This guy needs so more love been performing consistently so far; definitely missed him against psg
Finally started playing well again, awesome stuff
Its great to see. Iād love to know what has made the difference for him this season, he looks like a different player.
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Indeed. He looks tenacious in every department. I think the wing benefits him so much more than it does if you popped him as a CF where he looks lost and adds nothing to the team. Now, heās forcing more positive runs, really working that wing well, getting back and making incisive tackles. Proper performances so far and would love him to find some of that golden form weāve seen from him in the past.
3 goals and 1 assist so far for him out there.
This isnt a pisstake, i think it came down to being out of the WC and maybe even been told his play isnt good enough for the time he has been here. I reckon maybe he started to feel that he was in the last chance saloon for his place at arsenal and that if he didnt do something he could fall down the pecking order and maybe out of the club. Maybe seeing someone like Wilshere going on loan he thought āoh shit i thought he was a guaranteed starter here and he is gone, better do somethingā
Credit it where itās due heās been doing very well as of late, similar performance to that of United at home last season where he pressed and defended all game.
Hopefully he can maintain consistency because we need a constant goal threat on the wing considering how Sanchez is being deputised up top.
Think heās done well this season so far, as his stats clearly show. Heās also tracking back a hell of a lot moreā¦lets just hope he keeps it up!
Was mighty impressed with him today. When he plays hard you can paper over the cracks of his sloppy technique and his pace was definitely on show today.
Iwobi on the other wing is an absolute must when Theo is on the pitch if we want to play our game, as far as Iām concerned Iād happily not see Ox play this season again.
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Think itās pretty simple:
- Playing in a team that has something resembling a midfield again (he started well last season when we still had a midfield)
- Not playing on the left wing in a situation thatās totally not suited to him, where heās facing the play and actually asked to make a lot of decisions with the ball, and pass it, and dribble it, instead of just doing his instinctual run and cross and shoot game
- Not in poor form
You forgot
- playing against a non Mou Chelsea. Heās literally that clubs boogey player.
Haha yeah (heās got a pretty good record against big clubs in general).
But the performance today was in line with what weāve seen from him all season.
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Meh, I donāt buy into the hype heās some sort of revamped beast this season, in the past heās actually been much, much better with cleaner fundamentals to his game.
Though like you say not being in poor form doesnāt necessarily mean heās in great form. Heās obviously a confidence player and if we want to kick on with the a title campaign he needs to use this performance today and grow. No point looking like an Arsenal player today only to go missing in our next 5-7 games where we have a real possibility to get some points on the board.
When Ozil/Alexis/Iwobi play like they did today we can afford to have Theo as a passenger and hell he was anything but that today. What we canāt have is Ox and Theo on the pitch at the same time. I was very pleased to see young Iwobi get off the pitch early today.
Ox canāt be on the pitch, full stop.
And yeah, itās not even like Walcott is in great form, he was still better in 12-13 than this, IMO, today there were a number of frustrating moments, including one memorable one where a shocking first touch ended a move that wouldāve been hard to not end in the 4th goal.
Theyāre were quite a few that moments that a greater player would have capitalized on. In all honesty I was genuinely impressed with him today, and like you always say his pace causes teams problems. Not so much in terms of stretching their back line - which did happen a number of times today - but when he actually put pressure on the defenders. Cahill is a top class CB imo and he looked like a bumbling child today because Theo and Alexis were closing down.
Itās one of the reason I never bought into the whole, ā Vardy wonāt work for us,ā argument. You use aggression and pace from the front foot and donāt allow the opposition to play, then combine it with our deadly precision one-touch football then we can be unplayable.
Today was the first time in a long time Iāve genuinely enjoyed watching us play.
Stopped reading here tbh. 
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Cahill has been poor for a good while, was benched for fun in Mourinhoās last season, wasnāt convincing in the Euroās and now makes Luiz look like the better defender and that takes some doing.
So yeah at best heās average these days.
Cahillās a good player tbh, Iād have loved him here. Saying heās looked poor in a Mou breakdown side and when Conte is trying to get to grips with the league is a little lazy. Heās been Chelseaās second best defender for a long time, letās not hold being English against him now.
Fair play to him, I have been very harsh on him recently, but I saw highlights today and he was very good.
Loves a game against Chelsea. Like others are saying, he wasnāt AMAZING, but he is doing the basics well enough. Good workrate, and an intention for positive play.
Contrary to popular opinion we fans arenāt looking to advance agendas. When a player is shit in our eyes, we will say so, and if he plays well we wonāt.
Obviously emotions run a bit higher when it comes to guys like Theo, Ramsey, Ox because of how long they have been at the club and the promise they have all had at times in their careers, so there is real frustration when they donāt consistently reach the heights we know they have.
Especially for me, who was on the Theo train ever since he joined till 2014, despite everything.
Last season was more of a gut punch to me and people like me than anyone else. Guys like @SDGooner who never rated him werenāt disappointed because they had felt this way for a long time but for me to be fed that shite after so long thinking if he got an extended run was destroying.
Like I said earlier, if I wanted to be a talking head and go after agendas against Wenger or certain players then Iād fly to London and find Robbie to give a 5 minute monologue on my hot take on life and Arsenal.
Or even sign up here in my full name and link to my blog on how ā7 reasons why insert name is finishedā in true clickbait fashion.
But I signed up anonymously, and all I can do on a football forum is post whatever opinion i feel at a time. Iād imagine that is the same for everyone here.
I am wrong a lot, and if me being wrong ends up helping the Arsenal then I am always more than happy to admit it.
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Not many Chelsea fans would agree with you.
Heās pretty awful, tbh, and has been for a while.
Are you BradyMagic in disguise? :jakey: