They've gotten much better at it this season with Torreira and (sometimes) Guendouzi actually putting their foot on the ball and slowing the tempo when necessary. See the game against Liverpool.That’s where the train goes right off the rails.
They have definitely shown it at times, I just have not seen enough to believe they can do it consistently. They’ve had periods in past seasons where everyone thought there were turning the corner in that regard, as well, and look how those turned out for them.They've gotten much better at it this season with Torreira and (sometimes) Guendouzi actually putting their foot on the ball and slowing the tempo when necessary. See the game against Liverpool.
The common factor in all those seasons was Wenger and the variance in this one is Emery.They have definitely shown it at times, I just have not seen enough to believe they can do it consistently. They’ve had periods in past seasons where everyone thought there were turning the corner in that regard, as well, and look how those turned out for them.
Time will tell.
And Emery still needs to fight the residual common factors of club culture and certain player mindsets that contributed to those past failures (which are not entirely down to Wenger). I have said that I am impressed with what he has done thus far (I was and am happy we played them away before his system really began to take hold)—and he has seemingly removed one of the bigger contributors to it in Ozil—but I won’t really be convinced they have changed in that regard until later in the season, if things continue to progress as they are now.The common factor in all those seasons was Wenger and the variance in this one is Emery.
And did immediately after both arsenal goals. Despite their forward threat, at the back and in the middle their control was almost non-existent. They made the rags look like they made Southampton look at the weekend - in with a chance.That’s where the train goes right off the rails.
"He's stopped the rot!" Unbeaten in how many now? Practically an invincible streak.He lives to fight another day :D
Unbeaten in 3, they're giving off a real aura."He's stopped the rot!" Unbeaten in how many now? Practically an invincible streak.