Daily Mail journo on twitter - "Kieran Tierney in Arsenal squad for Champions League match vs Sporting Lisbon"
Sky Sports journo - "Ben White & Takehiro Tomiyasu were the ONLY absentees from Arsenal’s open training session at Sobha Realty Training Centre this morning"
Yesterday I made the case for Nwaneri to be given more game time and I made a comparison between his performance level and that of Charlie Patino.
Nwaneri may not be a 6 foot plus giant, but he has a physique which is strong for a player of his age. Patino by comparison despite being a taller player was relatively lightweight and immature.
Another feature of Nwaneri's game is his ability to "ride tackles". That is perhaps a major difference
between him and Saka. Saka is one of the most fouled players in EPL and I am frankly concerned that despite his resilience he will one day suffer a bad injury.
Arsenal have now got three outstanding offensive players in Odegaard, Saka and Nwaneri who can
form the nucleus of our attack over the next 5 to 6 years if they stay together.
If we can find the "natural" striker then Arsenal's future looks exciting.
1.Nwaneri was incredible however he came on after Forest legs were tired and with us in the lead the game was stretched. He is excellent when he has space to run and dribble in to. So this wasn't an advert to get him starting games. It is just a positive sign that we have someone excellently poised to sub in for Odegaard when we have a lead.
2. Saka was amazing as he had 2 weeks of relative rest. He's been overplayed by club and country. We need better cover for him than Sterling. More rest for Saka means more production from him in the games that count.
3. Calafiori doesn't seem well suited yet for the inverted role. A career CB means he is not used to receiving the ball back to the opponent's goal, turning around and quickly scanning the field to find the cutting pass. Zinny still much much better. Maybe only Timber should invert when Calafiori plays. Calafiori impacts the game when he carries the ball in to space with his head up and can see a pass develop.
4. Arteta deserves plaudits for resting Haavertz, Matinelli and allowing Rice more recovery time. Give Rice what time he needs to heal the toe. Playing on painkillers won't work for him and it'll delay his return to top form.
5. Jesus looks a shadow of what he was the first few months at AFC. We still need to persist with him to rest others.
Nwaneri at this stage needs more appearances as a sub. Playing full games at adult level is an entirely different level. Some players never actually progress beyond that.
I think all of Philmar’s points are well thought out. He used ‘incredible’ and ‘excellent’ to describe Nwaneri. It’s obviously hard not to get carried away with his potential but his minutes need to be developed in a way that is best for him. We’re playing twice a week for the foreseeable future so I think he’ll get plenty of chances.
No doubt Liverpool are dropping enough points to be overtaken the bigger question is can we capitalise like we did last season and go on major run.
My take is we can everything has gone pretty against us thus far add in we easily had the stiffest opening schedule of big 5, we now enter a phase of premier league fixtures where the points can tally. 21 points on offer from now to Jan 1, feasible to see us take them all with United being the bogey team. But form wise we look to be meeting them a good moment. Buckle up this is going to get fun again.
I am seeing Liverpool being bailed out by Salah to the worst team in the league. The pressure of leading the league is also a different sort of pressure than the first 12 weeks. 26 weeks to go.
They will drop 3 points in the next 5 games. We have to be perfect though. If we do we still have a chance.
They have NINE games in December and their last five games at the back end of the season will settle them where they belong …and that’s not on top of the league.
We need a legit winger with pace and dribbling ability and I think we can still win this league.
Finding a legit striker in January is too big of an ask.
they will drop way more than 3 points. if they manage to drop just 3 points until mid december they will officially be my favourite to win it. they will drop 5-8 depending on whether only luck runs out or having a bit of bad luck
5 is a stretch. That means losing one and drawing one. I can may be see that happening. 8 isn't going to happen. That is 2 losses and a draw. Unless they implode, I can't see it.
This is a list of their fixtures. Man City at home, Newcastle away, Everton away, Fulham at home, and Spurs away till December 22.
Expecting them to lose twice and then and drawing one is a bit optimistic.
In the mean time we have to be perfect. We have some tricky games like United at home and Fulham away.
If we cut the gap in half by then though, we will be in the driving seat. Their end to the season is horrendous.
Liverpool relying on wonders to keep their run is not the sign of a champion same way it wasn't when we were scoring winning goals with the last kick of the game in 22/23.
