Add Leeds not getting relegated.

Odegard! Great finish as well.

Son going to get the golden boot. Been the difference between the two sides, pretty much, (add Kane in there as well).

On an unrelated note, would have liked to see more of Lokonga this season. I don't get why we gave his minutes to Elneny.

Saka needs to pass to Martinelli there.

Beautiful finish from Cedric.

Yet another set piece goal

Yup, I'm with flobs. This game is just evidence of how poor our attack is.

Fuck Arteta for making me unable to enjoy us winning any games lol.

Wonder if we'll score a goal from open play today.

Well yeah, Arteta had us playing Xhaka and Elneny in midfield during the most important time of the season - where the fuck are the chances going to come from there lol. So it is on him, no arguments there, he's picked the squad. I'm just saying that as individuals, our attackers are not that great either, Saka aside.

jones wrote:

dreamlord wrote:

Meh, Gabi Eddie Saka Ode is not an attack that is going to come back and win games anytime soon. They can barely score more than a goal a game as it is. I love our young players, but they're not at that level yet. Or Arteta's system makes them look worse, I can't tell at this point.

Look at the teams below us in the table and how much they score then answer your question yourself.

It's a bit of both IMO. Leicester, United and West Ham are the 3 below us that have scored a couple of goals more than us, and on a player by player basis, I genuinely don't believe our attack is that much better, especially when you consider the midfield as well. Saka is the only one that stands head and shoulders above everyone, and he's inconsistent, but atleast you can expect him to step up to the next level. I don't see that happening with the others.

Meh, Gabi Eddie Saka Ode is not an attack that is going to come back and win games anytime soon. They can barely score more than a goal a game as it is. I love our young players, but they're not at that level yet. Or Arteta's system makes them look worse, I can't tell at this point.

Big Willie wrote:

His intervirw just now wound me up so much. Effectively saying other players who were scared sgould have stayed home or on the bench.

Though for once he did apologise to the fans. Probably genuinely wondering to himself why he has to play with players who are beneath him.

I just watched the interview, I didn't interpret it that way. He was asked "was it the performance of a young team?" and his response was "doesn't matter the age, whether you are 30 or 10 or 18, if you are nervous, stay on the bench". Seems a pretty standard thing to say, that age is not an excuse at this level.

Looking at the game today, you wouldn't think it was us that was the youthful side, and Newcastle the oldest in the league (IIRC). This team needs an injection of pace all across the pitch.

Rohit wrote:

Exactly managers matter. Players performances under different managers vary.

In Wenger's last season, we scored 54 goals at home. In Arteta's two full seasons, we have scored 55 and 56 home and away combined.

Jeez, please tell me this is some fake news stat. Our attack has been failing the eye test all season, but I never knew it was this bad.

I wish we'd never gotten Arteta and gone for someone a bit braver in their approach to attacking.

Jed wrote:

Aubameyang is a liability and gives us nothing if he’s not scoring. Pepe I would cut our losses next summer.

Yeah, he's basically a poacher these days.

Rohit wrote:

Every other game we create openings, not chances, and it makes me wonder if it will click for us in the next match and that we will hammer someone. It just doesn't happen though. We are one of the worst teams to watch in the League.

Some of the decision making and execution is atrocious. If it was all coming from the younger player it would be understandable, but Auba and Pepe are as guilty of it as Saka and ESR.

Is that 1 goal from open play in 5 PL games?

Going to be a long, long season.

Another asset's value tanked by glorious man management.

He's missed like 3 good opportunities to pass to a team mate in this half alone though.

"These quotes are completely false," Xhaka's agent Noguera told football.london.

"The person has no connection to the management of Granit Xhaka and is not the agent of Granit.

https://www.football.london/arsenal-fc/news/arsenal-midfielders-agent-hits-back-21383824

Saka doesn't look up for it. Might be too soon for him.

Martinelli's had maybe 3 touches of the ball?

The whole team is broken. No wonder we never get any money for our players - Arteta has driven their value to the ground by either alienating them or putting them in a shit system. No surprise that the only player we'll get decent money for this summer is the one that was out on loan.