Martin Odegaard - 9
A cracking goal vs Olympiakos to set the tone for the month, a match-winning performance vs Spurs and a brilliant contribution vs West Ham. Voila - rumours are ripe the Gunners will try to negotiate a permanent deal for Odegaard. On the basis of this month, we really need to.
Emile Smith Rowe - 8
Adapted well on the left, put in a brilliant show vs Spurs and now looks set for a new bumper contract until 2024. Emile is the yin to Odegaard's yang, adding directness to his game: his determined dribbling dovetails well with the Norwegian's passing range.
Alex Lacazette - 7
With our captain still out of form, Laca picked up the mantle with 2 massively important goals (Spurs winner and West Ham equaliser) - and the leadership qualities too. He's the one to speak after games, not Auba: perhaps the Arsenal management should consider offering the Frenchman another deal.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang - 3
He's just not doing it at the moment. He's not doing it to the point where people were angry when Auba came back into the XI after getting dropped vs Spurs.
In 2 games after that - Olympiacos and West Ham - our skipper showed little improvement and was even subbed off at the London stadium. Cries to give more minutes to Lacazette and Martinelli are justified at this moment in time.
Bernd Leno - 3
Are we being generous? Should we have given him a 2? Leno made 2 massive blunders and it's miracle only one was costly in the end. His passing out from the back is slack, it's making his teammates look like duds and then there's also that Bowen shot through the legs. Pick it up, Bernd.
Hector Bellerin - 2
He's not here because he's been bad per se but because he's lost his place in the XI. And Bellerin has Calum Chambers and Cedric Soares for competition.
We are not suggesting these are bad players, far from it. But Cedric is unlikely to be more than a rotation player at any other big club, while Chambers is not a right-back at all.
Bellerin has been one of the most trusted players under Arteta, very high in the pecking order for captaincy too. If even his old buddy has given up on him, it's really bad for Heccy.
