Arsenal Thread - 2022/23

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ninjamonkey said:
These twats are talking about 20 years of pain and misery potentially being over like they haven't spent over £100 million every year in recent years with virtually no sales and finished top half every year. Wankers are comparing themselves to Leicester and think they've been through it.

They're on course to be only marginally less insufferable than scousers.
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Arteta spent something like 400m and if they win the league it’s a pretty fair outlay..
 
dickie davies said:
I really believe Arsenal will collapse because Arteta is too emotional
Eventually it'll feed its way through to the players
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We said that about Leicester mate, I hope you are right but they are getting last gasp winners like we did a few years ago, never say die attitude, until it’s mathematically impossible I won’t give up hope, Spurs away then playing them are huge games now.
 
Arsenal remind me of the Leicester season everyone expecting them to fade, unfortunately it will be down to the 2 games we have against them if we win both we win the league but it's a massive IF
 
They look good. Two brilliant wingers and a good striker with Gabby to come back. Odegard and Partey in midfield. Decent back 4 and shot stopper. They are adding to the bench. I like the football they are playing (I wonder who they are emulating? )

they look quicker in transition than we do just now and are scoring bloody good goals. I thought Zinc was there most effective player yesterday, I wouldn’t be surprised if his pass completion was close to 100%. He stitches them together and is almost a deep lying quarterback with regular attacking moves too. I perceive he is treated differently at Arsenal than he was with us. There he is someone with PL medals and is looked up to. With us although very popular I always got the impression he was treated as a ’junior’ member of the squad.

It looks just now like they will go all the way having gained three point on us in fixtures with Spuds and United. We cannot afford to drop a single point and must win against them at their place on 15th Feb. Somehow we have to put pressure on them and see how they cope. At the end of the day they deserve to be where they are playing attractive fast attacking football. We need to step up and improve to beat them.
 
Franny 1234 said:
You only had to watch ZINCENKO today to see the winning mentality that comes with him being a prem champion. They signed two champions with him and JESUS and its rubbing off on the whole squad. Let's not worry to much about them it's only halfway through the season. Put a marker down and knock them out of the fa cup Friday. CTID
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Zinch has turned into their de facto leader on the pitch.
I hope he doesn't turn into fucking Milner and start dissing us.
If he plays Friday we need to get in his face.
No room for sentiment now, he's clearly nailed his colours to another mast
That's not to say we shouldn't give him a warm welcome off the pitch..but once we cross the white line...

Franny 1234 said:
You only had to watch ZINCENKO today to see the winning mentality that comes with him being a prem champion. They signed two champions with him and JESUS and its rubbing off on the whole squad. Let's not worry to much about them it's only halfway through the season. Put a marker down and knock them out of the fa cup Friday. CTID
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Arsenal will win it unless we can rediscover our form and go on a winning run, which includes beating them twice. Their squad isn't great, but it doesn't have to be. They can throw the Europa League as they'll be in the CL at least next season, and it's not worth sacrificing a title challenge over. Odegaard, Saliba and Saka are key to their chances. One injury there and they could struggle, but we thought they might without Jesus and they've been fine.

It's theirs for the taking, even with a drop off, because we're unlikely to win 10+ in a row or beat them twice unless there's a dramatic change and the players rediscover their fight.

Having said that, if I was Pep I'd be showing them the Villa game and showing them the guard of honour for Liverpool and saying which one would you rather feel at the end of the season, because it's still very much up to you. Arteta is helping make Arsenal very unlikeable with his flapping about on the touchline and our games with them will have an extra edge in the master v apprentice bill which the media will jump all over. I think Arsenal's game plan is pretty obvious and pretty rigid. I'm sure Pep will have an answer for it.
 
supercity88 said:
Arsenal will win it unless we can rediscover our form and go on a winning run, which includes beating them twice. Their squad isn't great, but it doesn't have to be. They can throw the Europa League as they'll be in the CL at least next season, and it's not worth sacrificing a title challenge over. Odegaard, Saliba and Saka are key to their chances. One injury there and they could struggle, but we thought they might without Jesus and they've been fine.

It's theirs for the taking, even with a drop off, because we're unlikely to win 10+ in a row or beat them twice unless there's a dramatic change and the players rediscover their fight.

