they are both incomparable. totally different players. first half, xhaka was terrible and i thought he had to be substituted but second half, he did well.
James Richards great seeing somebody else notices... the only thing he has is a decent left foot for set pieces. He does not have the vision to use his left foot 9/10 though. Fully agree with everything else you said.
That heel flick pass he did to niles or pepe was sick, can't remmeber who it was too but he flicked around a spurs player and directly passed It up feild with perfect precision
Kjell i don't understand but he does't pass directly. When he receives the ball from Leno, he even doesn't pass to sideback, he passes directly Leno, Sokratis, Luiz. especially the game in anfield, this behavior invited liverpool to press us. he can't use the ball under the pressure. he does't take iniative the way guendouzi does
Mers for once is right. WHY IN THE FOOK CAN'T WE JUST PLAY THIS. Auba Laca Pepe Ozil/Ceballos Guendouzi/Willock Torriera Kolasinac Sokratis Luiz Maitland-Niles Leno And swap Kola, Luiz, and Niles for Tierney, Holding, and Bellerin when they come back? WHYYYYYY? tHIS IS A WINNING TEAM THAT NEEDS GAME TIME TOGETHER TO GEL. STOP CHANGING THE GODDAMN TEAM FOR A BIT. This is my only problem with Emery.
To get the best from Luiz, we should do 3 at the back with Holding and Sokratis. Tierney and Bellerin wing backs with Ceballos (or Ozil), Guendouzi and Torreira in the 3 and Laca and Auba/Pepe up top together
Chelsea tried playing Luiz at DM and they lost because he wouldn't maintain his position and would bomb forward. They should just play torreira(I spelt that wrong) and hope for the best.
Yes it is. Since he joined he's been responsible for at least 16 goals!!! That is insane. And him as our captain.. I'd love to see a midfield with Guendouzi Torreira and Ceballos. Xhaka can come off the bench. Bellerin as captain once he comes back from injury.
@@fifagamerhd00 Bellerin knows the ins and outs at the club, speak fluent English, is a great link between the youngsters en the more experienced players. For me he has all the qualities to make a good captain.
@@jacobstevenson6869 incorrect. His long passes aren't that good. He plays in the middle of the pitch and passes it to the RM. Any decent midfielder can play the passes he plays. When was the last time he made a key pass to set up a chance or made an assist. He makes long passes for the sake of it. They don't amount to anything
Xhaka is the direct cause of losing a bunch of points since he joined the club. He needs to be sat and let Guendouzi and Torreira run the middle of the park.
@@reggieibe they were good at the start especially mustafi when he first came it seemed like we finally fixed our defence. Xhaxa was a stupid buy imo when we could have gotten kante instead.
Arsenal must field the following to do business this year: Leno, Bellerin/Maitland-Niles, Sokratis, Luiz/Holding, Tierney/Kolasinac, Torreira, Ceballos/Guendozi, Ozil/Ceballos, Pepe, Lacazette, Aubameyang. There's literally no reason to think otherwise.
He’s the Mustafi of our midfield. His discipline problem is what people see when they watch the highlights. If you watch Arsenal every week his complete lack of physical/defensive/dribbling ability is an even bigger problem.
AyoT7 You actually don't watch us play. If you did you would know he is leading us in interceptions, duels won, headers won, tackles, passing and so much more. He is also our only player who seems to pick up second balls.
As an Arsenal fan, I am really bored of Xhaka and his inconsistency. He is unreliable and constantly has ridiculous lapses of judgement. When will we replace SONG? He not only cleaned up attacks but delivered a good rate of assists from a deep position. Xhaka is not a good enough CDM at the highest level.
BizarreSporty Nerd What I noticed about Xhaka is that he panics a lot which leads to his horrible decision making. For example, passing out from the back if he doesn’t see an option he will most likely lose/giveaway the ball leading to a goal most times
If Arsenal can hold down Guendouzi full time and sign Ceballos on a permenant over his loan expires, they don't need to keep him anymore. Torreira can be the third player in that middle three with the possibility of Mesut coming on as a sub.
