Hitting you with some super short contenting today, because I’m flying out, and Arsenal are dropping a 2pm kickoff.
Injury news is mixed. Ramsey, Xhaka and Laurent are all in contention.
We’re going to need all the experience and help we can leverage today. This really is the start of a hugely important group of games. If we lose to 10th placed Everton, suddenly that Europa League game on Thursday against Napoli doesn’t look as winnable.
We have momentum on our side though, so let’s not panic too much. The problem we have is that away form hasn’t been our best friend this season. Losing games away at Rennes, West Ham and BATE weigh heavy on the mind. However, worth noting that Emery has changed things up lately, he’s brought his better players in from the cold, he’s taken them somewhere warm to rest their minds and the team is playing with far more swagger than they have done in 6 months.
Defence is crucial, we need player of the month Bernd Leno to continue bossing things from the base, we need to try desperately to avoid putting Mustafi under any sort of pressure and we need to cross out fingers.
The most notable change for me has been the early goals. Not really something you can attribute to a specific idea, because I’m sure early goals is always on the agenda… but, it’s better than conceding early, which was certainly something that worked against us in the front half of last season.
BIG GAME. The start of a tough run of matches where the coach is going to have to make some tough decisions. Rotation is going to important, player fitness is crucial, and focus will be essential. Tired minds are just as dangerous as tired legs. The manager needs to balance carrot and stick if we’re delivering an epic 3rd place this season.
Right, that’s me done, enjoy that game and PLEASE do not lavish too much praise on me for this HUGE post… xxx
Wow! I’m agreeing with Marko
Only defenders on bench
No yoot
Everton haven’t done much too to be honest. They look more up for it and are winning every 50-50. The referee isn’t doing us favors too.
We’ve just been so bad in the middle
Still hope for a reversal in the second half
Seen often refs pulled back these sort of quickly taken FKs…
Gotta change this at HT, its woeful and hopefully the subs can get us back into the game.
This ref is bad news
Alan Smith is a cunt
“Everton haven’t done much too to be honest”
They don’t have to. Just keep the tempo high and we will do the rest.
Great stuff from lacazette
Victorious practically salivating.
Cretin
This ref is giving them EVERYTHING
Dale
It just seems the basis iff your E neny defense is to speak up for the under-dog.
Otherwise, I can’t fantom your strange defense of the player.
Neither Guen nor Eleneny is holding their respective positions, letting Everton players run through the middle quite easily. No player has covered himself in glory though. Typical away performance so far. PEA is the only guy who can hopefully make a difference in the 2nd half.
Commentator saying “the referee given a few soft ones in this half”.
Surely not to Arsenal.
What a joke.
Guendouzi gets in the starting squad more Times than Elneny, and he just doesn’t seem like he isn’t capable of bossing the midfield, all the hype we have him was premature.
Need to get the 3 points. 442. Bring on Ramsey for Mustafi. Plus anybody for Elneny. The water boy will do.
Mikhi
Ozil
Off
Hey Count Dracula, time to make chamges, RIGHT NOW!!
I said pre game first half will be a dogfight, you know Everton will fly out the traps at goodison try get crowd behind them. We had to ear. The right to play, instead we are throwing arms up waiting for the ref to help us out. Guen is not cut for games like this I’m. Afraid we need an experienced head in there.
*changes
*not 442, 4 at the back.
MarkoApril 7, 2019 13:45:56
You’re an idiot if you think Elneny is the worst player on the pitch
Says the village idiot in a city known for their idiots and scum bags
Has anyone seen Mkhi today?
And Mhki and Ozil were supposed to add something to the midfield, but all I keep reading is Elneny is shit. The game plan was to pack out the midfield yet only one player is getting the most flack
Take Guen off
Bring in Ramsey
It’s an atrocious line up and The manager has to be accountable
Hey dumbo what more can he do? Play Lichtsteiner I guess. Xhaka injured Koscielny injured and Ramsey on the bench after a groin injury scare in the last game. All he probably got wrong was starting Ozil but he’s apparently back to his best now
Mykhi too has been and bad as El neny
Too many players sleep-walking
This is woeful
The problem isnt the ref,
The problem is we have bang average players all over the pitch.
We arent, and at no point this season have been the 3rd best team in the PL
We are the 6th best team, who had a lucky run of 4/5 games at home.
After the next 5 games (4 away) we will be back in 6th, and then we can focus on getting Emery the spanish Pulis kicked out of the club.
*been as bad as
Gendouzi is the reason why our away form is so pathetic
Mhkitaryan done fuck all in this game
Utter drivel
“After the next 5 games (4 away) we will be back in 6th, and then we can focus on getting Emery the spanish Pulis kicked out of the club.”
Gambon is back with the daggers drawn
Hope Vegas is more fun than Arsenal at the moment.
The ref is a wanker. gave a lot of soft free kick to Everton.
We can’t be any worse in the second half because not a single player has turned up in the first.
Good thing is, we a better tweak in second half, Everton can collapse
Dale, agreed. People blowing smoke. Up guens arse because he is French young and looks like David Luiz. Talented but really directionless right now
Way too slow in releasing balls in final third.
Tentative display. Where’s the fire, hunger??
Ozil, Guen Laca show some fight but …
Elneny, Mikhi and Kolac have been poor.
Joke of a goal.
@gambon, feel free to get the fuck off on untold anytime you want.
Marko
Hey stupid. Why are you constantly calling other people stupid? Projecting much?
He could have played a number of alternatives instead of eleneny. How about not signing your skinny little pet only to not use him at all? What a load of wank suarez has been
How about not letting talented players like cazorla leave for free
We’ve got AMN willock and Ramsey who are all better footballers then eleneny
Major rebuild job still needed on the defence. Literally all braindead idiots in there. Kolasinac is the absolute worst though if he was a horse he’d be glue by now. I keep hearing about him improving but the guy is borderline ret@rded when it comes to defending and he makes about one good cross in 20. Absolutely awful player. Moany cunt too
Obviously won’t see Pierre on here telling us how and why we should play players who can keep the ball away from home and how Ozil and Mhiki should always start together
RR
And wha are you salivating about? The prospect of you fanboy coming on to save the day perhaps,asshat.
Elneny is a nothing player.Unfortunately Guendouzi is having one of his terrible games.Something needs to be done about that midfield ASAP.
If the answer is always rambo why the fuck did we let him leave. We have fucked up big, one player we have who stands up and shows himself for the ball at all times.
Kolasinac isn’t that bad as a wing back. He has more assists than any defender in the league
Emery shouldn’t ever play Guen and Elneny together again
one is young, inexperienced and still maturing, the other is just utterly pathetic.
Guen is 19….Dale and co should give it a rest
Fuck off Gambon
Lose diswan and it’s bye bye to top4
Spilt milk I know but werethere any grounds for appealing Torreira’s 3 match ban for tackle that had no intent to hurt. His 3 game ban at the same time as Xhaka’s injury( and now Ramsay’s ) is really hurting us.
How many times in the first half have we seen Mustafi playing a 50/50 long ball because he’s had no easier pass into CM?
Elneny and Guendozi are about as complimentary as cheese and ice cream- sort it out Emery!
Lucky to keep it to 1 down !
That is about as positive as I can get, hopefully 3 subs might help, just hope Ramsey doesn’t fuck his hamstring if he comes on.
Lol Pierre don’t care about the result today, he’s in trance because his God is wearing the armband.
Gambons a mug when do you see him when we’re winning? Cretin
Shit half but we’re only down bc of a missed clear foul throw… what is line o looking at there if not just looking down the sideline at that?
Pretty sure guen is on a bale esque run when he is in the team. Would love to see a stat on average points won when he start. I’m pretty sure it’s awful
El neny is the king of lateral 5 year passes
He will make for an excellent beach football player.
The ref looks like he wants to send one of our boys off too !
Leno should have done better for everton’s goal, it was a tap in and not even with any force behind it
He could have played a number of alternatives instead of eleneny. How about not signing your skinny little pet only to not use him at all? What a load of wank suarez has been He’s not a CM dum dum. We’ve got AMN willock and Ramsey who are all better footballers then eleneny Ramsey is obviously not fit enough to start Willock isn’t good enough and do you not see AMN playing and stinking up the RWB position? I also love how you were complaining about Emery and a lack of rotation (Elneny? You idiot) and then criticize him for… Read more »
Victorious
“Lose diswan and it’s bye bye to top4
LIE
We will still be fourth place at the end of the day
Doomed
@Leftsidesanch –
Completely agree, the guy is a total dickhead.
I’m sorry to disagree with all of those who thinks that refs in PL are NOT anti-Gunners…
Iwobi for miki, Ramsey for El Nono & Aubameyang for Kalashnikov.
Surely ,surely
Emery has to make a treble substitution at half time
Rambo
Iwobi
PEA all on
Genduzi
Elneny
Defender off
Spurs scored 6 at Goodson attacking them only weeks ago
An absolute tepid,timid and shameless performance so far.
A performance that mirrors our managers persona, I am afraid to say.
