Once again, we’re here bemoaning dropped points in a game we should have killed off. We’re here wondering how Granit Xhaka can still be making errors in a system built to support his weakness. We are totally shocked how a refereeing decision can go against us, even with the support of a video analyst. We are pissed that we dropped needless points again.
Arsenal should have taken 3 points today. We should have buried Burnley after demoralising them in the first half. We didn’t. The big conversation point will be about Granit Xhaka. He controlled the ball in our penalty box after receiving it 8 yards from Leno’s line, he looked up, and played a pass to Chris Wood so perfect, the player barely needed to move to score. It was embarrassing, the 8th Xhaka error leading to a goal this season.
‘Unforced error’ has been the deadliest weapon in the oppositions attack for Arsenal since the Chelsea restart. We’re at the point now where it’s clear that the only way we alleviate the issue is to shift on the players that make them. Our main challenge is we don’t have the depth to do that at the moment, so it’ll be a next season thing.
The more concerning problem for me is the lack of goals. Before Christmas, we weren’t creating chances. Against Burnley, we had more big chances than shots on target. We hit the bar, the post, Pepe fluffed a stunning chance, whiffing the ball when a connection looked easier. It’s worrying how relaxed our players are in front of goal. I know Thomas Partey isn’t a striker, but a player of his quality should be keeping a shot on the edge of the box under the bar.
It’s also worth highlighting how bad our luck is with referees. Peters handled the ball in the box. By this seasons standards for handball, it was absolutely nailed on, but the VAR crew looked at it and took a hard pass on it. To make matters worse, the ref looked like he’d evened up things a little later when Pepe’s sublime volley was cleared by the same players shoulder. It wasn’t a penalty, the decision was correct… it’s just mad they spent that much time making sure they got the Burnley decision right, but not the easier decision for the earlier issue. At some point, someone at the top of the game has to make a decision, because the referees are still shit even with the best tools at their disposal.
When you combine fear in front of goal, with the mistake avengers, and you throw in bad luck… you’re always going to struggle.
… but, I will take positives from this game even if you hate it.
The system is working. It’s generating high quality chances, it’s largely limiting the opposition, the results will come. At this point, it’s clear that it’s a personnel problem and the backroom staff absolutely know this.
What fans won’t accept is this carrying on into next season. If Xhaka is the first name on the teamsheet in August, after all the data that supports an issue all the fans know, then you have to question Arteta. Our entire midfield needs a revamp. Ceballos isn’t the full ticket and we don’t have to buy him. Elneny is simply not good enough. Xhaka has great bits to his game, but the upside isn’t high enough to merit him continuing. He’s not young, he’ll never get better than this, errors are a feature of his game. That fact cannot continue to be ignored, and we have to see the correlation of him coming to Arsenal and our sharp decline as a force in English football.
There are lots of nice bits about the squad. We are controlling games now. Chances are coming from lots of places. There’s a lot of talent bubbling in the right areas. Plug the unforced errors this season and we’re 12 points higher in the table competing for top 4. Unforced errors like the Granit one today is a player thing. You can’t coach that level of dimness out of a player.
We really, really missed ESR out there today. It’s incredible how big his impact is on how we play. His off ball movement makes us harder to play against. His runs, his passing, his quick thinking… we missed it today.
The league is so done now. It’s all on Europa. It’s the only saving grace we have. Let’s see where to take it on Thursday.
Tune into the On-The-Whistle podcast with Johnny and Matt. It’s a good one. We debate the strengthening arguments for keeping Arteta and moving him on.
Can’t be arsed today……
Typical
So it’s Xhaka out then Pedro? Just trying to keep up.
Tr4phy
BTW if you’re still around Pedro we have one of those brain dead idiots spewing bile of the previous post that needs binning. Berg the berk.
“At some point, someone at the top of the game has to make a decision, because the referees are still shit even with the best tools at their disposal.”
They are probably doing exactly what they were told to do.
Arsenal need to request an investigation into the PGMOL.
Best part of today was the Tr4phy. So many mistakes…yet so typical. I loved when the announcers said that we would be 4th if the league started at Christmas! I figured Pedro had to be beaming somewhere….but we’re not 4th…we’re 10th. You can see some progress, I get it. In some ways you can say it’s good to be furious after a result like that….but we’ve said that a couple of times. When is “The New Dawn” going to finally happen? I’m still willing to give Mikel time, and we’ve got a long way to still go…so he’ll need it.… Read more »
I think Newcastle recently wrote a letter to the FA regarding the poor officiating and namedropped a few refs as well. Asking the authority to not allow those refs officiate Newcastle games. We should be filing our complaints too. Its blatantly clear that we are the team worst impacted by VAR. The decisions that go against us are baffling. Also this should be a joint effort with other teams to force accountability on the referees association. The quality of refereeing in the best league in the world is not up to the standard really. The refs are not held accountable.… Read more »
Pedro
Steven Berg needs help but for now the bin should suffice.
