Granit Xhaka: 2019/20 Performances

[hydrofluoric acid]

Extremely reliable now that he has a manager who doesn’t task him with covering tons of ground.

Can’t remember his last bad game.

Scares me a lot. Just in Newcastle minute he tried to give away penalty at minute 5 then stupid yellow card shortly after. Hard to forget he is probably the worst captain in our history. Makes Gallas looks good.

Hopefully we can up his prize for the summer and get decent fee for him!

 

[grange]

Scares me a lot. Just in Newcastle minute he tried to give away penalty at minute 5 then stupid yellow card shortly after. Hard to forget he is probably the worst captain in our history. Makes Gallas looks good.

Hopefully we can up his prize for the summer and get decent fee for him!

The offensive stats that get posted don't tell us the plays where he gets blown by opposing midfielders quite often. It happened against Newcastle on multiple occasions. His lack of speed is what concerns me. He's still an average player to me.

 

[Taneruit]

 

[Riou]

Xhaka's face in this photo is so menacing

 

[YeahBee]

And that is while covering LB to!

The way we ended the game with Torreira behind Xhaka and Gwen (or someone else)

We would see more of Xhaka that way

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

He been great since coming back from that crystal Palace game.

 

[#254]

I absolutely love Xhaka now. He might just be indispensable at the moment. Also, shout out to every midfield player and Mustafi today. Ceballos and Özil were quite good.

 

[Taylor Gang Gunners]

He's put together a brilliant run of form. Fantastic again today, will never get bored of seeing him hit those diagonals. If it wasn't apparent before, now it's certain we're a better team with him in the side. He's improved prepositionally, rarely ever caught out and slots into that LB role beautifully- credit goes to Uncle Mikel for that.

Keep it up Granit. I'm delighted his tenure here didn't end how it looked like it was going to. It's calm seas atm, he just needs to keep doing what he's doing.

 

[progman07]

I wonder if his name is sung in the stadium? He would deserve it from the fans. Does any match going fan here see whether he engages with the fans before/after the game?

 

[Trilly]

Two pre-asssists today as well. What a hero.

 

[grange]

He's been playing great lately so maybe I have to eat my crow. I'll wait a couple of matchweeks just to be safe.

 

[Ash10]

Upping his value for the summer....good

 

[SingmeasongSong]

Gotta be honest, MOTM for me.

 

[UpTheGunnerz]

Extend his contract

 

[albakos]

The remarkable turnaround continues. Xhaka being a vital cog in Arteta's machine is very evident.
Although not wearing the armband anymore, that was a real captain's performance yesterday, just as at Chelsea away.

 

[Marjorie]

 

[GoonerJeeves]

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/feb/24/granit-xhaka-proud-of-restoring-arsenal-reputation

 

[Big Poppa]

Much better from him recently but Fernandes has turned United into a top 4 side again. That's the type of quality we should be striving for in midfield. His first touch is always out of his feet and he's always looking to move his team forward.

What Arteta's done has been to steady the ship and build more consistency and togetherness within the limitations of this team. I don't think we're that different in terms of quality to Emery's Arsenal.

Our unbeaten run only actually includes 3 wins and if it wasn't for Aubameyang continuing to bail us out we'd be having serious problems.

 

[Marjorie]

Our unbeaten run only actually includes 3 wins and if it wasn't for Aubameyang continuing to bail us out we'd be having serious problems.

That's what big players are there to do and why they cost the money they do. Pepe has also been important with a few assists for auba goals.

 

[Manberg]

Much better from him recently but Fernandes has turned United into a top 4 side again. That's the type of quality we should be striving for in midfield. His first touch is always out of his feet and he's always looking to move his team forward.

What Arteta's done has been to steady the ship and build more consistency and togetherness within the team. I don't think we're that different in terms of quality to Emery's Arsenal.

Our unbeaten run only actually includes 3 wins and if it wasn't for Aubameyang continuing to bail us out we'd be having serious problems.

I don’t agree. There are remarkable differences tactically and performance wise compared to under Emery. We are creating a lot more chances and conceding a lot less shots. Our unbeaten run includes many draws which we were unlucky not to win. It’s not been a case of being bailed out by Aubameyang, that’s only how it was under Emery.