Tim Roberts However I believe we need a midfielder with height and someone to just sit in front of the defence, which I don’t think any of them do. Maybe we could try David luiz there idk
Xhaka brings alot to the team and some people not intelligent enough to fathom. his rush tackling and sloppy passing at times bringing him down massively, it seems he has some OCD for that but u can't say hes useless cuz offensively he contributes
As an Arsenal fan, I was excited to see Laca, Auba , Pepe playing together but now I'm starting to think It don't work as Auba don't like going on the left
How do you manage a player who gives away fouls penalties and gets sent off? Make him captain. Emery doesn't get the seriousness of the matter. The premiership is no joke and you get punished for such stupidity.
In response to the headline, Arsenal as a club is what has cost them in the grand scheme of competing for the Prem. Also, Paul Merson's "I don't know." about Xhaka is the stuff of legends.
Fact is spurs were totally outplayed against city and arsenal but neither team team beat them. Good teams pick up points against their rivals when they're not playing well. Says more about arsenal and city than spurs.
Paul Merson is such an intelligent individual and pundit. I enjoy listening to his high level of English and etiquette. He mesmerises me with words and his knowledge of football is sublime. All pundits need to learn from his footballing intelligence and high level of English. Very intelligent gentleman.
Leno AMN Sokratis Luiz Kolasinac Torreira Guendouzi Ceballos Pepe Laca Auba (For the time being) Holding in for Luiz Tierney in for Kolasinac Bellerin in for AMN
Torriara & Guendouzi + Ozil/Ceballos, It's so clear it's painful. So I can only assume something happens in training that we don't see the signals Xhaka belongs on the pitch, but it's getting harder to honestly believe that week in and week out....
It doesn’t happen very often that I agree with Merson but he is so spot on here, I ask this to myself over and over and over again, why does Granit Xhaka start week in week out? What did he do to win over Emery, to convince Emery? Seriously, can anyone answers this questions? Xhaka for me is one of the worst midfielders in the league, he doesn’t add anything apart from being a liability and the stats prove it, he makes the most fouls and since he came to the league, nobody made more mistakes which led to conceded goals than him.
People forget that Merson was one of the first players sold by wenger and he has been bitter ever since about arsenal. He is no arsenal legend and has been criticizing the club for many years.
We aren't going to see a George Granham type back 4 emerge at Arsenal. With 3 players to come back in defending positions there is potential to improve. The 2 holding midfielders have to be better. Xhaka must have something as consecutive managers and his swiss manager see something we don't.
Kyle Irvine Sky precord and put out on a different day, Gary Neville mentioned it and made a joke only this week about how they have to be careful what day it is.
I have never rated xhaka why the hell is he getting picked week in week out dont get it he dosnt offer nothing than giving penalties away getting booked and passing the ball side to side hopefully on January he can leave and we get a major upgrade along with this defence.
Hahaha I am a Man United fan and we missed Lukaku in over last too games after finally getting a winger we sold him He is a flat track bully but that is what you need against a deep with 10 players defending
Xhaka has been abysmal since we signed him. What on earth Arsenal see in him is beond me. He is the midfielder equivalent of Mustafi. We are getting rid of players, yet we cannot for the life of it, get rid of the biggest 2 problem players. Im a loss for words.
City play a winger/creative midfielder at left back Kolasinac is just not technically good enough The same way you cannot copy Barcelona a winger like Alba as full back
He complains like no other on the pitch even though its his mistakes but then receives arm ban for showing spirt.... thats not how it works - he needs to leave before he starts complaining to himself over his rash tackles- boy school defending and atheistism
Xhaka is exactly what ARENAL needs. I know he's not the most loved by media skeptics but he brings that much needed sense of toughness to the middle of that park and that's what ARENAL have been lacking for years. He's not afraid to make tackles. In this age when football has been pacified.
torriera cdm ceballos/guendouzi cm ozil/ceballos/willock number 10 with laca auba and Pepe as a front three with tierney and bellerin flanking with holding saliba and sokratis at the back honestly arsenal SHOULD perform at a level to keep up w Liverpool/city
Steeve Cantave i support Chelsea and yes if Arsenal’s players perform to there potential they may not win the epl but they could keep pace w Man City and lpool unlike Chelsea and Man Utd right now
To be fair, it's easy to find fault with players. But the manager isn't stupid. He isn't going to play him if he is useless. Yes he makes mistakes no doubt, but he also contributes a great deal to the team and does allot of unnoticed hard work.
