sod09:

Was that the reason klopp lost to Soton and drew west brom

Yes, its the reason Klop tops the league table,in the knockout stage of UCL and Fa cup. Whilst waiting for the likes of V.dijk,Matip,Keita,Alcantara,Oxlade and Diogo Jota to fire in the second half of the season.

Take Bukayo Saka out and Arsenal are just an advanced Swansea fc.

Spy360:

Hmmmm?

Add your voice...

Willock and Nelson plus cash for Buendia

I haven't seen much of Buendia, but if he is fast,strong,talented and fearless, I'll do the business straight up.

Willock and Nelson aren't as exciting as the oxlade,Iwobi and Gnabry of those days.

Spy360:


Southampton Southampton Southampton

I was expecting this though

Argument Argument Argument.

Epistles Epistles Epistles.

Hope Hope Hope.

Shalaye Shalaye Shalaye.

Criticism Criticism Criticism.

Saka with a sterling like run.

Auba will/may as usual score 1 or 2 in the second half and all will be forgotten and forgiven

Jodera:
One thing or lesson this game taught me is that we lacked forwards (wingers) or attack all season.
We created chances upon chances as normal arsenal would have created and also took purposeful shots like a top team. The midfield played well and even the defence wasn't under undue pressure cos the forwards were great. Tierney had a great game and so was xhaka who had an OK game (bar the free kick)

Just imagine what saka, martinelli, ESR were doing in that front. It even rubbed off on lacazette and he played a very good game. We were always on the front foot and the front press was great. No wonder Chelsea never had a shot on target (the closest they had was mason free kick that struck the bar)

Now what happened... We introduced willock and Pepe for Esr and martinelli, then our attack stopped. Chelsea increased their attack and our defence was under undue pressure. We now receiving shot on goal and on target. Not only did we concede a goal but also caused a penalty. We might have drawn the game if not for Leno save. All these happened just because our 2/4 of our attack was off.


This game typically tells us what we've been suffering this season and what we needed to correct. Come to think of it, how many cross and insha Allah we did today.?

If after today's game and Arteta still sticks to Willian and Pepe, then he's really not serious


Coyg!!

Excellent!
This is why Pep will substitute Aguero and Sterling for Jesus and Mahrez.

Bayern.. Substituting Perisic and Gnabry for Coman and Sane.

Apply pressure with hot solid attack and allow opposition no opportunity to near your defence.

BlueRayDick:


This ur analogy is faulty ! Wijnaldum used to play for newcastle same with Sissoko. They were one of their best players ; bigger teams saw their potentials and snapped them up. The same applies to Doucoure.

Guendouzi on the other hand is playing at arsenal that is one of the top teams in England but somehow has found himself in a lower league at one of the teams not doing so well in the league as well.

The case of those 3 can be said to be progression while Guendouzi's may be from Grace to grass of he's not reintegrated back at arsenal after his loan deal

That's not what I meant, that Gurndozi is playing for a relegated side at a young age doesn't mean a big team won't snap him up for his potential just like Gnabry who once was not regarded at Westbrom.

kokanepyramid:
for a club that’s sitting just 2 spots away from relegation in Budesliga? a league some of you call farmers league? He’s suddenly the messiah Arsenal needs in midfield in EPL?

We want to start recycling mediocrity same way Nigerians recycle mediocre politicians?

Nobody said so.

BTW, Winaldum, Doucoure and Sissoko once relegated.

mostob:
Oga,never again should you call my post trash. You can counter if you don't agree.
And if you can't comprehend,na you sabi. I repeat,don't dare call my post trash again.

Bro, it is better Kokane steps on the tail of a lion than to read,digest and agree to any post praising Guen.
The same Guen that scored and bagged MOtM recently is who he is saying hasn't done anything of note in his club.

mostob:
Bro. .many were bashing the kid here then. Arteta should have harness his ruggedness in a more positive way. 3 games ban? Ok. .Sending him on exile was too extreme. BTW,his assist to Auba against the spurs is still fresh in my memory.

Baba Just like Ozil and every other meaningful football personnel have said, the boy just need a Simone or Klopp type who can harness his ruggedness in a more positive way.

I'm afraid the likes of Saka,Martinelli and Smith Rowe will begin to look ordinary under this football management.

Ma Niggas!

