So I had to miss two days of a stag do because of work. I’ve arrived at what I ‘think’ is the destination, but no one is awake. I’ve let myself into a house with no number. So this could be the last you read of me if I’ve made a mistake and I’m camping out in some random MAGA fanatics house in Nevada.
Buuuut, while I’m here, why not pen a post?
Arsenal take on the mighty Chavs who were going to build a new stadium until their owner had his visa revoked. I mean, not that we can brag, our owner is currently prying shares away from Arsenal fans as he prepares to take the club offline as we move into the Silent Arsenal era.
I digress.
Big things to look out for today.
Cech: the manager stated he believes in his number one after a slightly erratic display on the opening day where he was pushed into taking the most touches of any keeper in the league (54 I think). Rumours are buzzing around the web that the club aren’t impressed with Leno, which is quite a sorry situation considering it was very well known he’d had a shite season. Anyway, it’s Pete at #1 again, let’s see how he rolls.
Midfield: Xhaka was pony against City, so were most of the midfield. Will Emery double down on his faith in that 11 or will we see some change? Torreira should come in, but who would move away? Guendouzi who we all forgave for school boy mistakes, or Xhaka who is absolute toilet?
There will also be questions around Ramsey, who was very ineffective outside leading the press. He was yanked on 54, will he get another chance tomorrow? If he does, will the manager rethink the role?
Strikers: Auba has tended to look a touch average against top teams. He’s easily nullified and he doesn’t have much of a hold up game. Will Emery persist with his vision of counter attacking football with one striker leading the line, or will he give us all Lacazette and Auba in an iteration of 4-1–2-1-2? We certainly looked more dangerous with two strikers than we did with one. We also probably look more dangerous with Ozil in at 10.
For me, anything above zero points would be nice. It’s too early in this project to feel hopeful of toppling an excellent Chelsea squad with a very good manager. Our main focus is how we take 24 points from the next 8 games. That’s our build up to a massive against Liverpool in November. By then we’ll have a realistic view of how good or bad our season is going to be.
It’s kind of odd how underwhelmed everyone is so early on in the season. The Wenger hangover is a three day one without doubt. That can either work really well for Emery, because expectations are so low, or it could go badly, because we’ll turn quickly. After reading around the web, it’s pretty clear that the one thing Emery lacks with the fans is an emotional connection. If results go badly, no one is going to fight the managers corner, which is why it’s incredibly important he gets some small wins in early and racks up a run. That might not come today, but it’s going to have to soon because the honeymoon feels like it finished at the airport.
Right, see you in the comments.
They keep focussing their attack through our right flank obviously. With Mikki and Bellerin it can only go one day.
Chelsea making us look like a pub team.
Very odd team selection from emery.
Why didn’t we buy a pacy cb if we are going to be playing a suicidal high line.
Very odd transfer strategy as well.
@Cesc
Just took the words out of my mouth. Its like hes got lead in his boots. Alonso is skinning him for pace…
We are fucked.
Pressing is great unless you aren’t doing it properly — in which case it’s massively problematic. I think that’s where we are at the moment.
Miki is a proper shit player
CC
‘I don’t get Bellerin, he was elite at 20 ”
He was never elite at 20.
We tend to overrate our players
What the fuck
Oh my fucking god
omfg Auba…that is unforgivable!!
Would you believe it ?
That’s awful. Auba go home
Thanks goodness it wasn’t Laca that missed that.
Wow Auba. Wow.
Cc. The 100k wenger offered completely corrupted the ‘elite kid’. Iwobi also said he wasn’t motivated ffs back in 16/17!!
The undeserved wage level corrupts our players. Or socialist wage structure whatever people prefer to call it
Fuck off Auba. This is fuckin shite at play. I probably can fucking score from there
Pea. Wtf?
What a fucking sitter.
Pea wtf
Very poor from Auba.
geez…when even Morata scores………
Cech is USELESS
Freaking useless.
Your Comment Heregame over.
WTF?
OMG….my 8 year old just shouted ‘I could of bloody scored that!’ and he could.
FUCKING SHIT
Game. Over fuck this shit
You have to be kidding me, we split them asunder and what a miss.
What a pass from g man!
Emery OUT…idiot
Great pass from Guendouzi. Very poor from Auba.
Haha good grief. Glad we spent all that money in the summer…
What a ball from Guendouzi, what a miss from Aubameyang.
Can’t miss those, f**k sake.
Fucking hilarious, even that shit striker Morata scored a ball over the top. That fucker is molasses.
Defenceman, defenceman defence
Why is Emey still fielding Mikhitaran
If Cech is better than Leno we really are fucked
Fuck Chelski. It looks like we can’t even play football anymore….
Oh well, look like it’s gojng to be a long season …
Our CBs sitting in the enemy’s half. Fuck my life.
We’re in trouble this season.
This cech is just useless
Twice we looked like scoring
Twice we got hit on the counter
still won’t say a word
The defense was past the half way line.
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Garbage team
Mustafi is really ‘working’ on his weaknesses now that Emery has made him aware of them…. Cunt
Moarata isn’t that quick
If Cech hadn’t stopped coming out…oh he’s as slow as a snail.
Chech has to go ….
And that’s what happens when you don’t take your chances. We switched off and now it could be a cricket score.
Right on cue
We are actually a joke
Bring back Arsene
Fuck this, turning it off. See ya.
Go to hell Auba.
