No chance at all.

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As Emery wants to play out from the back it is all the more baffling that Xhaka is still in the side. Immobile, ponderous and has a poor short passing game. Our back 4 need to be asked to make simple passes to our 2 sitting (term used loosely)midfielders who in turn NEED to be comfortable on the ball in tight situations. Torriera, Guendouzi, Elneny, Niles, Mhikitaryan are all better than Xhaka at that andall bring more athleticism than him. It is no good having a panicked pass from a CH to Xhaka, it has been shown again and again he then gives the ball away.

If, as seems the case, Emery will stick to this he must pick the players we have best suited to that style. We have plenty of room for improvement and the answer is within the squad to provide it (and transfer windows to improve it further). Drop Xhaka (passing and concentration lapses), Ramsey (unbalances the side and head not in right place), Bellerin (passing and cannot stop a winger for love nor money)and we get clear and obvious improvements that may prolong our good results. Why wait until the inevitable defeats begin to address the obvious ?
Leno, Lich, Soc, Hold, Mon, Torr, Elneny, Ozil, Iwobi, Welbeck, Lacca/PEA.  a far more defensively sound looking side with energy, pace, work-rate and far more able to pass out from the back. Certainly not a world beating side but they would stay in games and give our classy strikers chances to win games.

3 at the back !?

Unless Kol is playing wide right in front of Nacho ? That not being the case the team will be again unbalanced.

Victor has priced up Aubameyang at 1/2 and Lacazette at 6/4 as top Arsenal scorer; anyone else feel this is wrong? They are both equally likely to get injured and Lacazette is more likely to be dropped out of the two although that would be a surprise and would be because he isn't scoring. Lacazette is the one playing slap down the middle with Aubameyang playing a wider role and if I were the one pricing it up I would go Lacazette 4/6 and Aubemayang 11/10. If Victor hadn't closed down my account I would definitely have a bet. They will no doubt change their prices if they see this unless they have taken loads on Aubameyang before we have seen the new formation at the start of the season.

VC wouldn't lay an egg.

Some surprises here. Mkhit or Iwobi for the 10 role ? Mustafi ahead of Socratis ? No Ozil, Ramsey and PEA on the bench ? With so many changes I think we will do very well to get ot of there with a win.

Xhaka captain

Superb going forward today(helped by Fulham of course). Still plenty of clear room for improvement in the side but the results are heping while the players come to terms with Emery. Goals aside this was probably the most impressive we have been in the current run. Emery has played 3 different systems in 3 games and won them all.

Mind the gap !

Finally getting rid of the Shackles of Wenger, shame it never happened 10 years ago, but onwards and upwards, it'll take time, but i've got faith in this guy, and the players look HAPPY

Agree Mr E ref the Ozil part, we def looked sharper without him, clinical in front of goal all be it not the toughest opponents, people talk about the slow start etc but against Chelsea if we,d finished like Sunday we,d of had 4 by half time in that game.
Personally Id like still to see Ramsey stay, Id have him in front of Xhaka all day, he loves playing for AFC and prob feels he deserves a decent deal after his service to the club, to this day Ozil hasn't shown any such commitment but is on ridiculous wages for such a under achiever esp when the chips have been down in the past against the top teams. Its not impossible for him to win people over now he,s retired from International football, maybe this new period and going forward under different leadership he just might become more consistent, cant see it myself but he obv has the ability to be a top player and an asset but for what he gets he really ought to be showing us a lot more on a regular basis.

So far its not so bad is it, Im sure some thought we could fall flat etc but we do look like we are moving in the right direction at least and like Enp says there is plenty of room for improvement again in a few areas.

First time this season we've played with any type of sustained pace and no coincidence that Ozil wasn't involved.

I still think that we're incredibly vulnerable at the back but pleased that Leno is now in goal - can't believe that Czech would now replace him once fit.

The relegation battle that Jed kept banging on about seems to be going quite well.

Kreonke's LA Rams clear fav to win the Superbowl. Early days yet, maybe a win treble Rams, Us and Spurs to finish outside top 6.

Average player looking for superstar wages.

Had 1 half decent season in his career.

Won't be missed.

Ozil must be glad he signed he signed that contract when he did cos there's no way he'd be getting anything like that under Emery.

Ozil is a model of  AWs deficiencies.

He was a panic buy at the end of a transfer window and the wages he has managed to secure undermine the abilities of other players at the club. Another panic decision due to circumstances.

For many years i championed the fact that he was an over rated show pony, the luxury of whom we couldnt afford in a team which needed to be structured on hard work.

Hey ho !

Defensively we still need work to improve. The way forward is a centre back of the quality of a keown or Adams but they are hard to find. An additional full back  / wing back ( left sided ) would not go amiss either

Other than that we are almost there as going forward we are as good as any of our real competition and the addition of the likes of LT11 and MG29 to the midfield mix are massive positives. ( LT11 could be the signing of the season )