Leeds Utd v The Arsenal Sunday 16.30 22/11 UK time - Sky Sports Main Event and Premier League

[Mac76]

Bad news: Partey is out, Elneny is out

Good news: Kola is out

[Mac76]

f**k i forgot to put the date in the title :doh: - Maccy can you add?

[Marc Overmars]

I’m certain we’ll be outplayed and run ragged. Bielsa can’t be much of a genius if he doesn’t get the better of someone like Arteta.

Only hope of getting the win is if we defend stubbornly enough to give the forwards a chance of scoring from any scraps that come their way.

[GP]

Partey and Elneny are out.

[Mac76]

Partey and Elneny are out.

so i said... :rolleyes:

[Letters]

3-0

[Mac76]

Bamford hatter

[Letters]

Partey and Elneny are out.

[Niall_Quinn]

Partey has settled in quickly.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Us against a team like Leeds that will run for everything is a little bit concerning.

Having said that, our hoofballs up front should work in this one.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Leeds ? Arsenal 0

[Marc Overmars]

Us against a team like Leeds that will run for everything is a little bit concerning.

Having said that, our hoofballs up front should work in this one.

Yes there should be plenty of space to break away. That’s if we haven’t been suffocated first.

[Mac76]

Bielsa will run rings round Arteta

We'll lose

3-0

[Globalgunner]

Xhaka and Ceballos in midfield. It will be bloody...for us I fear

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Arsenal: Leno, Bellerin, Holding, Gabriel, Tierney, Xhaka, Ceballos, Willock, Pepe, Willian, Aubameyang.
Subs: Runarsson, Mustafi, Maitland-Niles, Saka, Nelson, Nketiah, Lacazette.

Auba up front? :faint:

On paper at least.

[Globalgunner]

We are going to need a faultless performance to get a draw

[Mac76]

Luiz not even on the bench - that tells us the bust-up was real and it was his fault

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Luiz not even on the bench - that tells us the bust-up was real and it was his fault

He has had a(nother?) kid as of today.

[Mac76]

Xhaka's just so sloooooow

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Willian did a thing, almost!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Neville and Tyler are utter twats.

[Mac76]

weak punch from leno

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Arsenal: Leno, Bellerin, Holding, Gabriel, Tierney, Xhaka, Ceballos, Willock, Pepe, Willian, Aubameyang.
Subs: Runarsson, Mustafi, Maitland-Niles, Saka, Nelson, Nketiah, Lacazette.

Auba up front? :faint:

On paper at least.

Leeds: Meslier, Ayling, Koch, Cooper, Dallas, Phillips, Alioski, Raphinha, Klich, Harrison, Bamford.
Subs: Casilla, Poveda, Roberts, Costa, Rodrigo, Struijk, Davis.

[Mac76]

Bamford given a free effort then and should have done better

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sky isn't working for me. :lol:

Going to have to watch it on Sky Go.

[Mac76]

Dallas booked for wiping out Ceballos

[Xhaka Can’t]

Sky isn't working for me. :lol:

Going to have to watch it on Sky Go.

I have my mate's Sky Go on my iPad.

But its way over in the next room.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I have my mate's Sky Go on my iPad.

But its way over in the next room.

It is Sunday. Nobody wants to have to go to the next room.

[Mac76]

Auba should stay up front instead of coming back all the time

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pepe cross, hits the bar!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Tierney was wiped out.

[Mac76]

bad tackle from phillips definite yellow at least

[Mac76]

ceballos FK :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ceballos freekick, shite.

[Mac76]

auba :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Auba sends it to the stands!

[Mac76]

bloody hell i'm not three minutes behind maccy for once in my life :faint:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Good effort from Pepe, as a pass to Willian.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rafinha combs it, wide. :lol:

[Mac76]

auba's really pissing me off, he should stay up front to provide an outlet, instead of always coming back to 'help out'...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Great save from Leno to deny Bamford after it bobbled off Gabriel.

[Mac76]

Dallas :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bellerin and Holding. :lol:

[Mac76]

phillips :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Barely heard Willock's name mentioned. Annoying.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Klich. :lol:

Getting played around. :faint:

[Mac76]

Barely heard Willock's name mentioned. Annoying.

yeah he's being bypassed a bit

[Mac76]

leeds' shooting is awful - lucky for us

[Mac76]

at least Pepe's having a go

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pepe goes for a wondergoal, not bad.

[Mac76]

bamford :haha:

[Xhaka Can’t]

How are we doing?