Big clubs achieve this type of wins, yes, but not in a every week basis. If you need miracles to win that often, then the reality is when your luck runs out and the tough times start, you aren't as good as you thought.
Pool's luck will end. Then reality will hit, there will be pointing fingers, older players, new manager. We just need to be there. Trust.
true, have said it over and over again. you can be sure come May the only two clubs fighting for the title will be same as thr last two years
I actually feel sorry for slot - it looks amazing but the downfall will be way harder than had he not been given such an easy start to the season. pool fans will be dreaming and argue after they fall short early that it‘s down to slot although they were just unbelirvable lucky in the first place
They’ve been very,very fortunate so far.The media now going into overdrive saying it’s already “ Liverpools to lose”.Seeing as their other darlings,manure,aren’t in the frame.
nevermind what ‚experts‘ say. everyone with a little understanding of football can see that their luck will run out eventually. I haven‘t seen all their games but in all honesty they should have lost against us, against soton today and were very lucky to win against ipswich. they got 7 points where any honest person would say they would be hapoy with 3 - for us it‘s the other way round and it will show in thr weeks and months to come
I am just saying. After being so close for two years in a row, City finally have their off season. And Slot winning it instead of Mikel would be atrocious.
If Pool win the title Pedro will say the last gasp from the world class squad before inevitable 2025/26 rebuild guided by a lucky manager aided by circumstances.
The 2025/26 will be the true beginning of our dominance, with Pep and most of city squad running on fumes and Pool in rebuild mode.
This will buy him( Pedro) another season of jam tomorrow….
Of course there’s a small matter of Chelsea looking like getting their shit together just in time for that predicted dominance of ours which , if you’re honest with yourself, someone was always going to do sooner or later in a league with six big( ish) clubs.
The idea a club like Arsenal that doesn’t outspend or pay more in wages than other big hitters would dominate the league for any extended period of time is fanciful at best.
So much season left, lets not forget on Feb 1 last season they ( Liverpool ) were 5 clear we did them at the Emirates 3-1 to pull within 2x points and it was curtains for them.
Don't think I'll ever get over selling Emile. And especially, replacing him with a workhorse like Merino. We are playing an ugly formation, wa fake 4 3 3 and even if we have a great streak, this is not a champions formation, type of play or the way I want us to win things. We can try justifying everything but the truth it we don't have a manager that wants to play attractive football, as he doesn't rate flair players, that's quite obvious, and goes for pragmatist/safety first approach.
yeah, liverpool aren't dropping points at Newcastle. The westham game might look more difficult if they hold on to this.
Hopefully Madrid will smash Liverpool and start their crises period
They lose to Madrid on Wednesday,
City rebound and smash them on Sunday
... then Newcastle grind out a win against them the following Wednesday at st James's park
Everton eke out a draw in the emotional last derby at Goodison park.
They will be back in the mud with everyone else and play under more pressure.
Southampton's stupid manager gifted them that win on Sunday.
I’m not sure we should be hoping for city to smash Liverpool. That totally reignites city’s season. An ugly draw is the best we can probably ask for
A draw doesn't help us because Liverpool will just continue to roll on
We need Liverpool to have adversity to deal with
City beating Liverpool, brings us within 6 [2 game swing] points of Liverpool and one point behind city, if we beat West Ham.
City drawing with Liverpool leaves us 7 points [3 game swing] of Liverpool and on same points as city
No team that gets smashed 4-0 by spurs at home is winning the league.
Liverpool are the team to beat- the league is theirs to lose.
1 point from their next 3 EPL games is possible, but I guess 4 are realistic. if we manage to win ours, we will have halved the difference
their game against soton should be forwarded to the authorities to check unusual betting activity. what soton did was nothing short of criminal
Daily Mail journo on twitter - "Kieran Tierney in Arsenal squad for Champions League match vs Sporting Lisbon"
Sky Sports journo - "Ben White & Takehiro Tomiyasu were the ONLY absentees from Arsenal’s open training session at Sobha Realty Training Centre this morning"
G/A in the Prem:
56 — Alex Iwobi
55 — Jack Grealish
Don's 2nd most favourite player. CG also loved his calves.
-Alex Iwobi was always underrated
-Grealish diminished after he moved to city. Had he stayed at Villa and remained the main man, he would have double those G/A numbers.
