Spurs slip. Can Arsenal refocus and attack the top 3?

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GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO BIG GAME SUNDAY.

Yes, we have to play Crystal Palace at home in a HUUUUGE game that is going to go a long way to deciding where in the top 3 we finish.

Spurs shat the bed when they played City for the 3rd time in 10 days. That’s great news for us because it gives the opportunity to move into third by two points. It’ll also be super funny to laugh at how their greatest ever season saw them potless and a place behind us in the league (dream big).

Chelsea are level points with us now, so things really are getting tight…

Palace has lost 3 of their last 6. They sit 14th in the league. This shouldn’t be an ordeal.

However, you have to be real. We just went away to Napoli and Watford this week, we’re going to be drained and Palace is about as exciting as a trip to B&Q with your da when you’re young. Amirite? Wasn’t that shit?

‘Be a real man Pete and pick up that brick for me’

‘Bitch, back the fuck up… I just want to play computer games. One day, people will sit on the internet and watch the best gamers and it’ll be a thing. They’ll literally make millions from the ad revenue’

‘Pete, no one is ever going to make money from gaming, now show your dad how manly you are by loading up 10 bags of sand onto this trolley you absolute pussy’

Anyway, my point is that Palace is a banana skin because they aren’t interesting. They also have a good away record at the minute, sitting 4th in the table over the last 6 games.

The manager isn’t worried, which is grand.

I didn’t use this excuse in my career. I worked a lot in similar situations in France and Spain. Here, we came back last night at three o’clock and we came in this morning at 10am. But really, today I am coming here with a small smile because the players worked very well and gave me confidence for Sunday.

The players who didn’t play yesterday, today after this travel, they were working good and with the focus for Sunday and knowing that today in training, some players are going to play Sunday. After the last match, some players need to rest or to do a rotation with them, or with one player like Aaron Ramsey, he is injured. Also, Sokratis continues to be suspended. But this is the spirit I want. Like this morning, after the travelling yesterday. How we trained this morning and how we can have confidence to use players against Crystal Palace.

That said, we have a terrific home record, if we win today it’s our 11th on the bounce which is a record for us. We are defending better as a team, since March 10th, the only person to breach our back line is Phil Jagielka (6 clean sheets in 7 games). We are a much better team than them and the players can literally taste top 3 blood in the water (that taste isn’t blood, it’s bonus money fam).

We need to see a strong start tomorrow. The fans are going to be a massive help to the players, and hopefully, we channel some of that fight we’ve been showing of late. The only real worry is the lack of a Ramsey, and the auto-inclusion of Mustafi because of the Sokratis suspension. Still, Mustafi was pretty safe against Watford. Also, you saw that clip of him being fancy? Do I like him now? No. But that was cool.

Finally, some Wenger cucks were giving me grief about my post yesterday about Wenger cucks, a few mentioned that my traffic must be down. WRONG. Post Wenger traffic has been fucking amazing, more people are coming to the site than ever before… and to make things even rosier, the comments section is having a record year on a comments per day basis. You know why? People like football more when things are going well, which is all this site ever wanted.

Thank you for not abandoning me, I love you all very much, even the Wenger cucks that are desperate for us to fail. #MerciIvan

P.S. The Sun reckon we’re in for Joan Jordan to replace Rambo. Daily Mail reckon Edu is back on the radar… just wish we’d bite the bullet and nab Luis Campos or Paul Mitchell. Paul looks like a proper facking geezer. Not that that matters of course.

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Dissenter

only one player can be bad —the doctrine of Dale

WengerEagle

Ffs, won’t even let us gloat about Utd getting molested earlier…

This would have all but sealed a finish ahead of them.

Guns of SF

mustafi has to be sold
no other way this fool stays with us

HighburyLegend

lol I’ve forgot Tony of course.

Guns of SF

I agree
Players just need to gut it out and dig deep
play the best team all the time now on

Zfree

So we need burnley tomorrow. And no more fuck ups rest of the season. This was really the last one we can afford

Dissenter

Only one player can be bad- doctrine of Dale
Mustafi has already occupied that receptor slot so let’s let El neny off.
Kindergarten pre-logical doctrine

DaleDaGooner

Dissenter you’re the dumb one for thinking that the argument is anything about who is shittier. Mustafi is the biggest liability andhe plays waaaaay too many games for us. I’d focus my bitching in the right direction, but nah, you’re like a sheep who just bleats on with the others

HighburyLegend

Mustafi can not be sold, he must retired from football right away.

