PERFORMANCE TIME

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Well good morning to you ALL! It’s so damn good to be rolling into the start of the new season with SIX new players all 23 or under. I cannot WAIT to see what they can bring to the table today.

Today IS the new table after Christmas.

Arteta doesn’t have much fan love left in the tank. Today is a mini-run to a North London Derby against Nuno’s Spurs. We have to see a result today, there’s no more time for flapping around with process, we need to see some delivery.

I am not overly nervous about the result, the team will pull something out of the bag today. What I am concerned about is the football. I really hope Arteta didn’t spend £150m on new young players only to play a more secure version of very boring possession-based football.

We need to see a dominant style of play. I want to see our midfielders do more than control the ball, because now it’s time to see rapid-fire penetration. I want to see delicious movement from our front three, because we have the players to dazzle. Particularly of interest is the resurrection of Auba. It’s time for him to show us that he’s still top of the pile when it comes to finishing.

The fans need a huge lift today, Arteta needs to find that sparkle again, and the cloud over north London needs to show some signs that it can lift given time.

We need a performance.

Performances give you time.

Arteta hasn’t delivered one in a very long time.

The weather is decent today, the 3pm kick off is conducive to good vibes, let’s see what he has.

See you in the comments.

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TheLegendaryDB10

Well this is it. Can MA galvanize the team against Norwich, a team we should be beating?

For me this will be the key to getting the win: the team must be motivated.

I think we’ll win this. We’ll struggle, but we will get the 3 points.

TR7

Romario is the GOAT for Red, so don’t think the debate will be a long drawn one if he gets in to it 🙂

RecycledOldSock

I blame the breakup of Yugoslavia and the old Soviet Union for Ronaldo’s International goals tally.

Gonsterous

anyone got any decent stream links?

salparadisenyc

What we reckon did Ramsdale just become the number 1, crushing whatever value Leno has left.

Tony

Right let’s get some points on the board.

TheLegendaryDB10

This is a very young team!!! (Bar Auba)

Come on The Arsenal!!!

TR7

“I can see a Caitlyn Jenner just waiting to burst out of Ronaldo.”

” I blame the breakup of Yugoslavia and the old Soviet Union for Ronaldo’s International goals tally.”

Red on a roll as per

Spudnik

Viera woah woah woah. Viera!

WengerEagle

Tom

I am waving the flag today.

Only one true GOAT and that is a man by the name of David Ospina.

WengerEagle

White*

Danny

So many empty seats.

Nelson

So far so good!

TheLegendaryDB10

I blame Red for not bursting into a Senior Exec meeting at Arsenal and telling them how it should be done!!! 😉

bacaryisgod

Anyone in the U.S having problems with Peacock TV?

Nelson

Pepe has changed a bit. Now he also goes straight forward.

TheLegendaryDB10

Come on The Arsenal!!!

salparadisenyc

Mid

You watching this one on Peacock?
Can’t get mine to work…. 👹

S Asoa

How many minutes till match starts?
Got 3 channels showing EPL.
But guess Arsenal are down there, so none showing live.
Will have to try on utube

Samesong

Tomy isn’t messing around.

Nelson

Why Ode didn’t shoot?

MidwestGun

Peacock is fucked.. yep

Tom

Sal, I think I’m getting Pea- cock blocked too.

MidwestGun

Guess unless you want to watch Ronaldo.. you dont exist.

Ray+in+LA

Yes, My Peacock won’t show the game

Tom

Fucking Arteta destroyed the networks

Marco

Peacock not working g

Nelson

Auba hasn’t touched the ball.

salparadisenyc

With Tom fully pea cock blocked.
Arteta’s done it again.

Ray+in+LA

peacock now seems to be working 🙂

WengerEagle

White’s passing has been sexual I cannot lie.

Still have yet to really create a chance.

MidwestGun

I had to find a stream on my phone.

Thorough

Tomiyasu looks really speedy

Nelson

Super pass from Tierney.

Lacaqualidie

Auba not got the legs to carry it further. Should have cut inside and gone past the defender instead of wasting that chance.

MidwestGun

Just in time to see Auba miss.

Dissenter

What’s up with peacock?
Can’t even watch us shit the bed again

Tom

Ray thanks for the heads up
Peacock working

Tony

Tomi looks solid and pacy

WengerEagle

Heard all about Aubameyang’s mythical speed at Dortmund but we have never really seen evidence of it here.

He didn’t fancy the 1 vs 1 footrace there.

gazzap

Sorry but Pepe us just shite. when was the last time he beat his full back? 10 games ago? Awful

Gommit

Average age of the starting lineup is just below 23 + Auba… Just under 24 including the old striker..

