We took off Martinelli for Raheem the mole Sterling. What a useless sub.
This one is on Arteta.
Arsenal - Aston Villa, Today, In about 3 and a half hours.
Fuck this fucking season. Am done.
Back to 9 points effectively. Fuck this season. Fuck Timber, Partey, Merino and Havertz for that shit defending.
Imagine you're chasing the game and you sub Martinelli for Sterling , we Needed a striker, not a Chelsea reject. Villa are bringing on John fkn Duran and we have nobody
I am hurting right now but I am proud of our performance. Very different to how I felt after the Man United match for example.
Big Willie they were all poor but they weren't in their positions. Tactical mess.
The biggest problem today was Partey. He is directly responsible for both goals with his lazy, stupid, pathetic excuse for defending.
And Arteta is the idiot who keeps relying on someone who simply does not have the character required. There were other options.
Martinez you fucking mug.
HomeSteak 100%. And his role in the starting XI shouldn't be a given anymore. I don't care that he's captain.
Tactics its weird. I really like how we are playing and feel the floodgates will open when we add genuine quality to the attack
Big Willie Did he do something after the final whistle?
Literally looked like it hit his stomach. Wtf. Pundits saying so ckear but I can't see a handball.
lorddulaarsenal we don't seem to be doing that, apparently we've got Sterling
Rohit Did he do something after the final whistle?
Yeah, his face was visible.
Disastrous result and the embodiment of why we don't look like a title winning team. 2-0 up at home to a Villa that hasn't been all that and to throw it away it's simply not goodenough.
Also given we are told how dominant we are over opposition usually when it's goalless and we are trying to score but we have x amount of possession etc, you would think being 2-0 up like that should play into our hands. But really question that concept with an outcome like today. How dominant are we versus opposition choosing to play like that against us before we score.
So much not where it needs to be, I know Ode has come back from an injury and a new kid but he just isn't where we need him to be. He gets harsher analysts because we need him to do what Saka did when he was out and take the burden but he doesn't look right at them moment. Even the defence was off and yes we lost Saliba but 2-0 up they should be able to do a job
The club deserve that result. It’s Jan 18th and we haven’t signed anyone. That’s on the board.
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We won the xG battle. What a relief!
From where I was sat, it clearly looked like it hit Havertz's forearm. You could tell from Merino's body language he thought it'd be ruled out.
And for someone who boasts about his detailed and methodical coaching, Arteta sure has a blind spot when forcing Partey into RB.
Also, Odegaard has been such a let down and I despise Emery. I never felt so depressed when he was our coach and now this game raising, dracula looking idiot haunts us from beyond the grave.
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Qwiss it got his arm. Not everything is a conspiracy
Though I'd like to believe that because then there's not much you can do, but watching it on replays shown by Sky Sports it looks like it went under his arm and into his midriff. I'll have to see it in slow motion to be sure but it wasn't 100% clear handball to me.
Edit: just found this. Doesn't look like it hits his hand but rather his stomach to me.
Bro it hit his hand. Check twitter. End of.
I think it does hit his arm, look at the direction of the spin after impact, it's in line with his arm.
Sicario2 - Tier 1 Bro it hit his hand. Check twitter. End of.
Why do I need to be reading twitter when a video is right there.
IBL I think it does hit his arm, look at the direction of the spin after impact, it's in line with his arm.
Maybe. It's hard to tell if it his the arm of the stomach. I can see both sides tbh.
Big Willie
Best to look at it from all angles/clips before reaching a conclusion. I know we all want to quickly blame VAR but this was not the case today.
Sicario2 - Tier 1 Best to look at it from all angles/clips before reaching a conclusion. I know we all want to quickly blame VAR but this was not the case today.
Like I said, I can see both arguments looking at the video closer. Can't say 100% whether it was his stomach or his hand. They're so close together.
Not handball. It hits the bottom of his ribcage.
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It’s a handball. Let’s get over it and move forward.
Look again, it went right past his ribcage and hit the arm in the back of that shot, not the arm in the front.
Yeah unfortunately I think that's correct, his arm also moves at the point of impact.