The Arsenal v Southampton, 3pm Sat 11 December

[Mac76]

0-3 Adams hatter

And if it is, Arteta needs to go...

[Letters]

I hope we win tbh

[Mac76]

32Ramsdale
18Tomiyasu
4White
6Gabriel
3Tierney
7Saka
5Partey
34Xhaka
35Martinelli
8Ødegaard
9Lacazette

Substitutes

10Smith Rowe
15Maitland-Niles
16Holding
17Cédric Soares
19Pépé
20Tavares
23Sambi Lokonga
30Nketiah
33Okonkwo

[dazthegooner]

Auba's been left out due to a disciplinary breach... :shrug:

[GP]

Great news.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Southampton have started well says Sherwood.

[dazthegooner]

Watching it you would think Southampton were the home side.

[dazthegooner]

LACAZETTE!!!!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

LACAZETTE!!!

[GP]

What a goal!!!

[dazthegooner]

2-0 Odegaard.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

ODEGAARD!!

[GP]

Goal machine Odegaard

[GP]

Laca needs to be doing better there

[dazthegooner]

Laca showing why we need another striker.

[GP]

Ramsdale is great.

Could be 4 up tbh

[McNamara That Ghost...]

3-0!! GABRIEL!!

[dazthegooner]

Gabriel 3-0

[GP]

We want 9!

[dazthegooner]

We want 9!

Would settle for 8 :)

[GP]

Hit the post twice now.

[dazthegooner]

Good save from Ramsdale x2

[dazthegooner]

Pepe's on :yikes:

[GP]

Pepe's back from the gulag.

[dazthegooner]

Partey giving the carpark attendant something to do.

[Letters]

Partey giving the carpark attendant something to do.

:lol:

[Mac76]

:lol:

:gp:

Good to see Arteta acknowledge Pepe still exists though

Very shaky first 15-20 mins but once we got the first goal we settled down, albeit we had to rely on Ramsdale a few times

Tomi, Odegaard and Martinelli particularly good today

[Marc Overmars]

Good to rack up some goals.

Without Auba too. Bye.

[Letters]

Good to rack up some goals.

Without Auba too. Bye.
I did read something about him sodding off to Barcelona to get a tattoo? :blink:
He can piss off if that’s so.

[Bumble]

:gp:

Good to see Arteta acknowledge Pepe still exists though

Very shaky first 15-20 mins but once we got the first goal we settled down, albeit we had to rely on Ramsdale a few times

Tomi, Odegaard and Martinelli particularly good today

Ramsdale seems one good bit of business considering the amount of criticism there was for signing him at the time.

all our 3 strikers will be off in the summer... so wonder who we will bring in or could Martinelli get a run of games there to see how he does

[Gooner23]

I did read something about him sodding off to Barcelona to get a tattoo? :blink:
He can piss off if that’s so.

Apparently he was given permission to leave the country but reported back late (again). Didnt realise it was for a tattoo though, that's a bit ridiculous given current climate.

[Letters]

Yeah. I don’t know if it’s true, but he really shouldn’t be captain.
I never think a striker should be captain anyway, he’s never struck me as captain material and he’s not even playing well.

In other news, I saw the highlights and after a shaky start it all looked comfortable enough and could have been more of a thumping.

[Mac76]

This is what the Athletic says about it:

"In the wake of Arsenal’s 2-1 defeat against Everton, Aubameyang sought permission to travel to France. His intention was to visit his mother, and bring her back with him to England....

... Aubameyang was granted permission to travel to France on Tuesday and return to England on Wednesday, in order to report for training on Thursday.

Aubameyang did not return on Wednesday. Instead, he caught an early flight on Thursday morning before reporting to London Colney. Sources suggest he was on time for training, but as far as Arsenal were concerned, the infraction had already occurred.

The problem was compounded by confusion regarding the COVID-19 protocols. Aubameyang underwent a test in France prior to returning to the UK and believed that would be sufficient for him to resume training immediately on Thursday. Under current guidance, however, a PCR test is required before returning to a place of work in England.

Some have suggested that the intricacies of the testing implications could have been better communicated to Aubameyang by the club: since the start of the pandemic, footballers have operated under a number of different protocols, sometimes even permitted to travel freely thanks to elite sport exemptions. Such an exemption would not, of course, be applicable when travelling to deal with a personal matter.

The club, however, believe the parameters within which Aubameyang’s trip were permitted were very clear, and that he simply failed to meet them. Aubameyang was told not to report to London Colney for Arsenal’s training session on Friday. Instead, he trained at home in order to maintain his fitness...

...After a picture of Aubameyang undergoing a tattoo with a Barcelona-based tattoo artist was posted on Instagram, speculation on social media suggested that may have been a factor in causing Arteta’s opprobrium. The Athletic understands the tattoo is of no relevance to the matter at hand. It was a scheduled appointment, which took place in London, and would have gone ahead regardless of Aubameyang’s participation in training or the game."

[Marc Overmars]

Whatever happened I think we can all agree he is not captain material at all. Weak as hell, it’s like being led into battle by a poodle.