Welcome to the Arsenal, Raheem :-\
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Welcome to the Arsenal, Raheem :-\
I don't enjoy watching football anymore :-(Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
Did you ever?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
yeah, though it's always a stressQuote:
Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda
bit like trying to buy Oasis tickets
Don't get the hate. Sure he runs a bit like a flamer, but arguably one of England's best ever wingers. Still 29.
Martinelli needs to up his game or could end up going in January.Quote:
Originally Posted by John Bunnell
He’s only 23 but he hasn’t yet pushed on in the way I expected. Jesus frustrates me more tbfQuote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
Martinelli seems to be learning from Jesus. roll around on the floor all the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by 7sisters
There’s no better player with the ball at their feet than Jesus. He’s just incapable of sustaining more than a few weeks without getting sidelined.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
Sterling has every opportunity to make that position his own.
Trossard was disappointing on Saturday and I can see why there is frustration with Jesus and Martinelli (and to a certain extent with Partey, but I thought he stepped on very well after the red).Quote:
Originally Posted by 7sisters
Still we are taking about a side who in 2024 w19 d2 l1 of 22 league games this calendar year. We need to improve but hard to see where
Well, on Saturday we had two GREAT chances in the first half.Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda
Agree, though; we are a machine.
a slightly stronger bench would be nice, I know we've been unlucky with our new signings being injured.Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda
I am quite excited to see Sterling play.
I think we did panic a little bit on Saturday after going down to ten men.
Odegaard didn't look right to me. looks sick.
Our midfield hasn't looked great so far. Partey has been sluggish and I am not convinced that Rice is comfortable wandering out to the left. You could even argue he is wasted there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda
That is our current issue. We're not playing badly, we are just not in full swing yet. Our next two games would be a great time to start finding a bit of rhythm.
I think there was a fair bit of shock and anger after the sending off. Took a while to settle. We need to shake that off. Leave the seething rage to us fans- we're good at it :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
He’s some sort of socialist, isn’t he? “Ooh give all the kiddies free food because their feckless skaghead parents can’t be arsed to feed them just as long as I don’t have to pay for it.” #headgearQuote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
**** off out of my club.
:clap: All is forgiven; he'll actually be our new #30.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Can't disagree but I think the same thing was said last season (of course the rebuttal to that is we didn't win the league but we couldn't have done much more). I think, for better or worse, we are quite a mechinical side and once it clicks we we go bigQuote:
Originally Posted by Peter
True, and that is one big concern. We tend to build rhythm through repetition, and that generally involves picking substantially the same XI each week. We are now at a stage where a degree of rotation is going to be essential, and not just at left back. I'm sure we can cope, but we will have to.Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda
The other thing in our favour is we seem to continue to improve defensively which offers the opportunity to win games even when you aren't at your best. Again, essential.
I think we can have a good season but I am afraid I just don't see us getting past City. They cruise through 80 or 90% of their matches and there is always a feeling that they have another gear. The closer we get, the better they perform.
At least we have finished top of the honest league twice in a row :-)
The concern with that is that how long can we keep our best players if we're not actually winning the damn thing?Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
It actually amazes me how much more positive opposition fans are about us. Out with a Liverpool fan and Inter fan on Friday both thought we would win the league (or Champions League)Quote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
Oh, I'm incredibly positive about the side, it's just 115 FC are better. "IF" they get properly done then I can see us dominating the league for the next 3 or 4 seasons.Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda
Now there is a problem we haven't had for a while :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
Firstly, we have to hope that Pep ****s off soon. Whoever they get in his place it will at least give us a chance of winning it. Maybe....
Secondly, I think there are only a handful of our players who would get a better offer. Once you are finishing top 3 in the league, latter stages of the Champions League, and getting paid 200 grand plus a week there are only a handful of clubs it would be worth going to- PSG, Bayern, City, Real and Barcelona.
Odegaard isnt going back to Real so his options are reduced. You would like to think Saka has some loyalty to us which should buy us some time. Saliba is the one I honestly think we wont be able to keep. Huge, huge money is going to come his way if he keeps playing the way he is.
As others have said before, if you are going to have great players then sometimes you are going to lose one or two of them.
The bigger concern is keeping Edu and Arteta. Or, being able to replace that relationship. Our success is built on that relationship.
Liverpool are worrying me. Their new coach seems incredibly sensible and their football already looks more balanced than under Klopp.Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda
I do sense a little bit of last season's Spurs about them. If you are worried about our squad rotation ...Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter