Arsenal Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours 2020/2021

DenMan

Good man David! 1-1 Let's get Auba and Saka on and we'll beat this lot. Great delivery by Willian.

wonski

Smith Rowe struggling, Odegaard will replace him.

Underground

That has to be a penalty.

DenMan

That's more like it Willian.

Quazzie

Quazzie wrote: »

VAR never goes with us.

Underground

DenMan wrote: »

That's more like it Wilian.

He was the driving force behind us winning that penalty. Been our best player in the first half.

Ardennes1944

We've been the better the by far. Deserve to be ahead at half time

Awesomeness

Willian and Pepe have both been good today

DenMan

Good man Laca! 1-2

x PyRo

Willian has been brilliant. Elneny passed at least one ball forward. Pepe has a full back on toast. We scored from a set piece.

I'm finally in the twilight zone.

Soups123

We deserve to be ahead here, great response from a poor start.

Pepe and Willian playing as good as I’ve seen them. Pepe has shown real hope since Jan 1 he’s so dangerous he needs a run

Leicester sitting so deep expect them to come out of that second half

x PyRo

Pepe is so much better when Bellerin is nowhere near him as well - recurring theme at this point. Our right side will be very interesting next year when we get a quality right back in.

Jmac24128

Great response, great to get back into the game so quick. No defensive errors in the second half please

Triangle

My two kids are laughing their arse off at me.

I had litterially just given out about willian and Luiz, then doubled down saying we don't generally score from set pieces.

Just to have willian and Luiz score the first from a foul.

Don't think I'll ever live this down.

DenMan

Just saw a stat on the BBC website that Laca is 5/5 from his penalties for Arsenal.

Jmac24128

DenMan wrote: »

Just saw a stat on the BBC website that Laca is 5/5 from his penalties for Arsenal.

Man city might buy him just for penalties

al87987

That free kick design was excellent as well, all the dummy runners holding off their men so Luiz is unchallenged, just requires a good delivery and its a free header.

Great to see some work has been done on set pieces at training.

x PyRo

al87987 wrote: »

That free kick design was excellent as well, all the dummy runners holding off their men so Luiz is unchallenged, just requires a good delivery and its a free header.

Great to see some work has been done on set pieces at training.

We've had some set piece wizard in for a while now. Sadly nobody would know as until that, none of them ever worked!!

greendom

Great performance since going a goal down. 0 fouls committed in the 1st half. Odds on getting a yellow as soon as we concede one?

DenMan

Let's hope Barnes will be ok.

Fann Linn

Well that looked easy.

Azatadine

It's looking like being a good day.

DenMan

Lovely stuff! 1-3

greendom

This is why we bought Willian!

blueser

Don't blow it lads, please!

Jmac24128

Great stuff from players that needed it, fair play to them. Will keep a lot of people quiet

Mickeroo

Credit Where's its due to Willian, that was class from Odergard too.

AdamD

Look so much better when we have a 10 like Odegaard or Smith-Rowe on the pitch

Pepe MOTM so far

AdamD

AdamD wrote: »

Look so much better when we have a 10 like Odegaard or Smith-Rowe on the pitch

Pepe MOTM so far

I think when all is said and done with this season, you'd have to look back and wonder why we froze out our specialist 10 without replacing him within the team. ESR should have been given the chance much earlier than he was.

x PyRo

Willian nutnegging lads in the box to set Pepe up for tap ins.

This is what I live for.

greendom

Brilliant from Mari against Vardy

DenMan

greendom wrote: »

Brilliant from Mari against Vardy

Very poetic too!

Jmac24128

Again Elneny gave everything. Know he is limited but I like the man. Never gives up. Need players like him with mental strength in the squad

DenMan

Evans gone off now too injured. Did he play in Europe on Thursday does anybody know?

Jmac24128

William has been excellent

WoollyRedHat

Arsenal to win the league?

Quazzie

Good defending by Vardy there :P

al87987

Pepe's improved work rate is great to see, he was a lazy bast*rd when he first arrived but we could all see his occasional quality on the ball.

Now though he is happy to track back and be part of a press too, love it.

DenMan

Maybe it's playing against the blue colour that's inspiring Willian today. :P

Azatadine

This would a valuable 3 points. Nice to beat Leicester too.

Bobby Baccala

That’s the Pepe I saw in the YouTube montages :pac:

He’s been great today, looks like a nightmare to play against when he’s like that.

carltonleon

Willian playing with zip, Pepe excellent, Odegaard works seriously hard, Xhaka been good , all the players have played their part and played well really

x PyRo

Xhaka plays game after game without ever seeming to get tired. Freakish stamina and powers of recovery.

carltonleon

It’s a ****ing dead leg Martin, let’s not exaggerate 😂

Bobby Baccala

7 added minutes?

carltonleon

That’s one part of Tierney’s game I don’t like. He has gone down a few times holding his head in previous games but no contact on his head at all

Jmac24128

carltonleon wrote: »

That’s one part of Tierney’s game I don’t like. He has gone down a few times holding his head in previous games but no contact on his head at all

He is buying time. I think it's a smart decision in these situations

greendom

A performance like that gives me a bit of optimism. Was beginning to lose that over the last few weeks

carltonleon

Jmac24128 wrote: »

He is buying time. I think it's a smart decision in these situations

No, I know what he is doing but doesn’t sit well with me, he has done it in matches after 20 mins so not just about buying time with him. Not a big deal but just not something I like

greendom

Solid defending til the 97th minute