Citeh v Arsenal, Weds 17 June, 20.15 UK time, Sky Sports

[Mac76]

I know there was a thread on this fixture before, but given the new date etc I thought we could start a new one.

[Mac76]

This is the type of side I'd like to see Arteta play

apart from Torreria and Chambers i think everyone is fit

I've not got much optimism about how Arteta will approach this, I think he'll rely on the 'same-old-same-old' approach, but personally I'd like to see him put out the kind of team I'd like to see next season (albeit Luiz might be off and so may Auba)

Say what you like about Ozil but at least he can keep the ball and prevent it all being one-way traffic

obvs Nelson and Saka would be on the wings but i can't find a way to get the post to do that - I see them as being able to form a second defensive line with Guen and Dani at times but also to go forward and make a four up front when we're trying to attack



Leno

Bellerin Luiz Mari Tierney

Guendouzi Ceballos

Nelson Saka

Ozil

Aubameyang

[Globalgunner]

Good team except Guen and Ceballos are like two bambis involved in a stag fight. that midfield is too lightweight. Problem is, who else. That donkey Xhaka will start for sure

[Letters]

0-3

[Mac76]

Good team except Guen and Ceballos are like two bambis involved in a stag fight. that midfield is too lightweight. Problem is, who else. That donkey Xhaka will start for sure

Yes, very aware of that

Xhaka will indeed start, but as i say i'd be looking at next season and leaving him and mustafi out from hereon, if they didn't like it they could always f**k off, which if they did is i believe known as a 'win-win' :)

[Mac76]

0-3

I think you wrote that the wrong way round - it's an away game remember :lol:

[Letters]

I think you wrote that the wrong way round - it's an away game remember :lol:

I know :cool:

#delusional

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sky are offering functions to have crowd noise, I think that's only if you have video groupings of supporters though.

Watching the highlights of the Charlton game, this whole behind closed doors thing is going to be awful.

[Mac76]

Sky are offering functions to have crowd noise, I think that's only if you have video groupings of supporters though.

Watching the highlights of the Charlton game, this whole behind closed doors thing is going to be awful.

Personally i don't want fake crowd noise - the Charlton game is wierd but especially so as there's no commentary, with commentary i think it'll be ok, albeit in an 'oddity that we'll talk about in future years' way

[Mac76]

Good team except Guen and Ceballos are like two bambis involved in a stag fight. that midfield is too lightweight. Problem is, who else. That donkey Xhaka will start for sure

I just saw a training video on the arsenal site and Torreira looks ok, so if he's fit i'd have him instead of Guen


Leno

Bellerin Luiz Mari Tierney

Torreira Ceballos

Nelson Saka

Ozil

Aubameyang

[Niall_Quinn]

Gwen's off anyway isn't he? Apparently he's pissed over something or another, or he's fucked up in some way. Can't remember. Saw it in passing. Torreira was talking about pissing off too I think.

[I am invisible]

Don’t know if he’s definitely off, but he’s supposedly got a bit of an attitude and he’s been told he needs to grow up. I wouldn’t be surprised either way, tbh...

[Mac76]

i think the Torreira thing was about Emery, but under Arteta he was getting more games so not sure that's a live issue, hadn't heard about Guen other than that one-off incident when they were on pre-season tour or something but i think that was dealt with and they all moved on?

I'm more worried about who we can't get rid of given there probably won't be so many transfers, namely Xhaka and Mustafi, althogh maybe our being cash-strapped will finally make the club see sense and stop trying to get silly unrealistic prices for them.

[Niall_Quinn]

It all seems incredibly trivial now, starting with Wenger and then moving on through each of these brat kids wondering if they will stay, go, whatever. Just shows how much of a distraction from the real world sport can be. We end up following the every move of those who might as well be living on another planet. Finally, I couldn't care less who will be coming or going. Let them get on with it, provided it's not funded from my pocket in any way.

