I don’t think it is an understatement to say that this is one of the most important games of the last 5 years.
This is bigger than a Europa League final. This is more important than an FA Cup. This game represents bragging rights for the next year and it is probably the most consequential game we’ll have from a future-facing perspective in a long time.
For Spurs, this game is mission-critical. If they lose, things might unravel fast. Antonio Conte could exit, a new manager will need funds to rebuild, that will likely mean major sales and a lot of short-term pain.
For Arsenal, we’re in good shape however the season ends, but really, you want Arsenal to be kicking on with 3 games to go. The upside is tremendous. The confidence of taking something from a beastly away game will be immeasurable, and our extremely young squad will be able to fast-track the learning experience in the toughest competition in the world next season.
Let’s be real though, this game won’t be easy, we could be sending out a starting 11 that is missing 4 key player in Ben White, Bukayo Saka, and Kieran Tierney. That is some serious spine missing from our squad and the fact no one is really talking about how damaging that could be shows you how far we’ve come. I’m expecting us to be very competitive tonight with Tomi at left back, Big Mo in midfield, Eddie up front, and The Smith, Odegaard, and Martinelli supporting.
The psychology of the game is tantalizing.
Every Arsenal fan I speak to is predicting doom.
Every Spurs fan that contacts me is predicting doom.
We are all a bag is nerves and fear.
We are a joke.
I have no predictions.
My strategy would be to sit deep, counter the Harry Kane midfield problem, make them come at us.
The worst thing that can happen is an early goal for them.
The longer the game goes, the more openings we’ll get, this is a test of patience… and nerves. Spurs has more experience than us.
So we’ll see where we go!
IT IS WITH THE GODS NOW!
ENJOY.
ON THE WHISTLE AFTER x
kroenkes deserve this shite if we blow fourth place, just been dogsh1t owners since they arrived totally ruined the club. they deserve the lego man
Typical, when the results don’t go our way then of course it is the refs fault. Get real the fault sometimes are with Arsenal.
The statistics are against us from the last 5 games in the Sp*ds stadium we lost 4 times and had 1 draw. As already feared we now need to win against Newcastle & Everton, not easy.
“wtf they give him new deal just before crucial games. joke management”
Only idiot owner/ management would be that fucking stupid
The freaking generational novice has won us nothing this season so far ..wot new deal?
Maybe this will teach the writer of this blog the humility to never disrespect Comte again, a manager who has won big titles in recent memory. The sheer audacity and stupidity you have to have to call him “lucky” and “outdated” for months was simply ignorant. Never EVER compare Arteta to Conte again.
TM
I was thinking that
Yes he should have went Same, Holding is not inexperienced, he’s just an idiot.
Weird seeing all the trolls come on while the game is on never seen buffalo or paulie before yet they are on here saying shit like the manager is useless when it’s the actual player that was dumb seriously fuck off
You guys need to relax. So doom and gloom.
Odegaard is pathetic? The ref’s shit calls 100% down to Arsenal? Get a grip.
Shit tactics
Holding is worse than amateur, he derseved the sent off
The penalty is soft, but was Cedric brain fsrting again
Football can sometimes surprise us, few fans could have predicted we’d win 4 on the spin after losing at Southampton
We need it to shock the hell out of us in the second half, get Saka or Martinelli over to their left running at Davies
Newcastle away on Monday is anything but a gimme.
If you look at our form of late, that is the type of game that we drop points in.
Samesong
People will see the replay at half time and change their mind on Holding second yellow. Straight Red for me.
Yep straight red for me as well and had that been the case it would be a 3 game ban not the one he now gets.
The problem from here on in is just like Leeds last night desperation will kick in and that could easily lead to more cards and again like Leeds players probably will hurt themselves.
I will watch the second half but god knows why !
We gave them everything they wanted. Space to play and and a man down. Arteta chose a wrong tactic. Tomi should have been against Son. Cedric and Holding in one side trying to handle Son was a crappy tactic. Now what matters is how we respond against Newcastle. We have to fo it the hard way now.
you just cannot believe how thick holding must be to lose control like that in a game like where all we had to do is not get beaten…..just amazing. reflects terribly on arteta that he wasn’t able to stop it, holding had red card written all over him from the first minutes, what a moron !
Martinelli been brilliant.
We allowed ourselves to be in this position where this game is an extra game. Lose it and we still have it in our hands. It’s not our day. Move on, don’t fail historically bad, win the last 2 games that are winnable. What else can we do? Feel sorry for ourselves?
Shit happens, obviously that Holding and Cedric and Elneny aren’t good enough to start game in, game out. That’s why they are squad players. I kinda feel like we shoulda rushed Ben White.
Well, we have a huge mountain to climb.