TR7

Only 15 mins but like the look of Tomiyasu

Tony

White shite in the air

Samesong

Saka slacking there.

Dissenter

Try peacock on a web browser, not the app
That’s working for me

Nelson

White is not physical enough.

S Asoa

Got live on giant screen. Artera outcasts seem to be showing up.
Ramsdale would have been beaten there

WengerEagle

TR7

Seems strong defensively and definitely is lively down that right flank.

Hoping he has a decent delivery on him.

TR7

White again losing an aerial battle, almost conceded there.

WengerEagle

Lucky not to concede, again White too weak in the air.

Samesong

Lakonga been decent so far.

bacaryisgod

Any live streams as Peacock is screwed (I blame Arteta)

Nelson

What a pass by Ode!

Tony

Ode having a good game , looking sharp

MidwestGun

Max Aarons seems determined to tear us a new one.

S Asoa

Auba is definitely ArtetaOut. But again they have been having good interception as per statistics

Gonsterous
TR7

Under Arteta we start on a high tempo, fizzle out gradually and go in to a shell if we concede first. Remains to be seen whether we break out of this mental block.

WengerEagle

Auba has to score there.

He bags that 2 years ago.

raptora

Great ball from Odegaard. Auba has to finish that really.

MidwestGun

My peacock finally started working.. which sounds like a personal issue…solved by blue pills.

Dissenter

Tomiyasu looks decent

bacaryisgod

This is a sick joke. Brentford vs Brighton is working on Peacock but not Arsenal.

Then I remember as a boy onlu being able to listen to Arsenal vs Liverpool semi-final games (third replay!!!) and realize I might now have become a little spoiled.

salparadisenyc

Peacock back up boys… missed first 20

bacaryisgod

mine working too

WengerEagle

Lol BIG.

I followed a lot of our games on the radio as a kid myself when I couldn’t get to a pub to watch.

Before the streaming age.

TheLegendaryDB10

Lacaqualidie

Thanks for the stream link.

My usual website (totalsportek) seems to have given up the ghost on good working available streams.

ARgunner

If you’re usa streams working on nbc sports gold app now

MidwestGun

Well y’all didnt miss much.. had some good chances but so have they. And Auba is playing like recent vintage Auba and not prime Auba.

Dissenter

Everyone agrees that Norwich are going down so why are they so poised against us?
Why is it so easy for them?

MidwestGun

The Japanese dude knows how to make a legal throw in… already an improvement on Bellerin.

TT

anyone have a good stream?

Nelson

Arteta talked too much on the sideline.

S Asoa

On side screen, willock and Newcastle holding out. Guess CR7 does not have the flexibility and speed of his youngster days

TR7

Lokonga already playing like a leader of the team, always demanding the ball and taking pressure off of other players. Really like the lad.

Dissenter

Ransdale…it’s great when it comes off and daft when it doesn’t
He’s taking unnecessary risks

Spanishdave

1 shot on goal we really came out the blocks!

SUGA3

Way too casual, we should be pressing shit out of them

salparadisenyc

Remember when LVG saved Krul for the Dutch pens subbed him on it failed in spectacular fashion.

ARgunner

Must be an alternative stream I’m seeing a pressing going forward attacking ars….know what’s going on…

S Asoa

Nice through ball, but ahem, Auba 😷

prvhc

Tomiyasu very much involved with play…good to see a non-anonymous right side

Gonsterous

This is a decent streaming link:

http://liveonscore.tv/live/9576408

S Asoa

Don’t know why Saka was played immediately after his International break

Gonsterous

Couple thousand empty seats around the stadium
Sad how arsenal have to advertise a membership on the board round the pitch.

Tonga

Midfield is non existent. For all his faults Xhaka would be offering better v the likes of Norwich. Go back to RB AMN

SUGA3

Norwich are playong with more purpose

Dissenter

There’s trouble in paradise
Norwich aren’t looking flustered at all.

Tony

Farke does have Norwich well organised goingbtoe to toe with us. Good for the neutrals

Foxy

all 6 games 0-0 after 37 mins must be a record.

MidwestGun

What has AMN done wrong? looks better then Xhaka to me. Unless you are missing the pointing.

Leftside

Terrible game, falling asleep in my seat. Players look out of ideas, Saka looks exhausted and even Arteta has been very subdued on the sidelines this afternoon.

Nelson

Pepe is our worst player.

salparadisenyc

Classic Pepe touch on the break.

TR7

So again the same pattern – high tempo early on and fizzling out gradually.

SUGA3

Pepe should be hauled off this second

WengerEagle

Pepe’s touch would make you sick.