[I am invisible]

It all seems incredibly trivial now, starting with Wenger and then moving on through each of these brat kids wondering if they will stay, go, whatever. Just shows how much of a distraction from the real world sport can be. We end up following the every move of those who might as well be living on another planet. Finally, I couldn't care less who will be coming or going. Let them get on with it, provided it's not funded from my pocket in any way.
I remember following football when I was growing up in the 80s - back then you had 95% of the games at 3pm on Saturday, maybe 1 live match on Sunday, and that was it really? Perhaps the odd mid-week cup game. All football demanded of your time was 90 minutes on a Saturday, while you had the vidi-printer on in the background on Grandstand, and an extra 90 minutes here or there , IF your team happened to be playing. And the rest of the week was yours!

These days it's a completely different beast. You have 2 or 3 live games on Saturdays, 4 live games on Sundays, games on Monday, games, on Friday, cup games on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, European games on Wednesdays and Thursdays. You have 24hr sports news channels, Club TV channels, websites, news sites, gossip sites, online newspapers, twitter, fan forums, illegal video streams, radio stations. And if that's not enough you can watch the Spanish or German or Italian football, or any number of other leagues too!

You can't even get away from it when you leave the house because of mobile tech! It's a monster that literally wants your attention 24 hours a day, 7 days a week now, and I don't think many fans have realised that they've gradually become addicts?

Think about... if something makes you miserable most of the time (and it does, if you listen to most fans), but you can't walk away from it... if you've started spending all of your time and money on it to the detriment of everything else in your life... that's an addiction. And like all addictions, when the come downs start getting longer and worse than the highs - when you're only doing it to take the edge of the withdrawal symptoms and because you don't know what you'd do without it - then you've got a toxic relationship with that thing and you need to walk away.

This is where I'm hoping that the lockdown might - might - just turn out to be a positive thing for football: it's literally forcing the entire football-sporting world to detox, take stock, and get a taste for having their free time (and money) back. At the moment fans still seem very angry about everything - for the first time in decades they're seeing clearly just how one-way their relationship with the game has been, and I think they've started to resent all of the disappointment and misery they've had to endure, and the colossal expense of it all. They've started weighing the costs and rewards, and the scales are looking massively out of balance.

But mostly, I think they're angry with themselves for putting up with it for so long. I expect most of them will still want to go back, but hopefully this pause might have been enough to make a lot of fans realise that they can actually walk away at any moment, if it's making them unhappy - that they don't just have to sit there, hand over their money and eat whatever shit sandwich they're served. And that's got to make for a healthier, more equal relationship with the game.

[Mac76]

i've very little faith that any attitudes will change towards anything tbh - the queues of morons at KFC and Ikea as soon as they open tell us that

the right-wing press will continue to foam at the mouth about any progressive ideas and also going on about football ad infinitum, and all the stupid masses will continue to swallow it

[Letters]

i've very little faith that any attitudes will change towards anything tbh - the queues of morons at KFC and Ikea as soon as they open tell us that

Agreed. As things return to normality most people will revert to many of the same patterns.

[I am invisible]

When will things return to normal, though? Autumn? Next year? It's a long time for fans to get used having extra money in their pockets, and enough free time to spend it (if they're lucky enough to even still have jobs at the end of this). It's a long time for fans to get used to having a lie-in at the weekends, and being able to choose to stay warm and dry when it's shitting down with rain outside. Anyone who has other commitments / friends / dependents will surely already have noticed how much easier every other part of their life is without the hassle and expense of following a football club around.

Being a ST holder isn't a casual undertaking - it takes years of relentless effort and commitment, and that kind of effort eventually takes a toll, even if you're unaware of it. I have no doubt that some fans can't wait to get back to it - those real die-hards, whose entire life and social circle and self-identity revolve around following their club - but for others, I can see this enforced break hitting them like a ton of bricks, as all of those years of effort suddenly catch up with them.

