Arsenal FC Thread

[S E P H]

The team plays much better with Lacazette. Let's hope he realizes the front 3 that started yesterday is who should be the first choice in those positions moving forward.

I think it is time to play Auba as a winger and Lacazette as a #9 and see if it improves Auba's goal record. Move ESR back to a #10, put Odegaard next to Partey, and drop Xhaka.

 

[phisherman]

I think it is time to play Auba as a winger and Lacazette as a #9 and see if it improves Auba's goal record. Move ESR back to a #10, put Odegaard next to Partey, and drop Xhaka.

Why play Auba when ESR and Gabi are playing better?

 

[S E P H]

Why play Auba when ESR and Gabi are playing better?

I fully one hundred percent agree, but tell Arteta that in terms of a veteran player. I would play Martinelli and ESR over anybody not named Saka.

 

[Rob]

Any chance Nketiah stays?

 

[S E P H]

Any chance Nketiah stays?

A championship-level striker beating down a League One club isn't exactly breathtaking.

 

[AB13]

Who was introduced to the side on boxing day last year? Emile Smith-Rowe. Transformative impact.

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

Who was introduced to the side on boxing day last year? Emile Smith-Rowe. Transformative impact.

The kid's good! It's a shame for him that there's such a logjam in those spaces for England.

 

[AB13]

The kid's good! It's a shame for him that there's such a logjam in those spaces for England.

Him and Foden are by far the top 2 young attacking midfield options for me. Foden is better though. There are obviously many more who could play though.

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

Him and Foden are by far the top 2 young attacking midfield options for me. Foden is better though. There are obviously many more who could play though.

Sigh, you never cease to crack me up.

 

[AB13]

Sigh, you never cease to crack me up.

Why? Just leaving off Mount who you know I don’t rate particularly much?

 

[S E P H]

Who was introduced to the side on boxing day last year? Emile Smith-Rowe. Transformative impact.

And that's playing negative Arteta football as well!

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

Why? Just leaving off Mount who you know I don’t rate particularly much?

Yep because your strange dismissal of Mount continues to baffle me

 

[luiginb]

The kid's good! It's a shame for him that there's such a logjam in those spaces for England.

He's their best LW option for me, after Grealish. I don't rate Mount all that much either, and I think Foden should play in a free attacking role, more centrally.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

He's their best LW option for me, after Grealish. I don't rate Mount all that much either, and I think Foden should play in a free attacking role, more centrally.

There's Rashford too. And Sterling.

 

[luiginb]

Rashford's form has been on a downwards slope, both for club and country, and I like Sterling better on the right. Mount I like centrally, where ESR isn't as his best.

 

[robertmac43]

 

[AB13]

Arsenal's record in the 10 games preceding that
W: 5
D: 4
L: 1
That was between 2014-2017 under Wenger. Not exactly reflected by the narrative.

 

[Brunkmeister]

Arsenal's record in the 10 games preceding that
W: 5
D: 4
L: 1
That was between 2014-2017 under Wenger. Not exactly reflected by the narrative.

That was also before City became crazy good. Not that they were bad in those years but clearly not on the same level as they are now.

I would be very happy with a point. Will be without Arteta aswell. That might not be a bad thing though. He’s been a bit naive against City thinking we can play our own game and not adapting to how they play.

 

[Rob]

For me this was easily the most heart breaking loss in the past few years.

Next EPL match is the derby game against Tottenham.

 

[Jussi]

Arsenal first Premier League team with 100 red cards. The dirtiest.

 

[AB13]

No, just the team with the most blatant match fixing against them. Arsenal had the stereotype of being soft for a decade used against them by rivals.

 

[S E P H]

Arsenal first Premier League team with 100 red cards. The dirtiest.

I always wanted Ramos on our club.

 

[phisherman]

Arsenal first Premier League team with 100 red cards. The dirtiest.

Imagine thinking all red cards are the same.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

I think North London clubs will be the two fighting for fourth at the end of the season. They impress me more than United and West Ham.

 

[robertmac43]

I think North London clubs will be the two fighting for fourth at the end of the season. They impress me more than United and West Ham.

January 16th is going to be a big game! Highest stakes NLD in some time