RocktheCasbah good.
I think we are in this weird psychological place as a team where we know that we won’t win the league but will still get top 4 which leads to weird games like today. Whereas, in the CL the players just seem more hungry, fresh and know it’s a legit trophy we can win and seem more determined in that tournament.
Most of our best games this season have been in CL imo.
Sicario2 - Tier 1 I doubt anyone cared much about this game. They probably want to get healthy and prep for Ancelotti or Simeone.
I really want that Real Madrid tie.
Sicario2 - Tier 1 the moment you encounter teams like Madrid, I have no doubt we will be out of that competition as well
mohan they will of course be the out right favourites but it will be like Rocky 1 - we would be so much the underdog that it’s almost a free hit.
Anyway, worst teams have won the CL (Liverpool 2005, Chelsea 2021) than this current Arsenal side. Having Saka back is also huge.
Feels like a Bizarro Wenger phase season.
We’ll get mushroom tapped by either Madrid side.
We carry next to no goal threat and don’t have moments of magic. An issue which Arteta highlighted post the Bayern loss. Why the issue hasn’t been addressed I won’t understand.
I feel like I’ve overdosed on Trossard and Martinelli
lorddulaarsenal perfectly said. Why did we not power up the fucking attack after even Arteta was saying how we needed to do it post-Bayern?
It's beating a dead horse now but it's still mind-blowing.
Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert probably cuz we don’t have a real DoF in place.
Panda at this point, Martinelli feels like another warm body and no more. Hasn't looked consistently threatening for a good two seasons now.
Sicario2 - Tier 1
We're going out in the next round no matter who are we going to play against. Every year people post here how we can win EL or CL disregarding that we are a level or two below the very top teams and Arteta's very bad record in cup competitions.
Result is not really much of a surprise. Considering our resources up front we were gonna have a few more of these. The manner in which they come, where we have extended periods of dominance on which we never capitalise, makes for horrible viewing.
We will need the equivalent of two elite forwards and an elite midfielder, and tactical surgery to kick on under Arteta. And that's on top of Nwaneri and Skelly breaking through.
Pretty much Burnsy. We need to invest with intent this summer.
We face Chelsea next. Win that and top four looks comfy. Lose and it’ll start to get nervy.
Our fixtures that follow looks straightforward on paper but then you realise we unzip to reveal an rantallion attack composing of Trossard, Merino, and Odegaard.
People thought this was a foul-
Gunner89 yeah I didn’t get the call for a foul either.
Prime example of Odegaard spending too long on the ball. It allows the opposition to set their defence.
Watch that whole play. He’s looking for forward runs and can’t find any because there are no spaces. His best alternative was to pass back to the defenders.
In a completely open game Odegaard uncorked an assist and two goals. If anything i would get a second player much like Odegaard in there. He’s carrying a heavy creative burden because he’s the only one who can hold onto the ball in the centre of the field when we are facing a wall.
Yes no open spaces at all
Also, unlucky with that tame effort where he could have won it or the FK
