‘We’ve got our Ozil back’

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Well, wrap that performance in a bow and call it an early Christmas present. Unai Emery turned a shabby opening 35 minutes into the best performance of the season. A Mesut Ozil masterclass chalked our 10th consecutive win of the season on the board and allowed us to climb to a heady 4th, ahead of Spurs (GD), just behind Chelsea (GD).

I think we can all confidently agree that this was the best 55 minutes Emery has had at Arsenal. The team started off terribly, as per usual. We were open at the back, we made sloppy mistakes, mostly stemming from looped balls over the back of the high line. Transitioning the ball in the final third was non-existent, our attack had zero sauce. The front three were anonymous, and Lacazette was being eaten alive by an Evans/Mcguire partnership.

We went down in sorry circumstances. Hector Bellerin was left alone on the right, Leicester switched play in his direction, Lacazette was slow off the mark (why he was tracking I’ll never know), Chillwell had the pace to pick up the ball, power past a vegan Bellerin (triiiger) and ricochet his cross off the Spaniards leg past a helpless Leno.

You wondered whether we were about to witness the brutal xG correction everyone had feared, but at the same time, it’s clear we’re really fucking slow starters under Emery, and we’ve come back enough times this season not to throw the towel in.

It didn’t take long to find our rhythm, the goal jolted Arsenal into gear. Leicester, who’d had great success with a strong strategic press seemed to fall apart. We found out rhythm in midfield, and Ozil started to pick the game up by the scruff of the neck. Our movement improved, Ozil, Mikhi, Iwobi and Lacazette started to work each other out and we became more of a threat.

Just before the break Torreira turned over possession finding Lacazette who played it back to Xhaka. The Swiss moved the ball forward to Ozil who surged forward 20 yards, he released Bellerin who played it right back to him first time, Mesut was on the edge of the box to pass the ball into the far corner. An immaculate finish, a beauty of a goal and just in time to wreck the Leicester halftime talk.

The second half was interesting because we didn’t make any subs on 45, the only notable change seemed to be Iwobi moving the right. We had a brief scare with Leicester hitting the bar after a Leno flap. The magic happened when Emery took off Mikhi and Lichtsteiner, bringing on Auba and Guendouzi. The move had an almost instant impact.

After some lovely passing moves between Auba, Laca, and Guendouzi, Ozil was found in space, he weighted a dream ball to Bellerin, evading 4 players in the process, the cross was first time AGAIN where Auba was foxing for the tap in. A wonderful goal.

Our finishing move was an epic masterpiece for the ages starting from the keeper. Torreira moved the ball Ozil. Ozil with the side of the foot flick to Guendouzi, who released Bellerin, Iwobi drags the attention of two players with a dummy run, Bellerin plays inside to Ozil who fakes and lets the ball play through his legs, Lacazette feeds it back into his run, Ozil the chips the ball with the outside of his foot to Auba who scores AGAIN from about 5 yards. What. A. Goal.

The game finished 3-1. Emery missiles us soaring to within 2 points of the league leaders. Arsenal look like a proper team again.

So, the first time we’ve won 10 in a row since October 2007 (a month after we started this blog). Auba bags 21 goals in 22 Premier League games for Arsenal. Arsenal top the league table for subs with goals on 6. Arsenal also corrected on their xG model, meaning we deserved the win. All the magic.

I don’t really know what to write. Things are going incredibly well. The players look fit, the football at times was exceptional and some of the goals were off the charts. We’ve had about 5 goals of the season and we’re only in October.

The key thing for me is if we’re performing like this now, it’s a good indicator that even when we have a blip, we’re capable of fighting for top 4 regardless. It feels like there’s a resilience to the setup. We’ll probably still have to go hard at Europa, but it looks like the squad depth is there. We’re rolling hard with the wins playing a 34 year left back and Mustafi. Imagine how we’ll be playing with Koscielny and Sokratis coming into the side. Also, did you see the team preserving energy on 72minutes? I love that. The coach has the players thinking past the 90 they’re in.

