Arsenal Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours 2020/2021

tayto lover · 02-01-2021 10:44pm

Can’t believe there’s players wearing long johns on the field.

Ol' Donie · 02-01-2021 10:45pm

That was a great tackle! Sake.

Ol' Donie · 02-01-2021 10:47pm

tayto lover wrote: »

Can’t believe there’s players wearing long johns on the field.

If they're gonna beat Big Sam 4 nil in his gaf, they can wear whatever they want!

tayto lover · 02-01-2021 10:49pm

Hard luck Willian.

Quazzie · 02-01-2021 10:50pm

Ol' Donie wrote: »

I genuinely forgot Xhaka was playing.

I think that's a sign that he's had a good game.

His best games are where he just does the simple things right and doesn't make mistakes so you forget he's there at all

tayto lover · 02-01-2021 10:52pm

Great performance.
Everyone tried their best and some great goals.
Well done team.

Ardennes1944 · 02-01-2021 10:52pm

Quazzie wrote: »

I think that's a sign that he's had a good game.

His best games are where he just does the simple things right and doesn't make mistakes so you forget he's there at all

My thoughts exactly.

That cut inside and shot by Willian is something I thought I would see far more from him

Ol' Donie · 02-01-2021 10:53pm

So, I think it's safe to say Mikel Arteta has saved Christmas.

Thanks Mikel!

patrickc · 02-01-2021 10:53pm

Happy days &#55357;&#56842;
Cmon ye gunners

DenMan · 02-01-2021 10:54pm

Job done! Well done boys, three wins in a row. Great momentum now and into the plus goals territory! COYG

Ol' Donie · 02-01-2021 10:54pm

Quazzie wrote: »

I think that's a sign that he's had a good game.

His best games are where he just does the simple things right and doesn't make mistakes so you forget he's there at all

Oh, yeah, I wasn't giving out, just saying he wasn't in the spotlight at all.

I suppose that's as much to do with Tierney, ESR, Saka and the other lads lighting the place up.

Ol' Donie · 02-01-2021 10:55pm

Never thought I'd look at the table with us in 11th with a big smile on my face.

Bring on the next game!

jonneymendoza · 02-01-2021 10:56pm

tayto lover wrote: »

Great performance.
Everyone tried their best and some great goals.
Well done team.

Including Willian?

Bobby Baccala · 02-01-2021 11:00pm

OmegaGene wrote: »

Good game good performance and back to back clean sheets can’t fault it
Young bloods are the way to go

Keown said he bets big Sam wishes he stayed at home with his slippers by the fire rather than get involved in this battle

Looks like he’s pissing in the wind with that squad to be fair, not a player in it I’d like at Arsenal.

tayto lover · 02-01-2021 11:01pm

jonneymendoza wrote: »

Including Willian?

I think he was just thrown on when the game was won.
Gave the ball away a few times but had a good effort and a few good passes.

He’s not our future though. When we’re behind he’s usually anonymous.

Deeper Blue · 02-01-2021 11:11pm

Does Allardyce still think we're in a relegation battle with them I wonder?

Hopefully they get smashed in their next few games aswell

Underground · 02-01-2021 11:13pm

We're six points off the top four despite the fact we've lost 8 (half) of our league games. If we'd been anything other than utter sh*te for the first 14 games we'd have champions league qualification sewn up already.

x PyRo · 02-01-2021 11:22pm

https://twitter.com/RichJolly/status/1345488140136538112

Inject it into my veins.

Alfred Borden · 02-01-2021 11:28pm

Top of the 2021 Calendar League!

beer enigma · 02-01-2021 11:29pm

Underground wrote: »

We're six points off the top four despite the fact we've lost 8 (half) of our league games. If we'd been anything other than utter sh*te for the first 14 games we'd have champions league qualification sewn up already.

All the teams above except west ham with a game in hand, villa have 2 and man City have 3 but its still tight enough

DenMan · 02-01-2021 11:43pm

Watching Match of the Day now. It's great to see such great direct football from Arsenal. No bull$hit side ways passing, proper attacking Arsenal with a good defensive shape too. Oh how we've longed to have our Arsenal back. Auba will get a hat-trick next week in the Cup against Newcastle.

Ol' Donie · 02-01-2021 11:52pm

DenMan wrote: »

Watching Match of the Day now. It's great to see such great direct football from Arsenal. No bull$hit side ways passing, proper attacking Arsenal with a good defensive shape too. Oh how we've longed to have our Arsenal back. Auba will get a hat-trick next week in the Cup against Newcastle.

