Match Thread | Arsenal vs Man City (01/01/22)

[Revolver]

Sterling who seems rarely to be in control of the ball and Mahrez who constantly plays the easy ball need to do more.KDB and Jesus are trying to make things happen.

 

[wattle]

The fact that team has regressed during the past month was obvious

Our midfield especially..

KDB isn't just up to the standards this midfield requires.. I could already see it against Leipzig..

How the hell you can loose the ball like that and then don't track back.. !!!!!

Rodri-Bernardo-Gundogan midfield is something we need in those big matches, otherwise we are fucked..

And also, Foden is ten times better winger than Sterling.. That's the fucking FACT again..

In build-up and possession game, both Sterling and KDB are peaces of shit.

Fuck me

 

[mat]

Would be nice is Arsenal can do the North London bottle job against us

 

[Bluearmy]

When are we buying Martinelli? :)

Some prospect for sure

 

[BigJoe#1]

Poor in midfield and apart from Sterling the other front line isnt doing enough.

Was always going to be a tough game but got to dig in

Really? Sterling has been very poor. No ball retention whenever he gets it. Not saying the others are better but Sterling is about the same as Jesus, hopeless.

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

The goal, Kev strolling back where if he'd tried we could have double pressed and won it back high up the pitch. His laziness has triggered that move. Our system can't carry laziness because we get overloaded and picked off.

Kev is a luxury player we can afford less and less now.

 

[heslops barnet]

At least the other teams in red will be happy

 

[Tb1981]

Cancelo At left back and walker on at right back would be good

 

[wolviedinho]

Ring the changes early pep and give us a chance. Jack and gundo on to control the game. Or throw the youngsters on. Either way you got to make the changes.

 

[M Gaudino]

I thought he blew closer to 2 minutes when 3 had been signalled?

2 was signalled. we took the free kick on 47mins pretty much

 

[samuelyeboah]

Rodri is not ready. He has been out of position many times.

Ake is struggling against Saka.

We need Walker's pace and Rodri needs to get back into his proper position!

We are too open in the middle and passes are just going through us easily! We need Gundo to support Rodri

I thought rodri was easily our best player

 

[Blu1]

For who?? You have seen our bench right??

Walker, Grealish & Gundy needed & close up midfield is needed

 

[Lavinda Past]

De Bruyne is hopeless. He's turning into a one good game in four player.

Overall a very poor performance. Let's hope Arsenal run out of steam before they get a second.

As it stands, we're still in the game. Early goal and we'll win it. If we go two down, we're done for. I don't think we've got three goals in us today.

 

[alexmcity]

We struggle in midfield for KDB doesn't help us to control games when he is supposed to play in midfield. If Gundogan is fully fit, it was probably a mistake to not start with him. KDB plays more as a forward than as a midfielder. And does little when he loses the ball. 3 games over 6 days is a bit too much for him these days.

Walker, Gundo and Grealish are good options from the bench.

 

[PragueBlue]

Not at our best obviously but Arsenal have played well. We lose our control in the middle without Gundogan there. I'd be tempted to bring him on. Rodri doesn't look fully fit to me. Cancelo, KDB, Sterling and Bernardo have all given the ball away too cheaply. Cancelo understandably doesn't really seem fully with it today, so I'd also be tempted to bring Walker on to shore our right side up defensively, if he's fit enough.

Other than that we just need to get our passing and moving back up to normal standards and we should create chances. It's a game we can still win if we sort ourselves out.

 

[Longballutd]

Pep will surely bring on Phil for the second half

 

[kun]

People love jumping to conclusions.

"We can't string 2 passes together without Grealish"

"Ederson is the new Bravo, every shot goes in"

"de Bruyne makes our midfield terrible"

Last match it was "When Grealish plays we can't score"

Before that "de Bruyne is finished"

Last season "Whenever Aké plays we concede 3 or 4"

Jesus Christ you boo boys need to get a grip. Sometimes we don't play that well.
Stop pinpointing poor team performances to scape goats and realise that our team is full of human beings and sometimes we aren't perfect.

 

[kingdoneg]

It's the same old shit. We cannot defend against pace. Stirling very rarely if ever makes a meaningful tackle to help out the defence. He still doesn't have a footballing brain IMHO.

We are gifting Arse too much space in the middle of the park. We need to change things up including taking Ake off.

 

[Petetheblu]

City look knackered.

I agree, we look mentally tired.

Arsenal have been up for it and deserve the lead.

Wish Kun was still in the team, we miss that focal point.

 

[Dax777]

I mean he can't finish so should fit right it

Fair enough, Saka then.

Is it always like this on a match day thread? How can anyone who is supposed to follow us not know that Phil isn’t even in the squad?

As for the game, they have been good and we’ve been very shoddy, Bernie looking a bit gassed and Kev is finding an Arsenal shirt with most passes. On the plus side we are only one down.

Come on boys let’s get back at it.

Some of the calls for Phil are meant as jokes.