You know when there is a moment in a season you realize that we are done in the league, well we have had about 10 of those moments this season. Everybody knows that we done yet few admit it…
Can't it be both the club's and Arteta's fault that we are short of numbers?? And it isn't the end of the world?? And we can still win the league and or champions league??
Gonna take a miracle = Liverpool imploding = they draw/lose all their away games. Real question is can we capitalize with a thread bare squad? We're at the point of drafting the best from the reserve team to deputize for our injured players. Our chances are kinda with how Saka returns and in what condition. If he's banging from the off we can capitalize, otherwise we're in the clutching at straws territory.
Arteta doesn't see load management as a science rather a goes by what he thinks and what players tell him. I remember last season Saka started in the Carabao cup and when asked Mikel said "he told me he wanted to play". Where do you listen to the science and not go by misconceived opinions about player fitness?
This was Arteta's Achilles heel, and unfortunately it will cost him everything and by extension us. I've never seen a stubborn manager win much.
City and Arsenal have their best player injured. Liverpool don't. That's the main difference. It was a marginal difference between the 3 teams last season so having Salah available with Rodri and Saka injured is massive.
Yet, PGMOL cost us wins against Brighton, City, Liverpool, Brighton. That's 8 points and -1 to Liverpool. In this cursed season when we've suffered a gazillion injuries and bad decisions have surely ruined a bit of our mood, at this moment we should be ahead by 2 points.
More excuses, you say. But it's the truth. In a league where the differences between the teams are quite minimal, every single point matters.
That Newcastle goal that should have been disallowed by about 3 different paragraphs, prevented us from celebrating a league title for the first time in 20 years. That's how tight title races are.
If we had lifted that title, the whole topic around Arsenal changes from being bottlers and pretenders and having nothing to show for it, to being the alpha club going for more honours that no one is laughing at anymore.
I‘ve said multiple times that if you lose the league by 1-5 points you will be able to point the finger to everything - from stupidity (zinchenko against 10 men fulham last season) to bad tactics to bad luck to bad refs. most important - the one doesn‘t exclude the other. I can still say that I am disappointed with some of our performances this season as well as I am aware of squad deficits. but the one that gets most under my skin is the fact that the external ‚neutral‘ factor referee has so much influence in this season to pools profit.
Every manager "overplays" their best players. Salah, VVD, Trent even though he's had more than a few injuries in his career, Rodri, KDB before he started to break in the last couple of seasons, Walker, now Haaland, Gvardiol, Bellingham, Mbappe, Modric for years, Valverde, Messi, Ronaldo, Kane...
Literally any big player would play every league + CL game, it's how it is and how it always was.
It's quite stupid to blame Arteta for playing his bests. All managers have a few irreplaceables they always play when healthy.
And yet our players break on the training ground. Did other managers neglect to sign a striker or back up players? Saka was always going to break and everybody bar Arteta and his deciplles knew that.
7 points off top maybe we should have got a striker… ffs clown show. We always half ass and come up with excuses not to do anything. We should have gone for it in the winter transfer.
Hahaha another Arsenal "supporter". Did you not see the reverse angle? It's tight but you have to want it to be offside to see it offside. Like you have to not support Arsenal to say that was offside.
You know when there is a moment in a season you realize that we are done in the league, well we have had about 10 of those moments this season. Everybody knows that we done yet few admit it…
Done with IT!
Should be drinking mai tai's, smoking a few spliffs, hitting the sauna, a few ice dunks, mellow yoga and calming music, whatever they wished!
Team building activities in non-physical forms.
But, noooooooooo...
Arteta and medical staff break our $65 million player, our $100 million player, our $50 million player, our $80 million player last season.
Will let everyone figure out whom is who.
Straight out negligence on Arteta, medical staff, and above for NO one correcting their arrogant BS.
Can't it be both the club's and Arteta's fault that we are short of numbers?? And it isn't the end of the world?? And we can still win the league and or champions league??
like this. everyone wins here
We wait with baited breath for the FA to charge Liverpoo with failing to control their players...
A points deduction would be nice too! 🤣
They will charge them. That was a major incident that led to cards.
hah I wish
https://www.premierinjuries.com/article/2021-22-premier-league-season-injury-review-time-loss-absence
https://www.premierinjuries.com/article/2022-23-epl-season-review
https://www.premierinjuries.com/article/2023-24-epl-season-injury-review
Nothing here suggests Arteta or Pep are particularly irresponsible. What’s your data Pedro?
