Topic: Arsenal

[Uncle Ronnie]

Guess that means Partey can't play on Sunday!

Wonder if Arsenal will ask for a postponement

[El Lobo]

I mean we can all gloat but please spare a thought for Leyton Orient tonight

[DelTrotter]

Partey has barely had a good game since he signed, why even bother rushing back someone who was in another continent about 20 hours ago?  The constant red cards are a terrible look too, massive discipline problem. Really weak manager, hopefully he stays for a long, long time as they are going nowhere.

[Tobelius]

14 reds under the Lego man,gotta calm down blud 

[Wabaloolah]

Partey has barely had a good game since he signed, why even bother rushing back someone who was in another continent about 20 hours ago?  The constant red cards are a terrible look too, massive discipline problem. Really weak manager, hopefully he stays for a long, long time as they are going nowhere.

woke up in Cameroon this morning apparently, absolutely weird decision to have him on the bench let alone bring him on

[ScottishGoon]

Embarrassed your club, cowarded out of your biggest game of the season, all to rest your first team for this….. and then you get thoroughly outclassed (on the pitch, on the sidelines and in the stands). One shot on target is it?

Reminds me of United last season throwing the Leicester game and then getting battered by a Phillips/Williams defence.

Think your taking a bit of shite here in all honestly. You won the game and deserved it, your the better team, don't think anyone has ever argued that on here.

[Chakan]

No Partey, no party.

[El Lobo]

woke up in Cameroon this morning apparently, absolutely weird decision to have him on the bench let alone bring him on

It would have been a weird decision to play him at any time, he’s fucking shite

[Kekule]

Dirty fuckers. 14 red cards in a couple of years?

Bunch of fucking cloggers.

[MonsLibpool]

TheNorthBank will never live this down.

[jillcwhomever]

Think your taking a bit of shite here in all honestly. You won the game and deserved it, your the better team, don't think anyone has ever argued that on here.

A few of your players seemed to run out of puff, then Partey ended it completely. Arteta needs to work on your discipline. I hope you pinch fourth place of Chelsea though. 

[MonsLibpool]

A few of your players seemed to run out of puff, then Partey ended it completely. Arteta needs to work on your discipline. I hope you pinch fourth place of Chelsea though. 

They don't tend to turn up for big games.

[Gods_Left_Boot]

Apologies to the good resident Gunners here, but this lot is developing a shit nasty feature as a team character...

Clean that up, get your act together and get into top four.

Legohead is a twat, Lacazette has always acted like a prick on the pitch and Ramsdale and White show a Pickfordesque gap between the way they carry themselves and their actual ability, but for the rest they don't seem that unlikeable of a team to me.

[gazzalfc]

Arteta just isn't a man manager nor is he tactically aware enough to be that kind of manager. There is no way Partey should have been anywhere near the squad.

Arsenal had spells with some real threat. But it all falls apart when they get pressed properly.

Better team won but another season without a trophy is going to hurt if they don't get top 4

[MonsLibpool]

Arteta just isn't a man manager. There is no way Partey should have been anywhere near the squad.

Arsenal had spells with some real threat. But it all falls apart when they get pressed properly.

Better team won but another season without a trophy is going to hurt if they don't get top 4

It'd be interesting to see him manage a team of stars.

[jillcwhomever]

Arteta just isn't a man manager. There is no way Partey should have been anywhere near the squad.

Arsenal had spells with some real threat. But it all falls apart when they get pressed properly.

Better team won but another season without a trophy is going to hurt if they don't get top 4

Hopefully they will nick fourth place off Chelsea, would love to see that happen.

[4pool]

Maybe Partey didn't like being rushed back, thought he'd get a week off, so went and got a Red so as to get a break.

[tubby]

Would still rather they get fourth ahead of Utd or Spurs.

[Barneylfc∗]

Two on target. To our three. Not sure if hitting the crossbar counts as on target

no as it's not hitting the target

Kelleher tipped it onto the bar, so it counts as on target.

[4pool]

TheNorthBank will never live this down.

Yeah he will.

He's mostly alright.  Just gets carried away every now and then.

[Wabaloolah]

Kelleher tipped it onto the bar, so it counts as on target.

in that case it was in target, missed the first half as was in a meeting that just dragged on and on...

[ScottishGoon]

A few of your players seemed to run out of puff, then Partey ended it completely. Arteta needs to work on your discipline. I hope you pinch fourth place of Chelsea though. 

Can tell a few players were struggling fitness wise, Arteta gambled and it failed.

