Good banter travels far. The humorous comments section conspiracy theory grew legs yesterday and had a lot of people talking. Someone with contacts in the insurance world dropped this comment.
‘They were able to prove that the high profile player’s injury had in fact been caused by playing too many video games. In his case it was a knee injury caused by sitting on sofa for hours on end with his feet on the coffee table, This causes minor hyperextension of the knee. I think? Good luck with your conspiracy theory.’
Absolute gold.
This is mostly tongue in cheek, a lot of folk from countries outside England sending pelters my way because they don’t understand world class British bantz, but the reality is, spending that much time in front of a screen is really unhealthy. I know first hand what a corrupting influence the screen can be on your life, and I’m being absolutely genuine here.
My career has been built off the internet. Everything in my life past the age of 21 is owed to this blog, Twitter and the power of the Arsenal community. I’m on my phone a lot. This year, Apple added the screentime function. I was spending an average of 4.5 hours a day on my phone. That’s minus the computer screen I was sitting in front of. If I went on a mad session, I couldn’t concentrate, I actually started to feel sick.
Don’t tell me that mad screentime doesn’t impact your life. It can be devastating to relationships, your work, and the outside world. Best thing I’ve ever done is delete all the time drainers. I don’t have Instagram, Twitter, Fishbowl, or my e-mail on my phone. I’ll bring Twitter back for games… but I remove them straight after.
The impact has been electric. I’m more present in everything I do. I’m a better boss, a better creative, and a better human.
Screens are a fucking cancer on the brain. But, you know, big thanks to 80% of the traffic that comes from mobile. I love you. Never leave me.
ANYWAY. Man United today. What a fucking exciting proposition we have.
Unai Emery not only has the chance to extend our incredible unbeaten run, he can potentially end the tenure of the most obnoxious manager in history. If Jose loses his job, the best he’ll ever do moving forward is Roma or Everton. This is a HUGE game for him.
We know what he’s going to do. It’s going to be a shit-house special. He’s going to set up to bully us out of the match. Fellaini will start, all his sharp-elbowed fiends will join. No doubt, all will have been sleeping outside in dog kennels. It’s going to be a shameful spectacle. The sort that’d give Graham Souness an erection. The type that’ll have Gary Neville lamenting the soft spine of Arsenal ‘yet again.’
But you know what? We’ll be prepared. We’ll be fired up. We have dirty players. This game could be an epic announcement to the rest of the league. This really is the chance to put the ‘soft Arsenal’ bollocks to rest. I can’t fucking wait.
United are utter shite. They’re 8 points behind us. Their goal difference is -1. The squad hates Mourinho. Pogba and the manager are at war as reality dawns that he’s not elite and United blew £94m on him. Sanchez would top himself if it weren’t for his dogs. No one is performing to the level they should be, mainly because they don’t want to.
The special one is dropping Arsene Wenger like statements in the press in a pathetic attempt to draw sympathy for his privileged attempt at making United a proper team.
“Before Palace, I said my target would be end of December in top four. Now the target has changed. Now we have to try to be very close to these positions. We need not to be so unlucky with problems that we have. We need some players to perform.”
“I can agree even though the investment Everton made was phenomenal,”
“I don’t think Everton will be in front of United by the end of the season.”
He is complaining about Everton’s investment! Un-fucking-real. What a pathetic man. The only reason United curtailed his spending this summer because his sporting director attempts have been utterly shambolic.
The press love him though, they don’t want him gone. The BBC ran an article about whether the Portuguese was getting harsh treatment.
‘However, there is frustration among some Old Trafford insiders who believe Mourinho is held to different standards, being compared both to his predecessors at United and rival managers at other clubs.’
ARE YOU KIDDING ME! The last time United were in a position this shite, it was under Moyesy. Jose has dropped £350m. If the ‘legends’ are critiquing a shite brand of football and 7th in the league, they are well within their rights.
