Artetas post match comments are concerning. Sounds like he's sending a message to the board, third match in a row he does that.

Maybe you shouldn't have wasted cash on some of the useless players you brought in.

naz tbh I think the board are within their rights to expect more ROI from Arteta

Big Willie you have 1 angle in those twitter videos and it hides the arm.

naz I agree but he didn't do it alone and he obviously wanted Sesko who the club/Edu failed to close.

Mirth more than achieving the targets they set? I guarantee there was no deal that said "we'll buy you Calafiori if you win the league". Everyone said we were ahead of schedule when were flying high, so obviously nobody thought what we'd done so far would be enough. There was no follow through this summer because they were happy with where we were at, not because they wanted more "ROI".

What the fuck happened here?

I watched the first half and was pleasantly surprised with the performance, considering the personnel. Couldn't watch the second half, had to be driving.

I see we went 2-0 up and then fucked it all up? Can't someone give me a brief summary what went wrong?

Coombs nothing to do with schedule, just the quality and durability of players that we’ve bought.

est Can't someone give me a brief summary what went wrong?

Defended two balls into the box poorly. That was it, really. Frustrating that we didn't even blow the win in any sort of interesting way.

tielemans run and finish was great, as was the delivery. but that was a winnable ball for merino. it highlighted an issue I've noticed with him struggling to track back. he's often lagging behind the ball on defensive transitions. it kind of makes him a general drag on our game because he doesn't exactly ligh the world on fire up front either.

DiabyKungFu Cheers DKF! Ah, sucks. Fucking Emery again.

Oh my god that was painful, in complete control and switched off twice and they score from half chances. Last 10 mins was so painful, fuck man it felt like the goal would come but just didn't. The disallowed goal, Merino hitting the post and then Trossard at the end (think he was offside).

The footballing gods have deserted us!

est I see we went 2-0 up and then fucked it all up? Can't someone give me a brief summary what went wrong?

Essentially, as seen for several seasons now it's impossible to win without Saliba even with £700m or whatever is spent on players.

Why not play Kiwior at CB? We did for large portions of the home stretch- I know he’s not perfect but it’s surely is a better option than what we saw today

Mirth essentially that still means it's not possible to win without him because being without him means having to do those multiple positions shifts. £700m spent but no trusted backup CB option that doesn't involve weakening the team at RB and in midfield.

The latter part of this game was reminiscent of our end of season collapse 2 seasons ago. It’s not easy to just slot players in and out. Saliba is a massive part of how we control the game in both directions.

Claudius that’s why we need Araujo or someone similar

This season has been incredibly painful. Even after their comeback I really felt we'd do enough to squeeze out the win but we get a tricky call to disallow a goal then we're working the post and fluffing our lines.

Feels as if we're simultaneously unbalanced, cursed with bad luck, and suffering the arbitrary punishments of the referees and the pundits weekly.

It does. I feel like we’re actually playing really good football. Mad negative variance. Though if we were to continue playing at this level for the next few seasons I’m pretty sure we’ll win the league. Adding genuinely good attackers will improve us further