The first half was back to the Arsenal of Arsene Wenger. Some great attacking play and some extremely dopey defending. Key point, the half was a lot fun.
We went a goal down inside a minute. A ball into the box came off the back of Luiz’s head, Calvert Lewin dropped an outrageous overhead kick and scored. A lot of finger-pointing going off, one of the big mistakes was wondering what the fuck Kola was doing wrestling Mina into the box breaking the offside trap. We were also slow, we weren’t alert, it was standard Arsenal.
Kola had a nasty clash about 14 minutes later, he went off with his arm in a makeshift sling with blood coming out of his mouth. Saka came on, probably how most wanted the game to start. The young left-back made an impact almost immediately. Xhaka slipped him in down the left, Saka moved the ball forward and whipped in a perfect cross for Eddie to guide a volley across Pickford’s goal. Brilliant to see him score after so many criticised Lacazette not starting (same people that have been complaining the Frenchman should have been dropped weeks ago).
We controlled possession in the main. Most of our problems came from Richarlison. He has so much power, he can shoot, cross, dribble, but Mustafi mostly did well with him on his own.
Iwobi had the best chance, blazing over in customary Iwobi fashion. He was subbed after 60, I do not miss him.
We took the lead when David Luiz slipped Auba in with a defence-splitting pass that was unbelievably sexy. The sharpshooter from Gabon should have cut the ball across the box to Eddie, but he wasn’t having any of that, he took the shot himself and it was inch-perfect.
The half meandered on for 5 minutes because of the Kola injury and we couldn’t keep it together. A ball cleared the area and was volleyed into the ground, spinning up, Mustafi lost out to Mina, the onward header wasn’t dealt with, everyone was asleep bar Richarlison, who prodded the ball under Leno.
The second half started off in spectacular fashion, Ozil slipped Pepe down the right, he cut back, found Auba with a precision cross, the striker heading down into the ground back across Pickford’s goal. Carlo’s face was a picture, barely had the chance to sit down.
The narrative of the second half was a messy one. Everton consistently found Richarlison out on the left, and his dangerous balls into the box were an absolute nightmare to deal with. Calvert Lewin was inches away on numerous occasions from equalising. He found himself 6 yards out with only Leno to beat, the German spread himself and the ball bounced off him.
Mustafi was a bit of monster in the second half. He took control of a horrible 45 putting his head, legs and body on the line to keep Everton at bay. Especially important as Saka’s head dropped after a number of bad touches, some Theo like collapsing on the ball under zero pressure, and some car crash passes to imaginary friends.
The two best chances came when a looping long ball over the top saw Bellerin slide it into the Everton forward line, Leno was quick to it, 15 years from his line he slid into a tackle and made the chance. There was also a horrendous setpiece that ended with a Lewin header that grazed past Leno’s far post.
NERVE JANGLING.
The fans hung on for the last 5 minutes, sung loud and proud, and we took the 3 points.
Mikel’s first back-to-back wins in the Premier League. The fans vocal and onside. The players smiling at the end of the game.
The performance in the second half was a big mess at times. We made silly mistakes, we struggled with possession and we rode our luck. But that’s football, we needed a bit of good fortune after the nightmare run of horrible decisions and moments we had at the start of Arteta’s tenure.
I’m sure he’ll be working with the players to address some of the clear problems. We gave up possession too easily in midfield under pressure. We also didn’t deal with Richarlison. He’s a fantastic player, a bully, but time and time again, we allowed long balls out to the left to end in a cross or a very close chance. Mustafi was mostly on his game which was useful because Hector didn’t appear to be.
Another slight annoyance is some of the very cheap turnovers we allowed from throw-ins. We shouldn’t be losing possession there, but we did on numerous occasions. I also thought there were a few times when we weren’t even offering options.
Arteta was happy, mostly because Everton had a week to prepare and we had 3 days. A very important bit of information, particularly for a side that are a lot more physical than us (Arteta paraphrased).
‘The way we reacted and played for 65minutes after Europe was exactly what I wanted. They kept going and going.’
