UPSET WITH A POINT? THAT’S PROGRESS

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Well, that felt a little more like the sort of Arsenal/United match we’re used to. I mean, for a 0-0. 30 shots, a tactical joust, and some very good individual performances… it wasn’t bad.

We rode our luck at times, no doubt, but at the highest level, that’s how it goes. We could have lost 2-0, but equally, we could have taken the game 2-0.

I actually left the 0-0 frustrated, which is be progress considering where we’ve been. A few of our players weren’t firing at 100% and we squandered the chance to hit a United that felt there for the taking in the second half.

Let’s get the obvious talk out the way. Edison Cavani missed a couple of sitters he’ll be having nightmares over. The first one he fluffed an open goal, likely because he was put off by Cedric’s shadowing. His second, from 6 yards, fell slightly behind him. Outside that, Arsenal dealt really well with their dangerous crossing most of the game.

Arsenal had their chances as well. The first half the front 4 simply didn’t click. It was odd, no one really trusted Pepe early in the game and as a result, Lacazette and Partey opted incorrectly for potshots from 20+ yards. If they knew it was that Nicolas Pepe at the ground yesterday, they might have passed. As the half wore on, Nico had a moment when he dropped 17 stepovers before fizzing one of those trademark low shots wide.

The second half saw Gabriel M taken off for Willian. The Brazilian had a ‘not so shit’ game but his rustiness shone brightly when his shot at the back post was squandered. Pepe was cut in by Willian, the shot blocked by the lumbering leg of Maguire. Smith Rowe tested DDG with a brutal shot. Then Lacazette hit the bar with a beautiful freekick.

We drew, but there was no shame under the circumstances. So what did we learn?

Thomas Partey

Well, it turns out his is fallible. He didn’t have his best game. But, in the grand scheme of midfield performances, the shock was that he wasn’t the best player on the pitch. His pass completion dropped to 73% and his ‘life on the edge’ midfield game was a bit more miss than hit. What is rewarding is that even when he’s not great, he still keeps you in a game against a top side.

Granit Xhaka

Well, he was excellent. HIS PASS COMPLETION RATE WAS 97%. That is world class when you’re playing against United. I thought he really stepped up. He made lots of great progressive passes and his defensive contribution did not go unnoticed.

Holdindo

Sometimes, you just have to accept that Cheddar is an elite cheese. It might not be fashionable, it’s certainly not original, but accept the reality… with Cheddar on your plate, you’re always going be satisfied. That’s Holdinho. He’s an immensely satisfying lump of Cheddar. Understated, reassuring, and always on-point. He’s our best defender in the second-best defence in the league. Wenger SHOULD have paid £50m for him. He’s been a steal. Once again, he dominated his box, dropped an 86% pass completion rate, and kept things tidy. He’s a god. A cheese god.

Smith Rowe

Look, let’s stop pissing around, the kid is absolutely mustard. It’s not a fluke. He is built for this level. Arteta gave him a chance and he’s not letting it go. He had to play with a different group of players today and he was still electric. He follows the opportunities, he defends well, he reminds you of a different Arsenal great each week. I love him.

Nicolas Pepe

Do I think he’s the level of a £72m player? No. But, I am willing to hold my hands up and say that he had a really good game yesterday. He looked like he wanted to perform. He was more than an impression of a good player. He did the dirty work Arteta demands, he gave a lot to the attack, and on another day, two of those low fizzing shots find the net. That was the second BIG performance inside a week against top opposition. I was very impressed.

Willian/Martinelli

It was a bold sub by Arteta, but if we’re honest, Gabriel was offbeat in the first half. He looked behind the game and he didn’t give us the control we needed. Willian slows things down on the left, it’s painful at times, but yesterday, he put in a defensive shift and created two chances and should have scored one. It was pretty decent from him.

Performance

It was a 50/50 game… but remember, we were relegation fodder a month ago. Yesterday, we had 17 shots at the United goal. That is a BIG improvement. We looked well-coached, the players were interested, and on another day, we take all 3 points. You can accuse Arteta of many things this season, but one thing you can’t say is that he doesn’t learn from his mistakes.