BacaryisGod

Yet again, brainless defending from Mustafi has just knocked the air out of what was looking like a dominant Arsenal 2nd half. The team just deflated in front of our eyes.

The worst part is that losing this game could cost us a Champions League place and with ownership that won’t go out of their pocket to invest in strengthening the squad, we could be stuck in Europa League purgatory indefinititely.

TR7

Rambo

Elneny is no Zinedine Zidane. He is a tidy risk averse player who keeps the ball moving, exactly what he did today too. If people expect more from our 6th/7th choice midfielder then perhaps people need to tamper their expectation. He still did more than Auba, Mustafi, Mavrapanos, Jenko and Kola.

Dissenter

Hopefully Burnley do us a favor tomorrow

Shit happens sometime

Danny

2-3

Paulinho

The moment Ramsey got injured any hope of top four went down the shitter.

Kay

Come on

MuddyGooner

We’re too predictable. Easy to read and defend against

Jamie

Let’s get something from this. We’ve been absolutely cack.

Champagne Charlie

I’ll be kind and say we’re prioritising the EL, but after the United result this is criminal.

I’ve never been a fan of ripping up what works in the name of rotation, win the game and make early subs etc is more my cuppa.

Our ‘go wide and cut it back’ approach is mind numbing to watch though, I’ll say that much.

DaleDaGooner

“Kindergarten “ what a moron. Where are you from again? Dumb fuck

Guns of SF

our lack of attacking players who can create and get into the box is so evident.
we rely on service to Auba and Laca so much that

wait wait now

Leftsidesanch

Mustafi needs to be the 1st one out of the door in the Summer, how can somebody possibly be so bad.

Radio Raheem

Auba playing???

Kay

CP haven’t been all that.
Its all our doing today. 100%

Rambo Ramsey

“Hey Rambo I’ve go a Ramsey picture for you”

I got plenty of them myself, thanks.

Now stop polluting the blog with your low IQ buffoonery.

useroz

More like it.

Keep driving into their box.

A loss is not an option.

C’mon.

Dissenter

My transmission its delayed’
Still reads 1-3 here
Lolz

Still time left

Leedsgunner

Left

You’re right, thanks for the correction. We did give away a stupid penalty at Crystal Palace…

DaleDaGooner

Hopefully Burnley do us a favor tomorrowShit happens sometime

Lol what a dim twat….:yeah that’s the way

Rambo Ramsey

Fuck me, Charlie George was actually spot on in his prediction.

Dissenter

CC
It’s not over yet

HighburyLegend

Auba wakes up when it’s useless, bravo!!

Tony

HL
I’ll forgive your absentmindedness

Champagne Charlie

Dissenter

Yea I know how long games last mate, thanks though.

MuddyGooner

We never do late comebacks like the other big teams

HighburyLegend

Tony : no place left on untold you piece of shit ??

Dissenter

I have this idiotic twat wound up
I believe he calls himself dale

more like dim Dale

Mustafi is shit…so El neny can’t be shit

DaleDaGooner

Awww Rambo Rams, don’t get butt hurt. You’re an easy target when you start to bitch about Aaron leaving you

DaleDaGooner

Dissenter, pester off you’re dumb. Mustafi is shit because he gets waaay more game time and can’t be forgiven. I don’t care about Elneny because he isn’t there all of the games. Plus, Elneny didn’t allow Crystal Palace score two goals

Tony

HL
Put your toys back in your pram

Champagne Charlie

Highburylegend

Is untold all you go on about?

Change the record you fucking melt.

Dissenter

I believe Burnley play Chelsea tomorrow.

Dim dame didn’t know that or couldn’t make the connection.
That’s what happens when your IQ is the same size as the shoe.

Chris

In other news: Salah has fallen over again.

Dissenter

Mustafi is really @!#$%^

R.S.P.C.Arsenal

MuStafu

Shit cuntb

Kay

Huge chance there.

