That was a shambolic performance attacking wise, Arteta's system of ball progression through the wings can only work if we have world-class wingers. In the event both flanks are being shut down by double teaming or triple teaming our wingers, that's where the creative onus of the no is and the striker comes in. On paper it's a system that minimises the risk of losing the ball in central areas but without adequate forward players, the result is this attacking borefest we just witnessed.
I'm his biggest defender and I feel he can be useful as a squad rotation option, if he's not content with that role, then he should be sold even though I think there's a player in there
Sometimes I can't believe what Arteta spews out. in the MOTD2 he says that Chelsea are the best attacking team in the league., surely he can't believe that when looking where the teams are in the table.
Game done at the Wanda Metropolitano. Glad we don't have to face this mean Atletico defense. They are like Newcastle on steroids. Atleast with Madrid we will have attacking chances even though they might do us the other way.
Another inferior day for Bruno F compared to the vastly superior Captain Fantastic.
Just 1 goal and 2 assists tonight. Nothing all that. Needs to do much better to reach the unseen heights of our glorious leader and creative powerhouse.
This is why everyone hates your deluded opinions. You were bigging up Havertz's 8 league goals by mentioning all comps. You will skew any stat to fit your narrative. I saw you mentioning Isaks and Havertz's stats the other day comparing them.
Everyone says Alvarez has been a success for Atletico apart from you. It is tiring honestly.
Stop it, Benny White was covering for him on the play ……some 18 yards over and two yards back easily capable to close Evanilson down over 30 yard distance , win the ball clean , bring it back up the pitch, slalom through entire Cherries’ D and meg the keeper.
I have said that one is sometimes given, sometimes not as it wasn't given the next weekend in a Chavs game.
But there's a logic behind showing a red card there. I haven't added it to the -8pt stat I'm keeping.
The bad decisions (we've lost points from cause there are others we won regardless of the shit officiating like in both games against Wolves) are:
- Rice against Brighton
- Trossard against City
- Winning goal against Liverpool
- Brighton penalty when Saliba played the ball
All draws that should have been wins and a point less for Pool which is a 9-point swing. Then Saka and Havertz got injured and if we were on even points, maybe we could have done it. In the situation with Liverpool ahead by 8 pts and our 2 best offensive players out for months... Yeah. A tough one.
The strong delusion! The excuse games! Has to be fans of Arsenal FC. The way we create lines to explain away our failure! That’s how not to be successful. The players on yellow knew to avoid controversial situations. Imagine that MLS had got that second Yellow in the CL first leg against PSV. We might have been crying now
Big Willy v Bournemouth was a yellow awarded on the pitch for a clumsy coming together upgraded to a red by Jarred Gillett, the Liverpoo fan on VAR, resulting in Saliba being banned for the match v the bin dippers.
The next day a Chav defender and Micky van der Ven for the spuds got away with worse last man challenges closer to goal.
But I’ll take a 1-0 quite gladly in hindsight. I thought we’d blow it and we didn’t. Could’ve been much better but could’ve been much worse, I’ll take it
Seeing Liverpool fumble two cups in a week, I actually wouldn’t be surprised if they start wobbling badly in the league as well. The problem is we shat the bed early and aren’t close enough to capitalize if they do
We’re NOT gonna win all the games from now to the end of the season but in the hypothetical scenario where we did, I see the season ending on a knife edge either way. Sadly we shat we the bed already so even if they do drop badly we won’t be there to steal it at the death
Many arteta fans would have told us to celebrate today had we being in Liverpool shoes. They would have told us we were the second best team in the league cup and that we lost just on penalties to a VERY STRONG psg team despite having 3 of our best players in their last few weeks of their contracts.
Exactly. So as neither opinions carries any weight in the grand scheme of things then why pledge your entire existence to make sure one of the opinions get silenced?
And your opinion is equivalent to the truth because you say so? Maybe you've forgotten that Legrove is an opinion blog whose mantra use to be something along the line of "where you have an opinion, not get one".
The tv panel on my stream of Kate Abdo, Henry, and Richards speak almost 8 languages between the three, and Abdo and Henry are responsible for 7 of them.
Micah Richards on the other hand was born for a role of a tv evangelist in the states.
Winning or losing to Madrid in the Q-final isn't a trophy. Wenger took a worse team to the finals beating Madrid along the way but nobody remembers that when talking about Wenger's achievements. I've heard it said several times here that Wenger didn't win any league cup despite him using the tournament to blood the academy players. And he's been in the finals twice. Whatever we make from the champions league Q-final might be use to buy another left back in the summer or another fellaini but any trophy won remain in your cabinet.
A shit win against Chelsea, Spurs doing a bottle job of a spurs, and f***ing Liverpool getting their comeuppance ( and the gobby shit talking Carragher humbled). What a beautiful day!
Real shame Arteta chose to bottle the Jan transfer window.
