Arsenal (A) | Post Match Thread

[RayCTID]

For me it was a penalty, Eddy barged into him and knocked him down. It was a fairly minor foul thus no yellow but still silly from Ed. Great win though, whole team performed well

Saying that we should have had one vs Spurs

 

[David White]

Just got back and haven’t watched or read too much yet so it may have been covered. What was the difference between the 50/50 that resulted in the penalty today and the 50/50 that Haaland won and scored from on Saturday that was disallowed?

Pleasing to see us win in a different way. Arsenal are a good side but fuck them.

Anyway, great 3 points, up the blues and we are top of the league.

 

[Winchester]

Wonder if the result tonight will put Lord Pannick in a bad mood??

 

[SamTheGuru]

Will Ederson ever save a penalty? What the fuck was that performance tonight? Bring back Willy for penalties.

 

[NZBlue]

Neither did I. The only Trautmann understudies I can recall are Steve Fleet and Harry Dowd?

Roy Dixon- Never played for the first team, just the reserves

 

[JWCH-99]

Just got back in after a long 5hr drive back from arsenal. Worth every minute. Come on the boys and especially Grealish, Ruben and Ake. CTID

 

[Keeper!]

Brilliant win, the win of Champions.

Thank you once again to the PL for helping motivate and bring this team back from the brink.

 

[MCC]

Great win! Well worth getting up for at 3am in Asia! I think we showed them and the rest of the league that we are up for the challenge. Thanks to Daniel Levy and the other PL CEO's for getting our title defence back on track.

 

[El_george]

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Roy Dixon- Never played for the first team, just the reserves

I never knew 007 was at City.

 

[El_george]

Taylor is not an utter fuckwit.
He knows exactly what he is doing..I'd say he was clever and deceitful.
There is a world of difference imo.

I have said this before and I will say it again: the main reason football is the best sport on the planet is the scoring system. Americans might not like it (1:0, 1:1, 0:1 etc) but that is the truth. In ice hockey and basketball and numerous other sports, the best team over a 90 minute game will 99% of the time, win.

Not so with football (and perhaps golf - which is individual so different). Consequently we get situations where recently Arsenal lost to Everton, then a week later Everton look amaturish v L'pool and also Tottenham beat City yet a week later look like a pub team vs Leicester.

The down side of this is that if the authorities want to influence the outcome, they can. Could VAR or referees change a basketball result when without their intervention its going to be 130 : 90? no-way.

So basically it means City have to get so good that we are pretty much nailed on to win 4:0 or 5:0 or 6:0 (and can chill down to save energy at maybe 3:0) and luckily we are pretty much there. But we need to keep moving forwards as especially with the recent ffp/legal news - irrespective of the outcome in the courts - it's going to get worse: even when we win the case as I am sure we will, the authorities will try to hobble us week-in-week-out. By 2025 we will need to start every PL match looking to get 6:0 or 7:0 or 8:0 knowing that some games we will still draw or lose due to circumstances beyond our control.

Sad, but true.