He also said Auba is the most important player and that he had questions over his ability to do the physical side of the job when he started, but now they are answered, and he wants to keep him at the club. It was a towering performance from the captain today. Two brilliant goals, but more importantly, his defensive duties were integral to keeping the outcome respectable. He loves mucking in and he’s playing like a proper captain. I was very impressed.
Dani Ceballos also had a very positive game. He was a little all over the place in the first half, he played some searching balls and kept the ball moving well, but he also made some silly mistakes, playing passes that didn’t need to be played or losing the ball in possession. The second half he was much better. He was an enforcer, making some brutal tackles and refusing to hide.
Bernd Leno was back to his best. He made some incredible saves, controlled his box well and made some very high-risk decisions that paid off. People might critique that he’s overused statistically, but the best keepers in the world keep teams in games. We haven’t had on that does that in years. God bless the German.
Also, worth noting that Mesut was also a beast. Ran himself ragged, made some great passes and tried to slow the game late on. Granit Xhaka was also brilliant, his probing balls and some ambitious Hollywood passes really opened the field. You really can’t know those two for effort and application.
There was some criticism of the subs. Arteta moves late in the game, a very Wengerish trait, and sometimes it’s not entirely clear what he’s up to. Taking off a flagging Ceballos for LT to strengthen a midfield being overrun made sense though, and you could see what the intention of Mesut for Matteo, more energy, aggressive pressing higher up the pitch. It didn’t really help, but I think that was just the nature of the game. I think a lot of people thought Papa or Nelson could have helped down the right where we were being absolutely savaged. Fair comment really, but the outcome was a win, so sheath your swords.
Overall, it was a great win. Not an ideal performance by a stretch, but some good attacking play, three very well worked goals, and a good response from going a goal down. That’s three wins in 7 days. Also notable that the fans are feeling it. They sang loud, they supported the team and helped us see it through. I think people can see Arteta is slowly moving the club forward, this is a team that was dead a few months ago and now they’re fighting like dogs until the end. Arteta was never going to fix everything right away, his main job has been to make us harder to beat, which we are. Now we’re starting to rack up points. Loads to address, but I’m feeling good about where we’re heading. The plan is clear.
A massive home game against the Greeks in the week. Let’s keep the positivity rolling and move to the next round and the chance of winning a cup.
See you in the comments. x
Dissenter,
“He’s doing well, actually very well for a manager with no long term experience”
I agree 100%, but there’s no hiding from the fact that he needs better players. All the backtracking on some of these players are just trolling. Arsenal got away with that victory today, fans saying players were tired but most of the starters were fresh. CA really improved that Everton team, they were impressive.
Last year we would have drawn or lost this game
The team fought for these 3 points
Great victory
GunnerDNA, no one. Not one person. Ever. Anywhere. Has said we don’t need new players.
Emirates
i just worry bell ain’t gonna get back to where he was at. each game kinda confirms it. don’t really know how far therapies go now but hopefully he can gain some of that monster speed back, he’s still young, but dunno
Zach, think he’s done. Move to Juve this summer
just read the gossip fonseca wants mikhi at roma next season. more good news
We have brought two players in Jan and neither have played for us yet?
Why?
I know one is not fit but what’s wrong?
Bellerin is pants
next four games, home to west ham, away to brighton and southampton then home to norwich.
hopefully that gets us up a few notches so we can take wolves away after that. that would be a HUGE 3
Lazio win again to keep their scudetto hopes pumpin and kickin
you think juve are gonna take him Pedro? that would be a sea change in the dressing room but prob worth it. we’re gonna need to buy two RBs this summer… unless there’s someone in the academy i’m unaware of
spanish dave
one is injured, one has never played a prem game before. i wouldn’t be surprised to see mari either start or make the bench on thurs though
Let’s be honest Arsenal in November needed a complete overhaul based on our performance level in the season up to that point. The football was dull as dishwasher, our defending chaotic and we looked like a relegation team. We are not by any figment of the imagination a title winning team but since Arteta’s arrival the the team looks better organised, fitter and increasingly harder to beat. No-one can argue also that players like Mustafi, Xhaka and Ozil have worked much harder in recent games and their performance level has improved. Two months ago we were discussing how to shift… Read more »
april could be a rough month, wolves, leicester and spuds AND europa quarter finals. hopefully we get a solid run of momentum and no big imnjuries
I know but why buy them?
