Arsenal (A) - PL Post Match Thread

[borassic]

We always have a wobble first half of the season don’t we?

 

[cookster]

Arsenal got lucky. We were the better team, just not good enough today to win it.

Arsenal did not deserve the win.

Better in what way lol.
They had more shots, more on target, more corners.

What exactly did we do better.

Plus we had all the vital decisions from Oliver.

 

[Bluesince1979]

No sorry he has to get involved far more, said in the match thread, he is starting to get bullied, that can't happen.

True. A bigger stronger CB sees him
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[johnny crossan]

When Jack starts in the league we win - when he doesn't we lose. There is a connection to be made, bit like Rodri.

 

[Churchlawtonblue]

That's the worst I have seen us play under Pep as a creative team. Terrible.

 

[Nellies left peg]

I have absolutely no problem with losing, it's a part of football.

What I do have a problem with, is playing not to lose a game instead of playing to win a game. We are the treble winners ffs... we should have played with an aura and an arrogance today. We are the real deal, the serial winners whilst Arsenal are the pretenders with only a Community Shield and a dog on a team photo to show for it. Why did we curl up in a shell and not express ourselves? Strange performance.

Had we showed more attacking intent to go to win the game today and lost, id have happily accepted that... but to end up losing a game showing absolutely no intent of trying to win a game, is very frustrating.

We had 4 shots all game... 1 on target.

That is very, very, very poor for our high standards.

As soon as I saw the team lineup and the lack of width we had throughout the first half, I just knew we wasn't winning the game. Pep got it all wrong today... that Arsenal side were there for the taking and we should have taken them to the cleaners.

That was easily one of the worst attacking displays during the Pep era. We could have played until Christmas and not scored.

Seen lots of people criticising Haaland today, but what is the man supposed to do if the service up to him is absolutely non-existent.

This game just also outlines how crucial Rodri is to our team and it's quite concerning how over reliant we are on him.

We have Rodri back from now on and Stones back. Time to fix up and try to build momentum after the international break. We really could do with two wins from our next two games against Brighton and Man Utd.

I fully expect Stones to come back injured from international duty as waistcoat will play him for the full 90 minutes of both games

 

[BillCarlisle]

We were a deflected goal away from coming away from Arsenal with a point, and I would have been very happy with that.
You don't lose the title in October. We're in a great position and have yet to hit our straps.
No panic. Arsenal were shitting the bed for the most part. Onwards and upwards after the international break.

At last, common sense. Pretty much nail on head.
All the fannies on here moaning about this that & the other, get a fecking grip.
Well said TBP. We've been down this road before but some people seem to have very short memories.

 

[jimharri]

Not what you'd call a Carlsberg weekend. But we dust ourselves down, and go again.

#wefighttiltheend

 

[doots]

Fuckin hilarious this thread.
We've got the best manager in world football and had a few bad days at the office.
It's October.
Wipe your fannies.

 

[bluedave1894]

If after watching Rico, Bernardo & a barely fit Johnny Stones playing at 6, Kalvin still doesn't get the message, maybe Pep needs to post in the memorial section of the Yorkshire Evening Post.