Match Reaction: Woy's Bus 1-1 Arsenal

[Niall_Quinn]

Threw 2 points away against utter pubbers.

Bonkers ref.

No tempo to our game. Back to the old Arsenal.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Draw specialists. :bow:

At least we got a point more out of Palace than last season.

Overall, shit.

No Auba for the next two league games (and would also miss the Bournemouth Cup game). No choice for others to step up goalscoring wise.

[Niall_Quinn]

Draw specialists. :bow:

At least we got a point more out of Palace than last season.

Overall, shit.

No Auba for the next two league games (and would also miss the Bournemouth Cup game). No choice for others to step up goalscoring wise.

If there were 40 games in a season we'd be safe every season.

[Niall_Quinn]

Ayew is getting all the plaudits in the studio. They still think it was his goal :haha:

By that standard, I'm claiming the goal. ME! :patrice::bow:

And they think VAR was spot on today. :haha:

So what about Ayew when he put in the same challenge in the first few minutes? Oh yes - Ayew, suck, suck, slurp, tasty cum. Makes perfect sense. Football's fucking easy when you can just shoot your opponent without sanction. Ayew's a farmer who has somehow wrangled an immunity card.

Fucking BT. They hate us.

[AFC Leveller]

Ayew fouled every arsenal player near him and I don’t think he was even booked. ref was a disgrace and Palace should be shamed of themselves. Such a negative pub side, all they did was foul and hoof the ball.

We looked a bit short of ideas at times but considering the circumstances, a point is decent.

[Master Splinter]

https://twitter.com/Squawka/status/1216003749229088769



Jordan Ayew conceded seven fouls against Arsenal, the most made without receiving a yellow card in a single Premier League game so far this season.

[dostoy]

I would have preferred Arsenal to win but don't let it ruin your weekend.

It's not worth it.

[Niall_Quinn]

https://twitter.com/Squawka/status/1216003749229088769

Oh come on! He TIED the record, which was previously held by...

Ayew.

The good news is this evens out over a season. No, really!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

https://twitter.com/Squawka/status/1216003749229088769
Jordan Ayew conceded seven fouls against Arsenal, the most made without receiving a yellow card in a single Premier League game so far this season.


You can prove anything with stats.

[21_GOONER_SALUTE]

Disappointing result at the end of the game but considering all factors, we should be pleased.

Good performances from most of the defence especially Kola and Luiz, though obviously the brain fart moments still popped up.

Our goal was pretty good and was probably the highlight of the whole attacking performance today.

Though our attack was kind of poor today, the link up play between the front 3 and Ozil has improved. Although, Ozil was definitely more quiet today and the whole team felt it.

Now for Pepe, what does one say? Definitely he did not look like a £70 million player today and though the Diver also had a quiet game for the other side, I still think that money would have been better spent on him- or better yet retaining the other attacking players we already had and dealing with our defensive quirks.

The thing about him is the longer he has to think, the worse his end product is - which clearly indicates nerves are his problem, but how long is he going to keep battling with that? Great on dead ball situations, good when he's forced to play instinctive shots or passes.... but once he's faced with more than one option, he always seems to mess it up. Don't think he should be an automatic starter and believe Martinelli should see more game time.

Also kudos to the Rookie coach, he got the most important decision of the game right today. Once Palace had equalised and we got the red card, practically all his predecessors would have caved in and made defensive subs- he didn't and thats the main reason we got something from this game and could have even won it. Well played Arteta.

[Niall_Quinn]

Disappointing result at the end of the game but considering all factors, we should be pleased.

Good performances from most of the defence especially Kola and Luiz, though obviously the brain fart moments still popped up.

Our goal was pretty good and was probably the highlight of the whole attacking performance today.

Though our attack was kind of poor today, the link up play between the front 3 and Ozil has improved. Although, Ozil was definitely more quiet today and the whole team felt it.

Now for Pepe, what does one say? Definitely he did not look like a £70 million player today and though the Diver also had a quiet game for the other side, I still think that money would have been better spent on him- or better yet retaining the other attacking players we already had and dealing with our defensive quirks.

The thing about him is the longer he has to think, the worse his end product is - which clearly indicates nerves are his problem, but how long is he going to keep battling with that? Great on dead ball situations, good when he's forced to play instinctive shots or passes.... but once he's faced with more than one option, he always seems to mess it up. Don't think he should be an automatic starter and believe Martinelli should see more game time.

Also kudos to the Rookie coach, he got the most important decision of the game right today. Once Palace had equalised and we got the red card, practically all his predecessors would have caved in and made defensive subs- he didn't and thats the main reason we got something from this game and could have even won it. Well played Arteta.

We used to have a player like that. His name was Theo Walcott.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

If that's the case then no need to judge Pepe until 2032. :ninja:

[I am invisible]

Not really sure what to say? I mean it’s irritating as hell when every opponent gets to make 10 fouls to every 1 of ours before they see a card, but it’s never going to change - the officials don’t care, the FA don’t care, the media and pundits don’t care, rival fans don’t care... the only people who do seem to care is us, so unfortunately that makes it our problem. Might not be much we can do here but use it to build a siege mentality, work on our discipline and train ourselves to better cope with adversity and injustice.

Same goes for teams parking the bus - we haven’t had to deal with this for a while, but it’s also nothing new to this club either. Something else we’re just going to have to find an answer to. As soon as opponents know we can crack it then they’ll stop doing it.

