Arsenal (A) | Community Shield | Post-match Thread

[makinghistory]

A bit deluded that one fella, but we’ve all been there.

Have to say he would do great stand up comedy.

 

[Grassland Blue]

Today ???

Atwell isn't any fucking good - permanently !

I know.
I was being a bit sarky.
Obvs. a few didn't realise.

 

[Gundoggin]

Istanbul , no fucking Arsenal fan got the bus to Istanbul .

 

[Paladin]

City should have had a penalty.
Ball came across from a corner Haaland couldn't jump as he was being held, as was another of our players.
Atwell wasn't very good today!

The "Smalling interpretation". Penalising grappling at corners lasted a few games before being ditched. Sterling for us was the first to suffer from the ruling. United realised they would concede many penalties so they sold Smalling.

Big mistake in my view. The only way to stop what we saw today is to award penalties. Then defenders will have to rely on skill to prevent opposition headers, not wrestling moves. Result is, we see more goals, which is what football is all about, and what the lawmakers claim is at the heart of their changes.

 

[Dave El Magico]

But the Charity Sheild is such an important trophy ...............................if you are likely to win fuck all else when it really matters .

And you haven’t won anything else for 3 years!

 

[LesBleuMiserable]

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says it all

Scousers (red) spent 100 million euros on Nunez and after one charity game turned out crap, Arsenal spent even more an English equivalent of a holding player who if he was from
South America only Brighton would bid for and pay no more than 15 to 20 million. Here is Rice to last season’s Nunez. Hope Arsenal get their fill of lifting the Community Shield and get close to nothing else. Hope they have refilled their stationary cupboard the South London champions of August.

 

[Brodymcfc]

Loads of positives from today

- players will have come back down to reality after feeling a loss
- pep looks hungry and you can tell he’s fired up ready for the season
- our defence looks solid, it took a freak deflection for them to get back into it.
- KDB is back on the pitch and getting some minutes in his legs
- we played better than them despite being 2 weeks behind them on pre-season
- Kova has slotted into the team perfectly
- no injuries from today
- Jack grealish won’t be pissed tonight celebrating a cup win!
- it’s just a friendly
- cole palmer looked class when he came on
- rodri is the best defensive midfielder in the world right now.
- pep / board might identify some weak points and make a signature before the window closes if he feels the team need too.
- the football is back on!!! :)

 

[wolviedinho]

The pressure Arsenal applied at the end started from Odegard playing a ball inside down the right. We don’t have that anymore. It took Akanji to play that pass in the champions league final. Dropped a bollock by not finding a new playmaker.

 

[Chi-town blues]

Arsenal are so much better than us in every department. You would be after spending another £200m plus. Big favourites for me to lift the league. I hope they don’t erm wobble under pressure….

 

[eyalluvitt]

We've been top PL scorers for most of the past 12 seasons. Why not play the ball in their half? Make it 2-0 and the game is truly dead and buried.

I’m sure we were trying our best to do that

 

[wolfie1988]

Was pretty impressed with City today. Could see the fitness wasn't there but we held the ball and retained it really well for the first half hour until we tired.

KDB as well. Wow. Looked like the weight of the world had been lifted off his shoulders. Some man.

 

[wolviedinho]

-:)

 

[Brodymcfc]

Did anyone notice the commentators mentioning the £105 million pound signing today?? No? neither did i

Not one commentator mentioned the fee…
They spent a full season and every game speaking about 100mil grealish!

 

[Stevieatlasblue]

Thought our crowd were quite today. Were they tourists?

 

[Blu1]

Did anyone notice the commentators mentioning the £105 million pound signing today?? No? neither did i

Not one commentator mentioned the fee…
They spent a full season and every game speaking about 100mil grealish!

Good point but let’s be fair they were too busy saying how loud arsenal fans were

 

[City Raider]

When our creative players came on, they were bossed. They know it.

 

[Blu1]

Found it strange today we didn’t look long for haaland once. They pressed high so it was on constant. Alvarez running off him would of worked.

They couldn’t cope with this tactic last season when haaland & Kev did it. Infact I don’t think we made one pass to the Viking today

 

[Frankie lad]

This new never ending injury time will in a tight game only ever benefit the team trailing.
9 mins is an extra 20% of a half and not being cocky our opposition often is trailing at 90 mins.

 

[mancity1955]

Ha

AFC Bournemouth

 

[Frankie lad]

Found it strange today we didn’t look long for haaland once. They pressed high so it was on constant. Alvarez running off him would of worked.

They couldn’t cope with this tactic last season when haaland & Kev did it. Infact I don’t think we made one pass to the Viking today

Your & Kev said it all…take Kev out and to be frank Gundo too as did Davide then the big man cannot feed.
That position just behind the front man/men is the key to everything this season.