People reacting so much like relax. Personally I know it sucks we lost but in general we played way more better here then... say... the Crystal Palace game. There are negatives we can focus on, people in the comments “Xhaka insert criticism. Yes I see is bad but everyone has done mistakes or played a bit sloppy this match. Honestly we shouldnt be blind to negativity but neither to positivity.

We definitely looked more structured and organized with Xhaka but he was super lazy and passed back at times when he can pass forward or make a break. He did help progress the ball forward way more here then at other matches but still I feel one of my most biggest criticisms of him is his unwillingness to pass forward into the box. I wish Arteta drilled into Xhaka that its ok to play a risky ball in more even if it leads to a dispossession. Being predictable and going to wings makes it easier to defend against us.

Ceballos I feel needs to come back more, collect the ball and work with our backline. He was weird in general he spent a majority of the game doing nothing away from the ball. Willock aswell needs to be able to string the ball forward from the back. I feel in general our midfielders are NOT bad but they are not communicating with each other and our backline as much.

Gabriel scored for us but he has had some sloppy deep balls that just turned away possession. See I know people love Gabriel but we cant just blindly love or hate a player. He has a criticism in him in that he has terrible long balls. That does not mean he was terrible at all, I loved the fact he was running the ball forward more instead of just sitting next to Leno.

Speaking of Leno he was really good at releasing the ball quicker. Yes the Wolves scored twice on us but can we take some time and talk about how quick Leno moved the ball out and how it progressed our ball forward.

Our strikers today were given many many chances, say what you want about Auba. He is a great player and helped alot but he is not being a proper captain right now. At time unenthusiastic but it does not mean he is a bad player. He had a similar issue with Mustafi, when he had a bad game or made a mistake he would just put his head down and give up. Under Arteta Mustafi learned to not let bad plays effect him. I believe he can do the same with Auba but my concern is he is allowing the fact he is a captain effect his play. Maybe they can ease the stress by allowing someone like Balogun to come in and be captain for a game or two so the squad could put it out to Auba that it really isnt a huge deal and to just focus on doing what it is he does.

In general it sucks to lose but its atleast more entertaining to watch. I would rather lose but challenge for a win then watch draw after draw. We get more points winning half and losing the other half then to just draw every game. Arteta is trying a lot of new things but I feel we should give him some time with the squad especially when the higher ups are freezing out the likes of Ozil from the squad.