But football is all about the hierarchy. Mourinho has a sharp tongue, he’s handsome and he’s won things. His failings can’t possibly be down to his lack of interest in developing his ideas, could it? And look, I spent 11 years arguing Wenger was past it, and regardless of how correct my commentary was, people still wanted to side with the ill-informed folk who pushed a ‘good old Arsene’ narrative.
The irony that the manager who nailed Wenger so perfectly is now begging for the same ‘look the other way’ treatment is not lost on any of us.
Anyway, I can’t wait for today. We should be winning this. But football is a cruel beast and Jose always raises the bar for Arsenal. Mix in the fact that Emery has never beaten Jose in 5 attempts, and you start to worry.
However, this is a different era, we have the winds of progress on our side, the Arsenal players will go to war for Emery, and it’s about fucking time we put the Mourinho hoodoo to bed.
I am so excited.
See you on the other side. x
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The defense let us down. The first, no one reacted to the ball saved by Leno. Everyone switched off. Also for the second goal, the defense wasn’t ready to play. We won’t be able to win anything if we don’t improve our defense.
We need someone to backup Torreia. Without him, our defense would give up even more goals.
Point ok but and fair
But Jose plan was to kick us ofg the park
Mourinho s man utd are always going to be a difficult match. We had a disrupted team with injuries and man UTd used a lot of their nasty tricks..professional fouls and snide elbows. It was a slog, we were closed down quickly in midfield and couldn’t really open them up.
A draw isn’t a disaster, although we did edge it.
Unbeaten for 20 with a shaky defense is quite a feat.
Frustrating but not a bad result
Meanwhile I fucking hate that Lingard celebration too
I wanted us to win and whoever scored to do the same one in front of his stupid face so badly
Looks like I was watching a different game to many on here .
We created 4/5 chances in the last 20 minutes and should have won the game…I had a feeling Mhkitaryan would be the one getting the abuse tonight …funny that we had our best spell of the game and created the most chances with him on the pitch …
Guendouzi getting it as well I notice ….why…the lad got stronger as the game progressed .
A good battling performance from the team..
Wenker wanker
Bang on.
We are doing this well , and we are doing it with what emery inherited. Imagine what we can do with a whole emery squad!
Some twats can’t even give him a season to steady the ship.
Holding injury looks bad .. knee ligaments
20 in a row Undefeated.
Pierre.
My abucus is working just fine still
I know that’s all your digits counted for.
How will you count all the way up to 21??
A decent result which we would have taken before the match but feels like 2 points dropped because the way the game was played.
Anyway. Emery showing us he knows what he’s doing.
#EKB
Yeah, we should probably have won that, but considering it’s 3 days after Spurs and we had 2 players injured in the first half and we haven’t won there in 12 years it’s not a bad result. Calm down with the we’ll never make the top 4, we’re 2 points off 3rd ffs. No one is expecting us to catch City or Pool this season. We’re also the team that can improve the most in the january transfer window with the glaring holes we have in the first 11, really hope we strengthen properly. Fill at least 2 of the… Read more »
Fucking twats at BT Sports not even allowing Unai to have a full post match interview unlike maureen.
Top 4 is still very much on, bit hyperbolic to say we have no chance. This league isn’t as good as you think.
In isolation a decent result.However we’re back below Spurs, back in 5th, and we cannot defend to save our lives.We held the lead twice, for an average of 2.5 minutes.We have no chance of top 4.”
Whoa there, we are in 5th on goal difference, which is nothing major, and yes we are below spurs, by a paltry 2 points, again nothing major. We definitely in the mix for top 4. Disappointment at not winning tonight seems to have really pissed people off.
Pierre
I agree totally.
In days gone by, fellani would have come in and bullied us. Matty G kept him quiet. Matched him step for step, elbow for elbow.
What idiot can’t be happy with a draw at OT!?
Jose sent out his team to intimidate us and we fought back and didn’t back down. We held our own when they tried to bully us.
Huge difference from years before.
funny that we had our best spell of the game and created the most chances with him on the pitch …
He had nothing to do with it. He was garbage and missed an absolute sitter.
Maybe put your glasses on Pierre
In emery we trust.
EKB
“What idiot can’t be happy with a draw at OT!?”
