That’s the big news. Arsenal are 100% fit for the NLD this weekend. What a game this is.
Nuno started strong and has faded.
Arteta started so badly it made eyes bleed, but now there’s a glimmer something good might be happening.
Both fans are waiting to see if their season can get a massive boost from a mega performance this Sunday.
Arteta went for the heartstrings. He said there’s a difference between a fan and a supporter, and ‘supporters’ is what he’s had this season. I agree. The fans in the ground have been amazing.
‘It’s a privilege to play in front of people that have the knowledge of the history of the club, and they are fully behind the team’
Tomorrow is a huge one for us. We need to show at the ground. A massive atmosphere for our young squad will go a very long way. These players need Arsenal supporters in the down moments, if we give them what they need, they’ll be better for it.
Arteta gave a big pointer to the midfield starting 11, stating that ideally Xhaka would have more minutes under his belt. I think it’d be really rough to give him the nod after all the nonsense he’s given us so far this season. Let’s see what Odegaard or Sambi can do there. Reward the change. Since Xhaka was absent, we’ve won three on the bounce. Simple stuff.
Tell us about Tomi:
‘I’m impressed with the way he has gained everyone’s appreciations. Against Burnley he was exceptional.’
Tell us why you have no injuries:
‘Everyone wants to be involved and we have fantastic physios and sports science department.
Tell us if you need to sell Lacazette:
‘He’s a phenomenal character that is always pushing’
Tell us about Auba’s form:
‘We need to get him more chances, he is in great form’
The positive outlook has continued. He’s pumping players, giving a little more insight about them, and radiating confidence. It’s a small thing, but the reality is, the leader in the dugout controls how the fans feel.
We need a win though. The team need a proper performance. There will be no spoiler tactics tomorrow or dry grass to bemoan. Spurs will come to The Emirates, sit deep, and spring counters that we have to be sharp about.
Harry Kane and Son are Arsenal kryptonite. We have to have an answer tomorrow.
Everyone needs to do their part.
A great result and life is better for everyone.
A bad one? You can’t even think about it.
On that note, take a look at the latest video/pod that we recorded yesterday… and I’ll see you in the comments.
“Intangible leadership skills”
Of course, we all know that Xhaka has no leadership skills.
Crucially, he doesn’t lead by example.
So what is it exactly that Arteta sees in him?
Answers on a postcard please.
Graham
“So what is it exactly that Arteta sees in him?”
As has been said arselicking from Xhaka and ball progression from deep.
Arteta thinks ball progression from deep is the be all and end all.
Well if it is the be all and end all it’s unfortunate that we don’t have a more complete player carrying out this absolutely essential duty.
Why don’t they raise the flag earlier?
One of these days, a serious injury will occur because the assistant delayed raising his flag
Stupid rules in respect to raising the flag for offside.
Seems Chelsea`s initial plan was to win the game 0-0. Now that they are behind , someone has realised you need to score goals to win a game
What’s this flag raising rule?
Xhaka proves just how poor a manager Arteta is.
Agree Dissenter. Werner was miles offside. Flag should be raised there and then. Understand t for the marginal calls but even then that rule needs looking at. It won’t happen until somebody gets a serious injury.
The whole reason why intangible leadership skills became a thing was because people couldn’t justify him actually having quality football skills, or tangible leadership skills – so intangible leadership skills was all that’s left. Something unrelated to football and cannot be measured
City’s shape and use of space is too much for Chelsea
Pep just keeps evolving
It’s like how Bruce Lee would lose to an opponent and learn all his strengths and adapt his game
Memo to arteta: there’s no manual bro, there’s a nous and then you can adapt your team from there game to game
China: ist similar to how we used to hear that Merts was vital behind the scenes, so he has to play. All he was doing was collecting the fines for being late. Lanky Giraffe
It will be interesting to see what City does when Guardiola leaves in 2023. Do they go for a coach in the Pep mould (is there one?) or do they go with a new direction or simply with the biggest name available?
Arteta playing Russian roulette with his decisions on Xhaka & Saliba
City have a fluid JDP
Arsenals is set in concrete
It will be interesting to see what City does when Guardiola leaves in 2023. Do they go for a coach in the Pep mould (is there one?) or do they go with a new direction or simply with the biggest name available?
