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.
He needs to take Xhaka off now
Sorry, it doesn’t have Bellerin in it either.
Check is weak and must be dropped
Funny. Since the British core was dismantled we have just fallen apart…..
Not a solitary british player on the field for arsenal
What exactly ties us to this club any more?
defense was a problem but we Really needed a replacement for cazorla. someone who doesn’t lose the ball under pressure in the middle of the pitch. Xhaka is not that, torreira could be that. bring him and laca on at half time…
“I am better than Torreira” does his customary stupid tackle that leads to a yellow card skill.
Start him next week Emery.
We are not even playing
I mean Cech
Certain players have shown they are not good enough, Emery insists on playing them. Mhki, Cech, Xhaka and Bellerin are shit! Yet he picks them again
London
They are changing the narrative, pretending that everyone is defending Emery from all criticism by blaming Wenger, in truth what she’s acting up about is because a few of them yesterday were laying into Emery and were quite rightfully called out by a lot of people for having been near silent for 4 or 5 years prior to the City game.
Xhaka again. Hospital pass to Monreal followed by a shit foul. Fuck’s sake. He wouldn’t even get into a Championship side on this showing. We really have been left a shitcastle by Wenger. Board to blame for sitting on their hands and giving the old twat extensions.
Xhaka is a nightmare and is going to keep lunging in a red card in the making
@bishop….they couldnt press a pair of fucking trousers….this is top draw crap
Arsenal play wank when Rambo is playing, gets hooked after 55mins = not his fault, Emery Emery…
Arsenal play wank when benching Ramsey = see, arsenal shit without him, Emery Emery…
Not transparent or anything
Too fucking easy for chekski
Assuming most of the players are hungry enough then they are shit playing like this
Ozil
Iwobi
Mikki
Xhara
Bellerin
Mustafi
Almost incline to include Auba
Bellerin is doing ok
Really struggling to see a top four team out of this lot and with these tactics.
City and Liverpool miles better.
Spurs and Chelsea much better and man united till grind out wins and against the smaller teams and draws against the big boys
My god bellerin you are shit
This is embarrassing
LMAO. They are taking turns
Voodoo curse now is mikki
hahahahaha
Oh mob freekimng gawd
Can’t blame Emery for these misses though.
Again !
“Note: our best XI does not have Xhaka, Iwobi or Mkhitaryan in it. And it does have Ramsey & Lacazette. Wake up, Unai.”
There is no good formation with any of those players. We have a squad full of B-grade lemons. Unai’s job is to make lemonade against the weaker sides. Wenger has built this squad to do exactly that. Not to compete against good sides.
Club has to Stop wasting money on 28+ year olds and turn over this entire squad with quality youth.
F**k me.
Just like City, we’ve had the chances.
Howard
“Emery is his own enemy
We’re in relegation battle”
I don’t think we can tell that until the next few weeks when we play non-top 5 sides, but from what we’ve seen so far, if we don’t improve significantly we’ll be in a real scrap against every single team.
JESUS MARY AND JOSEPH, what a fucking joke!
We need more than three subs, but I’d take Bellerin, Iwobi & Xhaka off. Bring Licht, Laca & Ramsey on.
Mhki too. Jesus.
These misses are schoolboy errors. We dont deserve a point
once again…sunday league stuff finishing….wtf
Another sitter from Mhiki.
Chelsea look dodgy defensively themselves
Embrassing sack of shits this lot
Seriously???
Sorry lets stop slaughtering Emery.’
Some of these misses have been astonishingly pathetic.
You said you would press
You said you would press
Unai Emery
You said you would press.
Now we can’t shoot
Now we can’t shoot
What are you coaching?
We can’t press or shoot.
Pea is doing well whe he gets the ball but fuck me
LOL frauds can’t score. Frauds from Dortmund
Another sitter missed this time by Mkhi… WTF is going on????????
Are you serious?
“Someone on here told us Chelsea don’t press lol”
That was sanmi. The same guy who predicted a 3-2 win last week, and is a black trump supporter.
Mkhiti is a shit player. We were Deffo sold a dud
What’s going on? I accept that we’re shit defensively, but hose absolute sitters missed… No confidence.
Chelski aren’t that good.
We just happen to be worse.
JESUS CHRIST….
Did you just see the pass from Xhaka to Bellerim?
Lol Mikhy, despite how bad we are playing the game should be 2-2
Haven’t Chelsea scored a third yet.
That’s what’s been happening as soon as Arsenal miss at the other end
Why is bellerin still starting? The guy is utter shit
Chelsea are like us very vulnerable to a ball over the top
I’m sure emery is wishing for the January window to be here already. how much do we miss that winger now…
Seriously. Enough is enough.
Wtf do you train. Shooting has always been shit with our forwards. But this rubbish??
They don’t seem to put the foot through the darn ball, most without curl (think Pires) and angles…
Missed goals of the month surely
I do not want to see Ramsey on. What are you lot smoking thinking he would do anything special??? Laca, Lichtsteiner and I’m not sure who else
West Ham will give this team a good game.
I don’t think that Mhkitaryan knows how to sprint.
Chill out lads, next week we’re playing West Ham, they’re are level.
I do not want to see Ramsey on. What are you lot smoking thinking he would do anything special??? Laca, Lichtsteiner and Torreira I’m not sure who else
Called 3-0 earlier this morning. I’ll be wrong. It’ll be 5-0.
You can’t do anything with what we have. Full stop.
Emery is on a losing train as would anyone be without £400m investment.
Jesus Christ. Bellerin has been absolute garbage. Every single thing he has done has been wrong.
Fuck the winger gonsterous, we need the defence fixed.
I must say that thyme players I dislike most in our squad is Bellerin.
..and I don’t even know why.
You are happy with your Emery….aren’t you?…. well well… this is what you wished for. At least we were playing better football before. We are playing shit now. #EmeryOut in the morning.
How can someone who’s come in with fresh eyes and a new perspective get it so unbelievably wrong?
He is making wenger like mistakes as if he has no idea about the the last 10 years!
Emery out. And this isn’t a wind up. The man is very out of his depth.
Well we are seeing that the new manager has work out trying to take bad habbits out of the players, they have no defensive insticts at all. Also I can see that he going give the likes of Ozil, Xhaka , Mustafi and Bellerin a chance to prove themselves. Like in said this season is an extended pre-season
Got one
A goal!
Redemtion..good on you Mikhi!!
We didn’t play good football under Wenger, it was dull predictable dire football
Shh mikki woke up
Yes that’s more like it
Kayciey, seriously are you Pierre?
finally… Get in…
At fucking last
Come on Arsenal !
71mil for that world class Gk…..
Chelski haven’t been that good.
Was will probably win this game. We have had more chances.
Good goal for Mykhi
Hey Hey Hey welcome back to EPL Mikhi. Now get the tampon out and do it again.
We have been shit for a while but I don’t recall Chelsea players in the midfield having so much time and space to ping the ball to their forwards
We get a goal.. Should have been 3-2 despite our poor performance
That is one of the few times we pressed properly, Aubameyang started it on Barkley, Iwobi got it, Mkhitaryan finished it.
Where’s all the Iwobi he will come good fans?
He’s shit.
GOH wind your neck in
Excellent play by Monreal to win that ball.
And finally someone hits the net.
Ok, I’ll take that. We could have been 2-2 or 3-2 up by now
Dale da gooner
Completely agree
We bring Ramsey on then we might as well be down to ten men. Greedy selfish bastard.
Unai Emery was a bad appointment
He’s the Benitez of his generation
Dull manager with dull tactics
BRING BACK WENGER
I always said Mkhitaryan was a quality player
Good finish from Mkhitaryan.
Training ground stuff. i expect better from 2nd half.
Thing with Emery is you can’t pretend to be attending games and scouting opposition only to set up like cluelessly
Our MF is carved at will. Why oh why Torriera not starting
Hitting the shot hard paid off. Foot thru ball too!! Mikki scored btw
2 – 1
At last
Good goal. PEA tracking back put the pressure on to get the ball back.
Kepa isn’t that much of a keeper
Arsenal won’t even finish in top 10….mark my word. By the end of today, he’ll be bruised and hating why he came to Arsenal. Even if he scores….he’s poor. That’s for Mkhitaryan.
Guendouzi did really well there on Kante
Papas always shies away from the full block
Iwobi has been good when he’s gotten the ball.
With all else said and done we could be winning 3-2
Chelsea don’t have the best of defences, unlucky for us, they aren’t city…
I always said Mkhitaryan was a quality player
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He isn’t
Finally. We should be winning this… with the chances we have had.
Nearly 4-2 Chelsea
Are you Wenger in disguise Unai.
This is a Wenger Arsenal match.
Danny
Was being sarcastic