Arsenal (A) - PL Post Match Thread

[dajd1984]

Such a strange set up today.

Was Foden a false 9? Was Alvarez on the right? Was Lewis given a free role? Was Bernardo in CDM?

This is our heat map. With almost nothing on the left at all. So strange from Pep.

 

[coolcity]

No we didn't, we played Spurs almost back to back in January and February.

Don't tell me that Newcastle and Villa last season, were the same levels as this season.

It's 2 points, and its whilst being without a good few first team regulars.

Exactly. Look at this way, our great start has transpired into our usual below par early season offering, yet we're still just a couple of points off the top after almost a quarter of the season with several key players missing and a couple yet to get used to the club. And all those around us look like it's the best they've got.

The "We can't afford to lose this one" brigade are fucked though, with their season now over what are they going to do for the next 9 months?

 

[malg]

Did anyone see this surely nobody can be this low to do something like this

Seriously. What the fuck does that show?

 

[Blueroses]

 

[cookster]

No we didn't, we played Spurs almost back to back in January and February.

Don't tell me that Newcastle and Villa last season, were the same levels as this season.

It's 2 points, and its whilst being without a good few first team regulars.

Stand corrected the Spurs game was postponed due to the death of HMTQ.

 

[IrishBlueSince92]

A City team who were “on it” would have scored 3 in the first half as arsenal were there for the taking.
We lacked killers in final third of the pitch in that half, de Bruyne or gundogan or Mahrez even

As the game wore on we seemed content with a point and hadn’t much interest in attacking

In real time I thought Kovacics first foul was bad and could have been red, the second one totally bemusing a) how stupid he was and b) how he stayed on the pitch. Seems a liability if he’s going to behave like that

Jury still out on the summer signings for me. I didn’t think Gvardiol was great, surprised he was in the top 2 in the voting for Citys MOTM

 

[Wanchope n me Dickov]

Shit game won by a jammy deflection. Draw would have been a good and fair result. Scousers still not above us so some consolation.

 

[cookster]

Did anyone see this surely nobody can be this low to do something like this

Its already been outed as BS.
The police were chasing a supporter (not sure if Arse or City) and collided with the girl.

 

[lancs blue]

I didn’t think Gvardiol was great, surprised he was in the top 2 in the voting for Citys MOTM

Yes, he's a good defender but up to now his passing isn't quite up to the standard expected in a Pep team. Prefer him at CB rather than LB.

 

[brummie blue]

I got through the first 10 pages or so, understandable angst on here but let’s be fucking real - bar a lucky deflection we’d have walked away with a decent point.

An uncharacteristic performance lacking our usual personality but it wasn’t the shitshow a lot are making out.

We will come back fighting after the break, Stones, Rodri back and all bar Kev fit and ready. Let the new guys bed in from the bench with maybe one starting at a time. Give them time to learn the system and get up to speed. Individually they have all showed signs of being able to fit in, especially Josko, there’s just been a lack of stability this past few weeks.

TWO points off the top, we’ve been in much worse positions folks.

Spot on, game was decent between two well matched teams that hinged on two moments involving Nathan Ake, he misses a sitter in the first half, if we'd have scored first we'd have gone on to win, however he missed, and later in the game deflects a shot that's going wide or would at least have been saved. That's football.

I don't consider us to have played well all season, we've had moments but defiantly not consistently, it's early yet plenty of time and player to come back.

 

[IrishBlueSince92]

Yes, he's a good defender but up to now his passing isn't quite up to the standard expected in a Pep team. Prefer him at CB rather than LB.

We haven’t seen any of him at CB
He was very wide today but didn’t have the creativity going forward to be a danger
In short he isn’t a wing back

 

[hgblue]

Would have taken a point before the game, not surprised we lost. The drop off from Rodri to whoever replaces him is just too big and needs addressing asap. Unpopular opinion? Haaland AND Alvarez isn’t going to work against the better sides because we have to sacrifice too much creativity or we end up in a weird shape to accommodate the two strikers. I predict it will scrapped.

 

[johnnytapia]

One of the worst games I've seen in a while. Absolutely horrible and unwatchable. Pep definitely holds some blame for this one.

So unwatchable, you, er, watched it.

 

[city2]

Not the time to panic still 30 games not 4, pep will sort it.

 

[Brightwell Bros.]

Not the time to panic still 30 games not 4, pep will sort it.

And to be fair I'd still be feeling bullish being 2 points behind Spurs and Arsenal with four games to go.

 

[coolcity]

After all the hysteria, they managed a win with a deflected last gasp shot .

I haven't read any of the thread and this is exactly why. If that's the best they've got we have nothing to worry about, especially given that was definitely not us at our best. First match I can honestly say we didn't deserve to win for a long time.

 

[coolcity]

And to be fair I'd still be feeling bullish being 2 points behind Spurs and Arsenal with four games to go.

Absolutely spot on.

 

[Fordyboy46]

Yes, he's a good defender but up to now his passing isn't quite up to the standard expected in a Pep team. Prefer him at CB rather than LB.

We haven’t seen any of him at CB
He was very wide today but didn’t have the creativity going forward to be a danger
In short he isn’t a wing back

So yet again we sign a central defender and play him at left back

 

[Invisible Man's Bandage]

There's no way we will win the title based on today's performance. There again you could say the same about Arsenal even though they rather fortuitously won.

We can definitely be far better than we were today or even the season so far generally so we'll have to see how it all pans out. Liverpool are stuttering a bit and it would be akin to the Leicester triumph if Spurs went on to win the league. It's still all to play for but I do feel that we have too many 'squad' players as opposed to first team standard options.

 

[Churchlawtonblue]

Would have taken a point before the game, not surprised we lost. The drop off from Rodri to whoever replaces him is just too big and needs addressing asap. Unpopular opinion? Haaland AND Alvarez isn’t going to work against the better sides because we have to sacrifice too much creativity or we end up in a weird shape to accommodate the two strikers. I predict it will scrapped.

Our midfield created nothing for Haaland or Alvarez.