Well, what an average week.
One bad decision snowballed into multiple.
The biggest problem this week was how we approached the Europa League. We went big, played a group that had been rinsed physically by the Leeds game, we didn’t win.
Then we headed into Sunday, we were forced to rest players, and our lack of depth couldn’t handle City’s quality.
We lost 1-0. That’s not bad against the best team in Europe, the problem was less about the result, it was more about the acceptance of a lesser defeat.
‘We didn’t get spanked as bad as we usually would have’ is a 2019 way to look at games. Yesterday, after going down in under 2 minutes again, we just seemed to land on the idea that losing by one goal would be acceptable.
That’s not cool.
We played our way back into the game after Sterling of all people headed in birthday boy Mahrez’s cross early on.
We were certainly asking questions of City, especially in the last 15 minutes. We were stretching their defence, we were pinning them back, we had some moments. The hope was that we might have a go in the second half.
We didn’t.
We played with fear. The whole game was predicated on caution. Odegaard rarely took a chance by turning into space. The Norwegian was not at the races, it was a timid showing from him, but again, maybe his fitness was running low after a few games in a row after very little before. Mo Elneny’s fear of vertical passing seemed to infect everyone’s confidence. Auba, clearly knackered, offered next to nothing going forward. His fake jumps for balls in the box were embarrassing. His body language was shocking at times. He offered nothing. Is it time to accept that he can’t handle three games in a week? Is it time to accept that in hardworking games like that, you need a different forward leading the line: Lacazette or Martinelli would have offered more.
Defensively, I kept on thinking, ‘wouldn’t it be nice to have ball players.’ Rob Holding was fairly decent, but he’s not really built to be spraying it around against City. Pablo Mari was supposed to be the artful of the two, he just kept passing it Holding. Hector Bellerin was deeply frustrating all day. His partnership with Pepe was horrendous, not helped by the wingers return to normal form. His first touch was horrible. His decision making wasn’t great. Then you had Tierney, not his best day out, but maybe City was too much to ask after 5 games out.
Let’s talk about Pepe. He’s just not the full ticket, is he? His runs were poor, his touch wasn’t great, his decision making was laughable… he looks like he should be a good player, I’m just not sure we’ll ever see it. I’d prefer to see Martinelli on the left and Saka coming in on the right
We also have to be very honest about this squad. It is very nothingy without Thomas Partey. You can’t expect to beat City with Mo Elneny playing next to Xhaka. It’s not the Egyptian’s fault, he’s a sound guy, no doubt, but he’s painfully limited in games that require accurate passing with an edge of boldness.
The Arteta system needs fast passing from the base and it needs someone leading the line that is fully fit. Auba couldn’t run the line, he hid from crosses, and he looked sad. Elneny is living the dream, he’s the African Carl Jenkinson, we need to move on from him.
We also need to find a strong narrative heading into the end of the season. At the moment, there’s nothing to hold onto as a fan. We’re 1 step forward, 2 back every other month. It’s exhausting. There’s progress, but it’s not wrapped in anything. Arteta keeps telling us what we already know. He needs to give us hope. He needs to show us he can give us a run or another trophy.
Ending Leicester City’s title run next week? Yes please.
Ending Jose Mourinho’s Spurs career? Double yes.
Winning the Europa League by putting Unai ‘Good Ebening’ Emery to the sword? Don’t say sexy things you don’t mean.
This season has been shit. Give us some f*cking joy. Put a run together.
Check out our On The Whistle Podcast. It’s with Matt and Johnny. It’s a good one. They are basically miserable af and I keep the positivity bubbling. I’m that guy now. Imagine?
Gbat/ES
“We have the 5th best squad at best. Capable of excellent performances but unable to keep up that level consistently because they lack the quality.”
I believe that the major reason is squad depth. If our 1st XI are well rested, we can complete with any EPL team except MC. The inconsistency arises when some of the players are tired.
cheney, those teams will be getting wins too.
probably 1 more than us.
you don’t have to believe me though, let’s wait for the film from the season and see what’s what.
i already know what’s happened to our club, we have been sabotaged by a double agent. but we can wait for the final whistle of the season and let a whole transfer window play out for that to be observed by people.
we’ll just be giving arteta a chance to recruit another willian and bin off marttinelli.
Mark
Super duper post.
Spot on in everything you highlight.
I can’t understand what arteta was thinking yesterday, it’s looking like they don’t watch the opposition ahead of the matches, another bad example copied from Wenger. We all know mahrez would be playing on the right and he will be cutting in on his left foot, what better way to counter that than to put a right footer there like when we played the in the semi final when mainland Nikes played there, so he should have played Cedric there. Up top why change saka from the right and Pepe on the left where they both played brilliantly before? Arteta… Read more »
Olis
Improved since xmas? We were 12th at xmas and now we are 10th. Massive improvement? We played well in about 4 games and now we seem to be reverting back to type. Which shows that the improvement In form was down more to the situation and luck than any tactical or training instructions.
i said it last week, we get one good performance a month and people excuse whatever has come before with arteta.
it’s a madness.
standards for what is deemed a “good” performance are also now slipping, not what i had forseen.
very scary times at arsenal.
Olis
“Mark is Scotland still in England?”
Scotland is in the Uk, but you knew what I meant.
Pendants as you called it. Judging by your comments mate you know even less about football than I do about geography.
No matter how hard you try with your Arteta love in you can’t P-Olis-h a turd !
There’s a 3rd of the season left and we’re in the EL but according to you let’s throw the towel in. T”
3rd of the season left eh, so pray tell us where you think we’re gonna finish olis ? Seeing as how you think you know so much.
There is no way that the likes of Olis or AFC Forever would be defending Arteta so strongly were it not for Pedro’s huge PR spin of what Arteta can actually deliver. Pedro created the Arteta monster and the worst thing is, he probably doesn’t even believe in him anymore, but he is not yet ready to admit defeat and wants to try and save face so is doubling down on his position. Meanwhile, Olis and AFC havent got the memo. Like a cult leader encouraging people to commit group suicide and then changing his mind once everyone else has… Read more »
I’m convinced that many folk on here promote their so called extensive knowledge and experience of the game based on playing football related computer games.
It’s the only excuse I can give them.
Massive amount of improvement in our play yes. We didn’t have a good game against a far superior team but that doesn’t take away from the consistent good performances we’ve seen since before Xmas. 1 win from the last 6 games with a goal difference of -1… Yep, real improvement there, wait, you must be one of the superfans I’ve been hearing of. When the tangible measurement for improvement is based on a 10 min passing sequence in a 90 min game, you can be sure you’ve lost the plot. I don’t think Arsenal fans really believe we are 10th.… Read more »
Nelson
We have some very good players but also some very average ones. Holding is a backup at best yet he’s started the majority of games. Elneny offers nothing but ball retention and shouldn’t be at the club.
Arteta said a while back we needed 5/6 players and he’s right. He knows he needs at least a RB, CB, CM and LW.
Olis is a Pedro plant.
“the safe midfielder”
It could still work if our two full backs were like those Pool’s FB. Yesterday, Tierney was still rusty. Bellerin had a bad game.
Sorry Pedro… couldn’t really get through your write-up but for the couple of paragraphs I did read – a few points of note: No.1 – “We were certainly asking questions of City, especially in the last 15 minutes. We were stretching their defence, we were pinning them back, we had some moments.” – Really? When was this? I must have been watching another game, because all I saw was a team in total control, managing a slim lead without any threat whatsoever!!! I saw Auba get treated like a school boy by Stones, matching him for pace also. Were there… Read more »
Gbat
I am talking about our best starting 11, with Partey and Gabriel, not yesterday’s made up lineup.
Matt, Graham Cheers. I think a lot of real fans such as yourselves are able to be objective cos you have the club’s best interest at heart. As opposed to being totally invested in someone who’s showing that they have issues and may not be the person to take the club forward. My Ideal resolution would be to demote Arteta to 1st team coach. Get Rangnick in, and then evaluate the situation at seasons end, whether to let Arteta go or not if no marked improvement. Take the team decisions out of his hands. Please before we lose any more… Read more »
Gbat
Also with ESR!!!
When Arteta talked about 5/6 players, that would be a team challenging the Champion league.
Olis
“TYAG did you know you can perform well but not get the right result? Crazy I know.”
And you tell other people to not be patronising.
What a douchebag.
Stroller “For your reference the following EPL clubs have Centre Backs on books ranked in top 100 Liverpool 5 Man C 4 Everton 4 Spurs 3 Man Utd 3 Chelsea 3 Brighton 3 !!! Leicester 2 Wolves 2 We have just one in top 100. Obviously, taking the above figures into account, Arteta must be doing a fantastic job in organising our defence . City , and their £250 million defence,are the only club that has conceded fewer goals. Maybe Le Groaners should give Arteta credit where it’s due , having to work with our cut price defenders and creating… Read more »
The progress is down to 3 players.
