Arsenal v Leicester (13/08, 15:00 BST)

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Arsenal; Ramsdale, White, Saliba, Gabriel, Zinchenko, Partey, Xhaka, Saka, Odegaard, Martinelli, Jesus.
Subs: Turner, Tierney, Tomiyasu, Holding, Elneny, Lokonga, Smith Rowe, Pepe, Nketiah.

Leicester: Ward, Amartey, Fofana, Evans, Justin, Ndidi, Tielemans, Maddison, Dewsbury-Hall, Castagne, Vardy.
Subs: Soyuncu, Albrighton, Iheanacho, Perez, Daka, Mendy, Praet, Iversen, Thomas.

[HCZ_Reborn]

Tierney, Smith Rowe and Tomoyasu back amongst the substitutes but no Skeet Ulrich yet

[HCZ_Reborn]

That Cunt Xhaka almost gifts Leicester a goal

[Globalgunner]

G jesus with a sweet flick into the Leicester goal. Xhaka did something in the build-up too:unsure:

[GP]

What a goal.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Jesus. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

JESUS!!!

[GP]

JESUS!!!

2-0!

[GP]

Jesus is world class. No exaggeration.

[LDG]

Fuckin pel to and leicester

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Vardy. :lol:

Diving shit.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

VAR overturns it, no pel.

[GP]

Vardy is a diving shitbag. Never a pel.

[dazthegooner]

VAR overturns it, no pel.

Just like his fooking wife.

[Globalgunner]

New season , same old cheating Jamie Vardy. Same old PL refs.

Penalty overturned...with Mike Dean the VAR ref no less. WTF?

[LDG]

VAR overturns it :lol:

[LDG]

Always loved Mike Dean

[LDG]

Half Time

Get in you Gunners

[HCZ_Reborn]

Good half time scoreline, Xhaka is still a Cunt

[GP]

Great stuff.

Zinchecko, Xhaka, Martinelli and Jesus have been immense.

3 more in the 2nd half pls.

[GP]

2-1

Saliba OG :doh:

Could probably do with a loan.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-1 Saliba OG.

[GP]

XHAKA!!!!!!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

XHAKA!!!

[Globalgunner]

I have always been a Xhaka admirer

[HCZ_Reborn]

2-1

Saliba OG :doh:

Could probably do with a loan.

Even the best players do silly arse things, I’d rather they not been given route back into game but I see Xhaka has snatched it away.

[mandela8]

Diving naw a bookable offense anymore?

Horrific from Jesus. Exactly the same as Vardy's. Slight contact and down like they've been shot

[mandela8]

Get Saka aff tae fuck.

Utterly fuckin pointless, as usual.

[HCZ_Reborn]

Diving naw a bookable offense anymore?

Horrific from Jesus. Exactly the same as Vardy's. Slight contact and down like they've been shot

Assuming from that Vardy wasn’t booked either

[HCZ_Reborn]

3-2 Maddison

[McNamara That Ghost...]

3-2 Maddison. :blink:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

MARTINELLI!!!

[GP]

MARTINELLI!!!!

[Globalgunner]

Is this footie I'm watching or Basketball?

[HCZ_Reborn]

Lego head takes off Jesus on a hat trick


Four substitutions made in five minutes


Zinchenko, White, Saka and Jesus off

Tierney, Tomoyasu, Smith Rowe and Nketiah on

[LDG]

Lego head takes off Jesus on a hat trick


Four substitutions made in five minutes


Zinchenko, White, Saka and Jesus off

Tierney, Tomoyasu, Smith Rowe and Nketiah on

In fairness, its little bit hot

[HCZ_Reborn]

In fairness, its little bit hot

I tell you where it’s also quite hot….Brazil

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I think I hate five subs.

[HCZ_Reborn]

I think I hate five subs.

It tends to favour teams with big squads for sure

[GP]

Lovely stuff.

[HCZ_Reborn]

Anyway 4-2 FT

Good result, good performance for the most part but it has to be said it’s a bit of a blot to our copy book to have conceded twice. Ramsdale been a bit all over the place this season, let’s hope he settles down a bit.

