Match reaction vs. West Ham

[Letters]

On another note, Odegaard.

Correct. I hope we can keep him but doubt we will.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lacazette has his heart broken being told our first goal wasn't in.

Fucking Sky twats.

[Mac76]

Arteta has to take some of the blame for the poor start, no other manager destabilises his own team from the off by swapping wingers from one side to the other like that

Xhaka was predicatbly awful, his habit of simply giving the ball back to whoever passed it to him drives me insane

Partey was awful too, the shine's definitely worn off now

But Odegaard and Chambo were great and credit to Laca he really gives it his all

[Globalgunner]

Arteta has to take some of the blame for the poor start, no other manager destabilises his own team from the off by swapping wingers from one side to the other like that

Xhaka was predicatbly awful, his habit of simply giving the ball back to whoever passed it to him drives me insane

Partey was awful too, the shine's definitely worn off now

But Odegaard and Chambo were great and credit to Laca he really gives it his all

Imagine starting a game with 11 players and none of them called Xhaka. Imagine that

Our 2nd goal by West ham OG must be a goal of the season contender. He absolutely blasted it past Flappyhandski

[LDG]

No way we’ll keep hold of Odegaard.

The set up at the start completely blew the game. The shape was horrible, basically an unintended 3 at the back. Awful

[McNamara That Ghost...]

You never know with Real Madrid.

[Letters]

You never know with Real Madrid.

Would he want to stay though? There’s not a load of quality around him.

[LDG]

Would he want to stay though? There’s not a load of quality around him.

I think there’s a lot of potential around him in ESR, Saka, Martinelli and Partey (who I think needs more time to adapt).

Get fucking Xhaka out though. He was terrible today, and that is saying something.

[Slacker]

Thought I’d pre-empt McNamara That Ghost here.

It’s not yet half time but clear that this one’s already lost (currently at 0-3). Defence abysmal and not for the first time. Side has never been settled, though I concede a number of distant away matches have been played just now. I just can’t see Arteta motivating this lot into any retaliation. Feel sorry for the youngsters in the side, it’s demoralising.

I’ve seen this happen before of course but it doesn’t make the present situation any better.

Now at FT and 3-3 I still see problems. We rode our luck and Lacazette the only Arsenal player to score. Aubameyang? Pfft.

I’ve followed this club for 53 years now. Foe me and leaving the hungrier, younger players aside, I feel apprehensive about any improvement for a couple of seasons at least.

Understand where you are coming from. I thought the same thing after the 3rd goal went in but something turned round immediately after that, with Odegaard and Chambers rolling their sleeves up, digging deep and giving belief to the others. Laca, Saka, Tierney and Luiz fought well despite Xhaka and Partey just going through the motions.

I am hoping Arteta starts seeing what seems obvious to those of us who see the promise of the youngsters. We're not going down, I doubt we'll get top 6, why not give the kids some game time in some of the dead rubbers we've got left? Can't be any worse than the first half an hour today.

[Mac76]

Just heard Moyes saying throwing away a 3-0 lead was 'still a good result'