When I said I'm off to Liverpool and enjoying football across Europe, stuffs like this is what I foresaw.
To think 15th is acceptable at my Darling Arsenal, The coach and 90% of these players will be here after January and beyond.

Hope hoping and hoped.

BlueRayDick:


Yeah. Let’s hope we will see a motivated set of players lining up to play this evening

Hope
Hope
Hope upon Hope
Hope and Hope
Hoping to Hope

Spy360:

Arteta is inexperienced and also unfortunate to manage the club at a time when poor management structures are in place. I was one of those who campaigned for him, because he [b]looks like someone who is intelligent and principled. I will still give him till end of season. He seems to have a plan and I am interested in knowing how it will work out.[/b] He made a terrible mistake freezing out Ozil after failing to sign an AM. So he has Jan to correct his error, by then we will see how he will do.

Why do I have this feeling most Arsenal fans love Arterta for his looks,
youthfulness and being related with pep.

I do not think it was his decision to freeze ozil. Also
Arsenal have to finish nothing below 7th for him to be applauded, Fa cup or Carabao should not be used as determinant.

sod09:

Yes na

Arterta don suffer.

Of course Emery wasn't the problem neither is/was he the solution, I just hated why everyone was scapegoating,heaping blames and everything on him and leaving the players,board,scouts out of the issue.

My main problem with Emery was trusting useless and average players and also handing Xhaka captain armband.

I no too blame Arterta, the job and Arsenal's problem is too big for him.


Something tells me he'll try to win a trophy this season to cement his job and win over some fans again.

Arsenal need a klopp like manager who will find aggressive strong talented hidden players who can play fast attacking lovely football.

sod09:
Kokaneprodigy, when are we going to ebening page to tender our apology he doesn't the insults.
We were scammed by adete

It is easier for Sod9 to apologize to Wenger than for kokane to do so for Emery... He is a sworn enemy to Emery and Guen.

Who is Adete? Artetta?

Spy360:

Wolves aren't doing well either. I think you are just driven by sentiments. Leicester and Everton are pushing above their weights, they are good examples you can use.

As for Arteta, I think he is playing the fool for the board. They made him freeze out Ozil without replacement, now it's affecting the team and we now believe he is a defensively minded coach simply because he chose to strengthen our defense.

Let me tell you, 15th place would be a dream come true if we had not signed Gabriel and/or Partey and got only Aouar instead. You have not experienced what a bad defense can do, or probably you have forgotten the calamitous tears we had when our defenders became clowns every night despite that we were scoring goals.

The problem with this team is simply the lack of an AM and the fact that the DM we signed isn't playing. That's why I can forgive Arteta's errors as this team is so balanced. Once Jan is over and we have an AM and Partey returns from injury, then I expect this team to do a lot better.

The bolded is not true, Signing a Sanchez and Carzola esque in LW/AM won't make Arsenal sit in 15th never.
The defense would be settled and will defend with calmness if the forwards can bury 2goals in first half.

After Mc Tomimay scored 2 yesterday, I saw Leeds mount pressure on utd's defence, but their attackers kept on countering the pressure on Leeds defence till they scored more and more.
If Only Leeds buried their chances, it could have ended 6-5 and that's better than losing 1-0 and no sign of your team looking like scoring even if much time is to be added.

Even When Mustafi was commuting errors. We were still scoring and winning games.

All this shalaye upanda no go finish, I told y'all last year, This football club is not worth your heart and emotions..

Y'all have suffered a lot with Arsenal and should be enjoying good football with trophies occasionally.

Here are some problems I expect all to have seen now:
Arterta... Too inexperienced and not ready for a big club with a big problem like Arsenal.

Players...[/b]Too many average, poor and lazy players ( relying on Martinelli and Saka to push Arsenal up is a joke, they should be eased in IMO.

Scouts..They are so poor and blind to discover hidden talents accros the world

[b]Academy The likes of Willock,Nelson and Nketiah are not as inspiring like the Walcott,RVp,Cesc,Eboue and Wilshire of those days

Fans...Most fans are delusional, they love and pamaper shits too much, I won't be surprised if they start singing praises and call for contract extension for the likes of Xhaka and Bellerin after dropping 1 good performance in January

The board.They are never willing to support financially, so expect Loans, Free and cheap buys.