We’re still going to have to work hard on our defensive solidity, especially early on in the game. We were incredibly open and teams are exploiting our high press with ease. If we’re open like that against Liverpool, we’re buried in 15minutes. I’m fascinated to see how Emery approaches that game because it can’t look anything like the first 25minutes of every other game we’ve played this season.

When Mesut took control after we went a goal down, we were a different beast. He really unlocked Leicester and was a driving force in the revival. He is the key to any success we have this year. Unlocking his drive and personal ambition is a must for Emery. I really can’t put words to how scintilatting it was to have him revved up. I mean, it helps when he has a game off and an international break playing on his twitch, but shit, who cares, get me that every week, or at least in the important games.

Big shout out to Iwobi. He had some moments of sexiness out there. His final ball needs to improve, but you can see the footballer he could become shining through. That cheeky nutmeg he made, some of those beautiful passes and his improved movement are all items that are making it hard to drop him.

Also notable that Ramsey is now a bit part player. No doubt he’ll have a role to play in midweek (I mean, I’m not even sure there), but coming on with 15 minutes to go as a third sub tells you that Emery is going to play it his way, and he wants him gone by January so he can bring in players who are committed to the cause and can help. Ramsey’s agent has had a fucking shocker, his client is going to be out of form and out of mind when he needed to be playing games shop windowing himself.

What a fool.

Anyway, we’re above Spurs, everything is looking very rosy and the fans really do sound like they’ve got their Arsenal back.

See you in the comments! x

P.S. Shout out to the English I sat next to in an LA bar yesterday who leant over and said,

‘Do you listen to Arsenal podcasts?’

‘Yes, which do you like?’

‘That Yankee Gunner guy on Arsenal Vision, that’s the best one out there by a mile’

Still applying aloe vera to my third degree burns. Thanks a lot. 😭

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S Asoa

Towards the end of the game Xhaka proved himself a competent LB , a far cry from Eminent Disaster he is in the midfield. Hope this sorts out that vulnerable position

Redtruth

One game against mediocre opposition and Ozil’s turned the corner lol
Where was Ozil in our 5 star performance against Fulham lol

Marc

Something worth bearing in mind, our current management team have had a single transfer window together. What will we be seeing when they’ve had a couple to get the right balance into the team.

Marc

“Where was Ozil in our 5 star performance against Fulham lol”

Injured you tit.

raptora

AFC NEMESIS:
“Raptor Does anyone care about the Holding incident?”

We should in regard of evaluating Holding’s performances and whether he should be seen as a starting 11 player, important squad player, or a deep reserve player. His position in the team in comparison to Mavropanos, Kos, Papa and Mustafi.

Redtruth

Marc

Of course he was injured, you dozy cunt, that’s why we won 5-1 without him.

Redtruth

Iwobi needs a lot of refining before he can be judged a decent player.

Rainman

“It’s refreshing to see a lack of Wenger related comments! Perhaps we can finally move on and not mention him anymore. This current Arsenal team is exciting and hopefully it’s here to stay!”

Wenger Wenger Wenger Wenger Wenger Wenger Wenger Wenger. 😂

Redtruth

Iwobi still plays like a rookie player.
His passing is woeful, he gave the ball away at least 8 times in the 1st half alone in yesterday’s game.
Goalscoring is definitely not an attribute Iwobi possesses however at present flatter to deceive is.

Graham62

Guendouzi has to be the bargain of the year.

As soon as he came on the team started to buzz.

Receding Hairline

Raptors I’m pretty sure even Maldini once handled the ball over the course of his career… A handball while contesting a header does not define a defender.. You have a funny habit of fixating on irrelevant things.

Discuss Holdings reading of the game and positioning, timing of tackles and pace.. Not a freaking handball incident

Cesc Appeal

So far our buys have looked very good for the most part. Leno is looking like a great GK, one moment of poor decision making last night but also a great save, great with distribution and has made a series of great stops. I think it’s fair to call him a shot stopping GK, some of his saves are De Gea like at times. Torreria, nothing really needs to be said. Everyone was excited about him, he seemed exactly the type of player we needed and it has proved that way. In this market getting him for £26 Million is… Read more »

un na naai

Raptora

What makes you so sure that mavropanos is better than holding? He played two games last year. Just because he’s got an exotic sounding name doesn’t make him any better you know

Redtruth

Leno shouting ‘keeper’ then missing the cross was a basic error and very poor keeping

Dissenter

Naby Keita speaking about his struggles with the language;
“‘I am hoping in six months I will be able to do these interviews in English.”… “‘I find the Scouse accent a bit difficult but I will try my best”… “I do not know any Scouse, I have been trying to speak English I have not been able to learn any Scouse yet.”

