• The Arsenal

  • Arsenal v Newcastle 7 January 8pm Carabao Cup Semi Final 1st Leg

  • Tam

  • Post #156
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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.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cdek10j3rjeo

  • Qwiss

  • Post #158

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.

      • JazzG

      • Post #159

      HomeSteak He's not wrong though is he? Another day we'd have scored 4 or 5 goals, we just seem to have a lot of these games where we create enough to win the game twice over and not score!

          I thought it was a big mistake going full strength. It's the Carabao Cup ffs, we should have continued to play our backup XI like we had done in all the previous rounds. I get that he probably wanted to win the trophy, but it's the Carabao Cup ffs.

            • Tam

            • Post #162

            Qwiss Didn't think he was good at all but refrained from commenting as it would appear driven by bias against him. Also thought he was poor in the last game, especially in the last few minutes of stoppage time where he played a ridiculously overhit pass to gift it back to their keeper, launched a cross straight out for a thrown in on the opposite side, and played a poor pass into Odegaard which was someone turned into a freekick.

              • Qwiss

              • Post #163

              daredevil yeah I agree. I think he probably held some players back for it too instead of playing against Brighton.

                I think the only two games that I've missed out on entirely the past two years were this game and the West Ham home game last season. My bad, guys. I'll try to do better moving forward.

                    daredevil
                    Who are we to put our noses up at a trophy given we haven’t won anything in 5 years.

                    The metric for Artera this season is not to ‘challenge’ or to ‘push’ whoever eventually wins it close. It’s to win some silverware.

                    Yes winning the Carling Cup would hardly be open bus parade stuff but it’s a start and would at least mean this team, that hasn’t won anything, had something against their name on paper.

                    All good managers (Jose, Pep) have won the league cup before dominating. It’s important for our ‘winning mentality’ and to lose the bottle/hasn’t won a trophy in x amount of years tag.

                    Getting knocked out of this simply means more pressure and scrutiny in our FA Cup and CL campaigns.

                    It was a low hanging fruit silverware to win. I hope we prioritise the second leg, most important game of our season.

                      I don't particularly care about the League Cup or even the FA Cup. If the FA Cup meant something, Wenger wouldn't have had airplane banners demanding his resignation. If the two trophies meant something, Ten Hag would still be in a job.

                      It's a nice to have, not a must have. Competing for and winning the PL and CL is what I care about and deep down even the domestic trophy hunters care about. If we're competing for the two and we're getting close or winning it, then I'm happy. If we fall off for more than 1 or 2 seasons and end up no longer competing for the two prizes, no amount of FA Cups and League Cups will change that he might not be the right man to get us over the line.

                        daredevil
                        We need to walk before we can run.

                        Winning the carling cup would massively, massively help us win the big two. Taking pressure off in March (by winning league cup) when going into a CL semi final in early
                        May is a different ball game.

                        Going into a CL final not having won a trophy in 5 years v going into a final having won a trophy 3 months prior is a game changer.

                        I think you get my message.

                          • MistaT

                          • Post #168

                          JazzG -- I'm struggling to see how anyone thinks this team could score 4-5, yet alone, 2+ based on our current form and players. I don't care what our xGF is game to game, nor do I care it thinks we could have scored 4 goals when those chances were Martinelli breakaway, Timber's header, and Havertz's header....none of those players are regular/confident goal scorers and they're snatching at chances.

                            • Qwiss

                            • Post #169

                            daredevil the FA cup still matters. The league cup isn't on the same level as it.

                              Academic now, but curious as to what people made of the atmosphere last night. I know it's kind of governed by what happens on the pitch, but it seemed really flat and the Ashburton Army boys were conspicuous by their absence - especially compared to the last round where they seemed to have been moved, but were still present.

                                Cold weather a factor in that too

                                RocktheCasbah I know it wasn't included in season tickets allowance so maybe there was more churn in who went. I know I didn't purchase my seat for this match. Also going to be impacted by how the game goes.

                                    • JazzG

                                    • Post #173

                                    DiabyKungFu I think the only two games that I've missed out on entirely the past two years were this game and the West Ham home game last season. My bad, guys. I'll try to do better moving forward.

                                    We are nearing the business end of the season man, can't have you slacking like this!

                                      QuincyAbeyie this is only the second game where we have hit 3.5xG and failed to score. It was an outlier event.
                                      Just look at our results last few weeks. We scored 5 off about 2 xG. Didn’t score off similar. Sometimes it be like that.

                                      What is true is what we all know. That we need to get our mean xG up and volatility down.

                                        I still think we’ll get to the final. We could get at Newcastle often - it’s just guys like Odegaard, Trossard, and Havertz all had stinkers