- Xhaka, Mustafi and El Neny all very good today. Xhaka had one brain dead moment when he fouled just outside the box which Cech saved, but with the exception of that was good on the ball and proactive when defending. Mustafi was flawless, which I fully expect his next game to be a disaster given his performance today. El Neny was everywhere and played some really good passes, but also had a couple of bad turnovers.
- AMN has so much talent and should be developed as a right back, has much to learn defensively but with time should improve where needed.
- Kolosanic is slowly improving each week but I don't think he is good enough to be a nailed on starter, good final third player but leaves a lot to be desired in the build up phase.
- Ozil and Myhki were excellent and were running the show.
- PEA was alright, did what he does best by getting on the score sheet, his team mates haven't yet adjusted to the runs he is capable of making.
- Iwobi, disaster. Makes me miss the days of having Gervinho and Podoloski of the left wing.
AMN really is a gem of a prospect. Just looks like a naturally smart footballer
Really liked El Neny's game yesterday. Looked like he had the "Arteta" role in playing the ball out from the back which he did well.
I liked the fire Ozil showed when Iwobi over-hit what would have been the perfect through ball to Ozil. It was kind of like "I could do that perfectly at your age, why can't you?". I want Ozil to demand more from his teammates, become a leader.
Myhki and PEA already getting in the groove together. PEA might still be adjusting to his teammates, could have had 3 yesterday - the cross from Kolosanic just had a little bit too much pepper on it for him to slide in at the back post and he messed up and 1v1 he should really have done better with.
Iwobi is interesting. He has the ability but just has no idea how to use it, his decision making isn't good enough at this level. Watching him play for Nigeria shows that he can do the right things but we can't carry him in the Premier League. He needs game time to learn but at the same we can't carry him for 70 minutes.
Welbeck and Iwobi both need to be replaced in the first team. We've already lost Marcus McGuane (to Fking Barcelona) and Reiss Nelson isn't signing a new contract due to lack of playing time.