Arsenal’s draw against Sporting Lisbon was spoiled with a horrendous injury to the main man, Danny Welbeck. He was challenging for a cross and it looked like his ankle crunched with an awkward fall. The man is the unluckiest guy at Arsenal. Absolutely awful to see.
The added layer of toughness is this: his deal runs out in the summer. I know Arsenal aren’t a charity, but it’s going to be tough not to have a heart for someone whose money will dry up in June with an awful injury.
What do you do there? I trust in Arsenal here. Not like the man hasn’t gone all out for us whenever he’s been given a chance.
As for the game, what can you say? Sporting didn’t register a shot on target in either leg, we’re on top of the group, we’ve qualified in that position if we finish off the next two games without hiccup.
There was additional bad news as Stephen Lichtsteiner proved that despite protest, his body isn’t actually that of a 28-year-old as he pulled up with a strain. I can recognise his leadership skills, but it does seem quite irresponsible of us to have had him as back up this season. We’re going to struggle on the right if we don’t address the weakness this January. AMN will help there, but it’s not his natural position.
There’s not really that much to talk of regarding moments on the pitch. No one really stood out, though I did think we were worthy of the win after creating some good chances, particularly in the second half.
The positives are that we’re unbeaten in 15 games. We drew after making 9 changes. It’s also very tough for a team to pick themselves up after a horrific injury to a teammate, as Emery pointed out.
“The worst news is injuries. He was working well, having a good game, he had a chance to score. When you are playing football, when you are playing competitive matches, it can happen. You don’t want that.
“But that is our profession. When a player is having an injury like that the players on the pitch look at it, and in your mind you are thinking of the player. At the end of the match the players asked for him.”
The most important game is this Sunday. Wolves are going to stretch us after a European game, so we have to be motivated and sharp. That game is a real banana skin. Lots of good players, lots of potential. All very exciting. Still can’t believe we’re not 19 points behind as we usually are at this stage of the season.
Right, that’s me done. See you in the comments for a fight. x
I’m saying that Sanchez is worth at least that At least 70-80 million or 142 million? Which is it. Doesn’t matter your valuations are all over the place and your valuation and rating of Wilshere is so far off the scale it’s unreal. Milan and Napoli made offers but he wanted to be close to his kids He had credible offers but chose the easy option. Kids aren’t allowed in Milan or Napoli? No preschools I suppose or his model wife I’m sure would have hated Milan not her scene. He didn’t by the way. And even if that was… Read more »
Joe
Ok
Say we don’t have a lot to spend as the board have said
Should we not prioritise a winger, centre half and full backs and then take those two on a free? I would. We need to address those positions first in my opinion and in the meantime if we sign two quality players like cesc and mata on a free for a season on a rolling contract then I’d take that
Had we made more on our bosmans then fine but we are on a budget
Joe
Mkhitaryan’s was Gazidis and Mislintat. It was Wenger’s call. Remember seeing a couple of rumours on Twitter that the club was worried they weren’t going get someone better in the summer. Not sure how true that was
*It wasn’t Wenger’s call
So you’ve been spending the last hour complaining about not getting anything for any of these bosmans and then when I tell you that perhaps your criticism lies with Wenger you say your gripe is with no one. Well then forget about it then.
Come on Arsenal! Let’s win this!
And it’s Arsenal,
Arsenal FC,
We’re by far the greatest team,
The world has ever seen…
Three points and stat padding needed!
Marko
He’s split up with his mrs. So if he moves his kids don’t go with him. Hence he wanted to stay local. He chose that over his career.
Anyone got a radio stream I could listen to the game to ??
Cheers
Marko
Sanchez can be worth a minimum or £70m and still command a transfer fee higher than coutinho.
anyone got a decent link ???
Twice already Mustafi an idiot.
Overall lacking tempo and seeing a return of those unsightly back and side passes.
Playing @home ffs.
Wake up you dozzy cunts
Granit Wanka doing what he does best.
Xhaka gifting Wolves.
Very poor start by us too slow. Ozil offering nothing.
Kmt, the match starts from minute 1 not the 45th
Xhaka has improved they said.
Once a donkey, always a donkey.
Why do we start games like a crack addict in withdrawal?
That bit is on Emery.
Is anyone still of the belief Granit Xhaka is anything other than an enormous fuck up?
Truly terrible player.
Fucking hell.
Hate the Sead back/side passes….
But Xhara did it again ….
Rubbish defending with more players than Wolves.
…and Wolves scored ffs.
Commentators talking about our side an back passes ffs
5/10 Xhaka returns.
One above average game, one great game, then back to piss poor performances.
That’s why he’s not good enough for us.
Your Comment Here
Xhaka makes far too many critical errors.
Got to admit wolves are really playing well.
Fantastic game. Iwobi instrumental so far. Top goalkeeping by Leno.
Ozil shying away from responsibility again. Shoot you, Wanker.
Leno saves certain 2nd goal.
Shit defending. We badly need a KB.
Auba very poor with Ozil
Not great shooting, again.
ALways thought we would struggle against Wolves. They beasted the Spuds despite losing 3-2. Why the fuck doesnt he play Guendozi with LT?
Laca should have scored but it wasn’t that easy to put the ball between 4 bodies. Big chance though.
Leno keeping us in the game.
Meant LB. Sead needs to go
Ozil is poor in everything.
Sead is crap in defending (again ffs) and going forward.
WTF Auba does in training. Can’t fucking pass most of the time.
Iwobi still good?? No end products incl shots. Don’t care how intense he wiggles his arse…
Rubbish CBs
Where dafug is Bellerin and why was he ahead of Iwobi?!?!!??!
Get Eddie on he will score
Chelsea dropping points and we were supposed to capitalise. Instead we capitulate.
Iwobi is not starter material. His fanboys are an embarrassment.
Spuds easily beat Wolves away from home.
WTF is gong on?
Dissenter,
Don’t talk if you haven’t seen it. Spuds did not beat Wolves “easily”. Just the opposite.
This one is working, in France at least :
giggsyunited.blogspot.com
Different links there
When was last Iwoni started a PL game and played well?
Not able to make a half yard and shoot and chooses side/back passes instead. Wonder why no forward momentum.
Ditto Sead. Just rubbish.
Shocker Xhara.
So far Auba still on bench in spirit.
If you look on web
You would think There is only one prem game on right now…
No radio at all
Cunts
Your hero Xhaka having the classic Xhaka moment is what the fucks happened.
Raptora
Wolves mounted a late charge but Spuds already had the game won by them. Just my take anyways.
I’m watching a stream that 5 minutes behind the actual game
Our passing quite poor. No accuracy or power so easily intercepted.
They are believing there own hype…
Schmucks
Iwobi was onside ffs
If Pep Guardiola took over this team, he would replace everyone but Leno, Torreira, Bellerin and one of the CFs.
The question is will Emery be brave enough to tell the powers that be that he has a trash group of players.
Im not so sure he will.
I’m willing to give him 2 seasons to get things right, but im a bit worried at present.
Don’t matter tho
Gambon
I think he will
Quite annoying that we’ve started well in 1 prem game all season. I know its not a tactic, it takes us too long to warm into a game.
Having to reduce the deficit to win each time will bite us.
@Gambon
Guendozi also.
Torriera has been man of the half easily.
Doing three peoples jobs in there. He’s all over the pitch.
Xhaka and ozil have been shocking
These Watford players must be on drugs. Ridiculous the way they are pressing and harrying.
RSPC
There are no excuses for Emery. Unlike Wenger, he isnt too close to the players.
The only issue though, hes on £6m pa, it might be quite hard to go and rock the boat by telling Stan, Josh, Raul etc that most of the players arent good enough
This is what I mean when people go to far in saying spurs are an average side. For an average side they seem to keep winning.
I think it’s more likely they will get top four at our expense rather than the reverse
Very Wenger like first half..
Fuck this..
LeMassive
I mean first XI players.
Another masterclass game by Ozil at number 10. Pierre will be proud.
Another masterclass game by Xhaka with a pre assist for the opponent, yet again. Charles will be proud.
We desperately need a winger badly. Someone who can take on players and create space.
Aubermayang is useless playing anywhere else but the middle.
‘Another masterclass game by Ozil at number 10. Pierre will be proud.’
Its okay. Ozil will have his customary one good game in ten. And Perrie will be here to tell us how he’s been vindicated,the buffoon.
These Watford players must be on drugs.
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What?
Such a result at home is not acceptable.
