The kid is coming on

Arteta reads my posts.

That’s mental the 15 year old is coming on

4th yellow of the season for Jesus. One more for a ban.

Crowd chanting 'school in the morning'

Credit to Arteta and the team. Aside from a blip at old Trafford we’ve been very good this season.

That 15 year old is useless, he did *%^@ all in the 30 seconds he was on.

We shouldn't underestimate this result; playing away in the PL is rarely easy, and if you don't put in a performance you're usually in trouble (Man Utd can attest to that). To not only win, but to do it in this comfortable fashion is a huge credit to the team. 3-0, could've scored 3-4 more, and I don't remember a single proper chance for Brentford all game. Can't ask for much more really.

Top of the league going into the international break!

I was expecting a Hat trick, minimum

Didn't I say 12pm was a great kick-off time.

Excellent performance against a surprisingly lacklustre Brentford.

I thought Xhaka was superb, as was Saliba.

Vieira looks like he's going to be a top player, very like David Silva or Bernardo Silva. Silky left foot.

Me too. Failed to take his chance.

Struggled to impose himself on the game overall, but to be fair it took Ødegaard a while to do that consistently as well. The PL is just a different beast. However, the talent of Vieira is undeniable, he reads the game well and has an eye for a pass, his technique and control is excellent and he can obviously finish. His goal looked so casual, he didn't go for power, it wasn't in the top corner, but it was just so well placed the keeper had no chance.

Fully agree with both of you. I’m no royalist but why can’t Celtic fans show some respect to the memory of a 96 year old lady who has just died? Just by keeping quiet.

My affinity with Rangers meant I was always going to want St Mirren to beat Celtic today. But even without that affinity, I would have been delighted about Celtic losing.

Nwaneri is the first player born after the Emirates was built to play in a first team game for Arsenal

What an unbelievable performance.
Should have seen keys and gray at half time.
They looked so deflated.
Spoilt their narrative. *%^@ the lot of them.
*%^@*** lovely to come and shut those Brentford *%^@ up after last season. Had to do it on their ground for proper revenge.
The goals were beauties. Love the way Jesus angles that ball in
Just beautiful.
Saliba is just class personified. The way he played himself out of a sticky situation to get the move started for Viera’s goal was sublime
Good sign that he has started to talk up Arteta as well.
Get that contract extended fast!
Read earlier in week that young 15 year-old Nwaneri had been in first team training. Then his name us is on the subs bench then he comes on!!; What a surreal few days.
Great touch from Arteta to do that. He must really rate the boy.
This was a class performance and perfect response to utd defeat
So *%^@*** lovely to see Brentford moaning like bitches and toney moaning at Jesus after his cramp.
Looking forward to the tweet from toney after the game…..
*%^@.

Great response after Man Utd. I'm still managing my expectations for this season. Top 4 is still the goal. Lets see where we are come spring before we start dreaming.

It's just mental that Nwaneri is six years younger than Saka, who I still see as a kid playing beyond his young age

He’s younger than my eldest son. It’s weird. I didn’t even know you could play a 15 year old in the league.

However what it sends is a clear message from the manager. You play well in training and I’ll put you in. Seems a shrewd and very cynical deliberate decision.

Charlie Patino is feeling very old today.

Had to change on his own due to child protection guidelines.

Liked the way Vieira slotted his shot in, class

Xhaka has become a very good player

Saliba is class

He has a manager now who understands him. I think that’s the difference

The manager knows his limitations so doesn’t want him as the last man or the bloke who plays out from the back. I can’t recall the amount of times under wenger when it was like Xhaka didn’t want to go in the final third at all.

He was our best player today.

Also I thought Tierney had a great game and that hasn’t been mentioned much either

Been told that today’s was Jesus’ fourth Premier League booking this season, meaning that if he gets a yellow card against Tottenham he’ll be banned for the Liverpool game.

