Arsenal Thread | 2025/26

[jamesha]

I think to be fair the fixtures have been harder for Arsenal, plus Arsenal have played 1 more away game than City but also that point against 10 man Chelsea isn't looking quite so clever now.

Just need to get through the Xmas break, must play the Carabao team against Bruges midweek, beat wolves on Saturday and move on. Only City away stands out as a difficult game although we are home to Liverpool in the new year who I imagine may be rejuvenated with a new manager in place.

All the talk about us being 10 points ahead by now is nonsense - we've been good at home but away it has been scraped wins at Old Toilet and Newcastle, 1-0 win at Fulham and a routine win at Burnley which you'd expect us to do. We lost at the Dippers and now Villa, and drew at 10 man Chelsea and Sunderland. Not exactly terrifying form. It's the Emirates that is a fortress and will need to remain so.

What do you think your main issues are? Only conceding 9 goals in 15 games is impressive but averaging less than two scored per game is not the stuff of champions. Your top scorers only have four goals each. Wasn't Gyökeres meant to solve your striker problem?

 

[Sky Blue]

Tarquin's arse is twitching.With the greatest of respect.

 

[Bluemoon115]

Good ebening.

 

[Magicpole]

Call me old fashioned, but I can see the perenial wobble/tnroat slitting episode, in the not too distant. It is not even in the universe of over. Rabbit's Nostril's, incoming.

 

[Bluemoon115]

Call me old fashioned, but I can see the perenial wobble/tnroat slitting episode, in the not too distant. It is not even in the universe of over. Rabbit's Nostril's, incoming.

 

[BertTrautmann'sParachute]

Legohead will be sending in the pick-pockets if this keeps up.

 

[bridgeno1]

What do you think your main issues are? Only conceding 9 goals in 15 games is impressive but averaging less than two scored per game is not the stuff of champions. Your top scorers only have four goals each. Wasn't Gyökeres meant to solve your striker problem?

He's been injured, still regaining match fitness. No issue in so far as we are top, but we've had virtually the entire forward line out at the start of the season and now it's the defence's turn.

TBH the one thing that would really derail us is Rice getting an injury

 

[VOOMER]

agreed, in fact when we went up against arsenal (very decent team) they sliced through our midfield and punished our defence, oh wait , arsenal shit their pants, its what arsenal do, and until your team show they have the balls your team will be known as bottlers , added pressure to win the league,added pressure to show your arses arent going, you're having a wobble and it isnt even january yet, if we stay close to you with 7/8 games to go the world will fall out of your arses , :)

And playing player's till they break

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

He's been injured, still regaining match fitness. No issue in so far as we are top, but we've had virtually the entire forward line out at the start of the season and now it's the defence's turn.

TBH the one thing that would really derail us is Rice getting an injury

Your set up works better with a false 9.

 

[bridgeno1]

Your set up works better with a false 9.

I think Gyokeres is aimed at battering past the weaker teams with low blocks. When Havertz is fit he'd play at City away for example but they'd play Gyokeres against Wolves, Burnley etc

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I think Gyokeres is aimed at battering past the weaker teams with low blocks. When Havertz is fit he'd play at City away for example but they'd play Gyokeres against Wolves, Burnley etc

Playing a 9 means you get less out of your wide forwards, like Salah is finding out.

It’s a trade off that we have with Haaland too. Is Gyokeres worth it? We shall see.

 

[Bantamgaz]

Lets be right all the pressure is on Arsenal and when that happens we all know the outcome

 

[TonyColemansbagofapples]

Legohead will be sending in the pick-pockets if this keeps up.

Only if they’ve run out of lemons

 

[freshie]

 

[Nightmare Walking]

They will draw too many games, to win the title. They don't score enough goals.

 

[Francis Crawford]

He's been injured, still regaining match fitness. No issue in so far as we are top, but we've had virtually the entire forward line out at the start of the season and now it's the defence's turn.

TBH the one thing that would really derail us is Rice getting an injury

Like Rodri u mean?

 

[Vienna_70]

Yet Arsenal didn’t really do that at your place did they?

Look, you may well go and win it, but considering where you were a few weeks ago I would imagine there’s a few nerves starting to show …

I have said to Liverpool fans several times over the last few years, City are the last team you want to have breathing down your neck

Especially with the bald fraud in the head coach's seat.

 

[Vienna_70]

To be fair it doesnt matter what it looks like to you as your opinion is about as much use as a trophy cabinet at the emirates.

Brilliant analogy!

 

[bluealf]

I think Gyokeres is aimed at battering past the weaker teams with low blocks. When Havertz is fit he'd play at City away for example but they'd play Gyokeres against Wolves, Burnley etc

Is that the guy who scored a CL hat trick against us?

 

[bridgeno1]

Is that the guy who scored a CL hat trick against us?

Yeah it was.