I need better reverse jinxes, but hopefully we won't need one this time. Then again, this team has been awful since the new year, and that's because the midfield has been useless. Arsenal have scored more than one goal twice in the league in the last two months. Those two instances were yesterday and at home to Hull. That's not good enough. That said, Arsenal's next four are winnable (and are must wins, aren't they?). West Ham at home, Palace and Middlesbrough away, and then Sunderland at home. Have to win those four (and fix all the midfield issues), before the schedule gets crazy, with games against Sperz, United, Everton, and away to Stoke, as well as the small matter of a game at Wembley. Have at it: Arsenal v. West Ham At: The Emirates Date: April 5, 2017 Time: 1945 BST/2:45 PM ET/1:45 PM CT/11:45 AM PT
A quintessential ManUre result at OT tonight. All we have to do is win tomorrow and we'll be back in 5th place on GD. But what are the chances that our boys can handle that motivational pressure?
God it was even hard for me to get up for the city game. I used to look forward to weekend mornings with my coffee and arsenal. Now they just continually let me down by December/January. Wenger will at least be at this club until 2020. By then, promising young, progressive coaches will be snapped up by Bayern, barca, BvB, etc and we will hire the corpse of Sven Eriksson.
Home with kiddos on Spring Break this week, and given the rain here in north GA it looks like we're staying in and I'll be able to watch. Very hopeful for the result as it's always good to beat other London clubs. Praying the boys want this one and still have something left to see the benefit of finishing the campaign strong. 3-1 to the good. Giroud, Sanchez and Iwobi.
- Theo wearing the armband today. Why does that feel like an indictment of the calibre of leaders on the team? - Elneny getting action today. Looking a bit all-over-the-place thus far.
Fair run by Bellerin and Walcott down the line to yield a shot on target. So far about what we'd expect for the day.
Wow. That's among the most obvious penalties I've ever seen, yet the ref feels differently. Oooookay. Meanwhile, stupid card earned by Bellerin.
It looks even worse on replay. Rare that commentators slag the referee like that too. Ref needs to be sent down to conference for this nonsense.
When we see those spells where Arsenal has possession in the opposing third and everything has slowed while the defense has two lines, either the Gunners have the laziest attackers when it comes to trying to break those lines or there's a plan that I'm just not seeing. Where's the diagonal run? Where's the penetration by a midfielder? Grrr. Just NBCSports ExtraTime for me.
Quick thoughts: - Unless they get the ball back quickly, the relative lack of/haphazard team defense leaves a lot of Arsenal players out of position for the counterattack. - Long passes are off today. Sanchez, Ozil, Iwobi and Xhaka all guilty of forcing something that looked, and proved to be, too risky.
Ooof! Almost. Nice, sustained pressure and quality chances, there. Everyone's first touch appears to be improving as the game moves along, and that's enabling more graceful attacks.
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Another spell of attacking ball with everyone passing to everyone else in the box before turning over. Meanwhile, on the sideline ad boards was a promo for some Arsenal contest app. "Win trophies!" it says.