Arsenal lost to a very solid Aston Villa team on a frustrating afternoon that was defined by 3 players that cost about £650k a week. Cedric Soares had his worst afternoon in an Arsenal shirt, gifting Villa an opening inside 2 minutes. I can live with the mistake as he’s been good lately, but that’s a £100k a week player there.
The real eyesore came in the second half. We played some sensational stuff at times, the young players were taking the game by the scruff of the neck, Villa fans were texting me sensing a goal, we looked ever so close to breaking the back of the game. The sub of Soares for Odegaard, with Saka dropping into left-back was a crafty move and it opened the game up… Auba slotted into the forward line for Lacazette, then horror struck as Arteta replaced Partey with Willian.
This sort of political move needs to stop. Willian is the worst signing of the decade. He can’t move, he has no concentration because he doesn’t care, he can’t even beat the front post with a corner. His play is all about slowing things down, he can’t beat a man, he makes ponderous decisions, he looks like he’s trying to sabotage the team.
Why does Arteta keep doing it to himself? Look at what is working for Arsenal at the moment. Young players. Motivated talent that is additive to the side. Players that can move. Willian does not fit into the vision.
Say it quietly, but we’re also moving into the same territory with Auba. I know he might not be mentally there at the moment. But even before his absence, did his game look like it suited this new short passing game we’re developing? He’s a bystander. He came on, tried to look like he was involved in the game, but he had zero impact. Was anyone excited about his introduction? Lacazette is better in our starting 11, he makes things tick, he brings out the best in the young players. Auba doesn’t have the game… but he’s here, on Mesut Ozil money.
The move in the summer was probably Suarez, someone elite in tight situations, great a passing around corners, an aggressive monster, a battler. If we’d planned our squad better, someone might have stepped in and asked deeper questions about the two contracts we had on the table. I can stomach Auba, he’s been excellent for us, but it was still based on emotion over suitability. Willian? There’s no world in which I can have that he was the right move. How often has he changed a game over the past 5 years? How was he suited to our system? What made us unlock £220k a week?
Everyone makes mistakes, the issue here is that we can’t admit it. Mikel Arteta needs to get real. He has something very exciting brewing at Arsenal. We’re close to having a break out moment with this squad. A bit of confidence, the right players, and some luck… it’s there. But it’s up to the manager… is he going to keep making decisions based on salary band, or is he going to assess the reality… the players keeping this going are the £40k a week crowd.
£500k a week on the books that isn’t suited to our style of play is a terrible look for Arsenal leadership… but we cannot will these players to be what they aren’t capable of.
Let’s look at the positives. This week has been deeply frustrating because individual errors have crept back into our game. Villa scored because of a massive fuck up. Wolves weren’t in the game until David Luiz stepped into the fold. We’ll get a grip on those things.
Then what do you have? There’s some really exciting football brewing. When Saka dropped into the left back role, we were sublime. The whole game opened up. Odegaard looks incredibly sharp, we need him on the pitch, he’s decisive, he’s the level we need. Saka and Pepe were causing all sorts of issues between them. Smith Rowe didn’t have his best game, but he was much better in the second half.
If Arteta brings on Gabriel M on for Partey, the outcome might have been different, and the mood amongst the fans certainly would be.
We are now a midtable side this season. There’s no chasing anything. This week cost it all.
Arteta needs to use the rest of the season to get to grips with the players he has in the squad. He needs to spend time trying to cultivate young talent, versus rehabbing old players that don’t care.
Who else do we have in the youth ranks that could make a difference? If Thomas Partey is out again, let’s not go another 5 games with Mo Elneny in the side, let’s try something new. Let’s continue to evolve our game, because I’m telling you, there’s something brewing and we’re not far away
The frustration I have is the details. The politics. The small things that could make a big difference.
Arteta needs to flush out these PR disasters his levelling on himself. If he ignores Martinelli for Willian in the stadium, the anger won’t be directed at the Brazilian, it’ll go towards him. If he continues to give young players the chance to flourish, if he nutures the exciting green shoots we’re seeing, then the fans will be on his side and we’ll move forward together.