Salah on his Liverpool future: “I’m probably more out than in! I didn’t receive any proposal”.
“We’re almost in December and I haven’t received any offers yet to stay in the club…”.
“I’m probably more out than in”.
Damn.
Is this real? Surely it can’t be 😳
Delighted for Pep that he achieved his 5 in a row earlier than expected. Or was that not what he had in mind 😂😂
Just read that Sporting have won 11 out of 11 in their League and sit second in CL table, drawing one and winning the rest.
Statement win tomorrow for Arsenal then!
Our team will be at full strength, with players relatively speaking ‘rested’. Another Saka/ Odegaard master class with Havertz chipping in as well.
Yesterday I made the case for Nwaneri to be given more game time and I made a comparison between his performance level and that of Charlie Patino.
Nwaneri may not be a 6 foot plus giant, but he has a physique which is strong for a player of his age. Patino by comparison despite being a taller player was relatively lightweight and immature.
Another feature of Nwaneri's game is his ability to "ride tackles". That is perhaps a major difference
between him and Saka. Saka is one of the most fouled players in EPL and I am frankly concerned that despite his resilience he will one day suffer a bad injury.
Arsenal have now got three outstanding offensive players in Odegaard, Saka and Nwaneri who can
form the nucleus of our attack over the next 5 to 6 years if they stay together.
If we can find the "natural" striker then Arsenal's future looks exciting.
1.Nwaneri was incredible however he came on after Forest legs were tired and with us in the lead the game was stretched. He is excellent when he has space to run and dribble in to. So this wasn't an advert to get him starting games. It is just a positive sign that we have someone excellently poised to sub in for Odegaard when we have a lead.
2. Saka was amazing as he had 2 weeks of relative rest. He's been overplayed by club and country. We need better cover for him than Sterling. More rest for Saka means more production from him in the games that count.
3. Calafiori doesn't seem well suited yet for the inverted role. A career CB means he is not used to receiving the ball back to the opponent's goal, turning around and quickly scanning the field to find the cutting pass. Zinny still much much better. Maybe only Timber should invert when Calafiori plays. Calafiori impacts the game when he carries the ball in to space with his head up and can see a pass develop.
4. Arteta deserves plaudits for resting Haavertz, Matinelli and allowing Rice more recovery time. Give Rice what time he needs to heal the toe. Playing on painkillers won't work for him and it'll delay his return to top form.
5. Jesus looks a shadow of what he was the first few months at AFC. We still need to persist with him to rest others.
Nwaneri at this stage needs more appearances as a sub. Playing full games at adult level is an entirely different level. Some players never actually progress beyond that.
As ‘ special sauce’ says.With Nwaneri,it wil be Brick by brick.Patience.
He'll start in QF of Carabao Cup- at least I hope so! Other than that I'd like to see him get more of Jesus' minutes.
I think all of Philmar’s points are well thought out. He used ‘incredible’ and ‘excellent’ to describe Nwaneri. It’s obviously hard not to get carried away with his potential but his minutes need to be developed in a way that is best for him. We’re playing twice a week for the foreseeable future so I think he’ll get plenty of chances.
No doubt Liverpool are dropping enough points to be overtaken the bigger question is can we capitalise like we did last season and go on major run.
My take is we can everything has gone pretty against us thus far add in we easily had the stiffest opening schedule of big 5, we now enter a phase of premier league fixtures where the points can tally. 21 points on offer from now to Jan 1, feasible to see us take them all with United being the bogey team. But form wise we look to be meeting them a good moment. Buckle up this is going to get fun again.
I am seeing Liverpool being bailed out by Salah to the worst team in the league. The pressure of leading the league is also a different sort of pressure than the first 12 weeks. 26 weeks to go.
They will drop 3 points in the next 5 games. We have to be perfect though. If we do we still have a chance.
Salah going topless showing potential suitors he’s in best shape of his life.
Can one take off his shirt in the Saudi league and not get stoned?
Taking someone else’s shirt would certainly be frowned upon!
I’m not worried about Liverpool.
They have NINE games in December and their last five games at the back end of the season will settle them where they belong …and that’s not on top of the league.
We need a legit winger with pace and dribbling ability and I think we can still win this league.
