Win PL: Arsenal 3 - 1 Aston Villa | Friday 22nd October | KO: 20:00 BST | Sky Sports

 

[NZgunner]

We've got to continue to show faith in our younger players - any chance Zayn Ali Salman will play or at least come on from the bench?

 

[Paperino]

We've got to continue to show faith in our younger players - any chance Zayn Ali Salman will play or at least come on from the bench?

Will be sent on loan to Marseille according to different sauces.

 

[<<reed>>]

Gotta admit I like that the PL have been putting Arsenal games on Monday & Friday nights, there's no place for Artetaball on the weekends.

 

[IstraBalagina]

I expect Villa to dominate the match, Arteta is Dean Smith's prostitute.

 

[Big Poppa]

Arteta’s the luckiest manager in football. No wonder he loves Ted Lasso.

 

[BigPoppaPump]

Gotta admit I like that the PL have been putting Arsenal games on Monday & Friday nights, there's no place for Artetaball on the weekends.

I’m happy I don’t have to spend a Saturday watching that crap. Arteta football definitely suits Mondays.

 

[Big Poppa]

We’ve played different formations under Arteta and the performances are generally the same. ****ing pointless thinking it will make any difference if it’s a 433/4231/4141/41212/343/352…….

Generally it’s the same system of play though. 4231 in the defensive phase and 3214 in the attacking phase. Trying to create numerical advantages through controlled possession in each transition. Difficulty is all our attackers are best suited to quick transitions in broken play.

Continuing to have Partey isolated in midfield against teams full of runners isn’t going to end well.

 

[FinnGooner]

Since our manager is unable to implement a systme that works, our only hope is that our players stumble on a good performance and then they realize themselves what it takes to be a good team in the Premier League. Let's hope this happens against Villa!

 

[Sapient Hawk]

Matchday!

The only upside for me is that this time, we won't have to suffer watching Bellerin bounce of Grealish like a squash ball off a wall.

 

[Makingtrax]

We want to win to get into the top half of the table and get some semblance of pride back. We want to lose to get a decent manager in.

Have there been more testing times as an Arsenal fan?

 

[Sapient Hawk]

We want to win to get into the top half of the table and get some semblance of pride back. We want to lose to get a decent manager in.

Have there been more testing times as an Arsenal fan?

We've never done things the easy way as a club. But when we do (like the rallying runs for the 1998 & 2002 doubles & the invincible season) we do them spectacularly.

This makes me believe Arteta's eventual sacking will be as momentous as Augustus' crowning 2000 years ago

 

[Riou]

Damian Martinez tonight...

 

[A_G]

More importantly who's the ref?

Craig Pawson. The guy who sent David Luiz and Leno off at Wolves last season.

 

[2Smokeyy]

Damian Martinez tonight...

Is that the most recent FM? The graphics still look horrible ffs.

Should have just stuck to the original style with those little circles moving around.

 

[Sapient Hawk]

Craig Pawson. The guy who sent David Luiz and Leno off at Wolves last season.

Pawson is the worst of the hapless trio rounded out by Lee Mason (who thankfully retired from on-field activities) and Stay Puft marshmallow man cosplayer Jon Moss.

 

[OnlyOne]

Surely no one is actually watching this crap?

 

[Riou]

Is that the most recent FM? The graphics still look horrible ffs.

Should have just stuck to the original style with those little circles moving around.

You can still use the circles (2D) on FM, I always do, think the player models play/look terrible too.

For the next game, you should only have text commentary available...let todays kids know what it was like in the 90s!

 

[2Smokeyy]

Surely no one is actually watching this crap?

On a Friday night? No chance.

 

[A_G]

Pawson is the worst of the hapless trio rounded out by Lee Mason (who thankfully retired from on-field activities) and Stay Puft marshmallow man cosplayer Jon Moss.

Mike Dean isn't refereeing a game this weekend after not sending McArthur so at least the FA acknowledge when someone makes a mistake.

 

[OnlyOne]

On a Friday night? No chance.

You'll be out chasing tail I'm guessing?