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.
“Why don’t they make this young manager dress up properly on match days“
Proper grinds my gears, give me the black/blue suit with red tie anyday. Arteta in his mind thinks he has made it already.
We play some of the best backwards football in the world.
Atkinson and the refs are obviously bought with the sheiks money!!
Disgusting decisions!
You wouldn’t want Auba in the trenches next to you, fuck all fight in him
Cedric and Kolasinac. Unbelievable.
Where is our midfield? Why is there a giant hole in midfield? We have declined so much even from where we were under Emery.
What was KY doing – he was through ffs
Why no VAR? That’s a fucking push!
KT
Arsenal refuses to do the right thing we are constantly doing half measusre why didnt we go hell bent for Lautaro when we knew Inter had to sell either Lukaku or Lautaro,why didnt we get a deal done with pep about Bernardo etc.So many big players of real quality up for grabs and we didnt even entertain signing them.
It wasn’t a push – Tierney went down looking for the pen
Christ arteta and his one man midfields and has the one who has the pace of buster bloodvessel
I hope no red. We won’t hear the end of it from Arteta. Of course precede by the famous line ” I hate excuses”
Not liking the body language of ESR
This Ref is favoring MC. Chambers got heat on the face and is not a fault. Kola did the same thing and is a yellow!!!!
Arteta has just drained everything from this club. Three games to begin the season with no goals. Have we ever started that poorly? I suppose we will be setting more records under Arteta. He is indeed generational after all.
Cedric is so poor
Get this cunt out NOW.
This season has to be about getting new owners now.
Total Boycott until we get Kroneke and his bunch of losers out off our club, We are Shambolic.
Half time subs: Mari for Kola, and Lokonga for Xkaka and AMN for Cedric?
If Norwich get a point today we are bottom of the league.
Man City players pass by Xhaka as if he doesn’t even exist.
Ffs, where the fuck have Arsenal gone. Arteta is the real the specialist in failure.
Get with the programme! We must not criticise Arteta. He’s trying to prove a point so clever that nobody but him understands it.
Tick tick tick
Looks like a training match for City now, nice leisurely kick about in the sunshine.
There’s Arteta’s excuse
And we signed that fucker up
I had my money on a Xhaka red card.
He normally tries to red his way out of games like this
Hahahahahahahahhahauaha. New contract.
Hahah lovely new contract
Worth every £ of threat squeaky new contract
xhaka red card! being checked
yep not aggression more like stupidity
Absolutely called it with Sid . Xhaka red
He should never play for the club again let alone get a new contract
Xhaka you fucking cock!
Arteta out now come on Pedro fucking call it ffs.
Xhaka has now sealed our fate never want to see him again
Nice one Xhaka. you idiot.
Well, at least Xhaka can’t play for a few games. Silver linings and all. What was he thinking of there!?
😂😂 prophet Sid
Xhaka gonna Xhaka.
Captain Fantastic
Arteta’s flag bearer.
better get lakonga on quick
Xhaka doesn’t look as though he cares one bit
Saw the red card coming.
We really could concede 6 or more today.
Can’t believe Pedro keeps defending Arteta with a straight face with the last couple of funny articles.
I mean this is the same person who couldn’t wait to kick out Emery.
Arteta you fraud, xacka the leader of this team. What a pisstake.
Pat on the back?? Fucking joke
Where the AKBs at??
hahaha new contract for the biggest idiot to ever captain arsenal…..sorry arteta but you’re a moron, goodbye
Someone said he would see red before the game ffs this is why you don’t sign this cunt up on a new contract
Is this Xhaka’s first game after his new improved long term contract?
Lolz. Another four years of Xhaka. Nice one Mikel.
He has to go immediately after this game.
It’s over.
pat on the back……pathetic
Just need Xhaka to give some abuse to the fans while walking off to make the day perfect.
And that is the fucking imbecile that this club want to shove down our throat forever, fresh from signing a new contract.
Arteta Out.
Good thing we’ve just protected Xhaka’s value.
Arteta is a fucking clown. Anyone who defends him at this point doesn’t love Arsenal.
Cedric couldn’t get into bloody Southampton match day squad but you had idiots on here defending the signing when it was made.