Oh for Jaysus sake.

I thought they showed the 8pm game last? I thought I'd be alright to miss the start.

Flip sake.

DenMan · 03-01-2021 12:19am

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Oh for Jaysus sake.

I thought they showed the 8pm game last? I thought I'd be alright to miss the start.

Flip sake.

We were first on lad. It's repeated tomorrow morning.

greendom · 03-01-2021 12:25am

We actually have a point more than we did after 17 games last season!

Good to see the confidence coursing through the team.

Ol' Donie · 03-01-2021 12:32am

greendom wrote: »

We actually have a point more than we did after 17 games last season!

Good to see the confidence coursing through the team.

That is remarkable.

Just looking at the table, jesus, if we hadn't been quite as bad as we were for that bleak spell from Old Trafford to Chelsea...well, we could easily be in the hunt for top 4.

We've been focussing on how crap we've been. Everyone else has been a bit crap too.

I'm sure I heard the other day that The Pool have dropped as many points already this season as they did all last season. And they're still top.

Soups123 · 03-01-2021 12:40am

I’m blaming Arteta for already breaking dry January.

Roddy23 · 03-01-2021 12:43am

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Oh for Jaysus sake.

I thought they showed the 8pm game last? I thought I'd be alright to miss the start.

Flip sake.

Arsenalist.com usually have the motd highlights up the same night http://arsenalist.com/

tayto lover · 03-01-2021 1:08am

Ol' Donie wrote: »

That is remarkable.

Just looking at the table, jesus, if we hadn't been quite as bad as we were for that bleak spell from Old Trafford to Chelsea...well, we could easily be in the hunt for top 4.

We've been focussing on how crap we've been. Everyone else has been a bit crap too.

I'm sure I heard the other day that The Pool have dropped as many points already this season as they did all last season. And they're still top.

Pool have actually dropped more this season than the entire of last season.
Heard someone on Sky Sports say it yesterday.

Arghus · 03-01-2021 3:18am

I can't really think of anything negative. The team played well and three victories on the bounce is fantastic.

When they beat Chelsea I was pleased, but you know, it was just the one game and we've been there before - but a further six points was great and there are some genuinely encouraging signs that the team might be going forwards again instead of backwards. The opposition were poor, but you can only beat what's in front of you and Arsenal bate them fairly comprehensively.

It was great to see them play with a bit of belief and swagger. Haven't seen that in a very long time. This has to be the template to work with from now - no more Willian, please.

jonneymendoza · 03-01-2021 12:12pm

Arghus wrote: »

I can't really think of anything negative. The team played well and three victories on the bounce is fantastic.

When they beat Chelsea I was pleased, but you know, it was just the one game and we've been there before - but a further six points was great and there are some genuinely encouraging signs that the team might be going forwards again instead of backwards. The opposition were poor, but you can only beat what's in front of you and Arsenal bate them fairly comprehensively.

It was great to see them play with a bit of belief and swagger. Haven't seen that in a very long time. This has to be the template to work with from now - no more Willian, please.

West Brom drew against city and Liverpool recently don't forget

tayto lover · 03-01-2021 12:32pm

I could even live with losing games if we play like that.

It’s refreshing to see our fullbacks speed up the wings and not actually stop at halfway and pass it backwards. There seems to be new tactics and they coincided with The introduction of the young lads and the replacing of Luiz and Willian. I have to say Pablo Mari has been very steady and Holding is playing much better alongside him.
Is this the new Artetaball or was it forced on him? Either way it’s working and it’s a pleasure to watch.

More of the same please.

03-01-2021 1:16pm

For me, it makes the whole freezing out of Ozil even more frustrating. Here you have ESR playing as a 10 and suddenly we have lots of chances being created. I have no doubt it would have been much the same with Ozil in the team.

emmetlego · 03-01-2021 1:33pm

Basil3 wrote: »

For me, it makes the whole freezing out of Ozil even more frustrating. Here you have ESR playing as a 10 and suddenly we have lots of chances being created. I have no doubt it would have been much the same with Ozil in the team.

The big difference with ESR is that he puts in the hard yards that Ozil doesn’t. How many times did we see Ozil lose the ball, stop and throw his hands up in the air? You won’t see ESR do that, he just knuckles down and goes after it again.

Azatadine · 03-01-2021 2:01pm

Hard not to feel sympathy for Torreira. He just didn't quite fit for us but I hope he finds the right club soon or he will end up a journeyman.

https://arseblog.news/2021/01/report-fiorentina-open-to-rescuing-torreira/

Jmac24128 · 03-01-2021 2:05pm

So lads & gals what's the verdict on Arteta now after the excellent festive round of games?

