Pepe Has Horrendous Decision Making

comment by Jenius99 (U4918)
posted 48 minutes ago
Too harsh. This is his third start with no pre-season? First time with Lacazette? The International break will help him learn his teammates runs. At the moment its all too individual and he is trying very hard to impress. Pepe's pace and dribbling skills are on par with Henry, if not better. I think he will settle and be a world class player for us.
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really?

wouldnt the international break suggest the only teammates that he could work on their runs with were his international ones?

comment by palmers_spur (U8896)
posted 4 minutes ago
Gervinho was one of your favourite players of all time ?
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Yeah, they're twins

My concern is that like Ozil he is only left footed , experienced defenders will simply force him to his right. The chance he had when through against Liverpool was missed because he played it with his left foot when the angle was better for a right foot finish.

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I thought about the Gervinho comparison as well. A bit harsh as it looks like it's just nervousness and not simply being a disgrace like Gerv was. Funnily enough he reminds me of Zaha at United.

Hopefully we can help him overcome it, otherwise we're taking a massive hit.

Has anyone noticed our descent back into the bad habit of simply passing the ball to the flashy new twinkle-toed wide player and then leaving him completely alone?

We did it with Sanchez, and we're currently doing the same with Pepe.

No support. No overlapping runs. No decoy runs. Just pass him the ball and then casually jog into the box and wait for him to dribble past 3 defenders and put a cross in.

Does my head right in.

We'll see more of the overlapping runs when Bellerin is back I reckon.

Can't believe what I read. The guy played only his second game. We are crying so long for a player like him. With his attributes: pacey, tricky, taking on defenders, not shy to shot from a distance and people making Gervinho comparisons. Annoying stuff.

Don't ever compare Pepe to Fivehead. Pepe may have made some poor decisions (and he has) but he is in a different league. It's still early days for him.

Fivehead was one of my most hated Arsenal players ever and I won't take seriously anything that lumps Pepe into thd same category.

comment by Nostraduncus (U11713)
posted 3 days, 23 hours ago
comment by Jenius99 (U4918)
posted 48 minutes ago
Too harsh. This is his third start with no pre-season? First time with Lacazette? The International break will help him learn his teammates runs. At the moment its all too individual and he is trying very hard to impress. Pepe's pace and dribbling skills are on par with Henry, if not better. I think he will settle and be a world class player for us.
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really?

wouldnt the international break suggest the only teammates that he could work on their runs with were his international ones?
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Pepe withdraws.

I didn't see that coming.