Is it worth it to go get my iPad?

[Gooner23]

Another really poor half of football. No chances created and worrying how easily Leeds are getting at out defence.

This really is no improvement on Emery's shambles.

[RomfordPele]

Awful, just awful. Not sure I can watch the rest of this dogshit.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Another really poor half of football. No chances created and worrying how easily Leeds are getting at out defence.

This really is no improvement on Emery's shambles.
I'm going to take that as a "no".

[Niall_Quinn]

45 minutes lacking talent from both sides. Absolute rubbish, though Leeds' brand of garbage is bad enough to be significantly superior to anything this inept Arsenal team has to offer. This is the worst I've seen since I started following the club decades ago. Xhaka and Ceballos are an utter disgrace.

[Niall_Quinn]

How are we doing?

Is it worth it to go get my iPad?

Maybe if you can persuade somebody to get it for you, and turn it on for you, and watch it for you. Otherwise no.

[Globalgunner]

All the Arsenal homestead analysts insisting Auba, Auba through the middle is the magic pill. All he has done so far is mimick a good facsimile of Lacazette. .
This team has no fooking clue how to create and score a goal. Its like watching high schoolers wrestle with advanced sub atomic physics.

[Mac76]

All the Arsenal homestead analysts insisting Auba, Auba through the middle is the magic pill. All he has done so far is mimick a good facsimile of Lacazette. .
This team has no fooking clue how to create and score a goal. Its like watching high schoolers wrestle with advanced sub atomic physics.

apart from having Xhaka instead of Partey this isn't a bad team or formation - the problem is it's taken all season for Arteta to play a back four away from home and to have Auba up front so of course the team aren't familiar with it

it's no surprise Auba's forgotten how to play at CF or other players aren't teaming up well

this is all Arteta's fault for messing up the whole season so far in terms of team and formation

[Mac76]

bellerin trying to explain to xhaka how to play :haha:

[Niall_Quinn]

431 minutes since Arsenal scored from open play. That's not at all surprising. The team is carefully set up to be toothless.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

We've surpassed the need for goals.

[Gooner23]

Willian hauled off at half time. Looked leggy when he should have been one of our freshest players with no international football. Looking more and more like a howler of a signing.

[Mac76]

awful FK from Nelson

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Willian was hauled off for Nelson.

Great signing. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Stupid from Pepe. He'll be off.

[Mac76]

Willian hauled off at half time. Looked leggy when he should have been one of our freshest players with no international football. Looking more and more like a howler of a signing.

i thought the first half was one his better efforts but no problem with him being off

[Mac76]

Pepe could be finished here

[Mac76]

yep, he's gone

[Niall_Quinn]

It really is a girl's game now. Half the Leeds players look like women, including the sissy who collapsed. Neville's delighted though.

[Maestro]

Pepe you dick head, don't give them an excuse!!!!!!

he's let us down here big time

[Gooner23]

Well that's us fucked then. This team can fuck off.

[Niall_Quinn]

Doubt it'll make much difference with the hopeless Pepe off the pitch. We might even end up with more possession.

[Marc Overmars]

What an idiot.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Xhaka sees the run, plays it forward, nowhere near the run or the player.

[Mac76]

did Leeds have a competition to see who could have the stupidest haircut?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Willock hauled off, Saka on.

[Gooner23]

Doubt it'll make much difference with the hopeless Pepe off the pitch. We might even end up with more possession.

He is 90% shit, but still the only player in the team capable of doing something out of nothing.. which seems to be our only hope of scoring these days.

[Niall_Quinn]

Saka, one of our few decent players and a name that should be printed on every team sheet, coming on after inexplicably starting on the bench.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Auba with a shot on target. :faint:

Saka. :bow:

[Mac76]

Saka immediately sets up a chance

[Niall_Quinn]

Saka instantly shows what a difference a real player can make. Shame Auba isn't close to the end of his contract or he might have converted that.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Saka, one of our few decent players and a name that should be printed on every team sheet, coming on after inexplicably starting on the bench.

He was involved with three games for England so not that inexplicable. I expected it.

[Mac76]

Koch cocks up

[Niall_Quinn]

He was involved with three games for England so not that explicable. I expected it.

There used to be a time when players could play every match, two a week or more, and the tempo of the games were twice this shite. And they were drunk half the time.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Great save from Leno to deny Dallas!