For those interested, ITV4 are showing the La Liga Madrid derby live tonight. Atletico are at home to Real. Programme starts at 7.30 with the kick off at 8.00.

Final score today from Paisley- St Mirren 2 Celtic 0

I’ve just come across this info. Like all of us I was aware of Tierney’s history, but Zinchenko’s is a surprise to me.

Since the 2019/2020 season, Zinchenko has suffered 12 injuries that have caused him to miss matches for Manchester City and now Arsenal. In that time, Tierney has suffered 6 injuries which have been more serious than Zinchenko’s but both stars’ injury records should be a worry for the Gunners.

Spurs have beaten the teams sitting in14th, 17th, 19th and 20th, drew against the team in 18th and drew v Chelsea when they should have lost and had a red card if var did it’s job. The other game they won was Fulham who we were told were an easy team when we beat them.

Lots of noise that we had an easy start playing weak teams….not so much noise about Spurs easy start

Hold up - until very recently I am sure you have been the biggest critic of Xhaka on the forum - this while he was playing under Arteta! In his time with us Xhaka has been managed longest by Arteta- three years come November. Arsene managed him for just two two seasons and Emery about a season and a half. Whoever was the manager, Xhaka has never been as bad as you often described him. He may be in a purple patch right now, but his quality has always been evident.

I look to the statisticians and analysts among you….maybe Rich….but I am curious how many passes took place before we scored our second and third goals…seems like we knocked the ball about 20 or 30 times
Excellent performance…well done Mikel and the lads.

Given his age and performances we really need to pay top money to retain him.

Jesus for City
3 yellows in 42 games 20/21
5 yellows in 41 games 21/22
Jesus for Arsenal
4 yellows in 8 games 22/23

Small sample but that is ridiculous. Also look at the amount of times he’s fouled (the most in the league) without yellow cards for opponents

Jesus goal was 14 passes - I dont know the 3rd goal stats

Not enough is being made of the age of our squad in the media. We're getting some nice reviews for how we're playing but apart from Xhaka and Partey this is an U25 squad - that's broadly unheard of to have a team that young doing so well.

The top teams can carry 1 maybe 2 really young players but we've got them all over the pitch.

A difficult graph to get your head around but this illustrates the number of touches in the attacking 3rd of the pitch per game on the Y axis and the number of goals scored on the X axis.
It shows that Spurs have a ridiculously efficient attack without needing to spend much time actually attacking and progressing the ball. A huge amount of this is down to their quality strikers who are two of the best finishers in the league. But it shows they don't dominate games. I' m convinced this isn't sustainable, but they have been doing it for some time now. But I think it is too reliant on factors that to some degree are out of their control. The game plan relies on those players staying fit and staying in form and the opposition giving them a certain amount of space.

They are quite annoying at the moment, I watch their games and feel they are 2nd best for long periods but they still win.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62948400

Read the first few lines about Xhaka making Garth Crooks team of the week. Ridiculous journalism. I don't doubt lots of people feel the same as Crooks, and I think this definitely plays in to the thoughts of referees when the ref him because he is far more harshly treated than so many players in the league - McTominey being a prime example but also players like Fabinho and Rodri who commit lots of cynical fouls

https://twitter.com/afcjxmes/status/157 ... mmiItTtWQg

3rd goal in video with passes counted

Sad day,

Some of those young soldiers carrying the coffin look younger than my boy.

Makes you really appreciate the folks who serve in our armed forces and their sacrifice when you watch this formal process. Constitutional monarchy, Whilst not perfect better than many alternatives.

Good on yer girl sleep well

It is ridiculous. And the trend is exactly as you say. McTominay is the epitome of a walking red card and somehow is allowed the fulfil the role of enforcer without picking up so much as a yellow. Teflon McTominey. Only saving grace is everyone surely knows Crookes takes are bizarre if not batshit crazy. It’s like if Paul Merson had an opinion on Harry Kane. Bless him, but no one would listen.