Arsenal Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours 2020/2021

tayto lover

Great win.
Direct football suits our youngsters.

MonsterCookie

only 10 points off the top ;-)

excellent 2nd half.

jonneymendoza

You guys still want arteta gone?

You see i did tell u all to have faith in him.

All but me and one other poster were backing arteta through the dark times we had just over a month ago.

Long may it continue and you will forget you ever wanted arteta sacked.

Believe in him and back him.

Dont wanna become the next club that rotates managers every 18months.

MonsterCookie

MonsterCookie wrote: »

only 10 points off the top ;-)

excellent 2nd half.

I think at this point last season, we were already about 30 off the top.

jonneymendoza

jonneymendoza wrote: »

You guys still want arteta gone?

You see i did tell u all to have faith in him.

All but me and one other poster were backing arteta through the dark times we had just over a month ago.

Long may it continue and you will forget you ever wanted arteta sacked.

Believe in him and back him.

Dont wanna become the next club that rotates managers every 18months.

I've never blocked anyone on boards, but my God, you're testing me.

emmetlego

Delighted for Auba. He looked so upset with all his misses in the last few games. To get a brace will really put a pep in his step. This could be a huge moment in his season.

Cedric. Well, I am surprised. He was really good, but under very little pressure all game.

Partey's passing was superb and his range is really good too.

Holding, really impressive.

Overall, happy. The doomsayers here after the first 45 were gas. Seriously boys, stop!!!

Pogue eile

jonneymendoza wrote: »

You guys still want arteta gone?

You see i did tell u all to have faith in him.

All but me and one other poster were backing arteta through the dark times we had just over a month ago.

Long may it continue and you will forget you ever wanted arteta sacked.

Believe in him and back him.

Dont wanna become the next club that rotates managers every 18months.

The whole notion of giving managers time is something I have always strongly believed in, I must admit I was second guessing myself when Roy Keane started saying the same thing

Bobby Baccala

Literally nobody:

Jonney: SaCk ArTetA nOw?!

jonneymendoza

In regarding ozil creating 32 chances last season, Smith row has created 10 already....

jonneymendoza

Basil3 wrote: »

I've never blocked anyone on boards, but my God, you're testing me.

i will return the favour and block you too

jonneymendoza

Bobby Baccala wrote: »

Literally nobody:

Jonney: SaCk ArTetA nOw?!

Pretty sure one or two did question arteta when we drew against palace.


I tried to escape the fickle AFTV crowd that chop and change there minds about the manager/club

Soups123

jonneymendoza wrote: »

Pretty sure one or two did question arteta when we drew against palace.


I tried to escape the fickle AFTV crowd that chop and change there minds about the manager/club

You posted to sack him we all saw it Jonny I can quote it again if you like lol

jonneymendoza

Soups123 wrote: »

You posted to sack him we all saw it Jonny I can quote it again if you like lol

Who arteta? LOL no i diddnt, at one point i was 50/50 split but still carrie don believing unlike majority of people here.


Wenger i definetly wanted gone yonks ago after about 3-4 years of same old mistakes and going nowhere but top 4.

Its funny because the same people who gave wenger 10 years of medicore, wouldnt even give arteta 10 mins.

Dont worry, next game we lose or draw we will see the same people here grumbing again

jonneymendoza

jonneymendoza wrote: »

Who arteta? LOL no i diddnt, at one point i was 50/50 split but still carrie don believing unlike majority of people here.


Wenger i definetly wanted gone yonks ago after about 3-4 years of same old mistakes and going nowhere but top 4.

Its funny because the same people who gave wenger 10 years of medicore, wouldnt even give arteta 10 mins.

Dont worry, next game we lose or draw we will see the same people here grumbing again

Once again, you're ruining a good win with all this negative rubbish.

Everyone here wants arsenal to win, and as an extension of that, they'd like Arteta to succeed.

bad2dabone

jonneymendoza wrote: »

i will return the favour and block you too

Looks like we got ourselves a good old fashioned block race!

jonneymendoza

Basil3 wrote: »

Once again, you're ruining a good win with all this negative rubbish.

