01 Dec 2025 07:48:17
Like most fans my player of the season so far would be Caicedo. Alongside him there have also been some very good steady performances from the likes of Cucarella, Chalaboa, James, Sanchez and Neto but I’ve also been generally very impressed with Enzo. He finished off last season very well having played many games with an injury. He started this season poorly but in the last 8 games, playing further forward, he has been absolutely brilliant.

With Caicedo now being out for the next three Premiership games him and Santos have to step up again. I assume Palmer will also be back.

1.) 01 Dec 2025
01 Dec 2025 08:51:07
Tomb i love enzo. His fight is something I love the most. Did anyone see him giving noni it yesterday.

But him and caicedo are 2 of the best midfielders in the league. Enzo getting goals and caicedo destroying everything in his path. It was a red yesterday but how many times over the last year has he made crunching tackles that wasnt a red. Audit will be pundits saying the hype of the head to head with rice went to his head.

I just think they wanted that aggression for the London derby. That everyone spoke about after the game and his went slightly too much.

2.) 01 Dec 2025
01 Dec 2025 09:40:47
Enzo is a wonderful player Tom and very underated, will he drop back alongside James whilst Caicedo serves his 3 match ban or will he stay higher up the pitch and Santos plays alongside James? Or will Essugo be ready? On the subject of key players for us this season it was great to hear the Sanchez song being sung, a sure sign he now has the backing of the matchday crowd, he must be the most improved player in our squad since last February.

3.) 01 Dec 2025
01 Dec 2025 09:41:05
Agree with all in both posts. At the end oif the match yesterday I was relieved that we didn't lose but still annoyed that by going down to ten men we made getting a win so difficult and yet still scored first against the odds. Thing is that if Caicedo not sent off we lookde as though we were likely to win it given we were dominating game and creating more chance. Also Arsenal central defense without both Saliba and Gabriel looked far more vulnerable than with them. Perhaps Estevao just a bit too wired for this game and snapped at his shot to pit us one up quite early.

may have been better starting with Garnacho and to have had him coming off the bench for this one given he played whole game v Barca. but then he was so magnificent in that game so starting him seemed a no brainer. It made sense to bring on a target man to give us an out ball in second half but did wonder whether Guiu may have been a better bet than Delap as perhaps more mobile/quicker on the break yet still a handful.

4.) 01 Dec 2025
01 Dec 2025 09:43:41
Still frustrated about yesterday, I believe we would have won the game with 11 men but who knows. We have 4 red cards in the PL already a number of clubs have none including Arsenal, City and Liverpool.

Personally, I think this needs to be addressed. On a separate note, I think Saka is the most overrated player in the PL.
Hopefully we can get a win on Wednesday and keep the chase up.

5.) 01 Dec 2025
01 Dec 2025 10:11:42
Yes discipline has been a problem Jimbo and I think that apart from the four reds (and 24 yellows? ) in the EPL thus far we have picked up another two or three in cup games.

Saka did produce that pinpoint cross for Arsenal's equaliser but Cucu certainly did a good job on him yesterday. I would rate him pretty highly but perhaps you reckon some rate him too highly?

Yes winning against lowly Leeds on Wednesday is crucial to keep up positive momentum. I see that after 13 EPL games last season we had 25 points - ie one more than this season - but were also placed 3rd. We then went on though to win the the next three games. Now that would be good to do this seasion but we will have to do it without Caicedo now of course. Though I think he might well have been rested against Leeds as he was v Burnley and we just have to hope that Santos will play as well as he did against Burnley for us on Wednesday assuming he is the replacemebt wich surely he should be. Potentially a nice little run of starts for him in absence of Lavia and Essuego. Would also hope Guiu gets some game time too though Delap likely to start ahead of him presumably.

6.) 01 Dec 2025
01 Dec 2025 11:50:46
Greenaway, watching the game on TV meant that I was not aware of our fans singing Sanchez songs. He made a couple of fantastic saves yesterday and his distribution has certainly improved but such is the nature of us fickle fans that it will only take one mistake for the questions about his ability to start again.

His performances over last 20-25 games will be quickly forgotten.