We need players who can hit the ground running in January as we don’t have time to bed them in
Zacharse
Arteta can experiment a little and rotate players in next two games against
Olympiakos and Portsmouth.
dave
they were bargains and we had no monmey and needed players. both copuld turn out well for us as well. good biz imo
Mkhitaryan doing well at Roma and they want to keep him. Don’t get greedy Arsenal… anything around £10m+ sell him on and move him on. Do the same for Elneny.
That’s £20m+ without batting an eyelid and millions off the wage bill. Then use some of the saved wages to improve Saka and Auba to stay… plus have a nice start up fund from which to build a good transfer kitty.
Oh by the way, if Mustafi’s improved performances convinces another team to shell out £20m+… sell. We need better and younger.
Tierney is a
Concern
Something tells me there was more to his injuries than the club let on about..
Something seems off
Should not take this long for a shoulder separation for a young strong kid
*improve Auba and Saka’s contracts…
Pedro: “The second half started off in spectacular fashion, Xhaka slipped Pepe down the right,”
Mistake. Xhaka never played on the right side.
So come the summer, even without touching the Crown Jewels in the squad we should be able to raise £50m easy.
Mkhitaryan £10m
Elneny £10m
Kolasinac £10m
Ainsley Maitland-Niles £15m to £20m. English youngsters are all the rage in the Bundesliga at the moment… perhaps we could even propose a player plus cash deal to RB Leipzig for Upamecano? It’s clear for whatever reason Arteta doesn’t rate him. Sell him on then with a first refusal and decent a buy back clause.
Leeds, absolutely. Think we’ll raise some good money in the summer and change the profile of the squad. Kike Marin says we have two players signed already. Would love to know who they are.
Nelson, changed it!
emirates
let’s hope he does. a few of those guys could use a rest, saka definitely, and would love to see mari get a shot
i know literally nothing about tierney except that he’s already been linked to leicester
Something’s wrong with Tierney.
A dislocated shoulder is not three months rehab.
Why the hell did we get involved with him?
It’s an Arsenal thing.
Even our worst players tend to be top 4 quality it just depends if you mean starting 11 or squad.
As far as squad players go, we did it with bentdner, chamakh and denilson all in the same team…
Man utd won everything under the sun with absolute mediocrity like o’shea, Anderson, fletcher, Wes brown and the like.
You don’t need a squad of beasts. You don’t even need 11. 7 excellent players 5 consistently solid players and a bit of average for squad fillers will more than do
With all the money we could potentially raise this summer we should consider buying off some referees
I don’t know anything about shoulder injuries but yeah you’d have thought this would’ve been a one month issue or something max?
Anyone here had a dislocated shoulder? Was it really that bad?
One can see that Arteta ball is possession football starting the attack from the two CB’s. Whenever we recover the ball, it’ll pass back to one of the two CB first. The system starts to work better and better.
I tore apart my rotator cuff and it was 2 months recovery
But I played baseball, a bit different.
Bamford10 February 23, 2020 20:59:22 “Un Na I’m not salty at all. I am quite happy, actually. And to win their wager with me, TR7 and WE need Arsenal to finish above United. No offense, but I’m pretty confident I’m going to win that wager.” I don’t mean to pick on you but around this time last year, you (and gambon) said we weren’t going to catch United let alone finish above them. We eventually did, in spite of our poor run towards the end of the season. For the love of Arsenal, I hope you’re wrong again. But I’ll… Read more »
I want players like xhaka sold as much as the next person, but it’s a well trodden path that even average players can go all the way in a team that wants them Darren fletcher’s only contribution to football was running around relentlessly committing as many professional fouls as possible whilst trying not to get red carded Guy was average as fuck, is idolized by no one and will be entirely forgotten to footballing history. But he was a mainstay in a beastly successful man utd setup and was considered a key player lol. Not a Vieira sort, not a… Read more »
China
Motivation, confidence and tactical
Nous are bigger parts of football than talent many times. Sometimes we all forget these qualities are what separate players who are basically all at the same level. I mean what percentage of footballers ever play a prem
Game? Sure there are are world class players but by definition there arent that many
Rodney, not quite sure the hype over United is any less bloated than usual.