The answer to the question is yes, but if I say that I’ll get a load of brain dead fan boys saying “that’s why you’re not the manager and Emery is” so let’s just say no it’s not causing Arsenal issues and he’s doing just fine 😶
i just don’t know how the hell is some of these guys getting these starts week in and week out, sokratis should not be starting, xhaka loses his head often, i mean look at the penalty it’s no way he should have went in like that but only he can tell you wtf he was thinking
i wanted wenger out because i couldn't imagine that there's gonna be another manager that will rate xhaka as high as wenger. what are we not seeing that these two are seeing? :(((
Paul says Spurs doesn't have the squad, "ARE YOU MAD" *Troopz Voice. We had Dele, Lucas, Lo Celso on the Bench. We had the option of Aurier at RightBack. Ndombele was not even present.
But we have this kind of problems with our captains every season. Remember when Koscielny did a double tackle vs Everton and Mertesacker last man tackle vs Chelsea.
Xhaka is exactly what Emery is about! No clue of what he's doing! Because in his battle to block out Ozil, he becomes blind to so many opportunities offered to him in team selection! Torreira is worldclass but being pushed out, because at one time he spoke out about Ozil's quality, and expressed the need for Ozil to be in the team! Emery must go!
I think a lot of people forget when we brought in xhaka...arteta,rosicky & flamini were well into their 30’s & Santi had a hole in his foot. That left an injury prone Aaron Ramsey & jack wilshire....then elneny & coquelin, do I need to say much about them two? We needed a guy that can play 30+ games a season maybe score the odd goal & wasn’t a complete soft ass...he’s now served his purpose.
Xhaka was immense he covered every single blade of grass he was like Viera abd Keane rolled in to one he bullied Winks,Ericksen,Sissoko and Lamela who ended up getting hooked off Xhaka is a world class player a proper leader of men this felt like a win to come from 2 goals down Spurs are in serious crisis and turmoil
It doesn't matter how many 'attempts' there are Mr Merson, it's the goals and the results that count. Spurs went to Man City and Arsenal and didn't lose in either match. How many teams will achieve that this season? Spurs had 80% of possession against Newcastle and lost the game. The only stat that counts is the result. By the way, I've been 'attempting' to win the lottery for years but still haven't succeeded!
what does xhaka bring? turnovers in defensive positions, yellow cards, penalties, bad challenges, slow decision making, bad touches. but also great long passes and thumping shot on goal, which hardly gets used.
That tackle that gave away the penalty was honestly one of the most stupid and unforgivable challenges I have ever seen. What an absolute tool. If a teammate did that in a Sunday league game i'd be fuming at him, let alone a bloody Premier League game!
Spurs setup is still stuck in 2016, as Arsenal fan, spurs need to overhaul in their midfield, I don't think they'll get top 4 this year, they rely on Kane too much.
Well then, as an Arsenal fan, you should look up Tottenhams win % with Kane and without Kane. Then realise that your statement is 100% wrong and that Tottenham DO NOT 'rely on Kane too much'.
@@thepunchableface1506 His goals will say otherwise, your talking about short spells that his been injuried, they struggled and won goals late on throughout his time out.
Torriera is underrated. Torriera > Xhaka. Fact.
they are both incomparable. totally different players. first half, xhaka was terrible and i thought he had to be substituted but second half, he did well.
James Richards great seeing somebody else notices... the only thing he has is a decent left foot for set pieces. He does not have the vision to use his left foot 9/10 though. Fully agree with everything else you said.
