As we're unlikely to see terraces again at football, this is the virtual equivalent where you can chat to your hearts content about all football matters and, obviously, Arsenal in particular. This forum encourages all Gooners to visit and contribute so please keep it respectful, clean and topical.
SteveO that is about the long and short of it. Arteta could work wonders and Aubameyang can bang in 20-25 league goals again, but you would have to be seriously deluded to think that we could possibly be anything more than Europa League qualification challengers With those CM options and Nketiah getting regulAr starts.
The midfield create fuck all, neither do the full backs apart from from the odd Tierney cross. Sheffield United are well organised and we haven’t a single player of unlocking their defence.
We’ve had no fucking creativity for the best part of 3 seasons now
3 or 4 times Sideshow Chav has let simple balls run across him and then turned like an oil tanker before losing posession.
It’s an awful habit he has, he got away with it today - an awfully casual player.
Yeah, he is either Good or AWFUL and today he is very much the latter, he needs to be hooked now before he gives away a pen or gets red carded and seeing as this ref doesn't have Scooby it will most likely be the latter.
You cannot play pedestrian football against teams like this and have any hope breaking them down - you have to use pace and move the ball faster and make it harder for them to get their defensive shape
Will need to see a big improvement in the second half.
These games are the ones that Arteta can be judged best on! ie it’s not worked in the 1st half, lets see what he can do to change it.
Someone mentioned “lucky” cup win?
Bit harsh! Away to this lot, brilliant performances against citeh and chavs!
Big 45 mins to come! And failure will draw justifiable criticism!