Brentford (H) | Post-Match Thread

[adr2.8i]

Well that was utter shite, can't remember the last time we played so badly. Totally devoid of ideas.
I miss our FBs over lapping, players getting to the byline, breaking at pace....its all gone.
We're missing some decent fullbacks.
Let's hope we're back to our best when the world cup has ended.

 

[FantasyIreland]

What about Akanji being completely outjumped for the first ball?

He was nothing short of a disgrace. Pep spent most of the afternoon telling the clown where to stand.

Today we discovered that he is one of those defenders who looks very good when not being asked to defend or physically compete.

I wont blame players too much,yes they probably had one eye on the WC....but Pep got our selection,our formation,our tactics,all wrong.

He's a genius,thats without question....but he's also a fucker for this square peg shit and tinkering where unnecessary.

 

[bluealf]

How many difficult saves did their keeper make? Can’t remember any. We might have had more chances but their’s were more clear cut.

Just as an aside, if a striker blazes 20 shots over the bar and the keeper makes no difficult saves, did the attacking team create a good chance?

 

[stan bowles]

Good time for a break for us but hate going into like that. Despite Haaland’s amazing start, don’t think we’ve come to terms with different formation. Having said all that we’re still fighting for everything.

Are we already too reliant on him ? Do we look to find him too much ? Alavrez was through not long after coming on and looked like he had a route to goal but tried to find Haaland who ended up on his arse (as indeed he spent a lot of the game today).

 

[Mariosfireworks]

What's that got to do with the referee's performance and hes not adding on the correct amount of time?

Good lord, everytime we lose its the refs fault, or VAR or any other excuse, except the truth, which is we were poor today and didn't deserve to win, just take it on the chin, the players and manager were to blame for today

 

[Dribble]

So you think this is NOT obviously inside the box? I cannot see how anyone could imagine at least SOME of the ball is over the line here.

They had this view in stockley park and just cheated IMO.


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VAR didn't have this angle to consider.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

All the defenders were appalling today imo, completely out fought, out muscled and beaten for pace.

Made Ivan Toney look like prime real Ronaldo.

Yep. Shite. He was totally shite though. Cancelo and Stones were a fucking joke.

 

[Rammy Blue]

VAR didn't have this angle to consider.

Why not?

 

[Mariosfireworks]

Just as an aside, if a striker blazes 20 shots over the bar and the keeper makes no difficult saves, did the attacking team create a good chance?

Yes they created a good chance in that situation, then you have to ask the players striking it struck a shit shot

 

[svennis pennis]

One of those days. We weren’t great, slow out the traps to say the least but then dominated until the sucker punch right at the end.

Way I see it, we look like we need a break and a reset. The last thing Arsenal need right now is the season to stop for 6 weeks.