Arsenal v Chelsea Sun 22 August 4.30pm

[Mac76]

no match thread until now :tumbleweed: :lol:

0-3 Havertz hatter

[Bumble]

No White.

Leno cedric tierney mari holding sambi xhaka smith rowe saka pepe martinelli

We are screwed

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Holding is the Chelsea destroyer.

[I am invisible]

I think we’ve all accepted that we’re starting this season with a 3-game handicap - we’ll get going after the international break.

[I am invisible]

White’s out - “illness” again ffs.

[Mac76]

ARSENAL

1Leno
17Cédric Soares
16Holding
22Marí
3Tierney
23Sambi Lokonga
34Xhaka
19Pépé
10Smith Rowe
7Saka
35Martinelli

Substitutes

14Aubameyang
15Maitland-Niles
20Tavares
21Chambers
24Nelson
25Elneny
26Balogun
31Kolasinac
32Ramsdale


CHELSEA

16Mendy
28Azpilicueta
4Christensen
2Rüdiger
24James
5Jorginho
8Kovacic
3Alonso
19Mount
29Havertz
9Lukaku

Substitutes

1Arrizabalaga
6Thiago Silva
7Kanté
11Werner
14Chalobah
15Zouma
20Hudson-Odoi
21Chilwell
22Ziyech

Referee - Tierney :bow: (Paul...)

[Bumble]

White’s out - “illness” again ffs.

Could be worse

[Bumble]

I think we’ve all accepted that we’re starting this season with a 3-game handicap - we’ll get going after the international break.

Any point is a bonus

[I am invisible]

At least Saka’s starting - just missing the entire spine of the team now.

[Letters]

I think I’ll be use my patent pending “look up the result afterwards, tut and get on with the rest of my day” method of following Arsenal a lot this season

[Mac76]

Auba looks really hacked off

[Mac76]

Xhaka went down but unfortunately he's back up again...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

ESR. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Xhaka embarrassing himself on the ball.

[Mac76]

chelsea scum fans booing saka :angry:

[Letters]

We seem to have 2 match threads going on for some reason.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Great ball from Lonkonga, the touch and cross from Tierney great also.

[GP]

Lokonga is quality

[Mac76]

We seem to have 2 match threads going on for some reason.

well mine was up first :sulk:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-1 Lukaku, layed on a plate.

[Mac76]

fucking hell how easy was that - we gave James and Lukaku the freedom of the Emirates

[Letters]

Really should merge the 2 match threads!

[Letters]

I stupidly changed my mind and thought I’d try and find a stream.
Turned on just in time to see the goal.
*switches off*

[Bumble]

well mine was up first :sulk:

to be fair it was - didnt see it when i started my thread as went through some re-writes before being finalised.

[Bumble]

i dont think we will win the league this year.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Saka obviously needed to move to his right there.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Just pulled back enough for Mount that a clean strike could not be had.

Getting shat on in transitions.

[I am invisible]

I stupidly changed my mind and thought I’d try and find a stream.
Turned on just in time to see the goal.
*switches off*
Ffs Letters!

[Mac76]

i'm pretty sure Martinelli's not had a touch yet

[Letters]

i dont think we will win the league this year.

Not with that attitude :sulk:

[Letters]

Ffs Letters!

:getcoat:

[Xhaka Can’t]

i dont think we will win the league this year.

I’d have chopped my left testicle off to be only 6 points off the pace!

[Mac76]

I’d have chopped my left testicle off to be only 6 points off the pace!

:blink:

[LDG]

Fucking hell

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-2 James, good goal.

We are shit.

[Bumble]

0-2 James, good goal.

We are shit.

ditto

[Mac76]

0-2 James scores, again involved, total shite

[Bumble]

do you reckon there might be some booing at half time

[Letters]

Can’t blame me for that one!

[Xhaka Can’t]

:blink:

Six points off the top.

36 games to go.

It’s all to play for!

[Mac76]

Havertz should have scored then

[McNamara That Ghost...]

No pel?

[Mac76]

pel surely?

[LDG]

Surely thats a pen

[Marc Overmars]

The “process” is going as well as ever then.

[LDG]

Both CB’s on bookings. I wonder….

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-2 HT. :lol:

[Mac76]

our corners are as awful as ever

[Mac76]

that was dreadful

[Gooner23]

Shambles defensively and toothless in attack. Its not a great combo.

[Ollie the Optimist]

How long until he gets sacked

[LDG]

Bollocks

[Mac76]

How long until he gets sacked

shouldn't be long - it's the blind leading the blind out there, if you're going to have a young squad you need an even more experienced coach to make that work

[21_GOONER_SALUTE]

shouldn't be long - it's the blind leading the blind out there, if you're going to have a young squad you need an even more experienced coach to make that work

Who could have guessed this?

[Bumble]

shouldn't be long - it's the blind leading the blind out there, if you're going to have a young squad you need an even more experienced coach to make that work

he wont be sacked any time soon. we have Norwich after City and they are worse than we are. So pick up 3 points and kick start the season. We have spent alot of money, there is a project of signing and developing young players going on. wouldnt make sense to get rid of the manager unless it was with someone who wants to take that project on.

[Xhaka Can’t]

We may as well acquaint ourselves with a relegation battle.

