Arsenal (A) - PL Post Match Thread

[Gobshiight]

Poor result and toothless performance. Nobody will know that better than Pep and the players though, and I trust them to improve

We're still the best team in the country

 

[Nebuchadnezzar]

Hard to be too concerned in October, knowing us.

 

[DWIFF]

Reminded me of the game at the swamp during the covid season when we played out a dull 0-0.
Unfortunately, we got done at the end due to a massive slice of luck for Arsenal.
Three domestic away games, all defeats without Rodri tells its own story..

 

[bernard o'silver]

Absolutely right. We win because we outscore opponents. That's not happening at the minute. The goals have dried up.

 

[we are the east stand]

Berna is not really creative unfortunately, I thought Nunes would be, but he seems to be a complete flop which sucks.

He no gundo but he’s played about 180 mins in total so far, harsh to label him a flop

 

[Mcfc1.9.8.0]

While we had our best season ever last year, I'm not sure it was the best team or indeed football we've seen under Pep
Having a bloke who scored so many goals took some of the pressure off the team early in the season and meant that at the business end of the season while he was no longer scoring we had a few players who hadn't run out of juice.

It was and still is debatable whether a striker in the Haaland mode is a good fit for the way we play. And with the absence of Kev and Ilkay it's just a bit more obvious.

Not saying we should sell him but we probably need to alter our possession heavy game to get the best out of him.

Dry poor today and v wolves getting marked out of the game by decent defenders his first touch is poor. I’d never have him out of the team cause of what he can do but it’s up to pep and city to find a solution

 

[Dazzle84]

Didn't seem like anyone wanted to force the issue at all today, there's a lack of drive in some of the newer players.

The de Bruyne replacement becomes more of an impending issue each week - we clearly don't have anyone at the club even close to replacing him

 

[SWPISHOME]

I’m slightly disappointed in Foden as like you say his development has stagnated a bit in the last season or so but he has all the tools to do it and I’m sure he will get back on track. Disappointed with Johnny Stones coming on because that means he will now play 180 minutes for that twat waistcoat

It's the first thing I thought also regarding Stones, No doubt waistcoat will start him now 90 minute games and end up injured again.

 

[Nellies left peg]

Foden has completed football at 23. Very easy to lose focus

Agreed , it’s not lack of talent. Just needs to get back in the zone

 

[Bozzie]

It’s not an easy watch when we play so passively and, as a fan, the overwhelming desire for control takes away a huge amount of our attacking options which is frustrating. Whilst we didn’t deserve to lose we certainly didn’t deserve to win either and a defected goal was probably always how it was going to be settled.
We can’t win all the time and at some stage there was always going to be a fall off. We look forward to Rodri coming back and a fully fit Stones and despite not being at our best we haven’t lost any ground so it’s onwards and upwards after the international break!