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Raya joins Arsenal

RocktheCasbah

Qwiss no, because famously Emery chose the guy who was going back to Chelsea to play against Chelsea in his very final act as an Arsenal player.

Qwiss

RocktheCasbah oh yeah, what a fuck up that was. Reminds me why I still like Bernd and I have no fond feelings for Cech too.

Klaus

RocktheCasbah Everything about that final was such a mess. Emery's unprecedented ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, Cech tending the goal, UEFA telling us that Mkhitaryan shouldn't travel because they couldn't guarantee that he wouldn't be beaten to death under the arrangements they had made...

invisibleman18

Klaus UEFA telling us that Mkhitaryan shouldn't travel because they couldn't guarantee that he wouldn't be beaten to death under the arrangements they had made

I wanted the club to just pull out and refuse to play over that. There was too much money and CL qualification etc at stake so they never would have entertained the idea but don't think I could ever have been prouder to be an Arsenal fan than if they had done it.

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert

I turned that Final off at halftime and to this day haven't seen the second half. Disgusting game, disgusting circumstances.

Gurgen

One of the great feats of sportswashing from the North Korea of the Caucasus. Came in handy when they tried to starve 120,000 Armenians to death a few years later. My favourite part about this final was when they didn't let some (Indian) Arsenal fans into the country because their names ended in -ian/-yan, and they apparently couldn't fully rule out that they were Armenian.

Burnwinter

Gurgen It's disgraceful chauvinism that discredits the sport's administrators.

Gurgen

Henrikh would have been fine. They would have let him in and wouldn't have harmed him, as this was a sportswashing event. He just chose not to go to a country where ethnic hatred of Armenians is the entire national identity, also in solidarity with gooners who couldn't get in.

Sicario2

Im Raya’s biggest fan on here but he needs to sort this shit out asap

Mirth

Starting position is normally dictated by the coaching staff.

Qwiss

Mirth its a bit of both. Arteta has him pushing high up but he needs to judge how far and when. Both of them need to take a look at the situation because it happening once is bad luck, happening 3 times in a year is a detail that shouldn't be overlooked.

QuincyAbeyie

I've come around to the goal not being his fault. Like someone said, in regards to his positioning high up the pitch it's a risk/reward thing and he's definitely been instructed to do so. The one where he threw the ball right at Kudus (?) was a lot worse. Based only on the eye test he's been more error prone this season than last.

Klaus

QuincyAbeyie The one where he threw the ball right at Kudus (?) was a lot worse

That one was baffling haha. You could see that he really aimed at him too. I would love to know what was going on in his brain in that moment. I just put it down to the fact that keepers are nutters, and if they're worth their salt they're going to do something batshit crazy every now and then.

Mirth

Exactly - if you want to fault him for anything it has to be that throw to Kudus.

est

That finish was pretty much perfect by Richarlison. Not to mention the fact that the ball couldn't have come to him any better from Palhinha's tackle. Things lined up against Raya(and us) in that sequence and sometimes there's not much you can do about it. Other than not getting caught on the ball like Zubimendi did, of course.

The goal was definitely on Zubimendi and not Raya. I'm just glad this mistake happened up 3-0. Not like against Sunderland, which resulted in us dropping two points.

Phil

Yeah I don't blame Raya at all. He gets some blame against Sunderland but shouldn't get any vs Spurs.

Sicario2

Phil if it was a one off fine but it’s happened 3 times in 8 months. Next one could be costly.

daredevil

Peter Schmeichel got lobbed more than any GK I can remember.

daredevil

Sicario2

Do lobs count double?

Is this the goalkeeping equivalent of set piece goals?

Meatwad

if his starting position is dictated by playing philosophy how is it his fault that he gets lobbed when a teammate is casual on the ball and loses it in a position i'm sure he's told never to lose it in. i have bigger issues with bad kicks and throws, not lobs. that's on other people like zubi on sunday.

est

Klaus Poor guy was just desperate for some action in the game. He's feeling left out with all the brilliant defending in front of him and actually wishes he'd have some saves to make.

Mirth

Klaus ‘Ok David, you let in a questionable goal. Keep it cool. Throw the ball outside to the left where there’s only 1 Spurs player. Don’t throw it to Kudus whatever you do. Don’t throw it do Ku-. Ah fuck.’

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