See you in the comments.
P.S. Well played Mat Ryan, a truly excellent debut.
Some fairly good analysis in MOTD. Lacazette kept dropping far too deep today and nobody was taking up positions in the villa box.
All the game time Willie winks gets should be going to martinelli
Marc Marc Marc!
Whether we were in possession of the ball or not is irrelevant.
Did you actually watch what happened?
He just waddled off
Consequently, we conceded a goal soon thereafter.
Why didn’t he go down and wave his arms?
I’m sorry but in my book that’s bang out of order.
Graham,
I really don’t get the Willian sub either.
This match was into a pretty high gear at that stage, screaming for a Martinelli sub in who could of been at the level with immediacy. So many options had Arteta gone with that, could of shifted Auba on left and played Martinelli thru middle with Pepe on right or and I would of preferred it kept Pepe on left as he and Saka were doing damage and put Martinelli or Auba on right with ESR and Ø playing ahead of Xhaka.
Really poor moment from Mikel.
Well, if the foul by Martinez wasn’t clear and obvious then i don’t know what is
Martinez grabbed Lacazette’ shirt before the corner was taken, and never let go of his shirt .
Without the foul Lacazette would hve scored.
Should have been a penalty and a red card…no question.
Partey was fine today, I’m not sure if he’s expected to walk on water and turn water into wine every game
Pierre
There were some exceptionally dodgy decisions in today’s game.
Poor officiating would be an understatement.
So what your telling me yeah. Is that Martinez left Arsenal to go Villa. Aston Villa have won more, lost less, drawn less, are 4 points ahead, beat us home and beat us away.
But everything’s fine. Trust the process. Hilarious.
Excuse me. (You’re)*
Weagle
“Just seen Joe Willock’s post match interview, does the poor lad have social anxiety or something?”
Sad comment .
No mention of his performance… says a lot about you as a person.
Emi Martinez in 30 PL apps between us last season and Villa has kept 14 Clean Sheets with 11 this season alone.
Only second to Ederson in the league who has 13.
£20m all he was worth… fucking hell.
Arteta is still making some really poor decisions, whatever some(one) may feel.
Don’t know if you’ve gone senile Pierre or if you’re still a feeling a bit woozy from banging your head against the wall when Ozil’s lovely debut assist was overturned today but I literally said this in the very next sentence and in the same comment:
”Played very well today, fair play to him. Keep it going lad and I’ll be one of those happy to eat that humble pie.”
I know it’s early days, but you get the feeling Odegaard really needs to hit the ground running and get a goal or have a really influential impact in the next few games or I can see his playing time being very limited.
Graham
If you think we would’ve got a free kick or a break in play you’re mad. The ref would’ve let the Spud’s break with a view that we could’ve put the ball out of play when we were in possession.
The Martinez debacle was the core of our problems.
I guarantee if he had stayed and continued as #1 GK, we’d be a damn sight better off.
Probably 8-10 points better off.
No one can convince me otherwise.
Money is more important than team harmony and progress.
Matt
Not to trying to defend Ozil but the manager needs to have same ruthlessness’ with every player who doesn’t contribute to the team. Willian brings absolutely nothing to this team defensively or going forward. Should be nowhere near the matchday squad.
Saladin
Agreed. It’s another one that makes you wonder what we don’t know. Arteta cannot be that blind to not see what everyone else does.
Graham62February 6, 2021 23:20:17
Arteta is still making some really poor decisions, whatever some(one) may feel.
It’s a strange moment, we really do some thing I love and we really do some things I hate.
Wrighty was good value on MOTD, made a lot of insightful comments. First he pointed out how good Willock was for the Toon. From the highlights he looks like he has been let off the leash and is enjoying his game, making good runs and assists as well as getting stuck in. It makes you wonder if Arteta wouldn’t allow him that kind of freedom. Whatever, he looked like playing that way he would be a really good option on the bench when games are tight. But maybe he doesn’t play the Arteta tightwad game, boxed into zones or whatever… Read more »
Matt
Exactly. There has to be some political bullshit that we are not aware of as fans but Arteta needs to cut that shit out. That’s poisonous environment for the club and we will keep getting fucked over.
