@UncleSamad_ Who did they boss in Europe? Almost every team we played was dominating the midfield. Even Club Brugge. The only game we looked confident was against Atletico Madrid. The other games we were just good at converting chances.
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TheOne
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Zubimendi, Rice and Odegaard is a solid midfield that bossed Europe until last month.
Omotayo Akinro@etyro
What shocks me is how someone who played in midfield and is supposed to be a genius cannot build a solid midfield in 6 years despite spending 1 billion
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@falagooner We have players like Vitinho and Bernado Silva doing that but you're talking about a player bigger than them not having physique? It's the manager's work to coach these things.
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Se o Odegaard tivesse um físico decente para ganhar duelos, o meio do Arsenal seria Rice - Ode - Eze. Com Zubimendi no banco, Merino e Nwaneri…
DailyAFC@DailyAFC
📊 Martin Ødegaard vs Manchester City, compared to his Arsenal teammates: 🥇 1st: Passes completed 🥇 1st: Chances created 🥇 1st: Final-third passes completed 🥇 1st: Expected assists 🥇 1st: Ball recoveries
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@TJayyyy_1 Arteta signed Zubimendi to cover the fact that he wasted 100m on a midfielder who can't okay as a lone 6 without bebaysitting from his 8 and also cannot play as an 8 to make his LW and 10 better. In the end it's Arteta who exposes himself for poor player profiling.
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Need more people to speak on Rice like they do with Zubimendi.
That CB gets away with so much
.@aliftbll2
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@ogheneyxle @Imoemi_ How do you say that Martinelli is worse when he's just 6 goals behind Saka in open play and he's played 67 games less? That's like saying that saka is even worse.
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@Imoemi_ gabi has been good, we saw him as good and brought him in. rice? lol, martinelli is worse off, havertz hasn’t done any improvements
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Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying they were bums before Arteta
But not giving him credit for their development is worse than saying they were bums before him
bandito💜 | comfort food@ogheneyxle
come on man
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@GoonerExtra Two of those attackers you've slammed top our G/A charts despite playing very few minutes. You people bash anything.
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Every time I remember we have intentionally started:
A midfield of Merino, Zubi, Rice
An attack of Gyok, Madueke, Martinelli
I die a little inside.
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@only1chiefff There's no excuse for Zubimendi. He's been poor and doesn't belong in Arsenal's starting 11. But if he played alongside a proper 8 we would be much better. They are both poor in their respective positions
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Everytime Arsenal fans pile on zubimendi, ask yourselves
what does rice even do??
Is his job limited to tackling and covering grounds alone?
I’ve never seen where a midfielder escapes criticism always, build up and control shouldn’t be zubimendi’s job alone. Rice is poor!!
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@ChazArsenal @ftblrk He didn't do well. Odegaard and Martinelli got worse. There wasn't any chemistry between him and Martinelli or Odegaard, that's how you know that your 8 is poor. Xhaka was much better and he wasn't even a true 8. Rice was a downgrade.
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@EduardoHagn The problem has always been the manager. When you had the quality of Partey and Xhaka then go for Rice and Havertz then later Merino and Zubimendi....what's that? All these were downgrades even Rice is just overhyped. Even at 6 he'll still need a lot of babysitting creatively.
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Zubimendi is a great player but he’s not starting quality if you want to win all four tournaments at Arsenal.
There has to be a signing in midfield. A BIG signing to accompany Rice.
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@kryptor776 @AkzAfc Leave the wingers alone. We have elite wingers who receive 6 passes per game when other wingers are receiving an average of 30 per game. If messi played for Arsenal he'd be average at best. You give them just 6 passes and don't expect them to risk any of those by dribbling.
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@AkzAfc the issue now is you have zubimendi and rice who neither are elite at breaking lines or beating a press odegaard can but he’s not elite in the final third and doesn’t have the output and we also have wingers who struggle to beat their man 1v1 squad building is just dogshit
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@PureAngles why do you think its a problem that zubimendi doesnt pass forward but its okay when rice doesnt either? either you hold smoke for both for not progressing or neither but dont pick and choose you weirdo
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Zubimendi does NOT make the TOP 20 Progressive Passes per 90 list, in Premier League 2025/26.
"Controller"
"Metronome"
Pure Angles@PureAngles
MLS x Rice > Zubimendi x Rice
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@WFAFOOTBALL14 @aliftbll2 @0214KJ Rice has been an issue since he was signed. Remember when Arteta tried to bench Partey or push him to RB to accommodate Rice at 6? Remember when he played as a 6 and got overrun by Tottenham he had to be withdrawn at HT? Arsenal fans are just too emotional to admit these things.
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@aliftbll2 @0214KJ Rice is not the issue, it’s the other one
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@sharkyy__b I never wanted that Rice amd Havertz signing. I knew they were a step back technically. Had watched both and never saw why the signings were hyped. Zubimendi was a straight downgrade even before his signing was completed. Arteta's player profiling is poor, very poor.
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I feel bad for zubimendi having to play next to a cb in the midfield. Folks finally realizing about rice
.@aliftbll2
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@aliftbll2 Imagine being Martinelli, Trossard, Eze, Saka and Ødegaard being hated or scapegoated because you're always playing in front of bums who can't knit three forward passes together. Arteta has blood on his hands.
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@AFTVMedia We need a winning coach. Arteta is the common denominator in our failure to get over the line. It's not rocket science.
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@Adeyemi_AFC @im_acemane This is one of the aspects I hate about Arsenal fans. We want our attackers to be creative but the moment they lose the ball trying something creative we scream for them to be substituted.
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Go and watch Bruno and see how many balls he always gives away. U people would want player to take risk yet u don’t want him to give ball away ? Lol.. rice completed just 22 passes, Zubi just 18 and odegard 41 and u are saying he looses passes? How did u expect someone that play as a 10 not to give all away?
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The result took the headlines, but Ødegaard’s performance was absolutely elite and deserves way more noise. 🔥
Pure control. Pure class.
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@WoleAz6830 @EduardoHagn You wrote the truth but most Arsenal fans don't understand football they will always go against the less popular player.
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@EduardoHagn Calling out odegaard that been battling injury , came in and was bold with the ball and a balance to the team , same can’t be said about Rice
Y’all shy away from that conversation , Rice is actually the weak link in this team, the moment xhaka left and rice got in his position
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Ødegaard has to be sold this summer.
You cannot be such a bystander in these games. Put your body on the line.
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@zola_254 @Adeyemi_AFC Look at Gabi's G/A vs games played in his EPL career and you'll realize how wrong you are. Give him a proper 8 and an ordinary LB and see how good he can be.
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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again…
Rice is NOT an 8.
Rice is NOT an 8.
Rice is NOT an 8.
Mikel, Stop this madness NOW!!!
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@iamjoseh_ It's not the keeper it's the defense. If a keeper is facing just 2 shots on target per game then you have to credit the defense not the keeper.
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Put David Raya in goal for either Bayern Munich or Real Madrid and he'd have kept a clean sheet in that game.
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