“You can’t coach that level of dimness out of a player.”
Hmm, almost sounds like Pedro thinks Xhaka is one of the uncoachables, thought that wasn’t a thing….
Interesting that the decision to start Willian, who was yet again absolutely awful was not raised…
Spot on CT and well said. It’s beyond a joke at this point. The first thing on the agenda when the season ends for the PL/FA should be how to improve the standard of officiating in this country. It needs a complete reboot.
I’d have had more respect for GX if he’d taken that ridiculous pass from Bernie, looked to his left and seen Wood, and decided just to hoof it into row Z behind the goal because he recognised the risk. But he didn’t even look up.
We simply don’t have the right group psychology running through the team and management to do the correct thing and sustain pressure. Way too much mental fragility running through the club and there has been for 15 odd years.
Pedro – I agree with Andy about this Berg character. A serious wrong un.
“That fact cannot continue to be ignored, and we have to see the correlation of him coming to Arsenal and our sharp decline as a force in English football.”
ha haha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
I’m sure it’s just an unfortunate coincidence.
Xhakattack.
Just comparing the excuses and leniency you give Arteta compared to Wenger and yet even in Wengers worst season, and Emery, they did better than this incompetent manager
Mental.
https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/lz2a0h/pepe_miss_vs_burnley_81/
We need some of that Ishola energy back.
You play dumb fucks you get a dumb fuckimg result . I am sorry but this is on Arteta , He couldve easily let Xhaka go to Hertha Berlin . We wouldve signed a replacement in the summer transfer window or kept Lucas Torreira or AMN . I am just so done with Xhaka. Even kindergarten kids wouldnt have fucked that situation , its quite painful to watch a pro doing this like that.
“I hold my hands up for their goal and I’m sorry for the mistake. That’s football and right now I feel just as frustrated as all of you. #Arsenal #GX34”
Seems like Xhaka disagrees with the Leno obsessives.
That’s only football if you’re Granit fucking Xhaka though, a couple of decent, non mistake ridden performances doesn’t change who he really is.
IT seems that Xhaka pass actually hit Wood and went in…
anyhow, does not matter.
Xhaka is being xhaka.
A coach favorite as he is hardly injured and does what he is told to do.
When oh when is anyone going to wake up and see that he is not what we need. His limitations are there for the world to see for years!
Partey and a Bissouma type all day for me. We need extremely robust and athletic CM’s that actually can do much more than he.
No shortage of these in the world.
No point bemoaning referees or VAR when we’re not clinical infront of goal. if we dont take our chances and gift the opposition goals then we reap what we sow and i say fuck them! Professionals indeed
And by non mistake ridden I mean we haven’t been punished by his mistakes that much lately, they’ve still been there though, he’s just been lucky and in decent form, which elevates him up to the lofty heights of average.
Samesong
“We need some of that Ishola energy back.”
Hope you are keeping well Samesong.
Like plenty of others I saw the writing on the wall this season regarding the league a while back and I’m not convinced by Arteta so posting can naturally go down as a result but I will still post on here when the mood takes which others on here will be delighted to hear no doubt.
Black+SnakeMarch 6, 2021 16:52:50
That’s it in a nutshell.
Watching the Southampton game today that Telles up front great pace and aggression to win their penalty. Looks a talent need to see more of this young lad.
We all know, even Pedro, that Xhaka is unfit for purpose in English football but Arteta thinks he brilliant and plays him every match. Top tier managers would quickly see Xhaka is a clown but Arteta thinks he great and praises him often. Both Xhaka and Arteta need to leave club before we progress.
Ishola
Tbh it’s been a bit lame without some of the old guard.
I don’t even want to speak about Arteta……
Calum Chambers’ game by numbers vs. Burnley: 100% tackles won 74% pass accuracy 9 ball recoveries 5 clearances 2 chances created Solid shift at right-back.
For those blaming Leno for the goal. Re-watch that sequence. Xhaka had the option to play it to Luiz first time. But since he doesn’t have a good right foot he doesn’t attempt that. Instead he decides to take a touch and attempts an even more difficult pass with his right foot.