Saka.
ESR.
Tierney.
I would include Martinelli, if Arteta liked him.
That’s it.
Cedric has done well, as has Holding. Gabriel needs more experience but I like what I see.
Without Saka, ESR, and Tierney though, we are floundering.
Mr J
Hit the Pedro on the head.
Brilliant!!
Matt “Pedro created the Arteta monster and the worst thing is, he probably doesn’t even believe in him anymore, but he is not yet ready to admit defeat and wants to try and save face so is doubling down on his position. Meanwhile, Olis and AFC havent got the memo.” This!!! 😂 So true! You could hear in the podcast that Pedro, is feeling the pressure cos Johnny and Matt are losing the faith. Pedro likened it to them ganging up on him 😂 No Peds, they’re just not wearing the rose colored lenses you are. Thing is it’s only… Read more »
Mark
“Matt, Graham Cheers
.I think a lot of real fans such as yourselves are able to be objective cos you have the club’s best interest at heart.”
There are many ways to describe Graham and Matt, “real fans ” is not one of them.
A few of the more polite ones would be Entitled, Negative , plastic
City Just beat us without even playing a striker…
The shortest man on the field, out jumps the guy the manager has deemed to be worthy of a new contract and a guy who the manager thought to be a good buy even before he had a run of games for us, whilst mr un-droppable (well one of them at least) just stands there and observes, to score the winner…. in the FIRST MINUTE.
We had one shot on target… the entire game
Too many factors against us and I think Arteta right to prioritise Benfica this Thursday.
Yes, we played with fear which was a shame but hopefully Thursday gets our season going again
There is this dim ultra-religious viewpoint that we have to get very bad to improve in the future. This comment represents that often stated view; “ My expectations have not been lowered, I’m just a realist and believe our problems go deeper than Arteta and in reality, will take more than 14 months to fix.‘ Do we have to lose more games that we have won at the 2/3rd point of the season. Arteta’s record is worse than any of his recent predecessors; Emery had a better win rate and even he was dogged by the same poor squad. This… Read more »
When Emery was here, the EL was beneath Arsenal
Now the last 32 is the saving grace for our season. We used to play the kids in the last 32 of the EL until Arteta came along.
No-one would disagree that we have conceded this season fewer goals and perhaps more importantly the large defeats that we have suffered in recent years.
The problem is that we have lost or drawn critical games, which have cost us points. Also
these results are down to silly mistakes and poor decision making.
The games against Wolves, Aston Villa and Benefica should have all been won, but for these
outcomes.
Pierre
Not only are you clueless but also can’t read and analyze the play even once it has already concluded.
Had Leno come out, as you suggested in your original post, he would’ve collided with Holding and got nowhere near the ball, since Holding completely lost the flight of the ball and found himself between Leno and Sterling.
Stick to golf and lying about handicaps.
oh nice, another who would have me be from america.
why would it matter where i’m from anyway? most of the leagues money is down to international interest in the league?
olis, if you can’t address the regression presented by the manager then don’t defend him.
Pierre, just fuck off you senile old twat.
What the fuck do you know about who is a real fan and who isn’t. Just because someone has a different opinion to you, they are not a real fan. I disagree with pretty much everything you say, but am I calling you plastic or not a real fan.
Some people on here have such a high opinion of themselves it’s embarrassing and probably points to their frustration of their standing in the real world. I am a fan of Arsenal, have been for over 30 years.
@Olis
Is that what it was??
What do you call a 5’7″ winger out jumping so-called defenders with an average height of 6’2″ in the first min to get the winner??
To me it really isn’t about Arteta. It’s the management as a whole. We have known for so many seasons how shit our transfers both incoming and outgoing have been relative to the very top sides. Yes I understand that we don’t have the mega funding as some of our rivals, but how can teams like Leicester and Dortmund and Liepzig etc manage to snatch up young talent at relatively cheap prices and either build them into the team or sell them on for massive profits. Our outgoing player transfers have been exceptionally poor. Sanchez, Ramsey and Gnabry prime examples.… Read more »
Olis you’re a wanker I’m from South London.
All you do us come on drooling at the mouth telling people this and that about themselves, who do you think you are?