Has anyone else on here commuted for years? And have you found that you've really been struggling to wake up in the mornings, no matter how much extra sleep you get, now that you've finally been allowed to stop? I certainly have. Honestly, I'll start doing it again if work tells me to, but if they give me the option of WFH then I'm 100% working from home, no matter how much I might miss my colleagues and the office atmosphere. If nothing else, this whole experience has highlighted just how exhausted I was and how much I need a break from it...

[Niall_Quinn]

:gp:

Ps. Remember Ceefax and Teletext? I used to watch those pages for 90 minutes, hating having to wait while it cycled through all the lower league stuff and the Scots league, waiting for the 0 to flick to a 1.

[Niall_Quinn]

Agreed. As things return to normality most people will revert to many of the same patterns.

I won't. I'm already twice as fit as I was before this, and have a taste for it now that I won't go back on. Changed my diet. Cut down on the stupid hours I used to spend working, staring at a screen. Stopped buying anything unless it is essential. Haven't missed sport one bit, even though I joke about it. Cut down on the booze. Still smoking 20 packs a day but that's because tobacco smokers seem immune to this virus (has nothing to do with addiction, fortunately). Spent more time with family and actually enjoyed (some of) it. Talked to family a lot more. Etc, etc. Many changes, all for the better, like hopping the track and leaving the rut.

Not sure we're ever going back to "normal" life anyway. The fallout from this hasn't really even started yet.

[I am invisible]

:gp:

Ps. Remember Ceefax and Teletext? I used to watch those pages for 90 minutes, hating having to wait while it cycled through all the lower league stuff and the Scots league, waiting for the 0 to flick to a 1.

Yeah, and then someone would ask you if you wanted a cup of tea or something right at the crucial moment and you'd miss your page again - good times!

Did you ever try to sneak a few minutes on Clubcall when you got really desperate for news?

[Niall_Quinn]

Phone was on the wall in the kitchen. Very hard to get to without drawing attention. It was easier once everyone had gone to bed. Not that I would ever ring those kind of numbers.

[Mac76]

:gp:

Ps. Remember Ceefax and Teletext? I used to watch those pages for 90 minutes, hating having to wait while it cycled through all the lower league stuff and the Scots league, waiting for the 0 to flick to a 1.

Amazed you bothered, given the scores were provided by those fake-news stalwarts of mainstream media, the BBC and ITV - why not just get someone to make up the scores on the back of a fag packet for you?

[Niall_Quinn]

Amazed you bothered, given the scores were provided by those fake-news stalwarts of mainstream media, the BBC and ITV - why not just get someone to make up the scores on the back of a fag packet for you?

Mac, don't be a wanker. Don't get so silly about things.

[Mac76]

Mac, don't be a wanker. Don't get so silly about things.

Ha, broke him down at last :haha:

[Niall_Quinn]

Ha, broke him down at last :haha:

No, I mean even in times of black votes matter, there's a limit.

[Marc Overmars]

Can honestly say I’m not looking forward to any of this coming back. I was already in and out of love with the game but now fans won’t even be involved that’s pretty much killed it for the time being. There’s only so much you can consume of anything before it becomes a bit sickly and I don’t think football is any different. I’ll always be an Arsenal fan and I’ll never stop rooting for us, but the all encompassing coverage of the game, overpriced tv subscriptions, tickets, merchandise etc can do one.

Football is definitely an addiction and it does seem to create an unhealthy relationship with fans. I’m pretty sure in my early 20’s I was heading the way of the loopy fans you see on YouTube with how up and down I was with results. Thankfully I managed to take a couple of steps back and can now enjoy the highs when they do come and get on with my life like everyone should when the lows happen, because it’s not important and it really doesn’t matter in the slightest.

[Niall_Quinn]

Can honestly say I’m not looking forward to any of this coming back. I was already in and out of love with the game but now fans won’t even be involved that’s pretty much killed it for the time being. There’s only so much you can consume of anything before it becomes a bit sickly and I don’t think football is any different. I’ll always be an Arsenal fan and I’ll never stop rooting for us, but the all encompassing coverage of the game, overpriced tv subscriptions, tickets, merchandise etc can do one.