That heel flick pass he did to niles or pepe was sick, can't remmeber who it was too but he flicked around a spurs player and directly passed It up feild with perfect precision
Kjell i don't understand but he does't pass directly. When he receives the ball from Leno, he even doesn't pass to sideback, he passes directly Leno, Sokratis, Luiz. especially the game in anfield, this behavior invited liverpool to press us. he can't use the ball under the pressure. he does't take iniative the way guendouzi does
They are so different it would be strange to compare them
"Arsenal are never going to just win a game 1-0 this season"
Arsenal have already won a game 1-0 this season
But he means against big clubs. We can do that. Score a goal and set up shop.
@@Spicytoaster737
You mean "...shut up shop"?
Yeah...but the operative word here is 'just'.....they won 1-0 but was it 'just' 1-0
He said “Arsenal look a team that could be 1-0 up and won’t just shut up shop”, which isn’t the same.
Paul"I don't know"Merson knows nothin.
Agree he's a prick
You forgot..... I fink, I fink, I fink.
This is the first time Merson has said something that i agree with. Granit Xhaka is useless
Xhaka brings about as much to Arsenal as Merson does to a conversation.
😂😂😂facts
I don't know about that. I mean I don't know, I don't know. I don't know I can agree with that. I don't know, I just don't know.
Mers for once is right. WHY IN THE FOOK CAN'T WE JUST PLAY THIS.
Auba Laca Pepe
Ozil/Ceballos
Guendouzi/Willock Torriera
Kolasinac Sokratis Luiz Maitland-Niles
Leno
And swap Kola, Luiz, and Niles for Tierney, Holding, and Bellerin when they come back? WHYYYYYY? tHIS IS A WINNING TEAM THAT NEEDS GAME TIME TOGETHER TO GEL. STOP CHANGING THE GODDAMN TEAM FOR A BIT. This is my only problem with Emery.
Drella I mean guendouzi and sokratis aren’t good 😂. Winning team but not a winning squad.
@@campbellforsyth1268 holding is injured
Drella aye and even holding is shite
To get the best from Luiz, we should do 3 at the back with Holding and Sokratis. Tierney and Bellerin wing backs with Ceballos (or Ozil), Guendouzi and Torreira in the 3 and Laca and Auba/Pepe up top together
Tim Durgan so either way you’re gonna have one of your best players on the bench. Auba, Pepe or Laca. Can’t see that working.
David luiz will be better in xhaka s position
Could be a vibe when holding gets back
Exactly what i thought
He offers everything xhaka offers (which is nothing) & defends and passes better...
Jaideep Jayakumar
Xhaka offers long passing which Luiz offers as well. Dont say that Xhaka is completely useless
Chelsea tried playing Luiz at DM and they lost because he wouldn't maintain his position and would bomb forward. They should just play torreira(I spelt that wrong) and hope for the best.
what do you think Granit Xhaka gives to this Arsenal team?
Merson: "bookings"
What does Paul Merson bring to sky sports as a pundit?
I dont know!
Yes it is. Since he joined he's been responsible for at least 16 goals!!! That is insane. And him as our captain.. I'd love to see a midfield with Guendouzi Torreira and Ceballos. Xhaka can come off the bench. Bellerin as captain once he comes back from injury.
Laca should be captain. Leads by example.
@@fifagamerhd00 Bellerin knows the ins and outs at the club, speak fluent English, is a great link between the youngsters en the more experienced players. For me he has all the qualities to make a good captain.
Joe Willock is a better option than Xhaka..
Bellerin isn't a leader!!! Give it to laca or papa
nahhhh, don't you think Rob Holding should be the 1st captain, followed by Bellerin and Lacazette ?
Summary of merse I DON'T KNOW. not sure how many times he said it.
11 times in one minute
@@kabelomaragelo2745 he gets paid for his professional opinions bdw. Hilarious
He brings nothing to the team and needs to leave
Untrue; Xhaka has some exceptional long passes and vision - but defensively and discipline-wise he is lacking
He is your only leader
JJ David Luiz, sokratis? Also liability though. All our leaders are liabilities
@@jacobstevenson6869 long passing is irrelevant.