Everyone here wants arsenal to win, and as an extension of that, they'd like Arteta to succeed.

Good good lets leave it as that.

dont want no negetive bashing here when we drop points.

back arsenal through the good and bad times lads and please stop moaning about willian with the likes of "grr turning off the game now his come on" i mean really?

SUPPORT THE DAMM TEAM FFS!!

It dont matter who put the arsenal shirt on and plays. SUPPORT THEM!!

omega man

jonneymendoza wrote: »

You guys still want arteta gone?

You see i did tell u all to have faith in him.

All but me and one other poster were backing arteta through the dark times we had just over a month ago.

Long may it continue and you will forget you ever wanted arteta sacked.

Believe in him and back him.

Dont wanna become the next club that rotates managers every 18months.

Was this account hacked by a 12 year old?

We’re all Arsenal fans, that’s why we’re here.
Anyway, Arteta has turned it around and fair play but let’s not pretend it’s only because he finally hit bottom and was forced into giving the young lads a shot and they’ve delivered big time.

Wonda-Boy

Badly needed win, especially after the palace game.....Smith-Rowe is such a good player....I think its Arshavin with his head shaved???!!!???

jonneymendoza

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

Badly needed win, especially after the palace game.....Smith-Rowe is such a good player....I think its Arshavin with his head shaved???!!!???

Yea brilliant he is, Faster and more on the ball then ozil.

Ozil wont be missed and besyt of luck to him in Turkey

jonneymendoza

omega man wrote: »

Was this account hacked by a 12 year old?

We’re all Arsenal fans, that’s why we’re here.
Anyway, Arteta has turned it around and fair play but let’s not pretend it’s only because he finally hit bottom and was forced into giving the young lads a shot and they’ve delivered big time.

If your a arsenal fan you will back and support the club,players and manager through the good and bad.

Are u one of those "fans" that also turn off the TV once you see willian in the teamsheet?

Do you consider that being a "fan"

Reminds me of the so called "Fans" booing Eboe and of recent, Xhaka.


Great "Fans" we have

Soups123

jonneymendoza wrote: »

Okay time for arteta to go but so should the whole team by the way

This one Jonny, he lost you as a fan here lol

Ol' Donie

Woah, took the dogs for a walk (after the game).

Did not expect the thread to be like this when I got back.

That was delightful. Can't wait for the next game. And frankly, I can't wait to have a crack at this United crowd in our gaf.

Do we play Southampton twice in a row now (assuming they beat Shrewsbury)? That's interesting.

jonneymendoza

jonneymendoza wrote: »

Lol. Na I'm half half really

At least quote the whole thing. i never said he should go. i said i am 50 50.

jonneymendoza

Soups123 wrote: »

You posted to sack him we all saw it Jonny I can quote it again if you like lol

Nope i diddnt. read the quote above. Nip picking yea?

Try again

Read the whole convo instead of nip picking a single post..... Many where asking if i was for real and i replied to that quote which you clearly ommited and ignored to boost your own agenda

greendom

jonneymendoza wrote: »

If your a arsenal fan you will back and support the club,players and manager through the good and bad.

Are u one of those "fans" that also turn off the TV once you see willian in the teamsheet?

Do you consider that being a "fan"

Reminds me of the so called "Fans" booing Eboe and of recent, Xhaka.


Great "Fans" we have

And yet, for a long time, you were one of the most negative posters on here. Maybe you could have practiced what you preached back then?

jonneymendoza

greendom wrote: »

And yet, for a long time, you were one of the most negative posters on here. Maybe you could have practiced what you preached back then?

negetive against wenger!!

And for good reason as eventually everyone here saw why i wanted him gone long long ago.

Red what i said earlier this evening.

ie. some here gave wenger 10 years of stalemate vs ony give arteta a few months and already asking for his head

Deeper Blue

jonneymendoza wrote: »

You guys still want arteta gone?

You see i did tell u all to have faith in him.

All but me and one other poster were backing arteta through the dark times we had just over a month ago.

Long may it continue and you will forget you ever wanted arteta sacked.

Believe in him and back him.

Dont wanna become the next club that rotates managers every 18months.

Hindsight is wonderful, and it's great to see us winning games.

