Well hello my darlings.
A huge game for Arsenal this weekend. Everton could very well give us a total spanking and make this the end to 2020 we didn’t deserve.
I’ve been doing the rounds with people this week. Things are not good for Arteta. He’s lost a lot of goodwill over the last three months and palming it off on being a new project simply doesn’t jive with most.
It’s bad decisions.
We’ve put too much faith in players that always fail us.
We made a horrendous decision on the contracts of David Luiz and Willian. The rumours about those two canvassing Edu to bin Mikel are probably untrue, but they perfecty capture the disgusting deal with the devil we did when we invited Kia to be our real Technical Director. Average people on big money trying to sway the direction of the club, this is what happens.
We are making poor decisions on the pitch. There was a clear vision for how we’d play the game last year. Now we’re shape-shifting every week and it’s all looking a little bit Emery. Arteta needs to work out what the fuck he wants to do.
We also have a discipline problem. Our red cards have been shit. Getting mugged by Theo is hardly trying to rip Neil Ruddock’s head off. Dumb mistakes by players that should know better. The most notable bit that many aren’t talking about is the junior players all apologised to the fans, but Granit Xhaka still hasn’t. Fuck him. Get him out in January and put his career at Arsenal in the waste disposal. He shouldn’t play for us again.
I’m also thinking about other mistakes, like letting Emi Martinez go. One of my good friends messaged and said we’ve stopped playing out the back. Emi was better with his feet, he was better at shot-stopping, and he dealt with setpieces better. He was on fire. Based on merit, he should have remained our #1. We sold the wrong keeper… who is now sympathizing with Meust in the press right now. You reap what you sow.
We are in hell. Arteta should be gone. He has one chance to make this right. He has one chance to show he can do the coaching thing without City tools. If he doesn’t shape us up by the end of the month, why would you let him and Edu shape the January window?
Some people are accusing me of losing faith. Well, it’s been shaken since he landed the big promotion. He lost his way. He’s let his ego take over. He didn’t do what we had hoped in the summer. He tried to shortcut Arsenal to the top after seeing us fail doing that over the last 10 years. Those stupid mistakes our Technical Director let him make have sent this season careening off the road.
He can bring us back from the brink, I’m just not sure he’s shown enough this season to do it. How many more times can you write: ‘Today could be the turning point.’
It’s now on Arteta to restore confidence. The time for excuses is over. Let’s see some action.
FINALLY: Listen to my NEW podcast with Johnny Cochrane. It’s kind of an intervention. It’s like the comments section took over a human to talk sense to me. It’s a good listen.
If you like it, give him a follow at @iJohnnyCochrane. Also, check out his How’s your Father? podcast on Spotify.
NOW LISTEN TO THE ARSENAL OPINION!
*My boy William
@Marc
I think the senior players have downed tools.
But the younger ones, not so much. That’s why Arteta will survive a few more weeks until it becomes obvious. By then, we might be closer to or in the drop zone.
Forget the League Cup – the Spud’s are winning it this season.
Better to not lose to them in the final.
Pedro on Twitter: “Much better today. We are in the game. Two silly goals to concede, but this could be a fun second half”
Fuck off to Spurs.
Get behind Teets or just fuck off.
Call yourselves Arsenal fans.
Freddie has done better than this joker!
Bring him back
Victorious
December 19, 2020 19:32:07
Not sure how many on here really watched the game!Any other day and we could have won convincingly, the players gave it their all,I wouldn’t sack him yet
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It’s ok. When it dawns on you and others that we’re in a relagation scrap I’m sure the players will get serious. Fight for the badge. Smh.
CT
***2- Take care of your mental health***
My Captain T
I ve told you before.
You love Arsenal too much.
Run for them hills.
Get out of The Arsenal Game.
You will end up bonkers.
Like me
MGooner
Not so sure – even Luiz seemed to be trying to do something.
Worst PPG of the premier league since Arteta took over, yet still people are arguing against his sacking on the count of a lucky (and in some game undeserved) good cup run.
Enough is enough. Arteta out
Players worked hard in a system that continues to defy logic. Again with the stupid crosses .. I could understand if we had a proper centre forward, but we do not..
I am fairly certain none of the players believe in the shit Arteta is asking them to play; slow and ponderous and would make a Stoke fan blush in embarrassment.
Arteta and his Round pegs in square holes need to leave now so we can save this season.
Marc
Really should have given ESR a chance or even Nelson, at least they would have tried. Willian is stealing a living at Arsenal.
You think it is a joke the relegation IT IS NOT this is a real thing loosing 8 games out of the first 14 that is relegation form.
Has a man lost goodwill as quickly as arteta? Bad desicions come back to hire, he created this he backed mediocrity he backed old men.
I am always amazed at how allergic people are to humble pies 😉
This club was destroyed by its own fans!
