Losing three of the four games, literally collapsing when the opposition got into our faces, nah mate, for me that is not normal, Pep's team. After long long time we have looked like a mid-table team today...at best. Time to forget football for two weeks.I disagree. Erling's not getting the service and missed a few in his last couple of games. Regardless of your opinion, a perfectly valid one, Erling's still Prem top scorer.
World class players have left and potential world class players have come in, and all season we've been without John and Kev. There's no team on earth that wouldn't experience a drop in performance in those circumstances and the team in their absence is not in form - perfectly normal. Name me a stellar team that has never experienced poor form?
We can't add the Rodri factor to the argument - that was a self inflicted wound. To me, it's perfectly normal for a side like ours to have a spell like this. The international break has come at a good time - no momentum to lose.
Thank you and I actually saw him at the FA Cup parade in 2011:)When someone posts something that is untrue but is plausible enough to possibly be true.
When other posters fail to spot this and respond as if it is true, they have been "clarkied".
A term named in honour of City fan, brilliant actor and Bluemoon member Warren Clarke (RIP) who contributed often in this style.
Ruben in particular was awful on the ball I thought.Thought one of our biggest problems today was how utterly abysmal Ruben, Ake and Walker were with the ball at their feet, when you’ve got 3 defenders so bad at controlling and passing the ball it’s a big problem, I’m surprised Pep chose today of all days to leave out Akanji.
Correct. Cookster's comment is a bit odd. We're going through a spell of own goals. Their attack at no point gave us the runaround - they were never going to rip our defence apart - was always likely to be a fluke.Bollocks they were at home and won with a farcical deflection. At no point were we struggling to contain them. We weren’t great but didn’t deserve to lose
Ake's achilies heel is receiving the ball with fluidity and composure, puts himself under a bit of pressure there as by the time his head is up, his options are gone, great defender to have with ball players around him..i agree with Ruben, been quite a drop off re having the ball at his feetThought one of our biggest problems today was how utterly abysmal Ruben, Ake and Walker were with the ball at their feet, when you’ve got 3 defenders so bad at controlling and passing the ball it’s a big problem, I’m surprised Pep chose today of all days to leave out Akanji.
I’ve never seen anything like this before. We usually stroll the first part of the season. Let’s just hope we can scrape top 4.Losing three of the four games, literally collapsing when the opposition got into our faces, nah mate, for me that is not normal, Pep's team. After long long time we have looked like a mid-table team today...at best. Time to forget football for two weeks.
Nah, a few own goals, below par form (by our incredible standards) even though usually the dominant team, doesn't look like 'collapsing when the opposition get into our faces' to me. It happens to every great team - it's called being human and not robots.Losing three of the four games, literally collapsing when the opposition got into our faces, nah mate, for me that is not normal, Pep's team. After long long time we have looked like a mid-table team today...at best. Time to forget football for two weeks.
Pep saw enough of him to hold a different opinion to you. Why don't you give Pep a call and share your analysis of his side?More worried about Haaland's touch - your not given half the pitch to sprint away in the prem, the organisation of most teams requires you to have a great touch, Richarlson really struggles to score as his touch is poor. I think as teams set up with centre halves very tight to Haaland he struggles. They make the pitch narrow, close him quickly, let our wide men try and cross because for a big fella his heading is not great. I really worried about us getting him, well before we did, as we are a much better team, slide rule balls between full backs and centre halves..willing runner over lapping, cut backs to any of three late arrivals from midfield = Pep's way...Pep struggled with Zlatan as these types of forward don't allow for fluidity. Don't get me wrong i like Haaland as a character but i don't think he is a great footballer
My thoughts entirely.It's October.
We're 2pts off top spot.
We've got/had big players out.
We haven't hit our stride yet.
This was Arsenal's cup final.
We've played 8 games.
We don't win leagues on November or December.
And that's about it.
Thank you and have a great night.
I don’t think either team deserved a win. Poor game by both teams.Stop kidding yourself, they lacked quality but made up for it with desire and passion, something we severely lacked.
We got all the decisions but still managed to turn a draw into a loss.
They deserved the 3 points.
Probably because even when he looks out of sorts he only needs a sniff and a couple of seconds to score - some days it doesn't happenHaaland is unbelievable. None of us will disagree on that, I mean, fuck me, he is stupidly good. He never gets subbed off. Why? I'd start him when fit, no question, but I would also withdraw him when it isn't working. Pep doesn't. Any thoughts?
Spurs fans mostly.Who dislikes Arsenal more than they do Liverpool, at least Liverpool were a bloody good side. We need to be careful in the long term as we’ve shown without rodri and Kevin we’ve looked bang average.
Looking carefully their shot doesn’t clearly look on target and maybe an own goal, but that would not suit the narrative.They had no shots on target until their goal.