Sorry his name is Tella and he’s a midfielder.
Shit he played for Arsenal couldn’t Tella lol
Which game is this the summary?:
Control the game
Miss many chances
Stupid individual error/decision
Crap refereeing
Drop points
Too many is the answer.
Arteta held onto xhaka when selling him would have probably gotten us aouor.
The buck stops with the manager at the end of the day, this is his guy who he convinced to stay despite clubs wanting him and his acrimonious relationship with the fans.
Arteta has no clue what he’s doing.
Captain Tierney – yes Xhaka should have done better but Leno should not have given him the ball in the first place.
Leno was silly to play the ball to Xhaka in such a tight space but Xhaka absolutely compounds the situation with shit brainless play.
We all know that Leno is not the full ticket as a goalkeeper but Xhaka exceeds him for unsuitability easily. At least Leno comes up with match winning pieces of play in between his howlers something that can’t be said of Xhaka too much.
Yet another poor poor performance… From the manager….!!!!!!!!!! Willian….willian…..wtf how many poor games before he is binned ..? Under this fool he will never be binned….. this guy is so far out of his depth. If I was Pepe I’d have been so pissed off….. A team plays in the image of its manager…at this point I’d have to say not good enough this has to be the end… well Thursday will be the beginning of the end he ain’t beating the Greeks simple and I bet they can’t wait to be gifted a goal either… The midfield that we… Read more »
The system is working? Is pedro by any chance our garba sheu or femi adesina? What system is working?
Missed that we were on to new post, so copy and paste: Re: Leno being to blame for the Xhaka. I’ve watched the goal over and over again. I don’t understand why Mari passes to Leno in the first place. Tierney has the ball, Lowton on his shoulder and Westwood close by as well. Makes sense to pass. Can’t see where half the team is, but of who is visible, Mari is most sensible choice. But Mari could have played it into space for Xhaka – who was already sprinting – to receive. Or he could have played it long… Read more »
It just honestly breaks my heart to see Arsenal like this , I can accept defeat when we played at our absolute best and still lose. What I cant really accept is a professional football player , who constantly lets his team down at crucial moments like that . You got to be a special kind of dumb to be able to fuck up a simple pass like that. Has sucked the joy out of Arsenal . Lee Dixon on air was embarassed to even analyse that . How many times will Arteta defend this shit . We were lucky… Read more »
The Xhaka dilemma is one of several. Im sure Arteta knows he needs a much better midfield but he doesnt have the money to just go out and spend 100m. He has shifted a lot of players so far and he will know that he needs to get rid of a few more. But all the changes take time. Its not as if a draw against the likes of Burnley is unknown at Arsenal. We tanked against plenty of duff teams under Wenger even when he was in his prime. The club culture has been soft for a decade or… Read more »
The whole team is playing so well but No Arteta has to play his favorites . Willian , Xhaka , Luiz . A few bad eggs that can spoil the entire fucking club . God knows what Martinelli or Pepe has done wrong to Arteta. I would have really preferred Torreria to this clown of a midfielder . I guess Arteta does really have a type .
Divine, a reason we’re playing well is because of Xhaka, Luiz, and Willian.
@The Bard
It won’t cost £100m to replace Xhaka. Torreira, Guendouzi and AMN I think are all better options than Xhaka, especially given that we have Partey now. I would even prefer Chambers or Luiz playing DM than to have Xhaka in the team.
Diet Pep should be locked in the same room with steve berg
The Bard “The Xhaka dilemma is one of several” That may be the case but when this certain dilemma has been a hindrance for the team for seasons upon seasons now surely there has to come a time when that certain dilemma has to be seen as top priorty to resolve. And this isn’t just about Arteta the Xhaka carry on at this club for too many years now. It’s an overall Arsenal thing going on here. Arteta is just carrying it on. Putting too much value on a player because of perceived passing and technical attributes and completely ignoring… Read more »
Playing well at the cost of 3 points. Guess what happened last time we played Burnley before this Pedro.
@Pedro
Xhaka having a few decent games doesn’t mean he’s the reason we (were) playing well. He’s not in form-of-his-life or player of the year contention. He literally managed to do the bare minimum required of his job lately without glaring errors. He’s Neil from accounts managing to be in at 9am rather than 9:10 for a change.
Vickinz
Make that Lai Mohammed.