They drew to Brugge away in the week, beat a very inconsistent Chelsea, lost to City in the semi of the league cup, drew with Wolves, and beat a shite Watford.
OGS gets great press despite not really moving the needle, though Fernandes looks great.
@China Fletcher had Scholes next to him, didn’t he? At least for a bit.
Xhaka could do with a mobile, sure-footed partner.
wtf
mike dean on crouchs pod? i might have to listen
Pedro, United beat City away from home in the league.
Their counter-attacking style helps them win the “big” games. It appears to be all OGS has to offer in terms of tactics though because they tend to struggle against the “lesser” teams which is why they went in hard for Bruno Fernandes.
Rodney, he did, everyone said they’d turned the corner, then Pep smashed them 3 weeks later.
Maybe Fernandes is the key, but there have been so many United false dawns. Truly, the only key for them is Poch.
Rodney
We will see, but I think United will finish well above us. Cheers.
United a whopping 4 points ahead of us during our worst start in 3 decades, on our 3rd manager, with a squad you said was uncoachable.
Also drew to Brugge in the week. I’d be cautious about talk of a turnaround.
I hate United
Waiting for Liverpool…. imagine if we beat them would be crazzzzy
Pedro I never said anything about anyone being “un-coachable”. That is just another one of your straw-men. And United had a terrible start as well, on account of injuries. They were in 14th place when I said here in October that they were a better team than we are. And they are. I will be shocked if they don’t finish well above us. As for our supposedly terrible start which you’re always going on about, as I’ve pointed out several times, until today Arteta was doing no better in the PL than Emery did this season in the PL. 1.38… Read more »
Bamford, how many times do you have to have this 1.38 points red herring explained to you?
Do you not understand how poorly constructed this line of attack is? I thought you were a professor?
You don’t even start your bad comparison from the right place.
Your 1.38 number was comparing 9 games to 13. If you were to compare 10 to 10 (last 10 UE to first 10 MA) which would still be a stupid comparison, Emery clocked in at 1.1 points per game. Arteta is now up to 1.5, which is a 27% hike in points starting from the worst Arsenal position in over 30 years.
If we spread the numbers to 11 games after our next game and we win, the gap goes to 33%.
Which becomes all the more significant when you realise all the things Arteta didn’t have, that Emery did.
Namely 2 preseasons
A say in who we signed
200m to spend
18 months with the squad
Supposedly terrible? Bam it was the worst start in 27 years we had only won 1 match in 9 in his final 9.. Your losing it. If you can’t see how the team is performing better, as far as effort, organization, structure, giving up less shots per game. and now results are starting to follow.. I don’t know what people can tell you anymore. Also what is the obsession with top 4 quality or not? … Squad quality is a sliding scale players don’t perform at the same level game to game.. Form isn’t a constant. So at any one… Read more »
The strikers in this team are capable of getting goals especially now we have 2 dribblers pepe and saka the strikers are not tightly marked, one of the reasons Auba is scoring headers.
Dozi’s best position is higher up the field not a sitting CM, he’s naturally a protagonist.
Im telling you this for free!
we don’t even need that many new players, a few fullbacks, a big cb and a midfield destroyer would get us into contention w city, they haven’t had a particularly good season…
I don’t understand the relevance of the so-called stats which compare our performance this season under Emery and Arteta. 1. We lost 7 games under Emery in all competitions. This compares with only 1 defeat under Arteta against Chelsea which we lost in final 10 minutes when the team tired. 2. Yes we have drawn too many fixtures this season under all managers, and in many cases that was down to silly defensive errors. However, anyone who watches the team perform as opposed to just reading the stats will recognise that Arsenal were playing poor football under Emery and we… Read more »
Emirates stroller we won 21 league games under Emery, finished two points off third place and played in a Europa league final, saying we did not look remotely competitive under him is lying . Like Ishola pointed out we also had this same scenario where we went on an unbeaten run and looked hard to beat. Literally nothing happening now didn’t happen at one point under Emery. Which is why declaring the past few games the dawn of a new era is very very premature as is the declaration that certain characters have been “properly coached”. They haven’t, they always… Read more »
RH
I was discussing This season and not last.
