Zinny gave away one corner and that was immediately after he came on. I don't care if we play Zinny again or not. But I do know that Rice is not able to set tempo in a tiki taka system we play and Jorginho is a liability. We need to get Partey up to fitness in the next two weeks. Pep is not an idiot and he will destroy Jorgino!

Jorgy has been our best player for a while, but one bad game in the CL and J99 is wanting him dead 🤣

He was poor against Brentford as well. It only needs teams to catch on to our weakness and you'll see every club copy it. We've got really tough away games in the league. Teams are not going to ignore what Porto did to neutralise us.

Saliba was poor in both games against Porto. Take it you want him dropped for Kiwior at CB?

Saliba was extremely nervous, as were Gabriel, Raya and Saka. He wasn't getting beaten physically.

Saka got physically dominated by that fullback last night. Drop him for Vieira RWF?

Saka was getting double, sometimes triple teamed. They knew Martinelli was out and Trossard was the one left, one on one with the full back. But we were unable to switch play because Havertz was too far up the pitch. This changed when Jesus came on and Havertz started to add his physical presence in midfield. But by that time Saka was pooped. He has been playing with an illness for the last 10 days which he got the night before the Sheff Utd game.

Rice was never a tempo setter. Zinny is a waste of space who has no future at the club after this season hopefully. Absolute liability

Fiddy madness 🤠👍

There is no reason why Rice can't develop that. But he isn't at the moment. Partey though can do that, and thankfully he is fit again.

comment by Jenius99 (U4918)
posted 38 minutes ago
Whether you like Zinny's politics or not, he is vital when Rice plays. Rice did nothing to stop Porto getting out of the press, and Jorginho was truly awful trying to start moves from deep midfield against their press. I think we had about 52% possession at home. Porto aren't Man City. We made them look good because of Jorginho.
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I wouldn’t have started Jorgi and it took way too long for him to be hooked but this is rubbish. Nothing changed when he went off.

comment by Bats Uncensored (U18355)
posted 36 seconds ago
comment by Jenius99 (U4918)
posted 38 minutes ago
Whether you like Zinny's politics or not, he is vital when Rice plays. Rice did nothing to stop Porto getting out of the press, and Jorginho was truly awful trying to start moves from deep midfield against their press. I think we had about 52% possession at home. Porto aren't Man City. We made them look good because of Jorginho.
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I wouldn’t have started Jorgi and it took way too long for him to be hooked but this is rubbish. Nothing changed when he went off.
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Except the fact that our possession increased and Porto stopped being a threat on the counter because of it.

Eh

comment by Jenius99 (U4918)
posted 18 minutes ago
He was poor against Brentford as well. It only needs teams to catch on to our weakness and you'll see every club copy it. We've got really tough away games in the league. Teams are not going to ignore what Porto did to neutralise us.
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Jorgy was not bad against Brentford, not as good but he wasn't bad.

Idk what game you were watching tbh. They were comfortable the entire match. We did absolutely nothing in ET. It’s incredibly simplistic to say our entire game plan failed entirely because of one of the main reasons behind our recent good form.

Rice was utterchiiit when Zinny came on to. Bbbut the TEMPO

Zinny was a clown when he came on. Just like Partey for his sub appearances. These crocks need to get up to scratch fast or else Arteta has to stop using them

comment by Passion Power - Make 1984 fiction again (U8398)
posted 11 seconds ago
comment by Jenius99 (U4918)
posted 18 minutes ago
He was poor against Brentford as well. It only needs teams to catch on to our weakness and you'll see every club copy it. We've got really tough away games in the league. Teams are not going to ignore what Porto did to neutralise us.
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Jorgy was not bad against Brentford, not as good but he wasn't bad.
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Remember he was the screener in front of the CBs. To stop Toney and Wissa isolating themselves on Saliba and Gabriel which they did very successfully. Brentford have been in terrible form and we only beat them in the 89th minute at home! Why do you think that was?

Ramsdale

Brentford had 2 chances the entire match. Toney’s shot from just inside our half and then the header from a set piece. Seriously, wtf are you talking about?

So Ramsdale makes a mistake and you think we fall apart?



If we were than weak mentally we would not have beaten Porto. Or Liverpool and Man City for that matter.

comment by Bats Uncensored (U18355)
posted 15 seconds ago
Brentford had 2 chances the entire match. Toney’s shot from just inside our half and then the header from a set piece. Seriously, wtf are you talking about?
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Do you only watch highlights?

You asked why it took until the 89th (86th btw) minute to lead. And the answer is Ramsdale. He let in a stupid goal.

Imagine putting the Brentford game down to Jorginho when Ramsdale literally gave them an equaliser for free. What sort of agenda are you trying to push here?

Brentford fecking contained us easily. Do you think a shiite team like Brentford did that because Ramsdale gave them a goal?

Are you serious?

When J99 doesn't like player he uses any reason why something was their fault!