We play short wuick one touch passing.
He has no pace. Nothing. He is not good.
@@jacobstevenson6869 incorrect. His long passes aren't that good. He plays in the middle of the pitch and passes it to the RM. Any decent midfielder can play the passes he plays. When was the last time he made a key pass to set up a chance or made an assist. He makes long passes for the sake of it. They don't amount to anything
Xhaka is the direct cause of losing a bunch of points since he joined the club. He needs to be sat and let Guendouzi and Torreira run the middle of the park.
FACT
Mustafi and Xhaka needs to go
Your not making any sense tell us why??
Unbelievable that they cost over £70M. What the f**k was Wenger thinking?
Oreginal Well that’s easy to say. They were good back then.
@@reggieibe they were good at the start especially mustafi when he first came it seemed like we finally fixed our defence. Xhaxa was a stupid buy imo when we could have gotten kante instead.
we can not give mustafi away sadly
Would much rather have Willock, Cebellos, Torreira or Ozil ahead of Xhaka any day in a 3
Arsenal must field the following to do business this year:
Leno, Bellerin/Maitland-Niles, Sokratis, Luiz/Holding, Tierney/Kolasinac, Torreira, Ceballos/Guendozi, Ozil/Ceballos, Pepe, Lacazette, Aubameyang.
There's literally no reason to think otherwise.
Willock aswell
I would add willock n Nelson in from time to time. But yes definitely this line
Willock/Torreira, Guendouzi is a key player at this point in time.
fact
This is common knowledge
9:55 I disagree, he is lacking pace and common sense. Even a u5 player would not make that kind of tackle in the box
He’s the Mustafi of our midfield.
His discipline problem is what people see when they watch the highlights. If you watch Arsenal every week his complete lack of physical/defensive/dribbling ability is an even bigger problem.
Your talking out of your arse you don't know your arse from your elbow
Why are you expecting a defensive midfielder to dribble? Busquets or fernandinho don't dribble.
Deus Knight he means against the press they can beat it. Can even pass but still both these players dribble at times to escape pressure. Xhaka cannot
AyoT7
You actually don't watch us play. If you did you would know he is leading us in interceptions, duels won, headers won, tackles, passing and so much more. He is also our only player who seems to pick up second balls.
@@BLY99 where did you get these stats from?
"I don't know" - Paul Merson.
How insightful.
As an Arsenal fan, I am really bored of Xhaka and his inconsistency. He is unreliable and constantly has ridiculous lapses of judgement. When will we replace SONG? He not only cleaned up attacks but delivered a good rate of assists from a deep position. Xhaka is not a good enough CDM at the highest level.
BizarreSporty Nerd What I noticed about Xhaka is that he panics a lot which leads to his horrible decision making. For example, passing out from the back if he doesn’t see an option he will most likely lose/giveaway the ball leading to a goal most times
If Arsenal can hold down Guendouzi full time and sign Ceballos on a permenant over his loan expires, they don't need to keep him anymore. Torreira can be the third player in that middle three with the possibility of Mesut coming on as a sub.
Tim Roberts However I believe we need a midfielder with height and someone to just sit in front of the defence, which I don’t think any of them do. Maybe we could try David luiz there idk
Oakley Golden-Pursey decent shout
Sky to Mr Merson “ why do you think we hired you as pundit?”
Mr Merson “I don’t know”
Sky “there you go”
Xhaka brings alot to the team and some people not intelligent enough to fathom. his rush tackling and sloppy passing at times bringing him down massively, it seems he has some OCD for that but u can't say hes useless cuz offensively he contributes
As an Arsenal fan, I was excited to see Laca, Auba , Pepe playing together but now I'm starting to think It don't work as Auba don't like going on the left
Can't stand Xhaka, When Holding comes back I'd bench Xhaka and play Luiz in his position and play Holding and Sokratis at CB.