Scoucers don’t really speak English. He’ll come to realize that with time.

Dissenter

“Leno shouting ‘keeper’ then missing the cross was a basic error and very poor keeping”

Yes…because goal keepers never make mistakes, not ever.

karim

What a time to be alive for any Arsenal fan !
Amirite ?

Pierre

Wallace “Guendouzi is 19. Emery’s handling him perfectly. at some point in the future he probably will take Xhaka’s spot, but right now I think the Xhaka/Torreira partnership is the right one.” for me, that’s a difficult one … Xhaka positionally wise is the better player whilst Guendouzi has more drive and gets about the pitch quicker….so yeah,maybe xhaka is the best starting option atm though it would be interesting to see how a Torriera/Guendouzi partnership would operate ….would those 2 be a better combo if we are pushing for the title. I can see Torriera and Guendouzi being our… Read more »

raptora

Don,
Show me where have I said that Mavropanos is better than Holding? I haven’t.

Won’t say much about your next sentence about his name being exotic and so on. Not sure what you mean by “exotic” but if you think so then more than half of Europe have exotic names.

It’s close to your fk up when you said that Senegal is a shit hole.

Redtruth

It was the manner of the mistake which was more alarming than the mistake itself.

Dissenter

Smith Rowe needs a very good loan move in January.

Keeping all these gifted young players around playing mainly U-23 games is not good for their development.
He needs to go to a club that will offer him minutes of senior footie EVERY week.

Leedsgunner

Emery has transformed this squad so that the distinction between a starter and a squad player has been obliterated and in a way, in the form they are in, it doesn’t matter whether they start on the bench or not.

When they are called upon, they are ready to come on and play for the win.

The first team squad at Arsenal at the moment is more unified than I’ve seen it for years. No favourites, no hierarchy, no passengers… everyone of them playing for the shirt.

Be careful what we wish for? Honestly?

Why we were we so afraid?

raptora

Torreira is a fantastic player. If we forget that Cech has earned us half of our points and now Leno has been making great contribution as well with several top saves vs both Fulham and Leicester, Torreira has been probably our best player. In terms of players raising their level under the new boss I’d say that Iwobi is a completely new player with his drive, his desire to dribble past players and to be in a position of 1v1 vs an opponent time and time again. Then we have Bellerin who’s made a real progress mostly going forward, with… Read more »

Dream10

Dissenter

Yea a loan move for ESR is needed. Has to be a good footballing side though. Monaco with Jardim would have been good, not with Thierry, as he’s in a crisis situation. Bet Fulham and Jokanovic would love him.
Or let him join Nelson at Hoffenheim?

raptora

Celtic/Rangers maybe or a Dutch team like PSV or Ajax for Smith-Rowe. Would be great for him.

Leedsgunner

If I was Ramsey I would sack my agent for not advising me to sign the contract in the summer. He tried to take the club on, thinking he was better than he was, and he has lost badly. He is being exposed and marginalised with every game now. With Guendozi and Iwobi playing well, it shows that, in this case, the AFC powers that be called it right on Ramsey… he is very replaceable. How very different to how the Ox and Cesc was pandered to the very end… Ramsey is a good player, but is he an unique… Read more »

Bamford10

China I think you’ve misinterpreted my commentary. I am happy with what Emery is accomplishing. We are winning matches that we need to win. You are right that it is about the math. I am totally with you on that. However, IMO, some people are getting carried away in terms of where they think our level of play is and where they think certain players are. We won’t really know what our level is until we play some better teams, and I remain unconvinced that Iwobi is anything other than a hard-working squad player. His first touch is often poor… Read more »

Guns of SF

I called it yesterday 3 to 1!

Lets see if ozil can keep this up.

