Arsenal Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours 2024/25

Auba offers zilch and has been the same for a long time now. Not sure whats up with him but he looks nowhere near regaining any type of form.

Maybe a stint on the bench might reignite his desire for the game

When is his contract up?

You guys need 2 to new CF's ,

You manged to score two away to Untied but with a little more up front that could have been 4

What I’m looking for is improvement and I’m not seeing it. Loads of teams get points from matches against the top teams but rarely us. We were hammered at Anfield and City and beaten at home by Chelsea. Smaller clubs get points at United too.

I’ll be positive when I see positive things happening but until then I won’t pretend that things are improving. We should be aiming higher than than not getting battered at OT so I’m not happy with last night. I have little or no faith in Arteta’s process.

Well if you’re happy with performances like last night then go for it. Is there a prize for fifth? Oh yeah the Europa league where might might get a few results before succumbing to another average team.

I would prefer to judge us on how we play against the best, not the scrapings of the barrel.

For the 2017/18 season we amassed 63 points.

2018/19 we amassed 70 points.

2019/20 we amassed 56 points.

2020/2021 we amassed 61 points.

And it’s not all about the points if you were enjoying the football but when I look back at how we used to play with fast passing moves and compare it to the sideways and backwards then I’m not enjoying it nearly as much. I really don’t like this slow build up football under Arteta. So I don’t believe we’re improving.

I think Auba is done at this level anyway TBH. He's a shadow of the striker he used to be.

But it’s not improving. We’re not getting better results, our football is mostly boring and predictable and not great to watch. Arteta brought little or nothing from the City set-up that would make me believe we are improving.

If only he’d learned something from Pep.

I thought Arsenal where good last night ,

They where away at old Trafford and where the better team ,

If they had a good CF & a proper good WF they would have won ,

Maguire got away with a stone wall penalty , its frustrating because although it was a pen at least Oedegaard tried to play the ball but Maguire just clearly pulled your RB to impede him clear as day & got away with it ,

I definitely think we've improved most of the high earners are gone from the squad the real joggers, we have the youngest squad in the league and like it or not City, Chelsea and Liverpool are in a league of there own and we're not catching them this season , last year we were getting hockeyed by the likes of Villa

Bar a crazy game at the start of the season against brentford when we were riddled with covid we've competed in every game against ever team outside the top 3 and only lost 1 other game (which was caused by a stupid error) which can happen in any game , where we sit the other side of xmas will tell everything

the transfer team have done some great work last summer and only blot on the copy was not getting in another midfielder , this was espcially shown up when Xhaka picked up his injury

West Ham giving Chelsea a right run for their money.

I hope I'm wrong but I can't see Ben White making it at Arsenal. He doesn't have the desire, physical attributes, or concentration needed to be a top defender. Reminds me of Callum Chambers.

The delayed 2020/21 Ladies FA Cup final - Arsenal v. Chelsea at Wembley Stadium - is on today [KO 2pm, live on BBC One].

Ireland's Katie McCabe likely to be in action for Arsenal.

What has Rangnick won for him to be classed as a World Class Manager?

Tomorrow is a must win now. 7th behind United and Spurs who both sacked managers this season.

Agreed on the Auba front, been saying it for a while. He has been brutal and really should be nowhere near the starting 11 on his form that has bee pretty tragic for the past season and a half. I'd rather see Martinelli up there.

Via the BBC

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta makes four changes on his return to his former home. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is on the bench as Alexandre Lacazette starts up top and captains the side.

Bukayo Saka starts in place of Emile Smith Rowe, Kieran Tierney is in for Nuno Tavares and Mohamed Elneny makes way for Granit Xhaka in midfield.

Arsenal XI: Ramsdale, Tomiyasu, White, Gabriel, Tierney, Martinelli, Partey, Xhaka, Saka, Odegaard, Lacazette

Subs: Okonkwo, Holding, Soares, Tavares, Lokonga, Elneny, Pépé, Nketiah, Aubameyang

Really like this team! COYG

In case yiz didn't know Mike Dean is the referee tonight 👿