Young players are now the go-to. He’s massively improved the connection between attack and defence. He’s finally getting a turn out of some of the senior players. Luiz, Willian, Pepe and Cedric were all bordering on very good yesterday. Tactically, we were strong. Everyone knew what they were doing. If we had the resources of United, things might have been different.

It feels like we’re finally on the right path now. There will be bumps in the road, we will still lose games, but it feels like there’s a vision we can all get behind, and it looks like we’ve turned a corner.

If a draw against 2nd placed United feels like a loss, something good is happening at your club.

Onwards and upwards. Let’s smash Wolves on Tuesday. I’m off for a plate of Rob Holding.

P.S. We dropped an ON THE WHISTLE with Johnny (check out his Youtube), Dom, and Matt. It is a GOOD conversation. Tune in. Give it a chance. Tell your mum to tell her hooligan mates about it. THANKS.

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grooveydaddy

1st

grooveydaddy

Again

grooveydaddy

And the

grooveydaddy

Tr4phy

grooveydaddy

xG .0.82 Arsenal
1.66 United

Thank God those chances fell to Cavani 😁

Sid

Xhakalson destroys every partner he has had in midfield

Masterstroke

Cheddar not original? How come?

Elmo

He’s more Holdão (big Hold) than Holdinho (little Hold)!

Guns of Sandton

So Holding and Xhaka ( Wenger ) players are still 2 of the most important.

As are his legacy youngsters

ESR and Saka.

Henry19

I see many happy with a point compared to just a few who are disappointed.

gunneram

Good one Pedro.
The same point I made yesterday after the game. Its progress, we did not lose the game and felt the pressure to win in 2 days time against wolves. Speaking of Wolves, they are winless in 8 and are dropping off. If we get 2 more of our starters(Auba/KT/Saka) we are picking them off easily.
Looks good for the run in. Our Fringe players are now showing some form so when our starters come back we will have a decent squad to pick from

Rich

A 50/50 game that could have gone either way It’s the type of game where Saka’s superior quality makes the difference in key moments Some promising signs from Pepe, hopefully he’s just a late developer He wouldn’t be the first player to take 18-24 months to settle in this league He’s got end product, if he can get the basics right, start taking up better positions, and add some aggression and purpose to his game, maybe we can still extract some value out of him We really need 6/6 from Wolves + Villa now. Grealish was brilliant last night, and… Read more »

Samir

I would happily sell: Guen, Lacazette, Xhaka, Saliba, Nketiah, Willock, Nelson.

Put all our money into Grealish and Bissouma.

Promote: Azeez, Balogun, Cirjan, Cottrell‏.
Bring back: Mavropanos

Doel

“The second half saw Gabriel M taken off for Willian.”

Hi Pedro, Gabriel M could either be Gabriel Martinelli or Gabriel Magalhaes (the CB). They both have the same initials.

It can be a bit confusing sometimes when you write it as “Gabriel M”.

Cheers.

Habesha Gooner

Good post Pedro. Partey actually knew he wasn’t good yesterday. He said something like “Not my best game but happy with team” on social media. That is the worst he can play. He is really going to be great for us when he starts completing 90 minutes. Patrick Van Anholt being linked with us. His in his last 6 months at palace and he is home grown. Only issue I see is he earns 55k a week there. Get it down to 35 to 40k and he will be a good signing on a two year deal. If not we… Read more »

Habesha Gooner

He is*

surferx

So, what type of cheddar?

Holding is obviously a Lancashire cheddar- matured a bit longer leaving a nice creamy taste. Not one of your fancy chilli-infused varieties you get, that sound great but then completely blow your head off leaving you a man down for 45 minutes. Or something.

SWG

No complaints here! Just having a solid base is progress for me. Easily could have won, easily could have lost it – draw a fair result.. unless you’re a one eyed united fan who can’t see anything but united! Onto the next one, this Wolves side are massively there for the taking. Anything less than 3 points is a bad result. Saw the highlights of their game at Palace yesterday and looks like they had a bit of a spanking although it was only 1-0. KT and Saka coming back in will give us a huge lift and maybe a… Read more »

Dream10

William Saliba on whether he could join OGC Nice permanently: “I am just focused on doing the absolute most and best possible for the next 6 months. After that, we will see.” (TF1)

William Saliba on Arsenal: “I really, really didn’t think that I would be transferred for €30m, the fans excited about me & play 0, 0, 0 nothing in the Europa League or the league. Just in the reserves. I was in the squad once in the cup. It hurt me, it affected me.” (TF1)

Guns of Brixton

I know this is a bit of a nebulous stat but even so this is notable.

Errors leading to goals by Arsenal per season:

14-15: 8
15-16: 5
16-17: 4
17-18: 15
18-19: 12
19-20: 5
20-21 so far: 0

From twitter

Matt

Nice summary Pedro. I have to say, with Saka and Tierney (not so much Auba) not starting my confidence in getting a result dropped massively and I would have been ok with a draw before the game. It’s not the worst result and there were some positives.

Have to hold my hands up on Holding. I thought he was a championship level player at best. He is looking very solid for us. Leno has also showed some real quality in recent games.

TeeCee

‘ You can accuse Arteta of many things this season, but one thing you can’t say is that he doesn’t learn from his mistakes.’ Errrr actually that is STILL one of Arteta’s biggest failings. He still picks Willian regularly despite seeing the shit show week after week. Sometimes you have to admit that you e fucked up and move on. It doesn’t matter how much he earns, he is not good enough and doesn’t give a shit. Arteta is going to piss Martinelli off to the point of him wanting to leave if he continues his Willian love-in. Positive result… Read more »

Graham62

H19.

What was the significance of the MOTD link?

I hate Green Bay

Goodness, how many posts saying they lost to Sheffield United so we should have won?

Reverse the cinario and you would have to say Sheffield United beat them so they should be second in the table.

Ridiculous

Pierre

Holding has always been our most reliable defender, injuries blighted his progress , all he needed was a run of games .

Maybe some will learn not to write off players too soon.

Championship level they said Holding is, championship level they say Nketiah and Willock are.

It’s amazing what a run of games can do for a player.

Bergkamp63

My prediction of a draw earlier in the week felt better given the players we had fit. Still maintain if we can take 9pts from the next 5 games we will be in very good shape for the last 3 months of the season, just need to avoid an injury pile up.

Bergkamp63

Pierre,

Agreed, I said on here 2 years ago, he was our most promising defender.

Jamie

Scenario.

Rich

TeeCee Martinelli is 19, and coming back from a big injury As we’ve seen with many players, it takes time to find some rhythm again. I wasn’t happy with a 3yr deal, or the signing of Willian But yesterday Saka was injured, and Willian was on the bench, which basically means he’s been demoted to 4th choice We’ve made an expensive mistake with Willian, but with the hectic schedule, we’re going to need to extract some type of value from him He did ok when he came on yesterday, hopefully we can get a reaction from him Even if it’s… Read more »

shad

Not a classic, definitely great progress from where we were in November. Glad to see Pepe levelling up. Hopefully we can rotate smartly and get Øedegaard in and firing and Martinelli rediscovers his form. :Can’t see us dropping many points from here to be honest, particularly because Leno is playing out of his skin currently – and his distribution and footwork has vastly improved.

Let’s claw back those points, it’ll be hard but top 4 is feasible.

Le Sauce

I’m satisfied with the point given the absence of our key players. 7 games unbeaten, yet another clean sheet and attacking football driven by our young players.. That’s progress

Rich

Holding’s positioning has improved, as has his aerial ability But let’s not get carried away, his passing is bland at best, and he’s not the quickest The team as a whole has improved its defensive structure, which has left us less exposed at the back This isn’t a dig at Holding, I like him and he’s doing a good job But nothing I’ve seen suggests he’s anything other than an average centre half, with a good attitude. He’s now has a decent level of experience, and is entering into what is usually a centre half’s best years 25-32 We need… Read more »

englandsbest

A spirited contest, and with Saka, Tierney and a maybe-rejuvenated Auba missing, a draw was an okay result.