The Martinez debacle was the core of our problems.I guarantee if he had stayed and continued as #1 GK, we’d be a damn sight better off.Probably 8-10 points better off.
The problem is Graham, you can’t guarantee it
At this rate, Willian might end up being the least popular Arsenal signing of all-time. Right now, he’s checking nearly every box. Here’s a 10 point index of what makes a player unpopular at his club. . Open to additions/subtractions. 1. Came from a particularly disliked rival. YES 2. Poor performances YES 3. Large Transfer Fee and/or high wages YES 4. Viewed as lacking effort (not entirely fair, imo) YES 5. Too easily knocked off the ball;/seen as soft YES 6. Very hard to offload/we’re probably stuck with him YES 7. Seemingly liked by the manager against all reason YES… Read more »
“Willian is the worst signing of the decade”
No Pedro, he’s a fricken bum and Arteta’s a bum himself for continuing to play him.
There were some decent performances on display, but Arteta inexplicably chose to turf them with his continued bizarre approach to substitutions. Until Arteta decides to get get real and turf the stiffs, he is the problem.
Gee whiz but this one really aggravates me.
We don’t know if we would be better with EMI over Leno it’s not as if Leno has been poor he saved us a few times this season
It’s a futile point EMI did not want to stay
He had 1 year left on his contract so we sold him for good money
The GK is not the issue guys
There is rumor that it is written in Willian’s contract that Arteta has to play him a minimum number of games. So, enjoy them.
I think it has to be said that Arteta is clearly not good enough at this level at the moment. Appointing a rookie (starting first job) as coach at Premier league level is utterly inexplicable decision by the Board. To compound the error by rewarding him by making him the manager within months of his appointment is ridiculous. We actually have a good bunch of young kids raring to get a chance to play? So all is not lost, but a rookie manager – and an obstinate one at that (repeatedly selecting Willian etc, ignoring Martinelli). Arteta should not be… Read more »
Nelson that is bullshit a player can never hold that over a club the manager gets final say
What happens if the player is injured and has to play every game when they come back to get the quote of games
Come on now
Mr Serge
It’s plausible Willian may have a contractual clause that guarantees game time to Willian
Either that or someone is messing with brown envelopes
… or Arteta is player quality dyslexic
*It’s plausible Willian may have a contractual clause that guarantees game time to himself
Diss I can’t believe a player would be able to have that in his contract
Would Ozil not have had it then ? Or any of kias other player we should have not signed ?
It’s an absurd rumour that Willian is guaranteed game time. No way was that part of his contract. However, these types of stories only come out when a player is as unpopular as Willian is with the fan base. As for Emi Martinez, it’s a ridiculous complaint that we sold him at this point. We had made a decision that Leno is our first-choice and to have Emi as back-up would just not have worked given the level he’s at. The mistake was thinking Runarsson could replace him. Fair to say that for a debut performance, Ryan looks perfectly positioned… Read more »
Mr. Serge
No, it’s not plausible. Just internet bs.
Arteta stubbornly keeps on choosing Willian, despite parroting the importance of non negotiables.
Hypocrite.
Bacary exactly madness internet bullshit rumour
Same rhetoric on EMI everytime we lose as well
HE WANTED TO LEAVE some people churn the same bullshit over and over
https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/arsenal-arteta-saliba-transfer-news-23454219
Saliba was Nice’s Player of the Month for January gettin 44% of the fans’ votes.
Speaks volumes about Arteta’s generational ability to assess players’ ability and how to improve them.
After all Saliba is not an Arteta signing, so not a favourite.
