Arsenal (H) - Post Game Thread

[come-on-barney]

My only problem with today is that it's a positive for Liverpool, and I want them to fail on every, single level in Klopp's last season.

Arsenal are a tough opponent because Arteta is a very tactical manager and his defensive setup, and players, are excellent. Nevertheless, we dominated possession and could have mixed it up a little bit more to ruffle their organisation. The risk, of course, is the rapid counter and they are capable of that.

Well played to Akanji, Rodri, Gvardiol, Bernardo and Rico Lewis, especially. It is a shame that pointless international football deprived us of John Stones. I think Walker is now more replaceable than he was and the defensive style of Arsenal meant that they created very little down our right. I hope to see Oscar Bobb more in the last games of the season as I feel he is a better player than Jeremy Doku, despite the latter's excellent first season. Great to see Jack back.

A word about Josko. Pre-match, the doubters were out in force, and I hope that they learn to accept that he is genuinely one of the biggest talents in world football.

 

[Keeper!]

If 29 goals with umpteen games to play is disappointing, I hope he has a shocker next season as that’s guaranteed 25.

I am simply stating facts that he is a shadow of last years player, he should have won the Ballon'dor, this season he won't even be nominated.

He has been sussed by defenders and our shit slow build up is killing the strengths of his game

 

[Dribble]

As I said a few weeks ago, I have a feeling of foreboding for this season's title & Cup runs. Albeit we dominated the ball, we looked toothless up front & were pretty well snuffed out by a well drilled Arsenal.

Most of our recent seasons can be characterised by us beating our rivals. If memory serves me right (outside of ManUre), we haven't managed to beat any of them this season & sadly I feel this will be this season's epitaph.

The reason? We lost Gundog, Mahrez & KDB for most of the season, with Jack playing more like his first season punctuated by injuries, & Haaland also being out for 8 weeks & looking out of form. Our rivals have strengthened, whilst we're definitely weaker than last season.

The positives? By all accounts Pep & Txiki are aware of this & it's mooted by many that we'll go big to get our squad strength back to where it needs to be.

Let's do our very best for the rest of this season, but alas mentally, I'm already focused on this summer's transfer window.

 

[Gorton_Tubster]

The one with 1 shot or the one with 2? It's a fucking riddle.

Ah. OK ignore the rest of the stats. And surely you mean Shots on Target. Have it your way though.

We weren't that bad that we couldn't be arsed. Ridiculous surely.

 

[balotellishaircut]

Lewis and Grealish made us miles better. Our problems are further forward.

Doku should not be anywhere near this team. He’s Garnacho standard, should be at Watford. Fucking Forrest Gump

Was you at the game? I had a pop at Doku for that tackle the other week but this 0-0 had fuck all to do with him.

 

[oldius]

The bought two 21 year olds and developmental player from Wolves, while losing three veteran players. I understand the philosophy and the needed planning for future. Both Doku and Gvardiol should be mainstays for years to come. But they definitely are missing that quality up front against top clubs that Mahrez and Gundo brought.

At the same time as Kev has been hit with injury and appears to be in slight decline, the loss of Gundo and Mahrez has been felt, but everyone moves on at some point.

 

[manimanc]

Fuck me the fannies are out in force tonight on here.

Some of the replies are absolutely hilarious. Title gone? Boring city?

Can I just remind people who are talking absolute bollocks, we won the treble last year and this season should really in reality have been a season of taking stock, take a bit of a dip in form and regroup for a charge next season.

And what have we got? We're still in the running for the 3 big one's again. For us to be still in touch is actually quite remarkable given the fact we've lost gundo and Mahrez and we've had our big hitters out injured.

Arsenal and the smelly cunts are playing at full tilt, we are nowhere playing at 100% yet we're only 3pts off top.

Some posters need to get a grip, the geezer who started this thread is obviously only been coming for a few years, what a load of shite post to start this thread off.

Keep the faith you old boys who have been watching us through thick and thin. You half and half scarf wankers fuckin do one.

Super city.

 

[The Future’s Blue!]

Not going to be good enough for title this season unfortunately

You can’t win ‘em all.

 

[Keeper!]

And it happens. It won’t be his first or last

100%, it will make him an even better player

 

[madloaf]

Ah. OK ignore the rest of the stats.

We weren't that bad that we couldn't be arsed. Ridiculous surely.

We were better...But really, we didn't cut them open at all, and they didn't either. They let us have the ball, it's a shit tactic, but it's not like we peppered them and they nicked a draw. It was a fair result considering the lack of goal mouth action.

 

[TheBlueCat]

That’s harsh. Kid is 21. He has huge potential and showed it in the beginning of the season. Give him time and judge him. Everyone also struggles in the first year with pep. Sane, Rodri, grealish etc etc. again 21.

It’s fine if you don’t agree, and I hope he gets better. I don’t see it. I look at Bobb and Lewis and think they’re much better prospects. Doku has talent but just has no idea what to do at the optimum moment.

 

[big gaz]

It could be worse,

We could be united.

Thats a cheap like

 

[citymad]

Teams have figured him out . Double mark him, sit deep offer no room and he is like a corralled hippo. Our slow plodding pass and pass does not suit him . I feel sorry for him -the joy in his game has been extinguished.

I agree,the way we play now doesn’t suit him. He needs space to work in. It’s not working for either of us.And he’s now starting to get bullied.

 

[Lavinda Past]

We target and chase Bellingham for months but in the end he choose Madrid over us.

How can we predict player like that?

We can target and chase but we still have internal financial restrictions.

Go for Bellingham and Rice... Sign Nunes.

 

[Keeper!]

This team would have battered arsenal today as well, were it not for the return from the internationals and the injuries.

I don't think a draw is that much worse for us than it was for them, given the state we were in. They had a rare stars aligning chance to get all 3 points against a aide as good as ours which could have seen them ride that confidence all the way to the tiltle. But they were as tepid as we were flaccid.

Agreed in the circumstances but it is what it is.

Win or bust for both sides, I though that second half they would try and batter us, they were shocking, I just don't understand their attitude to the game, they simply did not want to lose and that's not enough to win the title

 

[homerdog]

Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard: "We come here with a lot of confidence, belief and we're going to go for it park the bus". Boring, cheating, twats.

I see the usual suspects have given up on us winning the title already.

 

[madloaf]

I agree,the way we play now doesn’t suit him. He needs space to work in. It’s not working for either of us.

There were numerous times where he's pointed where he wanted the ball today but not once did we even think about it. It's such a waste.

 

[Bluewars II]

Dropped points vs Palace, Chelski and Pool have cost us the title.

 

[ancoats]

Fuck me the fannies are out in force tonight on here.

Some of the replies are absolutely hilarious. Title gone? Boring city?

Can I just remind people who are talking absolute bollocks, we won the treble last year and this season should really in reality have been a season of taking stock, take a bit of a dip in form and regroup for a charge next season.

And what have we got? We're still in the running for the 3 big one's again. For us to be still in touch is actually quite remarkable given the fact we've lost gundo and Mahrez and we've had our big hitters out injured.

Arsenal and the smelly cunts are playing at full tilt, we are nowhere playing at 100% yet we're only 3pts off top.

Some posters need to get a grip, the geezer who started this thread off is obviously only been coming for a few years, what a load of shite post to start this thread off.

Keep the faith you old boys who have been watching us through thick and thin. You half and half scarf wankers fuckin do one.

Super city.

We need to realise Manchester City can come up short and not win the title and it is ok
#Together

 

[MadchesterCity]

You can’t win ‘em all.

Agree we won it all last year