Football is definitely an addiction and it does seem to create an unhealthy relationship with fans. I’m pretty sure in my early 20’s I was heading the way of the loopy fans you see on YouTube with how up and down I was with results. Thankfully I managed to take a couple of steps back and can now enjoy the highs when they do come and get on with my life like everyone should when the lows happen, because it’s not important and it really doesn’t matter in the slightest.

It's entirely artificial, isn't it? It's not part of the real flow of life. It used to be, for me, when it was just about me. I think football, and sport, is probably the most selfish thing you can engage in. When life is crying out for some input, we all say, don't bother me now, there's a vital, crucial, earth changing event happening in sport.

Hypnotised. Drugged,. Distracted.

[GP]

Just re-subscribed to Sky. £189+vat a month. Plus £10 for HD. Bargain.

[Niall_Quinn]

Just re-subscribed to Sky. £189+vat a month. Plus £10 for HD. Bargain.

You went for the woke deal? Smart move.

[Niall_Quinn]

Letters will have to get on the phone now. I hope he updates us on the outcome. He usually does.

[GP]

You have to pay extrra for a guy to come round and stand on your throat WITH COVID

[Niall_Quinn]

You have to pay extrra for a guy to come round and stand on your throat WITH COVID

It's what makes it different. You could go for NOW TV, but that's 100% impersonal.

[Letters]

Letters will have to get on the phone now. I hope he updates us on the outcome. He usually does.

I got my new router, if that helps?

[I am invisible]

Just re-subscribed to Sky. £189+vat a month. Plus £10 for HD. Bargain.

Shitting hell, I thought our bill was high! Wow.

Pretty sure we'll be ditching Sky as soon as we can - the only things that are really keeping us with them at the moment are the Disney and Nick channels, which stop the girls from destroying the house for at least a few minutes each day, and the fact that it's really hard to get anyone to come out and install something else.

[I am invisible]

Can honestly say I’m not looking forward to any of this coming back. I was already in and out of love with the game but now fans won’t even be involved that’s pretty much killed it for the time being. There’s only so much you can consume of anything before it becomes a bit sickly and I don’t think football is any different. I’ll always be an Arsenal fan and I’ll never stop rooting for us, but the all encompassing coverage of the game, overpriced tv subscriptions, tickets, merchandise etc can do one.

Football is definitely an addiction and it does seem to create an unhealthy relationship with fans. I’m pretty sure in my early 20’s I was heading the way of the loopy fans you see on YouTube with how up and down I was with results. Thankfully I managed to take a couple of steps back and can now enjoy the highs when they do come and get on with my life like everyone should when the lows happen, because it’s not important and it really doesn’t matter in the slightest.

Yeah, I took a big step back from all things football about 5 or 6 years ago, and I feel like my relationship with the game and the club is much healthier now. At the time I was really angry with everything about football - the state of the club, the detachment with the players, the corruption, the coverage and reporting, etc - but looking back at it now, I guess the truth was life just got serious in the middle, and I suddenly found that I didn't have the time (or energy) to be a super-fan on top of everything else. Something had to give, and it wasn't going to be my kids or my job.

I'm sure it will creep back into my life at some point, and I'll end up getting way too invested in it again (maybe years down the line when the girls have left home and I have nothing but free time again), but right now being a casual, armchair fan suits me very well. The game gets very little of my time or money at the moment, I can walk away and do something else whenever it's pissing me off, and because of that I've stopped taking everything quite so personally - I don't feel constantly cheated and betrayed by it all (which was always a ridiculous way to feel about it, but there you go - you can't see it when you get that close).

