TOP FOUR FLIRTS AGAIN, AS HOPE WAVES FROM THE BAR

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Ahhhhggghhhhhhhh… WHY CHELSEA, WHY?

I wanted them to win. Smash West Brom. Keep hope OUT of this weekend. Make the Liverpool game an exercise in nothing.

Tuchel losing his first league game 5-2 has opened this afternoon up. It went from largely uninteresting, to… hmmmm… this could be sexy?

For Arsenal AND Liverpool.

If we win today, we go to within 6 points of top 4. SIX POINTS OFF TOP 4 WITH 8 GAMES TO GO.

That would be tantalising. There are still a lot of teams in the mixer. Too many to topple in my opinion, but still, the Premier League season, as it stands, is not over by a longshot. Our last few games are not the worst… we also play Chelsea, who we can beat.

My worry, as usual, is we’re world-class at punching ourselves in the face. Think about the self-inflicted wounds we’ve inflicted this season. We’ve been smacking ourselves about all year, no one is better at fucking things up than us.

The Liverpool game today, at home, is not looking great on many levels.

The Xhaka haters are about to see what happens when he’s not in the side.

David Luiz, who I’ve been desperate to see out of the starting 11 isn’t going to be included because of injury.

Saka AND ESR have very late fitness tests.

We’re not exactly cooking on first-team gas here…

What do we have going for us?

Well, we’re at home. Jurgen Klopp had a lot more players away last week than us. He’s had one training session to prepare.

I’m hoping that we might have carried through a bit of belief from the backend of the West Ham game. We are playing, mostly, like a top 4 team of late. We have the players to do damage today, there’s confidence that we can come back from going down in big games, and at some point… something has to click for us.

We’re waiting for a bang-bang moment.

Liverpool is a great team, they’ll be top 2 next season… but at the moment, there is a weakness in their system.

What am I looking for from today? A fucking performance.

We gave Manchester City too much respect. We let them score early, then we spent the game trying to keep it respectable.

That can’t happen today. We cannot let Liverpool control proceedings from the off. We have to stop conceding after 6 minutes in the big ones. There needs to be a show of force out there.

Which Arsenal will show up?

As Matt from podcast always says, you’ll know after 5 minutes.

Will it be the team that bossed the Spurs game? Or will it be the team that showed up thinking about what they were having for dinner at West Ham.

These are moments Arteta needs to own. He has to get his team firing. At a minimum, we need to come away from this game thinking there’s been progress

We’ve beaten Liverpool with Arteta. This squad can do anything on its day. Let’s see if we can do it under the pressure of a ‘maybe’ run for top 4.

HUGE GAME. See you on the other side. x

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Soham

Liverpool are playing woth more energy..look likely to score first…Arsenal aren’t up for looks like

MidwestGun

Ash… I suppose you preferred the last match then?

James wood.

Auba looks I’ll.?

Batistuta

Horrible horrible performance all round you’d think we were a league2 team

James wood.

ILL

Soham

At this rate we wont register even 1 short on and off target !!

Batistuta

Ceballos is a minus in midfield.

Again, until we find a partner for Partey that isn’t currently at the club, we’re going nowhere

Black+Snake

Painful viewing

Ash79

Midwest… No I didn’t at all and perhaps you’re missing my point

Youdaman

Need Elneny on for Ceballos

andy1886

“We cannot let Liverpool control proceedings from the off”

Looks like Pedro’s hotline to Mikel has been blocked.

Davedale

We are going to be shattered and make a mistake as all we are doing is chasing……..

Jim Lahey

Once again, this is fucking embarrassing. Sick of watching this shit

Davedale

Huge let off…….

Nelson

Our passes are so bad. We are outclassed.

Champagne Charlie

Pepe and Auba are such terrible basic footballers for their pedigree. Auba is rubbish outside the box, and Pepe is a fraud good for a moment.

No point talking about Ceballos, or the apparent ‘unleashing’ of Partey with no Xhaka. Both bs narratives, Thiago and Fabinho completely dominant.

Our attack is simply dogshit, pins us right in because literally nothing sticks up top. Saka and ESR huge misses for their technical ability and efficiency in possession.

JOEL

How many times can Cebellos pass to a Liverpool player in one half?

MLC

Ceballos is shit, worst player on the pitch

Jim Lahey

Every fucking team looks like peak Barcelona against us, we are beyond shit. Not a team in the league fears us.

LoveSausage

How Cebalos hasn’t cost us a goal yet, I have no clue…

Karsa

Missing Xhaka.

The words you’d never expect to hear.

Jim Lahey

“Missing Xhaka.”

No we’re not..

azed

We are luckily Liverpool are not very good at the moment.

That being said, we will win 2-0

Gazzap

Auba And Pepe are anonymous While ceballos has been awful. I’m not surprised.

LoveSausage

Azed

We’re sure making them look like the Liverpool of two years ago.

Ben D

What’s going on? We are behaving like deer caught in the headlights. Same players can be terrific one game, and can’t take an assured touch the next?

Only consolation so far is that we haven’t conceded

TheLegendaryDB10

Missing Xhaka

We’re missing ESR and Saka.

Mb

Auba is not playing sh*t, he is restricting Tierney’s run forward.

Gazzap

If you’re arteta you need to make tactical changes NOW not at 60

Foxy

We are hitting long clearances down rhe middle somehow expecting Ooord or Lace to win a ball in the air. 🤔

MidwestGun

I personally think the pairing of Auba and Laca is the main problem.. Just sayin.

Mb

not **only

Karsa

Irony is wasted om here.

azed

LoveSausage

Liverpool of the last two years would have been 4-0 up by now.

Nelson

Both our two CB’s can’t pass forwards accurately. We are giving the ball back very quickly. Auba sucks.

LoveSausage

Azed

If we continue sitting back like this there’s still time. Arteta needs to switch things up at halftime.

DUIFG

Auba wide has never worked, never, yet it continues to happen. Martinelli wide please.

Cavallos is a flick. Merchant, its hyper quicn hyper risky, no control, party again is control but on his own

DUIFG

Lol. Auba doesn’t suck but wide he is fucking toilet

azed

Tierney injured?

TheBayingMob

KT. Brilliant player. But broken. Will never do a full season for us.

Foxy

Longer game goes on without a goal it should suit us as Liverpool will tire after their whirlwind start.

Jim Lahey

KT off, well thats the end of that so

TheLegendaryDB10

DUIFG

Martinelli wide please

That will never happen as Arteta seems very reluctant in playing him.

Gazzap

Now we’re fucked. Hope tierney is ok but looks a bad one.

Nelson

They pass very accurately. Our passes are not.

Samesong

KT injured 😢
Ceballos never rated him say no more.
Boring game. Zzzzzzzzzz
Missing Saka and ESR

Jim Lahey

Aubameyang off, Martinelli on please.

Jim Lahey

Well that was fucking terrible

TheRoyalArsehole

We are still in it men. Hope for heads up and go for broke this next half. Let’s pull them on for the win

Moe

Ceballos is shit, and Auba is just such a poor player.

Mb

Nelson

Couldn’t agree more, non of our clearances are finding a player. Pepe, Ceballos are loosing ball and Auba has lost his game!!

MidwestGun

I agree we need Marti… some sort of forward drive.. Shame about Tierney.. injuries piling up now.

TheLegendaryDB10

“Dominant half by Liverpool” and they have been playing shit by their own standards.

Which makes you wonder, how shite are we???

Mb

Everyone can see Auba is not doing much…except Mikel.

Kendo

Not a shot on goal lol

Danny

Ceballos is useless, our worst player tonight, hopefully he’ll be gone forever soon.
Of course all we care about is Thursday’s match so I wouldn’t read too much into this turd of a match.

TheLegendaryDB10

Really poor half. And we were absolutely crap in the final third.

We really need to somehow kick into second gear for the second half or it’s not going to end well.

DUIFG

We got roasted there, this auba wide thing is mad, it isn’t working In the slightest, midfield is gabagge, caballlos plays like a kid loose flicks everywhere, martinelli on and even enemy or cacka in the mid.

We are so lucky they have not scored

Guns of SF

Who is going to spark this sparkless team?

This game needs Martinelli- can break the lines and create something… need more in attack. Ode hardly touched the ball

Jim Lahey

Like… at what point does the good football begin under Arteta? Another year? Another 5 years? Serving up shit sandwiches to the fans all year, the man is beyond lucky the stadiums are empty.

DUIFG

Why are people mugging auva off for not being a good winger, HE HAS NEVER BEEN A WINGER

Nelson

The Pools seem to have a lot of energy. They press really hard. We kept giving the ball back.

Kroenkephobe

Very tough watch. Outfought and outplayed so far Ceballos has been almost Eboue-esque

D-ream – things can only get better.

Get Martinelli on for PEA.

Guns of SF

Martinelli needs to play.
If WIllian gets on ahead of him then fuck this shit.

Guns of SF

we are hoofing the ball to no one.
Its like we holding on for a smash and grab.

Take the game to Liverpool…. stop playing so deep for fucks sake

Kendo

“Why are people mugging auva off for not being a good winger, HE HAS NEVER BEEN A WINGER”

He’s never been a good player.