Dream10

Raptora

Celtic would be a quality move for ESR. Brendan Rodgers is a good manager for young players

Leftsidesanch

Scoucers don’t really speak English. He’ll come to realize that with time.

Haha

John T.

Good to see the improvement this year. Regardless of what happens the excitement is back for us Gooners.

Wallace

raptora “Lacazette is a different player also. He’d be pushed and harassed by defenders all day long last season. There were opinions, I don’t remember which pundit said it, that no defender would have nightmares the night before or after playing Lacazette because he is easy to deal with. What is a better stance – to say that a player is playing like shit if he is indeed playing like shit; or just shut up and support the players?!” I wasn’t going after you specifically, just highlighting the general trend of posters trashing a player if they’re not ripping it… Read more »

kc

Red criticizing Leno makes me feel good about our new keeper. Still mad about Ospina mate?

DaleDaGooner

Some special cunts we have on this blog…lol my goodness! Bamford coming on to tell us his play by play opinions after the games was ended and having no clue whatsoever, or joe the 12 year old always pipping up and nipping at anyone….what a tool! lol

Batistuta

Fiance certainty thought i was possessed in the sack last night but who wouldn’t after such football porn

Batistuta

Bamford

Always found your almost min by min analysis of matches very weird but fun in a way but geez you are way off the mark with last night’s, you’re coming off a bit “thick” with your analysis

Pierre

There seems to be a common consensus on here that we changed formation to a 3-5-2 when Guendouzi and aubamayang came on ….I didn’t see it that way at all.

All that basically happened was Aubamayang moved to iwobi’s position….iwobi moved to the right (replacing Mhkitaryan)

Lichsteiner came off and xhaka moved to left back and Guendouzi moved into central midfield …that’s it.

So we have bellerin (right back)..xhaka(left back)….holding and mustafi(centre backs)……Torriera and Guendouzi(centre midfield) …ozil(CAM) …..iwobi(right mid/attack))….Aubamayang(left mid/attack)….Lacazette(striker).

Not sure where this master plan of 3-5-2 comes from …it didn’t happen .

Joe

Pierre

Only one person said that and he was trying to sound smart and justify his bollocks play by play commentary and tell us how we weren’t playing well until the 65th minute and then because we switched to a 3-5-2

Joe

He also said Iwobi is garbage in his best ever game for us and won the MoM award.

Even after he was asked to stop , he kept putting his foot in his mouth

Dissenter

Sometimes you just have to tune out the Bamord noise.
I did that yesterday when he repeatedly belittled Iwobi’s impact on yesterday’s game.
Foot in mouth disease, I guess.

DaleDaGooner

for once, i agree with joe regarding Bamford’s assessment/nonsense about Iwobi.

Graham62

Anyone, with a basic understanding of Football, could see that Lacazette was more than capable of ruffling a few feathers if he was given the right directives.

Although Emery has managed, in such a short period of time, to create such a positive team environment, don’t let it blind us to the fact that Wenger was such a poor coach.

Lacazette is benefitting from, as everyone else is, a coach who knows what he is doing. It’s all very simple.

I liked Lacazette last season and saw his attributes from day one, unfortunately, Wenger didn’t.

Onwards and upwards.

Leedsgunner

“Be careful what you wish for.”

Looking back on it now what a slogan for mediocrity it was. It served no other purpose than to insulate the previous manager from criticism and accountability.

Why were we so afraid?

The spell is broken, brilliant to see the club acting like a football club and not the personal fiefdom of a past it manager.

Graham62

Remember B10 gets confused between Football and…….Football!

In the US, many folk still see running with the ball at your feet as an unnatural action.

Hence, Iwobi, as far as Bamford was concerned, was “garbage”.

Listen to the American commentators for god’s sake, even they get confused.

Don’t be too hard on him.

DaleDaGooner

I think a lot of you are being too critical of those who said “becareful what you wish for” When the rumors surfaced that we could be searching for a new coach, we heard names like Sean Dyche, Eddie Howe…..yeah, imagine if Gazidis had settled for Arteta……

Cesc Appeal

Leeds

Agreed.

The war cry of stagnation and regression for a good two or three years. I still remember head cheerleader John Cross describing the latte sipping classes etc. Hilarious stuff.