Dream10

We’ve made stupid errors for the umpteenth time. But, Emery got the approach wrong. He respects opponents too much at times. This is a standard type of opponent at home who are already on the beach. Should be a home banker.

Danny

Iwobi shoots like a pussy

Kay

Iwobi should have smashed that in

Jamie

2 chances wasted. We don’t deserve to get a point from this game.

Rambo Ramsey

Embarassing shot from Iwobi

Kay

2 big chances for Iwobi

MuddyGooner

Place it Iwobi !

ddkingz

what are the chances of arsenal winning a game when elneny is in the starting eleven?¿ can we just stop playing kolasinac… that guy is so fucking awful when he gets into those positions… as I always say, emery always overthink things… why play mavros, elneny, guendouzi and mustafi in a single match, when you know a win will take you into third? why rest players against crystal palace then play them against wolves… is emery expecting arsenal to beat wolves?¿ why don’t we start our best players against crystal palace and take all 3points, then go for a draw… Read more »

Chris

Charlie George

Hope you went down the bookies with your score prediction pal

TR7

China

‘Emery can we now please stop with stupid squad experimentation in our midfield and pick the best available players from the start now…’

Good that you are not perceived as an ‘Emery baiter’ , so you can get away with making a valid criticism of the man.

TitsMcGee

Shiiite the bed there. Had it all to win and completely shiiite the bed.

Mustafi must personally account for at least 10 goals this season.

Kay

Iwobi is infuriating

Dissenter

Palace have profited from our rotated squad of bench warmers and exhausted schedule
Mustafi provided an assist just when we were on the dominance and killed our momentum.

Honestly. the manager should just promote from then-23s
I don’t want to see Mustafi again in an Arsenal shirt.

Rambo Ramsey

“what are the chances of arsenal winning a game when elneny is in the starting eleven”

What have you done?

DaleDaDimwitted will be on your case now.

Kay

Screwed up 2 chances and then isplacing a easy pass and CP buy time

Olumide

Guendozi dwells too much on the ball. It’s awful.

Dissenter

We should have had that penalty in the first half.

Stuff happens. We have to pick ourselves up and move on

Leftsidesanch

Emery needs to take responsibility for his stupid rotation this afternoon, sometimes tries to be far too clever for his own good

Rambo Ramsey

Take away a couple key players-Ramsey, Sokratis- and this squad is utter garbage.

Dissenter

That was HANDBALL

useroz

Sucks.

MuddyGooner

Chokers!

MuddyGooner

Can’t defend

Dream10

Guendouzi needs so much time time on the ball. He’s immature

useroz

Rambo RamseyApril 21, 2019    16:52:37
Take away a couple key players-Ramsey, Sokratis- and this squad is utter garbage
_______

Can’t be more true.

Quite a bit of garbage to clear.

Starts with Mustafi.

China1

Poor defense midfield and attack. We didn’t deserve anything

At least AMN was good and I’ll give him full credit for that

Zfree

Yea dissenter are you talking about the other one there right at about the 94th minute? It was outside the box but that also looked like handball

Kay

Yes Emery needs to suck it up.

Also we need to go all out for EL now. No 2 ways about it.

Dissenter

Leftside

I think the manager has to take some risks sometimes
Today was one of such a risk and it back fired

The blame comes with the job I guess
It’s not the end of the world. We are coming from a EL game and we are always going to be vulnerable

jasongms

mustafi should never play for the club again

Rambo Ramsey

You should only rotate when you have the options. Not when those are clowns like Elneny, Jenkinson

TR7

Left

‘Emery needs to take responsibility for his stupid rotation this afternoon, sometimes tries to be far too clever for his own good’

Well, you were having a go at me for saying exactly the same thing 90 mins ago.

MuddyGooner

Wolves away next.
Bye bye top 4

China1

It really annoys me when we’re losing and late in the game our player loses the ball and spends 5 seconds looking up at the gods in complete disbelief rather than getting to their feet and busting a gut to make amends or get back into position

Half the team were guilty of that today and it’s immature as hell

Elmo

Based on fixtures, Spurs must be big favourites for 3rd, and Chelsea slight favourites for 4th.

