PL: Burnley v Arsenal | Sunday February, 2 | KO: 14:00 GMT | Sky Sports

[Tourbillion]

Leno - 6
Bellerin - 6
Mustafi - 6
Luiz - 6
Saka - 6
Xhaka - 6
Guendouzi - 6
Özil - 4
Martinelli - 4
Lacazette - 1
Aubameyang - 5

Genuinely, that's generous.

 

[Nom de Plume]

Oh dear. That was an abysmal first half.
Improvement expected second half

 

[Manberg]

Lacazette up top is tactical. Auba cannot hold the ball.

 

[Makingtrax]

Laca header should have been 1 nil. 2 Auba chances wasted.

Add to that at least 3 poor mis-passes and Mikel must be wondering what to do with these players.

 

[Sniper Mik]

Lacazette stinking up the place as usual. Doesn't even look like he's bothered to close down players, the one reason he's in the side right now for

 

[hydrofluoric acid]

Genuinely, that's generous.

Well after numerous murder threats because of my rating system being to low I figured giving a bit higher rating that goes more hand in hand with the delusional posters on here might stop the murder threats.

 

[Nom de Plume]

Genuinely, that's generous.

Actually. If those are minus marks it is still generous

 

[kofigunner]

We were good when Saka was able to run at people. Burnley have adjusted, but I still think because of his knock, he’s not able to run as much. Hopefully he will get patched up at half time.

 

[Mo Britain]

Started well, should have gone two up, tailed off..... the match is there to be lost.

 

[Dennis_Bergkamp_10]

Lacazette up top is tactical. Auba cannot hold the ball.

 

[nas7232]

Martinelli isnt great on the right. Either have him LW/CF or don't play him. I think auba would be better CF and laca playing on the right since he tackles and passes better. Auba is all about finishing but in this regime laca will get more chances so less goals

 

[Aussie_gunner123]

This performance by Laca is exactly why I sold him my 1st year for Richarlison from Everton, he (Richarlison) is blitzing it for me haha.

 

[hydrofluoric acid]

Lacazette up top is tactical. Auba cannot hold the ball.

Shut up Dennis.

 

[Mitch]

Xhaka played well that half.

 

[Bosniak Gooner]

We had decent chances, the Lacazette header is so disturbing

This performance by Laca is exactly why I sold him my 1st year for Richarlison from Everton, he (Richarlison) is blitzing it for me haha.

Richarliason is actually a good dribbler and a decent finisher.

 

[Manberg]

Shut up Dennis.

I’m the other guy

 

[Ashybashy86]

Our finishing is so so poor.

Defensive organization holding firm though,

We need to focus, we could easily lose this

Those points are what infuriate me about this team. We never seem to have it all clicking together.

 

[Mrs Bergkamp]

Burnley usually score in the second half. How we play will depend on whether Saka is fully fit as we need more overlaps. So far we've been fairly solid at the back although Mustafi especially needs to head the ball in the air instead of allowing it to drop and be controlled by a Burnley player. Let's do them in the second half. It's time for Nartinelli to get a chance, take it and embarrass the seniors.

 

[CJJ]

How is it poor when we had three clear cut chances? If our finishing was better we’d be 2-0 up a least.

I only remember Auba's two, whats the third? That being said, the finishing is what makes the half poor, going by CCC sure, but that's not the only metric i want to judge a first half on. For 30-35 minutes we've looked the inferior team, which we shouldn't. Even if we'd score i'd still critizise, i rather want more control.

 

[mpower2540]

Overall i'd consider this a poor first half. THIS is exactly how you are not supposed to play against Burnley. We've turned this into a direct, physical game.

We NEED to start playing some technical, fast paces passing football. We're not gonna beat Burnley at what they do best.

Oh and our front three has to improve their ball retention. Thrown away so many easy balls.

Only positive thing is our defending in general, especially at set pieces.

Unfortunately nearly everyone we have is **** at this.