Not as if we’re now title contending team but the intention, structure and actions of the club are now in the right direction.

Fear is usually the last resort of those who’ve run out of merit based arguments.

John

Tim Stillman has terribly poor taste in opinion. Man took until March this year to suggest Wenger was finished. Championed Denilson. Said there was no way to correlate Wenger with the injury crisis. Every step of the last ten years he’s been wrong.

He has no authority.

Samesong

Apparently Laca was going mad at Mustafi at the end of game!

Redtruth

We’ve seen all this before with Ozil.
He’s okay when the team is on top but when the need to grind out a result, he’s at a complete loss and ret@rd.

Graham62

Can I ask a personal question to you all?

How many of you hold a coaching badge in Football ( level 1 or 2/ UEFA B or A; or any other Sport for that matter?

Mysticleaves

“Scoucers don’t really speak English. He’ll come to realize that with time.”

“Diouf came from a shithole”

Actually, these two statements are doing the same thing to Liverpool and Senegal yet the person that said the former jumped on the person that said the latter. Oh well…

Dissenter

Graham 64/Michael

So you think Bamford is wrong because of his American-ness?

Your comment clearly shows that your arrogance has you tethered to his know-all attitude, like peas in a pod.
I see your comment as stupid as anything Bamford said last night.

Graham62

Stillman who?

The guys a turnip if he only thought Wenger was finished in March this year.

Inconsequential.

Redtruth

Leedsgunner

You was still giving Wenger the benefit of the doubt 6 months before he was sacked lol

Dissenter

“Careful what you wish for” was just a fear-mongering interference approach to delay the inevitable.

Even if Emery gets sacked after two season for poor performances, they are still wrong.

Redtruth

Those FA Cuo victorious didn’t amount to much.
I pointed out the futility in winning those Cups and the celebrations thereafter which were even.more pointless.

Joe

Careful what you wish for brigade cared more for the man who thought he was bigger than Arsenal than they did for The Arsenal.

It’s a simple as that

That Emery is doing so stole so fast or the worst thing for teg CWYWF brigade.

#EKB

Leedsgunner

Red

You must’ve me mistaken with someone else. I’ve wanted Wenger Out since he sold RvP to Man Utd for footballing reasons.

Next!

Joe

Change of manager has brought hope and excitement back to Arsenal.

That’s all we wished for.

Redtruth

Those FA Cup victories didn’t amount to much.
I pointed out the futility in winning those Cups and the celebrations thereafter which were even.more pointless.

R.S.P.C.Arsenal

Pedro

Missed the point where they were preserving energy ?

What were they doing?

You mentiond the flap but not the good save by Leno or quick distribution. .?

Leedsgunner

Red

Proof? I’ve been solidly Wenger Out… actually since Wenger sold Robin to Man United. Thanks.

Redtruth

Wenger’s legacy are dropped standards.
The fanbase needs to realise aiming for the title and Champions league is where the club is at, not top 4 mediocrity.

Uwot?

Yes savage.the knives are out & being sharpened by the pundits.waiting for Arsenal to f**k up.They think it will be their beloved scousers & kloppy who will burst the bubble.They hate the thought of Arsenal back as a force…whatever the result of that pending match at last we have a manager who will go into it tactically aware at least giving us a chance to get a result.what more at this stage can we ask for?

Bob N16

Personally I find Tim Stillman’s columns interesting and often insightful.

Graham of course will right off a person and dismiss everything they say, simply if he believes they ‘over supported’ our old manger.
As usual ignoring all intelligent discussion due to his binary view of the world. Just comes across as ignorant really.

Graham, for what it’s worth I have a level 1 just like my 16 year old son!

Pierre

Pedro
“Careful what you wish for crowd were lazy and a touch ignorant.”

Oh dear Pedro….nil points for originality there .

Graham62

Bob N16

I’m 56. I don’t need Tim Stillman educating me on something that was even evident to my son back in 2010, when he was also 16.

Kudos to Mr Stillman if he gains financially from his blogs but the reality is his opinions mean little to me if he only saw Wenger in dire straights 6 months back.