You got that correct, Arteta got rid of some of our attacking players and in the Jan 2021/22 TW he didn't bring anyone in. Bruno was ready to come Arsenal until Arteta said there was no one good enough to join Arsenal. After that Bruno said fuck that I am going to Newcastle.
The same with summer of 2022 TW our apprentice manager decide to go for Vieira, Jesus and Marquinhos for €91mill how did that work out when Isak was at Real Sociedad and Newcastle got him in 2022 for £63mill.
Isak 2025-26 B’Or contender for sure of he moves to Bayern
That was a shambolic performance attacking wise, Arteta's system of ball progression through the wings can only work if we have world-class wingers. In the event both flanks are being shut down by double teaming or triple teaming our wingers, that's where the creative onus of the no is and the striker comes in. On paper it's a system that minimises the risk of losing the ball in central areas but without adequate forward players, the result is this attacking borefest we just witnessed.
I’m just trying to guess a team in the top 4 leagues of Europe where Martinelli will get an automatic week in-week out selection.
Perhaps none.
Sell him to Turkey/Saudi then. He has run his course for us. Thanks Gabby.
I'm his biggest defender and I feel he can be useful as a squad rotation option, if he's not content with that role, then he should be sold even though I think there's a player in there
*No 8s
Sometimes I can't believe what Arteta spews out. in the MOTD2 he says that Chelsea are the best attacking team in the league., surely he can't believe that when looking where the teams are in the table.
I legrove cursed Atletico 😂😂😂.
Game done at the Wanda Metropolitano. Glad we don't have to face this mean Atletico defense. They are like Newcastle on steroids. Atleast with Madrid we will have attacking chances even though they might do us the other way.
Lol Lewandowski. Absolute class. LeGrove cursed it.
It's now 2 - 2 😂😂😂. Football.
Another inferior day for Bruno F compared to the vastly superior Captain Fantastic.
Just 1 goal and 2 assists tonight. Nothing all that. Needs to do much better to reach the unseen heights of our glorious leader and creative powerhouse.
Ode played reasonably well today
Julian Alvarez just keeps scoring in big games. Not worth the money and should have kept Samu according to Raptora.
Julian scored a cracking penalty against Madrid the other day. Oh wait...
That's a pretty dense thing to say.
Lol. Are you really saying slipping proves they shouldn't have paid the money?
22 goals already says they were right.
11 goals in La Liga. Incredible player.
This is why everyone hates your deluded opinions. You were bigging up Havertz's 8 league goals by mentioning all comps. You will skew any stat to fit your narrative. I saw you mentioning Isaks and Havertz's stats the other day comparing them.
Everyone says Alvarez has been a success for Atletico apart from you. It is tiring honestly.
Except Havertz does other things except scoring goals. Okay?
Like what - misses open goals every match!
I hear he crushes it around the house as well; laundry, dishes, grocery shopping and the like.
So does Alvarez. And with quality too. Just say you don't watch him.
Not surprising you value Julian and Ode but not Bruno F.
16 goals, 15 assists this season in a god awful team playing on his own.
Would not want bruno the rat if you paid us to take him!
Lol
Oh that looks a bad one for Ayden heaven. Was actually playing well too. Switching to see Yamal play.
Newcastle beat Arsenal and Liverpool to win the Carabao cup.
Meanwhile, one Arsenal fan on Twitter is telling us that we can't go past 4th round in the FA cup because we were drawn against Manchester United.
Was his name raptora by any chance?
To your other reply; Bolton, Preston , Newcastle over two legs to face Pool in the final of a sippy cup…… not for me.
I’d still rather see how we do against Europe’s royalty win or lose.
Manure aren't good.
Arteta's cup record isn't good enough.
Unless of course, nah.........
We weren't given reds. We were given 2nd yellows for time wasting and Saliba was rightly sent off for a last man challenge
Stop it, Benny White was covering for him on the play ……some 18 yards over and two yards back easily capable to close Evanilson down over 30 yard distance , win the ball clean , bring it back up the pitch, slalom through entire Cherries’ D and meg the keeper.
Refs cost us a clear goal on that play, I’d say.
I have said that one is sometimes given, sometimes not as it wasn't given the next weekend in a Chavs game.
But there's a logic behind showing a red card there. I haven't added it to the -8pt stat I'm keeping.
The bad decisions (we've lost points from cause there are others we won regardless of the shit officiating like in both games against Wolves) are:
- Rice against Brighton
- Trossard against City
- Winning goal against Liverpool
- Brighton penalty when Saliba played the ball
All draws that should have been wins and a point less for Pool which is a 9-point swing. Then Saka and Havertz got injured and if we were on even points, maybe we could have done it. In the situation with Liverpool ahead by 8 pts and our 2 best offensive players out for months... Yeah. A tough one.
The strong delusion! The excuse games! Has to be fans of Arsenal FC. The way we create lines to explain away our failure! That’s how not to be successful. The players on yellow knew to avoid controversial situations. Imagine that MLS had got that second Yellow in the CL first leg against PSV. We might have been crying now
Open your eyes FFS.The very reason ‘ fans’ like you hsve the PGMOL bitchslapping us every other match!
