Partey looking back to his best after dropping an impressive performance in both midfield and defense against Shakhtar!
Arsenal got back to winning ways relatively comfortably in the Champions League last night which meant that we climbed up to 4th on the log with 7 points accumulated in 3 games so far. As comfortable as the win might have been, we gooners would have expected more against a side that was stuck in 27th in the table before the clash.
We lacked any real level of intensity especially in the second period which culminated in the penalty miss from Leandro Trossard in the 77th minute, you cannot help but blame our growing injury list for this with Calafiori also making that list with what looked like a serious injury last night. With that said however, there’re still some positives to take away from the win besides the three points obviously, with Martinelli’s man of the match performance being one of them however The one that has got me and many other gooners excited was the performance of Thomas Partey.
After that display we’re close to seeing him at his absolute best again, with his physicality and passing being at their shining best against Shakhtar. even after he switched to right-back for the second half, he still continued his impressive display from the first half with his ball carrying abilities being on show for that second half. He looks fitter and better than ever which is a big plus to our midfield and general hopes for the season ahead because of how important these sort of players are to a team.
With his contract expiring at the end of the season, he surely is playing his way into a contract extension if he continues to drop impressive displays like this on a consistent basis. Liverpool coming up next and our hope will be that he can continue to show consistency by dropping another fine display against the league leaders on Sunday!
What would you all rate Partey’s display out of a 10 against Shakhtar Donetsk?!
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He was, by a mile, the best player on the pitch.
Pathey has always Mr dependable when fully fit and inform. We can only hope we enjoy his positive fitness longer. Thank goodness he is inform at the right time for Arsenal and same for Matinelli.
The world class player is back, have seen him single handedly carried Arsenal on his back, surely he’ll be the first name on the time sheet on Sunday
He was the best Arsenal player on the night, but he needs to do it consistently.
To think that some fans on JA were advocating for his release at the end of the season!!
Just goes to show that none of us are going to make PL managers, even though we all seem to think we could do a better job!!
For me, it was asking why on earth MA resigned Odegaard 🤔😷
But there are equally many he got wrong which fans called out from the beginning and they didn’t work out.
For Odegaard there is Vieira, for retaining Partey there is letting ESR go, we cried for a proper striker to be signed instead of more defenders and many more..
Personally I was against the signing of Jesus and on ridiculous wages at that. I have yet to be proven wrong.
I still don’t think Havertz is worth 150k a week let alone 350k and there is nothing he has done yet to change my view on that. He is a good player allright but not 350k good!
We can’t be managers even if given a chance we will do the worst job of it. It needs someone who has grown into that environment.
But our football knowledge is good enough to see when bad decisions and investments are done.
HH, but “our” football knowledge sees some fans agreeing with MA and his views on Partey, while others disagree.
It seems that those who agreed, are (so far) being proved correct.
While idiots like myself are being proved completely wrong with Odegaard!!
So that’s one right and one wrong!!
As for Havertz and his salary, that’s a red herring, especially if you ask yourself if ANY professional player is worth more a week than, say, a heart transplant surgeon.
Watching Havertz play, I can see he’s worth an awful lot to our club and I’m pleased to say that, from the very beginning, I backed his signing and, in my opinion, I’ve been vindicated.
Whether or not he should have let ESR go is at best debatable. However, recognising the potential in Odegaard when others were doubtful shows insight and excellent judgement.
It is true that GJ has not proven to be the top level striker we had hoped he would become. However, it is clear most that when he joined he was part of important changes that turned Arsenal into real title contenders. Injuries have undoubtedly contributed to his stalled progress. To a certain extent that has also been the case with Vieira.
Taken as a whole Arteta’s decisions on players have been very good which is why we have become one of the favourites for the PL.
Your last sentence is simply not credible when applied to many fans including several who post on this site.
@David
Arteta was not the only one aware of Odegaards gift. Many managers, players and football fans knew what he was capable of.
Few were saying he wasn’t good enough – the issue has always been his injury record since he joined arsenal. What disappointed me was the way people were so delighted with the idea of merino coming in to push him out of the side so rice could replace him, as though that would make us better. I’m not convinced that will make us better at all – i think rice is a brilliant player, but I don’t believe he’s quite right for the sitting midfielder role in a side like ours. Partey is. I’m more hopeful that Lewis-Skelly will eventually take over that role (I swear, I don’t think I’ve witnessed him lose the ball as yet)
Jesus should never have been signed and it was better to keep Lacazette. To argue that he can also play on the wing when the team has better players than him on the wings does not make sense. Any player must be good in their position first. And to think that he is the vice captain it’s actually ridiculous. Odegaard is good but unfortunately he lacks the character to take us to premier league glory the way KDB has pushed City to win numerous trophies. Fabio Vieira is equally good but was never given enough opportunities to settle into the team. Havertz is not a goal poacher and we really need a goal poacher like RVP who can convert any chance that comes along. Some games are difficult to create chances and the team needs a goal poacher who has can convert even difficult passes.
Despite buying good players during the off season we didn’t improve the team as we continue to stack areas that are already adequately covered. We can not expect to win the league if we are a few injuries away from lack of cover.
I liked lacazette but tbf, jesus was miles better when he’d just signed for us. Since that first injury he’s not been the same – I think laca probably was more effective than the version of Jesus we’ve seen since that injury (through sheer determination, if nothing else).
I beg to differ Laca was and is still better. The coach never liked him. I would even take Nketiah over Jesus.
Nketiah over Jesus 🙄now you aren’t making sense anymore