PL: Arsenal vs Sheffield Utd| Sunday 4th October 14:00| Sky Sports Main Event

[freeglennhelder2]

They will. I saw a stat that showed we won 9 points more than expected under Artetaand that our 22 percent conversion rate had never been maintained over a season. We are punching above our weight and it's unsustainable over 38 games.

Of course, we desperately need better quality midfielders. But I feel Arteta is slowly eradicating the culture of defensive irresponsibility that has plagued this club for years - and that approach is sustainable.

 

[EmeryCouldnt]

I feel we were far more convincing today than we were against West Ham. That one was really fortunate.

The west ham game was very poor. West ham had a lot more chances than Sheffield had today.

 

[EmeryCouldnt]

Yeah, we definitely need more creativty but shots dont count for everything, we got a decent amount of dangerous balls in to the box that didn't count for anything. I'm thinking of the ball Ceballos nearly got to Auba and the one Nketiah didn't make the run for in the first half especially.

Sheffield was winning all of the crosses with a flat 5 at the back.

 

[Monstar-Gunn4r]

Sheffield was winning all of the crosses with a flat 5 at the back.

Look I know we didnt create many chances but we did come close outside of the 5 or so shots we had on target. Theres definite problems there with creating chances. To get away with how we have been doing our defence would need to be rock solid, but yeah, we definitely need to add something.

 

[Manberg]

Look I know we didnt create many chances but we did come close outside of the 5 or so shots we had on target. Theres definite problems there with creating chances. To get away with how we have been doing our defence would need to be rock solid, but yeah, we definitely need to add something.

It’a not rocket science. Everyone knows this, especially Arteta. We don’t have the solutions inside the squad. We need top signings.

 

[DanDare]

Felt like first half, a better striker to contribute to our attacks and we batter them

 

[juice man]

KSE - “See, we don’t need anyone.”

 

[Breezy]

Unconvincing again.

But a win is a win.

 

[Mrs Bergkamp]

I feel we were far more convincing today than we were against West Ham. That one was really fortunate.

Agree with this bit

 

[CaseUteinberger]

This is confusing...

In what way?

 

[Big Poppa]

Who’d have thought switching Aubameyang to the centre and introducing Pepe to the wing would suddenly make our attack look credible?

 

[El Granit-Coq]

In what way?

In the sense of - how is mental fortitude, that is built on a number of factors, anyway related to someones belief - kind of confusing

 

[CaseUteinberger]

In the sense of - how is mental fortitude, that is built on a number of factors, anyway related to someones belief - kind of confusing

Not in any way! Think we must discuss different things. I might have misunderstood circumstances around post I was quoting.

 

[TornadoTed]

Good win today. It was tough as Sheffield Utd were really disciplined but I liked how we kept the ball moving side to side stretching play, staying patient and waiting for an opening.

There was huge criticism when we 'only' beat West Ham 2-1 a couple of weeks back and then they go and stick 7 goals past Wolves and Leicester without reply. I said it then and I'll say it again now, this isn't La Liga where the small teams roll over to get their belly tickled.

 

[TakeChillPill]

God didn't do anything today.

How do you know?

 

[Dennis_Bergkamp_10]

Game changed when Pepe came on for Nketiah. Auba central offers a lot more than Eddie, we can't be developing strikers with all the other issues we have.

Three points, but it wasn't good enough in terms of performance. But still, there is always Manchester United.

 

[TakeChillPill]

Looked much better in the 433. With Gabriel at the back I feel far more confident in a back four. But luiz is still and absolute liability.

 

[Manberg]

Looked much better in the 433. With Gabriel at the back I feel far more confident in a back four. But luiz is still and absolute liability.

We were never in a 4-3-3 today. Formation remained the same throughout the game. 3-4-3 that switches to a back 2 on the ball.

 

[CaseUteinberger]

Of course, we desperately need better quality midfielders. But I feel Arteta is slowly eradicating the culture of defensive irresponsibility that has plagued this club for years - and that approach is sustainable.

Agree 100%. We are much less open. The fact that we can go to Anfield and keep a clean sheet like we did during the week is tribute to that. Against Sheffield we allowed 2 shots on target albeit the goal was frustrating. Good finish by their player though so have to take that. We used to leak shots even against struggling teams. That has totally stopped. We are really hard to break down now which given that it is more or less the same team is tribute to the work done by the coaches.

 

[CaseUteinberger]

Game changed when Pepe came on for Nketiah. Auba central offers a lot more than Eddie, we can't be developing strikers with all the other issues we have.

Three points, but it wasn't good enough in terms of performance. But still, there is always Manchester United.

Eddie was frustrating today. Don't think he helped himself today.