Arsenal Thread | 2024/25

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BBC Live football feed has a damning analysis of Odegaard's game vs PSG. Just the one completed pass into the penalty area.

That means that Arsenal's attacking threat is very dependent on set-piece routines. Not entirely because they have Saka but as I was watching the game, I was thinking the only way Arsenal will score is through a set-piece.

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Marvin. said:
BBC Live football feed has a damning analysis of Odegaard's game vs PSG. Just the one completed pass into the penalty area.

That means that Arsenal's attacking threat is very dependent on set-piece routines. Not entirely because they have Saka but as I was watching the game, I was thinking the only way Arsenal will score is through a set-piece.

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I didn't realise he was playing until he got substituted.
 
thegoatsthegoat said:
His career was built from being a 6. I agree he is a better 8 but it shows his limits that he cannot do a 6 without another 6 next to him. Really poor actually.
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Well technically Rice started out as a cb before moving to a 6 and then his current and best position as an 8. Arsenal bought him with the 8 role in mind, and he's been extremely good in that position. it's unfair to be judging him as a 6, same way we wouldn't and shouldn't judge gundo as a 6 when he's played there down the years.
 
supercity88 said:
Yeah, he is one of the best in that box to box role. It's the issue England had last summer. Rice and Bellingham both effective number 8s but neither are good enough in the 6 role.

That PSG pairing of Vitinha and Neves is phenomenal. Such a shame we didn't buy one of them! Not many in Europe will dominate them in possession.

Half want to see how a PSG v Barca game would play out, but I really want Inter to win it. Their fans were class when we beat them so would like them to win it this time around.
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I was all over the shouts to get Neves last summer I said back then he's something special, missed the boat with him.

I wouldn't begrudge an inter milan win either but PSG v Barca is the final we all want to watch from a footballing stance, the two best most pleasing teams in Europe this season.
 
ninjamonkey said:
I was all over the shouts to get Neves last summer I said back then he's something special, missed the boat with him.

I wouldn't begrudge an inter milan win either but PSG v Barca is the final we all want to watch from a footballing stance, the two best most pleasing teams in Europe this season.
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After the way they played against us , I tipped Milan then to go far.

Strong unit, hard to break down.

Love Barella and Di Marco in the middle
 
ninjamonkey said:
Well technically Rice started out as a cb before moving to a 6 and then his current and best position as an 8. Arsenal bought him with the 8 role in mind, and he's been extremely good in that position. it's unfair to be judging him as a 6, same way we wouldn't and shouldn't judge gundo as a 6 when he's played there down the years.
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His first team career was as a 6 at West Ham and playing that role for England. For England he always needed a Phillips kind of player next to him. This is because at the highest level he isn't good enough. If you buy a 6 for 100m, I would expect them to be able to play that position
 
thegoatsthegoat said:
His first team career was as a 6 at West Ham and playing that role for England. For England he always needed a Phillips kind of player next to him. This is because at the highest level he isn't good enough. If you buy a 6 for 100m, I would expect them to be able to play that position
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He plays there for England because we have fuck all else in midfield. He would be in the 8 role if we had a 6. Arsenal had partey and jorginho for the 6 role, they didn't buy him to play there even if he did for west ham, they saw the potential and bought him to play the 8 as he does in the vast majority of games. Not exactly an unheard of thing, we've done it plenty of times.
 
waspish said:
Someone came on and said where he sat was full of tourists and some Arsenals fans were selling there tickets because they were going from between 2/3k which would buy them there season ticket for next season! This is going to be the biggest thing to sanitise premier football in the next 20 years it be like American sports crowds with American prices! It's not as if the clubs could have a part of the stadium for just tourists because you'd still get them buying them all over the stadium!
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If fans of clubs not in the cartel weren’t so fixated trying to get the book thrown at us
And possibly Newcastle geed on by the media and the red shirted shite then maybe they could see what’s really going on.
 
Team, supporters and manager are all full of excuses
No saka, then he returns
No Gabriel
No partey
Three years now they have bottled it
Add Williams, zubimendi and the lad from sporting in the summer……and they still won’t win owt
As long as arteta is shouting at the ref, cheerleading the fans and blaming everyone else they won’t progress
I think they have peaked now
 
roach3 said:
If fans of clubs not in the cartel weren’t so fixated trying to get the book thrown at us
And possibly Newcastle geed on by the media and the red shirted shite then maybe they could see what’s really going on.
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The American owned clubs want it to go the way it's going
 
ninjamonkey said:
He plays there for England because we have fuck all else in midfield. He would be in the 8 role if we had a 6. Arsenal had partey and jorginho for the 6 role, they didn't buy him to play there even if he did for west ham, they saw the potential and bought him to play the 8 as he does in the vast majority of games. Not exactly an unheard of thing, we've done it plenty of times.
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I repeat, they bought a player who their whole professional career for club and country was as a 6. 100M for a number 6. He has proven for both club and country he is crap at doing that role, he is a good 8 but also remember last year, a narrative and a rivalry was being built between him and Rodri. He is a great example of a good Englishman being overhyped. He also never had the pressure of being called 100m Declan Rice like a certain player at our club.
 
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