Arsenal beat Fulham 4-1 at the Emirates today, responding well to the previous defeat to Liverpool.
Here are the on the whistle thoughts of James – and if you want to rate the players, check out the player ratings.
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Monday, December 23, 2024
Arsenal beat Fulham 4-1 at the Emirates today, responding well to the previous defeat to Liverpool.
Here are the on the whistle thoughts of James – and if you want to rate the players, check out the player ratings.
Thank you very much for saying this, and I completely agree on the analysis of both Emery and Iwobi. A lot of people don’t understand the intricacies of football or how crucial Iwobi is to this team. The balance he brings to our attack (and defence) by understanding the role of the inverted winger, his ability to pluck out long balls from Leno when we can’t play short, feed in an overlapping Kolasinac, take on and beat a man… he is the archetypal Wenger player in that he is multi skilled and works very well interplaying quickly with others moving… Read more »
Iwobi have contributed more than Chanberlin and still THE ARSENAL fans are always bashing him. COYG
Good job James, absolutely agree with the sentiments on Iwobi. He was really crucial to how we attacked yesterday and if he keeps up those combos with Kolasinac I hope those two continue to be picked together for many games to come. He made a couple of HORRIBLE passes at key moments which really caught the eye, and unfortunately they seemed to put the rest of his contribution in the shade. Most of it seems to be mental – instinctively he’s very good, but give him too much time on the ball and he overhits it or gets the technique… Read more »
100% agreed. Great post James!
completely agree. twitter, instagram, youtube channels like arsenal ‘fan’ tv and even the fifa games to an extent are all culpable for creating this toxicity in football fan bases for teams in the premier league. its really starting to turn me off of football in general.
Nice analysis, James. I always look forward to On The Whistle. Solid defense of Iwobi. (Though, I think if one took a poll of what single word that most often follows “goddamnit,” it would be “Iwobi.” As in, “goddamnit IWOBI!!” after another bad pass, wrong choice, lost ball, etc.) Now; the same rational objective analytical defense could (should) be made of Ozil. Of course, the common phrase would be similar, yet totally different stress and context. A la’: DAAAMMMNNN Ozil! This meedja criticism of ozil – I just don’t see it. And Blogs pole-axing Ozil is just lazy journalism. No… Read more »
If only some Arsenal fans will apply the same standards they judge Iwobi with on Mkhitaryan, Rambo, Ozil, Xhaka, Mustaphi. Both Wenger and Emery couldn’t be both wrong about him.