Citeh v Mini-Pep's XI 28.8.21 12.30pm

[Mac76]

3-0 Grealish hatter

[Mac76]

The Arsenal:

1 Leno
17Cédric Soares
21Chambers
16Holding
31Kolasinac
3Tierney
8Ødegaard
10Smith Rowe
34Xhaka
7Saka
14Aubameyang

Substitutes

9Lacazette
15Maitland-Niles
20Tavares
22Marí
23Sambi Lokonga
25Elneny
32Ramsdale
33Okonkwo
35Martinelli



Citeh:

31Ederson
2Walker
3Rúben Dias
14Laporte
27Cancelo
20Bernardo Silva
16Rodri
8Gündogan
9Gabriel Jesus
21Torres
10Grealish

Substitutes

5Stones
6Aké
7Sterling
11Zinchenko
13Steffen
25Fernandinho
26Mahrez
69Doyle
80Palmer

[I am invisible]

Dennis Bergkamp, give me strength!

[I am invisible]

2 goalkeepers on the bench so I’m guessing the plague has swept through the camp again?

[Mac76]

2 goalkeepers on the bench so I’m guessing the plague has swept through the camp again?

Pepe out but not COVID apparently

[McNamara That Ghost...]

This is going to be grim.

[Mac76]

we're going to lose so this might as well be the match where Xhaka gets his first straight red of the season, then we'll have three games with eleven men at least...

[Mac76]

good move from Arsenal started by a good ball from Chambers but ball to Tierney cut off

[Letters]

I was seriously thinking about putting a few thousand on City.
Closest to a nailed on certainty as you’re going to get.
Let’s see if I’d have lost my shirt…

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Walker. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-0 Gundogan. :lol:

[Mac76]

1-0 game over

[LDG]

Bullshit

[LDG]

That is really really shit

[Mac76]

Tierney didn't read that initial through ball very well

[LDG]

What the fuck are playing at. This is basic shit

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Leno saves from Gundogan this time.

:rose:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-0 Torres.

Utter embarrassment.

[Mac76]

seriously what's the point of XHaka if he's not going to even try to be a DM? he's just standing in midfield with the game passing him by - until he gives away an FK of course

[LDG]

Jesus christ

[Mac76]

2-0 Xhaka with the assist

[Mac76]

that was a foul on Chambo surely?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Torres kindly fluffs it.

[Letters]

I was seriously thinking about putting a few thousand on City.
Closest to a nailed on certainty as you’re going to get.
Let’s see if I’d have lost my shirt…
Me :doh:

[dazthegooner]

Me :doh:

:pal: :unsure:

[Mac76]

Smith-Rowe :doh:

[Marc Overmars]

Good to see that win in midweek making a difference here.

[radford78]

Game over, we are a dismal team compared to the top 6 or 7. It is going to be a long way back. Does the management not realise that we cannot bank on building a young team for the future. 2 or 3 years down the track, Sake, Tierney, Smith-Rowe will get sick of hanging around as did Fab, RVP, Nasri and the rest in Wengers try at the same thing!!! I really fear for this club.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cedric booked.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Game over, we are a dismal team compared to the top 6 or 7. It is going to be a long way back. Does the management not realise that we cannot bank on building a young team for the future. 2 or 3 years down the track, Sake, Tierney, Smith-Rowe will get sick of hanging around as did Fab, RVP, Nasri and the rest in Wengers try at the same thing!!! I really fear for this club.

We’re a dismal team compared to the BOTTOM 6 or 7


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[Mac76]

Grealish dive #1,224,857

[dazthegooner]

Grealish dive #1,224,857

Not sure how he keeps in shape with all the cum he swallow's

[LDG]

I don’t mind us trying to play football. We look ok up top. But you give them no fucking hope if you can’t defend

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ederson saves from Xhaka but offside.

Why is Xhaka so high up the pitch?