I think they’re in for a decline Chris
Pep looks irreplaceable
It will be interesting to see what brand of football xavi brings. I haven’t followed his Saudi team but suspect he’ll be in the pep mold
What are you all talking about. Arteta is nailed on to succeed Pep
What are you all talking about. Arteta is nailed on to succeed Pep
🤣🤣 my bad Global
Gods of footie please make this happen
Manure are imploding. Ole is a dead man walking.
Sly
You may be right about a slight City decline, but you know the owners will throw everything at it and have been overall very smart in their decision making.
Is ten Hag perhaps the closest thing to Pep (not comparing directly). Gio van Bronckhorst’s star seems to have fallen in recent times, wasn’t he shown around the City training ground etc?
Man Utd 1-0 down?
This is shaping up to be a good weekend for Arsenal
For the Pepe critics
He was following instructions in his last game against burnley
Stayed in his “zone” and his defensive stats have improved!
Tom,
Villa won. What do you mean? 😆
LOL Penandez misses a pen
This is shaping up to be a good weekend for Arsenal
Not if we don’t take advantage of it.
Dean is the worst referee. You know he’ll give Manure a PK.
Bernardo Silva the best player on the pitch. Couldn’t believe rumors City were willing to let him go.
Games wasnt even close. City shat all over them. If they could score it would have been 0-4 at least
This time last week every critic and their dog was already giving the Russians the title
Raptora, true, I guess I’m living in the past
True Chris
Ten does have similar traits to pep from what I’ve seen
Aston villa are looking good against manu, distinct identity
Even with the best efforts of the ref ManU cant even get a point. Are Villa another team we have to beat to get top 6 this season. Looks like it
Thank fuck, Chelsea finally lose.
And what a performance.
Chelsea’s got to be the worst top team to like for a neutral. Whether it was Mourinho’s teams or Conte’s or Tuchel’s. The exception was only Ancelotti’s Chelsea for a year or so. That team could play football.
BTW, what an incredibly intelligent player Bernardo Silva is. Pays off to have players like him. Wouldn’t have minded if we had gotten him instead of Ode.
Tuchel taken down a peg, about fucking time.
Samesong
”””LOL Penandez misses a pen”””’
Or, Martinez our Argentinian man mountain made him miss. Made him search for the top corner.
Imperious as always.
As good as Neuer.
£20 million!
Dopes!
85 points should be enough to walk away with trophy this year.
Everyone will get beaten,
We can get Top 4
After beating the Totts if we work hard enough and Arteta select the right players and ignore his stupid rotation, we can have a run
Mind you. Arsenal, Pool, Manu, Chavs and City were all there when Leicester won the league
Is very possible my friends
Arteta and players just need to work hard and avoid injuries.
We’re in September not in March or April
Lineup for tomorrow will set the tone for how long arteta has left in his job
Xhaka start= inflexible thinker, limited room for growth. Earlier than LG projected sack
Xhaka bench= limited rookie coach with some room for growth. Learning to adapt and develop his team. Might last the season
I’ll be fuming if Ole goes before Arteta. Prob the only manager I rate Arteta higher than in this division.
What’s with the talk about Xhaka playing? Has there been some indication that this will happen or is it just people speculating.
If we win tomorrow we’re in the spitting distance of top 4. That has to be the only acceptable outcome this season despite the PR offensive from the club.
Dean always helping Manu to win. It’s a corrupt refereeing system headed by Mike Riley
Mike Riley was the corrupt referee often manipulated by Ferguson in those days.
He was the referee who awarded a dubious PK to Manu after Rooney had dived to end our unbeaten record.
Sure Dean will replace Mike Riley at the helm. Mark my word.
United are in the same boat as Arsenal with their managers, when they win it’s mostly down to their players’ individual abilities.
When was the last time Ole out coached his opposite number one?
Arteta can’t be stupid enough to start xhaka tomorrow, though if he’s on the bench, I have a feeling he will come on in the second half
It’s funny how the AKBs are raving about Ramsdale and saying well, Arteta knows best. The story is that a Arteta pushed for Ramsdale over the preference of Edu for a cheaper keeper, including Barcelona’s Neto. If Edu even tried to push another Kia client towards the club it would be an absolute disgrace and he should be sent packing back to the summer yacht he enjoyed so much. Regardless, selling Martinez, then buying Runarsson and then finally Ramsdale is like telling wrecking someone’s Ferrari, buying them a moped which dies then trying to make up for it by getting… Read more »
When Harry Maguire held a player running past him, Dean ignored it. But when a Villar player did the same thing, he gave a yellow card.