This home defeat has put us in a very difficult position, where we probably need 4 points from Wolves / Leicester away.

And for a club that’s skint, remember that qualifying for the CL via Europa is far less lucrative, as the TV pool is only shared between the four teams who qualify via the league (hence why United made more money by winning the EL than the following season in CL).

Danny

As I’ve been saying here all season – Emery only cares about the Europa League.
Wolves and Leicester are going to piss all over us.

BacaryisGod

Jon Moss is to refereeing what Mustafi is to defending.

Leftsidesanch

I keep saying we’re not good enough to select one competition so no we don’t need to put our eggs in one basket. Arsenal have well and truly pissed their pants this afternoon when Spurs and United both lost. We needed to win all of our home games as we’re not useful away from home at all.

Emery could have played the best available squad and then made changes once we had an advantage but trying to be overly clever has cost us today on top of poor performances from the usual suspects. We only have ourselves to blame.

rollen

this team dont deserve CL simple as that

Zfree

6 possibly 7 more games. Start with best players from here on out. Can always bring el neny or Mustafi in on 65 minutes for a tired koz or Torreira (although the thought of those subs being made in must-win games makes me cringe)

Dissenter

Funny enough we may actually beat Wolves and Leicester away

So long as we keep Mustafi away from the squad.
I’ve never seen more idiocy from a professional player.

Leftsidesanch

The difference is, I’m not for or against Emery so I can call it how I see it with no agendas TR7. I just want Arsenal to do well, Barney could manage us for all I care.

azed

Mustafi should never play for is again. Totally killed the momentum with his defending.

Batistuta

Emery rotated as he should considering our pile up of fixtures and we lost and he rightly should take the blame for that but surely surely one of the kids in the academy can do better than El Neny and Mustafi if not why do we have the academy to begin with.

Zfree

Mustafi will have no one to joke around in the locker room with today.

Leftsidesanch

Dissenter, in PL games directly after EL games that is the 1st time we’ve lost this season.

Guen and Elneny were woeful the last time they started a game together, they should never have started together. Mustafi, how many times has his idiotic decision making cost us? Yet he gets in this side, there’s no way I can be convinced that we don’t have defensive options lesser to such an imbecile.

Dissenter

Leftside
I’m going to disagree with the argument about rotation.

I think Emery did the right thing [100% ]by rotating and don’t disagree ,much with his selection

At 1-1, we were about to grab the game by the neck and win it…then Mustafi happens. That sucked all the momentum out.
Emery was right to rotate. I know I will get flak for this but I’m not going to go with the wind of popular opinion.
The selection was still good enough to win. We also missed a lot of chances.

ddkingz

Emery’s a c**t of the highest order…

how the fuck did you play this game without a creative player…

auba doesn’t know how to create chances for others…

ozil is bang average…

laca is laca….

Is this what you hole to be watching the champions league…

my question again…. why play mavros, mustafi, Jenkinson , elneny, guendouzi, in one match?¿

what were you ( emery) expecting?¿

Dissenter

Mustafi was actually in the right side of the ball in the second goal.

When in doubt…you clear the ball out to wherever…you don’t stop playing.

Globalgunner

What Mustafi does can’t actually be described as defending. Worst German defender ever even worse than the Giraffe we bought before him who was useless.
Way to go cheering the Spuds up you dolts

Redtruth

Since when has Ramsey become a key player.
The guy is from the past and toilet

Leftsidesanch

We could have afforded a point from the midweek fixture but now we have to win it, and the rest of the fixtures assuming Chelsea don’t pick up maximum points against Burnley and United.

Twice, we’ve had it in our hands and surrendered the advantage, we have nobody else to blame. I’m super irritated because I think the Prem is our best chance at CL footy.

Redtruth

A bad day at the office and still only a point off 3rd

Olumide

Whenever I see Mustafi in the starting lineup, I usually feel we’re one goal down already.

TR7

‘The difference is, I’m not for or against Emery so I can call it how I see it with no agendas TR7. ‘

Mind boggling really. So you can point out Emery’s mistakes but I can’t for I have an ‘agenda’ against him. Ok mate, convincing argument.