Also you need to make a comparison between performance of players under
both head coaches. We have the same squad available.
Everton exposed our weak areas yesterday which was down the flanks. Many on here were concerned that we would be overrun in our midfield area but that didn’t happen, Ceballos and Ozil put in a great shift and they obviously like playing together. Ceballos is playing himself into the starting line up with every good performance he puts in. Bellerin , although not getting much protection from Pepe, is a liability at the moment and against good opposition will be targetted. Arteta is probably hoping that Cedric hits the ground running , if he does then we should expect to… Read more »
Agree Pierre, Tierney/Saka could form the basis of our left side for the next decade all being well.
Let’s see the season close before Emiratesstroller wanks himself silly…
From AT
“Under Emery, the Gunners had eradicated cheap goals from set pieces, but Arteta’s failing to get a handle on it and the team is paying the price. Arsenal won because they were the more clinical. On another day, the scoreline could easily have been reversed as Everton played most of the good football.”
RH “I have just caught the game and again defensively we rode a luck. We conceded 17 shots at home” We did ride our luck towards the end of the game yesterday. I feel the problem for this was due to the fact that we unable to pace our game as well as we have done recently , where we have become stronger in the latter stages of games. Conceding so early was the reason for this, the effort and energy that the players put in to turn the game round took its toll in the later stages of the… Read more »
Pierre
Excuses, like the grass was too long against Burnley…lol
RT, “Under Emery, the Gunners had eradicated cheap goals from set pieces” Except that the last season under Wenger Arsenal had the best defensive record at set pieces in the league. The season before Arsenal had the second best defensive record at set pieces. The first season under Emery we were also in course to have the best defensive record at set pieces until toward the end of the season when he decided to switch from zonal to man marking. Crystal Palace, Wolves, Leicester etc took advantage of that mad decision. Emery was asking Torreira to man mark mountain man… Read more »
Tired of these slags who have probably never exerted themselves physically for more than 5 minutes in their lives always talking as if sport is formulaic.
The best teams don’t always win the league. The team that played better doesn’t always win the match. Please stop obsessing over who has the better players as if that is all that matters, you’re ignoring the human aspect of everything. Yes we all want and know we need better players.
Not that this will register as intended. It’s like talking to to a plant. Dumb fuckers annoy me though.
Pierre, I don’t think that Everton will have any joy during their next set of games. They will face teams that will exploit their defensive frailty. Since Idrissa Gueye went to PSG, they have nobody who can physically dominate and control the opposition. Schneiderlin is the ghost of the player he was at Southampton. Like Bernard, Richardlison, Walcott Everton have players who flatter to deceive. Look good forward in patches but not consistent enough. For all Everton’s possession and attempts on goal, they scored two jammy goals from set pieces. Also they are very susceptible to counter-attacking. Against Wolves, ManUtd,… Read more »
Valentin
Agreed. Wenger was sacked because the attack wasn’t scoring goals and the mid was dysfunctional.
And on a side note, our dead ball defence improved after Steve Bould came on board.
That was some performance , so so enjoyable . Didnt think Arsenal had it in them to turn it around. Mustafi alone defended the whole right side. Luiz with that sexy pass. Saka’s cross . Aubameyang. So many positives. Mikel Arteta is really good.
China1
Excellent point with regards to Darren Fletcher.
It is how a player fits in with the squad rather than pure talent itself. We had our experience with a rampaging Coquelin.
If anyone desires a coach that only moans about lack of players, just look at the current Mourinho.
Dark Hei
That wasn’t the only reason he was sacked.
