Leeds United v Arsenal (16/10, 14:00 BST).

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Come on Arsenal. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Leeds: Meslier; Kristensen, Koch, Cooper, Struijk; Roca, Adams; Aaronson, Rodrigo, Harrison; Sinisterra
Subs: Klaesson, Ayling, Firpo, Bamford, Summerville, Llorente, Gelhardt, Greenwood, Klich

Arsenal: Ramsdale, White, Saliba, Gabriel, Tomiyassu, Partey, Xhaka, Saka, Odegaard, Martinelli, Jesus.
Subs: Turner, Tierney, Cedric, Holding, Lokonga, Vieira, Nelson, Marquinhos, Nketiah.

[HCZ_Reborn]

I’m not sure about this at all. Realistically from midfield onwards you have to say that’s the strongest team (yes even with Xhaka in there….Lokonga has been awful) but I don’t get persisting with Tomoyasu at left back…fine if you’ve got a specific strategy for dealing with a player but now it just makes it look like Tierney has been dropped.

Also gives us less opportunities going forward, I’d have dropped Gabriel…put White in central defence…played Tomoyasu at right back and put Tierney in at left back.

[Mac76]

3-0 Rodrigo hatter

[Marc Overmars]

Possible banana skin but it should be a win really. Leeds aren’t quite as chaotic as last year but they haven’t actually won since that 3-0 win over Chelsea.

1-2

[HCZ_Reborn]

I’m going to say this will be our first draw away from home since Brighton a year ago. 1-1

[mandela8]

Really don't get the 3.5 centre half nonsense.

White and Tommy offer nothing in attack.

Just reeks of Arteta reverting to thinking he's smarter than everyone else.

[Mac76]

One of the many bad things about our being in the EL is that we keep playing our games on Sunday after Spuds have played, so it feels like even more of a pressure game given all the other PL teams are rolling over for them

[Mac76]

come on guys let's get an early goal again

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Our game is on 5live.

We'll just have to play on without VAR surely.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Play suspended because VAR isn't working and neither are referee communications perhaps. :lol:

[Mac76]

it's becoming a farce but the commentators are sayying it's not a level playing field across the PL if one game is without the technology

[Mac76]

game suspended - what a joke - i hope they get all the time back

[Mac76]

Northern Powerhouse in action :bow:

[GP]

Have they tried turning it off and on again?

[Mac76]

This kind of crap always happens to us - you can bet that somehow it's going to screw the game up for us and mess up our season

[Letters]

Have they tried turning it off and on again?

:lol:

[GP]

FFS Arteta out!

[Mac76]

i hope he starts the game from when the issue first occurred, after about two minutes, not when they formally suspended it which was after about 10

it would be typical if we weren't winning and were cheated of ten minutes

[GP]

The premier league fear us so much they have to resort to this smh my head

[HCZ_Reborn]

What an absolute joke. Sounds like the power cut was only temporary but it caused VAR, Hawkeye etc to crash.

[Mac76]

Arsenal just tweeted:

��Powered up…

�� Ready for action to resume at 2.40pm (UK)

[McNamara That Ghost...]

At least it came so early on in the game not really too long to disrupt that much.

[HCZ_Reborn]

At least it came so early on in the game not really too long to disrupt that much.

Makes you wonder if someone somewhere was playing silly buggers

[Mac76]

apparently they're starting with one minute and nine seconds on the clock

[Mac76]

Partey and Tomi all over the place, we nearly conceded

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Our game is on Sports Xtra now. :rolleyes:

[Mac76]

Tomi's been dreadful so far, they need to swap him for Tierney at HT

[Mac76]

close from Sinisterra

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Jesus whyyy.

[Marc Overmars]

Just going to have to accept that Jesus is a brilliant footballer but clinical striker he is not. Type of player who needs a few chances to score 1.

[mandela8]

Not enough options out wide.

Makes everyone else job more difficult when they get the ball.

Having to beat Arteta and Leeds here.

[mandela8]

Just going to have to accept that Jesus is a brilliant footballer but clinical striker he is not. Type of player who needs a few chances to score 1.

Yep, just not a clinical striker.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

SAKA!!!!!

[mandela8]

Get in Saka!!!

Lovely finish from him.

[GP]

What a goal!

[Marc Overmars]

Get the fuck in

[Mac76]

Tomi's giving the ball away all the time, really needs to come off

[HCZ_Reborn]

Tomi's giving the ball away all the time, really needs to come off

Not a left back is he….bit like driving in the states…gets confusing

[mandela8]

Tomi's giving the ball away all the time, really needs to come off

Crazy stuff, man.

It's just baffling.