[Xhaka Can’t]

I was seriously thinking about putting a few thousand on City.
Closest to a nailed on certainty as you’re going to get.
Let’s see if I’d have lost my shirt…

What were the odds?

There was hardly a more nailed on certainty this season.

[Mac76]

Ederson's our best player at the moment, trying hard to give us chances but that's two we've fluffed so far

[Mac76]

that's two defenders on yellows for us now...

[Letters]

What were the odds?

There was hardly a more nailed on certainty this season.

The best I saw was 2/11, hence thinking of putting a sizeable amount on to get a decent return.
Wish I’d done it now, it was so inevitable.

[Letters]

I don’t mind us trying to play football. We look ok up top. But you give them no fucking hope if you can’t defend

It’s nice they’re mixing it up a bit. Last year we could defend but couldn’t score. Maybe they’re trying the opposite this year, although so far in the league at least it seems like we can’t do either, so that’s awesome.

[Xhaka Can’t]

2/11?

I’m not arguing with the logic there, but those are odds usually reserved for when a team is playing another from a lower division.

[Mac76]

2/11?

I’m not arguing with the logic there, but those are odds usually reserved for when a team is playing another from a lower division.

...which will be the case next season if we get to play them in a cup...

[Xhaka Can’t]

Ederson saves from Xhaka but offside.

Why is Xhaka so high up the pitch?

The question should be WHY is Xhaka on the pitch?


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[Mac76]

The question should be WHY is Xhaka on the pitch?


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i've given up saying he's completely useless and adds nothing but trouble

[Letters]

2/11?

I’m not arguing with the logic there, but those are odds usually reserved for when a team is playing another from a lower division.
They've obviously seen us play before.

The depressing thing is while I expect City will win most of their home games this season, I also expect most teams to offer some resistance. It was so obvious that Arsenal would bend over and let them do their worst. Why didn’t I put a bet on? Easy money :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Xhaka sent off. FFS.

[Mac76]

Xhaka off - told you

total c**t

[Xhaka Can’t]

we're going to lose so this might as well be the match where Xhaka gets his first straight red of the season, then we'll have three games with eleven men at least...

There you go!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Fans are walking out.

[Mac76]

There you go!

exactly! :lol:

am still pissed off though, he makes me sick and so do the people who think he is good enough for this club

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Well worth that new contract.

[radford78]

Does Xhaka never learn

[Letters]

I remember Parlour back in the day saying they’d line up in the tunnel and know they’d win, they’d see it in the eyes of the opposition that they knew they’d lose. Now the exact opposite is true.

[GP]

No one can watch this game and tell me the refs are on the level. Ridiculous.

[Marc Overmars]

10 year anniversary of the 8-2 defeat to United.

Every chance that could be topped here.

[Mac76]

i really hope the club's on the phone to Conte right now...

[dazthegooner]

Even more reason why Arteta needs to go now Xhaka should be given to whatever club wants him even pay THEM!

[Xhaka Can’t]

We’ll be lucky to come back now

[McNamara That Ghost...]

10 year anniversary of the 8-2 defeat to United.

Every chance that could be topped here.

Oh definitely. Us scoring two. :haha:

Us scoring one. :wacko:

[Letters]

We’ll be lucky to come back now

We will with that attitude :sulk:

[Mac76]

i wonder if Odegaard thinks he made the right decision :pal:

[radford78]

Final score will be 0-3. Pep as he did last season will go easy after their third goal.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

3-0 Jesus. :rose:

[dazthegooner]

Does this mean we have Emney to look forward to?

[Mac76]

Does this mean we have Emney to look forward to?

is that the bastard child of Emery and Elneny?

[dazthegooner]

is that the bastard child of Emery and Elneny?

Possibly :)

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bring on Conte's magic wig.

[dazthegooner]

Think it'll take more then Conte to save this lot :(

[Mac76]

you could literally see Pep and his assistants discussing how many goals they wanted to score in this game then

[Marc Overmars]

It’s funny that people think things are going to pick up after the international break.