Some of our less-fancied players dis surprisingly well. Holding has turned out to be solid and dependable – actually, not a surprise to me, I always thought he would develop well.

Willian showed signs of becoming what he was at Chelsea, and Pepe is starting to look like a player close to worth what we paid for him.

Leftside

cinario is abominable lol

Henry19

Le Sauce
“7 games unbeaten, yet another clean sheet and attacking football driven by our young players.. That’s progress”

Still a long way off Emery’s 22 match unbeaten run.

Leftside

Again, interested to know why you would sell Saliba Samir, have you seen him play?

Samesong

RichJanuary
31, 2021 11:02:15

This

Holding will make still make mistakes and the same people that were rating him will turn on him in an instance.

Still think we need someone similar to a Tyrone Mings or someone similar.

Emiratesstroller

Pedro As I posted on previous thread Arsenal for all the negativity of some posters on Le Grove are an improving team. A Solid defence is critical if you want to be successful in EPL. We have now the second best defence in EPL having conceded just 20 goals this season and only 2 since start of January. Our midfield as you point out is also improving. Partey did not have a bad game as many suggest and Xhaka and Smith-Rowe were excellent. We should judge their performance against Fernandez and Pogba two of the most expensive and best midfield… Read more »

alexanderhenry

Pedro Yes, the team is definitely improving. For me, the extra drive has come from the youth players. Saka and ESM have been outstanding and with Pepe at least we’re seeing the kind of player he could become and hopefully will become. It’s a test for Arteta to bring out the best in him. Arsenal hired him as more of a coach than as a transfer savvy manager, so I’m looking forward to seeing him transform Pepe into a Raheem Stirling clone. This leads me on to another point- I agree Xhaka played well yesterday but I hope Arteta still… Read more »

The Godfather

Excited to watch William Saliba about line up against his old
club St. Etienne in a few minutes

Nelson

shad
“his distribution and footwork has vastly improved.”

I feel that too. He distributes the ball with purpose much faster now.

Samir

Leftside
I’ve seen him play and personally think he’s good enough for us.
IF Arteta doesn’t fancy him and doesn’t give him games on his return here, I’d rather get rid and reinvest. We could probably get 20M+ for him.

I don’t want to see him wasting away on the bench and losing value next season. Either play him or sell him.

Mark

Dream 10 “William Saliba on Arsenal: “I really, really didn’t think that I would be transferred for €30m, the fans excited about me & play 0, 0, 0 nothing in the Europa League or the league. Just in the reserves. I was in the squad once in the cup. It hurt me, it affected me.” (TF1)” I touched on how Saliba may be feeling recently. Your post above confirms it. Finally Seeing Saliba play, it’s obvious that it wasn’t that he wasn’t good enough or yet ready to play for us. Total Bollocks! I only hope that the damage isn’t… Read more »

Mark

Can someone please tell me how Fernandes Disgraceful raking on Xhaka wasn’t a yellow card. Var looked at it told ref to not restart. Yet the cheating rat faced cunt Oliver does nothing.
Books Cedric for an aerial challenge that was accidental and minimal contact at best.

I’m sick of seeing how harshly AFC are dealt with by officials, whilst watching our opponents get away with worse fouls completely unpunished.
It needs to be highlighted more.

Samir

Dream10
That Saliba quote really is painful to read. Shameful treating him like that.

DivineSherlock

Emiratesstroller

I find it strange the criticisms of Martinelli and Partey yesterday. Martinelli for me had a decent game , and instead of Willian he wouldve buried that chance . Arteta might be protecting him but that sub was a mistake . Partey might have misplaced passes but He was put under immense pressure by Fred ,Pogba and Fernandes . At one point in the game he even went on a run beating all 3 of them and then had a shot at goal.