[Mac76]

Not a left back is he….bit like driving in the states…gets confusing

It's not even that some of the time, it's just basic control of the ball in tight situations - this is the worst performance i've seen from him

[Marc Overmars]

Tomi is the kind of player who can probably come in to do a job on someone but this is very bizarre if he’s actually preferred to Tierney long term at left back.

[HCZ_Reborn]

Tomi is the kind of player who can probably come in to do a job on someone but this is very bizarre if he’s actually preferred to Tierney long term at left back.

Oh yeah agree, Arteta was reasonably quick on the draw with substitutions in the frozen tundra of Bodo. Let’s hope he’s similarly disposed in the frozen tundras of North Yorkshire

[Mac76]

Bamford on for Leeds

[Mac76]

Bamford goal disallowed :lol:

[mandela8]

Very lucky. Barely touched the weakling Gabriel.


I see Arteta is applying the "wait until they score to change it" approach

[Marc Overmars]

Leeds penalty

[Marc Overmars]

MISSED!!!

[GP]

LOL

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Amazing!!

[Mac76]

Bamford :haha:

[Marc Overmars]

Sounds like a bit of a pub effort from us at the moment. Hopefully that slice of luck doesn’t go to waste.

[Mac76]

we're only just holding on, Arteta has to do something here

[Mac76]

Ramsdale :bow:

[Marc Overmars]

Saliba having a bit of a mare apparently.

[GP]

Ramsdale did really well.

[GP]

Saliba having a bit of a mare apparently.

The loans were obviously really good for him but his inexperience does still show a bit.

[HCZ_Reborn]

Saliba having a bit of a mare apparently.

Just a bit, has given the ball away in very dangerous places a few times. Gave away the penalty and was lucky not to be sent off just now. This is Gabriel level of bed shitting….young guy clearly top defender but he’s not showing it today

[Mac76]

Saliba having a bit of a mare apparently.

so is Partey and now White keeps giving the ball away - Gabriel has been a bit more solid so far at least

[Mac76]

White off, Tierney on

[Mac76]

Summerville :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pelanty to Leeds. what.

[Marc Overmars]

Fuck sake

Gabriel is an idiot

[Mac76]

Gabriel straight red and a pelanty

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Haha what a chaos

[Marc Overmars]

VAR :pray:

[Marc Overmars]

OVERTURNED!!!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pelanty overturned. :lol:

[Mac76]

Bamford gave him a really big shove in the back first - pel cancelled :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Gabriel not red carded. Incredible.

[dostoy]

Who is watching it and on what channel?. I know its not on BT or Sky.

[Marc Overmars]

Hang on FFS

[Marc Overmars]

FULL TIME!!! :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-1 FT!!!! The tears are gonna be delicious.

[GP]

Great win!

[Mac76]

0-1 FT

get the fuck in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

real tough game but the points are ours :scarf:

[Marc Overmars]

Rough day at the office and on another day that was easily points dropped.

Winning is becoming quite the habit but that game was also a timely reminder how fragile things can be.

[GP]

For the first time in the club’s 136-year history, Arsenal have won 9 of their opening 10 games of a top-flight league season:

WWWWWLWWWW

◉ Goals: 24
◉ Conceded: 10
◉ Clean sheets: 4

[HCZ_Reborn]

I think anyone complaining referees are against us can shut the fuck up. On another day Bamford goal gets given and penalty is not overturned. Think we had some favourable decisions against both Spurs and Liverpool too.

We’ve been poor lately. For me I think that comes down to having played five games in fifteen days. But it also shows we lack strength in depth. Not going to complain….nine wins from ten is excellent and 24 goals in ten is nothing to be sniffed at either

[Mac76]

most of the decisions people say we've been lucky with were the right decisions plain and simple, but for once i'll say the disallowed Bamford goal was maybe a tiny bit lucky

[HCZ_Reborn]

most of the decisions people say we've been lucky with were the right decisions plain and simple, but for once i'll say the disallowed Bamford goal was maybe a tiny bit lucky

But even when they are the right decision you can argue that the referee overturning the original decision was lucky to a degree

But Gabriel should have been sent off for kicking out…

[Mac76]

But even when they are the right decision you can argue that the referee overturning the original decision was lucky to a degree

But Gabriel should have been sent off for kicking out…

no it was a yellow - he barely touched Bamford and it was only half a kick-out, his leg was flying up when he went over after Bamford's shove - but he does need to control his temper

btw I've just watched the Bamford disallowed goal again several times and i still can't see what the problem was other than his leaning a little on Gabriel, strikers get away with that all the time - if an Arsenal goal was disallowed for that i'd be f*****g furious