The players aren’t playing for Arteta they’re playing for pride and to stay in the PL
Now is a good as time as any to change… The odds of us beating Chelski aren’t high.. anyhow. And what exactly are we trying to preserve at this point? Depressing as fuck.
Val
Build a team around Saka, AMN, Martinelli, Tierney, Gabriel, Saliba, Willock, Nkethia.
I’ve been calling for starting the young players who have something to prove. It can’t get any worse.
Marc
Chelsea’s forward line could put up a record high score.
This has been.my latest worry. We are going to get a drubbing of epic proportions vs these bastards, Chelski if we are not playing any better.
The nail in Arteta’s coffin?
Relegation is real. Who we beating?
LEGO boy has successfully downgraded all the player’s abilities and confidence
More to come…
Arsenal had 2 shots on target all game. Neither side had a shot on target in the second half.
I’m completely numb to it now. God knows where we go from here.
Arteta could just about avoid relegation this season then boss the league nest as per Aston Villa.
Trust in the process le grove.
Also we played better or less bad actually without Auba. Pepe doesnt get any better. Bring him on the left. At least he can be more unpredictable by playing first touch instead of bringing the ball on the left and turn all the time.
Pedro on Twitter: “Much better today. We are in the game. Two silly goals to concede, but this could be a fun second half”
Can’t argue with this really
BEING
RELEGATED
MATTERS
I thought we did OK.1st goal a killer.Goal Kick 99% of the time.
DUIFG
It really baffles the things he did during the summer. It’s like he deliberately chose the wrong decisions again and again.
Ishola70
It seems Arsenal take the cup games as World. Cup Finals so thats why Im worried.
Add to that Arteta BFF Pep can lend him a favour because. City dont care about the cup.
I hope Arteta get fired today but it wont happen.
at least relegation battle is an exciting new experience as exciting as the title challenge
that’s the genius of the sauce!
“Willian should never play for Arsenal again, the guy is a disgrace.”
TR7 will go after anyone but Arteta
MD
5 points from a possible 30 isn’t just relegation form it’s gone by Easter.
I’ve never seen arsenal players have to take so many touches on the ball
Progress!!
Some meltdown really going on here.. Hahaha
We aren’t getting relegated you melts, we lost a game having been the better team
Get a hold of yourselves! Jesus
This isn’t just results, last year we played Chelsea we pressed we harried, off the ball there was structure, that has all gone.
Arteta in? On what? Apart from slating the squad what can you point towards? He chose to keep these guys.
The mangers job is to play the cards he’s dealt and he’s playing them terribly
We have been sent backwards by years in a matter of no time by arteta.
He cannot possibly remain in charge for longer.
Well what can anyone say? 100% 2nd half but totally shot confidience wise and zero end product again. Btw Andy1886 yep Thomas Baker and I support afc of course I’m insane
Victorious you are deluded
75 million votes – I won the election
We are Arsenal we aren’t being relegated
You have a Trumpian grasp on reality.
“We aren’t getting relegated you melts, we lost a game having been the better team”
And that doesn’t worry you? Losing to a team who didn’t even have to play well
Don’t kid yourself Vic. We didn’t play well in the first half. Second half is Everton sitting back and looking to counter so our stats were always going to look better.
To all those screaming ARTETA OUT doesn’t work you still have the executive rot, you need to kill the head if you want to stop the atrocious football that Arsenal plays. So get a new CEO, DofF and manager than through money at the problem and you will improve.,
So disappointed. Only the last part of the game did we look genuinely interested. Laca and martinelli did make a difference when they came on. Surprised that neither Auba or Laca played any real part of this game. Once Auba was injured I thought Laca starts.
“LEGO boy has successfully downgraded all the player’s abilities and confidence
More to come…”
If Arsenal execs refuse to make a change they are the one to blame. Not Arteta.
It’s obvious he is too green, maybe clueless, but he cannot sack himself, nobody would do that.
It’s on the people with power.
again no open play goals
Gunerman, I was an arteta in man, I was ecstatic in the summer getting Gabriel thinking him saliba play high press, he related him worried me.
William stank as we thought it was to become a ten, no its to replace a 72m player, odd odd odd, you need to win and play well to justify that. He hasn’t, we are regressing.
There is no shape, no pattern, no defensive pattern.
He’s lost me completely through his won making, notwithstanding underlying issues at the club, he can do better. Being a hard man only works if you win
“we lost a game having been the better team”
No we didn’t – it’s the same as the Spud’s match lots of meaningless possession but fuck all with it.
What is it 1 goal from open play since early October?
And it’s not 1 match it’s now 8 losses in 14, we’ve only won 4.
I agree MD Gunner but this manager is a disaster – easily the worst in my lifetime now and I go back to the late 60s
We didn’t have a shot on target in the second half and only showed urgency in the last 2mins of extra added time.
We used to thump Everton not so long ago.
The backwards acceptability of passing standards is disgusting.
Yeah Radio Raheem is spot on.
If Aston Villa can have a recovery season with an average manager then just imagine our recovery next season under such an exciting young manager as Arteta.
The sky is the limit next season as far as I am concerned under Teets.
Come on here and write a proper apology Pedro for 2.5 years of deluded ravings about arteta.
If and when we get relegated – I’d love it if on the final day of the season – Arteta peels off his plastic headed lego-gimp-haired mask thing – and reveals the wrinkled, sith lord Wenger behind it”Ehhhh, I told you all you would miss me….waaaa-hahaha” Then he’ll open his shirt and reveal the face of Kroenke “Total Recall” style…..enmeshed into Wengers stomach with the body of a baby…. As Kroenke summons up demons from within Wengers rectum – Pedro will cycle by on a wheelchair with 3 radioactive tits on his head…. Speaking of being missed – has anyone… Read more »
Levy sacked Pochettino last December when spuds were 5th.
We are keeping a manager breaking every negative Arsenal record in the history.
Let that sink in.
I don’t believe auba is injured….he may be asked arteta to fuck off…..no way your best player is left out of the squad for a niggle. something is cooking there
Ishola
I’m struggling to tell if you’re being sarcastic.
Doubt we’ll get trounced by Chelsea because we’ll be parking the bus and setting up not to lose. Get turned over 0-1 or 0-2 and then sections of the fanbase talk it up as an achievement, just as many did after we ‘only’ lost 0-1 to a City side experiencing Pep’s worst ever start to a season.
You accept mediocrity and this is where you end up.
I don’t want this man anywhere near our transfer window, he’s proven he has no eye for playing talent.
DUIFG
There was a genuine high around the club early summer. Then the signings didn’t materialize, Martinez gets sold, AMN is kept, Saliba, etc. Fucking mistakes until today.
Kaz
It’s not about new signings it’s about the way he regresses any player her goes near.
@Victorius
I think you watched the wrong video dude. Or you had one too many 😉
With being fucked by Comcast’s Peacock by bait and switch and no longer having 380 games on Demand, time to preserve ones sanity and become a neutral perhaps in Seria or Bundesliga for a team of one’s choice. The Bayern v Leverkusen game was excellent also 2:1 score for Bayern.
This Arsenal mangement game , with uber competive rivals and absentee owners and an immature fan base……not so easy, is it….
Get RR in, he will soothe it, caress it make it all better.
You have had cavIar,
You have even had sausage,
Now you will feast upon bullshite.
Truth.
Dunno if i watched a different game judging by the reactions from some of you but I find we were very unlucky to lose that,IMO
Vast improvement to the last few weeks
He ain’t getting sacked after this match that’s for sure
Marc
It’s about all of that.
Top clubs wouldn’t accept this. Regardless of how liked the man is.
Fucking pathetic no balls in the higher ups.
Raptora
I agree
We have weak leadership with no vision or balls
hence the current predicament
They were happy to Kop out and hand all the reigns to Wenger and now rather than bringing in structure are adopting another weak ass design relying on a ‘manager’ to craft a path forward in the modern soccer environment
Doesn’t look like this approach will be changing anytime soon so we are coach/manager dependent
Arteta just doesn’t tick any boxes on so many levels starting with coaching
Arsenal seasons:
2018/19 – 10 losses
2019/20 – 10 losses
2020/21 – 8 losses in 14 games
#GiveArtetaMoreTime
Martinez needed a big desicions, he actually opened up attacking pkay from hitting balls to feet from distance, he was also a frame, by right he was the style of keeper we needed, we took the easy decioj to keep the established man.
In genrsl arteta likes established names, and they are letting him down, they have for a while, yet he’s persisted
I can’t remember a single PL game under Arteta where we dominated and played the opposition off the park. We don’t press – we just stand near the opponent and try to guess where he will pass it. It is truly awful stuff. Worse than under Emery.
Willian and Ceballos are overhyped, unproductive players. I hope Arteta is not given any money next month.
I mean Everton didn’t deserve the win, to be honest.
Goonerdave
The last good PL performance under Arteta was against ManU at home New Years day – 354 days ago.
You know things are bad when the captain Aubameyang is suspected of either pulling a sickie a la Özil or having had a fight with Arteta.
Arteta should show some dignity and resign tonight.
Victorious – you clown………the game was won at half time – Ancelotti said – go on have the ball Arteta – you total incompetent gimp – and try and break us down….and what was the final result? We had fuck all shots on target on lost the game….
