Mikel Arteta refuses to rule out using a DEFENDER as a No 9 amid Arsenal's striker crisis - and vows to 'get creative' after Kai Havertz injury

UNLIKE OUR CLUELESS CLOWN STOOD ON THE TOUCHLINE

Winstanley and Stewart should explain how they missed out on Mamoush and basically every other decent striker 

Hattrick in half an hour for Marmoush. Newcastle being taken apart.

Looks like he could get 5 today.

How did Marmoush score a hat trick?? Doesn't he know that a player is supposed to come good only 4 years into his 8 year contract?!

as it stands we are 6th

11 minutes ago, carrickblue said:

Winstanley and Stewart should explain how they missed out on Mamoush and basically every other decent striker 

That's right - wtf are they doing - do they only buy from BHA ?

And @ £70m - a bloody snip.

No point looking at the table now, we’ll just keep falling regardless. This whole thing of “if x y x win and we go” etc.. pointless. Our true league position after 8 games is 13th place, best to just think we’re 13th (and still forced to buy Sancho on stupid wages). 

So Forest lose, another chance missed  because of the clowns boring backwards football, but dont worry we can still win the Farmers league

After the defeat to Villa next Saturday, we’ve got Southampton then Leicester, pretty much season defining, as defeats there take out any particle of hope. 

Even if we’re on course for a conference league final (to secure Ropa league), you have to question whether they’d even be up for that. 

On 11/02/2025 at 21:35, Snedger said:

Everyone’s home support/atmosphere is sh*t these days, but City’s is especially poor. Even when they do bother to sing, it’s a dull dirge like Blue Moon or that ‘best team in the land….’ thing. The Queen’s funeral was more upbeat.

In all honesty can you say our chants/songs are any better ?  The atmposphere at practically every English club is sh!te compared to most European clubs these days.

Edited February 15, 20251 yr by WeatherMan

3 hours ago, Term_X said:

After the defeat to Villa next Saturday, we’ve got Southampton then Leicester, pretty much season defining, as defeats there take out any particle of hope. 

Even if we’re on course for a conference league final (to secure Ropa league), you have to question whether they’d even be up for that. 

Decent chance we end up with Real Betis next in the Conference. Those games would actually be interesting. Unlike all previous 6 Europe games.

The boyz at West Ham gave everything...

1 hour ago, axman2526 said:

Decent chance we end up with Real Betis next in the Conference. Those games would actually be interesting. Unlike all previous 6 Europe games.

Fluke/scrape our way past them and Fiorentina will show us up eventually. 

Young Ben Chilwell off the bench for Palace yesterday. Defended well, got forward well. Frozen out in the cause of inversion. Phooey. Bless him.

I'm watching Liverpool, and the difference between them and us is massive. Midfielders pick up the ball, they run into space or through small gaps, then play a forward pass. Doesn't matter how many players they have around them, they look for the progressive pass or run forward. Wingers pick up the ball and immediately attack the box, with players ready for the cut back. Midfielders quickly hit it wide when they see the pass. Goalkicks take 3 passes to move passed the half way line with midfielders or wingers running at the defence.

As I type, they play 3 quick passes from their own half and win a penalty.

We will never progress until we bring in a manager that moves us on from this slow and overly complicated football.

Edited February 16, 20251 yr by Scott Harris

Ref has bottled it. Konate should have received a 2nd booking for kicking the ball away, then another for a late challenge on Cunha.

26 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

I'm watching Liverpool, and the difference between them and us is massive. Midfielders pick up the ball, they run into space or through small gaps, then play a forward pass. Doesn't matter how many players they have around them, they look for the progressive pass or run forward. Wingers pick up the ball and immediately attack the box, with players ready for the cut back. Midfielders quickly hit it wide when they see the pass. Goalkicks take 3 passes to move passed the half way line with midfielders or wingers running at the defence.

As I type, they play 3 quick passes from their own half and win a penalty.

We will never progress until we bring in a manager that moves us on from this slow and overly complicated football.

Maresca doesn’t build up using his midfielders, like Pep he wants to build up from the wings. You are spot on though; we are way too passive and too slow in transition. You would need elite world class wingers to make his system work. Pep has the same issues this season with Savinho & Doku as his wingers.

Liverpool players must practice diving for hours

5 minutes ago, carrickblue said:

Liverpool players must practice diving for hours

They've been doing it all game. They should be on at least 3 bookings for diving.

Watching Tottenham vs Man Utd with this as my expectation:

7 minutes ago, PloKoon13 said:

Watching Tottenham vs Man Utd with this as my expectation:

Onana gets us started. Pushed a shot straight into Maddison's feet.

My god Garnacho is sh*t.

Garnacho did that against us a couple of times. Bit worrying considering 'shooting a lot' is his specialist skillset. We should sign him.

A spine of De Ligt, Maguire, Mazraoui, Casemiro and Fernandes is so paceless that Ancelotti himself couldn't salvage it. And Don Carlo is a man so Italian he won the Champions' League at AC Milan with a backline of average age 39.