The Midfield.

[Gene Parmesan]

One of Gueye or Onana needs to be dropped for Gana.

Doucoure is also shocking but is the only one that occasionally score a goal so that’s the only reason he should keep his place.

 

[WalterBecker]

What midfield we bypassed it all game

 

[Milkman]

One of Gueye or Onana needs to be dropped for Gana.

Doucoure is also shocking but is the only one that occasionally score a goal so that’s the only reason he should keep his place.

Gene!!

 

[Amokachi1995]

It's been doing my head in for weeks. I don't think they're set up right at all. I get they're not the most technical but they're not even getting tackles in and disrupting the opposition.

Garner may not fare any better but I reckon he'd find the odd pass.

 

[Rita_Poon]

No creativity in the midfield, Onana? All of the hype he’s pretty average, not one of them has got a forward pass in them.

He played one late on, beautiful weight on it, but no one was busting their backside to get onto it. hit and slowed up to the edge of their box.

 

[widnesblue]

The three of them today don’t offer anything you need to be a premiership midfielder. You need pace, power, strength and creativity in order to compete and they don’t offer that. It’s clear as day that Dyche prefers Gana pushing forward more when on a counter attack and it’s is weakest part of his game. Onana clearly hasn’t got a burst of pace in him nor can he be bothered to try and make a break.

Losing Iwobi was going to be massive loss in that midfield, although he wasn’t the best. At least he had some pace about him and tried to get the ball moving. He wasn’t scared to put a foot in either

 

[Big Sams Undies]

Just utter dross. Not even able to play a 5 yard ball ffs.

 

[beachy]

Gana or Onana. Not both.

 

[tnc85]

We hardly play into midfield and if we do it goes backwards
So frustrating watching us at the moment

 

[HalfTimeSayers]

Just utter dross. Not even able to play a 5 yard ball ffs.

When any of them got the ball today, it was far far more likely that within the next 15 seconds, Arsenal would have a chance, not us. Terrified of the ball. Although tiny bit of sympathy in that Danjuma and McNeil were so narrow it just cluttered everything up and no easy ball out wide if under pressure.

Properly stupid setup today. As soon as Gana was pressing the highest of the 3 in the first minute it was clear it was going to be dog sick.

 

[Calvin]

Definitely should be priority in January, at least 1 more cm and centre half to add depth.
A replacement for Doucoure, and a conclusion one way or another to the Dele Alli situation.

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

We have one?

 

[Tony’s Carp]

The one guy in the squad capable of getting on the ball and starting quick counter attacks was Iwobi. He had to be sold, but he also had to be replaced.

 

[Kendal]

Why has Garner been shunted out wide? And then dropped. Bizarre after a calamitous start to the season

Because he said Dyche was strict, can’t believe it

 

[Rita_Poon]

The one guy in the squad capable of getting on the ball and starting quick counter attacks was Iwobi. He had to be sold, but he also had to be replaced.

Arsenal are a good side all over the pitch.
We have no natural width because our fullbacks are incapable.
The wide players we are trying to integrate are unfit for match duty.
Beto has to find his feet in the league.
Cal-Lewin is just coming back from injury also.

I see the issue being something else, Garner and Gana are to small to hold the midfield solo, so Onana and or Doucoure have to play as well, big side - boss the air - etc, Maybe it's got to be Onana Garner and ship out Doucoure and Gana then its Danjuma McNeill and Harrison as a three to supplement Beto or Cal-Lewin.

At the minute we are all over the show, but it's only sloppy concentration against Fulham and Wolves that has us languishing. We're a better side when all fit than the one that battered Brighton. Although I concede that there does seem to be something missing, spirit, mojo, character, cojones, courage, guts, call it what you will. Maybe it was just today and the opposition but are a few players playing with their heads down?