You Mug!
Again showing that you really are a know nothing Troll.
So. Far all you’ve remarked on is geography and my use of language. Nothing to say about the content tho, eh. Surprise surprise.
What was it that arsenal got from playing Saka and Pepe on the opposite sides where they’ve been most effective??
Why don’t you mention that??
@Otis
What do you call 1 shot on target all game??
Do you want to know what I call it??
we can’t put a run of results together, it’s not going to improve.
arteta doesn’t have elite swagger, he is a false dawn.
we are better to move on asap than to keep him in and alienate players we might actually need.
South East London to be precise.
Olis ‘Matt I’m judging Atreta on what he’s said from day one in his pressers and what I’ve seen on the pitch.I can make my own mind up. I don’t need Pedro to spoon feed me an opinion like some of you scorned girlfriends. You don’t like what he’s selling now and are blaming him after falling for MA. You’re just pining for Emery and it’s sad.’ I really am not pining for Emery at all. He was never the right appointment and time will prove that neither was Arteta. Again, not that I should have to justify my position… Read more »
If we get knocked out of the EL and finish say between 8-10th that should be enough to change managers but at this mediocre club in every sense of the word its not.
Arteta to me doesn’t have what it takes. But it’s not his fault that the last few years we have had shit squad building attempts. But considering we still have quite a lot of players who are very attacking minded and have all played good attacking football previously, I don’t think that Arteta getting them to gel is actual progress. I think that is the absolute bare minimum he should be doing with this squad. He may have done better coming in after someone like Ancelotti if he had taken over from Wenger. But there was no real trust even… Read more »
I think the ‘silly mistakes’ and ‘poor decisions’ that we can all point to are why some on here are optimistic about the future and why some see progress. It is fine margins that see us in 10th rather than 6th or 5th and within touching distance of top 4. Arteta sets the team up, he is not responsible for playing the through balls or for missing 6 years sitters (Auba).
I think the ‘silly mistakes’ and ‘poor decisions’ that we can all point to are why some on here are optimistic about the future and why some see progress. It is fine margins that see us in 10th rather than 6th or 5th and within touching distance of top 4. Arteta sets the team up, he is not responsible for playing the through balls or for missing 6 years sitters (Auba).
i’m listening to the podcast.
does pedro really believe that arteta is going to beat brendan rodgers?
you’re too optimistic, arteta doesn’t have the sauce to beat brendan rodgers.
rodgers is actually elite.
Dissenter. That talking a good game has fooled a lot of people despite the absolute shit show of a season we have had. Even when Pedro states ‘but I hear from my inside sources that everything behind the scenes is perfect’ makes me laugh. There is noone who I actually trust behind the scenes. And if this source Pedro has is the same from the Wenger years, well then I can imagine that having more in depth training regimes looks impressive, but which clubs in the epl don’t have that. It’s like ‘just trust what the club is saying’, as… Read more »
You don’t think that every team could point to fine margins??
Interesting view. If only there were a fine margin table.
I’m going to be the epls top scorer at the age of 35.
I may say that is my goal, but it doesn’t mean it will happen.
Matt: Fair point, many could point to fine margins but the fact they are ‘fine’ means it’s restoration not a rebuild that’s needed. It’s decisions at key times by ‘players’ on the pitch that has cost us. Think about Saka breaking yesterday… he should have cut right and played Auba through but instead tried to play Pepe through and got it wrong. Tactics got him there, he was the one who made the bad decision. We can’t lay everything at the managers door no matter how frustrated we might be.
Oh dear, Soil So if the football being served up is crap, and unable to command my attention. It’s my fault.🤔🤔 It is what it is, and if I felt apathy towards the game, I put it down to how we played. Try watching it again yourself If you felt it was such a good performance. It was shit. One fuckin shot on goal and sideways and backwards passing most of the match. But if that’s the kind of football that has you glued to the screen says a lot more about your tastes ( or lack of ) than… Read more »
Olis,
It’s the EPL.
As if we are the only team that has lost out due to ‘fine margins’.
Sheesh you talk some garbage
‘ South East London to be precise.’
In Scotland or England?
No, Soil, America.
Cos we all know you’re always right.
The idea that City didn’t want to score another goal to protect Arteta’s reputation is just crazy.
KDB left footed chip missed the far post by about a foot, and he mistimed his volley slightly and skied it.
They had other chances too but that’s not the point is it.