Last time we played Burnley we lost to them 1-0 and Granit Xhaka had a red card . If we are pinning hopes on Xhaka to rescue our season than we can call it over. If bookies were taking odds on next Arsenal unforced errors Xhaka and Luiz would be favorites right now.
From 15 shots only 3 on target that is 20% of shot accuracy versus Burnley’s 56% or 5 from 9 that is the story of this game. Well 9 points of 4th and 7 points of European football with West Ham and Everton having a game in hand. Well good bye and good night to this season and hopefully the manager as well. Is the Barcelona offer for real?
It’s not “playing out from the back”. It’s “farting around at the back”.
And this was coming all season.
Although the real problem imho was not being able to score in the second half. Pepe should have scored the “handball”/cross bar volley. The right side of the goal is empty – he volleys it to the left side where there are two defenders.
It does feel like it’s one step forward, two steps back.
Every time it looks like we have turned a corner something new crops up.
In this case, a Xhaka schoolboy error after a period of hyper-risky and leisurely playing out from the back inside the penalty area.
Xhaka’s now made a few key errors in the last 3 game.
If I’m not mistaken, he’s also played the second most minutes of all the outfield players after Saka).
He needs a rest.
Its like a sequel to Groundhog Day . Except Arsenal dont learn their lesson and we remain stuck in the loop.
We just need to abandon this utterly disingenuous narrative that we are being hard done by. I hate this hapless victim mentality. No one forced Xhaka to make that pass he did. No one forced our strikers to miss sitters. It’s getting tiresome hearing excuse after excuse exonerate this manger’s mistakes. Every team has decisions go against them. We need to grow up and make our own luck and make sure on the field we make the most of our chances if we’re finding that referees are against us. We need to play in such a way to make victories… Read more »
Xhaka played too many games non_stop. I think he is mentally exhausted.
Ødegaard is less effective against team with a low block. He doesn’t have chemistry with Saka. I prefer ESR. With him, our offense runs smoother. Saka would also play better.
Take a bow Leeds.
the VAR crew
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Pedro – it’s not a crew but just one bloke and today it was Kevin Friend, the bent cunt.
Words on a Blog
Xhaka needs a rest.
Permanently.
DivineS,
Groundhog Day: The Return
Starring Granit Xhaka and David Luiz.
Special appearance by Kevin “No Friend of Arse”, playing Punxsatawney Phil
Agree that this hard done or the refs are against us has to stop. If we have a case like fulham when IFAB met regarding the handball rule and if the same game would be played next season and the goal would stand, than we can complain about the refs. Simple solution improve on your shot accuracy.
Ask yourself, Is this the best this squad can achieve under any other manager, if the answer is yes then fine. If its no then ask yourself what exactly is the endgame. Why are we being used as a training school by a manager who thinks he is top class already
Pedro
March 6, 2021 17:23:38
Divine, a reason we’re playing well is because of Xhaka, Luiz, and Willian
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Pedro please (playing well!!!), we’re playing better because of Saka and of course ESR.
“The system is working”
Yes it is, if 10th place is your objective.
Shkodran Mustafi was a world cup winner , he had so many unforced errors in him , it was beyond tragicomical . But we managed to get rid of him . Kolasinac , I still remember the Spurs derby Lacazette scored a worldie than Kolasinac managed to fuckup a simple pass and Son scored. But we got rid of him as well. Granit Xhaka was on his way out but Arteta said no . And now we bear the cost of this decision . I think Xhaka alone cost us 4points in the league to a relegation contender team ,… Read more »
Watching Munich versus Dortmund what an excellent game. No air balls by Haaland.
You honestly are an excuse making machine, Pedro. If, if, if…
Call a spade a spade Pedro, claiming player poverty has run its course, good and thoroughly so. There has to come a point where the obvious truly is the obvious. Gee, i dunno, maybe just maybe its been the manager all along?
Saka, odegard, willian, xhaka, Leno, tierney, chambers, partey all had sub par performances
Xhaka and Leno are always error prone
Both were culpable for that goal
we should have won. Like many games. Lately. We are playing the second best football in the league since Xmas. Have you watched Everton ? Spurs ? West Ham ? They are all shite. Sure they are ahead of us right now – but I see no way that remains the case for next season. This season has threatened to improve but there is just too much transition to get consistency. Arteta has flaws. I am not 100 percent convinced of him – but I don’t think people realize what a festering cesspool of shit attitudes and crap players Colney… Read more »
Second half was a snooze fest
Arteta’s teams lose energy and focus after 45 minutes
Small window for winning games in the 1st 45
Pedro has become the thing he loathes the most…
an unapologetic AKB
If you watch the Burley goal Xhaka demands the ball from Leno by stretching both hands down towards his feet. Anyone who has played the game at any level anywhere will understand this.