Having said that, if I was Pep I'd be showing them the Villa game and showing them the guard of honour for Liverpool and saying which one would you rather feel at the end of the season, because it's still very much up to you. Arteta is helping make Arsenal very unlikeable with his flapping about on the touchline and our games with them will have an extra edge in the master v apprentice bill which the media will jump all over. I think Arsenal's game plan is pretty obvious and pretty rigid. I'm sure Pep will have an answer for it.
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Hopefully the come back against spurs and yesterdays result is a start of our 12+ game winning run! What bothers me now is looking at our last 6 games very tough
 
Mahrez must play in the league game against the Arse.

He has to stay on that right touchline to keep Zinchenko occupied in the LB position - that will prevent him from moving inside and joining in with their midfield.
 
Still a long way to go but they’re looking strong

But there is going to be times they drop points, maybe against us and then we’ll see if they hold their nerve. They’re full of confidence right now.
 
Saxmundham Blue said:
Mahrez must play in the league game against the Arse.

He has to stay on that right touchline to keep Zinchenko occupied in the LB position - that will prevent him from moving inside and joining in with their midfield.
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Weird that when Zin played for us teams continually hoof it towards him not seen any team do it!
 
waspish said:
Hopefully the come back against spurs and yesterdays result is a start of our 12+ game winning run! What bothers me now is looking at our last 6 games very tough
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We just have to keep plugging away so that when Arsenal come to visit it's all to play for (if we're not into the sunset by then of course)!

We play Arsenal (H), Fulham (A), Leeds (H), Everton (A), Chelsea (H), Brentford (A).

But Arsenal have us (A), Chelsea (H), Newcastle (A), Brighton (H), Forest (A), Wolves (H).

If we are within a few points of them and if we beat them at home, I'd fancy us to get more points from our last 5 than they do. Lose to us then face Chelsea at home and Newcastle away before Brighton visit. Even Forest away could be a test.

We'll see. Everton away could be tricky if they're still in the relegation fight for us of course. But I'd rather our fixtures then theirs.
 
waspish said:
Weird that when Zin played for us teams continually hoof it towards him not seen any team do it!
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They've not been figured out yet. They play a similar style to us. Odegaard and Xhaka push up in the attacking right and left spot. Partey then plays a Rodri role, looking to switch the ball out to the wingers as soon as possible. Saka/Martinelli face up their man and look to play the attacking 1-2 with Odegaard and Xhaka and they're supported by the full back. Zinchenko tucks in and looks to play between the lines, where White tends to stay wider.

As you say, there's an opportunity to look to exploit that space behind Martinelli. When we play them, I'd be looking to get De Bruyne looking to exploit that space with Haaland's movement in behind. I can't see Arteta changing style, or looking for anything other than a win. He is similar to Pep in that he'll sacrifice something defensively to try and win a game, rather than settle for a point.

It's noticeable how often Martinelli and Saka face up their full back and attack them. Especially when we've seen our wide players face their own goal and pass backwards so much. Grealish and Mahrez have been a lot more positive recently, and we've created a lot more as a result.
 
dickie davies said:
I really believe Arsenal will collapse because Arteta is too emotional
Eventually it'll feed its way through to the players
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Wishful thinking. Someone posted that Arteta‘s touchline antics were off putting. Pots and Kettles—have you watched Pep? You could argue that Arteta’s passion will inspire them.
 
Saddleworth2 said:
They look good. Two brilliant wingers and a good striker with Gabby to come back. Odegard and Partey in midfield. Decent back 4 and shot stopper. They are adding to the bench. I like the football they are playing (I wonder who they are emulating? )

they look quicker in transition than we do just now and are scoring bloody good goals. I thought Zinc was there most effective player yesterday, I wouldn’t be surprised if his pass completion was close to 100%. He stitches them together and is almost a deep lying quarterback with regular attacking moves too. I perceive he is treated differently at Arsenal than he was with us. There he is someone with PL medals and is looked up to. With us although very popular I always got the impression he was treated as a ’junior’ member of the squad.

It looks just now like they will go all the way having gained three point on us in fixtures with Spuds and United. We cannot afford to drop a single point and must win against them at their place on 15th Feb. Somehow we have to put pressure on them and see how they cope. At the end of the day they deserve to be where they are playing attractive fast attacking football. We need to step up and improve to beat them.
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I think you lot circa 2018
 
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