Club history and pedigree mean nothing when you have a squad this bad, managed by a rookie and a fan base that wants to burn the fucking stadium down.

Add a disinterested owner who thinks a striker is the protagonist in Airplane and the mix does not get any more toxic.

[Mac76]

he wont be sacked any time soon. we have Norwich after City and they are worse than we are. So pick up 3 points and kick start the season. We have spent alot of money, there is a project of signing and developing young players going on. wouldnt make sense to get rid of the manager unless it was with someone who wants to take that project on.

Norwich'll do us, that game has 'Pukki hatter' written all over it

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Good effort from Saka.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Holding, how?

[Mac76]

Holding misses a header

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Just hit it ESR!

[Bumble]

Good save leno

[Mac76]

good save Leno

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Great save from Leno, would give us hope if we had a different team.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Balogun hat-trick coming up.

[Globalgunner]

Arsenal goals are becoming like Unicorns. When last did you see one?

[Letters]

:lol: In Arsenal’s FB post about the half time score they had the nerve to tag their home shirts merchandise.

[Mac76]

Werner coming on for a comedy moment or two

[Mac76]

boos from the crowd, no surprise there - total joke, some decent individual moments but awful tactics in the first half and overall pretty poor - we're now second from bottom...

[Letters]

We may as well acquaint ourselves with a relegation battle.

Club history and pedigree mean nothing when you have a squad this bad, managed by a rookie and a fan base that wants to burn the fucking stadium down.

Add a disinterested owner who thinks a striker is the protagonist in Airplane and the mix does not get any more toxic.
I actually don’t think our squad is that bad.
But we are much less than the sun of our parts right now.
It’s feeling like that season when Spurs got something like 2 points after 8 games. They weren’t suddenly an awful squad but the manager had lost them. Starting to feel like the same has happened here. Need to get rid now before the rot really sets in.

[Mac76]

I actually don’t think our squad is that bad.
But we are much less than the sun of our parts right now.
It’s feeling like that season when Spurs got something like 2 points after 8 games. They weren’t suddenly an awful squad but the manager had lost them. Starting to feel like the same has happened here. Need to get rid now before the rot really sets in.

i actually agree, the younger players are showing quality but we desperately need a manager who can get the best out of them

[Globalgunner]

When do we play Norwich. That could be a 6 pointer

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Shite.

[dazthegooner]

Could've watched the match but thankfully didn't I've always gave Arteta the benefit of the doubt but not anymore he needs to be replaced ASAP they players are not giving their all.

[Letters]

When do we play Norwich. That could be a 6 pointer

:lol:


:ilt:

[I am invisible]

I actually don’t think our squad is that bad.
But we are much less than the sun of our parts right now.
It’s feeling like that season when Spurs got something like 2 points after 8 games. They weren’t suddenly an awful squad but the manager had lost them. Starting to feel like the same has happened here. Need to get rid now before the rot really sets in.
You know… I’m sure things will pick up once we add Auba / Laca, Ødegaard, Partey, White and Gabriel to the starting XI, and we have a Saka who can play a full 90 (I’ve still got everything crossed for a RB to maybe come in too) - it’s a big chunk of the team that we’re currently doing without… but all the same it’s still really alarming to see just how unprepared we look right now! There doesn’t seem to be any kind of plan for what we must have known was going to be an incredibly tough start?

We’d better come out flying after the international break otherwise this is going to go south, fast!

[Marc Overmars]

It has gone past the point of no return with this club, mediocrity is part of the DNA. It will take some generational talent to get us going again, whether that talent is on the pitch or in the dugout, something special needs to happen here otherwise who knows how long we’ll be out of the picture for. We could easily spend this decade floating around mid table with no realistic hopes or dreams of achieving anything. We’ve never been so far behind the teams we used to consider our rivals, we’re levels below them now.

[Mac76]

Especially when you look at where Citeh, Moan U , Chelski and 'pool are, all of them look good and once their new signings settle in, it could be a very interesting title race this year - one in which we'll play no part except as cannon fodder sadly

[Letters]

It has gone past the point of no return with this club, mediocrity is part of the DNA. It will take some generational talent to get us going again, whether that talent is on the pitch or in the dugout, something special needs to happen here otherwise who knows how long we’ll be out of the picture for. We could easily spend this decade floating around mid table with no realistic hopes or dreams of achieving anything. We’ve never been so far behind the teams we used to consider our rivals, we’re levels below them now.

I dunno. We are a million miles away from City, Chelsea, Liverpool and probably Utd :sick:
After that, I don't think there are many better squads. We are SO much less than the sum of our parts, I can't help feel a better manager would get a lot more out of this lot.

[fakeyank]

Our squad should at the very least be playing good attacking football. The fact that we struggle to even create chances against all teams is artetas fault. All this talk about "once we get x, y and z back, we will be back is total BS. First, when was the last time we had every member of the squad available? Second, we should still be creating chances with who we have.. So no reason to give any more chances to arteta. He needs to go.. Yesterday.

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[Ralpheroo72]

When do we play Norwich. That could be a 6 pointer

So if Norwich beat us, does that confirm that we are absolutely shite? How grim is it following this fuck up of a club. Spent a shit tonne of money, and none of it on the right players in the right areas! Couldn’t make it up. Hope the Amazon doco is exciting!