takes half a second too long to release the ball.
He's very meh.
Sometimes I wonder how low standards are these days or if most people actually watch a football game. I watched every Switzerland match in the Euros and he was just meh/decent but nothing special or brilliant yet people were raving about him.
What's his strength?
Seems like his defensive contribution is crap, his attacking creativity isn't great either. Is he just a good passer?
Seems like his defensive contribution is crap, his attacking creativity isn't great either. Is he just a good passer?
Out-Schneiderlining Schneiderlin.
Reading the Caf before he signed for Arsenal, I was under the impression that this guy is a combination of Scholes and Keane..