Arsenal Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours 2020/2021

Irish Aris · 23-04-2021 7:02pm

Leno
Chambers, Holding, Mari, Xhaka
Partey, Ceballos
Pepe, Smith Rowe, Saka
Nketiah

Decent line up

Awesomeness · 23-04-2021 7:06pm

No balogun on bench. Nketiak starting is a waste. We already know he's not good enough

Quazzie · 23-04-2021 7:06pm

Balogun not even in the squad. Not confident with Eddie up from and even more worrying Ceballos in midfield.

wonga77 · 23-04-2021 7:50pm

Was really hoping to see a bit of Balogun tonight, maybe he's picked up a knock. Would be odd to not have him in the squad after signing a contract

omega man · 23-04-2021 8:01pm

OmegaGene wrote: »

This must be the quietest ever this thread has been ten minutes before kick off

It’s a bit of a dead rubber match, for Arsenal anyway.

Quazzie · 23-04-2021 8:02pm

wonga77 wrote: »

Was really hoping to see a bit of Balogun tonight, maybe he's picked up a knock. Would be odd to not have him in the squad after signing a contract

Was it officially announced that he signed. ?

Ol' Donie · 23-04-2021 8:03pm

OmegaGene wrote: »

This must be the quietest ever this thread has been ten minutes before kick off

Friday night match, not a fan of this!

Quazzie · 23-04-2021 8:03pm

omega man wrote: »

It’s a bit of a dead rubber match, for Arsenal anyway.

A win tonight puts us in a possible position for European qualification.

wonga77 · 23-04-2021 8:07pm

Quazzie wrote: »

Was it officially announced that he signed. ?

You're right actually, it wasn't. I was sure that I read it was to be announced yesterday

23-04-2021 8:13pm

wonga77 wrote: »

You're right actually, it wasn't. I was sure that I read it was to be announced yesterday

I heard they were relying on ESL money to pay for his contract, so he's off

adaminho · 23-04-2021 8:15pm

https://twitter.com/ESPNFC/status/1385673089300762635

Quazzie · 23-04-2021 8:15pm

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Friday night match, not a fan of this!

Gives us an extra day before Villarreal. I'm a big fan of that.

Ol' Donie · 23-04-2021 8:18pm

adaminho wrote: »

https://twitter.com/ESPNFC/status/1385673089300762635

Is that true?

DenMan · 23-04-2021 8:18pm

This Everton team is there for the taking. Arsenal should go for the jugular.

mossie · 23-04-2021 8:20pm

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Is that true?

It's on his Twitter feed anyway

FixitFelix · 23-04-2021 8:22pm

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Is that true?

Was literally just coming in to post the same thing having read the tweets

Quazzie · 23-04-2021 8:26pm

Eddie is put through lovely with a ball to run onto. Gets to the ball first and he's through on goal, although with a CB close by.

Nope. Stops the ball dead and allows 4 defenders between him and the goal. :rolleyes:

Every. F*cking. Time

DenMan · 23-04-2021 8:27pm

Without Auba and Laca we're very limited upfront. This game is made for Martinelli's pace and guile. Dare I say it Willian would be good to as he'd have plenty of room to play. We need Odegaard on asap.

Pogue eile · 23-04-2021 8:27pm

Can't buy whats not for sale unfortunately

DenMan · 23-04-2021 8:28pm

This first half is going by far too quickly for my liking.

FixitFelix · 23-04-2021 8:30pm

Pogue eile wrote: »

Can't buy whats not for sale unfortunately

As they say, everything has a price

DenMan · 23-04-2021 8:30pm

Excellent save Leno!

23-04-2021 8:31pm

What's all the talk about Balogun? Is he not an Arsenal player? Does a 2 week gap in "announcing" his new contract mean he can't play now?

tayto lover · 23-04-2021 8:34pm

This is like a pre-season friendly. No life to it at all.

DenMan · 23-04-2021 8:37pm

This referee is bloody joke! Overweight baldy fusspot!

Pogue eile · 23-04-2021 8:38pm

DenMan wrote: »

This referee is bloody joke! Overweight baldy fusspot!

Just coming on to post the same, its not even funny.

23-04-2021 8:39pm

DenMan wrote: »

This referee is bloody joke! Overweight baldy fusspot!

Gave us a few soft ones with his fussiness as well.

Quazzie · 23-04-2021 8:40pm

I'm failing to see much if anything good in Eddie.

Wikipedia has him at 1.8M but I wouldn't back him to win a header against my gran.
He's so slow. Shouldn't be as he lucks to start the run well, but just seems to get slower with every step taken.
Not particularly a fox in the box because he won't stay in there and does nothing to make himself available to those around him
Positionally he's suspect as he always seems to run toward the ball when he should run away, and vice versa. Doesn't seem to get into any good positions.
Shot wise he seems to be normal. Nothing overly powerful or accurate.

Apart from some goals for England kids (against other kids) what do people see in him.

DenMan · 23-04-2021 8:41pm

Partey would want to be very careful now, he's on thin ice as it stands.

jonneymendoza · 23-04-2021 8:44pm

tayto lover wrote: »

This is like a pre-season friendly. No life to it at all.

Consideration Everton has something to play for as well.

Ardennes1944 · 23-04-2021 8:47pm

Zzzzzz.

Two mid table teams trying against each other

tayto lover · 23-04-2021 8:48pm

Toothless up front. Need Martinelli on.

wonga77 · 23-04-2021 8:50pm

Very tame affair considering both still have a fair bit to play for. Ive been impressed with Xhaka since he's gone in at left back.
We need to see Martinelli introduced soon
Just to echo what Quazzie said above, cant see where Eddie fits in at all at the club, he's got plenty of chances and so far has shown he's clearly not even close to the level required. We know what we get with him, id much prefer to see Balogun thrown in and see what he's about

jester77 · 23-04-2021 8:52pm

Some good signs at the protest

https://twitter.com/callum_vol/status/1385662694070661122?s=19

DenMan · 23-04-2021 9:05pm

Christ this referee is infuriating me!

Quazzie · 23-04-2021 9:09pm

Jon Moss is an inspiration. Looking at him makes me realize I could be a ref because I honestly think he's fatter than I am.

Maybe some day I could ref a game without going more than fifteen yards from the halfway line.

Quazzie · 23-04-2021 9:10pm

And VAR screws us again.

Irish Aris · 23-04-2021 9:10pm

That's absolute BS

DenMan · 23-04-2021 9:10pm

Fcuk it anyway!

Soups123 · 23-04-2021 9:11pm

Yet again absolute bollox of millimetres.
Between Fulham and this game VAR and SL, I’m really just losing interest in professional football

I’d rather a game down the park Sunday morning

wonga77 · 23-04-2021 9:11pm

Id like to see a replay of the foul again, was there even any contact?

FixitFelix · 23-04-2021 9:11pm

Is it me or was the blue line for the Everton player behind the red line?

lertsnim · 23-04-2021 9:11pm

****ing ****e. An arm cant be offside.

23-04-2021 9:12pm

Quazzie wrote: »

Jon Moss is an inspiration. Looking at him makes me realize I could be a ref because I honestly think he's fatter than I am.

Maybe some day I could ref a game without going more than fifteen yards from the halfway line.

I would absolutely encourage everybody to get their ref qualification and do a couple of matches even U-13. Would change the discourse massively.

23-04-2021 9:13pm

The gas thing about that handball shout is that they talk about the hands/arms being in an unnatural position. Having your hands held behind your back while running is about as unnatural as it gets. :pac:

wonski · 23-04-2021 9:14pm

It isn't referees fault.

The rules are the rules.

DenMan · 23-04-2021 9:17pm

I hope we send Ceballos back permanently to Madrid this summer!

Quazzie · 23-04-2021 9:19pm

wonski wrote: »

It isn't referees fault.

The rules are the rules.

The problem is the application of of the rules. Goals make the game better. VAR should make the game better. As soon as there is a goal scored there is a CSI level investigation into how they can disallow the goal. It's a brilliant aid for the ref being used wrong. Instead of being there to help refs, it's being used to screw over attacking teams with their best efforts to keep games scoreless. The only way VAR can be used to create goals is to give penalties, and that's very rare. Instead it is almost exclusively used to disallow goals.

wonski · 23-04-2021 9:21pm

Quazzie wrote: »

The problem is the application of of the rules. Goals make the game better. VAR should make the game better. As soon as there is a goal scored there is a CSI level investigation into how they can disallow the goal. It's a brilliant aid for the ref being used wrong. Instead of being there to help refs, it's being used to screw over attacking teams with their best efforts to keep games scoreless. The only way VAR can be used to create goals is to give penalties, and that's very rare. Instead it is almost exclusively used to disallow goals.

I agree with you. I am against those line drawing calls.

But you can't add common sense to the rules and we ended up with this rubbish.

I hate to say it, but a line has to be drawn somewhere.

23-04-2021 9:21pm

Quazzie wrote: »

The problem is the application of of the rules. Goals make the game better. VAR should make the game better. As soon as there is a goal scored there is a CSI level investigation into how they can disallow the goal. It's a brilliant aid for the ref being used wrong. Instead of being there to help refs, it's being used to screw over attacking teams with their best efforts to keep games scoreless. The only way VAR can be used to create goals is to give penalties, and that's very rare. Instead it is almost exclusively used to disallow goals.

Aye the implementation has been awful. When the design of the jerseys forms part of the interpretation then ya know it's ****ed.
If they're going to insist on the lines then it has to be feet only.

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