Arsenal 0-1 West Ham Match Reaction

[HCZ_Reborn]

I just feel there's goals in this side. Admittedly that opinion is starting to fly in the face of evidence, but Nwaneri looks likely, Odegaard can score, Rice chips in here and there.
I basically agree with you though and it's why I think you're being a bit harsh on Arteta. Yes, we are light on squad depth and yes we needed a striker but I'm not sure Arteta is responsible for transfer dealings. And we're still above everyone but Liverpool - they've been lucky with injuries and have had Salah on absolute fire all season.

Odegaard has scored twice in the league this season (once from the spot) and Rice has scored only the once (which is consummate with his time at West Ham where he would usually only score one league goal a season for them)


Trossard hasn’t been scoring frequently (4 league goals this season, apart from anything he’s not wanting to play for us beyond this season) and expecting goals from Nwaneri on a consistent basis is downright unfair on the lad at 17.

I was scathing of Arteta because I think if this side was fully fit it should have enough to be ahead of Liverpool even with Salah in god mode. How responsible is he for the fact that we haven’t been able to keep what players we have consistently fit? He’s not fully responsible but he has some responsibility.

I’m of the opinion that a draw is better than nothing so I can bemoan Arteta for us playing too expansively and getting caught cold for their goal, I think that is naive when we simply don’t have the goals in the team to come from behind. But also I’m aware that playing more conservatively wouldn’t have guaranteed us a clean sheet which is what I think we will need to guarantee any points on the board from now until May.


I said that I felt with the injuries we had our goal average would go from 2 a game to 1 a game and so far that’s proved to be the case.