Lost our heads and let Spuds take advantage
We really need to regain composure and be patient in the 2 half
We can draw this.
odds on we have lost fourth place because of this….lame
This is all on holding and Cedric two idiots not the manager
get it*
I do think we have more than enough to get something from Newcastle and Everton, Newcastle could be tricky but we should be able to do it. Providing our confidence isn’t too dented from tonight.
Our wingers have been completely rattled. Cedric keeps on pressing their wing back leaving the centre back to deal with Son. It was a setup on Holding’s part for sure. Being isolated against Son time and time again is not a walk in the park. He totally got under holding’s skin for sure. Horrible first half. Played like a bunch of kids for sure.
There is no consistency in this League. I could accept the second yellow card but the penalty is soft in my opinion. The referees have not given similar calls in other matches earlier this season.
For me it is the NEW and EVerton games I was always confident we can win. This game had a different vibe to it. whether ben white started or not there was always going to be a controversial situation in this game .
Tomi played a blinder against Son at the Emirates so why the fuck does Arteta put Cedric and Holding on him instead of Tomi? Have to hope that Burnley don’t lose on Sunday.
Anybody see Jesus coming to us if we’re not in the Champions League? No way.
damn.
cedric and holding, oof, big letdown with that kinda play.
Wardo
TM
I was thinking that
100% with you both on that
Loaning Saliba to Marseille looks more end more a failure.
Soft pen and stupid holding
Like I said, we just have an innate ability to implode like no other! We can’t just concede a goal, we have to have a player sent off as well or vice versa.
Wow. Troll city. So many fucking idiots. Blame the owners, blame the manager etc. Its a game of football where shit happens. Deal with it.
Not the most valuable assessment but that fucking sucked.
mr serge – bog off !
The ref was stupid though. Soft pen and soft yellows when he could have handled it better. I hate trigger happy refs. They suck. It is like the Premier league wants this to go down to the wire for better entertainment.
The only thing I would say at Arteta should of brought on Ben White. And the panel are saying the same shit too
Well this was some war. War of the apes starring Baboon Rob
I knew the trolls would come out if we lost did not think they would come on as soon as we conceded
Really really worried about that Newcastle game.
Packed house. 50,000 geordies wanting to fuck us up and their last home game. Can see a slip up unfortunately plus the pressure of being 2 points behind by the time we play.
We are blowing this aren’t we
Surely some would be ready to spill the this team is young bs.excuse if we lost … just saying, the idiot Holding and Soares are ‘old’ players who fell for the dark art
Guys calm down, 4th is still in our hands as I believe we play Newcastle and Everton in our last two games.
Newcastle is safe and hopefully Everton will be by the term we play them and they’ll be on holidays.
How the fuck was that a penalty
Tierney you cunt
A good manager would have gone for 3 atb if he insisted on using cedric, letting holding and Cedric handle son with saka high off the pitch is amateur has they come.
As usual Arsenal crumble when it matters..that’s why I never supported Arteta because i really feel it’s just like Wenger days…yes we won 4 in a row but that was after losing 3 easy games in row too…need a manager that throws away this rubbish tippy tappy passing culture and makes it more direct and ruthless with no nice guys
If we can’t beat Everton and Newcastle we don’t deserve champions league
We’re going to win 2-3
Martinelli brace, and Smith Rowe to come on and get the winner 🙏
Serge it isn’t worth responding to them, just ignore. This site will always have these weirdos coming out of the woodworks after a bad result.
Holding should have come off almost as soon as he got booked. Expecting him to last 70 minutes in a derby against son who he had been in a running battle with since kick off is just stupid.
Mr serge , don’t attack me,
how long will all the excuses last?
we are not Norwich.
Its a game of football where shit happens. Deal with it.
Facts. But this just isn’t any game is it? If you are not wound up about the situation you must be very normal lol.
The turning point of the match was when Son absolutely skinned Holding in a play turned him inside out and this spooked Holding thereafter and he went on to commit a few fouls on Son. Slow replay shows Holding purposely taking out Son around the face area so deserved red card and poor from him. Poor because he never truly recovered from that first previous play where Son beat him easily on the ball. The penalty was soft and this was because the ref had the idea that he “owed” Son a decision after Holding was fouling him initially on… Read more »
Signing Jesus won’t change anything. He’s a bit part player that never impressed for City. How will he do in this squad with poor players around him
Aged
Newcastle are not doing us any favours trust me.
They will play with freedom.
I agree London Gunner, we can and must win the final two games.
I think we will win the two remaining fixtures,so let them enjoy their moment in the sun.
Holding was an idiot for doing that on a yellow card,even though I think it was a straight red in todays climate.
Holding
So so silly.
we still have a chance at 4th if this result stands
difficult to stomach shitty spurs clinching it after all is said and done
Samesong
The only thing I would say at Arteta should of brought on Ben White. And the panel are saying the same shit too
Didn’t he have a very late fitness test ?
Looking at the numbers on the bench I can only think he isn’t fit and is on the bench Pareto make up the numbers possibly would be ok for say 20-30 minutes but if he isn’t fit then Monday could be even more difficult
Arteta is not learning. He makes way too many errors. Reading on here you would think odegard was Dennis Bergkamp, truth is he’s just awful. Does anyone think these chokers are beating Newcastle or Everton ffs
That “request” not to play this match in January is starting to look like a pretty dumb ass one.
games like that shows how crap Arteta is.
Now we need two wins and there will be huge pressure.
Also you cunts, since when is acceptable to loose to spuds like that?
We don’t have poor players. We just have poor backups. Still spurs are playing Sanchez and Emerson we still haven’t done anything.
In a group of youngsters, the experienced players are the ones letting us down.
Really braindead play Cedric didnt do himself any favours right in the refs eyeline.
Holding words fail me on a yellow and you do that.
First 20 we were playing ok they were no threat then we commit football suicide in a derby as well just when the crowd were getting slightly anxious.
Habesha GoonerMay 12, 2022 20:39:46
The ref was stupid though. Soft pen and soft yellows when he could have handled it better. I hate trigger happy refs. They suck. It is like the Premier league wants this to go down to the wire for better entertainment
Problem is, these.subpar refs aren’t even consistent among them
Terraloon
People will see the replay at half time and change their mind on Holding second yellow. Straight Red for me.
Yep.
Saw it and it was 100% deliberate
It was very, very, VERY stupid.
In his case, with his experience, he should know that this was not going to stick with any ref.
He let the game het to his head and was not composed to stay calm and be on control.
We were heading for a red with Holdings antics.
This is on Arteta for pairing locomotive Holding with a Ferrari.
After seeing a second replay of the second yellow card, that is not a card. SON ran into holding who stood his ground. Paul Tierny has been a disaster with the officiating of this game.
Didn’t he have a very late fitness test ?
He was warming up on the touchline.
Holding is dogshit player. Honestly he only looks good for a couple games because he ain’t very good and gets lucky but give him a run of games and the shit comes out on show
Draw this game and we would be all good, how is this acceptable?
Ishola if the referee owes Son a decision he’s bent simple as that . Trigger happy disaster ref
That isn’t a penalty ffs.
Tierney is a cunt.
It was so soft
Everton game worries me. Cause they will fight for Lamps. Players playing for their futures also.
I put the blame on the players mostly but going for Cedric and Holding vs Son, when we could have had Tomi and White there, could only end up one way. He’s won the game for them. His class is much higher than our reserve players and it’s obvious. It’s not even close.
I would question the amount of time we were giving their midfielders to pick the passes towards Son. Our pressing has been really bad.
@Rollen
Mr Serge is an Arteta Fan boy so when the results are in the toilet the AFBs will attack the Arteta Nevers and the Ref. Been the same shit ever since he was appointed manager.
Rollen shut the fuck up you dumb shit lol
This Arsenal side is not cl material would rather we qualified for the europa League and tried to win it and qualify for the cl that way.This Arsenal side are far from a champions league side.
Disgusting
Wow. Good half time tactics.
Oh my god we are imploding….
Fuck this !!!
We are drawing this game believe me. In the worst case scenario that we getting a hammering, it’s still in our hands. Imagine giving them hope by this victory and only for us to win at Newcastle and them drawing home to Burnely
As soon as Kane yelled at him the ref put his card out. It isn’t a red FFS. Son made a meal out of it as always. And if he didn’t book him because of pressure VAR wouldn’t have intervened for a yellow.
Why I am annoyed at our players is the fact that they gave son the chance to fucking go down like a prat. Tomi would have handled him like a boss. We chose wrong in putting Cedric at RB.
Lol at our defending there
Kilroy you sir are a troll of the highest order calling me a fan boy you are not an Arsenal fan
Fucking implode!!!
FFS. It’s done. This is pathetic.
What’s the point of having White on the bench if he’s not fit?
Pathetic
The penalty was soft but whining about the yellow cards is ridiculous. The three reasons why we’re in this situation:
– Holding decided to act like an amped-up amateur
– Cedric is a genuinely awful player that has no business playing on this level
– Our game plan looks like it was designed by Conte
The biggest damage here will be confidence
FUCKING THICK.
Any team with the likes of Elneny or Cedric deserve nothing
You have been quiet since we have been winning but you show your true colours tonight when we are losing Kilroy you are a shit fan
The generational novice disgraces the club in a NLD and should just jog off. Ffs
Fuck.
That’s that then.
Worsed possible start we could make yo ghe second half
Big
Time
Meltdown
Men Vs boys
We need to keep the score low. If not it will be difficult to get ourselves up for Newcastle.
I’d just kick lumps outta Kane and Son so they couldn’t be out for remaining games
Left T
What’s the point of having White on the bench if he’s not fit?
Simply to make up the numbers