Arsenal (H) - Post Game Thread

Lavinda Past said:
Maybe so, he scores a lot of goals, but imo we were a far better football team before he arrived. We've changed our game for the worse to accommodate him, and he plays like a stat padding donkey.
He'll be gone before long so we have to build around Rodri rather than Haaland.
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Out of interest where is he going before long? Wont be Madrid, Barcelona or Munich anytime soon surely?

I agree he was completely anonymous today but so was his chief supplier KDB... Kev is usually the difference in games of this type but his performances of late have been worrying and generally if Kev has an off day so does Haaland.
In saying that Haaland has dropped off massively from last season in his conversion rate particularly from big chances. He has been nowhere near clinical enough for what little he offers in general play
 
Tolmie scores said:
I'm a blue but i meant Arsenal should have gone for it today - we were definitely a weaker team..Phil playing both int'ls ..stones out... Ederson etc
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Yep, sorry, wasn’t clear in my reply, know you’re a blue, and like you I would’ve loved Arsenal to have gone for it, because we would’ve won if they had.

They didn’t gamble, because of the risk that carried. They couldn’t lose, so where i disagree with you is that arteta made the right call.

I’ll be v surprised if all three teams win all the remaining games, but I think we have the best chance. Huge game on Weds, but every game is going to be huge and the way we played today - controlled, calm - made me feel confident for the rest of the season.
 
ancoats said:
Maybe just trust in Pep instead of picking holes out of a setup that won many things including the treble last season.
Also maybe it is just about the number of games we have played and it's catching up on us, Pep does not like a big squad and a strong 17 players plus youth and a couple of bench players, So let's see how far we can go in the rest of the season and if we come up short in the league Pep will know best for a new build and City going forward
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We are a different team than 22/23.
 
Citizen Mike said:
Surely you would rather have anyone win it above the unbearable dipper cunts?
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Got to say choosing between the dips and arse is akin to choosing between a kick in the nads or a haymaker in the gob. I’m even thinking the current iteration of the rags arent as bad as them two sets of tossers.
 
Blue2202 said:
Out of interest where is he going before long? Wont be Madrid, Barcelona or Munich anytime soon surely?

I agree he was completely anonymous today but so was his chief supplier KDB... Kev is usually the difference in games of this type but his performances of late have been worrying and generally if Kev has an off day so does Haaland.
In saying that Haaland has dropped off massively from last season in his conversion rate particularly from big chances. He has been nowhere near clinical enough for what little he offers in general play
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Kev was on fire after his lay off -now he's looking knackered as he did in the run in last season.
 
bennyboy said:
At least Villa turned up.Both teams were poor today.
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Disagree, Arsenal turned up albeit ultra defensively. They did a very good job defensively. They are a bunch of dirty shithouses but they defended well. It was our job to break them down. It’s was like watching simeones atletico.

Arsenal have been down for a long time and have started the progression towards the top. Hate to say it but they have come a long way. A draw doesn’t kill their title chances nor does it ours.

Had we gone to Old Trafford and ground out a 0-0 draw in 2010 or 2011 we would probably have been chuffed….

Although we haven’t lost in yonks, we haven’t been hitting the heights especially the type of football we played the last few months of last season. That was a total privilege to watch.

It makes our lofty accomplishments of the past few years even more stupendous!!
 
Revolver said:
I agree with a lot of what you say but Palace and Spurs at home definitely and possibly Chelsea away feel the most costly as the opposition were poor
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Chelsea at home too! Dropping 4 points against that shite is dreadful.

The key lost points for me this season were Palace, Wolves, Chelsea x 2 and Arsenal away when we were shite. Rodri’s sending off was very costly for us.
 
Being at the game and not seen any replays yet but how many of those fouls should have been yellows?

The cynic in me says booking Jesus and their keeper was tick box only.

In games like these a booking for Defenders and Midfielder can make a huge difference to how they play. None were given but appears to have been a lot of fouls.

What's the talk of the penalty? Can't recall that.
 
LangleyBlue1970 said:
I respect all opinions, yours included, but there are no 29 goal strikers in our challenging clubs.

Imagine where we’d be without him. But so not to argue with a Blue I request your view. Enjoy your Sunday.
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We'd be up shit creek without his goals this season, that's obvious. That said, if he was half as good as he was last season, we'd have the league wrapped up by now.
I think one big problem has been Pep trying to shoehorn Alvarez and Haaland into the same team.
Haaland would be a better fit in Liverpool's team.
 
ancoats said:
Maybe just trust in Pep instead of picking holes out of a setup that won many things including the treble last season.
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This set up didn’t win a treble last season, and even if it had, the opposition and their tactics change so that’s not really a defence.

Mourinho is still doing what won him a treble and that’s why he’s unemployed.

We’ve not won a league game by more than 2 goals all year, conceding too many cheap ones and all our forwards are our for form except Foden when he plays in midfield, not as a forward.

I’m pretty convinced Peps going to have to change something fairly drastically , which is fine because he’s done it a few times before, but this is much, much later on in the season.
 
Jam Tomorrow said:
Got to say choosing between the dips and arse is akin to choosing between a kick in the nads or a haymaker in the gob. I’m even thinking the current iteration of the rags arent as bad as them two sets of tossers.
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Sorry but the Rags are and always will be the Champions of Tossers

Really do hope dippers don’t win the league but a choice of Rags or dippers then Klipperty can have his parade
 
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