[Mac76]

good save from Leno - really strong hand there

[Niall_Quinn]

Bellerin going for the foul throw record. How many is that so far tis season?

[RomfordPele]

Bellerin going for the foul throw record. How many is that so far tis season?

It’s a symbol of the cult of rank amateurism at this club now. Fucking appalling.

[Gooner23]

Wonder if the club will just cut their losses on Pepe next summer. We've clearly had our pants pulled down on the fee (thanks Raul) and it's pretty obvious Arteta doesn't really rate him. He only started today because of Laca and Willian's dreadful form.

[Mac76]

Wonder if the club will just cut their losses on Pepe next summer. We've clearly had our pants pulled down on the fee (thanks Raul) and it's pretty obvious Arteta doesn't really rate him. He only started today because of Laca and Willian's dreadful form.

we can have a big clearout in the summer - Xhaka, Mustafi, Pepe, Ozil, and a few more - maybe even Arteta if things don't improve :lol:

[Xhaka Can’t]

Bad news.

I’ve got my iPad.

[Niall_Quinn]

Unbelievably there's still a chance here if Saka and Auba can do it all themselves.

[Xhaka Can’t]

we can have a big clearout in the summer - Xhaka, Mustafi, Pepe, Ozil, and a few more - maybe even Arteta if things don't improve :lol:

With the wages we pay, we genuinely can’t even give our players away.

[Mac76]

god Xhaka's awful

[Niall_Quinn]

Xhaka's playing like he knows he'll never be dropped.

[Mac76]

With the wages we pay, we genuinely can’t even give our players away.

the point is that ozil and mustafi come to the end of their contracts - not sure about Xhaka but i hope so

[LDG]

Utter shit

[Xhaka Can’t]

I blame the Arsenal fans for putting him under pressure during games.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Xhaka freekick, why?

[Mac76]

ffs xhaka FK over the bar

[Niall_Quinn]

So Xhaka's still taking the FKs for some reason. I suppose, statistically, one of them will eventually deflect in.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Xhaka freekick, why?

Why not?

[Munchies]

Get in Sol Campbell as player manager

[Xhaka Can’t]

Ok, there are times when NQ makes sense.

This was one of them.

But no, I didn’t listen.

Serves me right.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hopeless at anything attacking wise. Set pieces, open play.

[Mac76]

another sh*t arsenal FK, seriously ....

[RomfordPele]

Amateurs fucking amateurs.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Should’ve had Xhaka take the corner.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rodrigo hits the upright!

[Munchies]

Xhaka's defending is embarrassing

[Niall_Quinn]

Xhaka's having a laugh. He can't be bothered. Maybe he has somewhere else to be and his mind's not on it?

[Xhaka Can’t]

Rodrigo hits the frame!

[Xhaka Can’t]

Xhaka's defending is embarrassing

The only bit of consistency in the team.

[Mac76]

we really are bad - Arteta's wasted any potential we had with incoherent team management

[McNamara That Ghost...]

So good from Saka.

[Mac76]

that's a pel for handball surely?

[Niall_Quinn]

So he's cleared the ball with his arm, but "no way" is it a handball.

It is a handball though. 100% handball.

Whatever.

[Globalgunner]

How was that not a foul on Gabriel?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Saka, first time!

[RomfordPele]

Taylor mate just stick the ball in the net for them. It’s easier all round yeah?

[Mac76]

what was Saka doing... :(

[Niall_Quinn]

Saka could have done better there. But again, if we go forwards and speed it up past 1mph, things can happen. There's a some sort of lesson here.

[Gooner23]

We look better with 10.

[Mac76]

There's a some sort of lesson here.

didn't realise you're Italian :lol:

[Niall_Quinn]

Maybe don't let Nelson take any more corners or FKs? Worth a try.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bamford hits the post! :lol:

[Xhaka Can’t]

MoTM - our woodwork!

[Niall_Quinn]

Drop of blood on Leno's shirt. Air ambulance inbound. We're a long way from Terry Butcher bleeding out in the service.

Get on with it!

[Mac76]

Leno sacrificing his arm to waste time :clap:

[Munchies]

Joke team

[Gooner23]

3 medics to put on a plaster

[Mac76]

do none of you understand the concept of timewasting?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Saka is fucked.

[Niall_Quinn]

We're lucky Leeds are total shite.

[Globalgunner]

Leeds should have scored at least 3 or 4 today. We could have scored maybe 3 too but so much crap passes for competence nowadays

[Xhaka Can’t]

do none of you understand the concept of timewasting?

