Arsenal winning games makes life better. It’s as simple as that. In a complicated and stressful world, football is the antidote. Mikel Arteta has not made life easy over the past year, but it’s clear, if things get better over the next two months, fans will get back on side… because it’s hard to be angry when your team is winning games with style.
That won’t happen this weekend.
We’re probably going to get pasted.
BUT, I would like to see a concerted effort to show up and play some pragmatic football.
The Chelsea game was naive, probably on purpose. I don’t want to see that against City. The moron brigade demanding we go up North and put on a show are painfully deluded about where we are with this project. I want to see a shithousing. 3 at the back, everyone dying for the cause… Auba with a 78th-minute chance that could decide the game. This squad can defend, we’ve seen it against good teams, I’d like to see a boring starting 11 with a street-fighting attitude.
That might involve a really boring performance from Mo Elneny in midfield, but if it’s what we need to get the job done, let’s have it. It certainly can’t involved Kola as centre back or any other galaxy brain move.
The WBA outing might have been against meek opposition, but it was with our first team, and it was beyond a conventional win. If you are a striker, you don’t say after a hat-trick, ‘well, that didn’t feel great because it was against kids’, confidence doesn’t work like that. All the players will be feeling like some ideas clicked that they can take into the next game.
Auba has the confidence that he can score with limited chances, but more importantly, he will feel confident that if he makes a run, there are players in the starting 11 that can find them with accurate balls over the top.
Everyone is going to feel a little sexier having Odegaard in the starting 11, because he will make that tough first time pass someone like Granit will shy away from.
Saka looked on fire in the week, that’ll give him confidence he can make something happen.
I don’t need to see an evolution of style in a game we have almost zero chance of winning. I want to see spoiler tactics and ruthless discipline.
The transfer deadline is fast approaching, here’s what we ‘think’ we know:
- Torreira will move to Fiorentina for the season and get games
- Eddie will move out of the club, probably to Palace for £11m
- Kola will have his deal terminated and likely head to Besiktas
- Willian has scrubbed his feeds of the Arsenal name, Corinthians looks a real possibility
- Reiss will have to find a club, he cannot possibly think it wise to spend another season rotting away
- I’m not sure what the deal is on Ainsley, I’d love him to stay, but only if he’s considered a serious squad player
- There’s talk Lacazette will be exited, but I’m not sure about this. We are SO late in the window. Lacazette moving only works if there’s a deal coming the other way.
There’s talk of Jovic moving if Mbappe goes to Madrid.
There’s talk of Calvert Lewin, though this feels very fanciful
I’m just not sure what to make of it all.
All I know is this… I really hope Trippier ends up at United. Arsenal shelling out on a 31-year-old really doesn’t sit well with me. Trippier would basically be the Lichtsteiner move this summer. He’s a good player, way better than what we have, he’d also be the only senior defender we’d have… but it’d be expensive and our funds really should be going on a player with more long-term in the tank.
This is Arsenal though… every time we right an expensive wrong, we jump right back in and do it again.
Ok, quick one today, I’ll see you in the comments… watch my damn video or listen to the podcast.
Anybody know whether Pepe is sick or has some external issues (family bereavement, …)?
BT kept mentioning that Pepe not in the squad was not due to COvid. Has Arteta had another fallout with another player?
20% possession, 0 shots on target, 4-0 down after 53 mins.
And your inspirational ‘veteran’ Xhaka who was signed on to pass on good habits and an example to the kids sent off in the 35th min.
I detest that I have to agree with that Man-tittet, potbelly little Spudfucker Jamie O’Hara but this is banter stuff.
Sack him tonight, none of this 10 game nonsense.
It needs to be 5 or 6 for them to sack him…. And even then they might bottle it
Kola at cb is sackable offence on its own.
Chambers and Holding are meh players
Kola, Holding, Cedric, Mari, Xhaka, Elneny, Chambers still being allowed to pull on an Arsenal shirt is criminal. Arteta is out of his depth & needs to go now. All that money spent & we are still shite.
When Man City play other teams, they don’t put crosses in the box because they don’t have big players and lose all headers… Against Arsenal, they cross at every opportunity and win nearly all the headers!!
“Have we had a shot”…..no
I think everyone who gets – job at Arsenal immediately gets stuck into the trough and whatever job they had to do is quickly forgotten as there is no leadership or accountability. Josh is running a a fucking circus. Tragic.
Training game now for City: defense v attack
US comms just said Ederson had more touches and passes than anyone else in the Arsenal team in the first half.
“How does lokonga not play this game???? And, Xhaka does????”
My thoughts, exactly
Why is acceptable to write off today by the way and get absolutely flipped over and our doors smashed in but you have lower to midtable sides able to go to City and get a result or at the very least not humiliated?
Anyone got mates in away end? Should all walk out at once to send message to owners we are the laughing stock of English football.