The point is we were as toothless as any side I’ve seen play a PL game against anyone this season period.
A speculative shot from Tierney from 23 yards straight at the keeper is all we had over 94minutes.
The difference between our ‘fine margins’ and say brightons, is that we spent a shit load more on our average players. Which means their fine margins in the transfer market were a positive for them and ours a negative. So when we have a loss because of xhaka getting a red it’s not actually that fine a margin.
The thing that really gets me…. Finally I have lived to see the back of Ozil, Mustafi, et al in this club…. yet this clown of a manager has somehow managed to replace them with Willian, Luis, Holding et al. Literally who is worse out of Ozil and Willian?? – Serious question Not only that, he’s succeeded in turning a 20 goal a season striker into a present day Auba, he, seemingly without effort, has completely mismanage Pepe, Martinelli, Guendouzi, AND Saliba ( a guy we paid 30m for, without even playing him)!! Somehow Partey, having barely having an injury… Read more »
Arsenal can’t even pull back a one goal deficit such is the crumminess of the team
Cheney
You cant lay everything at the managers door I agree, but I am not having an argument about fine margins and I cant believe you honestly don’t accept that every fan of every other club could use the same argument.
Fine margins don’t put you in 10th position.
Goober: Is the average squad we have Arteta’s fault? Or is it years of mismanagement? I think the latter hence why I said earlier that we need time and money to put us back where we need to be. I remember Neville saying it would take 5 windows to get us back competing.
Any team would look like world beaters playing the dross dished up in the Premier league.
Mark: it depends on what your expectations are. If you think we should be somewhere between 6th and 8th then we can talk about fine margins, as teams that finish in those positions are separated by very little. They are much of a muchness.
To answer more directly, It is the players that put us in 10th.
If we have such a good defense why are we tenth?
Can’t score , old has beens, overpaid dross.
Arteta a fraud he hasn’t got anything of note, completely up his backside
Cheney, I literally wrote that it’s down to mismanagement.
I just don’t think either Emery or Arteta, especially in that order were ever going to be great hires for this club
Goober: I think that is where we differ slightly as I think it’s the players. The Sky cycling team talk about ‘marginal gains’ and as a leader/coach/manager you can bring marginal gains through equipment, training, coaching, strategy etc but if the riders, employees, players don’t have it then the leader, coach, manager could be anyone and it wouldn’t make a difference. The issue is we don’t have enough world class players.
Cheney10
We don’t have enough world class players which is why it was stupid to sack Emery.
Why is everyone reacting like we lost to a West Brom or a Fulham ?
Olis you are the epitome of a superfan.
Using the fact you go to matches when it’s raining (like you’re the only one to have done that or that it’s some heroic deed) like you’re the only real fan to then tell people they are embarrassing and not proper fans or that they never played the game is seriously cringeworthy.
“Our run in is better than most above us.“ Is it though? Apart from Sheffield and West Brom who are just playing for pride ,everyone else has something to play for. West Ham, Everton, Liverpool, Chelsea are playing for Europe. Tottenham is a derby. Burnley, CP, Brighton, NewCastle,Fulham will most likely be still involved in trying avoiding relegation. Not to mention the £2m for each league position which in a financial crunch is motivation enough for any side to be trying their best. Personally, I’d rather play the likes of Leeds or Villa , a mid table team, than Fulham… Read more »
Blackstock: Not sure I fully understand your point here but by that sentiment we certainly shouldn’t be looking to sack Arteta, as we will just create a revolving door culture aka Chelsea but without the owner who will find that slash and burn approach.
CT,
I’m pretty sure everyone on here acknowledged it would be a fluke to beat City.
But that is our 11th loss of the season.
Wenger’s last season was 13 losses. If we lose any more games there is literally no progression from the Wenger era.
Emery cleaned up when he worked with
World class players at PSG
I am split right now on the one hand when Wenger was delivering top4 it was deemed Elite Purgatory and now when we are mid table at best and have lost more games than we have won midway through the season , I cant decide what actually what Arsenal as a club has become . I would love for our club to win something this season and the only competition we are left in is Europa League, Thursday has to be the most defining match of recent Arsenal history . I will fully support Arteta on thursday but I dont… Read more »
Even emery lost less in his first season and we have a ‘better’ defense this season.
PSG operate on a financial level that we could only dream of and not really a comparison. He also got sacked there because he didn’t ‘clean up’. I’m not sure Emery is really relevant to the here and now. Think we should leave history in the past. It’s gone. Let’s move on.