Xhaka doesn’t help himself does he? Not like him playing would have made much difference to the outcome.
Can we sack Teta at halftime?
Xhaka doings lmao
Replace Arteta by a random generator or a set of dice and a guarantee you get better results.
I feel for those who made the journey up there – what a kick in the teeth and a long journey home.
Bet Ishola snd Marc feel vindicated
He’s been inching to full out that red card all day
That was a dangerous captain, two feet off the ground
Thanks Arteta
Thants Arteta
Away fans chanting ‘you’re fucking shit”
Unbelievable. Straight red. Why do they do these two footed lunges? How can a captain do such a thing when we are 2 nil down to city after 30 mins. And they gave him a new contract.
Omnishambles of a club.
My other half just now ( who knows fuck all about football and just gives a passing glimpse when I’m watching )
“Why didn’t they stick with that old french fella in charge “
Me “cos he lost it lost it in the end “
Her “ lost it ? This guy will never have it , they’ve gone shit “
Xhaka was anyway non-existent, so a red doesn’t make any difference.
Will the exclusion of Xhaka make a difference to our midfield?
I feel sorry for the players they look totally out of it
This is going from bad to worse.
Xhaka: Best midfielder we had last year. Or so we were told. As if we all all dyslexic and need to be told what we can see.
Xhaka should leave with his long lost twin Lego head
To think that lego haired mini Arsene convinced Xhaka to stay, it blows my mind.
SlyAugust 28, 2021 13:08:02
Where the AKBs at??
There are none that think that what do you want them for if there was any ? To gloat ?!??
Man City don’t even have a forward.
Earlier in week I said 7-0. I’ll stick with it.
Ouch….
2 studs in by Xhaka. Really unnecessary with the ref being card trigger happy.
Are Man C going to turn the screw?
We still stick with Xhaka despite this repeating itself
Arteta went to pat Xhaka on the back on the way out
Xhaka is twice Arteta’s player now.
Guess they’ll give him the armband again when his suspension ends…
Great. Now Arteta is gonna sound like we were winning before the red card
It’s time to can Arteta for sure. Before he does any more damage to the club.
At this point, I would rather Emery or late Wenger in a heartbeat. This is shocking football.
and of course the red. This could be six unless pep is merciful.
What a digusting piece of shit Xhaha is !!!!!!!!
Does Pedro still think that 12 million was not reflecting his value?
A certain poster termed Xhaka as “good value”….what a take cheers.
Don’t worry lads still got Sterling and Mahrez to come on
It looks like a practice game for MC.
Sid nailed it.
Absolute joke. At least we are not going to see the c@nt for the next couple of games.
Something isn’t just right with the club. A change of ownership should be the top priority. The manager should go soon after. What’s happening isn’t normal
Saliba and Mav have to be better than Holding and Mari/Kola
Remember they were only trying to protect his value
Sell them all and start from scratch.
Training game for city.
Quite embarrassing for a professional team to be this bad.
The best bit…our £300,000 pw week forward hasn’t touched the ball yet.
This is fucking brutal.
Don’t let the arteta ins ( fucking jokers ) forget we were being annihilated before the red
I can’t wait for Pedros post explaining how this is just an unfortunate side effect of Arteta’s stunning tactical intelligence.
He’s a shit coach. He’s shit at coaching. He has made us into a shit team.
“”Please Be Patient Student Driver Vehicle Bumper Magnet ”
But they we dont get to spend that £50 million
With Luck Partey will be back for Norwich
This is worse than 8 – 2 v United. The club has become a total embarassment. If I were Tierney, Saka, ESR, I would be looking for a move before the window closes. Arteta should fall on his sword. Out of his depth, Xhaka should be with Maureen, Kola should be on the beach with Mesut. Leno wanted out, he should be gone..Cedric is a fucking Southampton reject, Holding came from Bolton and to Bolton he should return.
Of course xhaka is a fucking shit player , but the refs are bent like hell
Arteta is just the biggest con made by the media!
Pedro,
You need to be careful with your support of Arteta, otherwise many people will stop reading the post. It’s already happening. People just jump to the comments.
HA!
Red was 100% correct. Learn the rules. It’s dangerous. You don’t need to have contact.