Contrary to opinions here, lacazette isn’t the one keeping Auba from central position, it’s the tactics. In our setup, Auba is less effective as a 9, bcos he cant hold up play and gets easily man marked. Coming from the wing however, its difficult to mark him. That’s how we destroyed man utd and Everton. Plus he is playing as an Aux CF anyway, he doesnt have to track back all the time as Xhaka is covering and Saka joins in double marking opponents no7. So whatever happens Auba stays on the wing permanently
“Against Everton on Sunday evening, Ozil played one key pass, had a pass accuracy of 92.3%, took 66 touches, attempted one dribble, made one tackle, and put in one cross, according to WhoScored.” Good numbers if all you want is someone to keep possession and circulate the ball. Not that good if you want a Cam that actually influences the game and contributes to goals. Which kind of is the job of a Cam. Those of you thinking Ozil is earning his wages and doesn’t need upgrading in the summer are deluded. Sure he’s improved lately but he’s still doing… Read more »
Man utd aren’t as good as some are predicting here, they were woeful 1st half against Watford at home, if not for a mistimed challenge by Foster, that had draw written all over it. In any case, Everton is never losing to man utd at home. Not happening
Valentin
I disagree with your sentiment regarding Everton. Its Andre Gomes who they really missed , with the protection from Delph , he can be the difference for Everton. I thought it was strange Ancelotti didnt start him. Good for us obviously. Bernard isnt even a starter , They needed somebody to feed passes to thay front three of Iwobi-Richarliso-CalvertLewin. That is why they resorted to the long passes on our rightside to Bellerin. They are certainly a good side.
The one thing that NEVER gets mentioned re: arteta vs emery lately And i just can’t understand why this doesnt just END THE ARGUMENT EVERYTIME is that with the end of the “marathon” that is the premier league, his tactics stopped working. And then we lost the final. He got found out AND he lost the dressing room. Its fine to be in the lead for 3/4 of a marathon, but nobody really cares about the guy who was winning for 3/4 of a marathon and no one wants to use those methods for the next one. He simply wasnt… Read more »
Morning. Miki with a goal and an assist. And fonseca says He wants to keep both miki and smalling. 10 mil for him and another 10 from Elneny and It will pay for half the price of a really good CM. Or pape gueye and a decent left back if we sell kola. And On auba playing on the wing, I know he doesn’t offer much as a striker apart from goals but if we got a really good winger and if auba is still playing on the shoulders of the last defender it will add much more balance to… Read more »
We wanted results. Now to start kicking on with confidence.
Stroller
I like reading your posts as much as I enjoy reds short statements.. don’t agree with him , he don’t reply to questions ..
However calling for a fellow poster to be banned is wrong in my opinion. Unless he has personally attacked you, then that is wrong.
Yes he is nuisance at times
He is entitled to his views however random they are.
Habesha
“And On auba playing on the wing, I know he doesn’t offer much as a striker apart from goals but if we got a really good winger and if auba is still playing on the shoulders of the last defender it will add much more balance to our attack”
We have a really good winger in Saka
What happened with Guen in Dubai: “The training incident,” Ornstein reveals, “was a mid-session altercation with one of his team-mates, which led to both men being pulled up by Arteta, although the 20-year-old was deemed the guiltier party and given a more stern dressing-down. “But also during the five-day camp, Arsenal’s technical director Edu had to tell off the Frenchman for his behaviour at an external event,” Ornstein adds. “The group were enjoying some local music when Guendouzi briefly removed his shirt and waived it around in support of the act.” Doesn’t sound that serious and the knee jerk reactions… Read more »
I get no enjoyment from reading Redtruth’s comments. I wouldn’t ban him though as I suspect the interactions he gets from this blog are an important part of his social interaction. Without this ‘contact’ I would fear for his mental health.
New week, hopefully Bam can make a comment that doesnt revert back to the same repetitive topics that has had him banned a few times this season.
Eh anyone that asks for another poster to get banned is a twat. Grow some skin and move on. Snitches get stitches.
