Arsenal (H) - Post Game Thread

[Centurions]

“We will go for it, that’s who we are.” — Arteta

So much for me hoping for an open game, and when did football turn into WWE Mr Taylor?

 

[chesterguy]

Arsenal have gone from hating Stoke to being Stoke.

 

[hilts]

Some comments about the Dippers +5 goal difference plus the points. Think about it logically, say they lose a game, by 1 goal. City win the game they play by 1 goal to go level on points. Goal difference is now +3. Across the 8 other matches surely you can make up 3 goals on Liverpool? Same if they draw twice. They aren't winning all their games, the longest winning run in the PL they've had all season is 5 games! They've gone 4 wins in a row also.

Time for some of you to grow a pair and realise this ain't over and a point today may be the best point either side gets all season!

It's not over just less likely with a drawn game at home, add in some poor performances this season compared to City at their best then concern isn't an over reaction it's perfectly natural.

Some posters have gone on a bit of a downer but they are no different to the perennial giddy blue blood tub thumpers.

You can't expect every supporter to behave in the exact same way. In the circumstances we find ourselves in the performance and result was far from ideal. It's probably gonna take the kind of run that we don't quite look possible of pulling off this year.

I think we are gonna need the other 2 to wobble a bit. Usually one team will have fallen away before we get to the last couple of games.

 

[East Level 2]

Some comments about the Dippers +5 goal difference plus the points. Think about it logically, say they lose a game, by 1 goal. City win the game they play by 1 goal to go level on points. Goal difference is now +3. Across the 8 other matches surely you can make up 3 goals on Liverpool? Same if they draw twice. They aren't winning all their games, the longest winning run in the PL they've had all season is 5 games! They've gone 4 wins in a row also.

Time for some of you to grow a pair and realise this ain't over and a point today may be the best point either side gets all season!

Of course it isn't over, but the dippers haven't looked like losing for a while, and even when they have the powers that be have intervened in their favour; that bent goal at Forest the other week. The other element of catching them is for us to overturn their goal difference advantage and we've rarely looked like hammering opposing teams this season (other than our nauseating neighbours of course). This is particularly galling as we've gone into game management mode as early as possible and lost our regular spot as top scorers in the division. - For example; Arsenal have put eleven past Sheffield whereas we managed just four. I know it's easy to bring out a single statistic but the point stands. - And the goal difference issue could become trickier as Liverpool play the Blades on Thursday.
We need to win all our remaining games and still hope for a Slippy Steve moment or two.

 

[Scaring Europe to Death]

City's goal threat is currently limited to 2-3 players, or the odd set piece, whereas last season we could also rely on Mahrez and Gundogan for crucial moments
That becomes more evident in games like yesterday when Foden looked jaded and Haaland was struggling for space.
It's not over, but whilst hoping for a few results to go in our favour we need to beat Villa and Palace.

 

[Mcfc1.9.8.0]

Some comments about the Dippers +5 goal difference plus the points. Think about it logically, say they lose a game, by 1 goal. City win the game they play by 1 goal to go level on points. Goal difference is now +3. Across the 8 other matches surely you can make up 3 goals on Liverpool? Same if they draw twice. They aren't winning all their games, the longest winning run in the PL they've had all season is 5 games! They've gone 4 wins in a row also.

Time for some of you to grow a pair and realise this ain't over and a point today may be the best point either side gets all season!

They’ll bag at least 5 mid week

 

[Tb1981]

The only game this season we have been outplayed is villa and Liverpool second half (still hit woodwork twice)
The rest we have been the better team and just missing that last 10% to see it out
We’re only 3 points off top after a tough period with winnable games coming up
This is the year we have to stick in there and hope others help us a bit

 

[East Level 2]

"Arsenal led a charmed life at times."

Behave it was an easy 90 mins for their defence, we created almost nothing.

Of course they led a charmed life. Don't you remember all the shots that went just wide of the post, the goal-line clearances and the fantastic saves from their keeper?
I think I'll go back to the Specsavers thread.

 

[willipp]

It's not over just less likely with a drawn game at home, add in some poor performances this season compared to City at their best then concern isn't an over reaction it's perfectly natural.

Some posters have gone on a bit of a downer but they are no different to the perennial giddy blue blood tub thumpers.

You can't expect every supporter to behave in the exact same way. In the circumstances we find ourselves in the performance and result was far from ideal. It's probably gonna take the kind of run that we don't quite look possible of pulling off this year.

I think we are gonna need the other 2 to wobble a bit. Usually one team will have fallen away before we get to the last couple of games.

We’ve taken 3 points from 4 games against Arsenal and Liverpool this season and that may well cost us. We took 9 points from those 4 games last season.

 

[shemnel]

Hard to see us play out a 0-0 without much goal threat. We look solid enough, apart from a couple of odd occasions giving the ball away in our own half.

Kdb and Foden weren't at it today, and the team suffered for it.

We're an amazing team, but we need a extra lift going into the business end.