Froggy Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 10 minutes ago, RodneyCisse said: It was all over twitter before the 3 o’clocks started. Itll all be forgotten when the league manufacturers them back into the top 6. Have a look at who benefitted most from VAR last season Hint: not us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 3 minutes ago, Froggy said: Not from anywhere reputable. It's handball only if you don't know the rules. There's been plenty of that on here already this season though Never ever a pen. What are the rules nowadays? Feel like they change every other weekend depending on who is refereeing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 3 minutes ago, David Edgar said: As far as the goalkeeper goes, well we have to give the manager credit for going out and getting Pope. A big part of being a more aggressive attacking team is having a top goalkeeper back there to protect you when you get caught out of position. Just like man City have Ederson do and Liverpool have Allisson do. One thing Pope has really added is his higher starting position, which allowed him to smother a couple of Man City chances. Yep, which is why I said he was crucial to the win cos he did things Dubravka can't and also dominated his area (which Dubravka is very hit and miss at). ASM was a big part of the whole tactical approach. He was purposely left high up the pitch to exploit the space behind Walker and run directly at Stones. He was setup to have that great performance. It wasn't just a random fluke. I didn't say that it was? We had a higher XG than they did first half and they bettered us in the second half. Our best chances were comparable to theirs. That game could have gone either way IMO. A better XG doesn't guarantee anything. Yes, the game definitely could've gone either way. And that's great against Man City. My concern was just how much we started to surrender in the second half and maybe we had been too intense in the first. Under Rafa we sat in deep when we went up against Man City, and all the Sky commentators would bitch and moan about Rafa doing it , which we all complained about on here, because almost every team did the same thing. Rafa had us exceptionally well drilled and setup well enough to occasionally break, but we definitely sat in deep. Rafa had clear plans to counter and also a clear plan of when to press higher (70 minutes onwards). Didn't just sit deep and look lost. When we played big teams under Rafa, we would know what to do once the ball was won. This isn't at all relevant to your initial lies about me wanting us to sit deep like Palace did. Okay, well it seems we disagree about Palace's approach. I don't think they just sit deep and look lost all game. Vieira sets them up to counter as well. I think towards the end of the game today they just got tired, as most teams do when defending against Man City, whether that's pressing them or sitting in deep, it is still taxing. And so when I said you wanted us set up like Palace I was referring to their general counter attacking approach, and not how they might have looked at the end of the game, where you say they were sat deep and looking lost. My point was that even with that more conservative approach tiredness still creeps in and mistakes at the back can start to open up, which leads to goals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 9 minutes ago, RodneyCisse said: This ref is awful mind. Seems to want to let things go when there’s been a foul and then blows when there isn’t one. Odd to say the least Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 42 minutes ago, Froggy said: Wait you actually think that was handball? how fast do you think humans can react? Multiple handballs. I usually hate soft handball penalties but no idea how he survived that sequence. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyCisse Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 8 minutes ago, gbandit said: Seems to want to let things go when there’s been a foul and then blows when there isn’t one. Odd to say the least He was shite last week for our game too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paullow Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 The WWE music at halt time during every Arsenal home match always cracks me up. 'Drew McIntyre' will likely be trending soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Mitro Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancing Brave Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 get in Fulham Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holloway Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Get in fucking Mitro lad Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Gabriel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie Ahmed Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 WTF was Gabriel thinking Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Major Lerl Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 The arsenal fans clapping the cross field ball in the back ground. Amazing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holloway Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 They've been bouncing off him like 10 year olds Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 He's the real deal now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Love that after they gave Mitro stick when he went down injured This Gabriel guy is so clumsy and dumb at times though man. Tragic play at the back from him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Geed up Mitro. We might even finish 5th at this rate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Mitro again. Wish we had him over fucking wood. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nine Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Fucking beast Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Edgar Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Just now, worthy said: Mitro again. Wish we had him over fucking wood. He wouldn't get near the pressing our system needs to function. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samptime29 Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Happy for Mitro. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astroblack Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 And that's why I'm against starting attacks/playing out from the back from the back as your main starting point. See more mistakes with defenders and goalies getting caught on the ball than ever before. Do the ends justify the means? I don't think so. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conjo Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 classic arsenal lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samptime29 Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 2 minutes ago, KaKa said: Love that after they gave Mitro stick when he went down injured This Gabriel guy is so clumsy and dumb at times though man. Tragic play at the back from him. Yeah that was horrendous play Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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