How many of you agree with me when I say that Ainsley Maitland-Niles has shown a great deal of promise in his appearances, he has really impressed me this season. Could he be the Ashley Cole/Sol Campbell in waiting???
Wilshere has been excellent so far. His close control and passing is so much better than Ramsey’s, and he links up really well with Ozil in attack
Did you catch that ballboy who was relaxing in the seats? Suddenly Palace had a rare shot on goal. Which forced him to wake up and jump into action!
Surprise in that he’s healthy, but this the wilshere we knew: good on the ball, sometimes really good decision making, meh off it, and needs good players around him to really shine.
I hope the Petr Cech Laundromat is open for business this afternoon, I'm in the need for some clean sheets!!! we've got a 4-nil lead, now besides the 3 points and that goose egg, what else would you want in this match??? If Petr Cech gets the clean sheet it will be the 200th of his great career, what do you guys think of that milestone???
Wilshere is playing like he used to. I’ve never doubted his ability except the ability to stay healthy. 4-0 flatters palace more than us. Better finishing and it could be 6 or 7.
It’s like they all like playing together. They look like they having a lot of fun. This 433 could be better with upgrades in a couple midfield positions too.
It's easy to have fun out there when you're up 4-nil against a side that looks like they don't want it this afternoon. I want to see that against Chel$ki this Wednesday in our 2nd leg Carabao Cup tie, remember we must win outright, a score draw is as bad as a loss (Chel$ki would move on on a score draw on the away goal tiebreaker)
In the league cup, the away goal rule only applies after we play extra time, I'm told. But yes we really need a clean sheet weds!
I haven't been watching closely this half. But it seemed to me our protection tactics we're only going to lead to them scoring that goal. i'd rather we had just kept playing the same way, going for more goals. No 200th clean sheet for Cech, sigh.
No shutout, thanks to goddamn zonal marking on another set piece, I'll bet Kyle Martino, who is absent due to campaigning to be the next head of US Soccer, is pulling his hair out, he hates zonal marking, because it doesn't work, that goal we gave up proves why.
Surprised Wilshere hasn't been given a breather. Either the boss thinks he's in great shape these days, or he's just testing him to the max before giving him a new contract.