Make no mistake though, considering the performances at the time we would've been 100% justified in sacking him prior to the Chelsea game.

Soups123

jonneymendoza wrote: »

Nope i diddnt. read the quote above. Nip picking yea?

Try again

Read the whole convo instead of nip picking a single post..... Many where asking if i was for real and i replied to that quote which you clearly ommited and ignored to boost your own agenda

You said sack him, that’s fairly clear. You decided enough was enough, then later said you were 50/50.

Look we all had doubts but we all wanted him to succeed. There also nothing to celebrate yet it’s a long way to getting us where we need to be

Everyone liked him as a player, everyone wants him to be the new beginning and in comparison to Unai annoyance was there but not off the chart

We all want the same thing

greendom

jonneymendoza wrote: »

negetive against wenger!!

And for good reason as eventually everyone here saw why i wanted him gone long long ago.

Red what i said earlier this evening.

ie. some here gave wenger 10 years of stalemate vs ony give arteta a few months and already asking for his head

In all of Wenger's time at the club, Arsenal never played such consistently turgid football as Arteta's 11 was producing week after week. I'm absolutely delighted he's turned it around but I don't feel guilty in thinking the club was very close to needing change.

Underground

The last page or so here is a fcking mess, we won 3-0 ffs! What's with the bickering!

Pogue eile

Underground wrote: »

The last page or so here is a fcking mess, we won 3-0 ffs! What's with the bickering!

We have forgotten how to handle good results, hopefully we will get used to it!

jonneymendoza

Soups123 wrote: »

You said sack him, that’s fairly clear. You decided enough was enough, then later said you were 50/50.

Look we all had doubts but we all wanted him to succeed. There also nothing to celebrate yet it’s a long way to getting us where we need to be

Everyone liked him as a player, everyone wants him to be the new beginning and in comparison to Unai annoyance was there but not off the chart

We all want the same thing

No it's not.i wasn't serious when I said that as proven by the chain of post leading up to me saying I'm 50 50

Azatadine

jonneymendoza wrote: »

No it's not.i wasn't serious when I said that as proven by the chain of post leading up to me saying I'm 50 50

Look, the facts are that Arteta was very very lucky to still be in the role prior to that Chelsea game. If he had lost that game, he could well be gone. The results and performances up to then were complely unacceptable and I think the fact that he was not willing to change anything plus our horrendous approach game by game would have justified serious questions of him. We have improved since changes were forced upon him but let's be honest here, they were forced upon him. It looks like he has learned from the experience though so let's hope this continues. He still has some convincing to do though. I hope he can do it but let's see how the rest of the season goes. I think people were completely justified to question Arteta as the teams he picked, results and in game tactics and performances were shockingly bad until the Chelsea game. Jury still out for me but hoping he can do it. I'm not a believer in blind faith. Results will dictate.

Ardennes1944

Wow and Jonny and wow at everyone replying to him/her.

Nice to wake up with positivity on Twitter and in the news about Arsenal at least.

emergingstar

Really happy with 5 clean sheets in a row

Marcus Antonius

Wasn't on last night and saw so many posts, thought maybe we'd signed someone, hah! Not getting into the who was pro/anti Arteta nonsense.

Delighted with the win last night. Looked like it might be one of those games in the first half, was thinking we have to put away one of these chances and Auba was so bereft of confidence it was sad. Second half just went for it, it clicked and we could of won it by more than 3, great performance in the second half by all involved. More of the second half performance please going forward lads! Much needed 3 points hopefully we can keep picking up 3 points for the next few games.

beer enigma

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

Wow and Jonny and wow at everyone replying to him/her.

Nice to wake up with positivity on Twitter and in the news about Arsenal at least.

Down with everything

Load of positives from last night

No injuries
Auba with two good goals
Saka & ESR - SKY comments on ESR should have his confidence sky high
Partey performance
One touch football
Cedric had a good game

Just need to keep it rolling, if Auba picks up again like he did last season on the run in, we should pick up quite a few points.

tayto lover

After every game we post differently.

1. If a game is won we post on who played well, what could have been better or how some difficulty was fixed during the game etc.

