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Up the Arse! Goons Thread
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That wouldn’t have happened with Saliba positioned there. Also felt Trossard didn’t need to give that foul away I’m the build up.
They look gassed. Subs needed here. I’d bring Zinchenko on for Partey. Jorginho for Merino. Sterling too.
Wow. Don’t do this to me.
Poor from Sterling. Ah well.
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God Sterling is bad. The one time he tried to take them on he actually won a free kick otherwise he just slows it down to a crawl.
Of course Villa player doesn’t get a yellow for time wasting too. I know it wouldn’t have benefitted us time wise but it’s either a rule or it isn’t.
Thought it came off Kai’s stomach but have to look again.
Of course Villa player doesn’t get a yellow for time wasting too. I know it wouldn’t have benefitted us time wise but it’s either a rule or it isn’t.
Thought it came off Kai’s stomach but have to look again.
Reminiscent of throwing away 2 nil leads against Liverpool and West Ham a few years ago and ****ing it up from there. This is a poor result and whatever margins and room for error Arsenal had in the title race has been all but eradicated from here.
Quite funny seeing Kamara on a yellow kick the ball away and give kavanagh no choice because it’s the letter of the law and he has to send him off right. And then. Nothing.
Only gripe is you can't tell its obvious it comes off Havertz's arm, could have been stomach.
But again, clear AND obvious doesn't mean shit to any other decisions VAR makes so why should it matter to this one either.
That aside,
A poor result highlighting continual issues;
Not capitalising on chances
Makeshift RB (Party) being completely awol for their second goal, lack of continuity with the defensive unit
Complete lack of creativity from midfield (Odegaard totally out of form, Merino providing little/if anything)
Poor bench options to change a game (Butler-Oyedeji, Kabia and Sterling) compare to Villa (Bailey, Duran and Malen)
Villa might be 6th in the league but honestly they are a bog standard mid table team (11th in attack and 14th in defence in the league). Won via standard deep defending and taking chances on 2 counter-attacks.
But that's all it takes to get a result against us at the moment.
Amusing all game watching Villa players knock/carry the ball away on Arsenal restarts, with Emery being the only Villa person carded for it.
No choice, letter of the law and all that.
But again, clear AND obvious doesn't mean shit to any other decisions VAR makes so why should it matter to this one either.
That aside,
A poor result highlighting continual issues;
Not capitalising on chances
Makeshift RB (Party) being completely awol for their second goal, lack of continuity with the defensive unit
Complete lack of creativity from midfield (Odegaard totally out of form, Merino providing little/if anything)
Poor bench options to change a game (Butler-Oyedeji, Kabia and Sterling) compare to Villa (Bailey, Duran and Malen)
Villa might be 6th in the league but honestly they are a bog standard mid table team (11th in attack and 14th in defence in the league). Won via standard deep defending and taking chances on 2 counter-attacks.
But that's all it takes to get a result against us at the moment.
Amusing all game watching Villa players knock/carry the ball away on Arsenal restarts, with Emery being the only Villa person carded for it.
No choice, letter of the law and all that.
It will be amusing to see this incident added to all the compilations I’ve seen of delaying the restart happening all across the league, but the referee, amazingly, does in fact have a choice
Anyway. Not the reason at all that Arsenal dropped points here and I’ve seen the Havertz replay a few times and certainly looks off his forearm to me. No complaints about that or the result. Arsenal played fantastically well for the majority of the match, did the hard work, grafted out a 2-0 lead which should’ve been enough. But threw it away from there with poor moments and rare defensive lapses.
Whilst this is a not so subtle comment directed towards the board and leaders at Arsenal, the sympathy can only extend so far. Arteta chose to spend the £80m+ on the profiles of Merino and Calafiori in the summer. Yes he needs help now and clearly the team needs attacking support. However this current situation hasn’t just come out of nowhere, Arsenal left themselves short and this is what happens when the risk is taken. Choices have consequences.
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Wasted opportunity. The deals this summer, and in particular not bringing in a forward of some sort, is going to cost us dearly.
Also, Partey at RB is still absolutely laughable.
Also, Partey at RB is still absolutely laughable.
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I know people are angry with Partey but that Watkins goal isn’t about him being a good right back or not, he should be tracking his man regardless of position. It’s criminal.
Yes it doesn’t look great on the replays. He’s aware of Watkins however then steps forward. It just wouldn’t happen with Timber and Saliba in that corridor.
What I will say about the Partey at RB situation is that this kind of stuff can happen when you constantly chop and change his position and duties. Every few days he has to adjust from RB to the 6.
That move he makes, to motion forward, that’s probably instinctive because as the 6, he knows he needs to protect that space in front of the box to negate any chance on the rebound, playing the ball out etc. But in a split second, as ridiculous as it can sound, he perhaps forgot that there’s no one else behind him, no cover, he’s the fullback to track the man and defend the ball.
Squad balance again comes under the microscope. We have 46 options at LB yet frequently have to resort to Partey at RB? I’m of the view that Kiwior should step into centre half, Timber at his best position at RB, but then again Mikel and all his specifics doesn’t like two left footed centre halves.
Just can’t shake that feeling that so much has to go right for Arsenal, so many variables, we work particularly hard to create/score goals and need almost perfect precision to make it happen. Then at the other end, so often concede to low percentage plays and punished to the maximum on defensive lapses.
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Totally agree with the constant position changing having an effect on your natural instincts too.
Having two left footed centre backs is a huge no-no in football though. It’s not an Arteta mindset. Something about it being harder for lefties to open onto their right foot unlike the opposite for righties.
I forgot to add on the Partey thing that fatigue can also play a big part in these loss of concentration moments. He’s been playing every minute of every game almost. Same with Havertz, Rice, Trossard, Odegaard and so on. There’s not much alternative especially in attack, however the squad looks gassed at times and being run into the ground at the time of year where we really do feel the impact of all the absences and injuries.
No doubt it’s a thing about two left footed centre halves, yes I understand is not a common thing. I remember the same discourse this time two years ago with the double whammy of Saliba and Tomiyasu injuries against Sporting, and Arteta’s insistence on going with Holding. When he eventually made the change to bring Kiwior in, it really wasn’t as bad as it was made out to be. By then though, the damage was already done to the league campaign.
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Yeah it makes more sense to just risk it and play two lefties. It can’t be that big of a deal and it’s better to play people in their correct positions that shoehorn others in.
