Arsenal Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours 2019/2020

emmetlego wrote: »

They analyse every Arsenal goal, looking for fouls in the build up and handballs etc. It's painful listening. Think I'd rather switch the sound down or watch it on Bein!!!

Some great moves tonight, but we need to keep the clean sheet and we will need another couple of goals to be absolutely sure. We all know the away form is diabolical!

Switched over to virgin media BT are poison commentry is bad enough but then the 2 lads in the studio bullying Martin Keown , can't listen to it any more if it was spurs they'd be all **** in the studio over them sickens me

We need to regain our grip on this game.
These could score if we keep giving it away.

Emery wants to put this to bed tonight.

Napoli love a good offside.

wonga77 wrote: »

Why take lacca off? Surely auba should have gone instead

I really hope we don't regret that call. Auba has had a poor game and Laca offers so much more

We Need a third

Without a doubt

With these subs we’re beginning to look like last Sunday’s team.
Some of these lads are poor.

We've zero outlet with Auba up front on his own. We're bringing it out and it's coming back in on top of us straight away

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

Well if we get knocked out we can blame absolutely no one but ourselves.

2-0 at home is a great result. Clean sheet is massive.

This is far from over.
None of our substitutions were of any use. They actually weakened us.

Yes! Important we didn't concede!
Here's a live picture inside the Emirates from yours truly

Nixonbot wrote: »

Ah yeah entirely fair, could have been better (4-0) or worse (2-2, that sitter!). Gotta be happy with the result though.

Obviously, I take joy out of the game tonight, but I also think it's only half-time in the tie and it's not out of sight.
Arsenal are bad away from home.

Usually I try not to get too emotional, as much as I can, in the immediate aftermath of results - sometimes it is impossible! - and try to avoid the emotional whiplash after each result.

Everyone was happy to see the team motoring with three wins on the trot, but then they lost at Everton: cue a lot of people ranting and raving all over again.

I don't think a negative result always has to mean people start immediately start throwing their toys out of the pram, every single time. One week Emery is a genius and the team are heroes, the next he's a clown who can't organise a defence and they should all be sold in the summer. It must get bloody exhausting.

So, yeah, I don't think we should lose the plot after every setback, but equally I think we can praise the performance tonight while acknowledging their is another game of football over in Italy next week and the tie isn't over, and Arsenal have shipped goals away from home to European opposition this year. I think they've probably done enough tonight, but if they haven't and Napoli do go through, no-one is going to remember this leg of the tie.

Great performance made this an easy game against a poor team. I predicted these would have little about them, same as Milan last season with an added top center back and manager. It's a shame not to have put 3 or 4 past them as we should but I don't envisage any problems in the away leg. 2/3-1 to The Arsenal out there. These Italian clubs (outside of Juve) are regularly overrated.. I expect a much tougher tie in the Semi against whichever tough Spanish team emerges from that tie.

Quazzie wrote: »

We're on the other side of the tree, so we'll more than likely be playing Benfica should be progress.

No, we will be playing either Valencia or Villareal.

https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2019/draws/index.html

I only remembered because of the possibility of Cazorla at the Emirates. Be great to give him a proper goodbye.

Nixonbot wrote: »

Ah yeah entirely fair, could have been better (4-0) or worse (2-2, that sitter!). Gotta be happy with the result though.

I am happy with the win but it’s only half-time.
Years ago 1 nil would have made me even happier but not anymore with our present defenders. I think we will have to score out there to go through.
I certainly wouldn’t fancy us out there if we concede early as we’d fall to pieces with panic defending as we’ve seen often before.
I can’t see Emery starting in attacking mode out there either so I expect us to counter on the break.
Hopefully we’ll not see Mustafi starting and Xhaka will start alongside Torreira.
Ozil might even be benched. Hard to predict the starting line out.

Bobby Baccala wrote: »

Ah bollocks, have a mate that lives 2 minutes walk from Benficas stadium (beautiful stadium btw), we were hoping Arsenal would play them at some stage of the tournament.

We will in the final:cool:

I'd really fancy us against Chelsea tbh. In fact I'd probably be more worried by Benfica.

Season defining week coming up.

Bobby Baccala wrote: »

I'm not saying I want Liverpool to win the league but I do want them to smash Chelsea later. Nice opportunity for them to do us a favour today, we need everything to go our way today and tomorrow to be in with any chance of top 4.

Draw.
Win/win situation for me.

Hearing that Inter have expressed an interest in Xhaka