I've got to say, I'm almost looking forward to next season for the first time in a long time - Arteta intrigues me, and I'm hoping the club are finally going to be forced into reform, even if it's in spite of the executive team. But I have almost zero interest in seeing out this current season, and I really couldn't care less about any of our remaining games. At the most, I'll be viewing it as an extended preseason for 20/21, and keeping an eye out for any interesting call ups or deployment of players.

[Mac76]

You went for the woke deal? Smart move.

he went for the Icke special, complete with 'free' tin foil hat

[Mac76]

I've got to say, I'm almost looking forward to next season for the first time in a long time - Arteta intrigues me, and I'm hoping the club are finally going to be forced into reform, even if it's in spite of the executive team. But I have almost zero interest in seeing out this current season, and I really couldn't care less about any of our remaining games. At the most, I'll be viewing it as an extended preseason for 20/21, and keeping an eye out for any interesting call ups or deployment of players.

this is what interests me too =- as i said on the match thread i hope Arteta just treats this as a kind of pre-seeason, and looks to the future in the sides he picks and who he focusses on - but as i also said, i am a bit pessimistic about that, i think'll be short term and conservative - hope he proves me wrong

[McNamara That Ghost...]

A week to go before this nonsense draws me back in. :sick:

[GP]

he went for the Icke special, complete with 'free' tin foil hat

It's self-assembly!

[I am invisible]

this is what interests me too =- as i said on the match thread i hope Arteta just treats this as a kind of pre-seeason, and looks to the future in the sides he picks and who he focusses on - but as i also said, i am a bit pessimistic about that, i think'll be short term and conservative - hope he proves me wrong
I suppose I wouldn’t blame him if he went with experience, at least until any European hopes are over - if match day income is gone for the foreseeable, then there’s going to be some massive pressure on him to at least make the EL spots.

But as soon as we’ve got nothing much to play for I want to see us prepping hard for next season. If that means dropping anyone who we may need to sell to cut costs / raise funds, then that’s fine - protect those sales and focus on the future.

[WMUG]

It's entirely artificial, isn't it? It's not part of the real flow of life. It used to be, for me, when it was just about me. I think football, and sport, is probably the most selfish thing you can engage in. When life is crying out for some input, we all say, don't bother me now, there's a vital, crucial, earth changing event happening in sport.

Hypnotised. Drugged,. Distracted.

Football is about the community that exists around it, and that does matter.

[Mac76]

Football is about the community that exists around it, and that does matter.

agree, i get the sense most of the people on this board haven't actually been near a football ground for many years, if at all - if you go to games it's the social aspect around it etc that is what makes it important, and yes seeing the game live where you can choose who to watch and see it all in front of you instead of what the TV chooses to show

[WMUG]

agree, i get the sense most of the people on this board haven't actually been near a football ground for many years, if at all - if you go to games it's the social aspect around it etc that is what makes it important, and yes seeing the game live where you can choose who to watch and see it all in front of you instead of what the TV chooses to show

Doesn't necessarily have to be matchgoing, if you've got a solid group around you going to the pub, going round each other's houses and whatnot there's value in that too.

[Mac76]

Doesn't necessarily have to be matchgoing, if you've got a solid group around you going to the pub, going round each other's houses and whatnot there's value in that too.

yes, true

[Mac76]

wow, this is tomorrow already

i wonder if there being no fans at the ground might help us ?

probably not... :(

[Letters]

Lawro doesn't think so

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53049710

[Xhaka Can’t]

Lawro doesn't think so

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53049710

Not only do they have as he says, better players, the increase in substitutions permitted will widen the gap further.

City’s bench is superior to most other teams, us included.

[dazthegooner]

Amazing what you can get for over a Billion.

[Letters]

Only 24 hours till Arsenal’s next defeat :bow:

[GP]

Game day!


0-3

[Letters]

We’ll lose and lose well!

[GP]

Laca hattrick

[dazthegooner]

A Laca hattrick away from home... Actually a Laca hattrick in itself :yikes:

[Letters]

It will be interesting to know if home advantage is still a thing with no crowd.

Integrity :bow:

[WMUG]

I'm ready to get hurt again.

[Globalgunner]

No Xhaka, No problem. Nailed on 2-2 goalless draw

[GP]

Leno

Bellerin Mustafi Luiz Tierney

Ceballos Ozil Saka

Pepe Laca Auba


Maybe

[GP]

I was way off.

https://i.imgur.com/HZOnxng.png

[Xhaka Can’t]

Man, you are one pathetic loser.

No offence.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

It doesn't really matter given half the bench can come on. :lol:

[GP]

None taken.

[Marc Overmars]

3 months off not enough for Ozil then...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Chucking it down there. :lol:

[GP]

Record crowd at the Etihad

[Mac76]

Mustafi AND Xhaka

that does it

Arteta OUT :angry:

[Master Splinter]

It's a line-up closer to what a lot of us were hoping for all season. Younger players who've earned the right to play over half-arsed or spent seniors.

Mustafi being the closest to what Arteta wants from a CB in theory is maybe the reason he's being picked.

There's no precedent to judge this game in any sort of context and the season was dreadful anyway, so just seeing some semblance of teamwork and small improvements is still the only thing to take away from these remaining matches. Citeh constantly struggle with speed and runners, so you'd hope we give them something to worry about with the front three and Willock.

[LDG]

Record crowd at the Etihad

Certainly the most fans from Manchester than they’ve had for a while

[Mac76]

Mustafi being the closest to what Arteta wants from a CB in theory is maybe the reason he's being picked.



you mean Arteta actually WANTS a useless, slow dumbfuck who makes calamitous mistakes in every game ? :faint:

[GP]

you mean Arteta actually WANTS a useless, slow dumbfuck who makes calamitous mistakes in every game ? :faint:

That's unfair.

He's not that slow.

[Mac76]

the minute's silence was impeccably observed by every single person in the ground :)

[Mac76]

Neville - 'Aubameyang is on the left hand side not the right'

you mean like he always is Neville?

:lol:

[Master Splinter]

Marlo almost through.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pablo Mari hacks down Sterling.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Good one Leno.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Xhaka is dead.

[Master Splinter]

Xhaka injured.

[Marc Overmars]

Xhaka. :rose:

[Mac76]

Xhaka might have to come off - what a shame...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Being stretchered off.

Ceballos coming on.

[Mac76]

Being stretchered off.

Ceballos coming on.

things looking up already

[McNamara That Ghost...]

How many sponsors do Man City have on their shirts?

[Globalgunner]

things looking up already

All we need now is for Mustafi to get nobbled

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Passing doesn't appear to be something we've worked on.

[Mac76]

now Mari's crocked

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pablo Mari is dead now too. :haha:

[Thierrymon]

Two injuries already :rolleyes:

[Marc Overmars]

Good to see we’re physically prepared.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Good to see we’re psychically prepared.

https://www.urigeller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/uri_gmtv2_410x300.jpg

[Marc Overmars]

https://www.urigeller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/uri_gmtv2_410x300.jpg

:lol:

[Mac76]

Auba... :rolleyes:

[Globalgunner]

Dont knock it till you've tried it man

[Master Splinter]

Saka plays well in any position.

[Özim]

Being stretchered off.

Ceballos coming on.

Let's be honest, it's the only way this guy was ever going to stop stinking up the place, Arteta wasn't going to drop him.

[Mac76]

nice work by tierney

[Özim]

Is there a reason why Saliba isn't available?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Let's be honest, it's the only way this guy was ever going to stop stinking up the place, Arteta wasn't going to drop him.

I get it but I don't see the joy or solace in a player being stretchered off tbf.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nketiah was surely being pulled down there?

[Mac76]

Taylor being Citeh's twelth man

[LDG]

Fucking ref at it again

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Leno saves from Sterling.

