Prediction
Arsenal 3-0 West Ham
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I have a theory the ballot system has opened up access to a certain newer fanbase group that previously wasn’t attending. Prior to that only the hardcore who were on their IT shizzle at 0900 sharp had silver/red access.Yep went to the game but thankfully was seated nowhere near a Ted Lasso figure, I think that woulda been it for me.
I did have a guy near me shouting at everyone who went for an early beer or toilet telling them ‘dont bother coming back’ was quite entertaining although I felt for people with a weak bladder in this scenario lol.
I'm not sure about Zinchenko but Ødegaard did do it several times, never lasted long though..Didn't see Zinchenko or Ødegaard try and pump the crowd up once. It's like they don't even want to win smh
Haven't beaten them in our last 3 meetings. Arteta seems to have a complex regarding playing against his former bosses.Moyes for decades couldn't beat the big six but yesterday he just destroyed us in our own stadium
West Ham played incredibly well. One of the reasons our xG was so low with 30 shots, is that it takes into account defenders in between the shooter and the goal. Ødegaard and Saka were in their box multiple times but they were always doubling up on them, and for all their twisting and turning, they couldn’t release a killer shot or pass. Could have been an extra half hour and the result would have been the same.Moyes for decades couldn't beat the big six but yesterday he just destroyed us in our own stadium
I felt deploying one of our CBs in a central striker role was warranted. Hammers had the numbers in the box, clogging up shooting and passing lanes, so why not "mix" it up, become less predictable in offense with some aerial darts? Saliba would have been perfect.
Good point, Saliba definitely better in transition defense, but my thinking was eff it, we're already down and he's a more technical player than Gabriel, could hold and has excellent footwork.Tbh you're better off throwing Gabriel in there, have Saliba/Rice for transition control and everyone else floods the box.
Well if you look at it purely from a stats line, yes, it shows Arsenal dominated, however, the eye tests tell a more worrying story, that we struggle adapting within a game and tried the same thing over and over and over again.
What do we think about this?
Well yeah the Villa and West Ham games are distinctly different from the Newcastle performance. So in a way we've made progress. But the outcome is still the same. Unfortunately when you are in a title race, you cannot afford to take 3-4 games to hit your stride. Lack of natural finishers in our forward line is killing us. Saka is probably the best we've got.
What do we think about this?
West Ham played incredibly well. One of the reasons our xG was so low with 30 shots, is that it takes into account defenders in between the shooter and the goal. Ødegaard and Saka were in their box multiple times but they were always doubling up on them, and for all their twisting and turning, they couldn’t release a killer shot or pass. Could have been an extra half hour and the result would have been the same.
I listened to David Moyes press conference, gee he went on like how perfect they are of a side & like they are absolutely perfect against every side they play against. He even goes on like they are better then us in all areas. What a show off & arrogant manager. They defend a higher line compared to how they did then it would be a completely different game.
Made us wait 5 days to serve that sh*t too. So pissed off I want to hit someone.Well that was ****
30 shots with an xG of only 2.7 means most of those shots were low chances of scoring. That’s good defending.We were poor for taking our chances has nothing to do with the fact Westham played well play this match over and over again and we will win by at least 4 goals.
Our finishing is letting us down not because our opponent was so good.