Like I said, no excuses though, your just a much better team currently, and we are a massive work in progress. We are doing a good job of turning over players just now & getting the bloat out, but we need these windows to keep improving the team & the squad.

[PoetryInMotion]

Yeah he will.

He's mostly alright.  Just gets carried away every now and then.

Which is probably after every Arsenal win.

[El Lobo]

Should have kept Maitland-Niles, he seemed to like playing us

[PoetryInMotion]

Would still rather they get fourth ahead of Utd or Spurs.

I think Spurs will get it. Their respective managers will be the difference, even if Arsenal have a better first XI. That Spurs first XI is poor even with Son, and Conte has got them winning games.

[Crosby Nick]

TheNorthBank will never live this down.

I tell you who might have saved that first goal. Mr Emiliano Martinez.

[Yosser0_0]

All jokes aside, these have a serious discipline issue. Maybe because Arteta was a dirty shithouse when he was a player it’s rubbed off.

Take that Saka, I actually like him but I think he plays the man rather than the ball alot, especially challenging for headers which can be extremly dangerous. He put a few dodgy one's in last week and probably should have been sent off. For some reason he was only carded in the last few minutes and I'm not sure why he escaped before then - perhaps something to do with having an 'England pass'?

[PoetryInMotion]

Legohead is a twat, Lacazette has always acted like a prick on the pitch and Ramsdale and White show a Pickfordesque gap between the way they carry themselves and their actual ability, but for the rest they don't seem that unlikeable of a team to me.

Since Arteta took over, these have had the most Red Cards of all Top flight English teams and by a big margin.

They have a few flair players in attack, but only Martinelli can come into the game on his own. The others need more linkup play from midfielders and their defenders, which they cannot supply as those midfielders and defenders are not that good on the ball.

[jillcwhomever]

Can tell a few players were struggling fitness wise, Arteta gambled and it failed.

Like I said, no excuses though, your just a much better team currently, and we are a massive work in progress. We are doing a good job of turning over players just now & getting the bloat out, but we need these windows to keep improving the team & the squad.

Yes, I think that's a fair post. Hopefully you can concentrate on challenging for a top four finish and improve your squad. You have some pretty promising youngsters I like Martinelli a lot.

[WhereAngelsPlay]

Ben White is a terrible, terrible defender

Who looks 20yrs older than he is.

[The G in Gerrard]

Trying to find something to rhyme with Ben White & his ability.

[Crosby Nick]

Trying to find something to rhyme with Ben White & his ability.

Light?
Quite...poor

Nope, I’m stumped.

[4pool]

Well, we had to earn the win with the 2-0 after they won the first leg 0-0.

[4pool]

Trying to find something to rhyme with Ben White & his ability.

Ben No Fight White.

[Dim Glas]

Ben White is a terrible, terrible defender

lovely seen him made a mug of tonight (more than once) after him acting the big I Am after their draw in the 1st leg, oh and laughing at Taki’s miss 

[farawayred]

Well, we had to earn the win with the 2-0 after they won the first leg 0-0.

So, it's a tie then. What's the tiebreaker? Number of players on the field? 

[RedG13]

That’s the stupidest red card since…… the last one

I legit thought on replay it could have been a straight red too but was like why are you sliding late on a yellow.

[Ghost Town]

Martinelli was brilliant. Almost impossible to get the ball off him at times. Saka and Smith Rowe were quiet compared to usual.

Thought Arsenal kept the ball well, lots of good short passing and playing out of trouble, but just didn't do much with it afterwards.

Still hope they get 4th

[ScottishGoon]

Yes, I think that's a fair post. Hopefully you can concentrate on challenging for a top four finish and improve your squad. You have some pretty promising youngsters I like Martinelli a lot.

There's levels to this game mate. Currently Lacazette is our first choice forward & our back up is Nketiah. You have Fabinho, Henderson, Thiago, Ox, Milner, Keita as options in midfield, we have Xhaka, Partey, Lokonga & Elneny.

You just write the names out & can see the differences just now.

[Yosser0_0]

Why, from the first leg Leno, Cedric & Chambers are out. Tomiyasu, Smith-Rowe & Odegaard missed the first leg so were legit out. Saka was obviously struggling with illness, Tierney was carrying a knock but was never classed as serious.

Hang on, what's this? I thought he got injured at Anfield, so wasn't available for the weekend and now you are telling me it was an illness? He was obviously fully fit for tonights match and played the full 90 minutes. So what is the truth, what was the illness as it clearly wasn't covid or anything else that prevents him playing a full game?