Dream10

Samir

Shame Arteta is influential in who stays and goes.
Losing a talent like Saliba may cost us the possibility of recruiting quality young French players.

The Godfather

Dang Saliba is a unit.
Saved a sure goal right B4 halftime using his strength
and body to shield off a player with a clear shot at goal.

Ex Gunner Jeff R-A, is in the lineup but because of
the tight defensive structure by Nice, he hasn’t been able
to show much or express himself.

This kid Saliba is a man Mountain, Arteta missed a beat here.
I hope we don’t lose him in the summer.

Bergkamp63

Whether or not Saliba turns out to be what we hope he will, with no Carling Cup and No FA Cup, where exactly was a 19 year old defender going to play for he rest of the season, there is no way he would be playing in the knock out stages of the EL or the PL for the remainder of this season.

The best place for him was to go out on loan and get as many minutes under his belt as possible. Better for him, better for us.

The Godfather

Rubbish!

englandsbest

Saliba was not part of the squad because it was bloated with players and in particular centre-backs. He was not needed. Add to that his family problems and homesickness, and you can see why he was loaned out for the rest of the season.

I bet Arteta included English Language lessons as part of the deal.

The Godfather

I’ve heard it all. Dumbest excuses ever made for a rookie coach clearly out of his depth. Just stop the nonsense excuse making

Bergkamp63

Pretty sure we can just ignore the mindless trolls on here !

Mark

So we needed Kola, Mustafi and Sokratis more than we needed our potentially Star defender ?? The others had no future and are gone barring Mustafi (nearly 🙏) so why keep and register those mugs. Whilst deciding to exclude Saliba from any football at all.!!! You think that is a SMART decision?? I mean you’d have to be pretty dim to not consider how it would affect the player. Who had just lost his mother. Surely the best thing for him would to have immersed himself in what he knows best, instead of exiled to the reserves. But nah, Arteta… Read more »

The Godfather

Is that old lad Matthieu Debuchy who is now captain of St. Etienne? Didn’t even know the old boy was still playing football. Inches away from opening the score.
Still has the lungs to run up and down the flank.
Bravo!!

The Godfather

@ Mark.
Please don’t waste your time with muppets.
They are simple minded lineal thinkers without
a wide or long range view of things.
Don’t waste your time.

Pedro

Godfather, let’s talk about thinking here…

You are complaining we don’t have a teenage defender at the club / whilst Arsenal has the 2nd best defensive record in the league

Why are people on here crying about a 19-year-old defender going out on loan because he wasn’t ready?

What is wrong with you?

Pedro

Dream, Arteta just recruited one of the most desired creative talents in the world on a loan deal.

We have ESR, Saka, and Martinelli all starting games as teenagers.

I’m gonna make a wild guess here, but I think we’re going to be ok attracting young French talent to Arsenal.

Mark

@Godfather

It just grates to see the ridiculous excuses they spout, totalling trying to justify the cock ups being made.
Totally ignoring the obvious negativity the player gets.
He’s saying this now in the press, imagine what he’s saying to those close to him. Bet he fuckin hates Arteta.

G

‘’ rookie coach clearly out of his depth‘’
Think you’re out of your depth mate..maybe stick to reading le grove rather then commenting

Pedro

Guns of Brixton, I’m sure we’ve made errors leading to goals this season… we had the worst run in our history a few months ago, plenty to sift through!

The Godfather

@Pedro, The question should be what’s wrong with you? Arteta only still has a job because the youth saved his sorry clueless ass. And it happened by accident! Who registers Chambers Mustafi Mari Luis Kolasinac and keeps Sokratis on the books while binning one of the most promising youth prospects in the world to rot and grow miserable in the reserves. Even Arteta knows he Fcuked up yet you are here questioning me for calling out his bullshyt? Dude look in the mirror homie. You’ve been all over the place in the last eight weeks so you’re in no position… Read more »

The Godfather

@G.

