The Arsenal v West Ham - 8pm, 15 December 2021

[Mac76]

0-3 Antonio hatter

[Letters]

This is another "test".

We all know how those usually go :(

[Mac76]

This is another "test".

We all know how those usually go :(

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/Fail_stamp.jpg

[Marc Overmars]

Well another chance to show some 4th place credentials.

Hopefully they turn up.

2-1.

[GP]

Easy sleazy.

3-0

Odegaard, Xhaka x2

[Mac76]

Easy sleazy.

3-0

Odegaard, Xhaka x2

x2 yellows? :lol;

[dazthegooner]

Laca is captain for tonight not sure who it'll be when he goes off.

[Mac76]

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

Substitutes

10Smith Rowe
15Maitland-Niles
16Holding
19Pépé
20Tavares
23Sambi Lokonga
25Elneny
30Nketiah
33Okonkwo

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Come on Arsenal. :bow:

[Letters]

Come on Arsenal. :bow:

Agreed.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Dawson. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Send him off!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Coufal booked.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

We keep falling over, which isn't helping.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Dive from Soucek.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Fornals combs it but wide.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Needed anyone but Xhaka there.

Great effort from Tierney!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Antonio. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Fabianski saves from Lacazette, Martinelli, how the miss?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-0 HT.

[Bumble]

We have shown so much energy and effort and no reward yet. Keep it up in 2nd half and we will win. Just odd how different we are away from home

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Saka. :haha:

Not his best strike.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

MARTINELLI!!!!

[Bumble]

Good goal

[GP]

What a goal!!!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Martinelli. :cloud9:

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Xhaka crap shot. Lacazette bundles an effort towards goal.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ramsdale saves us.

Odegaard square ball.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Foul throw. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Send him off!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Odegaard freekick saved by Fabianski.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Martinelli booked.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

That was going in from Partey. :lol:

[Maestro]

Need a second to wrap this up

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Xhaka needs to fuck off plodding around taking ages to make a simple pass.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Odegaard off, ESR on!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

PELANTY!

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Coufal sent off. Second yellow. :pal:

[GP]

PEL!

And RED!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lacazette has it saved. :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Re-take?

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No re-take. :lol:

[GP]

Why can we never score pels?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Yellow for Ramsdale.

[GP]

If we throw this away I'm going to punch someone's wife

[Letters]

If we throw this away I'm going to punch someone's wife

My balls :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Gabriel volley wide.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Saka shot deflects wide.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Martinelli off, Nketiah on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Fornals off, Ashby on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

SMITH ROWE!!!!!

[GP]

EMILE SMITH ROWEEEEEEE!!!

[I am invisible]

Positive GD! :bow:

[Marc Overmars]

Get in!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Partey, noooo.

Freekick to West Ham.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nothing comes of it.

[GP]

Close from Xhaka

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-0 FT. :bow:

[GP]

Happy with that,

4th!

[Marc Overmars]

Good result.

Just do that away from home more often and we’ll be set.

[Mac76]

Good match, top four, keep going lads :scarf:

[Letters]

Positive goal difference :bow:

[LDG]

Gonna win the league

[dazthegooner]

So Laca misses a penalty just like the previous captain. Maybe we should decide who is the next permanent captain in a penalty shootout :blink:

[LDG]

So Laca misses a penalty just like the previous captain. Maybe we should decide who is the next permanent captain in a penalty shootout :blink:

At this rate, it would take all fucking season.

BTW, credit to Moyes, though I think he had every right to be pissed off. I thought it was a soft pen, and if it was us, I’d be fucking uptight given the chap got the ball….

[I am invisible]

This is another "test".

We all know how those usually go :(
Test: FAILED! Please select reason:

[ ] Sterner tests to come.

[ ] We should be beating teams like West Ham.

[ ] Can we do it away from home / up t’north though?

[ ] A better team would have scored more, especially against 10 men.

[ ] ARTETA OUT!

[I am invisible]

One pleasing thing I noticed about last night… with both Xhaka and Tierney back in the side we didn’t just fall back into the same old pattern of working it down the left on every move - we were still creating chances from all angles.

[Letters]

Test: FAILED! Please select reason:

[ ] Sterner tests to come.

[ ] We should be beating teams like West Ham.

[ ] Can we do it away from home / up t’north though?

[ ] A better team would have scored more, especially against 10 men.

[ ] ARTETA OUT!

:lol: It was good to see a pretty confident win against a side who I did see as “a test”. A 6 pointer, no less! The away form is problematic, at home we’ve been getting very good results.
I continue to be unsure what I think of Arteta. For every promising sign there’s a set back. But maybe you expect that in a process of rebuilding. I said let’s see where we are by Christmas and it’s looking ok. So #ArtetaIn again for now!

[dazthegooner]

Just seen the penalty incident and yes it was harsh and yes he did get the ball but after he'd gone through Laca but he also played for it, and missed.....

[Marc Overmars]

We definitely need to start grinding some results away from home now. The difference with the home form is night and day.

Leeds are shite so this weekend is the perfect opportunity to get going.

[Marc Overmars]

Just seen the penalty incident and yes it was harsh and yes he did get the ball but after he'd gone through Laca but he also played for it, and missed.....

I would have been annoyed had that been given against us, but then if that happens outside the box it’s probably a freekick anyway.

Meh, just one of those decisions.

Deserved win regardless.

[dazthegooner]

I would have been annoyed had that been given against us, but then if that happens outside the box it’s probably a freekick anyway.

Meh, just one of those decisions.

Deserved win regardless.

Oh it WOULD have been given against us no worries :good: ;)

[Mac76]

"Here we goooo-o, Sake and Emile Smth Rowe!"

https://twitter.com/emilesmithrowe/status/1471255193517973505

[Letters]

Just seen the penalty incident and yes it was harsh and yes he did get the ball but after he'd gone through Laca but he also played for it, and missed.....

It was a bit soft and I don't think it should have been a sending off.
And Laca is a bit of a prat for rolling around like a fanny for ages.
It was a "you see them given" one, they did a VAR check so I'm not going to lose sleep over it, and we deserved to win anyway.

[Bumble]

It was a bit soft and I don't think it should have been a sending off.
And Laca is a bit of a prat for rolling around like a fanny for ages.
It was a "you see them given" one, they did a VAR check so I'm not going to lose sleep over it, and we deserved to win anyway.

i didnt think it was a penalty and with VAR it is turning into a referees call type thing so had it not been given that wouldnt have been overturned either. Sending off made it really harsh but the sending off actually seem to make West Ham play better.

thought we were really good yesterday and thoroughly deserved to win. west ham are a good side so it was a really good result. now if we could perform like that away from home would make things more interesting.

[Mac76]

It was a bit soft and I don't think it should have been a sending off.
And Laca is a bit of a prat for rolling around like a fanny for ages.
It was a "you see them given" one, they did a VAR check so I'm not going to lose sleep over it, and we deserved to win anyway.

mostly this, though good on Laca for buying it, we need to make our own luck