Haven’t read all theist match comments, but seems that Xhaka has escaped all blame for the goal with Cedric getting all the negative comments for his hospital ball to Gabriel. Xhaka was up the hallway line ball watching at Traore burst through with the ball. I feel once again Arteta got team selection wrong knowing that Villa had speed merchants. Elneny has better pace than Xhaka and would have been my choice to start to keep a close watch on Traore. Edu is not far behind Arteta making mistakes, such as why loan AMN when he was needed for the… Read more »
Mr Serge Emi left because he knew what Arteta was like with players who didn’t agree with Him. Emi asked for the number 1 keeper jersey and Arteta said no. For now Emi made the right decision and when or if AV return to their previous mediocrity, Emi will be picked up by a CL team in the UK or Europe. Whatever way you look at it Emi is the better all round keeper with excellent quick and precise distribution as we witnessed again yesterday. Leno is punt and hope but beginning to improve. Max Ryan looks a capable 2nd… Read more »
Villa has done the double over Arsenal for the first time in 38 years.
Not only did Arsenal lay a goose egg and let in four over two games , we looked an inferior side both times despite of what the saucey one might say.
Truly generational stuff.
Did I mention Villa’s market valuation is half of Arsenal’s and they almost got relegated last season?
Spudnik
‘Pedro are you happy with the current Arsenal manager?’
Pedro is intoxicated by Arteta and loves him more than Pierre ever loved Wenger and Ozil combined.
Pedro will easily attain obsessive Arteta fan boy of the year award being the clear winner leading from Jan 1 to Dec 31 with no one else in sight, and far more obsessed with Arteta than he was with Gazidis.
Says it all really.
Of course playing Willian is all about politics.
Imagine Arteta going to Stan next time asking to authorize a £34m outlay with Willian riding pine ?
It is becoming abundantly clear to me that Arsenal have a serious problem in the goalscoring department. Aubameyang for whatever reason is a shadow of the player that he has been in the last three seasons. It is not just his lack of goals, but also his limited involvement in games. Lacazette was also piss poor yesterday. He was seldom in a goalscoring position when the ball was crossed into the box. He looks yards too slow in his overall movement. The recruitment of Willian is and has been a serious error of judgment. His contribution when he plays is… Read more »
Serge
“We let Pires go because he hit 30 and he wanted a 3 year deal none of these fools could lace his boots or carry his bag ‘
Yes, that was a Wenger non- negotiable., which is actually bullshitting term to project and protect a Coach’s prejudices.
Period.
Now you understand copycat Arteta
Tony
Please stop blaming Xhaka every time we make a defensive error.
The only player to blame for our conceding the goal in the first 3 minutes was Cedric. He
made a piss poor pass back to Gabriel.
Xhaka’s overall performance since Partey has joined him in the central midfield has been
decent.
ES The only player to blame for our conceding the goal in the first 3 minutes was Cedric. He made a piss poor pass back to Gabriel.’ He wouldn’t have been to blame if Arteta hadn’t switched off to let Traore break through. I only blame defensive errors that lead to goals ES. We needed pace in MF and Arteta plays the cumbersome Xhaka. I don’t have a Xhaka agenda other than he’s been a calamity signing from the off and cost us far more than he has contributed during his tenure. Xhaka is not nor has ever been an… Read more »
Xhaka not Arteta switching off.
door keys*
Tony Xhaka was not remotely to blame. You know very well that our defenders like to make square and back passes particularly at start of games. Cedric just made an awful pass, which Watkins latched onto and benefited from a ricochet off Holding. Le’s face it no-one apart from Luiz and Leno could be blamed for their red cards which cost us the game against Wolves. We should not keep on blaming Xhaka for every mistake that cost us games just because everyone who posts on Le Grove does not like the player. I can tell you now that Xhaka… Read more »
ES
Another agree to disagree moment as Xhaka was a few meters watching Traore pass him.
Seems you saw something different.
Let’s move on ES.
Those imbeciles on twitter (a place filled with them) saying that there must be something in Willians contract are completely missing the point.
Arteta will flog Willian until the wheels fall off, irrespective of whether he’s performing or not. Playing Willian is to the detriment of this team.
That being said, Villa scored as soon as the game started, there was more than enough time to turn things around. How was this the response to Wolves? Or even to home game v Villa. Not good enough all around, we’ve won less games than we’ve lost.
