Arsenal vs Newcastle. Premier League. 3pm

[Rimaal]

Drek.

 

[TH14]

It's just not entertaining to watch Arsenal play football. Terrible game.

 

[A_G]

With this return to 4-2-3-1 and poor finishing, wonder if Walcott will get a chance soon

 

[celestis]

Call me positive maniac but I think Iwobi is having a good game. End product will come when he manage to get 5-10 games in row under his belt. No doubt about it!

I agree about Iwobi , saw a lot today to say he's going to be a big player in the final third , just end product. I swear his ball striking is so bad it can only get better .

 

[redanddread]

Back in the top 4 now, just need United to lose one and we're on their tail. Lovely stuff.

sigh.......we're always waiting for someone else to slip up. We just need a different approach really. Same old, same old. This Newcastle team is absolute garbage. Get ready for more of the same I'm afraid. Sounds like I'm a real moaner but I just can't see anything to get excited or at least hopeful about. With the squad we have, we should be doing an awful lot better, imo.

 

[blaze_of_glory]

Naah, getting to the end, they had too much space and a couple of uncontested chances. We deserved the win but we gave them hope.

Yes they had a few chances at the end but I don't think they were that close really. But you are right that the only hope they had is due to us not putting them away like we easily should have.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

1 goal conceded in 3 games after man utd horror show. Its positive but needed to get back playing 5 at the back against Liverpool

 

[celestis]

What does Bellerin actually do?

Needs to be dropped pronto, and perhaps Debuchy can resume his role there.

I was thinking this , he's so bad , Debuchy must think he's a chance.

 

[kraphtous]

Great performance from the Arsenal. Aside from Bellerin, Wilshere and Lacazette who were poor, everything else was great. Play like this for the rest of the season and we’ll overtake Yanited imo.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

I hope Wenger don't say we lacked sharpness

 

[hydrofluoric acid]

Don't get the Bellerin hate honestly... It hasn't been coming off for him lately offensive wise but he has defended well and been solid at the back.

 

[blaze_of_glory]

sigh.......we're always waiting for someone else to slip up. We just need a different approach really. Same old, same old. This Newcastle team is absolute garbage. Get ready for more of the same I'm afraid. Sounds like I'm a real moaner but I just can't see anything to get excited or at least hopeful about. With the squad we have, we should be doing an awful lot better, imo.

Really if you look at the struggle of the past month it's all down to us just not finishing. If we are even halfway clinical we've won every game for about 6 weeks.

 

[celestis]

Would not have been unconvincing if we had just scored when we should have. Newcastle barely threatened and the game should have been over by the 30 min mark.

Lacazette and later Wilshere should have buried those chances .

 

[Sniper Mik]

Unbelievable

 

[Makingtrax]

sigh.......we're always waiting for someone else to slip up. We just need a different approach really. Same old, same old. This Newcastle team is absolute garbage. Get ready for more of the same I'm afraid. Sounds like I'm a real moaner but I just can't see anything to get excited or at least hopeful about. With the squad we have, we should be doing an awful lot better, imo.

Only one loss in 22 games at home. Just wish we could do that away and there'd be no problem.

 

[redanddread]

1 goal conceded in 3 games after man utd horror show. Its positive but needed to get back playing 5 at the back against Liverpool

If we can't score then we're going to be in huge problems. And tbh we haven't been able to score enough to compete at the highest level for some time now. We've just simply don't do enough with the ball when we have it - I don't see any clear attacking structure once we get to the edge of the opponents box. Today could have been any one of scores of recent Arsenal games.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

Don't get the Bellerin hate honestly... It hasn't been coming off for him lately offensive wise but he has defended well and been solid at the back.

He been off form look today how many times he lost the ball make wrong decision

 

[MLK79]

Really poor. 3 points but that was no better than West Ham or Soton - we still struggled to convert possession to goals, and leaked chances from poor defending.

One thing I noticed today is how one footed many of our players are. Sanchez and Wilshere flat out refuse to use their weaker side. Özil and Xhaka very rarely use their right foot. It disrupted play a lot, particularly with Sanchez I think defenders know that he will never ever use that left foot.

Our players have been one footed for ages. In particular our attackers.

 

[A_G]

Only one loss in 22 games at home.

Wish you were there to explain #SquadCost to the fans

 

[redanddread]

Really if you look at the struggle of the past month it's all down to us just not finishing. If we are even halfway clinical we've won every game for about 6 weeks.

My friend, when I ask was the last time we've been clinical at anything though - that's my worry.