It’s highly unlikely Xhaka starts.
The choice will be either Partey-Sambi or Parteyvwith a deeper-lying Odegaard. If we’re up I can see Chaka coming off the bench as a defensive substitute.
Bacary
You’re thinking logically
Arteta is still arteta and a dunce
I like how balanced the top end of the table is at the moment. Hoping for a liverpool defeat, and a Brighton draw to add even more balance before we beat Spurs lol
China
I can see Brentford getting a battering today.
Conte is coming to a premier league c;lub soon and it won’t be at Arsenal
Ole deserves to be fired quickly.
He’s operating like caretaker manager.
What are the odds that Arteta starts Xhaka and Leno for tomorrow’s game?
Diet Pep and the chavs are a match made in heaven
Diss
Xhaka definitely
Leno no
Burnley giving Leicester a right ol time
Elland road’s liveliness is only matched by Anfield’s.
Brilliant match Leeds Vs West Ham
Been saying this a long time, Rafinha and Saint-Maximin the relatively cheap solutions to our problems going forward. Would have been happy with spending a huge chunk of what we spent this summer on them.
Ole signed a deal in June this year, they’ve backed him and will persist. In any event if he does go I could see Zidane in before a Conte.
Benrahma is living up to the hype
Jerrod Bowen is another lively player
I expect Westham to still win.
Spanishdave
Nonsense.
The contrary is true. People are bored and fed up with the endless gloomy repetitions of the doomsters.
We only need Liverpool to lose later and we can celebrate Invincibles day this weekend!
People may be predicting disaster. Arteta is actually making it happen. Nothing written on these pages has a direct influence on Artetas Fk ups. They are all his own beautiful work
Has anyone wondered where the hell Buendia is? Thought he was the answer but he can’t even get a game bar some few minutes here and there. Or is he adjusting to the premier league 🙂
All these caveats from the anti-Arteta brigade: ‘If he does this…’ and ‘If he does that…” A preparation for ‘See. I told you so…’ when he wins his second major trophy.
Joe running the show at Newcastle game
….just saying
It will hang round arteta head like a noose…
Selling Martinez biggest mistake since Decca in the early 60s not signing the Beatles …
Just saying
GO Brentford,
This could be a good weekend for us seeing these teams above us losing today….
I can see ZZ managing Juve for some reason.
Must be that Madrid Juve thing
Nuts that brighton could be in 2nd after this weekend
Guns
ZZ does have vibe of managing within his former club umbrella. Juve , Les Bleus. with a nice session at Bordeaux to give it symmetry.
If Liverpool don’t win at Brentford and Brighton beat Palace, Brighton could be top.
RSPC
Correct!
Who was the guy who said Bohemian Rhapsody was no good?
He also fcuked up.
Radio Raheem
I don’t think Arteta goes for progressive type players.
englandsbest
Hasn’t it occurred to you yet that you are a lone wolf on here?
Martinez mind fucking Bruno telling him to let Ronaldo take pen was gold. Owning both of em.
Nuts that brighton could be in 2nd after this weekend
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Yeah.
No chance they finish there but can’t say I’m surprised at where they’re at in the table at the moment.
Some of us saw the good work Potter was doing there before it got fashionable.
I don’t think Arteta goes for progressive type players.
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That explains a lot.
EB only a troll would champion mediocrity
Zizou at ManU has a ring to it.
SalP
“””Martinez mind fucking Bruno telling him to let Ronaldo take pen was gold. Owning both of em.”””
Nothing fazes him..
Be it playing with Messi and winning trophies for Argentina or injury time penalties at Old Trafford or winning the FA Cup for Arsenal.
Man of the Match again for Villa.
The Dopes didnt even insert a % sell on clause.
Now we are lumbered with Ramsdale the R from Sheffield
If villa can do that to UTD. What do Arsenal fans expect? Aston Villa have beaten us 3 times in a row since we last beat them. 1 nil, 3 nil, 1 nil. We’ve not scored against Villa in our last 3 games against them. But hey some smart arse in the comments will pipe up and tell me worrying about villa is dumb. That me looking at Villa as competitors and modern day rivals (for league positions) is dim. I say we are a mid table team because the Arteta hire tells me so. But some P.rick will tell… Read more »
The folk who run the VAR hub are utterly useless.
englandsbest
Why do you fawn over Arteta like this
Did you support Wenger or any other Arsenal manager as much as you’re jumping all over Tets.
