Arsenal vs Southampton Ideal Starting XI: Alex Iwobi Back

By Josh Sippie | Nov 29, 2016

NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 20: Lucas Perez celebrates scoring Arsenal's 2nd goal with Jeff Reine-Adelaide and Mohamed Elneny during the match between Nottingham Forest and Arsenal at City Ground on September 20, 2016 in Nottingham, England. (Photo by David Price/Arsenal FC via Getty Images) /

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Alex Iwobi and Lucas Perez

Man oh man, I have not been so hard on a player as I have been on Alex Iwobi in quite some time. I was downright disgusted with his fall from grace lately, mostly because Wenger keeps sending the kid out there. He clearly needs to take a step back, take a deep breath, and recenter himself on his strengths.

Playing a central role should help that. It is less focused on driving at the net and more focused on feeding the outlets. I have much more faith in the young Nigerian to do that than I have in him to score a goal.

Elsewhere, Lucas Perez is back! I really want to see this guy succeed, if for no other reason than because it will make Wenger look like a pure genius. But it’s obviously more than that.

I loved what Perez showed when he was at Deportivo. He was such a team player and a thinker at a position that didn’t usually boast such qualities. That is immensely promising. I just hope that he can start getting things figured out against Southampton because as I touched on earlier today, he really is running out of time.

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What do you think Gooners? What would you change?

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