Careful danny, you speak a bit like arsène would do it lol
Game we could have won Disrupted by injuries. Worry about Holding with all these games coming up. We need a full squad. Lot of our boys running on empty tonight after weekend. Showed a lot of guts and spirit. Need to get through Huddersfield and then some need to rest. Lack of quality on the ball tonight. Did we miss Xhaka???. If Paul is going we desperately need someone in who can pass the ball and dictate play. School boy defending. Horrendous. It’s why we fighting for top 4. However can’t fault effort tonight after weekend. 4 pts from those… Read more »
Guendozi would have got valuable experience after this game.His game involves running at defenses and man utd seemed to fear him and basically cut him down or manhandled him to stop him.
He will remember that man utd will take him out when he shields the ball in a running drive for the box, this will make him a better player in future games against “dirty” opposition. I was impressed with him, although he got caught caught in possession a few times.
If Holding is out long term wise at the very least it’ll mean an end to 3 CB’s. What if anything could it mean for the January window.
Haha Highbury Legend
Maybe I’m just a little used to the pessimism of seasons gone by. Some kind of Stockholm syndrome.
Chuffed to bits with tonight’s result.
Could it have been better – yes
Is it a huge improvement on past years -yes
Progress.
I mean. Arsenal v United carries a lot of weight in general. Not surprising that many are upset at the lack of a better result. And yeah, looking at just the match today you can’t really be happy with some of the lapses. But a draw at Old Trafford is nothing to turn our noses up against, on the whole being able to be angry about not winning a game like this is great progress. I think even the ones who’ve voice their disappointment today are more than aware of that. Other teams aren’t perfect, they will have blips too.… Read more »
What a poor performance that was.
Kos is just returning, if holding is out I’m sure kos can cover.
I reckon Ozil and Monreal will start against Huddersfield, basically no choice.
Steve
You are going by what you see. Not what you have seen.
Monreal in a back 3 works.
Yh Steve it wasn’t a good performance technically, but a gritty show nonetheless. United were pumped up to spoil our run…but we stood firm and almost gave as good as we got with fouls.
Emery has got a lot out of some average players, and weak , shaky defenders.
Yeah I think Huddersfield at home will see a miraculous curing of the ‘back problems’ for one game.
Guendouzi was the best player on the pitch today, especially in the second half I was worried about him before the game because he’s raw and has a red card in him. Could’ve been a game where he costs us with a defensive mistake and gets a huge confidence knock By the end of the game I was so pleased with his contribution. He passed well, he beat his man. He won the ball back and was in the wars. He drove the team forwards near the end and was really effective in the role Despite being reasonably happy with… Read more »
Yeah I think Huddersfield at home will see a miraculous curing of the ‘back problems’ for one game.
He’s cured it’s a miracle. What a cunt when you think about it. Couldn’t be arsed for Spurs or United but Huddersfield at home. Zero fight in the wet blanket
I thought we played really well, Dsappointed with the 2nd goal coming 1 min after we scored .. Holding injury affected the result for sure.. The ref was weak and allowed the cnuts get a way with horrible challenges and fouls. We concede goals because of fart moments and individual mistakes, not much of collective bad defending imo That can be irradicated hopefully.. Leno had nothing to do with either goals. Geundosi had an outstanding game. Kola was brilliant until he made that mistake, after that he lost all confidence and kept passing backward all the time. Auba missing those… Read more »
Good result, d defence have to improve real fast coz it not helping d team
At least we got second prize a draw.
A Europa/FA Cup double would be a good season.
Marko
We don’t need him for his fight. We need him for his chances created….
Marko is giving us more of the ozil jackanory bullshit….
As if we have a better attacking midfielder than Ozil
This line up let’s insult Ozil rubbish has to end. We need him to achieve our goals. Beat united three points, beat Huddersfield three points
“I thought we played really well”
Lol
“Geundosi had an outstanding game”
Even more lol
“Good result”
No it wasn’t
Danny
I read this morning that Koscielny suffered an injury setback in the u-23 match he played in.