Watching the Leeds game. Their home fans are a rowdy bunch. Like watching football back in the day, before it became a corporate product. Love it.
CG
I wouldn’t say we’re lumbered with Ramrod but we sure do have a knack of wasting money taking all into account regarding Emi. What a boss.
Radio
It does have a ring but I can’t stomach my likely favourite player managing United… so lets whisper that next time.
Emi trash talks a lot, like a street basket ball player
Did the same thing at Arsenal and copa America.
In my opinion we would be in Europe if Martinez was still on the books.
It took Arteta some time to realise just how poor a keeper Leno is but letting one of the top GK’s in the world go proves he is totally clueless.
Got horrible feeling he’ll play Xhaka and Leno.
Surely not!
I like Raphinha. He is a complete winger.
Sal
True Sal haha.
And Leeds manage to blow this
Sal P
“””CG wouldn’t say we’re lumbered with Ramrod but we sure do have a knack of wasting money taking all into account regarding Emi. What a boss””””.
Clough/ Peter Shilton = League Title
Fergie/ Schmeical/Van De Sar = League Title
GG/Seaman = League Title
AW/Lehman = League Title
Jose/Cech= League Title.
Klopp/ Alison= League Tiltle
And the Dopes got rid of Martinez, who is of the same calibre.
They don’ t know the game.End off.
You need a commanding and calm goalkpeeper.
Ramsdale! Give me strength!
The Arsenal situation wasn’t as dire as the Arteta believers would have us believe Mislintat/Raul bought in a super talented young defender and we had an excellent goal keeper who had been at the club since q7 years old. He was the embodiment. Of Arsenal We also had some very good talent coming through the ranks; Emery had blooded a few of them. Arteta didn’t have to raze some.things to the ground to rebuild it. He didn’t have to discard Saliba for two years and he certainly shouldn’t have let Emi leave without a fight. Half of the big spending… Read more »
Messi has said he thinks Martinez is the best GK in the world.
What does he know?
Dissenter
Yeah but according to some on here he is a generational coach and we should give him time.
Never mind.
Anyway, at least we know Norwich are down!
CG it was a poor move I agree but i’m liking look of Ramsdale. That doesn’t correct fact we keep Emi and Saliba that £80m spent on Ramrod and White is Sterling levels of transfer money in past window.
Arsenal really taking the long road unnecessarily but here we are.
Rafinha looking saucy!
Dissenter,
Couldn’t agree more.
For 99% of all managers, the job description is to get maximum performance out of what you have. Raising things to the ground and rebuilding is a right you earn after you’ve achieved big things. Like Ferguson, Wenger and a handful of others.
Really just takes a coach who knows what he’s doing to make a team click
Not rocket science
For all wengers failings he would have rebuilt this midfield and attack and had them purring
His replacement should have been a simple task
Arsenal just love overcomplicating things
*Razing
There’s already talk Emi Martinez is the referred choice to replace Jan Oblak who’s supposedly leaving next summer.
Expect Villa to at almost triple the fee they paid for Emi one year ago.
Arsenal will be laughing stock again.
Sal P
“”That doesn’t correct fact we keep Emi and Saliba that £80m”””
Those x 2 giants are what any other normal manager would be building the team around and spending the £80 million on attacking players who score goals.
Unfortunately we don’t do normal.
We do Arteta and his JDP instead.
Westham are for real under Moyes
They are definitely a top-10 team and will be in the running for these European places.
CG it was a poor move I agree but i’m liking look of Ramsdale. That doesn’t correct fact we keep Emi and Saliba that £80m spent on Ramrod and White is Sterling levels of transfer money in past window.
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Agreed. It’s so stupid and a direct cost of hiring a novice.
We can stretch this further. Would we have been better off sticking with Emery for longer?
What so special about Arteta if all he’s doing is spending his way to 8th?
Inter v Atalanta coming up, should be lively
I Oso think the policy of signing younger players is a tepid reaction form the board to curb Arteta’s penchant for making dubious oldies signings.
They like him but not sure so much after Soares, Mari, broken Auba and Willian.