Dissenter

Have you ever heard of the expression “tongue in cheek”.

Are you American by any chance?

Graham62

Really like the way Emery has handled the Ramsey situation.

Nice to have a manager who shows balls and a semblance of common sense.

Dissenter

Graham62,
“Have you ever heard of the expression “tongue in cheek”

Never heard of it
I’m more familiar with reading you stuff your baby mouth with a size 13 foot.

Americans “don’t know the game” because there’s another game called football. That’s an over-flogged meme that’s still peddled by intellectually incurious clowns like you.

Bob N16

Graham, I believe someone should always be open to learning, always be prepared to be open-minded and to discover new insights.

You give the impression that as you are of a certain age, you are closed to others with different views to yours and allowing yourself the chance to have greater understanding.

Fair enough, it’s up to you obviously, but someone with a closed mindset is unlikely to write anything particularly interesting and will just revisit previously stated views.

Graham62

Redtruth

“Wenger’s legacy was dropped standards”.

My point exactly.

Be careful, you may be accused of “binary” thinking.

For me it’s all about competing. If success is achieved because of this, then all the better.

jwl

Watching the match yesterday afternoon, it looked like players are enjoying their football again. Genuine joy on players faces after each goal, luca and auba arent jealous of each other, team spirit has reappeared. And the fans seem to be getting their voice again, it seemed like more songs were sung than I remember hearing for past couple of years at least.

It is great that gooners are feeling happy again after the past decade of dread.

Al

So true about the players genuinely looking happy. Not sure if it’s just from the streak they are on but the morale around the club is really positive and infectious at the moment.

Hitman

What IAm liking is that there is no one star in this team. If an individual player has a stinker, its no consequence as the others are making up shortfall.
Eg Laca couldn’t hit a barn door last night but it didn’t matter.
Its what title wiining teams do. All the players bring things to the party.

TheBlaster

I’ve had a careful look at the penalty shout and the Leicester player headed Holding’s arm, not the ball. The ref probably made the wrong call based on the information available to him at the time, but it was accidentally the correct decision.

Graham62

Bob (can I call you Bob?) I’ve experienced enough in my life to realise that what you see or hear is not necessarily what you get. I’ve have lived and worked in many different countries and diverse cultures. I married(very happily I hasten to add) into a different and beautiful culture and mindset. My mind has always been open to new ideas and perceptions on life. However, just because someone comes up to me and says ” You know, that Mr Wenger really is a great man and deserves our respect”, I will always counter by responding with “Oh really,… Read more »

Leedsgunner

Apparently Martin Atkinson has been confirmed as the referee versus Crystal Palace

What’s our history with him like? It’s not as bad as Mike Dean is it? Anyone know?

AFC Nemesis

Bamford “I remain unconvinced that Iwobi is anything other than a hard-working squad player. His first touch is often poor as is his passing. He’s a stop-gap measure at best” This chap Bamford is very amusing , he must be on some kind of a wind up?! Didn’t he once spend every day calling Giroud abusive names, while claiming Benteke was World Class? Give it up mate, you don’t know as much about football as you think you do. One thing about Iwobi is he has a fantastic first touch and technically he’s really strong. Yes he has more to… Read more »

Thorough

Is it just me or LT hardly passes backwards whether he’s in tight spaces or not, and those daring passes seems to start our most meaningful counterattacks?
And I absolutely love his arrogance when he pushes the ball pass an opponent and stands there impossible to be moved. It’s like “I’m gonna enter the inexistent space before you and you can’t do nothing about it man.” After reading so much about him I thought we’ve got ourselves a great tackler. But goodness me he’s so much more than a terrier.

AFC Nemesis

Leedsgunner
“What’s our history with him like? It’s not as bad as Mike Dean is it? Anyone know?”

Nobody has it in for us like Mike Dean, except his boss Mike Riley.

Atkinson is okay, amongst a pretty poor bunch Leeds.

Pierre

I’m trying to work out what I prefer ….

Is it the ” fans” who wanted us to lose games including cup finals.

Or is the “fans ” who are so over the top that they probably think Emery’s shit don’t stink.

Of course they are one and the same …very difficult to decide though .