Leftside
Arsenal have a goalscoring problem this season particularly with loss of form of Aubameyang.
As I pointed out a team which is scoring just 27 goals in 23 games will always struggle when
their strikers are not performing. Lacazette was never in a goalscoring position throughout
the game.
Words and Tony well nice of you guys to notice I was gone.
Everton coming back from two goals down against United, I thought once a team concedes a goal it was game over.
23 games in we have lost more than we have won yet some fans are more interested in admiring our coach
RH
‘Everton coming back from two goals down against United’I
And Pedro would have us believe Carlo is a bum and past it compared to generational Arteta.
People don’t like to admit it but Auba is a big problem. As is Willian.
Get rid of Ozil now we have 2 players taking his place.
I cannot see either of them regaining form, they’re past their best and now declining.
We can’t players on such high wages on the bench.
Let’s not make the same mistake with Lacazette in the summer. No big contract.
7amkickoff has a pretty good take on the change in performance before and after Willian came on. ………………… Arteta made a second bold choice, taking Cedric off and putting Martin Ødegård on. He moved Saka (nominally) back to left back, MØ11 to left mid, kept Pepe at left forward, let Smith Rowe play in attacking mid, and that immediately created more intricate play up top. Arsenal looked like they might get back into this match but then Thomas Partey went down injured and Arteta swapped him for Willian. It was a substitution which has drawn a lot of criticism. Instead… Read more »
Martin Ødegård showed yesterday he is ready to start when needed and Smith Rowe looked a bit labored and in need of rotation.
I would have preferred a Partey paired with MO or Elneny and Azeez on the bench.
Xhaka can be used against teams he has time and space to play his best game, which is still below Arsenal’s midfield needs.
What does Martinelli & Balogun have to do to get game time and match fitness?
Konsa’s foul on Saka was very similar to Luiz foul last week if we go by the book.
Not intending to go for the ball – check
Player through on goal – check
Accidental/Intentional movement of the limbs resulting in the attacker going down – check.
Luiz – Red card , Konsa Yellow.
Lets not get started about the Martinez shirt pull
WengerEagleFebruary 6, 2021 23:20:07
Emi Martinez in 30 PL apps between us last season and Villa has kept 14 Clean Sheets with 11 this season alone.Only second to Ederson in the league who has 13.£20m all he was worth… fucking hell.
Eagle
Statistically he’s the best keeper in the league
‘Captain Tierney’ -What a great idea, give the armband to a guy who’ll miss half the season through injuries.
Where’s your buddy AFC Forever, we need more crowd that blame referees after every defeat. Incidentally this number being more than the number of wins.
100% sold the wrong keeper
100% should have sold auba in the summer
100% shouldn’t have signed Willian
100% should have put the Gabriel money to a play maker.
This was our summer and it was all a huge mistake. Every single big decision wrong except for the signing of partey. Even down to the sacking of staff before announcing the Willian transfer. Shocking
I’d have given auba away if we had to
What use is he now? He doesn’t even offer the 5 yard tap in any more and we are paying him £300k pw for it
ES
Lacazette did have a mini revival of sorts but I fear he’s beginning to revert back to type. At present, our best bets for goals are Saka and Pepe in my view.
Really alarming what has materialised with Aubameyang this year.
Leftside
I saw it coming and called it 18 months ago and was mocked for it.
Why doesn’t Arteta try Pepe CF? I think it could work.
Or even give Martinelli a go there?
Why are we sticking with Laca / Auba who don’t really offer us anything at CF.
Auba’s source of goals have always been due to teammates finding him occupying good positions.
He’s still peeling off defenders and finding space but Arteta’s got his team cross the ball into oblivion most of the time.
Imagine being the Manager who fails to get Auba score, Auba who has been one of Europe’s Mr.Consistents in this area.
Capt T
The Konya and Luiz incidents were different for a couple of significant reasons.