Lets be honest, a lot of people on here called every single issue we are having weeks before the season even began. We didnt do nearly enough in the transfer market, and we kept nearly all of the failures from last season. As is stands, its very hard to say we have improved at all since last season. We “look” better defensively, but are still conceding just as many goals. We still have the mistake machines that are Xhaka & Mustafi stinking the place up. A LOT of people said this would be a problem. We still have no wide… Read more »
Gambon You are right, we really struggle with quality, especially on the ball. The attacking players don’t have that ball control to receive the ball with their back to goal in tight spaces and instead of controlling the ball and swiveling on a dime piece and then moving forward whilst avoiding the press, they dribble with the ball from where it was passed aka midfield because its less congested and a lower risk move. This fucks us because it means all our attacking players end up dropping deep into midfield with the ball. We keep recycling through this motion and… Read more »
If you are limited, you are limited. Xhaka is a limited player, no intelligence, no awareness same as Kolasinac. We have been very poor but that goal will cost us. I don’t feel comfortable with this. Kolasinac should be subbed and Mkhitaryan should be brought in.
Back to type and the usual shitty first half
Shows the performance against dippers was an anomaly
Xhaka is too consistently error prone to play for us,solely responsible for that goal.
As said earlier A draw is literally not good enough even IF we manage it
Kolasinac
Is a total waste of space, jogging around like he is playing at Hackney marshes
lets not forget wolves are a good side. Ive been impressed with them…fast, skilfull and well coached. Yes the spuds beat them but that for me was a freak 3-0 lead…good poaching by kane unfortunately.
We will get back into this im sure.
Granit Xhaka has made more errors leading to goals than any outfield player in the PL since he joined Arsenal in 2016.
G8
Very Wenger like first half..
Fuck this..”
More like Emery’s..he’s made us a one half team
gambon is right, we would probably have won vs liverpool last season.
(Lol + sighs…)
Vic
Better than wenger I guess whose teams were embarrassment for both halves
I mean Wolves are the only team other than Pool that have not lost to City, which is impressive on it’s own.
I still think we’ll come back in the game but not sure if we can stop them from scoring another one.
Vicuntious please go back on untold.
Wenker
We. May well. Win this but the fact remains spurs are a better team at the moment. Its gonna be a real struggle to get top 4.
Mata yes
Cesc yes
Ozil no
Guendouzi on for Iwobi,
Should have been xhaka.
4-3-1-2 by the look of it?
Iwobi had very good first 20 mins, and afterwards he was prety bad.
Gambon
I think he will
If you want to succeed you need to be ruthless.
Danny will be a victim of that I feel.
We don’t know if he was running down the time… But club will see..
There is a problem with auba behind the scenes …
We are slowly moving in right direction needs a bigger push in next two windows
Xhaka, Sead & Auba should have been subbed
4-4-2 boyz.
Let’s see how we’ll look.
There seems to be a real blind spot for Xhaka with Emery.
i see we have the wenger cultists on….. WE HAVENT LOST FOR 14 MATCHES…and a shaky half of football and suddenly the specialist in failure is brought back into the picture as some sort of comparitive slur against emery.
Jeez they say love is blind….certainly is for those Wenger-lovers.
Why cant these cult-ists…(i nearly mis spelt that) just follow their useless leader???
Wengemery lolz
Looks like a diamond in the middle with Xhaka at the pivot, Guen and Torreira on the left and right ahead of him and Ozil the furthest of them.
That’s more or less what Iwobi does. Shake his hips for twenty minutes and then run out of puff and ideas.
Great tactical switch by Emery.
Ozil is getting the ball between the lines, Guendouzi is actually able to beat a player 1vs1
Is it a stinker? I can’t see the game.
Worse than that Guns.
Guns of Hackney
How are you doing?
You okay?
I’m glad I can’t see the game. It seems we’ve reverted back to Wenger-mode.
Tony D
Ah…the good old days. And there I was thinking we had turned a corner.
‘Unbeaten’ seems to be the word that has gone to the players heads.
Emery better get a grip on this fast.
Not enough tech forward players.
Can’t even pressure in final third.
What’s going on?
Having more of the ball now and doing very little with it. I don’t think we’ve had a shot on target yet.
We ain’t got a goal in us 110 m strike force
It’s pony.
Get youth in
Kolasinac and Xhaka were in the Bundesliga team of the year.
That league has got to be utter shite
1st shot on target at 60 min. Gosh.
Kick it on.
Win your home games against the sides you ought to be beating. Wolves recruited well and have been decent this season even if they haven’t won in a couple games.