Arteta, Xkaka & KSE all need togo or this is only getting worse. Sad times
Absolute banter
I’m just glad the league starts after Christmas
Arteta post match quote: “what everyone doesn’t understand is that to want to be in the best you have to experience being the worst ever. This is why I’ve got that Man City IP and inserted it up my players’ rectums. Unfortunately for you and them my talents are wasted on you all. You are undeserving scum so please pay me to leavers I don’t do anything for free.”
Cedric is day dreaming. Sterling is all free.
I keep having flashbacks to Arteta’s pre match presser before Brentford.
Midfield needs more additions. With a weak midfield Arteta looks for attacking midfielders that play one touch football. However, they are easy to crowd. Add a couple of good midfielders and the team starts ticking again.
I have a feeling Conte would be willing to take over. His thing is that he wants money to spend on a squad. And the one thing Kroenkes haven’t been afraid to do is spend. If they tell him to come in and salvage the season and there will be 150M available next summer it might convince him.
Thought Tities hated ANM
Absolutely with WE there..
Just can’t believe agenda is to forget losses against Chelsea and Citeh.
It’s humiliating to be honest.
Were such results acceptable with Wenger and Emery.
Weren’t we all asking for Emery to be sacked before International break?
One thing is for sure – last minute signings are no longer possible
This is so sad to watch. He really has to go immediately, it’s embarrassing
S Asoa,
He DOES.
That’s why he put him On.
Lol!
Bissouma over Xhaka contract extn is a no brainer even for us keyboard warriors
Northbanker,
Even if there are some kamikaze pilots out there willing to come into this dumpster fire, the club should refuse to sanction additional transfers. At this point, it’s just throwing good money after bad.
Brutal.. like watching a shark chew up a puppy.
Pep has show Teta a likkle grace, cos anyone else and this would been at least 5; akin to last week…
I do however think that a back 3 longer term isn’t a bad option. Not with Kola in it and not with Cedric as WB. But Holding-White- Gabriel in front of Ramsdale could work very well. Still needs decent CMs in front though and not oil tankers like Xhaka.
Val
It’s there in black and white you dense prick, you lie and lie to serve your agenda. Absolute clown
It feels like a group of orcas playing with a seal.
Remember Nuno, the horrible manager of that horrible club next door beat this lot…without Harry Kane
Don’t forget, when arteta joined, we had a squad capable of finishing in the top 6
2 seasons on, and we are fighting relegation, and confirming our status as a mid table club.
that Leno stop shows what he does really well but it’s the rest of his game that is shite
Arteta needs throwing in shark infested waters
“ I’m just glad the league starts after Christmas”
Might be too late by then, the one silver lining of the manner of these defeats and hopefully early-ness of his sacking is it’s at a stage of a season where we can salvage something, maybe just pride but that’ll do for now.
I can’t believe how low we’ve been brought under Arteta. This is just so depressing. It’s making me miss Arsene and Emery!
“Brutal.. like watching a shark chew up a puppy.“
No, it’s like watching a shark chew up a kitten……………who has 9 lives
Champagne
It is indeed poor on your part to use expletives on a fellow poster.
Very poor
Making Tierney defend for 60 mins with a man down. with a bad knee.. good call Teta.
Which manager would want to join the club in this state ?
Diss,
I never understood Pedros propaganda against Nuno. Not my dream manager but he had Wolves play some good football. Articulate and seems like a genuinely decent character who knows how to build the right culture. I think the spuds made a good choice there.
18 percent possession after 75 min, previous lowest in 2003 at 31 percent
Brendan Rogers even money on Betfair
The lowest ever possession in a game for Arsenal in premier league recorded history. 18%. Arteta breaks another record lol.
Generational.
We are royally fucked.
I know we’ve been saying these words since 2016 but this time around it looks like this could truly be the worst season ever for Arsenal fans.
We could be rooted firmly in the bottom 3 for the next 2 months.
I really don’t see this team and Arteta pulling out any wins against the other 19 PL clubs.
Another record broken first ever for Arsenal average 18% possession. EVER
Another record for Arteta. Our lowest ever possession in a premier league game.
We could and should bring in a new manager next week but until we sort out how we buy and sell players we aren’t going anywhere soecial. Ineptitude on that front has been going on since the day David Dein left
Go easy on Pedro
I’ve disagreed with him pretty consistently since I first posted on here about 8 years ago (approx) .
However, I respect his enthusiasm and respect his desire to be positive, especially post wenger.
The easy way to appear to be right on things, is to be overwhelmingly negative, especially regarding football and even more so regarding arsenal.
Who’s going to read a blog that’s just a perpetual moan?
At least it won’t have suffered too long Midwest! Swift enough death.
– Pedro, probably.
Sterling has to be one of the worst players for city. How many chances is that now?
No wonder he warms the bench. Hope we don’t get him, because he is not lethal at all, especially when he won’t get as many chances as at city.
Our 2nd half possession is 9%. Arteta is breaking all kinds of record.
20 months in charge, hundreds of millions spent…..and we’re worse than we were before he started. Sauce? He’s dryer than the Sahara.
How bad a businessman must you be to keep this fucktard in charge?
