Some may disagree but I thought White was poor and Ødegaard was awful. His inability to find a man when under pressure (normally his strong point) gifted Palace possession too many times.

Great result. Fantastic first half an hour.

After that we completely lost control of the game which was very disappointing. That happened too many times last season. Not sure why it happens but we need to find an answer if we want to do anything this season. Maybe we could have brought on Lokonga.

Saliba was excellent, Ramsdale made a couple of superb saves. Jesus was dazzling for half and hour and had a very good game overall.

Some may disagree but I thought White was poor and Ødegaard was awful. His inability to find a man when under pressure (normally his strong point) gifted Palace possession too many times.

Zinny was exposed a bit defensively and I thought things improved greatly when Tierney came on.

With the players we currently have available, maybe we should try Zinchenko in midfield with Tierney at left back? Tierney is better defensively and much better 1v1, but Zinchenko offers more on the ball. We struggled a bit with possession today, Zinchenko could be very useful in that regard.

Great result. Fantastic first half an hour.

After that we completely lost control of the game which was very disappointing. That happened too many times last season. Not sure why it happens but we need to find an answer if we want to do anything this season. Maybe we could have brought on Lokonga.

Saliba was excellent, Ramsdale made a couple of superb saves. Jesus was dazzling for half and hour and had a very good game overall.

Some may disagree but I thought White was poor and Ødegaard was awful. His inability to find a man when under pressure (normally his strong point) gifted Palace possession too many times.

Zinny was exposed a bit defensively and I thought things improved greatly when Tierney came on.

Gidday Soc .... I too thought White was a bit flaky but then in his defence ; Zaha when he decides to turn up can cause anyone a lot of problems .

Palace I thought epitomised Vieira's own playing style , very combative which isn't Ødegaard's strong suit .

Mystifying why Martinelli attempted that arse backwards left foot scuff in the first couple of minutes when it was screaming for one of his trademark right foot .
curlers .
What [ if anything ] goes on in Xhaka's head ; make the most obvious dive .... get booked then go on and on vehemently protesting his innocence ... strange character

That salmon coloured jersey is bloody awful .

Hello kiwi,

You're right (for once) Zaha is a handful and White is not a natural RB so maybe I was a bit harsh.

Interesting that he says there’s a few things we want to do in the transfer market. More than 1 maybe ?

Ben is a great passing CB, why not try a Saliba/Gabriel central defense and Ben at defensive center mid?

Saliba's performance makes the decision to send him out on loan even more perplexing. Either he went on loan and gained the requisite skills to be good enough or it was already there and some non footbaling reason sent him off.

I think we need to bring in that extra CM so we can have more options to wrestle back control of games when we lose it, like for the last hour tonight.

There must be a strong, imposing CM out there who can add something extra to our game in tough away matches.

I also think we could have been better tactically. Anderson was hitting raking passes to set up Palace attacks and was the cause of so many problems so why not push a forward up on him to stop him getting on the ball, or at least having time to hit those passes. Stop the supply at source.

It actually justifies it - to get to the level he has reached, needed him to play regularly in competitive matches; he wouldn’t have got to do that without these loans

Outside of the other top 6 clubs I think Palace away could be the toughest away game. West Ham are a good side but Palace generate a different atmosphere - heightened by the night game and being on the focus of tv.

White made the most tackles and won the most duels of everyone on the pitch yesterday. It was probably inevitable that Zaha would beat him a few times as he will every full back in the league but I think White dealt with him pretty well all things considered. Zaha has been a thorn in our side too many times before.

It actually justifies it - to get to the level he has reached, needed him to play regularly in competitive matches; he wouldn’t have got to do that without these loans

The prem has introduced multi-ball this season. There are 10 balls in total around the pitch which should speed up restarts. Utterly baffling why this hasn’t been in effect before.

Outside of the other top 6 clubs I think Palace away could be the toughest away game. West Ham are a good side but Palace generate a different atmosphere - heightened by the night game and being on the focus of tv. I hate these sorts of games for Arsenal so hugely pleased with that win.

Leicester home
Bournemouth away
Fulham home
Villa home

Not getting ahead of ourselves but we should be clear favourites to win all those games. 5 wins out of 5 please Arsenal

Rich. You and I both know if we win 5 games on the trot, Arsenal fans will get way ahead of themselves and start talking title challenging. Then the first misstep start showing banners saying Arteta out.

I assume its like that with all football fans but there never seems to be any even keel, its over optimistic or over pessimistic.

It actually justifies it - to get to the level he has reached, needed him to play regularly in competitive matches; he wouldn’t have got to do that without these loans

The prem has introduced multi-ball this season. There are 10 balls in total around the pitch which should speed up restarts. Utterly baffling why this hasn’t been in effect before.

Fulham causing Liverpool all sorts of problems so far

And they equalise.

Fulham go 2-1 up.