Bumley v The Arsenal 3pm Sat 18 Sep

[Mac76]

3-0 Wood hatter

[GP]

Ramsdale
Tomiyasu
White
Gabriel
Tierney
Partey
Odegaard
Pepe
Saka
Smith Rowe
Aubameyang

[GP]

ODEGAAAAAARD!!!

WHAT A GOAL!

[Mac76]

Weel i started this one first :sulk:

But still if any mods are logging on, u may as well merge or delete it

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Odegaard. :bow:

0-1 HT.

Merson said we should have scored again. I don't know if it was him that should have scored but I know Merse said Smith Rowe right at the start of his update.

[Globalgunner]

ESR had a shot from 5 yards out. about 4ft over the bar. Its the best ive seen us play all season....even though its just Burnley

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pelanty to Burnley. VAR to review?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pelanty decision overturned.

Dyche. :pal:

[GP]

A VAR decision goes our way! :faint:

[GP]

Love him but Saka has had a stinker

[GP]

It's all so slow.

[GP]

Win's a win.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-1 FT. Goal machines. :bow:

[Letters]

Mid table :bow:

[LDG]

Good. Shit place to go. Like going to mordor.

[Mac76]

Good. Shit place to go. Like going to mordor.

Yeah that's actually a big win tbf over that bunch of ****s

Hope they go down this year

[I am invisible]

Still a bit disjointed in the final third - guess that’s going to take a while to click - but really, really pleased with how quickly the new-look defence are gelling and bonding. They’re a much easier bunch to like. Feeling a little more confident that we aren’t in free fall and heading for another relegation scrap by Christmas!

[I am invisible]

Gotta say, fair play to Ramsdale. Not for the performance, which was great, but because there were some seriously negative reactions to his signing (from fans and pundits alike), and he’s weathered it all with a smile on his face. Feels like he’s already becoming a fan-favourite after just 3 games - big character!

[Marc Overmars]

Still a bit disjointed in the final third - guess that’s going to take a while to click - but really, really pleased with how quickly the new-look defence are gelling and bonding. They’re a much easier bunch to like. Feeling a little more confident that we aren’t in free fall and heading for another relegation scrap by Christmas!

On the play in the final third, I don’t think anything is going to click as such. It’s been painfully obvious since Arteta came that he is a safety first, conservative coach. Our attacking potency has fallen off a cliff under his guidance. He’s neutered the attack so we just have to hope that defensively we’re strong enough to continue winning games by fine margins.

[I am invisible]

On the play in the final third, I don’t think anything is going to click as such. It’s been painfully obvious since Arteta came that he is a safety first, conservative coach. Our attacking potency has fallen off a cliff under his guidance. He’s neutered the attack so we just have to hope that defensively we’re strong enough to continue winning games by fine margins.
Yeah, I’m not really sure where we’re going on the attacking side yet? Maybe nowhere? Hard to tell when there’s been this many changes and there’s a different shape every week.

Tbh, at this point I’m happy to just use Arteta and Edu for the next year (or whenever their contracts expires) to carry on with the clean up at the club: drive out as many of the bums and problem-players as possible, trim the bloated squad, get the wage bill under control, get contracts under control, overhaul our approach to player identification and recruitment, (re)build around younger players with sell-on value, and re-establish basic professional pride and standards. If they can knock a hole in that list, and Arteta can also turn us into a solid and disciplined (if dull) unit with a bit of fight about us, then I’ll call their time here worthwhile.

All of which sounds absolutely boring AF, but that’s about where I am right now - I’ve been waiting for someone to get a grip of this mess of a club for about 6 years now and, for all their faults, these two are the only two who have even attempted to do anything about it. If Arteta can somehow deliver champagne football and Europe over the next year then great! We can think about continuing. But right now I’d settle for someone resetting this club and leaving us somewhere close to where we were between George Graham and Wenger, with a solid base for the next guy to build on and no mile-long list of problems to deal with.

[selassie]

Still a bit disjointed in the final third - guess that’s going to take a while to click - but really, really pleased with how quickly the new-look defence are gelling and bonding. They’re a much easier bunch to like. Feeling a little more confident that we aren’t in free fall and heading for another relegation scrap by Christmas!

Yeah the Defence looks very solid TBF, Gabriel has come in and put in two really high level performances. Tomi and Ramsdale look very solid too. Tierney is Tierney and White whilst not looking that secure has shown some decent composure at times, he worries me a bit though, like the kind of worry you get seeing a "David Luiz or John Stones" kind of performance!

Offensively we look a bit of a mess to be honest, the potential is there for it to click and be lethal, but I question how long it's going to take to click because they have been playing together a while now yet we only see flashes of brilliance. I have no idea what the outcome will be next week against that noisy lot up the road, I honestly can't call it.

[Niall_Quinn]

The conversation has turned to inspecting the maggots writhing in shit to see if maybe one or more are maggots of superior standing. I can save you some time, based on painful history.

[dazthegooner]

Well I’ve just seen an article saying that Arteta is out of his depth so I read on then saw it was by the spud “Legend” :lol: Garth Crooks :yikes: ok he may have a point but still :shrug: