No one does a disaster start to the season quite like Arsenal.
Auba and Lacazette are out ‘ill’… two healthy young men out at the same time in August means one of two things. They got the thing that’s going around or they are being sold. My money is they have the bad thing, which is alarming for a number of reasons… the most notable, they could be out for the Chelsea and City games.
Let’s hope they shared a yellow sticker Tesco Sushi, that’d be a better scenario.
However, out of adversity, springs of hope may spray… that sounded more poetic in my head. I have had about 20 people in my DMs today saying they are more excited about the game now than they were before. I’m in that boat as well, Arteta is going to be forced into playing a young and dynamic line-up.
My money would be on Martinelli filling that role. He’s fit, more experienced, and he’s an absolute beast of a player. They might have Saka and Pepe flanking him. If the manager was bold, he’d drop Balogun into the team and see what he’s all about. The sexy reality is there is no bland choice here… all he has is the kids, who time and time again, show they are hungry and have a better profile for what we need.
My bigger worry is that press conference from yesterday. I watched Thomas Frank do one at Brentford, he was charismatic, evocative, positive, and inspirational. Mikel Arteta looked like a child who’d been told he couldn’t play with his toys.
This is unacceptable behaviour for an Arsenal FC ‘manager.’ When you are a player, you can be that way, when you are a manager… your job is to inspire the fans and the players. I can’t imagine many watching that will have felt that way.
He could have set a bar for the season.
He could have told the miserable fans not to underestimate the Arsenal.
He could have given us a blueprint of what to expect this season.
Instead, he sat on that chair and made sure the whole world knew he was unhappy. That’s selfish behaviour and I’m pissed that he’s behaving that way. If he has the audacity to do that before the season opener, what is going on behind the scenes?
Arteta has a massive job on his hands this season. It’s delivery time. We need to find the next level. The football needs to be better, the energy levels need to be consistent, and there can be no excuses. That press conference felt like he was defeated before we’ve kicked a ball, like he’d been reading Barry from Basildon slagging him off on Twitter. I can’t have it, you have to be bigger than that if you want to be an Arsenal manager, and the show starts tonight… a win and nothing else is acceptable.
What do I want to see on the pitch tonight?
Ben White and Sambi Lokonga. No excuses. Mo Elneny shouldn’t be anywhere near the team.
I want to see a fun and vibrant front three, I do not want to see Willian invited to the party.
I want to see an intense level of football. I want total control. I want a reassuring win.
Nothing less.
If the kids shine against Brentford and beat them, it actually makes the Chelsea and City games easier. Our chances in both games were low, but if he loses them with an inexperienced side that plays hard and fast, there will be more forgiveness from the fans. Hey, we might even surprise a few.
One things is for sure, it seems Willian is getting the cold shoulder from Arteta, he’s on ESPN explaining that he hasn’t hit the right level, and basically saying he’d be open to him exiting. NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN. Nothing shows the lack of leadership at Arsenal quite like Arsenal bombing off Mesut Ozil, only to jump right back into signing another deadweight on mega money. Still, at least we’re not going to spend 6 months watching him fail.
Joe Willock finally exited the club to Newcastle. Good luck to him.
Martin Odegaard will likely move to Arsenal when Madrid accept that we’re not going to pay £50m for him.
I’ve no idea what’s going on with the goalkeeper, Neto is now being linked because Sheffield United don’t want to deal with us on Aaron Ramsdale. I honestly can’t suss this Ramsdale obsession, considering the lack of funds we have for more important roles like the right-back position, this seems like peak opulence. Ramsdale is either the most moneyball move of all time and someone in the data team is landing a promotion out of this for being a genius or it’s going to be Richard Wright MKII. The idea that we’d take any keeper and give him to the same guy that recco’d Runarsson, crashed Leno’s form, and was involved in some sort of weird machiavellian coup against the other keeping coaches is quite the black mark on our ‘ruthless’ summer. But there we go, let’s see if Sheffield United save us from ourselves, or someone shows the scouts Onana for half the price.
Anyway…
This is the start of a new season. I’m excited even if the coach isn’t. Let’s see what the boys have for us this evening.
Three managers. It’s the team, the players, the club and the whole entity.
Arsenal FC aren’t a thing anymore. Sorry guys, and thank for this game was free on Sky One.
I got rid of sky sports.
See you next season.
TitsMcGee
We have become West Ham.
Almost 3
Ffs
Ozy
Spot on
That decision killed arteta as a manager
Carragher has just said what I said about putting players up from their corners
Schoolboy coaching
Brentford should be up 5-0
We don’t even look close to scoring.
Backup LB coming on…. for the RB??
English Arsenal fans OUT . Spineless idiots
Gary Lineker reckons we wont go down at least
Jesus wept our right back options are gash
Lucky.
What 50 million down the drain
Almost another set piece goal given up… We are a shambles.
Reiss Nelson doesnt look happy to be playing
Arsenal Fan TV will be entertaining tonight. What’s his name with the tattoos will be very glum but not as sad as Robbie when he asks: “so what do you think went wrong tonight”. LOL
Don’t worry guys we are top 4 in the post-christmas table
Don’t worry guys Xhaka had a very good Euro
Don’t worry guys a ball playing defender will revolutionize our style of play
Don’t worry guys it’s only preseason
Don’t worry guys we’ve had a few starters ill
Don’t worry guys we faced title challengers in 2 of our first 3 games
Don’t worry guys it’s only relegation
Arteta on course in breaking another record.
All the wrong ones.
The sooner we get rid of him the better.
Such is the quality of Arsenal right side a LB is having to do duty
This is a really terrible game to witness.
How bad are we under Arteta?
Brentford have played us off the park since the first half.
Xhaka really needed to get that shot on target
Macro, may be 4, two poor shots
Chambers just been put out of his misery
The most annoying thing about this result is how easy it has been for the newly promoted team
Commentators so biased that they didn’t even mention Bor consider the foul.
I hate that in any game involving any teams they have an agenda
We are here just because Guardiola decided to take Arteta on as an apprentice. If Fat Sam or Neil Lennon had taken him on we wouldnt have given him a 2nd look. Bought into a fairy tale and we are holding 3 seeds where we once had a Cow
Honestly fucking one game in and you know this going to be one hell of a long slog season
Edu asssshole
Can Pedro bin the spurs fan peanuts he is a wankstain
Brentford look like Man City !! … 😂
Get that cunt cunt cunt cunt cunt cunt cunt cunt cunt cunt arteta gone by Monday …
Not being rash
The man is a boy in manager team..
Emery was better
Get a proper manager please
At this point, I’ll take Ramsdale over Leno.
If it wasn’t abundantly clear already, its time to find new leadership at arsenal. Maybe the spotify jagoff will make a well timed statement after the result
problem isn’t the players
time for real talk
baby coach cant hack it
Fuck me this is embarrassing… Maybe I’m jinxed and should go back into hibernation again…. not sure why I was so positive earlier maybe they spiked my covid jabs!
Okay. 80 mins of Ben White and I believe he’s a bit of a coward. He seems happy to hang back and let the others take it on. Shirking.
He’s also wearing the no.4. Which is fucking embarrassing.
Shoot on sight time
Our squad is shit.
Sorry but season 3 , back against the wall, make or break and you get an easy opener and you shhiiittee the bed.
Final nail in the coffin. Any remote hope of pulling a magic trick out of his arse is shot to pieces. You can literally sack him now because you’ll definitely sack him this season. Why waste another season on him?
LOL i didn’t want to come back to comment until he’s sacked but JESUS fucking Christ how worse can it get??? Surely he should be sent packing now no need to ignore the inevitable. We’re not getting any points for a while and I won’t even mention Norwich because they can easily do a Brentford and its a wrap! I said the midfield would be overrun and where are the goals coming from? I also said Ben White was too short and would be beasted by attackers with balls into the box and i was ridiculed for pointing it out.… Read more »
Ok it’s only one game but White looks lightweight and when he come against premier league hardened players like Lukaku like Salah it could become very messy
Brentford are well organised but that’s it
Roll on Christmas
Horrendous sub Reiss. We were just starting to look better in attack and Arteta killed the impulse of it with that sub. Garbage in that department as always.
Claude will be turning in his grave tonight.
I’m tired of being tired of Arsenal
Rinse repeat. See u next season
It’s down to the club management that they cannot have a RB good enough to face Brentford
Pedro
No more defending arteta it’s over he does not have what it takes
Was anyone really taken in by our last 5 league matches last season. Five wins in dead rubber games that skewed the pro Arteta narrative.
This defeat was my easiest prediction yet.
Anyway, this is boring time to switch channels.
Full on David Moyes tactics… whipping in meaningless crosses to nobody. *sigh*
And yep.. I have no idea how anyone can’t see we needed a rb… high priority this summer.
Arteta the donkey
Some Arsenal fans can’t bear with the sorry scene and left early
Also, Torreira just posted a vacation photo. WHY is that man still on vacation???
Arsenal is such a shit show.
Tierney crosses are not going anywhere you might as well run and shoot.
You always have a body between your keeper and the attacking player
They let Leno down, White and Mari.
AFC fans leaving haha cant wait to hear the boos at the emirates
Serge Pedro needs to see the truth and it’s clear as day we are shit.
KT n ESr only two who played ..
Rest are championship level
Let it be 3 nil
I said weeks ago that this game was a potential recipe for disaster if we came in unprepared. We are literally sacrificing our club to let an arrogant, poor manager learn on the job. Nothing to see here until we stop this silly experiment.
ANTONIO CONTE , NOW !!!
Xhaka the donkey Arsenal the small club
Arsenal fans leaving like meak lambs. Should stay and shout to get the Fraudulent out
Any chance of hitting the Fucken target with our shots,
@Midwest. At least moyes is smart enough to buy some tall players fellaini, soucek, etc
Pedro must be fuming.
But then again it’s only the first game of the season lol
Not sure if there is a 14 day return guarantee on WHITE.
HOW MANY GOALS ARE GOING TO COME FROM HIM PLAYING
IN THAT POSITION..?