If Bob Wilson was in goal he would have dived head first for their second goal..bravest goalie I have ever seen .
2nd goal was Kolasinac ‘s fault ,should have cleared it but a fraction of indecision was crucial …..shame really as I thought we would have gone on to win comfortably.
Disappointing outcome tonight but we have a good run coming up
Chelsea lost
Scum will drop points and so will Liverpool
There’s a long way to go so tonight is not the end of the world
Kosielny is fine
I would request Guendozi to have his hair cut so that no one can stop him by pulling his hair..
Wenker Steve was talking about the Chelsea v Wolves game. A very poor performance by his team there — I have to say I am surprised at (most) le grove (posters). Like Pierre noted, it seemed I watched a different match. Guendozi (picked up after a wobbling start and) was definitely better than Torr today who looked empty and slow today. We missed Xhaka but we played well. The only slight is that Auba continues to miss golden opportunities. Will definitely take a draw at OT. Top 6 teams won’t win there this season except for Man City (derby). Top… Read more »
Spurs won there 3-0 but I get the sentiment Mystic. We’re definitely in with a shout for a champions league place. This is the exact game we would have went on to lose, there were so many reasons for us to feel sorry for ourselves out there but this Arsenal brushed themselves off, kept going and was unfortunate not to win. Not a great performance with some defensive mistakes but we did alright.
Steve is an outstanding spud troll..
Double lols..
Kola got dogs abuse too but he was excellent. Virtually all the chances we made was from his side. He’s a best going forward. He had a bad moment with the goal they scored but an outstanding game. Wasn’t threatened defensively and massacred dalot offensively
Only if Kayser was here Gambon would be running… Jiggle jiggle fat boy
Leeds, yea, forgot spuds won there but the score line flattered to deceive. We outperformed spuds but we dont have their defensive solidarity yet. Will come with time.
G8, Steve is a self confessed chav.
GuenZ is a baller. Will
Be great to see him grow under emery.
Simple mistakes cost us that match. Aubu and mkhit missing sitters. And our defence.
Iwobi was very disappointing. He can’t start next match. Guess it depends on the injury to Ramsey. We could be bare thin for Huddersfield
Did Laca get the goal? He seemed to get the last touch. Hope it’s given to him.
I expect Unai to rotate for Saturday. Maybe start El Neny for once. Torr needs a rest and must not play. Or maybe a Xhaka guendozi pivot. AMN also available. Rest Auba too. Start with Laca then bring in Ozil if fit for Iwobi.
The 2 chances that Aubamayang and Mhkitaryan missed late on were never easy chances to take in my opinion….
Both were crosses with pace that needed a one touch finish and that type of chance always needs an element of luck .
Aubamayang tried to open his body but the keeper spread his body well and Mhkitaryan ‘s chance could easily have gone in ,it was a very sharp chance that needed good contact ,which he got , but went wide.
I thought Auba’s missed chance was easier to score than Miki’s. Auba knew how and where the ball will come. It was also on his favorite foot. Infact he shouldn’t have missed. Miki’s chance was more reactionary.
I also thought he played well when he came in. Bar one hospital pass to Bellerin he couldn’t have done much more. Have seen worse from him.
I read that Monreal is training regularly. I would replace Holding with Monreal and keeps the formation.
If ozil manages to be fit against Huddersfield…. then it just sums up what everyone has been thinking about him.. . What a cunt….. Some moron on here…. Saying we don’t need ozil to fight we need his creativity.. ….we need ozil to achieve our goals… A player who has missed the tough matches of the season…. Where we might have needed him to fight for the club, but was nowhere to be found…. What was our goal the past five seasons with ozil…. 3 face cup and community Shields…. A player who was in the pitch, when ATM were… Read more »
Goddammit I agree with Pierre.
Don’t really see how Auba and Mikki’s chances were in any way missed sitters.
G8
December 5, 2018 23:22:32
Steve is an outstanding spud troll..
Double lols..