Xhaka is the weak link in this Arsenal team, and Emery is a fool for not seeing and fixing it
Paul Merson man😂
Sanchez had to play right back. Come on he’s not a left back🤣
That summer when we signed xhaka and mustafi set our club back 3 years. They literally took us from top 4 to 5th/6th. Awful players.
With or without them your team its all useless. You cant even played them in their natural position. Stop complain
How do you manage a player who gives away fouls penalties and gets sent off? Make him captain. Emery doesn't get the seriousness of the matter. The premiership is no joke and you get punished for such stupidity.
Paul "I I I DONT KNOW, DUNNO, DONTKNOW, DANNO, UHHDONTKNOW..." Merson
In response to the headline, Arsenal as a club is what has cost them in the grand scheme of competing for the Prem. Also, Paul Merson's "I don't know." about Xhaka is the stuff of legends.
Fact is spurs were totally outplayed against city and arsenal but neither team team beat them. Good teams pick up points against their rivals when they're not playing well. Says more about arsenal and city than spurs.
Great point
Paul Merson is such an intelligent individual and pundit. I enjoy listening to his high level of English and etiquette. He mesmerises me with words and his knowledge of football is sublime. All pundits need to learn from his footballing intelligence and high level of English. Very intelligent gentleman.
Xhaka being a shitty football player is causing Arsenal’s defensive issues
Leno
AMN Sokratis Luiz Kolasinac
Torreira Guendouzi Ceballos
Pepe Laca Auba
(For the time being)
Holding in for Luiz
Tierney in for Kolasinac
Bellerin in for AMN
You just spent 8million odd on Luiz. He ain't dropping him
Why does everyone forget the AMOUNT OF TIMES OZIL HAS LET US DOWN? Do peoples memory's go blank. SMH.
Torriara & Guendouzi + Ozil/Ceballos, It's so clear it's painful. So I can only assume something happens in training that we don't see the signals Xhaka belongs on the pitch, but it's getting harder to honestly believe that week in and week out....
Ozil No
Tv presenter: Mr merson, how many times do you need to say I don't know?
Merson: I don't know
It doesn’t happen very often that I agree with Merson but he is so spot on here, I ask this to myself over and over and over again, why does Granit Xhaka start week in week out? What did he do to win over Emery, to convince Emery? Seriously, can anyone answers this questions? Xhaka for me is one of the worst midfielders in the league, he doesn’t add anything apart from being a liability and the stats prove it, he makes the most fouls and since he came to the league, nobody made more mistakes which led to conceded goals than him.
They way Paul Mersons talks about spurs you’d think he spent a decade with them and not arsenal
People forget that Merson was one of the first players sold by wenger and he has been bitter ever since about arsenal. He is no arsenal legend and has been criticizing the club for many years.
Top punditry from Paul Merson... "I don't know."
Arsenal would be solid if they have someone like Fernandinho cos its not always the defence fault when the midfielder give 0 support
Yeah, did people not learn from Real Madrid when they sold both Makelele and Cambiasso and played Beckham in that role lool
How many "don't know" are there in Paul merson's answer about xaka?🤔
Soumen Dutta 11
Totally agree with this guy he is the reason why arsenal never made top 4 last season that stupid contact against Solly March🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️ liability
We aren't going to see a George Granham type back 4 emerge at Arsenal. With 3 players to come back in defending positions there is potential to improve. The 2 holding midfielders have to be better. Xhaka must have something as consecutive managers and his swiss manager see something we don't.
0:34 'Sanchez had to play right back on sunday, hes not a left back' I like Merson but is he high or something?
How tf is Gary rowett deserved of a place on this panel?🤷🏼♂️
Could go far worse than Gary Rowett.
Xhaka Can never learn as a footballer and as person , i wonder why he was giving the captaincy...
0:34 Yesterdaa...auuhh.. Sunday. lol Sky make me laugh, who cares when these were recorded?!
Kyle Irvine Sky precord and put out on a different day, Gary Neville mentioned it and made a joke only this week about how they have to be careful what day it is.