I noticed you have only insults but nothing else to add.
You belong on Sesame Street with the other clowns and muppets

Pedro

No Godfather,

Let’s be honest, you are here bitching about Saliba because the narrative of Arteta has swung hard in the last month.

It’s a real weird group of fans that upset themselves over Saliba.

Second best defence in the league. Those are the facts. Saliba wasn’t landing games, so he was sent out on loan, the decisions was correct. It should have happened earlier.

It’s a certain type who wants to whine about this after we kept another clean sheet against a top side.

The Godfather

Damn what a goal by Alonzo

Captain Tierney

Acceptable result yesterday. I thought the team as a whole performed well and there were a few standout performances. We were missing our 1st choice LW, RW and LB. Holding is quietly becoming a defensive stalwart. 6 months ago I I wanted us to loan out Holding as he was even behind Mustafi in the lineup. Personally I didn’t think he would become the 1st choice is such a short time but kudos to him and the defensive structure of the team. He was my Man of the match yesterday. One of the best compliment you can give a defender… Read more »

Captain Tierney

Btw, Afcbell who is a real ITK with real connections has retired.

Pierre

He’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but now Lampard’s gone , we will see how good jorginho is.
Chelsea will now start to dominate games with Jorginho/Kovacic in the centre.

Pedro

CT, no doubt Luiz is playing for a new deal… think he’ll go back to France next. No way he lands a deal with the talent we have at the club now.

Mark

Pedro “Why are people on here crying about a 19-year-old defender going out on loan because he wasn’t ready?” Wasn’t ready?? A bit disingenuous don’t you think? So if he comes back at the end of the season after starring in France, winning nuff MOM accolades and such. If you then say all he needed was this 5 month loan and a run of games. Then the question to answer is why couldn’t he have got that here. 19 or not, what he’s shown do far in France is better than Mustafi, Kola have ever shown for us. Name me… Read more »

G

@ Godfather.. actually Carry on commenting your actually quite funny

The Godfather

Pedro, Do you see how dishonest you are? Second best defense my ass. Look at the bloody league table! You clearly don’t watch anything other than the EPL. I watched this kid last season just like I’m doing now and you can see what’s in there. What top teams have we bosses recently? Basket case Chelshyt that just fired their coach or is it the mighty Newcastle and West Brom? Gimme a break. Saliba is a generational talent that needed a calm and nurturing hand to keep him in the fold and help him find his way. No one with… Read more »

Globalgunner

Xhaka excellent because of his 97% pass completion ratio. Whoosh!. I guess KdB of City must be jealous of those numbers. How many of those passes were forwards or backwards. He almost dropped a change half way through the 2nd half when he was dithering as usual and got robbed just outside our box. This one dimensional clunker of a player. Who cannot run with the ball or even take a step with the ball. He can only do stationary passing. We will never win anything of note with that vlogger in our midfield. Partey needs a partner who is… Read more »

The Godfather

@G

Please be quiet you have nothing to offer

Karsa

I didn’t see Mustafi or Socrates getting many starts tbh.

Globalgunner

Dropped a clanger. Damn auto correct….

Danny+S

Rob Holding has always been a class defender, but the injuries have dogged him a bit. It was no coincidence Emery’s 22 game unbeaten run went to shit once holding got crocked. My only hope is he doesn’t break again.

As for Martinelli, it’s hard to see the player we were all hyping before his injury. Lots of running but not producing much from it.

John Munoz

Really nice to see some of the exchanges between ESR and Nico. While he’s been disappointing on the whole you can see he’s growing in confidence and if he can develop more chemistry with ESR and Saka that should only get better.

Danny

It was a bold sub by Arteta
————————-
It was disastrous decision, completely ruined the game but it’s obvious Arteta’s gonna have these brain farts constantly, we’ll just have to accept them (a bit like when he was a player).

Pedro

Saliba mistake. Missed interception. Costs them the game.

Pierre

Whichever way you look at it , Saliba should have been in the Europa squad.
As much as people try, there is no defence for leaving him out .

He would have strolled through the group games, built up his confidence, got to know the young players , built up on field relationships and learnt to play the Arsenal way.

In January , if we were stocked with centre backs, he could have gone out on loan if needed.

He has gained nothing by sitting on his back side doing sweet FA for 6 months or so

Bergkamp63

I remember a certain Pepe starring in France, like so many other from so many league in Europe.

Ligue 1 is about League one level, not PL level !

Jeeze !

azed

Yesterday was a fair result. Fair play to Arteta for learning from his past mistakes.

We can only get better from here.

Mark

@Godfather “Gimme a break.Saliba is a generational talent that needed a calm and nurturing hand to keep him in the fold and help him find his way. No one with Half a brain cell gives playing time to David Luis and then registers Mustafi, Chambers and Kolasinac and then wastes almost six months of a top prospects development” I think you spelled it out very clearly above. I can guarantee no responses you get will address your points. It’ll just be you’re just a whiner… Ee didn’t lose yesterday, what’s wrong with you etc etc. But no challenges to what… Read more »

Pedro

Lol, I’m arguging with someone trying to flat earth facts.

Godfather, outside that sort of thing being very, very dim… Saliba just dropped a clanger, so you’d be better off walking away from your childish commentary on the situation.

Bergkamp63

University education, you can’t beat it ! LOL !

Mark

Saliba mistake. Missed interception. Costs them the game.

Still not as many as Luis and he’s still here.

Jamie

“Name me any MOM performance made by Mustafi or Kola?”

Mustafi 6 x PL MOTM
Kola 2 x PL MOTM

Pedro

Mark, not sure that sort of argument cuts it in the Premier League. Especially after Luiz was part of another clean sheet yesterday.

The Godfather

@Pedro:

Considering how questionable and slanted your analysis tends to be, I’m gonna go find the goal before I comment. I switched to the chelsea game and missed the goal.

I’m not taking your word for it … Sorry.

And who cares if he made an error? He has been the catalyst behind anything positive for Nice. Do we want to count the clangers from

Luis, Leno, Bellerin, Holding or anyone at Arsenal?

Dude give it up. One day you hate Arteta, next day your man boobs perk up and you’re ready to fight anyone who questions his incompetence

Samir

Saliba mistake but this is expected from a 19 year old CB. It’s just a shame this time it’s cost them the game.

Bergkamp63

One of those flat Earther’s took a spirit level onto a plane to try to prove the Earth wasn’t round !

It’s true !

Mark

@Berkamp
Ligue 1 is about League one level, not PL level !

Have you actually watched Saliba play yourself?
Serious question.

Many stars from League 1 have lit up the Prem, including our Henri, so don’t really think comparing a single player to a whole league and judging them on that is the best comparison to make.

The Godfather

https://youtu.be/MXE7WvvOf7w

Please judge for yourself and see what Kinda person we are dealing with in Pedro!!!!
What a horrible attempt at smearing a young kid to support his Arteta man crush

The Bard

A good result given we were missing our 3 top players. I thought Pepe put a shift in and did well. It was further evidence that our 1st choice X1 are decent but after that we are decidedly average. I cant get my head around all the fuss about the Saliba loan. Anyone would think we loaned Franco Baresi and not some 19 yo kid just starting out on his career. Odegaard was as expected, virtually anonymous. Needs a run of games and I doubt he will get that unless ESR gets seriously injured.

The Godfather

If that’s a clanger then it’s clear that Pedro is as twisted as Q’anon follower😭😭😭😭
OMG

Samir

Always liked Mavropanos. We should keep him to replace David Luiz.

The Godfather

Wow Pedro you just lost all CREDIBILITY!!!!!

The Godfather

Wow!

Pedro

Godfather,

> So you lied about watching the game. Nice were dreadful. Saliba cost them the result.
> You think that having statistically the second best defence in the league doesn’t mean that we have the second-best defence in the league
> You now think that clangers are ok

You lack coherence in your analysis because you don’t understand the game.

Time to take the L’s and move on.

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