Halftime thoughts

So: TLDR: We are pretty shit. Overall.

  • Ceballos just can't pass. He can do all the roulettes he thinks he can, but it could be better if he could just find his man.

  • Lacazette is playing like he has a sack of sand in either feet. He's unbearably slow. His touches too are just loose and annoying.

  • Kolasinac was probably banned from passing unfront. If he doesn't start running into the channels a left back has to, I'm gonna assume he had a bet about passing more than three passes forward. What's all the pace for when you can't run?

  • Willian needs to beat the first man. He's a very intelligent player. You can see in his head he wanted to play a cool ball. He just can't see to get past the first guy. Otherwise, it's a 5/10 from him.

  • Saka bar the chance created, looks like he's in the wrong PL. He could have easily passed for PL2 for the vast majority of the game.

  • I want to nitpick but Leno, Gabriel, Holding, Aubameyang and Bellerin haven't done anything worth overreacting about.

If Willian is good in the middle, he should play wherever Saka is playing and get Pepe on. These guys can be beaten. I'm all for experience but adding a little bit of Nketiah can help with a bit of pace upfront too. The only problem is that we are playing a 343/433 so Willian can't go ventral.

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