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Post #496001  Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2019 4:48 pm 
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We press from their box and they pass through us so easily.

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Post #496002  Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2019 4:49 pm 
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Too easy for them :20hospitals:

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Post #496003  Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2019 4:52 pm 
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See City’s tactical fouling to stop any counter attack. 7 fouls already, we’ve only conceded 1 foul. We pressed high but 1 pass took out most of our team. The press has to be effective and if you can’t then you have to foul


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Did Kola duck on that one?

Sure did.

And that after a game where we conceded deflected goals due to players turning their backs.

Don't expect that to change as long as Mertesacker is part of the coaching setup. He made turning his back an art form.


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Post #496005  Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2019 4:59 pm 
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Some of our players go down so easily. It’s not even smart to make sure they win the free kick. Guendouzi, torriera and Pépé go down way too easily


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Did Kola duck on that one?

and flapping around the the penalty area like lovesick seal for the second .


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Sure did.

And that after a game where we conceded deflected goals due to players turning their backs.

Don't expect that to change as long as Mertesacker is part of the coaching setup. He made turning his back an art form.

Don’t let Bernard hear you say that :1laughter:

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Post #496008  Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2019 4:59 pm 
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Don't worry chaps if can keep it to 2-0 we must be the second half form team.

3-2 to us :26surprise:


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Post #496009  Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2019 5:02 pm 
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Guendouzi, torriera and Pépé go down way too easily

Even more embarrassing when you watch the replay .... shocking . Not going to progress with an attitude like that .


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Post #496010  Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2019 5:08 pm 
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When you’re down you keep getting dumped on. Tierney our for 3 months now a really bad tackle on kolasinac means he’s going to have to come off and it looks like Saka is going to come on and play left-back up against Sterling.


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Post #496011  Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2019 5:09 pm 
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Oh no, an unproven left back in Saka

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Post #496012  Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2019 5:10 pm 
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Holy crap. 0-3. More knife through butter.

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I'm watching this instead.


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Post #496014  Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2019 5:13 pm 
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A few stark realities on show for all to see today.


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Post #496015  Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2019 5:13 pm 
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Rightly pointed out, why take so long to put in the substitute? We are slow to attack, and just as slow to substitute. Just no urgency in us.

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Post #496016  Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2019 5:14 pm 
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Guendouzi is having an absolute nightmare.

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Post #496017  Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2019 5:18 pm 
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A ray of hope is that even Silent Stan can't ignore this any longer. Right now it's to hellwithwell meaning waffle about Arsenal DNA. Just get a manager who can organise a defence.

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Post #496018  Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2019 5:18 pm 
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Wake up, check score. Ahem. Expecting 7-0 by the morning. Arsenal back into a relegation battle. More importantly, off back to sleep.


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Post #496019  Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2019 5:22 pm 
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A ray of hope is that even Silent Stan can't ignore this any longer. Right now it's to hellwithwell meaning waffle about Arsenal DNA. Just get a manager who can organise a defence.

Headhunt Simeone. Pay the man.


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What's left to say, this is a nightmare.

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This match was never going to be seriously contested. This is one of those matches you forget immediately after, and not let it affect the short term strategy of what Freddie is trying to do. You have to look at this match the same as Real Madrid or Juve or PSG coming in for a match. You do the best you can, if it goes sideways, you forget it about right after the whistle as if it never happened.

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Post #496022  Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2019 5:24 pm 
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Yeah if it carries on like this it will be 7 or 8 nil. Need something to break for us and players to rise to the challenge far more. If we’re lucky it could be as good as 5-2!


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The gulf in class between our players and their players is just way too much. Not just in skill but in attitude as well.

The commentator remarked upon the difference between De Bruyne and Özil and it is there for all to see. I'd take Özil off and put an extra midfielder in there and try to stifle City a bit.

We've got no defence and to be fair the fullbacks are receiving little protection.

Guendouzi's defensive shortcomings are being ruthlessly exposed.

It really is a sad state of affairs.


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Seem to recall a mauling by City towards the end of Barnacle Wenger's groundhog demise when they took the foot off the gas after getting a big lead. I was convinced that Guardiola told them to take it easy out of pity for Wenger. Don't expect them to show any such mercy this second half.


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City are surprisingly aggressive in the challenge without sticking legs in so giving away less fouls than you’d think when closing in on Pépé and co on the wings.

Just accept you’re inferior, work hard to keep the score down and take notes on how it should be done. Take your medicine, this is what happens when mediocrity and bad management set it.


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It’s really odd watching the team now. Impossible to get involved or invested in it at any level. Just a kind of curious detachment (probably as a defence mechanism).

The three goals, plus the almost fourth that Leno saved, followed a pattern. Simply running/passing through the Arsenal players without anyone getting remotely close to them. Remarkable.

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long time gooner wrote:
It’s really odd watching the team now. Impossible to get involved or invested in it at any level. Just a kind of curious detachment (probably as a defence mechanism).

The three goals, plus the almost fourth that Leno save, followed a pattern. Simply running/passing through the Arsenal players without anyone getting remotely close to them. Remarkable.

Indeed no one knows how to tackle.

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Niall wrote:
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It’s really odd watching the team now. Impossible to get involved or invested in it at any level. Just a kind of curious detachment (probably as a defence mechanism).

The three goals, plus the almost fourth that Leno save, followed a pattern. Simply running/passing through the Arsenal players without anyone getting remotely close to them. Remarkable.

Indeed no one knows how to tackle.

Don’t even get close enough to tackle.

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The second goal, I think we had 4-5 players around the guy who crossed it in, and one defender standing off their single attacker


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long time gooner wrote:
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Indeed no one knows how to tackle.

Don’t even get close enough to tackle.

Arsenal players think a tackle is for fishermen.


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The second goal, I think we had 4-5 players around the guy who crossed it in, and one defender standing off their single attacker

Kolasinac didn't have a clue where Sterling was.

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Guendouzi is having an absolute nightmare.

and with that monstrous Mané ... looks totally stupid with it .

Chambers not far behind , Kolasinac ...a marshmallow masquerading as a footballer .

If City want to go for the jugular we could lose by 10 .


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We’d do much better with Leno plus ten Martinellis.

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How the hell do you get a manager worth his salt to come in and manage this squad/most of these individuals?
Is Arteta (not saying he's the best choice/option) sat there thinking "I can't wait to take this job on"?


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We need to bring back Vieira to play I think.

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And therein lies part of our problem.....a very highly paid player does f all in the game and petulantly reacts to being subbed. What a *%^@ attitude and it runs through this team like a yellow streak.


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Ljungberg’s expression says it all. Like he can’t believe the awfulness of some of our players.

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Fish wrote:
And therein lies part of our problem.....a very highly paid player does f all in the game and petulantly reacts to being subbed. What a *%^@ attitude and it runs through this team like a yellow streak.

He deserves a holiday. In China.

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Fish wrote:
And therein lies part of our problem.....a very highly paid player does f all in the game and petulantly reacts to being subbed. What a *%^@ attitude and it runs through this team like a yellow streak.

Yes Fish, you are 100% correct there. The sooner we get that a****** out of the club the happier I will be.


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And therein lies part of our problem.....a very highly paid player does f all in the game and petulantly reacts to being subbed. What a *%^@ attitude and it runs through this team like a yellow streak.

Yes Fish, you are 100% correct there. The sooner we get that a****** out of the club the happier I will be.

320k per week if memory serves me well. :8angers:

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