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  • Arsenal vs Chelsea - Premier League - SUN 22 Aug 2021

What a diver... Did he even touch him

Holding booked for nothing. He's no where near Alonso.

Arteta is going to burn this club to the ground

Clrnc wrote:

Holding lucky not to make contact with that kick. Would be a red.

He was in front of it, it was a block not a tackle.

Call me crazy but I really don't think we've been that bad - two terrible errors aside...

Wtf? Can someone be offside if the ball is played backwards?

Don Pacifico wrote:

Call me crazy but I really don't think we've been that bad - two terrible errors aside...

You are crazy.

Qwiss! wrote:
Clrnc wrote:

Holding lucky not to make contact with that kick. Would be a red.

He was in front of it, it was a block not a tackle.

Can you imagine someone saying this if Rudiger flew in to block Tierney? It would be commitment then. 

Don Pacifico wrote:

Call me crazy but I really don't think we've been that bad - two terrible errors aside...

Nothing is that bad if you just put the bad stuff aside.

Our attacking strategy is simple. Run down the left (or right sometimes) and hit our crosses at the first defender. Rinse and repeat. If by some lucky coincidence we get it past the first defender, our 5'9 forwards have to get to the ball before the other 3 defenders. Rinse and repeat and fail

Don Pacifico wrote:

Call me crazy but I really don't think we've been that bad - two terrible errors aside...

I’d say we haven’t been bad aside from the gaping left side. Tierney playing like a LCB with no LWB.

Qwiss! wrote:
Clrnc wrote:

Holding lucky not to make contact with that kick. Would be a red.

He was in front of it, it was a block not a tackle.

Yeah but he was high and out of control. Imagine his high block made contact with Alonso clearing leg.

naz wrote:

Our attacking strategy is simple. Run down the left (or right sometimes) and hit our crosses at the first defender. Rinse and repeat. If by some lucky coincidence we get it past the first defender, our 5'9 forwards have to get to the ball before the other 3 defenders. Rinse and repeat and fail

Spot on. I wonder if our millionaire technical director notices this stuff.

Qwiss! wrote:
Don Pacifico wrote:

Call me crazy but I really don't think we've been that bad - two terrible errors aside...

You are crazy.

We have been bad. All over the pitch. Chelsea have been bad too. We have been out tactic-ed, the one apparent strength of Arteta. 

We've got some talented players at the club, but we're wasting time with this bum manager.