And the relegation scrap begins. There is not enough mental strength among the players. Auba has no mentality, Xhaka is a phoney hardman. However, Arsenal will not go down if Arteta and Edu are shown the door early. Hope someone explains the score to Josh who is a proper dimwit so he can make the right call.
And this game proves the whole “we’re having 15 shots on goal per game” narrative is meaningless.
16 shots today, but we’ve never looked like threatening, while anyone who watched would say they hardly remember us creating a good chance.
Pl let it be 3 nil
Because Torreira isn’t in the PLAN of the almighty non negotiable
RSPCA agreed this is not good enough I am not blind we need a proper manager with a proper style of play that knows what he is doing
I am so embarrassed I am getting rinsed on my group chats as well. This is not fun
This new guy Sammy….
He is toilet … Bring back torriera
Imagine the second game of the season being a must not loose.
peanuts&monkeysAugust 13, 2021 21:45:15
Pl let it be 3 nil
Fuck this spud cunt off
Great cut back and great shot by pepe… saved by their goalie
Lol we paid 50 million to watch the ball bounce above Ben White.
What a save
Get Zidane! He’s a winner.
AKBs (Arteta Knows Best Supporters) AKSs (Arteta Knows Shit Supporters) From yesterday’s post as anticipated: AKBs starting to collect a list of Excuses just in case it goes pear shaped. AKSs making sure enough tissues are on the table. AKBs being conspicuously absent from the blog because of a dismal performance. AKSs flooding the blog with 1000+ comments calling for the management’s heads. Pedro will point to the 37 games still to come and deride AKSs for overreacting. Been there done that, wearing the scars for years of disappointment. Let’s add to this Arsenal Arsenal at the bottom of the… Read more »
87th minute we finally look dangerous.
September is going to be a very uncomfortable month for Arteta, and Edu with three league defeats behind them. Not sure Arteta will have the experience, players, backing, or luck to recover from a disaster out start, could easily be gone by new year .
Some of it his own fault, but he is not a lucky General
Fuck you kroenkes, fuck you fraudteta, fuck you edu, and (yeah you can ban me for this) fuck you pedro if you’re still backing that useless cunt who’s taking the greatest team ever to the lowest level ever. He’s done as AFC manager, he’s done as football manager, next month he’ll be begging pep to be his con man again, as that’s where he belongs I was hoping he would get sacked by Christmas but luckily it looks like it won’t be so long. God save AFC
Seems their keeper has figured out the defend you near post thing.
Ok, I’ll review which of you wankers thought Balogun and Martinelli were the answer
Twats
The bottom line is that we are still trying to play like Man City when we have the personnel of a mid table team.
Brentford are super organised with their back 4 and 2 holding players just blocking our attack camped on here he edge of their area.
We get caught on the break, can’t beat the press, second best to 50-50s, caught out by set plays like the 2nd goal. Add to this low confidence, shit atmosphere at the emirates (likely).
Long, sad season ahead it would seem.
ESR has been decent. Only ray of light I’m afraid..
Yep baby coach can’t cut it. Spot on. Fucking embarrassing.. Terrible defence crap forward line rest not bad against a pumped up championship team
Pedro won’t panic until December
…and it’s not because Santa will come bearing gifts for Arsenal.
Yeah Conte’s gotta be the better man… anything is better than this toothless performance
Ok I was quite optimistic but Brentford played well
Their players space the field very good. Especially in attack
3 nil please
This BRE goalie got down to save at the near post quicker than Leno surely.. Pepe shot was closer, low and faster than their 1st goal. Just saying
Serge
It was an experiment that cunted
Let the beach bum go to Spain an become a winner cos he ain’t over here
AFC are the cunts of Europe …
I personally wish the club hate …
Good thing i put a cool thousand on us losing to cover for the 500 i put on us winning.
Gotta make money some kinda way
Tavares is not toilet. All players on the field are good enough.
Looking at the turd of a coach di not call players toilet
Kronkes need to pump some money into this team desperately. Arteta has his faults but it’s not all down to him, this is years of mis management. Where is the plan from our DOF? On bloody holiday probably.
lol conte would probably want 15-20 million a year plus 100 million to invest. you think Kroenke is gonna sanction that youre dreaming
Who the fuck are we crossing to again and again? Do these players know we don’t have Giroud upfront anymore?
At least under Emery we would come back from behind. If this side under Arteta go a goal down we do not win the game.
Does Odegaard come in to transform this lot.
Arteta ain’t getting sacked. We need a rb striker xhaka replacement no.10 and a gk. How depressing
Mupetman… says it all
Artera out. Simples
Conte would rather have his balls crushed by a sheepfoot than come to this mess. Zidane won’t even pick the phone if its Arsenal calling. The best manager would have been Benitez or Carlo at this point in time just to give the players, especially the youngsters, some straightening and basics about how to win. I have no idea who can manage the club as we speak. It needs to be someone with EPL experience 50+ years and who has won at least a few odd cups here and there to set the ship straight at least until further notice.
With respect we should not be losing to Brentford. They have lead by example but there is something very wrong at AFC. The vibes are negative, something must change, soon hopefully