I’ll correct you, just for his sake.. he is a chav. So he was indeed disapointed.. by the fact that they lost to Wolves. That’s where the lolz should be.
https://youtu.be/arW8Woi1K9c
9:57. Mkhit miss then aubu miss
Sorry but it was harder for mkhit to
Miss than to score. He had the open net. Terrible miss. A sitter.
Aubu should have scored as well.
Watch it again
Anyway. 20 in a row. Disappointing result. 2 points dropped. But the 20 in a row includes spuds. Liverpool. Man U.
Great job by emery. He can’t be blamed for today’s draw.
Joe
Disapointing is harsh in the sense that we did not lose to these cunts. Yes we could have done better… but the most important aspect is that we did not lose.
In effect we are now 20 games undefeated.
Onwards and Upwards The Arsenal.
DB10
It’s only in the way we lost I feel
It’s disappointing. That fuck for their second goal is hard to swallow. ESP right after we score. As someone has said. It’s unforgivable to make that sort of mistake.
And the two sitters missed by aubu and mkhit.
Anyway. Let’s smash Huddersfield hopefully. We need to win. That’s a must win match
Joe
I know what you mean. In time we will get over that hoodoo at not winning at OT.
We will get better with time. It is all part of the learning curve to get to handle that type of game. It will be useful when we next play Man Shitty.
Any Mkhi is with the ball….. I just feel like closing my eyes, until I know he’s nowhere near the ball….. His passes are totally awful… There no way a teammate can do a damage to an opponent with a pass from Mkhi…. How did Mkhi miss that, Just watched the replay and he managed to get in front if the defender while de Gea was moving helplessly…… But still awful Mkhi still blazed it into the sky… Just like against the chavs…. But he managed to score a goal ruled out for offside from an impossible angle…. Totally useless… Read more »
Old habits die hard I guess, fuck sake.
Predicted a score draw before the game and a 3-2 if we had the bottle going forward which we didn’t of course.
Take the point but disappointing given the context of the game and our OT PL nightmare continues, dropped points there in every PL match we have played since 2006.
Wasn’t blown away by Emery’s transfer business in the summer and we suffered the lack of quality today needed to put away this shit lot.
We can’t laugh too much at Sanchez stinking up the gaf at United because Miki is even worse, absolutely dire player.
Would love to clean shop of Ozil and Miki.
Happy we didn’t lose, but unhappy with the unforgivable, calamitous mistakes we made in defense. I don’t blame Leno for either goals. That said, losing Holding was a big loss and detrimental to Emery’s tactics, especially with Ramsey also going off because he would have continued to offer more than Mikhi. Ramsey still needs replacing along with Mikhi & Ozil. Guendouzi really did well considering he’s raw and new to the PL. Experience from that game will benefit us well going forward. Need to be quicker releasing the ball. Mariner typically gave United decisions he wouldn’t give to other teams… Read more »
Fuck manure the thuggish trolls ass wipes of the league
Satan worshipping shit fucks
Now a draw is disappointing but all in all not bad given the intensity of Sunday
Sven and co need to have targets lined up and ready to make offers Jan 1
‘Wasn’t blown away by Emery’s transfer business in the summer and we suffered the lack of quality today needed to put away this shit lot.’ Who would you have bought with the limited budget we had WE? Not having a dig, but genuinely interested to have who you’d have bought? Torriera, Leno, Guendouzi for me were seriously good business for the money spent. Papa is turning out to be far better than Mustafi. Licht is the only WTF signing imo, but at least he was free. If you’re talking about a current player would should never have bought, look no… Read more »
‘Fuck manure the thuggish trolls ass wipes of the league
Satan worshipping shit fucks’
Care to elaborate deeper, Guns of SF. Thought the description was a little light weight lol .
I still don’t really know, I mean yeah he could have scored but it was a speedy cross that he had to catch on a short hop, while between 2 defenders and the keeper. I can understand that kind of miss, it happens more often than not even in professional football.
Auba’s shot I think it was just some good keeping with a little bit of luck on De Gea’s part.