6:17 is what you came here for, welcome
Thank you
For once in my life, I agree with Merse. "I don't know" re Xhaka
Xhaka is not good enough, simple. Lacks pace, football iq, doesn’t break up play and makes too many mistakes
Even now
7 fouls? 1 booking. You make 2 fouls and get a booking, how he didn't get sent off after giving the penalty away - i am absolutely gobsmacked.
I have never rated xhaka why the hell is he getting picked week in week out dont get it he dosnt offer nothing than giving penalties away getting booked and passing the ball side to side hopefully on January he can leave and we get a major upgrade along with this defence.
Sell him to Seria A... He's slow and very decent crosser - perfect for Italy 😎😏. Ideal for crossing to Lukaku.
Hahaha
I am a Man United fan and we missed Lukaku in over last too games
after finally getting a winger we sold him
He is a flat track bully but that is what you need against a deep with 10 players defending
i am still scratching my head wondering why unai plays him he gifted the tots that pen makes crucial mistakes that cost us goals, he is bang average
Laura woods with the sexiest voice in the game!! Doesnt look bad either
NOOO YOU'RE JOKING
Xhaka has been abysmal since we signed him. What on earth Arsenal see in him is beond me. He is the midfielder equivalent of Mustafi. We are getting rid of players, yet we cannot for the life of it, get rid of the biggest 2 problem players. Im a loss for words.
NO he isn't. Favre, wenger and many other managers and players rate him but arsenal fans are stupid so they don't understand
Lmao play 6 men behind the 4 attackers.. its not 2001 its not gonna work. City and liv all play as a unit amd high pressure with wingbacks overlap
City play a winger/creative midfielder at left back
Kolasinac is just not technically good enough
The same way you cannot copy Barcelona a winger like Alba as full back
Xhaka would be ok in a rugby team
I watched this debate last night. Paul Merson was just being a clichee of Paul Merson
He complains like no other on the pitch even though its his mistakes but then receives arm ban for showing spirt.... thats not how it works - he needs to leave before he starts complaining to himself over his rash tackles- boy school defending and atheistism
Last time i was this early Mustafi was playing Center Back for Arsenal
Or We won the League
Xhaka is exactly what ARENAL needs. I know he's not the most loved by media skeptics but he brings that much needed sense of toughness to the middle of that park and that's what ARENAL have been lacking for years. He's not afraid to make tackles. In this age when football has been pacified.
Did Rowett say ‘no beers’ to Merson?!
torriera cdm ceballos/guendouzi cm ozil/ceballos/willock number 10 with laca auba and Pepe as a front three with tierney and bellerin flanking with holding saliba and sokratis at the back honestly arsenal SHOULD perform at a level to keep up w Liverpool/city
Another delusional Arsenal fan. According to you, Tierney and Bellerin are what is keeping you from winning the EPL, lol.
Steeve Cantave i support Chelsea and yes if Arsenal’s players perform to there potential they may not win the epl but they could keep pace w Man City and lpool unlike Chelsea and Man Utd right now
I love Merson when he's talking about Arsenal
To be fair, it's easy to find fault with players. But the manager isn't stupid. He isn't going to play him if he is useless. Yes he makes mistakes no doubt, but he also contributes a great deal to the team and does allot of unnoticed hard work.
I’m not too sure but I’m pretty sure that mers doesn’t know, I don’t know why I have that hunch, I just do.
Nice name
The answer to the question is yes, but if I say that I’ll get a load of brain dead fan boys saying “that’s why you’re not the manager and Emery is” so let’s just say no it’s not causing Arsenal issues and he’s doing just fine 😶
Xhaka has always been error prone so its nothing new and not really a surprise.. it's up to Emery to show that hes ruthless and drop him.
4 of xhakas fouls were to stop the counter.... don’t be mislead.
is water wet?
chibifirestorm yes but Granit won't be until he leaves Arsenal
chibifirestorm Merson: “I don’t know”
Lesser teams...you mean like Watford. FFS.
i just don’t know how the hell is some of these guys getting these starts week in and week out, sokratis should not be starting, xhaka loses his head often, i mean look at the penalty it’s no way he should have went in like that but only he can tell you wtf he was thinking
Toni Toni you gettin Fifa 20 bro? Seen you in some videos hammering the game lol
Danqz 97 😂😂 i am, i’m getting pes too. i only hammer fifa because i want them to do better
Loooool what happened to Arsenal winning 4-1 Merson ?