Big Willy v Bournemouth was a yellow awarded on the pitch for a clumsy coming together upgraded to a red by Jarred Gillett, the Liverpoo fan on VAR, resulting in Saliba being banned for the match v the bin dippers.
The next day a Chav defender and Micky van der Ven for the spuds got away with worse last man challenges closer to goal.
Add in a point lost at Bournemouth due to PGMOL
Ironically that and the westham redcards are the ones I feel they got right.
The two brighton decisions, the Man city red card, the wolves redcard were all absolutley dog shit though.
Mixed feelings about the performance
Defense was good
Midfield was ok
Merino did well but the wingers were awful
But I’ll take a 1-0 quite gladly in hindsight. I thought we’d blow it and we didn’t. Could’ve been much better but could’ve been much worse, I’ll take it
Seeing Liverpool fumble two cups in a week, I actually wouldn’t be surprised if they start wobbling badly in the league as well. The problem is we shat the bed early and aren’t close enough to capitalize if they do
We’re NOT gonna win all the games from now to the end of the season but in the hypothetical scenario where we did, I see the season ending on a knife edge either way. Sadly we shat we the bed already so even if they do drop badly we won’t be there to steal it at the death
Many arteta fans would have told us to celebrate today had we being in Liverpool shoes. They would have told us we were the second best team in the league cup and that we lost just on penalties to a VERY STRONG psg team despite having 3 of our best players in their last few weeks of their contracts.
Are you a fith columnist?The word negative should come first in your handle.
Man, you are so jarring. I haven't seen you post one positive thing about Arsenal.
All your posts are
1. Arteta is shit, lets replace him.
Or
2. Defend Partey whatever the circumstance.
If you are this miserable, what is the point?
Oo gbadun
Weyrey yen o gadun rara.
How has your positive opinions help the club to win trophies?
Or how has your negative ones hey?
Exactly. So as neither opinions carries any weight in the grand scheme of things then why pledge your entire existence to make sure one of the opinions get silenced?
That’s life.People need to know their right.Or in todays godawful parlance “ Their truth”
And your opinion is equivalent to the truth because you say so? Maybe you've forgotten that Legrove is an opinion blog whose mantra use to be something along the line of "where you have an opinion, not get one".
In many ways, Dan Burn reminds me of Tony Adams who won his first Arsenal trophy in The League Cup Final v Liverpool
Both centre backs epitomised the spirit of their clubs.
That Pool final was also my first live Arsenal trophy, so happy memories.
The tv panel on my stream of Kate Abdo, Henry, and Richards speak almost 8 languages between the three, and Abdo and Henry are responsible for 7 of them.
Micah Richards on the other hand was born for a role of a tv evangelist in the states.
😂😂😂
I was surprised when Henry spoke Swedish to Isak.
It’s gonna cost more to clean up the Wembley stadium than what Newcastle get paid for winning this cup.
Everything isn't about money Tom. I'd rather be Newcastle RN.
I’d take a chance at Real Madrid in QF’s of CL over the league cup.
Winning or losing to Madrid in the Q-final isn't a trophy. Wenger took a worse team to the finals beating Madrid along the way but nobody remembers that when talking about Wenger's achievements. I've heard it said several times here that Wenger didn't win any league cup despite him using the tournament to blood the academy players. And he's been in the finals twice. Whatever we make from the champions league Q-final might be use to buy another left back in the summer or another fellaini but any trophy won remain in your cabinet.
What's the point of the QF of the CL if you don't win it?
They don't count QF of the CL in the trophy cabinet. Wenger took us to the CL for 20+ years and we weren't given a trophy for participation.
The delusion of these fellow fans dey off me! Like how can being in the competition be more significant than winning the actual trophy?
What a day!
A shit win against Chelsea, Spurs doing a bottle job of a spurs, and f***ing Liverpool getting their comeuppance ( and the gobby shit talking Carragher humbled). What a beautiful day!
Real shame Arteta chose to bottle the Jan transfer window.
Delighted pool lost gutted guimares won a trophy and that cunt of an assistant manager and the Saudi state
Bitter pill but fuck pool
Why do you hate Bruno?
Because he was a dick when we never signed him and he always gives us shit
Now if he played for us I would forgive him lol
He was a dick but maybe as a reaction to Arteta’s there wasn’t anyone of quality comment when asked about transfers.
You got that correct, Arteta got rid of some of our attacking players and in the Jan 2021/22 TW he didn't bring anyone in. Bruno was ready to come Arsenal until Arteta said there was no one good enough to join Arsenal. After that Bruno said fuck that I am going to Newcastle.
The same with summer of 2022 TW our apprentice manager decide to go for Vieira, Jesus and Marquinhos for €91mill how did that work out when Isak was at Real Sociedad and Newcastle got him in 2022 for £63mill.
Facts