Arsenal (A) | PL | Post Match Thread

argyle said:
Would you say this about Fernandinho or Ederson?

In fact saying this about any nationality seems quite wrong.
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Apologies, poorly worded.
But English football has been littered with Brazilians who have flattered to deceive. There have been some notable exceptions and we've had a few of them. But in general their performances don't match their skill level.

And I love how they play. That 1982 Brazil team was just mesmerising to a 7 year old
 
N1985 said:
Unlucky but I'll take the point.

Savinho is a fucking bellend. Take it into the corner you braindead fuckwit
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How's Savio coming on when he wants away is puzzling me.
Maybe park the bus doesn't suit us Pep.
Happy with a point
Happy with 100 mins in Rodri's legs.
Unhappy with our new Zabba getting injured Khusanov didn't put a foot wrong.
CTID.
 
SamBlue said:
That set up, tactics and the performance on the whole could only be justified if we nicked all three points.

I am not enjoying this team and football we are trying to play.

It looked ok against shit United and 10 men Napoli, but I don't see the point of Pep hanging on to his job having us played like glorified Crystal Palace and hoping to stay top four contenders, what is the best this team can achieve.

But it was funny to see so many disgruntled Ars fans on the way out of home end.
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You’re not enjoying this team. No problem. Fuck off and watch something else. Sorted
 
ninjamonkey said:
You have to be aware that we didn't try to keep the ball today. Why try and do something that we know would benefit the opposition? They're more mobile than us, more aggressive, we try and play our normal way, they would have pressed us hard. Won that battle and we get beat comfortably. We didnt compete for control and even though we missed out on the 3 points, we got a point hardly anybody (myself included) thought we had a chance of getting pre-match as none of us saw Pep actually doing what he did.

We weren't bossed for the whole game. we were very much in control of the game first half without being primarily in control of the ball. Second half was different, they did boss us but we had limited options and were visibly tired and had Haaland squared it for Foden the gameplan would have worked to perfection.

It was a gameplan we are obviously not going to be adopting at home to Burnely next week but it was great to see that Pep can and seemingly now will, bend his "plan A regardless" approach if he see's that the team doesn't match up to what the opposition have.

Today was an extreme version of showing a different approach brought on from the quick turn around and the lack of options. with a fitter squad and better bench options, we perhaps don't tire so quickly and can offer more similar to the first half and we maybe don't lose all attacking threat when we have a marmoush or cherki to bring into the game or we can freshen up the midfield with kovacic.
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This in spades . Another risk in going head to head vs Arsenal in a battle for possession is injury . The needle between the two sides in recent years can make for a brutal encounter and I was confident there's be a sending off so stepping back is more pragmatic.

I honestly think that Arsenal play us like it's their Cup Final ( look how they celebrated their equaliser instead of pushing on for awibber when we were dead in our feet ) and I was worried they'd target Rodri, who is still coming into form . You could even make the case that going long so often was a clever way of protecting him against an aggressive press .

And Haarland looks to be improving in his first ball wins and more classic CF play, as he is clearly the target and getting plenty of practice . He seems to be adding some chaos up front when the ball breaks and Doku is his fellow prince of disorder .
 
cleavers said:
He reacted to the equaliser by bringing on a defensive player, tells you all you need to know about arteta.
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I shit myself when they scored but when I saw their celebration I calmed down

I cannot believe they jumped up and down like that - I thought they’d want to get the ball and get the winner. We won’t win the league but a draw was no good to Arsenal
 
I thought it was tactically great today, the defensive formation worked right up to nearly the end, if we had just been disciplined once more and not committed forward, and if Donna would have stayed in his 6 yard box I reckon we would have seen it over the line. Some awesome performances, I'm really enjoying watching us, a bit of fight and some more solid defense, plus Doku, Phil and Earling playing really well, beating the rags, Napoli and a point today away at arse isn't too bad at all.
 
To put in perspective for some of you yappers complaining about them hoofing the ball and letting Arsenal attack. Two years ago, same fixture, Arsenal also had almost 70% possession in that game as well.

Now this same team, did not have a pre season, added new pieces all over the team, including some really young players playing out of position for all intents and purposes. This is also Gvardiol’s first year playing CB for us. It’s gonna take time for them to gel and for these new players to get adjusted to Peps system.

Couple this with the fact that most teams unless they are in the Europa League aren’t playing Thursday and then Sunday. They played two tough matches back to back, and a potentially title deciding match on two days rest, unheard of. Game should’ve been rescheduled for a Monday night. This team hasn’t had a proper break for years. Considering Marmoush and Cherki are both out, Rodri is still getting his legs under him, which is why I said in my previous comment come talk to me in Feb, March after the reverse fixture at the Etihad and we will see who’s hoofing.
 
cleavers said:
He reacted to the equaliser by bringing on a defensive player, tells you all you need to know about arteta.
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I know . I couldn't believe it . Straight out of the Sean Dyche playbook . Risk averse . Have the confidence to clear the free kick and then run up the other end and score .

As an aside I don't like VAR but , on this occasion , I was glad if it . When their goal went to VAR the wild celebrations in the stadium instantly killed and I think that subdued atmosphere helped dampen the performance on the pitch .
 
TonyBookEnd said:
Apologies, poorly worded.
But English football has been littered with Brazilians who have flattered to deceive. There have been some notable exceptions and we've had a few of them. But in general their performances don't match their skill level.

And I love how they play. That 1982 Brazil team was just mesmerising to a 7 year old
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My brother was a steward at Wembley in '78 when Tony Currie ran rings round them - he still bores me with that story to this day...!
 
Well there's a first time for everything with 33% possession and parking the bus for a Pep side that unheard of.
Good points return though from Rags-Napoli-Arsenal.
Gutted Khusanov got injured
Oreilly had another fine game.
Haaland back in his Grove.
Rodri full 100 mins.
Plenty to be happy about. CTID
 
Franny 1234 said:
Well there's a first time for everything with 33% possession and parking the bus for a Pep side that unheard of.
Good points return though from Rags-Napoli-Arsenal.
Gutted Khusanov got injured
Oreilly had another fine game.
Haaland back in his Grove.
Rodri full 100 mins.
Plenty to be happy about. CTID
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Byker?
 
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