Nice 4-1 prediction Paul 😉
Why is this show called ‘The Debate’ there’s no doubt that Xhaka is crap.
Merson talking balls.. as usual..
i wanted wenger out because i couldn't imagine that there's gonna be another manager that will rate xhaka as high as wenger.
what are we not seeing that these two are seeing? :(((
I can’t see how he is Arsenal captain, it just baffles me.
Love Paul's answer to "What does Xhaka bring to Arsenal ?" 😄 I would say the same.
Is true Xhaka is de 1 killing us
It's time for Holding and Chambers to get a chance to work on a partnership. Also Willock needs to play as much as Guendouzi did last year
Paul says Spurs doesn't have the squad, "ARE YOU MAD" *Troopz Voice. We had Dele, Lucas, Lo Celso on the Bench. We had the option of Aurier at RightBack. Ndombele was not even present.
But we have this kind of problems with our captains every season. Remember when Koscielny did a double tackle vs Everton and Mertesacker last man tackle vs Chelsea.
Xhaka is exactly what Emery is about! No clue of what he's doing! Because in his battle to block out Ozil, he becomes blind to so many opportunities offered to him in team selection! Torreira is worldclass but being pushed out, because at one time he spoke out about Ozil's quality, and expressed the need for Ozil to be in the team! Emery must go!
merson - well you know , I don't know, so yeah I don't know, erm yeah
I think a lot of people forget when we brought in xhaka...arteta,rosicky & flamini were well into their 30’s & Santi had a hole in his foot. That left an injury prone Aaron Ramsey & jack wilshire....then elneny & coquelin, do I need to say much about them two? We needed a guy that can play 30+ games a season maybe score the odd goal & wasn’t a complete soft ass...he’s now served his purpose.
Xhaka was immense he covered every single blade of grass he was like Viera abd Keane rolled in to one he bullied Winks,Ericksen,Sissoko and Lamela who ended up getting hooked off Xhaka is a world class player a proper leader of men this felt like a win to come from 2 goals down Spurs are in serious crisis and turmoil
Nice Video
It doesn't matter how many 'attempts' there are Mr Merson, it's the goals and the results that count. Spurs went to Man City and Arsenal and didn't lose in either match. How many teams will achieve that this season? Spurs had 80% of possession against Newcastle and lost the game. The only stat that counts is the result. By the way, I've been 'attempting' to win the lottery for years but still haven't succeeded!
To be honest I don't know what Xhaka is good at. I feel Arsenal doesn't need him.
Abdul Ahmed I agree. But next summer he should be sold.
We get it paul, you don't know. Great interview very insightful lol
what does xhaka bring? turnovers in defensive positions, yellow cards, penalties, bad challenges, slow decision making, bad touches. but also great long passes and thumping shot on goal, which hardly gets used.
How many times does he have to say "I don't know."
That tackle that gave away the penalty was honestly one of the most stupid and unforgivable challenges I have ever seen. What an absolute tool. If a teammate did that in a Sunday league game i'd be fuming at him, let alone a bloody Premier League game!
You only have to look at Sánchez playing right back on Sunday... he’s not a left back. Wow Merson
Thank you Paul Masson about time somebody said something about xhaka
Why did Aurrier not play ?
Spurs setup is still stuck in 2016, as Arsenal fan, spurs need to overhaul in their midfield, I don't think they'll get top 4 this year, they rely on Kane too much.
they will get top 4 for sure.
Well then, as an Arsenal fan, you should look up Tottenhams win % with Kane and without Kane. Then realise that your statement is 100% wrong and that Tottenham DO NOT 'rely on Kane too much'.
@@thepunchableface1506 His goals will say otherwise, your talking about short spells that his been injuried, they struggled and won goals late on throughout his time out.