MidwestGun

Pool didn’t really have any good looks at our goal either. … really thought there would be more chances both ways. 1 shot on goal both ways. isn’t exactly scintillating. Hopefully our Jekyl and Hyde nature continues and we pick it up next half. Do need to change something..

DUIFG

Agree with all that have said martinelli wide is a pipe dream, arteta does not rate him.

Grim how Cavallos is playing, he bits into challenges gets Done on a one 2 every time, kid like.

On the ball will try flick out, that isn’t taking responsibkily it’s hoping you can luck your way out.

We need a steady base and feed party and ode, that’s how we get control this game.

Auba needs to love Central or off, nonsense thinking at 32 he’s not a winger again tthe most attacking fb in the league.

Kendo

Arsenal being schooled by a team 36 points worse off than at the same stage last season.

Champagne Charlie

Nobody gives a fuck about Auba not being a good winger, he’s not a good footballer. His touch, technique, ability to hold onto the ball, presence in duels, the lot, is rank average.

He’s an elite 18 yard box player, and a big mistake that we extended. Distorts the whole attack, because our best CF is Lacazette and it removes the place for a proper LW, because Auba is our best goal threat and gets put wide to have him in the XI.

Whole attack is horribly matched. The kids are bang on it, the senior guys are gash.

Gazzap

Elneny and martinelli on for Auba and ceballos but that’s how we should have started and why arteta is clueless as a manager.

DUIFG

If arteta was honest arteta would aheb to say I play auba wide to be able to play both. That is the only reason. There is no footballing valid reason why you would have him there, its a personality selection. And continues to kill us

Kendo

Are Arsenal at the foot of the table or Sheffield Utd.

DUIFG

Lol kendo, if I could get a fishing rod emoji out now I would haha

Guns of SF

I think Soares will offer more in attack than KT today. He seems to see the openings better and likes to attack

Kendo

Bring back Emery all is forgiven.

DUIFG

This is getting silly, put Maldini in as cf and expect the guy to be an elite striker.

Men getting mad in here

MidwestGun

Red…. you new name is shit.

Kendo

Keeping the scoreline respectable will be seen by twats as progress lol

Useroz


Get Martinelli on for PEA.”

Sadly not going to happen with the generational one, unless, God forbids, we were 3 down with 5 mins to go… such is the low in game management turns into 😥

G

WINGER”He’s never been a good player… you just started watching Arsenal this season?

Bergkamp63

Amazing how 3 of our 4 best players not on the pitch, how would Liverpool look without Mane, Sarah, VVD ?

Keep it real FFS

FB

Post international break freshness and now desire will win this

Would Elneny for Cel allow TP to push on. Our attack are feeding off scraps

Gazzap

Ceballos looking incredibly feeble. Powder puff. Playing with 10.

Useroz

Practically no apparent tactical changes in early minutes of the 2H… what’s going on coaches, manager??

FB

Kendo

You should be happy. Just had you’re first dry night

Get behind the team for crying outloud

Gazzap

It’s embarrassing. Liverpool are streets ahead but how come only 4 points between these two teams?!?

TheBayingMob

Without ESR and Saka we offer so little jn attack. Best we can hole for here is. A 0-0 or snags and grab 1-0 as we are just not creating anything. No presence, no possession, no penetration. It’s all a bit shit to be honest. What can Arteta do to change it?

Useroz

Ceballos ‘s lack of pace and strength generally makes him ill suited to the PL, let alone in such high tempo, robust games

Davedale

All 10 outfield players camped in our own half with no out ball doesn’t bode well………

TheBayingMob

If we ship a goal we are likely to go on and lose by 2 or 3

Nelson

Laca couldn’t even receive a pass

TheBayingMob

* Shit typos removed *

Without ESR and Saka we offer so little in attack. Best we can hope for here is a 0-0 or a smash and grab 1-0 as we are just not creating anything. No presence, no possession, no penetration. It’s all a bit shit to be honest. What can Arteta do to change it?

Useroz

Elnenyis savior apparent ! !

Useroz

Auba has been embarrassing can’t seem to do simple things like passes most Championship footballers can proficiently

TeeCee

Arteta doesn’t have a clue, it’s like a bunch of 50 year old pubbers against a PL side and still he does nothing. Mid-table manager showing exactly what he is.

Gazzap

Tactically awful. No reaction from arteta at half time. At last he realises we’re being overrun in midfield

Almuniasaynomore

Jota for Salah would spell serious trouble for us.

MidwestGun

Gabby told Salah … though shall not pass. Pyramid Pirlo warming up.

Useroz

TheBayingMobApril 3, 2021 21:13:26

Spot on.

Quite pathetic really given the wages these 11 such per week…