alexf

Wonder how often this has happened to us recently. I bet it's difficult for our recruitment team to identify the exact characters they want to sign and get all the finance aligned, only for these other clubs to come in and gazump us and then never even play the players potentially (like Tosin at Chelsea etc.) I know some would say, just move on to another target, but I imagine there is more pressure on us not to make a mistake and get the wrong player, and if you start getting to 5th/6th on your list, I can understand the hesitation to pull the trigger on a deal.

Shame we won't be playing this version of City in a few weeks once all their new signings have settled in.

Think we lose to Forest at home. It's the exact sort of fixture we struggle in like the Bournemouth one. They won't press as high or aggressively as they did but they will have a rock solid low block which we struggle against often, with plenty of counter attack pace aswell. Still have nightmares of that Wood hat-trick and him turning Burn inside out and dinking over Dubravka. All the ingredients are still there for history to repeat.

Gotta love this PSR world where shite 3rd/4th choice goalkeepers are getting moved around from club to club for huge sums of money, whilst earning decent coin themselves despite never making appearances. That's the football I fell in love with as a kid.

Imagine ten years ago or whatever saying Wayne Bridge and that guy who makes the silly FIFA videos on YouTube will have a staged boxing fight and will likely earn millions for doing it. What an era were living in.

I didn't think Arsenal fans could get any worse in their blinkered views of all things Arsenal. But seeing so many trying to claim they have been robbed because they don't think the Kai Havertz handball was a handball? Speechless.

Looked miles off it. One game too many for some of the lads maybe after a quick turnaround from the last game. Bournemouth's athleticism as I thought it would before the game caused us seriously problems defensively. Forced us to play through Burn, who kept playing poor passes into midfield that caught us out on both the first 2 goals. Hall got done for pace badly early on and never recovered. Trippier is finished at this level and his defending for their 4th was horrendous. Rest of the team just not on it and were a yard off it all over the pitch. Playing crazy cross field passes straight to them multiple times until it finally cost us on the 3rd goal. Not able to give our inform striker a sniff of a chance until he wrongfully took over a free kick near the end. Maybe the team needed this game to humble them into not getting ahead of themselves and knowing we need to be switched on for the rest of the season. But ultimately I think it just showed as we have all said the squad isnt deep enough and as soon as this first 11 drop their levels even slightly, we will get undone. Credit to Bournemouth. Battered us.

If Schar is fit enough to play he needs to come on 2nd half immediately. We need his passing out.

Not a single chance or moment created for the most inform striker in the league tells you how off it we were that half. Not playing yo our strengths and all our weaknesses are getting exposed.

Looks abit burnt out today but it's mainly his lack of athleticism here which apart from Tino is evident and across the back 4 and has been a clear tactic from Bournemouth. They know they are quicker and have been aggressive with it.

Burn's passing out has been utterly tragic. Clear tactic by them to press everyone but him. Indirectly lead to the two goals. All of them have been sloppy though and aren't dealing with the press. Halls confidence is shook after that first minute. Mentioned before the game our lack of athleticism at the back could cost us here and it's showing currently. Wake up boys.

It was always annoying

They have good athletic players that we need to be careful in transitions. Tino can match them but if they get 1v1 against our other back 3 then we have problems. I would say this game is more about us though. If we play well and our energy levels are good then we win. Bournemouth will cause us more problems than Wolves if we're not on it.

Seen shit like Simon Jordan on talksport laughing it up trying to say Isak's not in the same class as Henry and just basically trying to belittle him as much as possible. Why do people do that. He's creating his own path and whilst there are similarities (wears no.14, likes to drift into the left channel at times) Isak is very much his own player and doesn't have cheat code pace like Henry either so is never going to look quite as flashy. But again, Henry has a long legacy in the premier league and if we watch highlight reels etc then he's phenomenal, but I bet if you go back he would have had plenty of games where he wasn't quite firing etc. Same thing for Isak, you watch compilations of his best bits and he looks incredible but he also has had plenty of games where he's quiet or coming back from injury etc. Just find the need to try to downplay what he's doing because you don't think it's quite as impressive as what some regard as the premier leagues greatest ever player. Yeah ok whatever.

I really hope all those people that doubted him remember how they feel right now the next time we lose or have a tough run. He's one of our greatest (no need to compare against Keegan etc) and deserves all the support and love from the fans. If he fails to win anything here, I would say it's far more likely to do with outside forces then any lack of ability he has. If we can give him the tools he needs then he can take us to the levels we want to be. He's not a gate keeper (fuck off Jordan)