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Newcastle vs Arsenal, Guy Fawkes Night 17:30 BST with a bonfire banger

awooga83

Our attacking tactics or gameplan just isn't credible it's not working and is nowhere near the level that you need for a serious title challenge. Great we've had a bit more control and harder to score against but we aren't able to score and that's a big problem.

SimplyThePest

awooga83 this ‘more control’ waffle is comfort blanket stuff for Arsenal fans. We have no attack and look ordinary against any decently organised opponent. Period.

Coombs

Saka unacceptable. Should be docked wages for that.

MistaT

Coombs — easily the worst and most timid game I’ve seen from him. As a wide forward he is embarrassing at attacking crosses.

CPM

Saka can barely move and complete a 10-yard pass. Bottom line is our three key goal-scorers are either way out of form or injured.

Coombs

CPM excuses.

Gazza M

CPM the style of play seems to have drained all our forward players of form, and they seem to actually be getting worse

daredevil

HomeSteak

Havertz has been one of our best players today. I guarantee you he tops the charts in duels won, tackles, pressures, everything. Him and Rice have been exceptional. It's the rest of the team that has been poor.

KingslandBarge

daredevil Havertz' best game. The only ones I feel for today are Saliba, Rice but particularly Gabriel.

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert

daredevil common thread? Both have size and an engine.

Qwiss

daredevil Rice carried Havertz and Jorginho today

HomeSteak

daredevil Yeah, you know what he doesn't top? He doesn't top the pass to a fucking team mate chart. near the box he will forever fuck everything up. fuck his pressing metrics. He tops the pass the ball back when you have time and space too shot because you don't have balls to take a fucking shot chart. He tops the scared to take a single opponent on metric, numero uno mondial. I noticed even today, he wins headers yeah, but the ball goes too the opposition not us, but in the metrics is a win. the guy is a fucking clown

banduan

fuck off refs

GooneriC

Var and refs aside , our attacking play has been shocking. We don't deserve anything from this game otherwise

Clrnc

KingslandBarge Saliba Rice Tomiyasu Gabriel all played well. What's in common? They are all defensive natured personnels and our structure puts more spotlight on the backline than in attack.

Saka is so predictable, Martinelli less so but still easy to snuff out if you know his pattern. Overly structured football that relies on individual brilliance and not combination play always leads to stale attacks.

Xcdude24

What a depressing result. On one hand we were robbed, but on the other hard it’s hard to say we deserved 3 points

mdgoonah41

Xcdude24 we posed very little threat going forward. we looked like we came here for a draw. just abysmal stuff. a few years ago, i had to hear that we we struggling because our squad was so short on talent. a billion dollars later, and we still play uninspiring, boring football. sick of it.

Don Pacifico

Our 'luck' is running out. We need to have a Plan B.

Big Willie

Don Pacifico Our 'luck' is running out. We need to have a Plan B.

If only we got 2 penalties this game to save us.

Clrnc

Don Pacifico Some of us have been reiterating this for the entire season but keep getting replies like we are 3rd, we are doing well etc. Underlying stats don't really lie, it was going to catch us up sooner or later. We can't keep relying on penalties and then con ourselves that our xG says we deserve to win when we don't even make the keeper have any decent saves week in week out.

KingslandBarge

I'm gutted and I feel sick. Robbed of points.

daredevil

Qwiss

What's a good source to check stats of a game? I would like to see if it matches what I saw.

Coombs

It's been coming. Could see this from a mile away. Scoring is more important than defending. It's a fact.

Qwiss

HomeSteak He tops the passes to the opposition chart, you are spot on. 70% pass success, worst of all our outfield players. Lowest numbers of completed passes apart from Eddie (normal for the CF to have a lower number than everyone else). It was a fucking shocking performance and TBH I think people are only rating it because of that yellow card he got. Frankly the best thing he did all game. And we are talking about the top earner at the club, what a fucking joke.

daredevil

HomeSteak

I also bet he also topped or was amongst the highest for most successful and forward passes. It's ludicrous to cite him today as the problem. He showed up today and fought hard. He can be proud of that performance. Only him, Rice and Saliba can come out of that with any credit. The rest, particularly Saka, Martinelli and Nketiah were dog shit.

est

Expected result really, given our performances of late. Just depressing to receive it at the hands of refs again.

naz

That was a 0-0 everyday. They got an illegal goal and didn't do anything but foul us non stop.

We were disgusting though. Arteta is a stubborn idiot that's ruining us by the day. We are worse than last year by far after investing so much money on useless players. Fuck him

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