Talk Sports editor Tom Rennie believes the midfield Arsenal used in the second half of their match against Everton is simply not good enough to win the league.
The Gunners had an off day at Goodison Park as they lost only their second league game of the season against a very determined Everton side.
Gooners have come to expect top performances from their team in this campaign, but the quality was lacking in the side, which forced Mikel Arteta to make some changes in the second half.
However, things did not exactly get better and one area the Gunners were terrible at was in midfield.
After the game, Rennie tweeted:
“A midfield of Jorginho, Viera and Xhaka is not going to win the league. That’s a problem for Arsenal. Everton overwhelmed them.”
Just Arsenal Opinion
This is just our second defeat of the season, but it came against Everton and we were exposed in so many areas of our game,
Jorginho and Fabio Vieira were expected to make us better and unlock the Everton defence, but that never happened, which shows we probably do not have problem-solvers on our bench as we think we do.
It is too late to buy new men now, so our current options must step up and deliver.
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“A midfield of Jorginiho, Viera and Xhaka is not going to win the league”. Insightful.
Good thing our starting midfield is Partey, Xhaka and Odegaard.
A good thing indeed Voyageur
An article I can post on as I only saw the second half .
I’ve always been an advocate for pace and power in the midfield over slow intricate players ,watching Partey go off and Jorginho coming on seemed like a mistake straight away ,2 mins later we are 1 nil down ,I thought the Jorginho signing was for him to come in when we are holding a lead (which he’s skilled at )not chasing the game ,we had him ,Xhaka and Odegaard on the pitch at the same time against 2 midfielders who absolutely dominated that second half ,Odegaard goes off and replaced like for like with Vieria,again another lightweight player who looks good on the ball but doesn’t have a chance when the going gets tough .
I would leave well alone getting rice or even Ceicdo and get Onana ,completely showed up our midfield,he was everywhere
Hm,
Jorginho not good enough.
Who could possibly have foreseen that?
I really hate to say this again, but we needed Caicedo as the DM back-up, but the dynamic duo were so busy trying to get the Mudlark, they lost out on the real prize.
If they had gone for Caicedo at the start of January, it could have given Brighton time to find a replacement.
I just hope we can hang on for a Champions League place!!!
And more than likely Brighton would have given the same reply, he’s not for sale.
How do you know?
Well they kept on turning down our bids, even though they had signed a midfielder.
He wasn’t for sale JW
We had 2 bids declined,looking back at it probably for the best ,they are in a great position to get European football ,unf for them he won’t command that fee again in the summer .
I really dont know how Viera gets a game and I am so unimpressed with the Jorghino signing.
Let’s be patient guys. We are not going to win every game though we had to win this one. That’s football. So let’s see how Mikel and players lift up them selves especially if Man city beat Spurs today.
They will need time they play in Europa and will gel better