2. When a game is lost we post on who played badly, who would have been a better selection and how we might have turned it around.

It’s human nature and it’s people’s opinions.
Exactly what we are here for and how this kind of discussion always goes.
If a team is playing poorly and getting bad results we discuss whether the manager is up to it or not.
I’m still not sure as yet on Arteta. I don’t know if the young lads were forced on him or not and whether he will start picking players who I don’t have faith in again.
Like I said- human nature.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

emergingstar wrote: »

Really happy with 5 clean sheets in a row

Wow...you're right ya know, been a fair while since that happened.

MonsterCookie

beer enigma wrote: »

Down with everything

Load of positives from last night

No injuries
Auba with two good goals
Saka & ESR - SKY comments on ESR should have his confidence sky high
Partey performance
One touch football
Cedric had a good game

Just need to keep it rolling, if Auba picks up again like he did last season on the run in, we should pick up quite a few points.

100%

also was delighted that we didn't 'need' Tierney's creativity as much (he had a very good game mind you) - one goal on the break, another on the left, and another from the right. nice variety.

thought Holding looked good after an iffy start.

Quazzie

We're 1 point ahead of Villa, but they have 4 games in hand.

Very strange looking table

j14

Only 7 points off a Champions League spot

tayto lover

I think the month of February will tell us exactly where we are.
We have a very difficult fixture list.
Away to Wolves, Villa and Leicester.
Home to Leeds and City.
Home and Away to Benfica in the middle of all that with very little rest periods.
We play away to Benfica on Feb 18th at 8pm and home to City at 3pm on 20th.
Very little time between games to recover.

tayto lover

tayto lover wrote: »

I think the month of February will tell us exactly where we are.
We have a very difficult fixture list.
Away to Wolves, Villa and Leicester.
Home to Leeds and City.
Home and Away to Benfica in the middle of all that with very little rest periods.
We play away to Benfica on Feb 18th at 8pm and home to City at 3pm on 20th.
Very little time between games to recover.

At the start of the season, I was thinking the fixture list could work in our favour. We were away to 4 of the other 5 'big 6' clubs in the first half of the season, meaning we would have them all at home with crowds in the second half of the season.

How wrong was I, will be shocked if we get any crowds this season.

DenMan

Basil3 wrote: »

At the start of the season, I was thinking the fixture list could work in our favour. We were away to 4 of the other 5 'big 6' clubs in the first half of the season, meaning we would have them all at home with crowds in the second half of the season.

How wrong was I, will be shocked if we get any crowds this season.

Yep I'd say so. Sure the FA moved the League Cup Final to April 25th at Wembley. That's realistically the biggest game of the season attendance wise, with the FA Cup Final too. Wembley holds 90,000 so with social distancing in place it'll be interesting to see how many fans will be there. They should keep that way in the future imo, rather than having it in February.

DenMan

Just saw that Villa have four games in hand on us. Let's hope the lose most, if not all of them.

2ndcoming

DenMan wrote: »

Just saw that Villa have four games in hand on us. Let's hope the lose most, if not all of them.

The first one is against City anyway. I wouldn't focus too much on any one team above us, plenty of them are catchable if we can maintain our good form in the tougher tests that are upcoming.

j14

DenMan wrote: »

Just saw that Villa have four games in hand on us. Let's hope the lose most, if not all of them.

Just looked at Villas fixtures:

City A
Arsenal H
Leicester H
Leeds A
Liverpool A
City H
Everton A
Utd H
Spurs A
Chelsea H

Some tricky games in there for them.

gscully

tayto lover wrote: »

I think the month of February will tell us exactly where we are.
We have a very difficult fixture list.
Away to Wolves, Villa and Leicester.
Home to Leeds and City.
Home and Away to Benfica in the middle of all that with very little rest periods.
We play away to Benfica on Feb 18th at 8pm and home to City at 3pm on 20th.
Very little time between games to recover.

You do realise that all games are originally set up as 3pm Saturday and then moved to accommodate TV and European participation, right? We NEVER play the Saturday after a Europa League game.

DenMan

The Man City and Leicester games will be played on a Sunday. Leicester themselves have Slavia Prague in the EL.