The Official Arsenal - 14 x Cup Winners Thread (Vol 5)
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Fulham's failure to win any of their 28 away league matches against Arsenal is a joint record in England's top four divisions for the most away fixtures versus a single opponent without ever winning, along with Grimsby Town's fixtures at Blackburn Rovers.
Well there’s a stat where it fills me with fear than hope!
Well there’s a stat where it fills me with fear than hope!
this game sums our entire season, completely toothless.I’ve posted elsewhere about a style of football that seems to be getting more and more pervasive and you lot are experts at it. It’s an obsession with possession without trying to score. You’ve had 70% of the ball and barely had an attempt on target in the whole match. Yes, Fulham have nicked it with a marginal offside to your marginal offside, but this sort of match shows why your style of play is flawed. It’s a constant failure to even look like you want to score that’s the problem.
Yeah, it's just not good enough. It's all well and good having good wins sporadically throughout the season against United, Chelsea and Spurs. But when they're followed up with insipid performances like this then it's all for nothing really, isn't it?
They've equalised as I'm typing this but I don't think it changes anything I've said.
They've equalised as I'm typing this but I don't think it changes anything I've said.
unident said:
I’ve posted elsewhere about a style of football that seems to be getting more and more pervasive and you lot are experts at it. It’s an obsession with possession without trying to score. You’ve had 70% of the ball and barely had an attempt on target in the whole match. Yes, Fulham have nicked it with a marginal offside to your marginal offside, but this sort of match shows why your style of play is flawed. It’s a constant failure to even look like you want to score that’s the problem.
100% agree. Get the f
king ball in the fking box. Do something with all the possession. At some point it'll fall to someone in the box.Claptonian said:
100% agree. Get the fking ball in the fking box. Do something with all the possession. At some point it'll fall to someone in the box.
It’s a Guardiola thing. Everyone in the U.K. seems to want to play out from the back when then there’s no need to and then pass the ball about to boost their own personal Opta stats rather than actually try to score. The irony is that City do try and score, whereas everyone else seems to have forgotten that bit. The recent international matches were full of this crap and don’t even get me started on Spanish and Italian stuff. Barca had 85% of the ball in the first half yesterday and only had one shot on target in the whole half. king ball in the fking box. Do something with all the possession. At some point it'll fall to someone in the box.It’s ruining the game, especially as the s
tter teams know that a half decent bit of organisation and they’re unlikely to lose the game and possibly win it with one or two counterattacks and a bit of luck. Even Big Fat Sam has started to work this out and got his crap team picking up points. Luckily it’s too late and he can fk off back to Spain and semi-retirement. Damn, even a mild hamstring injury and that's his season done. And Aubameyang has had a nasty illness - I know malaria isn't life threatening when properly treated but surely it's going to keep him out for a couple of weeks, then get his fitness back, then match fitness etc blah blah. How much will we see of him this season?
Time for Martinelli to have a run up top? Or maybe Balogun will get minutes. Or Nketiah, though he is arguably the least exciting option there.
Not that it matters anyway - we don't have to worry about languishing in mid table for long as we'll be at the bottom of the table with AC Milan and Spurs in the new Euro league.
Time for Martinelli to have a run up top? Or maybe Balogun will get minutes. Or Nketiah, though he is arguably the least exciting option there.
Not that it matters anyway - we don't have to worry about languishing in mid table for long as we'll be at the bottom of the table with AC Milan and Spurs in the new Euro league.
Claptonian said:
And Aubameyang has had a nasty illness - I know malaria isn't life threatening when properly treated but surely it's going to keep him out for a couple of weeks, then get his fitness back, then match fitness etc blah blah. How much will we see of him this season?
The thing is, is not a nice thing for any top flight althlete to have, as even with treatment, the effects of it can last a long time, and even on or off for the rest of your life.For me it further questions his attitude (given other recent events and his past being given club captains armband) as he clearly failed to take medical precautions that he would have no doubt be advised of when returning for the internationals.
aeropilot said:
The thing is, is not a nice thing for any top flight althlete to have, as even with treatment, the effects of it can last a long time, and even on or off for the rest of your life.
That's what I was thinking. A couple of years ago I had pneumonia - in hospital for five days but when I was sent home I could barely get up and down the stairs for a week, couldn't walk 10 minutes to get my son from nursery for a week after that etc. It took me 6 weeks to get back to normal. Obviously it's a different illness but recovery time can take a long time. Especially for top level athletes who perform at such high levels of fitness. I think Balogun needs game time ASAP. If Laca and Aubu may still be out for a few weeks we are very weak up front. Two domestic fixtures before the Semi?
Pepe could work upfront as he did mid week. Didn't do to bad a job either. I am warming to him.
Still, todays result just shows how bad things can be, Forget the good results had recently, today was an example of why we don't deserve Euro football and do deserve distinctly mid table position.
Pepe could work upfront as he did mid week. Didn't do to bad a job either. I am warming to him.
Still, todays result just shows how bad things can be, Forget the good results had recently, today was an example of why we don't deserve Euro football and do deserve distinctly mid table position.
Claptonian said:
100% agree. Get the fking ball in the fking box. Do something with all the possession. At some point it'll fall to someone in the box.
When we do get the ball into the box, there's nobody there... or it's over/under hit. In any case, if the box is mobbed with opposition players it'll mean we go from holding the ball to chasing it. king ball in the fking box. Do something with all the possession. At some point it'll fall to someone in the box.Glassman said:
Claptonian said:
100% agree. Get the fking ball in the fking box. Do something with all the possession. At some point it'll fall to someone in the box.
When we do get the ball into the box, there's nobody there... or it's over/under hit. In any case, if the box is mobbed with opposition players it'll mean we go from holding the ball to chasing it. king ball in the fking box. Do something with all the possession. At some point it'll fall to someone in the box.Gassing Station | Football | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff