UEL Semi Final 2nd Leg: Arsenal (1) vs Villarreal (2) | Thursday 6th May | KO: 20:00 | BT Sports

[Mrs Bergkamp]

Keown- the manager now comes under pressure and you now look at the wisdom of hiring him. Says Arteta was outsmarted and that the players looked lost. We allowed them to play and haven't laid a glove on them. He says the players reaction comes from the manager. He's laying it all on Arteta.
Freddie- feels angry and says the players didn't know what to do. Says it felt passive and we didn't press until Martinelli came on.
Auba had 14 touches. Freddie puts it down to a lack of service abd says Villareal shut him down. He says Partey was hung out yo dry because he was alone and neither Ode or ESR knew what to do. Keown says Arteta's tactical plan was to be outnumbered in midfield. Says we should have had 2 in midfield.

 

[Jury]

Absolutely no way Bielsa leaves Leeds for this mess

He would, you know. He's gettable. I'd take him as well.

 

[Rimaal]

I screamed "25 years" at the end of the game and the dogs ran out of the room and humans came running in.

 

[Oxeki]

If we stick with Arteta after this season, we're basically going to be wasting half of next season ffs.

 

[Papa Wonga]

This is why we'll never be as well run as clubs like Chelsea and City.

They have the ruthlessness to be champions, to be successful, what do we do, leave this prick in charge when he should of gone in Xmas.

Chelsea bring in Tuchel and they look great, and they got rid of there best ever player ffs.

 

[guntz]

Get the contract out. Put it on the table. Let him sign it, let him put whatever number he likes, for what he’s done since he’s come in. Let him sign the contract and go Arteta's at the wheel man, he’s doing it, he’s doing his thing. Arsenal are back!

 

[Mo Britain]

Deluded ****** thinks we deserved to win!

 

[Oxeki]

He would, you know. He's gettable. I'd take him as well.

He only signs 1 year contracts.

 

[ptrcopp]

This is not the 9th squad in the league, we are under-achieving.

i agree. But winning the FA Cup last year and EL final the year before going back to winning the FA Cup in 2017, even challenging Leicester for the league

 

[GDeep™]

Partey was shocking btw. Let’s talk facts.

Had too much to do on his own

 

[Rex Stone]

Shat the bed in BOTH legs, even more so in the second one. And make no mistake, Villarreal are pathetic.

One good half even. They were a shocking side with a coward of a manager.

We looked more up for Newcastle than these ties and they’d give Emery a game

 

[MartiSaka]

Man who can we get to manage a team without European football

 

[El Granit-Coq]

Gonna keep to the support your manager till the end of the season principle.

Rodgers is not coming here.
Doubt Allegri would.

Arteta may have some good ideas but he has been horrible at executing them. Doubt Arsène was wrong in his assessment but it's actually dire how the club has fallen.

I see him here next season for better or worse.

This guy is a mindfuck I swear.

 

[lamby22]

I still don't get the Nketiah sub. I just can't see the logic of bringing a tap-in merchant on in the 90th minute when we created practically nothing the whole game.

 

[Papa Wonga]

Should've brought in Rafa benitez at Xmas, we'd of been in that final comfortably.

 

[squallman]

Remember under the boss where even we'd attack every game and if we lost it was because we missed a lot of chances or conceded a stupid goal or three because of a goalkeeper mistake?

Now we just lose and that is depressing.

 

[MaraDon]

Unai outsmarting us is what really hurts.
they are a solid team and were unbeaten in the EL.
we are a team full of kids with seniors that want to leave as soon as possible.

 

[ptrcopp]

Should’ve started Martinelli, guy is non stop and plays with urgency

Starting to believe that’s why he doesn’t start!!!

 

[blaze_of_glory]

So guys, when do you think Arteta would have been fired if fans were allowed in the stadium? I reckon they would have turned on him before Christmas, when he was playing Auba on the wing still and forcing starts to Willian.
He is so lucky that stadium going fans are not a factor yet.

He would have had a very rough ride through the fall for sure. All these pundits talking about how Arsenal are missing the fans in the stadium and ignoring how they would have reacted to how we've played this season.

 

[GDeep™]

He would, you know. He's gettable. I'd take him as well.

Too much of a maverick for our staff to handle