Match Thread | Arsenal vs Man City League Cup (22/12/20)

[BertTrautmann'sParachute]

This night will be remembered as the night of the 'Martinelli Miracle'. The first man to recover from a broken leg during a game of football.

 

[bondsman]

It's clear that Pep thinks we need the deep double pivot when Steffen is in goal - he's no Ederson with the ball at his feet, although he's been good at everything else.

Cancelo can't defend, what else is new.

Dias and Laporte both poor.

If Zinchenko could offer assists like that regularly he'd have the left back spot nailed down.

Rodri's passing into the forwards is so good, regardless of what you think of his all-round game.

Dinho looking old.

Bernardo and Foden bright-ish. Mahrez a bit less so.

Jesus fantastic, but he should have two. Those turns... wow.

Those turns mean fuck all when you can’t score a one on one.

 

[Beanhead]

It's clear that Pep thinks we need the deep double pivot when Steffen is in goal - he's no Ederson with the ball at his feet, although he's been good at everything else.

Cancelo can't defend, what else is new.

Dias and Laporte both poor.

If Zinchenko could offer assists like that regularly he'd have the left back spot nailed down.

Rodri's passing into the forwards is so good, regardless of what you think of his all-round game.

Dinho looking old.

Bernardo and Foden bright-ish. Mahrez a bit less so.

Jesus fantastic, but he should have two. Those turns... wow.

Exactly this.

 

[Bluemoonie92]

I don't understand why we persist with 2 DMs, we can't do that just to accommodate rodri. We need to change it up.

 

[gomer27]

The reason your seeing more posts is because the team as a whole becomes complacent. They look like they are shot out of a cannon to start the game then do nothing

 

[jimharri]

I didn’t expect to see that on a match thread!

Culture for the great unwashed, fella. All part of the service we provide on here.

 

[The1nvisibleMan]

Are we watching Arsenal TV.

No cos neither the commentators has launched a fucking chair or their phone when arsenal conceded

 

[Deleted member 77198]

As someone else has noted, the difference in the quantity of posts after they scored, compared to after we scored, is comical. Some are just waiting for a chance to wade in on us. Have a look at the poem "If" by Rudyard Kipling....

"If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;
If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!

As I mentioned previously; I hadn’t even picked up my phone when we started the game well, didn’t even think about doing so.

Then we slipped into our slow passing and the phone was in my hand, on this thread, then we conceded, then missed another 1v1...

It’s easy to see why

 

[Dr Jacoby]

We’ve become a boring team to watch ever since Pep decided to make Rodri indispensable.

 

[Bluemoon115]

Sorry but in no way were Arsenal good for their goal, they've resorted to diving like a bunch of fannies and relying on the ref to keep them in the game. That said, we just need have some confidence in front of goal and none of that will matter, we've been by far the best team and should have scored 2 more goals. Arsenal have created next to nothing because the defence has given them nothing aside for a mistake on a set piece and a stray pass from the GK.

I don't know what game some people on here are watching.

The same game as you.

The same game we've seen over again this season.

Start well. Drop off. Gift a goal with the oppositions first chance.