On top of that, it's that age old thing about Gutierrez being the 'main' winger, but when he's being double-marked all the time he's not as effective. When Obertan was replaced by Ben Arfa in the RM slot, Gutierrez and Santon had absolutely acres more space and Gutierrez in particular looked much better. Ben Arfa was the one being double marked but the majority of times he managed to skin both players and do something with the ball.
I don't get Obertan at all, like. In the first half, he sold an amazing dummy to the full back, got a good yard and a bit on him, reached the byline... and then stopped on the ball and turned to play a half-mishit pass to Simpson who ended up going back to the centre-halves on the halfway line. He's fucking tripe and I'm hoping Pards realised it today.