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

[i8rags]

Feel for cancelo should never of traveled never mind selected.

 

[M Gaudino]

End of the day we are getting well beat and if we don’t get our head in the game we will get beat and its not because of any shit ref decisions or arsenal have had more time of than us . Pep will wait till the 60th minute before a change .

i agree. i just cant cope with 1/2 the forum thinking refs are biased against us ; they aren’t at all. if anything we get loads of soft penalties.

 

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

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.

KDB has been awful, he’s strolling

 

[kun]

That's clearly never a pen. Odegaard steps on his ankle while Ederson sweeps the ball.

Fuck off Camel Gob you absolute weapon.

 

[Big$pendingPeppers]

When are we buying Martinelli? :)

The way he is playing Arsenal would ask for a Haaland number.


Can you believe the plucked him form Brazils 4th division.

What the F are our scouts doing?

 

[Beanhead]

Pep will surely bring on Phil for the second half

He isn’t on the bench and has COVID (we think).

 

[SidJames]

On the plus side we are only 1-0 down after that half.

We can not play that badly second half.

I would take of Ake for Walker to negate their attacking speed,

And Jesus for Grealish for better Ball retention in their area.

 

[mat]

One highlight of this thread is the month python theme running through it...

"Right! The next person who asks why Phil isn't playing will be stoned as well!"

 

[mac]

Bernardo looks tired
He needs a rest
Gundogan on for him second half
Getting over run in midfield otherwise

His Duracells need changing.

 

[Blue Bogey]

Never seen us give the ball away as much. A very lathargic performance.

They are pressing us like we normally do to teams.

 

[super_city_si]

I just thinking that we were missing Zinchenko. We seem to play much better when he is in the starting lineup.

What would zinchenko do isolted as often as Ake is against saka? Hed get fucking roasted Even worse.

 

[FantasyIreland]

That's clearly never a pen. Odegaard steps on his ankle while Ederson sweeps the ball.

Fuck off Camel Gob you absolute weapon.

It is definitely a pen,should have been awarded.

 

[deano ou812]

1-0 down at half time in Prem. Don’t we historically struggle to overcome this.

Yes only because we normally aren’t behind very often in games ..

 

[leo_city]

Need to fix up the system, cannot build up from the back. Dias looks clueless and definitely not his forte to cut lines and find that ball, Laporte should take more responsibility.

Also in defence it's very easy for Arsenal to play it to Martinelli in space as there is no one (back 3 in attack) and he can run at Dias easily. Aké is also struggling against Saka.

Think first time in many years we've been outplayed by Arsenal in every department. To the point our best chances have come on two occasions through set pieces.

 

[01cravend]

Kevin needs to be taken off... Gives the ball away everytime he has it which led to the first goal and leads to us being on the backfoot all game.

 

[Theo555]

Pep will surely bring on Phil for the second half

Phil who?

 

[dhruvblue]

I did say this in the Pre-match Thread but nobody listened. Like I said there, at least losing to Arsenal will hinder the Rags progress towards Champs Lgue qualification.

And reduce gap to ourbrivals to top. We should be concerned with our title charge not what rags are doing

 

[Semper aggressus]

Shite. A game too far probably.

We’ll be back to winning ways in the next game. Plus at least one of our rivals have to drop points again tomorrow.

 

[wolviedinho]

Pep will surely bring on Phil for the second half

Lol

 

[lonestay]

Jake the snake shutting wio up about var !!