Newcastle vs Arsenal. 16th May. 20:00. CL qualification 1st leg

Dont think we've won a single game after going behind this season. Really hope we bring in a couple of goal scorers in the summer, way too much pressure on the youngsters to bail us out each week.

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Originally Posted by Gooner23

Dont think we've won a single game after going behind this season. Really hope we bring in a couple of goal scorers in the summer, way too much pressure on the youngsters to bail us out each week.

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Wolves at home is the only game we’ve won after conceding first.

Also, Palace at home is the only draw we’ve salvaged too.

Only 4 points gained from a losing position all season. Absolutely shit.

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Originally Posted by Ralpheroo72

Typical Arsenal, no fight when it really matters. Stuck it all on a rookie, and gave him a new deal for some reason. A striker of any kind in January would’ve been better than this lot. Fucking blown it big time AGAIN

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There are coaches like Sutter, and then there are Arsenal hires.

Kronke's stink is all over the place. Why give a manager a new contract when he's on the cusp of a series of crucial matches that make the difference between a Top4 triumph or relegation to the Dogshit Cup? What's Kronke's measure of success? Obviously not results, or else the contract would have come when the results were in. More likely he's chuffed by metrics that have no appeal the fans whatsoever. Is it a manager that doesn't talk back? A manager that's happy to accept second best? Why'd he get that new contract? What "success" has Kroenke identified?

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Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn

Kronke's stink is all over the place. Why give a manager a new contract when he's on the cusp of a series of crucial matches that make the difference between a Top4 triumph or relegation to the Dogshit Cup? What's Kronke's measure of success? Obviously not results, or else the contract would have come when the results were in. More likely he's chuffed by metrics that have no appeal the fans whatsoever. Is it a manager that doesn't talk back? A manager that's happy to accept second best? Why'd he get that new contract? What "success" has Kroenke identified?

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He got the success he wanted in January.

And we underwrote all of it.

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Originally Posted by selassie

Arteta has run the likes of Saka, ESR & Martinelli into the ground.

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So true, he placed his trust in so few players

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Originally Posted by Mac76

So true, he placed his trust in so few players

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He doesn’t trust any of the forwards because they’re not his players, he even took a while to warm up to Martinelli. It’s the one area of the team he hasn’t actually managed to sign anyone, well there was Willian but at least he recognised his mistake quickly there.

I’ll give him one more year on the assumption that we will be going hard this summer on players who can make a difference up front.

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Originally Posted by Gooner23

I think we're better than what we've seen. The players have looked terrified from the first minute. We had Ramsdale hoofing the ball off the pitch, Elneny, Xhaka and Ode all hiding. I know it's a high stakes game but that was awful.

The manager has to take the blame as well. Terrible decision dropping Martinelli, he was our only spark when he came on.

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Yeah to be fair you have a point. They looked like frightened rabbits when the stakes were high and that was the senior players.

Ramsdale has been shakey for a while now and I felt Xhaka, Elneny & Odegaard as you pointed out have gone into hiding in the crunch games. It is what it is, Arteta & Edu have the summer now to improve the team / squad.

I certainly won’t be so forgiving next season.

As I said, as soon as CL qualification became expected, they froze. They were far more composed and effective when chasing. They’ve looked every bit like a group of boys who couldn’t deal with the pressure. A real poor way to bow out, not going to do their reputation any favours.

A utterly shameful performance!!!