Finding a legit striker in January is too big of an ask.
they will drop way more than 3 points. if they manage to drop just 3 points until mid december they will officially be my favourite to win it. they will drop 5-8 depending on whether only luck runs out or having a bit of bad luck
5 is a stretch. That means losing one and drawing one. I can may be see that happening. 8 isn't going to happen. That is 2 losses and a draw. Unless they implode, I can't see it.
This is a list of their fixtures. Man City at home, Newcastle away, Everton away, Fulham at home, and Spurs away till December 22.
Expecting them to lose twice and then and drawing one is a bit optimistic.
In the mean time we have to be perfect. We have some tricky games like United at home and Fulham away.
If we cut the gap in half by then though, we will be in the driving seat. Their end to the season is horrendous.
city home X or L
ncastle away X or L
everton could go either way
fulham W
spurs can go either way
if they are really lucky they will drop 4-6 points but I still believe it will be more
Liverpool relying on wonders to keep their run is not the sign of a champion same way it wasn't when we were scoring winning goals with the last kick of the game in 22/23.
Big clubs achieve this type of wins, yes, but not in a every week basis. If you need miracles to win that often, then the reality is when your luck runs out and the tough times start, you aren't as good as you thought.
Pool's luck will end. Then reality will hit, there will be pointing fingers, older players, new manager. We just need to be there. Trust.
true, have said it over and over again. you can be sure come May the only two clubs fighting for the title will be same as thr last two years
I actually feel sorry for slot - it looks amazing but the downfall will be way harder than had he not been given such an easy start to the season. pool fans will be dreaming and argue after they fall short early that it‘s down to slot although they were just unbelirvable lucky in the first place
They’ve been very,very fortunate so far.The media now going into overdrive saying it’s already “ Liverpools to lose”.Seeing as their other darlings,manure,aren’t in the frame.
nevermind what ‚experts‘ say. everyone with a little understanding of football can see that their luck will run out eventually. I haven‘t seen all their games but in all honesty they should have lost against us, against soton today and were very lucky to win against ipswich. they got 7 points where any honest person would say they would be hapoy with 3 - for us it‘s the other way round and it will show in thr weeks and months to come
Slot winning the title before generational would truly be diabolical.
Here we go. Can't find fault or a stick to beat the club with after a performance and 3 points, so use other teams victories instead. SMH.
I am just saying. After being so close for two years in a row, City finally have their off season. And Slot winning it instead of Mikel would be atrocious.
Don’t worry.Its not happening.
hopefully not
Easy.
If Pool win the title Pedro will say the last gasp from the world class squad before inevitable 2025/26 rebuild guided by a lucky manager aided by circumstances.
The 2025/26 will be the true beginning of our dominance, with Pep and most of city squad running on fumes and Pool in rebuild mode.
This will buy him( Pedro) another season of jam tomorrow….
Of course there’s a small matter of Chelsea looking like getting their shit together just in time for that predicted dominance of ours which , if you’re honest with yourself, someone was always going to do sooner or later in a league with six big( ish) clubs.
The idea a club like Arsenal that doesn’t outspend or pay more in wages than other big hitters would dominate the league for any extended period of time is fanciful at best.
This guy isn't an Arsenal fan.
Who says "we will be there" for his own team's failure. He is a spud troll.
He’s a city fan
I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemies. Pedro is in for a rough ride. Chunky Voldemort winning the league before Mikel? Dear dear dear.
Southampton are jokes. But I can see the crack forming at Liverpool now. If we half the points by Christmas, then we will still have a chance.
So much season left, lets not forget on Feb 1 last season they ( Liverpool ) were 5 clear we did them at the Emirates 3-1 to pull within 2x points and it was curtains for them.
Liverpool winning is totally my fault. I turned the tv on when it was 2-1 Saints. Sorry lads.
Thanks a bunch…
Nah Chris.Past experience has told me NEVER to do that.Especially with the pickpocket scousers.
Just not good enough Chris.
Don't think I'll ever get over selling Emile. And especially, replacing him with a workhorse like Merino. We are playing an ugly formation, wa fake 4 3 3 and even if we have a great streak, this is not a champions formation, type of play or the way I want us to win things. We can try justifying everything but the truth it we don't have a manager that wants to play attractive football, as he doesn't rate flair players, that's quite obvious, and goes for pragmatist/safety first approach.