[Letters]

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

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nothing is the answer, it turns out.

[Letters]

It’s funny that people think things are going to pick up after the international break.

It’s literally impossible for things to get worse.

[dazthegooner]

It’s literally impossible for things to get worse.

Norwich must be looking forward to getting their first 3 points of the season <_<

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Arteta has to get the De Boer treatment surely?

[Marc Overmars]

It’s literally impossible for things to get worse.

We think that all the time then it does. The club is a mess.

[cricketsi]

It’s literally impossible for things to get worse.

Is what somebody sent in my Arsenal WhatsApp shortly before the red card.

[LDG]

That replay of the second, surely they have to see that as a foul. He literally punched Chambers.

[Letters]

Is what somebody sent in my Arsenal WhatsApp shortly before the red card.
:lol:

[Mac76]

i hate the simpsons :ninja:

[Mac76]

That replay of the second, surely they have to see that as a foul. He literally punched Chambers.

you're forgetting that PL rule that says we can't be given any favourable decisions

[cricketsi]

That replay of the second, surely they have to see that as a foul. He literally punched Chambers.

It's ridiculously easy as a referee to give any decision against Arsenal because every pundit and his dog will say we deserve it.

We self-sabotage well enough that ultimately it doesn't matter and sounds like sour grapes, but I do think we are consistently shafted on refereeing decisions too.

[Mac76]

Elneny on :bow:

[dazthegooner]

Elneny on :bow:

Would have been better bringing on the lovechild ;)

[Mac76]

just realised we took off Saka to accomodate Elneny

Arsenal's goal-scoring hopes :rose:

[Xhaka Can’t]

We are not losing because of refereeing decisions. But if the objective for a referee is to fairly arbitrate a game, then the refereeing performance is as bad as ours.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

4-0 Rodri. :rose:

[cricketsi]

I assume it's just protecting the actually decent young players somewhat from the brutalising we're receiving.

[Mac76]

4-0

[Ralpheroo72]

We aren’t very good

[McNamara That Ghost...]

One more goal and then it cannot be worse, we'll be 20th.

[Mac76]

got to say Torres looked offside in the buildup to that, but anyway who cares...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I assume it's just protecting the actually decent young players somewhat from the brutalising we're receiving.

If we wanted to protect the young players from a beating, might be prudent not to put the absolute garbage on the pitch in the first place.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Fuck me!

A free kick!

For us!

[Mac76]

Fuck me!

A free kick!

For us!

:faint:

[Mac76]

i think Letters should place a hefty bet on Laca not getting a touch...

[Ralpheroo72]

Arteta might not be the right man for us

[Mac76]

Citeh player booked - i guess the ref felt safe to do so at 4-0 up :rolleyes:

[Xhaka Can’t]

https://media2.giphy.com/media/TWRWbctWTrctO/giphy.gif

[Mac76]

:sick:

[Mac76]

AMN coming on :pal:

[Mac76]

we're now playing with a back ten

[Mac76]

9% possession in the second half...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Arteta might not be the tight man for us

Tight. :unsure:

[Xhaka Can’t]

9% possession in the second half...

Leno with 7%


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[McNamara That Ghost...]

Chambers. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

5-0 Torres with his second. We're now 20th!

[Mac76]

what's the bet it's 6-0 to mirror the WBA result?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

5-0 FT. :lol:

[Mac76]

worst start in Arsenal's history :bow:

[Marc Overmars]

Rancid.

[Letters]

AnYoNe WoUlD Do BeTtEr ThAn WeNgEr

:ninja:

[Niall_Quinn]

AnYoNe WoUlD Do BeTtEr ThAn WeNgEr

:ninja:

Do you want to fuck Wenger? Just be honest.

[Niall_Quinn]

Rancid.

Really? This has been going on for years. It's far more normal than rancid. Rancid for us would be giving Xhaka another contract. But that could never happen.