We didn’t deserve to lose, Everton did nothing
Everton were dreadful and without they’re top 4-5 players save for Dom Calvert Lewin. Arteta may not be the only problem or even the biggest one, but hes got to go along with Edu. Willian signing after what just happened with Ozil is a sackable offense
Arsenal will not get relegated, absolutely no chance. Let’s not even talk about it. Any team with players such as Auba, Partey, Gabriel, Saka, Martinelli, Tierney etc. in its squad will not get relegated.
It doesn’t really matter if we were OK at the end of the day. What matters is whether you bag the 3 points or not. And we haven’t.
I can see why some think that we are not going to be relegated. We have been in the top flight for so long (well since Sir Henry Norris put us there … read about it)…. but when the structure surrounding the manager is so weak, with a weak manager…. relegation will slowly become reality if we are not careful.
The cunt has just said blah blah blah.
Fuck off out my club.
Victorious – how can we be unlucky to lose that when we had 2 shots on target all game?
Defensively we are all over the shop. I’ve never seen an Arsenal team give the opposition so much time and space on the ball.
That’s it. I am out. Arteta gotta go. We are literally in a relegation battle in fucking December.
LEGO boy can’t rebuild a doll house in his garage
He’ll trash this club if he’s given funds to rebuild in January
TR7
That’s just arrogance talk. All those players and the team are in relegation form.
Steven
Its called fine margins you idiot!
That’s the luck factor in sports, pinned them in all half but just get the goal
He won’t be sacked after that performance
Make peace with that
#OzilPlayerManager
“Arsenal will not get relegated, absolutely no chance. Let’s not even talk about it. Any team with players such as Auba, Partey, Gabriel, Saka, Martinelli, Tierney etc. in its squad will not get relegated.”
You sound like a preacher… We have left football and now deals in religious mantras.
Are we progressing as a team? Yes or No
TR7
I’m so glad you’ve informed us all that Arsenal are too good to go down.
Because that’s never been said before.
If Leicester can win the league, Arsenal can go down.
Arsenal fans are so arrogant thinking that we are guaranteed to not get relegated.
Same fans were laughing at spuds thinking we will never drop out of top 4 and chose to ignore the obvious signs that we are declining under Wenger.
We dropped to Europa League places.
Last season we finish even outside those.
Now there is a new low in sight, and they are still arrogant about it.
Keep thinking we are too good to get relegated.
We’ve lost 7 times in 10 games. 5 points from 30.
Arsenal have to do something before it’s too late.
The team play much better when we’re a bit desperate for a goal and they revert to instinct and intuition to guide their play. Arteta has them too in their heads trying to follow instructions most of the time, which leads to the slow, predictable, U shape of doom.
MD Gunner
VV and Edu have been in their roles, without Raul, since August. You can’t chop the head off every six months.
The coach is responsible for getting the results on the pitch and he’s failing massively.
It’s going to take time to overhaul the squad but you’ve got to get results while you do it.
They sat back for the whole second half knowing we weren’t good enough to break them down.
Mics
Agree with that. I believe the same thing happened with Emery at the end of his tenure.
Rafa in
We didn’t deserve to lose but we did, that happens when you’re struggling for results.
But talk of relegation? Haha, have a grip!
That’s a nervous haha right?
Interim to steady the ship
Victorious
He won’t be sacked after that performance
Ofc they won’t the spineless fucks…. they are just hoping and praying that he can turn it around.
But wait until he reinstates Xhaka in MF. He seems incapable of trying something different and giving other players a chance to shine, such as Balogun.
TR7 with all due respect you are a deluded fantasist.
Trump7
Arsenal will not get relegated, absolutely no chance. Let’s not even talk about it. Any team with players such as Auba, Partey, Gabriel, Saka, Martinelli, Tierney etc. in its squad will not get relegated.
West Ham, 2003
We need to rip apart the squad. We need to move on a lot of players. But Arteta isn’t the guy to do it. He wanted to keep everyone in january and the summer that werent good enough. We let go of Guendouzi and Torriera, who are better than Elneny and Xhaka. We let go of martinez. Although it was understandable to raise funds. AMN hasnt played enough football to justify keeping him. Nketiah needed more first team football. He froze out Saliba and kept holding. Literally every possible crappy decision to make about playing personnel has been done by… Read more »
If Brighton winn their game tomorrow Arsenal are in 16th place. Burnley have two games in hand and if they will Arsenal will be 17th. Relegation is not real? Can you read table stats?
The team does not train against live opposition, so come match day they’re all in deep waters. Everything else from training is done at half pace going by the released footage, they showed us the best of it. Arteta It hasn’t worked There is no spin or shine to put on it. What exactly is arteta building? Cause our recruitment is mostly geared towards u21 players currently, but they don’t get minutes if they’re foreign in arteta’s arsenal. Aside from that the first team, where the rubber meets the road, is an utter disaster. Whether the players believe in the… Read more »