The truth is I don't see Arsenal make top4 in recent times, they are midtable team at best and a local league Cup contender( 6/7 games mostly against lower teams).

iamoyindamola:
Who will start #artetaout movement

If we look around europe, one could find a young coach who understandsquality football and players.
I mean the type that will freeze out these bad/average lots and bring in hidden talents who are ready to die on the pitch at a cheaper rate.

Auba missed the game with an injury on tight calf, well, he's been missing since he signed the contract.

Shameful

BTW
*Leaked: Next season Arsenal fixtures*

Arsenal Vs Wycombe Wanderers
Coventry City Vs Arsenal
Rotherham United Vs Arsenal
Arsenal Vs Luton town
Barnsley Vs Arsenal
Derby county Vs Arsenal

Jencejyde:
In all honesty what I think arteta needs to do is be more vocal . Call out lazy players and demand relentless effort and attitude . The second half showed that if everyone came in with the Saka Attitude, we may not still have played the best football but we would most certainly be in the ascendancy for most periods with more that enough chances to secure maximum points.

The way they were walking on the pitch at times was infuriating. This is Arsenal at home and Southampton has so much time on the ball to the extent of having superior ball possession? It's a disgrace for any team other than the traditional four to have more of the ball than Arsenal at the emirates.

And why has our pressing disappeared and become disjointed? Is pressing so hard or are these players just flat out lazy. If any player can not work his socks off over 90 minutes then the manager should be brave enough to drop him

I like miguel azzeez and folarrin nd boy do I miss martinelli.

I'm also a bit disappointed that Arteta who learned under Pep with the same philoshopy is bowing to pressure of changing his style due to poor performances. I'd rather that he sticks to his philosophy of having possession to create chances from open play which is the type of football arsenal is know for. If any of the senior players are to lazy to perform . Be like mourhino and publicly call them out and use other players.

These guys are paid good money and this performances should not be tolerated. Even if we end up in a relegation dogfight. Let's know that the eleven we put on the pitch will play their hearts out . Liverpool do not have the classiest players but the most hardworking ones who will run for 90 minutes sticking to their plan. If we need to move forward the players coming in must embrace the culture and the present ones must be re orientated . No team respects Arsenal again and it's clear to see why cos the players are not ready to put in a shift. It's a ruthless league and only the strong survive.

Neways we move!

When we say Arsenal's problem is deep, the bolded is another pressing issue, who knows if Aour,Partey and Shobolaiz won't adopt the slow insipid weak style culture we see at the Emirates..

Sanchez was the last I saw never stopped his energetic style of play when he arrived.

I would never like allow the big boys,star boys celebrities and billionaires in my team.

Watch how Doucoure,Allan,Iwobi and Richarlison will run Arsenal down with work rate..
Virtually all teams in England are no slouch, push over or weaklings.

I don't know if the coach isn't bothered about this though.

kokanepyramid:

Come off it, With a strong attack and average defence which was what we had , we won’t go over 5 games without winning, we won’t go the whole November with only penalty to show for it.

No team has won anything with a below average attack, below average midfield and strong defence.

I dey feel you bro.. Even though we go still fight

Spy360:

Permit me to rephrase my comment.

Our problem in attack is not the attackers but the midfielders. We have absolutely no midfield as there is no attack creation from there. So don't blame the defensive issues on the attackers. Saka has been outstanding, b7t when you see Aubameyang goal, you know he is not a small finisher, he only needs to do less ball work and focus on scoring. But that can only happen when someone else in midfield is doing that ball work. Our problem this season has been in midfield. Our failure to sign an AM has been our undoing.

Please refer to Roland17 post above for more clarification.

Maybe because I sometimes refer AM to as attackers.

Spy360:

Our problem lies in midfield not attack ... Using Gabriel's red for arguments is a cheap score

Take Saka out of the attack and you'll see it is Zero even if you add 3 Partey's in midfield.

You see that Dnepo and Redmond troubling that defence, it is a matter of time the defence crash or we concede

Now, do we have any one disturbing them upfront NO

Gabriel turning a Mustafi, this is what happens when the attack is dull and opposition pressures defense..

Even Walcott

[quote author=kodded post=97120918]thankfully January transfer window will soon open, but by now i expected them to have a locked down target but so far so good no concrete rumour anywhere, las las them go sign eriksen on deadline day [/quote]
Bro, no put your heart there, T.windows are another fresh depressing times for Arsenal fans.
Expect the usual free, loans and Teenagers on deadline day.