[Mac76]

good save Leno

[Özim]

I get it but I don't see the joy or solace in a player being stretchered off tbf.

Might make the team better?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Leno saves from David Silva.

Us. :lol:

As timid as it gets.

[Marc Overmars]

Leno with another good save

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Might make the team better?

Not seen much evidence of it when he hasn't played.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Leno keeping us in it. :faint:

[Mac76]

we're staying right back now - need to push up a bit

[Globalgunner]

Our midfield being as soft as tissue paper again

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sterling. :haha:

What a miss.

[Marc Overmars]

We’re getting torn apart.

[Mac76]

sterling :haha:

[Globalgunner]

sterling :haha:

He was good for a while. Then they gave him a new contract

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Three added minutes.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-0 Sterling. David Luiz fuck up.

[Mac76]

...

[Marc Overmars]

Sterling scores

David Luiz :haha:

[Mac76]

1-0 Sterling. David Luiz fuck up.

seriously how much is he paid to do something as daft as that?

[Master Splinter]

FFS Louise.

[Mac76]

at least he's out of contract soon

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-0 HT. Shite.

[Globalgunner]

Sterling scores

David Luiz :haha:

The usual suspects strike again

[Marc Overmars]

Almost forgot how awful a team we are.

We don’t bring anything to the table in these games.

[LDG]

Generally we kept a good shape. We get quite unlucky when the ball goes loose, it always seems to find a City boot.

Individual mistakes always costing us.

De Brune is so fucking good.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

From BBC live text:

How's the game going? Bernd Leno has had 29 touches so far; five more than any other Arsenal player

:haha:

[Mac76]

after half an hour we just started playing deeper and deeper, really asked for Citeh to attack

[LDG]

We can’t move the ball quick enough. The extra touch always puts us in the shit and we concede the ball back.

[Özim]

The usual suspects strike again

Arteta has told the board he wants to keep this guy.

First Xhaka, then Mustafi and now Luiz.

#Clueless

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Second half on. :lol:

:rose:

[LDG]

How many fucking fouls is this ref gonna let go??

[Marc Overmars]

You just know De Bruyne is going to twat one in at some point.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

David Luiz sent off. :haha:

What?

[LDG]

Luiz you cunt

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-0 De Bruyne pelanty.

[Marc Overmars]

Luiz :haha:

Please let that be the last we see of him in our shirt.

[Mac76]

How many fucking fouls is this ref gonna let go??

all of them

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Send him off!

[Letters]

This is why I’m on the viruses side.

Null and void :bow:

[Globalgunner]

Its as if Arsenal players have never heard of this ref before. he wont be happy til we are down to 8 men and by 5 goals

[Mac76]

mustafi injured - pity...

[Globalgunner]

Funny how a chump like Solskjaer has Pep all figured out but 3 Arsenal coaches in a row have no clue

[Mac76]

sterling :haha:

[Marc Overmars]

I’m not sure how much more Arteta can get from this group of turds. Even before the break I couldn’t quite tell you how much had improved from Emery.

Truly mid table fodder.

He really needs a transfer window.

[Master Splinter]

after half an hour we just started playing deeper and deeper, really asked for Citeh to attack

It often happens when Xhaka's not there. He's obviously not a long-term option, but without him, we always look worse.

And Luiz handing them two goals isn't useful either.

[Mac76]

It often happens when Xhaka's not there. He's obviously not a long-term option, but without him, we always look worse.

And Luiz handing them two goals isn't useful either.

No

Yes

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Was that Willock? Whoever it was, utterly dreadful.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lacazette, Maitland-Niles and Nelson on.

Why no Martinelli? :(

[Globalgunner]

It often happens when Xhaka's not there. He's obviously not a long-term option, but without him, we always look worse.

And Luiz handing them two goals isn't useful either.

The only way Xhaka breaks up play is fouling from the centre circle. He can only get away with that twice a game at most. Our entire midfield is turd

[Marc Overmars]

Lacazette coming on looking like a budget Henry.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Leno saves from De Bruyne.

