SimplyThePest it's murder on mikels floor
Arsenal v Newcastle 7 January 8pm Carabao Cup Semi Final 1st Leg
Not good. I did warn you guys football is not linear and that we wouldn’t get 20 shots at a winning the title.
We had our chance last two years. When it’s on the plate you take it. There’s no guarantees in football.
I’m afraid Arteta will end up being a Poch 2.0 aka nearly man.
You're not gonna get many clearer proofs we need to sign forwards. Feels a bit despondent at present in general.
Knew we'd lose. Just off the plane and I immediately came here to write another I-told-you-so into the void:
Our summer was a failure.
finding new levels of inefficiency
The difference between a Havertz and Isak couldn't be any clearer. Isak could receive the ball and do something with it, in space or while being pressed by Gabriel and Saliba. Havertz usually bodged his first, second or third touch or dribbled into dead ends.
Gazza M if only the impact of having no centre forward in the squad could have been foreseen somehow.
I'm just relieved after realizing this is the Carabao Cup semi-final. I really need to shake off this hangover!
Pay gyokeres release clause
Sicario2 - Tier 1 Pochettino went five years without a trophy. Arteta entering his fourth now but was backed to a completely different level
We're not doing anything in the market until we've found some other Cuesta 2.0 teenager to hire for Edus job. If we ask Arteta to sign someone this January it'll just be our 7th LB/CB hybrid ffs.
We had Sterling on the bench for 90 minutes yesterday ffs.
I’m so sick of watching Martinelli faff about on the left.
jones We had Sterling on the bench for 90 minutes yesterday ffs.
That he can't even be considered in these situations just highlights the ridiculousness of the signing in the first place. We paid no fee and only half his wages but somehow still got robbed. Has there been a more pointless signing since Park?
a lot would be spoken about the front line, but actually we lost at both ends of the pitch. Neither goals are forgivable, that our defenders can outnumber their attackers yet still concede.
lorddulaarsenal said it before, Martinelli should be our sub LW. What's even worse is he's our best available player in the front 3 currently. We need so much more in attack to compensate for the way we set up.
why is he talking like he is not the one that built this team lol
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We kicked a lot of balls over the bar, and it's tricky that these balls fly a lot so there's details that we can do better
It's just different
It's very different to a Premier League ball, and you have to adapt to that because it flies different.
When you touch it the grip is very different as well, so you adapt to that.
Some comments on the ball. Ridiculous.
A few other comments about how it's just half time and he has the belief we can do it. I wouldn't expect anything else, but I'm not seeing what he is seeing.
lorddulaarsenal I'm equally sick of Odegaard NOT being the creative player with testicles that this Saka-less team sorely needs.
To be honest at least Martinelli never hides.
Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert thought Martinelli was one of the few bright spots last night. Played well and was really unlucky not to score. I thought Trossard played well too. I think you are right about Odegaard and add the rest of midfield too, especially last night where even Partey shat the bed. There is just no real creativity coming through the middle. No one even really occupies space in that hole behind the striker when we attack and it makes us easier to defend.
I think Odegaards dip in form is really showing us how lacking in imagination and guile the rest of the midfielders are. Jorginho was a breath of fresh air when he came on last night because he's actually unpredictable and inventive with some of his passing.