There needs to be some perspective about yesterday’s result and not the constant unintelligent commentary expressed by the usual party poopers. 1. Arsenal played two difficult games in less than 3 days plus travel to and from Greece. 2.Everton are a better team than has been suggested with good results since 7th December. They lost by a single goal to Liverpool. 3.We conceded an early goal in first minute of the game and a second in the last minute of the first half. Both situations would have been critical outcomes in games earlier in the season. 4. We did not… Read more »
Oh fuck. Bamford and his twin GunnerDNA are still banging on the same fucking drum. This is non-stop spam Pedro. You may want to check on the IP address mate. Bamford and his bogus analysis. He just flits from one position to another after he gets his trousers pulled down exposing his tiny, dysfunctional wiener. He just lies about what he said and what he meant. It’s beyond boring. Time to switch on the spam filter mate. I don’t care if he’s on the spectrum and I don’t care if he’s transitioning. I don’t want to read his rubbish. Retire… Read more »
Bamford wanted Benteke over Giroud and he doesnt think Neymar is world class player.
Hamford is a lost cause, just mug him off and be done with it. A guy with his ego with an imaginary bet against a couple internet specters, if it gets close toward the end of the season you know he’s going to root for United over Arsenal if he hasn’t been already. And he claims to be an Arsenal fan, can’t wrap my head around it. He’ll never stop because he’s unable to see himself frankly for what he is, so why even bother. On another note, I bought his mom a new collar that fights fleas and she… Read more »
Pierre that’s true but we still need a fourth if we sell Lacazette and move Martinelli to CF. Pepe, Saka, Nelson and another one is a deep blend of good wingers.
Monday morning gag A Dublin man sees a sign outside a Kerry farmhouse: ‘Talking Dog For Sale’….He rings the bell, the owner appears and tells him the dog can be viewed in the back garden. The man sees a very nice looking Black Labrador Retriever sitting there. “Do you really talk?” He asks the dog. “Yes!” The Labrador replies. After recovering from the shock of hearing the dog talk, the man asks, “So, tell me your story!” The Labrador looks up and says, “Well, I discovered that I could talk when I was pretty young. I wanted to help the… Read more »
I was at home yesterday listning on radio I am now 70 and have seen a lot of good and bad at Arsenal. Wonderful to hear The library come to life yesterday get rid of the whingers. We have not been lucky of late once our luck turns we can move on to many many victories. Last word had to turn radio off it was too tense.
And threatened to go and support Real Madrid if arsenal didn’t sack Wenger
The delusional cunt talks as if his fandom is something so sacred like some virgin spinster that’s kept her hymen intact for her whole life. Or twenty years in his case, I suppose. .
News flash for Bam-bam: No one cares about your hymen.
Lucky win yesterday but I cannot doubt the application showed by our players. Individual caused the first goal. Kola strolling 4 yard behind the offside line then Luiz making a mess of what should have been a simple headed clearance. Second goal was clearly on Leno but the way he responded in the second half was exemplary. He gave away a simple goal sure but saved 2 or 3 Very big chances and more than made up for his mistake imo. Auba putting in a captain’s performance. You wont find a better goalscorer in the league rn and his defensive… Read more »
Sorry for the typos 🙈
Wasi there’s a new post, you should repost over there.
I believe the substitutions were spot on. Where the problem lies was that the subs didn’t carry out the simply instruction that shouldn’t have taken a coach to order had the players themselves were technically superior. All throughout the latter parts of the 2nd half, Andre Gomez was allowed to nick passes to the Richarlison on the right. Now, I believe in solving a problem from its source/root. Applying this, if only the earlier midfield paring of Ozil and Ceballos or the substitutes of Matteo and Torreira had stepped up to prevent the Everton midfielders particularly Gomez from making those… Read more »
I thought the play for the first goal was kind of brilliant, you know Kola is not going to go down if you push him, most players would have collapsed but Kola was going to resist, and then ruin the whole offside trap.
That being said, the comeback was brilliant, Mustafi was immense again. I can’t imagine there is room for all the centerbacks we now have at the club. Especially with Saliba coming in next season.