We’re watching this aren’t we?

[Globalgunner]

Saka is fucked.

Auba sold him badly short with a crap pass there

[Mac76]

We’re watching this aren’t we?

fair enough, good answer... :lol:

[Niall_Quinn]

Fragile, seems to be the best way to sum up these players.

[Niall_Quinn]

Neville wants a yellow for that. Nowhere near as bad as flicking your head at a collapsing pansy.

[RomfordPele]

Another orange card for dirty Leeds.

[Globalgunner]

Leeds players will easily win the crossbar challenge. They hit it every time

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rafinha hits the woodwork. :lol:

[Mac76]

can we keep that goal frame and take it wherever we go?

[Niall_Quinn]

Leeds miss an open goal LOL.

"Premier" league. LOL

Be a laugh if Xhaka flukes a FK in now.

[RomfordPele]

Think he was offside anyway

[Xhaka Can’t]

MoTM - our woodwork!

:gp:

[Marc Overmars]

What an lousy team we are. Proper shit.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Leeds ? Arsenal 0

:gp:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-0 FT. Saka is dead.

It looks fucking hopeless.

[RomfordPele]

Taylor is as crooked as fuck isn’t he

[Mac76]

holy sh*t we didn't lose... :faint:

Leeds :pal:

[RomfordPele]

Oh well season over and the Xmas decorations aren’t even up.

When are we allowed to suggest we might have picked the wrong manager again?

[Niall_Quinn]

FT 0-0

Painful.

Saka and Tierney seem bothered about what happens on match day. The rest, not so much.

Xhaka and Ceballos have started Christmas early.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Leeds must be the home of the world’s stupidest haircuts.

[Marc Overmars]

0-0 FT. Saka is dead.

It looks fucking hopeless.

Looks? You mean it is.

[Munchies]

no longer watching another game until arteta gets sacked, xhaka fucks off and ozil comes back

[Gooner23]

Tierney wants to finish Pepe's job

[Niall_Quinn]

27 points still to scrape up from somewhere.

[Marc Overmars]

Oh well season over and the Xmas decorations aren’t even up.

When are we allowed to suggest we might have picked the wrong manager again?

Might as well call it now because this team is so blunt it won’t be getting anywhere near the top 6 at this rate.

[Niall_Quinn]

Why are they saying "unlucky" Leeds? They're at home, 11 vs 10 against one of the most impotent Arsenal teams in history. That's not unlucky, it's incompetent.

[Mac76]

Why are they saying "unlucky" Leeds? They're at home, 11 vs 10 against one of the most impotent Arsenal teams in history. That's not unlucky, it's incompetent.

to paraphrase Oscar Wilde, one wasted chance might be misfortune, a lot of missed chances means you're crap...

[hobson's choice]

Pepe MOTM for me, we would've lost 11 v 11. Folks talking bout he cost us the game, he earned us a point :(

[Xhaka Can’t]

Why are they saying "unlucky" Leeds? They're at home, 11 vs 10 against one of the most impotent Arsenal teams in history. That's not unlucky, it's incompetent.

I take issue with your second sentence.

This is clearly the most impotent Arsenal team in history. Certainly in my lifetime.

I couldn’t predict the full score line, but I was never more confident about a football prediction than the Arsenal 0 part.

We are now at the point where a goal, any goal is an unexpected cause for celebration.

[Globalgunner]

Any goal buy us must surely be as a result of lottery winning odds. You simply cant see a goal being created, nor scored

[Letters]

The woodwork :bow:

Our MoTM, tbh

[Niall_Quinn]

If somebody is super quick, the match reaction thread is still there to be created. Guess it will go to the person with the fastest connection.

[Globalgunner]

Surely this is a case for a shit reaction thread instead

[Xhaka Can’t]

If somebody is super quick, the match reaction thread is still there to be created. Guess it will go to the person with the fastest connection.

:haha:

[Letters]

I take issue with your second sentence.

This is clearly the most impotent Arsenal team in history. Certainly in my lifetime.

I couldn’t predict the full score line, but I was never more confident about a football prediction than the Arsenal 0 part.

We are now at the point where a goal, any goal is an unexpected cause for celebration.
I was thinking earlier it reminds me of the thoroughly enjoyable 92/93 season, I think we scored something like 40 goals in 42 league games. I remember that year at times thinking “maybe we are never going to score again”. Kinda feels the same now, just not sure where the next goal might come from.