Yes it was Saliba’s error for the first goal but both are guilty of not communicating

[Letters]

It tends to favour teams with big squads for sure

Of course. It’s another measure which favours the big clubs.

[Globalgunner]

Errr. Aren't we a big club?

[HCZ_Reborn]

Errr. Aren't we a big club?

:haha: :haha:

Very good

[HCZ_Reborn]

Anyway all joking aside

Looking at the goals we conceded again. If you go by All or Nothing, Ramsdale takes conceding goals very personally and he should be distraught with both goals.

The first goal is purely lack of communication. Saliba for me does the right thing, he doesn’t get the call from Ramsdale and so he goes to intercept. Ramsdale should have been out of his goal and claiming that.

The second goal his positioning is good to close down the space for Maddison but the fact that Maddison is able to squeeze the shot between his legs is mortifying. Bad day at the office for the keeper, and we need him to improve upon what has been a shaky start to the season.

[Letters]

Errr. Aren't we a big club?

Yes.

What’s your point, caller?

[Letters]

:haha: :haha:

Very good

Sigh. Not really.
The way the game has gone in the PL era has tipped the balance increasingly in favour of the rich clubs. It’s designed to keep the top few clubs noses in the trough at the expense of the rest.
This is a bad thing.
But it does also benefit us.
See?

[HCZ_Reborn]

Sigh. Not really.
The way the game has gone in the PL era has tipped the balance increasingly in favour of the rich clubs. It’s designed to keep the top few clubs noses in the trough at the expense of the rest.
This is a bad thing.
But it does also benefit us.
See?

We aren’t a big club, we don’t have a big club mentality. At the moment calling us a big club is like calling United a big club

There are two big clubs in the league currently, that’s it.

Can we become a big club again? Yes of course but it’s a long way off

[Letters]

Bullshit. Obviously “big” is pretty subjective, and comparative.
But there’s no metric by which we can be sensibly described as anything other than a big club.

[HCZ_Reborn]

Bullshit. Obviously “big” is pretty subjective, and comparative.
But there’s no metric by which we can be sensibly described as anything other than a big club.

Haven’t won a title in 18 years and counting

Haven’t even appeared in Europe’s premier competition for five years

I’d say that’s a metric by which to say we aren’t a big club

I agree it’s subjective but having a reasonably big stadium and fan base isn’t really the criteria

[Mac76]

At the moment calling us a big club is like calling United a big club

Newcastle have richer owners than us tbf

[HCZ_Reborn]

Not even about richest owners it’s about present achievement and status

Newcastle are not a big club, they will likely become one though

[Letters]

Haven’t won a title in 18 years and counting

Haven’t even appeared in Europe’s premier competition for five years

I’d say that’s a metric by which to say we aren’t a big club

I agree it’s subjective but having a reasonably big stadium and fan base isn’t really the criteria

Stadium size and fan base are part of the criteria, but so is history - and ours definitely makes us a big club.
Like it or not, Spurs are a big club - they were invited to join the European Super League ffs.
If it's just about current success then City are a bigger club than us, which they absolutely bloody aren't.

[HCZ_Reborn]

Stadium size and fan base are part of the criteria, but so is history - and ours definitely makes us a big club.
Like it or not, Spurs are a big club - they were invited to join the European Super League ffs.
If it's just about current success then City are a bigger club than us, which they absolutely bloody aren't.


City are absolutely a bigger club than us!

If you want to make it about history, where do you draw the line? Leeds, Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa?

[Xhaka Can’t]

Depends on criteria you use.

If City were to lose their infinite cheat button and returned to their long term historical norm, would they come close to our attendances, Worldwide fan base, TV coverage and would they even be a consistent presence in the top flight?

If you think, infinite cheat is the measure, then yeah, you’re right. City is big. The biggest.

[Letters]

City are absolutely a bigger club than us!
Bullshit.
And what Gary said.
And it’s not just about history, but it is a factor.