Was the ball within playing distance of Konsa yes Luiz No
Could a Arsenal player have got round on the cover in the Luiz incident no . Konsa incident possible
Was it a clear ( key word ) goal scoring opportunity Konsa no Luiz yes. The argument in this regard is perhaps more relevant in the Leno sending off
This always the victim mentality that seems to be creeping through is masking the real issues here.
Auba is garbage
Laca is garbage
Willian is garbage
Pepe is garbage
Or maybe its Arteta that is
Leftside
I would not write off Aubameyang just yet.
I think that it is possible that the situation with his mother may be having an impact on his
performance level.
We do not know what is going there, because the club and Arteta have avoided making any
statement on the matter. Frankly Aubameyang looks distracted and totally disinterested.
Left side
‘ At present, our best bets for goals are Saka and Pepe in my view.’
Wouldn’t a generational coach be trying out Martinelli, Balogun, and Moller in the CF position?
Clearly Arteta has mistakenly been tagged generational .
Capt T
By the letter of the law Lacazette had already committed an offence at the corner prior to the shirt pull.
A player that stands even close to the keeper at a corner is in danger of being penalised for impeding if he moves once the corner kick has been taken.
A stupid rule I agree but it’s none the less in the rule ( law ) book
He’s still peeling off defenders and finding space but Arteta’s got his team cross the ball into oblivion most of the time.
Coq
You clearly haven’t been watching since the chelsea game.OST of our goals have come from quick incisive football
underrated Coq
Pepe isn’t garbage but the rest are.
I’d give Arteta 1 more year. He has the summer to make the team his own then we can actually judge him.
As soon as I saw auba coming on I knew we would lose
You play him, bellerin and Willian and we have effectively 7 outfield players with the ball- they are that incapable of using the ball. For me, while I have no ti for Aubameyang at arsenal he still has his uses but can never play with Willian and bellerin on the field
I was at work but dipped in and out of a stream on my phone Didn’t seem like a particularly bad performance just fine margins didn’t go for us Pepe looked good tho One thing I seriously do not understand is why all our players keep playing high crosses into the box WHO AT ARSENAL HAS SCORED MORE THAN 3 HEADED GOALS IN A PL CAMPAIGN IN THE LAST 5 YEARS OUTSIDE OF GIROUD??? Smash it low, put it at waist height, sure. But those floaty crosses are worth less than nothing and it’s crazy that neither the players or… Read more »
It’s not only that we have no offense players who are good in the air (true) but also we never have more than 2 people in the box vs an entire defense.
If you play a head height cross at laca, auba Pepe or anyone else we have you’re literally just running the clock down it’s that pointless
Terra Konsa was the last defender and Saka easily rushed past him. + How is that not a clear goalscoring opportunity with Saka through on goal ? Maybe just maybe the ref could say the offence happened 40 yards out, other than that there’s no reason its not a clear goalscoring opportunity. Leno was sent off for a hand ball 25 yards out and no Wolves player was in the 10-15 yard vicinity. I dont know how these 2 could be given a red and Konsa a yellow just 3 days after. Its not a victim mentality. Its the truth.… Read more »
Another issue with the high crosses is they give the defenders plenty of time to react and get it if you don’t have a powerful striker to go toe to toe with them in the air
At least as you see when Pepe did some mid and low cut backs anything can happen because it’s chaos around the 6 yard box. Genuine threat of an own goal, deflected goal, and also plays to our attackers strengths.
Those floaty crosses are just so pointless in comparison
Terra
Are you kidding me or is standing still an offence too now?
+ During corners, refs give a lot of leeway in physical play..
I didn’t get to see a clear reply but it looked like bellerins or saka played a cross in the first half which hit the defenders upper arm (he had his hands behind his back but seemed to accidentally turn into it with his upper arm/lower shoulder
In the old days that’s never a penalty but I thought those are being given this season? Utd has several already didn’t they?