It’s a universal sign that means “PLAY THE BALL TO MY FEET”
Where Leno went wrong was obliging to dumb Xhakhas demand.
Xhaka and Leno are always error prone
Both were culpable for that goal
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How exactly was Leno at fault for Xhaka’s brainfart?
Looking at the season as a whole we have been: 1) maddeningly inconsistent 2) unable to sustain long periods of dangerous possession 3) way, way too prone for lethargic and risky playing out from the back 4) frequently unable to kill off matches when he have an early goal or goals and chance 5) more often than not unable to respond to an early setback. We play like a top 4 team less than 50% of the time – so we will finish mid-table. At the moment we are much more like a cup team – but one poor match… Read more »
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbD_lR1tpUA
Ishola70 I dont disagree it is reminiscent of Wenger days. Wenger stuck his head in the sand and seemed to stick to players for the sheer hell of showing how strong he was but he also had decades of experience and got away with it.. Arteta is a rookie and we just have to accept that rookies make mistakes. Its either that or sack him. As I have posted before because of our position off the field Im not convinced that we can do a lot better right now. Im not wedded to Arteta but I do like some of… Read more »
Pedro you are literally trolling now
We’re playing well because of Luiz Willian and xhaka
Xhaka has 2 assists in his last two games for the opposition
Willian has only been good in the Leicester game. That’s one game in close to 30
Luiz has been ok the last handful of games but our defense was tighter with mari and holding previously
You’re literally trolling Pedro
He passed to xhaka in a tight space
There were other options like play long for instance
Danny passing to an absolute gorm in that circumstance was always going to end in tears Just because xhaka wanted the ball doesn’t mean Leno should’ve given it to him. When I eat chocolate my dog comes over and begs for it even tho it would poison him. Leno should really have known better than to indulge xhaka in or around our box Tho frankly why we need to have a CM on the penalty spot when we have the ball is an absurd joke. This playing out from the back hipster nonsense belongs in a dumpster along with some… Read more »
Know the debate will go on whether it was Leno or Xhaka’s fault but it’s a situation of dumb and dumber. Initial error was Leno giving it in the first place, passing into a clear 3 man press (my U12 GK makes better decisions than that). Then Xhaka compounding it by asking for the ball in the first place without checking his shoulder and then making a lazy no-look lob across the box. Neither is fully what we need, and both should probably go, Xhaka for sure sooner than later. Maybe Leno not a lost cause, but should be on… Read more »
Listening to this pod Pete and i don’t know or care the name of this guest who is saying that: “since arteta is the manager it is his team” and i’m just shaking my fucking headhere WHAT IN THE ACTUAL FUCK IS HE TALKING ABOUT??? Might be interesting to show, in terms of transfers The amount of transfers vs. loans vs. sales/releases and then rehash the braindead issue. My god, maybe save us some grief here and find someone who knows what the fuxk they’re taking about!! AMN who is talking up allarsyce and slagging arteta!! WHAT THE FUCK! Amn… Read more »
why are people complaining about refs? shoulder has never been classed as handball so why should they have had a penalty
Words Its so frustrating because Arteta has everything right before him but he constantly overlooks it . Arteta having been in this job now for more than year has made some brilliant decisions but then constantly shoots himself in the foot by making equally baffling selections. If he was able to see Mustafi for who he is , wjy cant he realise what Xhaka as a player is . Martinelli alongside Saka was the brightest spot in Arteta’s early tenure. Why not select him over Willian for once ! Holding and Mari was the best partnership during the christmas period,… Read more »
London g
I don’t think people are talking about the shoulder incident, which wasn’t a penalty, but the double handball a few minutes earlier, which wasn’t given..
The most damning stat of all time is since we bought Xhaka we havent finished in top 4 !
In any role, no matter how good you are if you keep making critical mistakes which have a financial impact then you are booted out.
At this point xhakas mistakes that lead to goals and co have cost us x amount of millions for not reaching the champions league.
London n
You obviously didn’t see the game That one was not handball. The other one was blatant.