I’m actually not too despondent after this result, but it has been a bit of a reality-check - we look far more solid and structured than we were, and I’m really happy with that progress after just a couple of weeks (esp. given some of the liabilities we have to work with). But, whilst we might be harder to beat now, we’ve also clearly got weeks / months of work ahead of us before we’re more than that.

Challenges, but at least I think we might be capable of finding solutions to them now, so there’s something to take an interest in again...

[Marc Overmars]

Another league game with no win.

Must be heading for one of the lowest win totals we’ve had this season surely?

[I am invisible]

What’s the record for the most draws in a season?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

17 apparently.

Newcastle United, 2003/2004.
Aston Villa, 2011/2012.
Sunderland, 2014/2015

[Letters]

Must be heading for one of the lowest win totals we’ve had this season surely?
Think it’ll probably be the highest win totals we’ve had this season too.

[Mac76]

Think it’ll probably be the highest win totals we’ve had this season too.

:lol:

[hobson's choice]

Disappointing result, we didn't create much at all before the subs. Ozil to me was absent, mainly because of that right side with Maitland Niles and Pepe. If Maitland Niles is gonna play on the right, Pepe can't play in front of him. AMN has clearly been told to sit more, so it's really all on whoever is playing on the right to generate and create something and Pepe just don't look up to it.

He seems to have no confidence in taking on whomever is marking him. He lacks ball skills, and seems rather uncoordinated.

I hope it's just a 1st season thing. But he doesn't look the part of 70 million player at all.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Pepe annoyed the hell out of me today and could have won us the game with a simple pass..... but I think he'll be fine in the long run. Not sure why we are persisting with Laca. He was pivotal for the goal but recently he has been horrendous in front offensively.

Even before Palace fluked their equaliser, I didn't think we were proving enough of a threat throughout most the game.

We were 10th going into this game, so as far as I'm concerned every time we don't win it's dropped points.

Ayew must be in the top 10 most annoying players in the league.

[Marc Overmars]

Unpopular opinion: Girond was better than Lacazette and I can see why he was favoured in the French team for recent tournaments.

[Letters]

Unpopular opinion: Girond was better than Lacazette and I can see why he was favoured in the French team for recent tournaments.

Not sure about that but Giroud was massively underrated by a lot of Arsenal fans.

[Letters]

Just seen a few highlights. Good goal from us. Poxy luck for the equaliser.
Auba's red :lol:, yeah, I'll give them that one. Was pretty nasty.

[IBK]

Not really sure what to say? I mean it’s irritating as hell when every opponent gets to make 10 fouls to every 1 of ours before they see a card, but it’s never going to change - the officials don’t care, the FA don’t care, the media and pundits don’t care, rival fans don’t care... the only people who do seem to care is us, so unfortunately that makes it our problem. Might not be much we can do here but use it to build a siege mentality, work on our discipline and train ourselves to better cope with adversity and injustice.

Same goes for teams parking the bus - we haven’t had to deal with this for a while, but it’s also nothing new to this club either. Something else we’re just going to have to find an answer to. As soon as opponents know we can crack it then they’ll stop doing it.

I’m actually not too despondent after this result, but it has been a bit of a reality-check - we look far more solid and structured than we were, and I’m really happy with that progress after just a couple of weeks (esp. given some of the liabilities we have to work with). But, whilst we might be harder to beat now, we’ve also clearly got weeks / months of work ahead of us before we’re more than that.

Challenges, but at least I think we might be capable of finding solutions to them now, so there’s something to take an interest in again...

:gp:

[Penguin]

Unpopular opinion: Girond was better than Lacazette and I can see why he was favoured in the French team for recent tournaments.

On current form it's surprisingly hard to argue against that, but Giroud is a second rate striker and will always be one. Lacazette can be so much more than what we're seeing, which in some ways makes it all the more frustrating that he's not kicking on.

I would still take Lacazette over Giroud any day of the week.

[Mac76]

On current form it's surprisingly hard to argue against that, but Giroud is a second rate striker and will always be one. Lacazette can be so much more than what we're seeing, which in some ways makes it all the more frustrating that he's not kicking on.

I would still take Lacazette over Giroud any day of the week.

:gp:

but we do need Laca to score very soon...

[Marc Overmars]

They're different strikers. I was never sold on Giroud but I don't believe Lacazette is that much better and if he is, it isn't by much. Both have had similar careers but it's actually Giroud who has played in far more successful teams.

[Özim]

The Giround Lacazette comparison isn't a fair one, Giroud was basically our main striker, everything went through him at a time when we created a lot of chances, his finishing was pretty terrible though and he use to go on long barren runs even though he was the in the centre of things, will never forget when he played in the Euros for France and was put through 1-1 and absolutely fluffed it :lol:

Lacazette isn't central to our game, as we now have several strikers, he's also playing in a time when we don't create much. His chasing back is also far better than Girouds ever was.

He's out of form at the moment, but is a much better finisher than Giroud IMO.

[I am invisible]

They've pretty much ended up with each other's jobs: Giroud always felt like a 'plan B' / 'horses for courses' striker, and would have provided a welcome alternate threat to Aubameyang in this current Arsenal side; whereas Lacazette always looks like he offers an inferior version of the same option that Auba gives us in this current team, and probably could have been the main man in Giroud's Arsenal, where we always needed more mobility up top.