I doubt many people foresaw such a dramatic decline in Aubameyang’s performance. He is in a slump but the guy is a record breaking goal scorer for us, who knows where we would have been without him the last couple of seasons. We were in a tough spot regarding his contract. His outstanding performance prior to signing it justified the offering of the deal. If we had let him go we would have been tasked with finding a replacement who either replaced his output directly, or took a slight risk and brought in a different type of striker who contributed… Read more »
China
We have no presence in the box
The key word is presence
Correction
We have no presence when Lacazette drops deep
China
According to Arteta 50+ crosses a game wins matches.
It’s the new generational thinking Pedro loves so much.
ChrisFebruary 7, 2021 08:28:09 I doubt many people foresaw such a dramatic decline in Aubameyang’s performance. He is in a slump but the guy is a record breaking goal scorer for us, who knows where we would have been without him the last couple of seasons Chris I did . He was holding us back even when he was scoring goals. He has a poor good time charlie mentality and the only time I saw him really come to life was when he was playing for a contract as it was clear COVID had scuppered his chances of a dream… Read more »
This is not a one iff decision btw. There are many ‘ clear obvious ‘ decisions against Arsenal that spring to mind. Just off the top of my head – The Xhaka offside against Leicester when Xhaka was standing BEHIND the keeper and was in no way in the line of sight. The Pepe penalty against Sheffield ( last season I think). He was clattered down in the box by the Sheffield LB. Jorginho 2nd yellow ( last season). A shirt tug is always a yellow. For some reason it wasn’t in this case. Then Jorginho went on to score… Read more »
Terraloon
“By the letter of the law Lacazette had already committed an offence at the corner prior to the shirt pull.”
The shirt pull began before the corner was taken which made ot impossible for Lacazette to move away from the keeper.
The shirt pull continued as the ball came to the area where Lacazette was standing..
That’s how it happened…
Had to laugh at rhe commentator on match of the day who said Lacazette had lunged at Martinez..
Chris
Had we been playing the system we have now and given Pepe and ESR a run from the start we be further up the table with more goals around the team
I’d hazard double digits for Saka and Pepe in that hypothetical scenario
Pierre, Tierney
Don’t forget the left back dragging Saka down as he put the burners on. Clear red card for me
Captain Tierney
Try wrapping your top of your head in tin foil when you watch the next game.
Pierre swears it reduces the conspiracy levels building up.
Winthorpe Fair enough if you did but then the questions would be, how much would Arsenal have got for Aubameyang with the limited time left on his deal, and how much would we have had to spend on a replacement of at least equal quality? Either that or you take a risk on a young player or unknown quantity. It was a big decision to make and I didn’t see too much, if any, resistance to the idea of his new deal. We also can’t forget the human element here, as others have stated he does look distracted due to… Read more »
Samir,
Gone from 5th to 8th
Will be going from 8th to 10th or thereabouts this season
Sure lets give him another season and go from 10th to 15th
Allowing 3-4 Vila fouls before blowing on an arsenal tackle
Giving partey a yellow for a fair tackle
It’s nearly every game now we are discussing biased treatment towards arsenal
U Coq is right, theres no way all our strikers are garbage, the tactical instructions are garbage
underrated Coq
The league is totally different this season.This team rebuild will take time. Wanting him out now is just unrealistic.
If we’re below 6th this time next season then I agree he should go.
Tony
Why don’t you watch a match without trying to feed your confirmation bias of Arteta out?
ChrisFebruary 7, 2021 08:39:05 Winthorpe Fair enough if you did but then the questions would be, how much would Arsenal have got for Aubameyang with the limited time left on his deal, and how much would we have had to spend on a replacement of at least equal quality? Chris Well what does it matter? What use is that £300k pw now? All he ever offered was the tap in and we don’t even have that now. We’d be better off letting him go for nothing than paying him for the non existent output now. We have Nelson martinelli and… Read more »
Pierre has spread his loser referee conspiracy theories here and we are all worse off for it. The incident where Ezra Konsa got booked was a 50-50 call, if you review the video you will see that Konsa recovery pace was so good he had caught up with Saka very quickly. It was Saka who may have fouled the Villa defender. There is no way that could have been a “goal scoring opportunity” so red card would have been out of it. This loser attitude of blaming refs all the time is s small club mentality that’s very common among… Read more »