Bob N16

Truth hurts Graham, your constant returning to the same old theme is fairly pointless. I made the point that Stillman often has interesting things to say, however you dismiss him in a ( if you prefer) ‘black and white’ way, due to your blinkered thinking. I have always put my love of the club first, I guess that manifests itself in different ways. Whether I have ‘insecurities’, not sure about that. I certainly have no insecurities about Arsenal, none whatsoever. You’ll have to take my word on that, if you were able to speak to any who has ever known… Read more »

Leedsgunner

For what it’s worth I think Emile Smith Rowe should gain more by staying with us… although obviously he would develop even more with game time.

Yet, what are we going to do if Iwobi or Mkhitrayan picks up an injury?

Personally I would trust Brendan Rogers with one of our best youth prospects… I would rather he would learn under someone like Dennis Bergkamp.

Bankz

A win this thursday and against palace would be massive.
12 big wins back to back,to back.

Leedsgunner

*I wouldn’t trust Brendan Rodgers…

Marc

Leeds

It’s got nothing to do with trust it’s ability. Rogers is a third rate manager.

Leedsgunner

14 wins in a row, I think is is our club record….

If we beat Liverpool we will equal it. If we beat Sporting Lisbon at home… we will beat it.

Pierre

Leeds
I agree regarding smith-rowe…he will get games in the league cup and Europa which will be good experience for him and ,as you say,if we get a few injuries then he is good enough to step in and may even proven to be good enough to start in the prem.

Graham62

Bob

Lol!!

Glad we understand one another.

Yet another NCD (Nodding Churchill Dog).

Cheers.

Graham62

Arsenal’s squad suddenly looks so much better.

I wonder why?

Pierre

Referee Atkinson is someone who finds it better not to make a decision than make a decision because he wants an easy life. By that I mean there will be less controversy if he doesn’t give a penalty or doesn’t give a red card even if they are blatant so he will normally wave play on and then the incident is quickly forgotten. This method of refereeing also creates a problem for a team like Arsenal when they play away to the more physical teams like palace. You will find that he will favour the home team as again ,it… Read more »

un na naai

Raptora

Senegal is a shit hole. Suck my balls

mysticleaves

“Americans “don’t know the game” because there’s another game called football. That’s an over-flogged meme that’s still peddled by intellectually incurious clowns like you.”

This Dissenter guy is fucking hilarious. Is lack of self awareness an American thing? You mocked the Scouse because of the way they speak earlier on the same thread but frown at someone mocking Americans for their lack of knowledge of football. Smh

Leedsgunner

Pierre

Atkinson or no Atkinson I hope for once we score early and hut the crowd up Selhurst Park.

I’m very interested in how Emery will manage his squad considering he has already declared that in his eyes the Europa League is a priority of equal footing with the league.

With all his main offensive stars coming into good form who will play where? Will Özil play versus Sporting Lisbon or will he be held back? What about Auba and Lacazette?

Brilliant that our Emery has selection headaches in a good way.

Pierre

Leeds
Will be surprised if ozil starts ,he may even leave him at home due to his recent back problem .

could be Welbeck ,Aubamayang , smith-rowe and Ramsey …..midfield elneny and Guendouzi and he may have to go with the same back 4 depending on fitness.

Joe

PierreOctober 23, 2018 18:01:13
Pedro
“Careful what you wish for crowd were lazy and a touch ignorant.”Oh dear Pedro….nil points for originality there .

Hahaha Pierre just called lazy and ignorant by Pedro.

Brilliant.

Joe

Leeds

Doesn’t matter who the ref is

You play well enough, the ref won’t matter

It’s only certain Akbs who used a referee conspiracy to defend wenger and his failings

No ref was stopping us from scoring or winning the way we played the last 55m yesterday.

#EKB

Leedsgunner

Joe

Agreed. Referees should never be an excuse.

Victorious

Germany’s loss is Arsenal’s gain. Ozil is absolutely fantastic when he plays like the. And that’s why he gets paid as much. Ramsey does not influence games in the same way. Interesting that Emery has relegated Ramsey to bench duty but why play someone who is leaving at the end of the season when you can simply give experience to those staying.