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Match Thread | Arsenal vs Man City | League cup QF| Dec 22 8PM GMT

Claudius

Clrnc wrote:
Arteta says Saliba can't be played today because he is not in the squad. Surely that's wrong?

Blame Edu. None of the Fortnite gang can play.

"A registered player is one who would be registered and eligible to participate in a Premier League match and/or League Match commencing at the same time and on the same date as the Competition match."

Clrnc

Claudius wrote:
Clrnc wrote:
Arteta says Saliba can't be played today because he is not in the squad. Surely that's wrong?

Blame Edu. None of the Fortnite gang can play.

"A registered player is one who would be registered and eligible to participate in a Premier League match and/or League Match commencing at the same time and on the same date as the Competition match."

How was he eligible to be on the bench against Leicester in the previous round then?

goon

Was before the window closed and so before final registration.

Claudius

Even if we register him, there are far too many players here. We need send Mustafi and Chambers away on loan. Then we can be sure Saliba will get significant minutes. Should do same with Cedric. He leaves me cold. Has nothing. Cedric, Willian. All these veterans who don’t bring a special ability and take up minutes a high potential kid could use

Qwiss

No lessons were learned, nothing new happened, no silver linings were sighted. The situation remains the same. We are in limbo until Arteta is sacked.

Qwiss

MistaT wrote:
Clrnc wrote:
Don't help Klaus. Give him the full story.

Got a knock from an awful tackle, was literally crying and couldn't continue. Hobbled off, we forced him to continue in the 2nd half and he broke down within minutes of it. Like how we treated Partey

Eh, that's not how I quite saw it.

It was an aggressive tackle but within the goalie's rights, and it's speculative to say "we forced him to continue". Sure, we could have told him he wasn't playing but I'd imagine Martinelli was the one advocating to play, more so than Arteta who could easily replace him with Pepe.

Agree on the tackle but disagree on how we dealt with it. We acted like the knock had happened to someone who's been fit. When a player has been out that long and in his first start back you don't push through it, you be careful and taje him off.

deardevil

If we revised history and said Martinelli cost 72 million whilst Pepe cost 6 million. Would anyone bat an eyelid?

Big Willie

Missed this match planning to watch it on delayed live coverage with the game already downloaded. Came on here just to read the regular threads whilst avoiding the match day thread and the first thing I read is a post by Claude saying we got tonked. Glad I won't have to waste two hours of my time watching now.

swider

Big Willie wrote:
Missed this match planning to watch it on delayed live coverage with the game already downloaded. Came on here just to read the regular threads whilst avoiding the match day thread and the first thing I read is a post by Claude saying we got tonked. Glad I won't have to waste two hours of my time watching now.

Well, everybody was laughing at some point, so you wouldn't waste two hours. Our second choice goalie is absolutely special, I do not think any other team from premierleague to league two has a goalkeeper of this quality. You rob yourself of experience, not enjoyable one but still unique.

Claudius

Big Willie wrote:
Missed this match planning to watch it on delayed live coverage with the game already downloaded. Came on here just to read the regular threads whilst avoiding the match day thread and the first thing I read is a post by Claude saying we got tonked. Glad I won't have to waste two hours of my time watching now.

Don’t. Seriously. Go on BeIN and find 5 minute highlights to see how bad our goalie is. You don’t want to sit through 90 minutes of us not knowing how to pass

Coombs

Well now, that was one of the worst things I've ever seen apart from Martinelli's 12 seconds of decent football playing.

This has to end.

HomeSteak

I have not been angry when watching us since the Villa game, hell, yesterday I was laughing my ass off while watching....but that move by Kolasniac drove me mad. Such a simple pass as well, how the hell can he not spot it? or be able to pull it off. fuck off

Claudius

HomeSteak wrote:

I have not been angry when watching us since the Villa game, hell, yesterday I was laughing my ass off while watching....but that move by Kolasniac drove me mad. Such a simple pass as well, how the hell can he not spot it? or be able to pull it off. fuck off

Kolasinac is a useless lump of muscle.

QuincyAbeyie

Didn't watch the second half, so Martinelli is injured again? Is it bad?

Gazza M

sounds like just an impact injury, but it probably rules him out for chelsea

Jed

HomeSteak wrote:

I have not been angry when watching us since the Villa game, hell, yesterday I was laughing my ass off while watching....but that move by Kolasniac drove me mad. Such a simple pass as well, how the hell can he not spot it? or be able to pull it off. fuck off

There’s no way he didn’t see him. As shit as he is, just no way. The only conclusion I can make is that he chose not to play that pass. In any case, he needs to be sent packing along with the rest of the dross.

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert

He's an abysmal footballer. It astounds me that Wenger/the club rated him, even for a free transfer.

Clrnc

I wanted to post that clip to trigger Klaus, Homesteak is way too fast.

flobaba

Lol. Kola was just looking ahead into the future where he’d be able to make a tackle out of a goal scoring opportunity. Good job.

Openings like these, where we can send the ball through the middle pop up within the course of our games a few times, and we always, without fail, choose to go the safe route into the horse shoe dead end.

That’s why our xG and chance creation has plummeted, and while I recognize the limitations of our players, I have to ask the question about what the manager instructs them to do. That action or choice by Kola seems like it’s been drilled into him... we see that scenario far too often with different players for it to be a coincindence.

Clrnc

flobaba wrote:
Lol. Kola was just looking ahead into the future where he’d be able to make a tackle out of a goal scoring opportunity. Good job.

Openings like these, where we can send the ball through the middle pop up within the course of our games a few times, and we always, without fail, choose to go the safe route into the horse shoe dead end.

That’s why our xG and chance creation has plummeted, and while I recognize the limitations of our players, I have to ask the question about what the manager instructs them to do. That action or choice by Kola seems like it’s been drilled into him... we see that scenario far too often with different players for it to be a coincindence.

Yes. I mentioned it enough, but we don't do one touch passes anymore, everything is about body shape and how we receive the ball taking a first touch first and being safe to pass back. It's definitely designed on purpose and the safety first mentality is costing us big time over time. We have been coached in a way it has slowly deteriorated and gutted the players mentality, restricting their creativity and freedom. It's not a coincidence after more months of such coaching we have finally reached such stage.

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