Tony
I hate them hate hate
Otoh we seriously need attacking players including a winger cam and 2 defenders
Sven better have dug up something good
Our season now depends on it
The lads need a real rest. Day off tomorrow and take care of niggling injuries. Huddersfield might be a hangover so need to be careful with them
Sokratis didn’t put a foot wrong today.
He can play on Saturday in place of holding no problem
As I wrote yesterday a draw against Man Utd at Old Trafford was not a bad result considering our record there Man Utd may be considered a poor team this season, but they have lost only one home game at home in EPL this season. Most pundits forecasted that Arsenal would lose their last 3 games so getting two wins and a draw is not a bad outcome. The disappointment however were firstly the very poor concentration levels and decision making after we scored both our goals and allowing them back in game. In reality our defence remains brittle like… Read more »
Tony Wasn’t bowled over with the Papa signing at CB, He’s done ok in there tbf to him but we still need better if we are to be competing. I mean 20 goals conceded in 15 matches is dreadful and cause for major concern. Guendouzi is still very raw, people were getting carried away with him based off of a few tidy cameos. He still needs plenty of time to develop into the player that he has shown faint glimpses of potentially being so far. Just felt that we could have done more, was clear that even with the signings… Read more »
Don’t know what Joe Hart has done to Burnley but fuck me they are looking hopeless this season, nuts that they pushed us all the way for 6th spot last season.
WengerEagle
Pretty much agree with you. Papa is slowly gaining my respect and my view is Mustafi and Kola are our weak defensive concerns.
I feel the limited money was spent well; there just wasn’t enough budget to get what we really needed.
January and next summer TWs are going to really be telling as to whether the club is serious about the rebuild.
Guen is getting some serious trial by fire. He is a little slow in getting the ball moving sometimes- looks for a nice tidy pass but overall, not so bad for a teenager. He is a big strong kid, so in time, will be able to use his size to his advantage more. We have 3 mids who are around 30 years old, CM and CAM… they are not doing the job. Mikki, Rambo and Ozil have the odd great game but not the consistency we need. We need younger more mobile, attackers with speed and creativity. Someone even mentioned… Read more »
Tony Yeah with you on that, we’re in a very good place to take the club to the next level with the right amount of strengthening in the next couple of windows, remains to be seen just how serious the club are about reaching our potential. We’re due a bit of a form slump given we’ve been unbeaten in 20 matches so a player or two in January would be the perfect boost to push on through it. Be amazed if we signed more than one player in Jan mind, I’d be pretty pleased even with just one so long… Read more »
WE
Surely we need a defender with our injury/age crisis
We also need better attackers
What would you prefer if we had only one player to get in Jan?
Imagine Papa Sok in the heart of defence with Koulibaly the beast.
That’s a 100m quids dream….
Oh Wiggy Stan, where are you when need you……
*when we need you.
would love Koulibaly but good chance he will be snapped up with team with more $$$
Guns
Think that a LB is crucial, been calling for Alex Telles for some time on here.
Also like the look of Mendy at Lyon, hell of a LB name there.
What about you?
Great article: The cynical may say that the longer you wait for something good to come along, the quicker you are to rush to judgement. There may be something in that and it is worth remembering that it is only early December of Unai Emery’s first Premier League season. Nevertheless, it is hard to ignore the creeping feeling that the scale of Arsenal’s improvement under their new manager is more than marginal. The scale of Arsenal’s improvement under Unai Emery is more than marginal Much was made of Sunday’s home victory over Tottenham and they played very well in a… Read more »
Good to see the Telegraph talking up our performance yesterday:
‘A draw, for once, is something for United to cling onto and, while Arsenal extended their unbeaten run to 20 matches in all competitions, they will come away feeling they should have done so with a first win here since 2006.
They were the better team, whatever Mourinho claimed, and created the better chances. If David de Gea was horribly at fault for Arsenal’s first goal he was, by the end, standing between Arsenal and victory with some fine saves.’
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/12/05/manchester-united-vs-arsenal-premier-league-live-score-updates/
We
A cam/ winger and any defender
Age 21 to 23
Not sure why Leno was copping some blame for the 2nd goal btw, was Kola’s shocking touch that was the culprit, lokoed more like a Lukaku-eque rap/ist 1st touch than an under-hit back pass, either way he sold Leno short.
Bad awareness by kola but besides that was good. Feel for Leno . First goal was offsides with a lucky blind cross by Herrera the asswipe
“Guendouzi is still very raw, people were getting carried away with him based off of a few tidy cameos. He still needs plenty of time to develop into the player that he has shown faint glimpses of potentially being so far.” I have been one of the biggest voices shouting caution. But yesterday, guendozi proved he can play in this team from the start. The whole team was nervous in the early stages but immediately after that he picked up and really bossed the midfield. I can even say he came of age yesterday. Monster. Again, Kola was fantastic. We… Read more »
not to sound pessimistic but we have not really done better against the big team per se. the only improvements I see is that we beating teams we should beating. 5 matches 1 home win 2 loss 2 draws. in fact this is first away draw against top side this season
On paper it may not look like much but when you factor that: – The Citeh and Chelsea losses were literally the first two matches of the campaign. – Pretty much everybody loses to Citeh. – We just as easily could have beaten Chelsea if Aubameyang had located his shooting boots a few matches sooner. – Beat Spurs convincingly, only one of three sides including Citeh and Chelsea to even take points off of Liverpool so far, came away from OT with a point in the bag which beats most seasons. -Most importantly for me, we have played very well… Read more »
We’ve done well. We had chances to put Chelsea and United away that we didn’t take.
Not sure how anyone can’t see the improvement. We are resilient, hard to beat, willing to scrap (as shown in the Spurs/Utd clashes) and this is largely with the same players as last term.
It will be a sight once Emery really gets his own stamp on this side.
watching the highlights, either team could have nicked a winner, so maybe a draw was the best result.
Mou and co are a very dirty side. I can’t see how the higher ups at man utd will let this continue next season.
I’m not too disappointed with the draw but we need reinforcements in Jan or else we will be very lucky to get into the top 4 when the crunch season begins.
we have a very small squad in terms of quality so I would welcome even a single signing in Jan. But minimum 2 players are required to help us push to top 4
Man U were there for the taking. We dropped 2 points don’t be all caught up in well a draw was fine.
Man united will probably lose their next game.
Happy with the result, although we could have won it in the final 20 mins. It was clear that Sunday had taken it’s toll on some of the players. Mistimed tackles were evident and on occasions, speed of thought. However, this is a new Arsenal and, a far better Arsenal. The way they responded after MU equalised for a second time was admirable. Effort was outstanding and you could see the players were disappointed they hadn’t won. Guendouzi, once he settled, had a good game. Kolasinac, despite his mistake, also played well. We all know now that Ozil is the… Read more »
In the context of the season as a whole, yesterday was not a bad result, if Wenger was here still, I dare say we would have been “celebrating” it. It’s because Emery has raised our expectations that we are all very disappointed. That’s good, our expectations have been too low for too long; sure, it’s not the perfect result but it is a start in the right direction. A draw was my very absolute minimum for this match anyways although I would have loved a win. We just need to ensure that we beat the teams that we are expected… Read more »
Our remaining December fixtures are all winnable… especially the EPL ones of Huddersfield, Southampton and Burnley.
Sure, Liverpool at their ground will be tricky, but we went toe to toe with them, and at home so we need to do, at least that in their ground, but really, if we are moving forward we should be winning at grounds like Anfield.
1. We didn’t lose.
2. We should have won.
3. The defence is utter trash.
4. City spent £250m on theirs.
A defence this poor can only mean losses and draws (like last night) when we should have won. Since day one, a great defence will always give you a shot even if your forwards are misfiring.
That was 2 points dropped but hey…it was away at United. So not all bad.
That defence though. Yuck.
Let’s be honest here, what Unai Emery has achieved with this group of players, in such a short period, has exceeded all our expectations by a mile and a furlong.
GOH
Your honesty is suited to a Eulogy.
Lighten up.
G62
I think emery agrees with me.