We are lucky – we are still in this
Monreal is finished. He is physically too weak to stop those long balls. Kola is day dreaming. He was the one who set up Everton’s goal. Guen is not ready. Mikki is so shit. Only Laca, AMN and Mustafi are OK. What a difference with Ramsey and Xhaka in the midfield.
Woeful first half from the players and the manager
The usual suspects are at it again, both on and off the pitch.
Where is ozil?
Never seen any fans celebrate their team failure just to prove they were right ..only in le grove.
trolls
I’m surprised Sok started today. It’s like, no one at the club knew if he gets a yellow today, he’s going to miss the next 2 games.
No one informed the manager nor did the players know about it.
Kolasinac isn’t that bad as a wing back. He has more assists than any defender in the league
https://www.premierleague.com/stats/top/players/goal_assist?se=210
Unsurprisingly what Don said isn’t true. Kolasinac 27th in the league for assists
Highbury legend
“”’m sorry to disagree with all of those who thinks that refs in PL are NOT anti-Gunners…:::
Stop being a loser!
Hopefully Elneny scores the winning goal to shut me up and prove Dale wrong.
Montreal is the only guy in the back line who can step up beat first press and release kola. Getting fuck all creativity with guen and enemy so has to do it himself. Take him off and we have no outlet back to front.
Emery – Wrong Selection
Guen – not ready. Yellow in the first ten minutes says it all.
The four individuals in the middle Guen, Elnenny, Ozil and Mhki can tackle if their lives depended on it.
Too much tinkering is the problem.
I like Emery but I think too often he tries to reinvent the wheel.
Why fix it?
Just put someone (Ramsey preferably) that can take control the midfield again as that’s where the battle is lost or won looking at the setup we play right now.
*can’t tackle
So now people are asking for Iwobi to come on?
I though he was really really bad?
iwobi would have been good in the game but I know the abuse he gets here for playing well.
Do need to make some substitutions. Thought it was established that ozil and mhiki should not be on the pitch at the same time.
I’m surprised Sok started today
I don’t know why I bother. Right so if he doesn’t play it’s Lichtsteiner. Outside of Auba I’m not sure the team picked should have been different
Marko
Mehta the fuck are you on about dopey?? AMN stinking out the place? I think that’s your Guinness breath blowing back in your face
And yes, Suarez isn’t a cmf. I’m fully aware of that. But why sign him when we are woefully short of options elsewhere? Why not sign a cmf on loan?
Iwobi has and can play cmf. Why not try him? Anything but that useless non entity of a player.
Ramsey and Auba in
Our coach has chosen arguably one of the worst players ever to wear out shirt ( elneny) over one of our our best ( rambo)
In this huge game..
Let that sink in ….
marko
isn’t kos available ? why is he left out of the squad entirely ??
He gave El neny a chance, just didn’t take it.
Marko
Nobody is listening to you. Your views are less and less relevant with every passing week. You don’t think outside the box. You aren’t unique. You’re just a bitchy tart.
As you were
Kolasinac was the weakest in today
And like that
Emery does what anyone with a Brian (not you marko) could see needed to be done
And like that
Emery does what anyone with a Brain not you marko) could see needed to be done
Bye bye mohammed
Bye bye
Elneny has been far from our worst player on the pitch , some of you are repeatedly spouting nonsense about him for last half an hour. He has not been good either but over the top vitriol from the usual suspects is silly stuff.
Charlie George
I believe it’s called ROTATION
Too many games in a short time… surely you get that?
Our coach has chosen arguably one of the worst players ever to wear out shirt ( elneny) over one of our our best ( rambo)
In this huge game..Let that sink in ….
WTF???? How do Arsenal fans find these opinions? So in all the years of supporting Arsenal, Elneny is the worst?
See? Just like that he almost score the equaliser.
Ramsey should have scored with more finesse. Empty goal……..
Dissenter, u do this to El Neny but you don’t understand why people do to Iwobi right? smh. The whole thing isn’t working dude has played like 3 epl games all season and you go off like he starts every week and does nothing? Seriously fuck off
Just had a coronary artery stent and multiple balloon procedures and wired up in a Bangkok ICU.
Managing to watch the game on my MacBook and nurses wondering why my machines are bleeping.
Probably not the wisest thing to do but what can a lifelong gooner do?
Anyway hope the changes get us a result
TR7 thank you! Some sense. It’s like leeches with some gooners. They find that scapegoat and latch on even if it makes little sense
Ramsey straight away showing the required intensity and pressing for a top tier midfielder.
Tony are you serious? Hope all is well
If Ramsey is match fit why didn’t start him??