[Letters]

I’m not sure how much more Arteta can get from this group of turds. Even before the break I couldn’t quite tell you how much had improved from Emery.

Truly mid table fodder.

He really needs a transfer window.

We are so much less than the sum of our parts.
It's pretty damning that we go into these games not being able to give the top teams a game any more. We used to think we might get something, not any more.
I really should have sold everything I own and put it all on us losing tonight. Absolute nailed on certainty.

[Mac76]

Lacazette, Maitland-Niles and Nelson on.

Why no Martinelli? :(


because Laca has photos of Arteta and Pep together

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Mercifully De Bruyne off, Laporte off.

Rodri and Fernandinho on.

[Globalgunner]

AMN on?. To do what. I mean seriously!


Apparently the canned crowd noise does not include the "Oles"

[Mac76]

AMN on?. To do what. I mean seriously!

get a better price when we sell him, hopefully

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Assault on Mahrez, Tyler?

Barely touched him.

[Globalgunner]

Lets hope Pep will take it easy on his former protege. Burnley are breathing down our necks

[Mac76]

is that the first time bellerin's touched the ball?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ederson kills his own man.

[Mac76]

aguero coming on

great...

[LDG]

Whacked

[Marc Overmars]

Ederson looks like he doesn’t give a shit. :haha:

[Mac76]

Ederson looks like he doesn’t give a shit. :haha:

i disagree - he looks very concerned about hurting his hand...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ederson looks like he doesn’t give a shit. :haha:

He has a smiley face tattoo on his neck. Nobody that does that give a fuck.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

10 v 10.

It's on!

[Mac76]

silva's pissing himself laughing :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

11 added minutes. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

3-0 Foden.

There's our regulation 3-0 defeat against Citeh.

[Mac76]

10 v 10.

It's on!

definitely, only losing 3-0's a real possibility now

[Marc Overmars]

Another 3-0 :haha:

[LDG]

Night all :wave:

[Marc Overmars]

Have we had a shot?

I genuinely don’t remember anything happening in our final third. Ederson killing Garcia is the only thing he’s had to do.

[Mac76]

told you :lol:

[Mac76]

Have we had a shot?

I genuinely don’t remember anything happening in our final third. Ederson killing Garcia is the only thing he’s had to do.

Auba hit one over

and that's it

[Marc Overmars]

Auba hit one over

and that's it

Oh

[McNamara That Ghost...]

We'e have played better with eleven Covid patients.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

12 shots on target to 0. :haha:

[Marc Overmars]

This could have been about 6-0.

[Mac76]

man this is so shit - i don't care how good citeh are, this is a pathetic performance

[Mac76]

laca gets a touch

[Marc Overmars]

man this is so shit - i don't care how good citeh are, this is a pathetic performance

City haven’t even got out of second gear. They know it’s usually their most straight forward 3 points of the season.

[Mac76]

shocking corner from nelson

[McNamara That Ghost...]

101 minutes and no Martinelli.

3-0 FT. Utter bollocks.

[Marc Overmars]

Arteta :haha:

Going from working with those City players to our bunch of jokers.

[Mac76]

101 minutes and no Martinelli.

3-0 FT. Utter bollocks.

utter shite, but it wasn't all bad - at least there will no Xhaka or Luiz for a while, maybe forever in Luiz's case

[Letters]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGHufp8Huac

[I am invisible]

Ah, I’ve missed how terrible football makes me feel! Thank God it’s back.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

utter shite, but it wasn't all bad - at least there will no Xhaka or Luiz for a while, maybe forever in Luiz's case

Yeah we looked great without Xhaka. Shite with, shite without.

Just shite.

[Mac76]

Yeah we looked great without Xhaka. Shite with, shite without.

Just shite.

with Anthony Taylor out there's there's no way Xhaka would've lasted 90 mins anyway, he'd have been off with Luiz