The problem is that we have players who play the instructions instead of what is in front of them. Leno should have booted the ball away, but because of that start from the back strategy he did not. There is a time and q place when you have to divert from the instructions and be able to smell the danger. I also think that bold from the back approach would be less problematic if we had players at CB who could actually dribble their way out of trouble and make a vertical pass that evades the opposition. Right now because… Read more »
Does anyone have a clip of the handball incident (not the shoulder one)
at the time of viewing it looked like it wasn’t a handball but rather a ball to hand but I only had one viewing.
The real question is do the hierarchy stand by arteta and what he’s attempting to have the team do
Or
Do they stand by xhaka, ceballos, lacas lack of goals, pepe’s very 3 stooges-esque comedy, the occasional errors of luiz (i still think he’s worth it) etc.
I would much rather arteta keep the reigns and attempt to have arsenal transition back to the type of play fans deserve- ATTACKING PLAY
Vs. stand by the xhakas of the squad who, to get the best from them require us playing like newcastle.
The Bard ” I dont disagree it is reminiscent of Wenger days. Wenger stuck his head in the sand and seemed to stick to players for the sheer hell of showing how strong he was but he also had decades of experience and got away with it.” I meant more about keeping with players primarily because of real or perceived attributes that became very important under Wenger and would be held on to for too long despite obvious weaknesses. We all know the importance that the club and Wenger gave to players that were seen to have good technique and… Read more »
I’m sorry but xhaka had never been good enough at least not for a top 4 team even without the errors he is doesn’t have the pace or dribbling skill or close control to be a starter
had to turn that pod off, your guest is awful pete. Sorry
China,
You are correct, forcing a team to ALWAYS play out of the back no matter what the situation when you don’t yet have all the players to execute that smoothly every time is just folly. Would be OK if doing in a youth setup where development is the main objective, but this is Premier League. I’m in the camp to give Arteta a proper chance at executing a rebuild, but that stubbornness streak in his personality (selections, forcing tactics) could end up being his undoing in the end. Will depend on results over time.
You people should stop defending Xhaka. Xhaka is an idiot. 90% of the time he passes backwards, then refuses to pass backwards the only time it would have made sense
Leno is dense too btw, I thought we already knew that anyway. Reason why Martinelli should still be here. That guy had absolutely no nerves. You can catch him on his offdays conceding stupid goals, but you’ll never catch him make such a brain dead choice.
Valentin
“Right now because Arteta does not trust our CBs, we have midfielders dropping far too deep to collect the ball.”
Xhaka has always come short to receive the ball from keeper or defender since he came to the club. It’s where he feels safest deep.
Nothing new there whether it was under Wenger, Emery or Arteta.
The real answer is to get in a midfielder that doesn’t many times want to go short in first phase to receive the ball.
Sometimes people are deliberately dishonest because of their agenda. Same thing happened when we beat Leicester. The fact is poor finishing, bad decision making and abysmal VAR lost us 2 points. How so called fans can’t be pissed off about that VAR decision is beyond me because it’s not the first. 1: Did Arteta miss a sitter in the first half? No, Saka 2. Did Arteta make a decision not to clear the ball? No, Leno/Xhaka 3. Did Arteta miss a sitter in the 2nd half? No, Pepe. 4. Did Arteta refuse to award a blatant handball? No Friend did.… Read more »
And Arteta needs to be sacked if he doesn’t beat Olympiacos. Enough of these double standards. Chelsea changed managers when it wasn’t working and suddenly they’re pulling up trees. It won’t kill us if we change managers especially a rookie that’s arrogant, malicious and set in his stupid ways.
All this Xhaka thing is a bit unfair, I mean, he got an assist out of it.
Marquee moon is so passé
At least delve into the verlaine solo stuff if yr gonna use it as an icon GB
🤣
This is our worse season for 23 years.
Rookie manager who endorsed Zhaka, a rookie manager who brought Willian, a rookie manager who hasn’t picked the same team twice.
A rookie manager who sold the wrong goalie.
It goes on.
We are playing turgid football, slow build ups, laborious sideways passing, we are in a mess.
Of course we have a good game but less than 50% of the time.
Pedros spin is getting crazy we are crap,with this person in charge.
It was a bad decision for the Burnley goal. Leno should have booted it, out of all the players he had the best view of the players pressing. Xhaka had only one pass on and he shanked it at Wood. As well as he has been playing, Xhaka has too many mistakes in him. . Arteta knows that but he has few other choices for that role. 5 players he said we need and that will be one he will know about. We need a good summer transfer window.
Do you think the shop will sell many 20/21 season reviews when they come out on DVD?