Arsenal

[wev]

Fucking hell...

[The Fox]

Fucksake. That triple substitution was completely unnecessary. No idea what Arteta was thinking. 

[SeanR]

17 minutes ago, The Fox said:

Fucksake. That triple substitution was completely unnecessary. No idea what Arteta was thinking. 

 

“fresh legzzzz…”

[humdrum]

Not sure how you can rule out a goal for "contact" but then not give a penalty for wrestling Eddie in the box,... 

[Shoes]

United were for the taking. Arteta fucked it.

[The Fox]

Looking forward to us battering Spurs but losing 3-0 to three counter-attacks.

[Silent Runner]

That second goal was pure class. The ball in from Xhaka and the header were superb. Very impressed after 30 minutes. 

[wev]

Lovely from Vieira, would have expected a shot from there to be across the goal, not at the near post 

[Art Vandelay]

Fair play to the Brentford fans for impeccably observing the minutes silence for the Queen throughout the 90 minutes.

[Mars]

Really like Xhaka this season, this role suits him much better.

[Gotters]

Solid confident win and exactly what we should be doing to teams like Brentford, but of course haven't been doing for quite some time consistently. 

 

Trust the process.

 

With the fixtures we've had at the start of the season it would almost be a crime to not be top now with how much we've spent (but plenty have spent money badly before, ourselves iuncluded) - the real test comes in the next batch of fixtures after the interlull and we'll start to learn a bit more about this team.

 

Lot to like at the moment though.

[Shoes]

 

[wev]

This feels like the Man Utd match

[wev]

Lovely!

[Silent Runner]

Multiple chances to get the ball clear before the foul. That pissing around at the back is so frustrating. 

[Silent Runner]

36 minutes ago, wev said:

This feels like the Man Utd match

 

It feels exactly like that - just waiting to get done on the counter. 

 

Frustrating half, should have scored at least one more. Odegaard needs to realise not every pass needs to be one for the YouTube reel and just play the simple pass when it's on. 

[Art Vandelay]

I think I may have gone for Tierney in this game in retrospect. I reckon he’s better when facing our goal and wouldn’t be leaving these Grand Canyon gaps. Gabriel has been poor too on a few occasions, especially trying to play the trap in their half as that’s just him getting sucked forward. It’s not like Spurs’ approach is a surprise as they do it in literally every game so stop falling for it.

[wev]

Trying to score identical goals to the first one 🙄

[wev]

Lolris

[SeanR]

It’s the hope…

[The Fox]

Think that red is a bit harsh tbh. It’s a stupid tackle but there’s not a lot of force to it.

 

Great stuff from Xhaka though.

[wev]

Agreed, the red was a bit of a weird decision, was just a late, clumsy challenge really

[Silent Runner]

Peter Walton (yeah, I know) said it was red and I think I agree - studs up and nowhere near the ball.

[Petrousgyre]

Dangerous challenge with Martinelli going towards his own goal. Kind of stupid challenge you’d have expected from Xhaka prior to this season (you hope). 

[Art Vandelay]

That was immense and the best half of football under Arteta. 

[humdrum]

[Larsen B]

We were under par compared to some recent games but still dominated in every respect. Perhaps winning pretty is actually a better predictor for sustainable success than winning ugly?

[Art Vandelay]

The wheels might come off at some point but I really love these goofy bastards. 

[The Fox]

The cope posts in the Spurs thread are delicious, but I suppose it must rot your brain a bit having to watch Conte's rope-a-dope Sufferball week in week out.

[wev]

It's the "lacklustre defending" one that amuses me, aside from the comical second goal (which looked exactly like the type of goal Arsenal were conceding at the end of Wenger's time and during Emery's tenure) it wasn't poor defending that led to Partey's goal not Xhaka and if anything the only reason that Spurs had that 15 minute sniff in the first half was down to some old-school Sokrates and Mustafi style defending