Damn, some of the comments on here
Guys - are we… winning the league?
Gonna take a miracle = Liverpool imploding = they draw/lose all their away games. Real question is can we capitalize with a thread bare squad? We're at the point of drafting the best from the reserve team to deputize for our injured players. Our chances are kinda with how Saka returns and in what condition. If he's banging from the off we can capitalize, otherwise we're in the clutching at straws territory.
Gonna' hafta' run the WhyTFNot? flag up the flagpole here.
With three attackers left standing?
There’s always hope, prayers and miracles
Finished your piping hot gruel-- and thought WTF--
I'll make an ass of myself for another few hours?
Six figures with your common sense? Dissenter is a nurse, confirmed.
Arteta doesn't see load management as a science rather a goes by what he thinks and what players tell him. I remember last season Saka started in the Carabao cup and when asked Mikel said "he told me he wanted to play". Where do you listen to the science and not go by misconceived opinions about player fitness?
This was Arteta's Achilles heel, and unfortunately it will cost him everything and by extension us. I've never seen a stubborn manager win much.
City and Arsenal have their best player injured. Liverpool don't. That's the main difference. It was a marginal difference between the 3 teams last season so having Salah available with Rodri and Saka injured is massive.
Yet, PGMOL cost us wins against Brighton, City, Liverpool, Brighton. That's 8 points and -1 to Liverpool. In this cursed season when we've suffered a gazillion injuries and bad decisions have surely ruined a bit of our mood, at this moment we should be ahead by 2 points.
More excuses, you say. But it's the truth. In a league where the differences between the teams are quite minimal, every single point matters.
That Newcastle goal that should have been disallowed by about 3 different paragraphs, prevented us from celebrating a league title for the first time in 20 years. That's how tight title races are.
If we had lifted that title, the whole topic around Arsenal changes from being bottlers and pretenders and having nothing to show for it, to being the alpha club going for more honours that no one is laughing at anymore.
spot on
I‘ve said multiple times that if you lose the league by 1-5 points you will be able to point the finger to everything - from stupidity (zinchenko against 10 men fulham last season) to bad tactics to bad luck to bad refs. most important - the one doesn‘t exclude the other. I can still say that I am disappointed with some of our performances this season as well as I am aware of squad deficits. but the one that gets most under my skin is the fact that the external ‚neutral‘ factor referee has so much influence in this season to pools profit.
Newsflash…..Doris the tea lady on standby for late call up.Full report later…….
Sorry latest news news is Doris did a hammy in high press drills
That lad Gimenez up top for Feyenoord looks useful.
It’s almost as if you wish the Everton goal had been disallowed? WTF?
Some mad shit on here man
Every manager "overplays" their best players. Salah, VVD, Trent even though he's had more than a few injuries in his career, Rodri, KDB before he started to break in the last couple of seasons, Walker, now Haaland, Gvardiol, Bellingham, Mbappe, Modric for years, Valverde, Messi, Ronaldo, Kane...
Literally any big player would play every league + CL game, it's how it is and how it always was.
It's quite stupid to blame Arteta for playing his bests. All managers have a few irreplaceables they always play when healthy.
And yet our players break on the training ground. Did other managers neglect to sign a striker or back up players? Saka was always going to break and everybody bar Arteta and his deciplles knew that.
Especially when Sterling and Jesus were absolutely Sh1t
Wish we could have got Olise (can’t blame him for going to Bayern obviously). That lad seems to get better and better.
7 points off top maybe we should have got a striker… ffs clown show. We always half ass and come up with excuses not to do anything. We should have gone for it in the winter transfer.
That Everton goal was offside but they caved into the fans
There would have been a riot had they ruled out that equalizer goal
Bizarre take Dissenter one of many in recent times.
TBH-- I thought Branthwaite's goal might have been onside.
There was no VAR view of it-- just a replay. It looked, to me, Konate played him onside.
No it wasn’t Diss- he was clearly on.
Obviously not what Diss wanted,hey?
Hahaha another Arsenal "supporter". Did you not see the reverse angle? It's tight but you have to want it to be offside to see it offside. Like you have to not support Arsenal to say that was offside.
https://x.com/FootbalIhub/status/1889789811742986304
"Offside but they caved into the fans" - an Arsenal fan