Are we all 100% behind him now?

Do we still have doubters??

Azatadine · 03-01-2021 2:12pm

Jmac24128 wrote: »

So lads & gals what's the verdict on Arteta now after the excellent festive round of games?

Are we all 100% behind him now?

Do we still have doubters??

Verdict still out for me. I'm glad that we've gotten some good results but I still have doubts. I really hope it does work out but things were so bad prior to this that I wonder is this a positive blip only. I've come around to giving him more time to prove himself though.

If they play with the more positive approach as per recent games I'll be happy. I could not abide that turgid stuff that was being played until the last few games.

Also, his hand was forced a bit so let's see how he approaches things in the upcoming games.

Soups123 · 03-01-2021 2:12pm

Jmac24128 wrote: »

So lads & gals what's the verdict on Arteta now after the excellent festive round of games?

Are we all 100% behind him now?

Do we still have doubters??

Definitely doubtful not that I want him gone but that he has a lot to learn. As I said when he was in the lowest ebb he deserves until the end of the season and then look at where he is at.

Reality is there may be a lot going on behind the scenes, I think you have to be so confident in yourself to manage that and it could be where he is falling down

Everyone wants Arteta to be the man to succeed it’s a fairytale feel to it but at the end of the day we have to have what’s best for Arsenal

beer enigma · 03-01-2021 2:32pm

Bit of fun, but who was the last Scotsman to score for Arsenal prior to Tierney ( dont look it up) .... And contrary to MOTD it wasn't Charlie Nicholas

Quazzie · 03-01-2021 2:40pm

beer enigma wrote: »

Bit of fun, but who was the last Scotsman to score for Arsenal prior to Tierney ( dont look it up) .... And contrary to MOTD it wasn't Charlie Nicholas

Paul Dickov?

beer enigma · 03-01-2021 2:41pm

Quazzie wrote: »

Paul Dickov?

Nope

Quazzie · 03-01-2021 2:43pm

beer enigma wrote: »

Nope

Scott Marshall maybe. After that I'm out of Scots

Soups123 · 03-01-2021 2:50pm

Dickov would have been my shout too

beer enigma · 03-01-2021 2:53pm

Quazzie wrote: »

Scott Marshall maybe. After that I'm out of Scots

Correct, well done Quazzie

It was Scott Marshall with his only goal for the club.

Dickovs last goal was on 20th November 1995 home to Sheffield Weds. Scott Marshall one and only goal was on 23rd March 1996 home to Newcastle.

Zico · 03-01-2021 2:55pm

Who was the last Irish player to score for Arsenal?

Quazzie · 03-01-2021 2:58pm

Zico wrote: »

Who was the last Irish player to score for Arsenal?

My guess would've been Eddie McGoldrick. Not even sure if he scored for us, but I can't remember too many first teams since him.

03-01-2021 2:59pm

Jmac24128 wrote: »

So lads & gals what's the verdict on Arteta now after the excellent festive round of games?

Are we all 100% behind him now?

Do we still have doubters??

We're 11th in the table after a decent run (2 of the 3 wins were against relegation candidates) so yeah, I'm still pretty ****in doubtful.

Ol' Donie · 03-01-2021 3:01pm

Jmac24128 wrote: »

So lads & gals what's the verdict on Arteta now after the excellent festive round of games?

Are we all 100% behind him now?

Do we still have doubters??

Can I still be 100% behind him while having doubts?

Delighted with the past 3 games, so many positives, and then...Willian! Again! Why?

Alfred Borden · 03-01-2021 3:03pm

Jmac24128 wrote: »

So lads & gals what's the verdict on Arteta now after the excellent festive round of games?

Are we all 100% behind him now?

Do we still have doubters??

We have lost more games than we have won in the league this season so still pretty iffy for now.

beer enigma · 03-01-2021 3:04pm

Quazzie wrote: »

My guess would've been Eddie McGoldrick. Not even sure if he scored for us, but I can't remember too many first teams since him.

It was Eddie, again his one and only goal in the cup winners cup against Liege

Alfred Borden · 03-01-2021 3:07pm

Alfred Borden wrote: »

13 defeats and 13 wins in 34 league games. That's not even good enough for a mid table side.

Only fair to update when we win too. 13 defeats and 16 wins in 37 league games.

Arsenal Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours 2020/2021

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