As far as I’m concerned, anybody who thinks Arteta should remain in this job is not an Arsenal fan.
18% possession is so bad it is nearly impressive.
Senile Charlie, Using MrSerge comment 5 minutes after Xhaka red card as a proof that he was against the extension of Xhaka is just you grasping at straw to avoid admitting you and the AKB were wrong with your assessment of Xhaka. You keep flipflopping accusing everybody of lying when they present you with the proof. I have noted that at least you did not try to argue that you were against Xhaka extension. Still sore from the roasting you took yesterday when you try to lie your way out of your previous comments on the recruitment. Same thing when… Read more »
Come on Brendan – we need you urgently
To think we have won games with ten men.
Not one shot from us.
Like half of that has to be picking the ball out of the net and tipping off/ taking GKs.
what a shite show
Lol they could of had 15 if they wanted…
We don’t even look like a professional premier league level team. We don’t even really look as good as a championship team.
Luiz Campis & Ralf Rangnick available so we’ll probably give arteta a contract extension.
Easy peezy
Bottom of the table !
Said on here repeatedly that I think we have the worst manager in this division. He’d take Burnley down to League One.
6-5 we’re gonna win – never mind.
I don’t like to think like this but the only silver lining is that the bigger the spanking the more likely urgent managerial change will take place
Sterling fluffed couple easy chances
Really should be 7-0
Eagle .. somebody needs to put us out of our misery.. Stan isn’t watching this shit at 4am.. and Josh is probably out clubbing still.
and another goal.
Fynny part is everyone will agree that today it is an utter embarrashment, yet Arteta will survive this win next game against a s hity team and then people will forfet everything and give the saucy one more time.
You can add Kolasinac to the growing list of ‘CBs’that Tets rates above William Saliba.
Pedro and his ilk had the audacity to call Emery a bum. We’re hitting new lows each week after being told that missing out on Europe was good for the squad to have more time on the training ground.
We are bottom of league say we are bottom of league.
I saw that goal 10 seconds before it happened. So easy for them to score. We are now bottom of the league.
Northbanker
You can bet your house, arteta will be after the international break, talking about process and how he needs 5-6 world class players to win games.
Val
I accuse you of lying because you lie, it’s really simple how it works. You use lies and fake sources to buttress your pathetic agenda, then denigrate anyone that calls you out for it.
Confused/Senile from the middle aged twat lying to a bunch of strangers online. Go suck your thumb
How about that 6-0 thumping of West Brom Bs though eh?
That was magic.
,After the game we’ll here that Arteta and Edu gave each other congratulatory extensions and raises. He is just a shockingly poor coach. Like I’m not sure he would be good even at a much lower level. The fundamental ability to forge a team on the field seems to be missing for Arteta.
Its just incredible that Cedric is still on the pitch
-9GD
0 points
0 goals scored
3 matches played
Reads like a newly promoted club with a squad value of £40 million
Please just imagine if Roman Abramovich was our owner watching this from the stands.
Just imagine for one moment.
Got time difference wrong….now glad didnt get up 0600 to watch this…..but Amazon will love this…like big brother love island all rolled into one…all is needed is a training ground bust up and someone wrecking their bentley or Ferrari or Ford Ka
Only one team is playing football. Our players just boot the ball up field aimlessly.
5 now.
Thought that Tets didn’t do big game humiliations?
Except that newly promoted club will give City more of a game.
City not even breaking a sweat
Feel for ESR
Charlie desperately picking a fight with Valentin like there isn’t a match on. I guess this garbage on display is down to us not having the right profile in attack. Wouldn’t happen if Arteta had Mkhi. Iwobi and Ramsey
Yesterday Pedro gave us two positives under Arteta- improved defense and good record against big teams
No dignity at all. Away fans need to be compensated AGAIN!
WengerEagleAugust 28, 2021 13:56:56
Why is acceptable to write off today by the way and get absolutely flipped over and our doors smashed in but you have lower to midtable sides able to go to City and get a result or at the very least not humiliated?
Precisely WE we can lose respectably not get molested like a drunkard in a boxing match
Senile Charlie,
If you don’t know the difference between having a difference of opinion and lying.
You have accused everybody on this blog of lying, of being dense.
If everybody is a liar or an idiot, maybe the problem is not the others but you.
Lacking of self awareness?
It’s not about the manager, it’s about the shit attack we have apparently.
I bet we offer Tets a contract extension on better terms as a “sign of faith”.
That’s how Arsenal operates these days.
Receding
Was Valentin that name dropped me, but don’t worry about the facts. In you swoop ‘not’ picking a fight as you tell me I’m doing so….
Arteta is that kind of manager who always says he needs 5-6 players even after he’s bought a hundred . He’s a poor mans mourinho like that time not long before jose was sacked and united lost a game and he said well I told the board we needed defenders yet all 4 defenders who played that game were signed by Jose .
Arteta is another level of bullshitter though . It’s the only thing he’s actually elite at
TR7, yesterday was still in illussion after we thrashed might west brom kids. He won’t appear in the comments section for a couple of days at least now.