What was arsenals firm the last third of the season? Should we expect regression to the mean a bit?
We ended the season badly, 3 wins 3 draws 3 defeats, and pre season hasnt been great, 2 wins 2 draws 1 defeat. The football is not flowing right now, but it is pre season and theres a lot of changes in the middle of the field, Sunday is a slightly more important pre season game, and then its all about clicking next Saturday noon kick off.
Rice played the Xhaka role yesterday, looked great going forward, but bad defensively, which is the opposite of what I thought might happen. I dont think we can drop Partey hes looking like our best midfielder, actually our best 3 in midfield right now look like Partey Havertz and Odegaard.
Some things in pre season games are completely pointless though, Fabio Vieira playing 90 mins on the right wing, it just winds you up.
Theyre hoping Jesus is back for the 3rd league game, we will see.