Cheney10
The revolving door approach at Chelsea has made Chelsea top dog in London.
Graham Potter – now that’s something close to generational.
Why are people scared of sacking someone doing a shocking job? They weren’t last season when it was Emery. We won’t get the right person in if we don’t sack someone underperforming.
Blackstock: Yes it has but we can’t fund that approach, so again not really relevant.
Emery got sacked at PSG after winning the domestic quadruple, that is a clean up in my book.
Blackstock: it’s France. The owners of PSG want the champions league not the domestic cups that is taken as a given. Emery didn’t meet his KPIs and was sacked.
Emery got sacked because he was an outsider and not a Wenger puppet like the current manager.
Exactly olis you cunt
I have supported Arteta from day one despite valid concerns over his inexperience. I continue to support him now as i want Arsenal to do well and avoid more managerial upheaval. But here’s the thing… I’m not seeing this “big progression” that some are seeing. Maybe i have Covid symptoms as i can’t smell the sweet smell of success boiling in the distance neither. in fact, it’s all beginning to sound like that “Jam tomorrow” spiel that the Gazidas/Wenger regime used to lead us on with whilst we slide down the table. I don’t trust Mikel. I hope it all… Read more »
Cheney10
PSG have failed to win the Champions league before and after Emery’s departure which is also the same at Man City under Guardiola.
I’ll tell you what I do know about true arsenal fans (that are also local English folk) is that they wouldn’t tell an international supporter they are less of a fan because they can’t get to games.
What is the real world you halfwit?
Pierre, the ultimate Arsenal fan.
Of course he is.
Thinks that by sitting back and accepting the status quo for 10 years, he is the bees knees.
Pathetic!
I’d give the manager until the end of next season before deciding on whether to reward him or reject him.
I’m not bothered either way as I’m used to Arsenal as flops.
I can picture you as one of those ‘lads’ who goes to the gym but only works on upper body to think they are tough and talks shit to people while with a bunch of mates but wouldn’t say a thing without them to back him up.
Cowering like a little puppy with his tiny dick between his legs.
Blackstock: And PSG sacked those managers too but they have the funds to do so. Man City are a well run club that have made quality decisions over a 5 year period, including backing Pep despite not winning the one major competition that has alluded them.
This Olis geezer is an embarrassment.
Cheney is spot on. We all know years of mismanagement is why we are where we are. The only constant during that time is the players. At least we can defend as a team, the goal yesterday was a mistake not of the Managers making. He doesn’t take up a bad position or fail to close down a cross or miss a simple pass. He was onto a hiding yesterday, our players had no recovery time and only a short window for preparation. That’s not an excuse it is a fact – not accepting that handicap is stupidity because it… Read more »
Hahahahaha. I’m up at 430 to 530 every morning.
And why are you getting up early every day that makes you more of a fan? To watch highlights of arsenal every day?
Cheney10
Anyone manager can win a title with Man City as Pellegrini proved by winning two trophies in his first season in charge.
Amazing that someone like Olis claims to have a feel for the club.
Anyway, let him enjoy himself.
@Cheney10 ” Cheney10February 22, 2021 14:04:52 Mark: it depends on what your expectations are. If you think we should be somewhere between 6th and 8th then we can talk about fine margins, as teams that finish in those positions are separated by very little.” Cheney that kind Of thinking smacks of entitlement. I don’t have any expectations on where we should finish, we are where we are because of how we’ve performed. For a club with our history and resources I expect us to perform better than we have, and I expect the Manager to be getting more out of… Read more »
AFC Forever
Your beloved leader has yet to take a point off Man City since taking charge in December 2019
Agreed AFC Forever.
I think perspective is something that is in short measure on here at times.
So you’re telling me I don’t work? And the fact you do work makes you more of a fan? Haha yes you do live up to that halfwit label I just gave you
I think the ‘silly mistakes’ and ‘poor decisions’ that we can all point to are why some on here are optimistic about the future and why some see progress. It is fine margins that see us in 10th rather than 6th or 5th and within touching distance of top 4. Arteta sets the team up, he is not responsible for playing the through balls or for missing 6 years sitters (Auba). Chen If we go this route, very few managers will be sacked. Aubameyang scores a sitter against Brighton, we finish in top 4 Aubameyang scores the penalty against Spurs… Read more »