Any strikers let alone a 50m one cannot miss that at this level.
When a 19yr old is your best player every time..The club is going to properly get ruined at this pace
Lol if chelsea fancy this, it could get bad.
There you go.
Punished.
This could be embarrassing.
Far too easy.
Getting beat by long balls over the top…. absolute joke
Who plays such a mental high line at fvcking Stamford Bridge?
How could a keeper not save that?
Morata has been poor since arriving at Chelsea, but that was a nice finish. We look a mess. Playing a high line with Sokratis & Mustafi?
Fantastic miss from Auba.
Criminal. Should be jailed for it.
Great ball from the kiddie and Bellerin did everything right.
One ball again and killed again.
You’ve got problems when Morata turns you inside out.
In fact the team have big problems.
To conceded so easily straight after having chances to score yourself.
oh my lord. this is laughable. pea focks up and then morata of all people scores. This team is massively missing a cazorla in the side…
Bellerin can’t even beat one man
We are a team that if we don’t take our chances we will get punished Auba that was easy!
“Are you Wenger in disguise?” shout 40,000 Chav mugs.
The high line is suicidal.
It’s just as naive that anything Wenger put out there.
Laca would finish that
Need him on for any chance now
comical defending. Imagine keeping off side in the opposition half lol.
Nice pass, nice run and awful finish by Auba earlier
Its a training session for chelsea…
Who plays such a mental high line at fvcking Stamford Bridge?
shhhhhhh,its all on Wenger
Auba did a giroud fucking diabolical
If there’s a repeat of last season with the Emirates being empty them Emery wont last long.
We all saw the line up …we all knew he’s picked rubbish…whats he trying to do for crying out loud???
High line shit with Mustafi.
Mikki off Torreira on
Bell off Licht. On
They are getting onto the back four so so easily.
It’s truly worrying here.
Even I’m doubting Emery. Everyone knew defence was the priority. I can’t see any improvement from last season. Our passing has got worse. We have no answer to wide attacks. I don’t know what they are doing in training, but if Xhaka is the stand out player on the training ground when he’s utter shite in a match, then we can’t be preparing for opponents. I’m really concerned this was a case of the board choosing a man who talked a great game but since his last Europa League win hasn’t convinced anyone – even with the players at his… Read more »
If you’re going top play such a suicidal high line then yon need a very good sweeper keeper
Poor decisions from Emery. It’s Kamikaze stuff.
Poor selection again
Torreira on please to protect our soft d
Mkki should be dropped
Still here. Just.
The last time we played a high line like this, we were beat 8-2 by Man Utd.
Just sayin.
No one even gave guendouzi a man on there useless
We seemed to be getting a foothold on the game and then Chelsea score. Now they are back on top.
Whole team prefer to be out on the pitch with pillows
These minimal gains are working wonders
Small percentages
Details
Yes. This is our man.
Victorious
As if Wenger didnt do Plenty of suicidal Foolish things…
You see the players don’t even talk to themselves on the field.
No one told Guendouzi his picket was about to be picked.
Lol even the old c*unt can do better
Must zhaka play for arsenal? Jeezzzz
Glad to see our solid disciplined midfield is denying space to Chelsea, not giving them a second to look up and pick out a pass………..
Said it last season Laca better than PEA.
Xhaka is such a loser. Looked like he wanted to commit a red card foul.
Oh look, the Wanker lunges in like a fool. Just to remind people he’s on the pitch
Emery is his own enemy
We’re in relegation battle
i guess, like wenger, emery doesn’t watch film of the previous game either.
He isn’t teaching them the pressing properly or maybe the players don’t understand it.
They go to press and just leave all the space in this world behind. That’s not pressing ,that’s foolishness.Pressing should be tactical ,not just to be aggressive.
I DON’T SEE EMERY DOING ANYTHING SERIOUS OR BETTER THAN WENGER
The 30/40 yard slide rule pass by Guendozi to bellerin was magnificent. Ozil should be ashamed.
Fuck off Xhara. Idiot of a player. Ditto, Mustafi right on cue. Old habits came back in a second….
Okay for a little perspective. Team has been shit but Auba makes that goal he normally would bury and it’s probably a 1-1 scoreline.
But the team look horrible. It’s one thing to lose to City and Chelsea (looking likely), it’s another to look completely clueless while doing it.
Emery needs to clean this up, or else public opinion is going to go south quickly. There’s gonna be no coming back if he’s tagged as a Moyes early on, it’ll be the entire fucking narrative surrounding the team for the entire season.
Xhaka is fucking dirt
I said this morning that Emery needs to identify our best XI and formation sooner rather than later.
Note: our best XI does not have Xhaka, Iwobi or Mkhitaryan in it. And it does have Ramsey & Lacazette.
Wake up, Unai.
The thing is this game could be 2-2 if Arsenal had took their chances.
But that’s not the main issue here.
The real issue here is that the team look like it could conceded at will.
That was the time to press and most did but Xhaka dropped off. I don’t blame him, because the team don’t seem to know quite what to do, but if you press you do it as a team or not at all.
Our passing has got worse. We have no answer to wide attacks.
Agree with this carved apart like a turkey at Christmas from the wings
It always surprises me how much fans see and yet the managers don’t. Or perhaps they do but have ulterior motives.
Torreira and Licht need to start games we cannot press properly and I’m fucking tired of seeing smiling faces in practice photos. Wtf to smile about