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xG map reveals how shit Arsenal actually were I assume the 2 big chances are Iwobi and Ozil xG map for Watford - Arsenal. Yeah this wasn't the greatest Arsenal performance. pic.twitter.com/4awds757nz— Caley Graphics (@Caley_graphics) October 14, 2017
McManaman thought so too, but not for me. It just wasn't a penalty. What about the usual song and dance about how he can't give it if he doesn't see it? He couldn't have seen it, because Bellerin's legs never get anywhere near Richarlison.
Yeah, I had to drag myself to the TV to watch this game in the first place. Did some yard work, came in to relax once I felt I'd been productive enough all day. Sat down, queued up the recording, started fast forwarding after about 10mins. There just isn't any point in watching anymore. Why should I bother, the players don't even bother. I've officially lost interest. Somebody let me know when Wenger decides to walk away. Only then will Arsenal Football Club be interesting again.
We needed to put JFW on right at the equalizer, maybe even before. Even the "bad" Jack might be able to beat a guy on the dribble and pass forward.
Frankly this whole arsenal thread is killing me. Same shit we have been talking about for six years. Seriously...I don't watch the games anymore.....don't care about the club. Thats where I'm at. Utter nonsense to invest time and emotion into this 'club". However we are kicking ass in Europa!!! (but can't beat Watford) Big Club my ASS!!!
Yep. Better than that. Went to the dump today and did saturday chores. Checked the game exactly twice. 45th minute or so. And then actually after the game was over only to see the loss. Sooooo glad I didn't waste my time watching. Boring, boring ARSENAL. ill watch highlights or lowlights going forward but won't waste my life watching 90 minutes of this. Have lost interest.
Hmmmm. Just watched the match. Wish I could get that 90 minutes of my life back. We dominated the first half, but it was still so slow and unproductive. Watford were much better in the second half. The penalty was a clear dive. Can we bring back Hleb, Fabregas, Van Pussy, Adebayor, and Eboue? At least those games were entertaining when we lost.
This is what i find so frustrating about Ozil conversations. He created virtually all of Arsenal's xG output in the first 10 mins he was on, while coming back from injury. Yes he didn't bury a good chance - but that happens. Meanwhile the team collapses at the back as usual after the bad peno decision. Why do Xhaka and Kolasnic not defend properly on the 2-1? I agree there is lots of issues but it seems strange to blame the guy who only just came on, and is working his way back to fitness.
The frightening this is how with 20 mins to go Watford bossed the game and Arsenal could not get any partiy That says something very bad about Xhaka and Ninny
I had a look around the blog carnage this morning and think this was also a good point 919425623075860480 is not a valid tweet id Per played OK, but how can the club really be relying on him plus Kos, shielded by Xhaka and Ninny?
When Kos had to come off, we were clearly not in control of the game. It's why JW was originally going to come on. We needed something. A spark off the bench, formation switch, something. AW sees Kos needed to be subbed, then switches to Holding. Yes after clearly being the worse team at the time, he decided to do nothing. No adjustments. Like for Like. When you make 8 million a year, you are paid to be able to make an adjustment. You are paid to come up with an idea that will help settle the team. Holding for Kos is always a downgrade. He put the team in a worse position when they needed something from him. He's out of ideas. He can't manage in-game. Points are on him this match. He panicked. He can't do it any more. Hopefully he sees that and does what's best for the team.
Agree - the lack of a change up in midfield was a bad mistake I am still stunned that a player so technically poor as Ninny can be starting.
As I said, Wenger seems to love midfielders that are not good at particularly anything and generally mediocre at everything, Especially the 5 meter square ball to nowhere. Denilson remains his template as to the ideal MF—can’t tackle, can’t dictate the game, gives up bad fouls, no explosion,pace or power, physical prescience, can’t shoot or score, but leads league in passes and passing efficiency due to the aforementioned 5 m square balls to nowhere. He Never learns, so he will try to rectify the situation by putting the equally useless and technically inept Coq next to his pet, Khaka. We have gone from midget ball (Through crowding the field with five number tens on the pitch, all these generals looking for army to make runs that never come) , to donkey ball (Where we have excellent forwards who can’t get any proper link play because we have donkeys in the midfield ). The only time we were affective yesterday was when the midfield was bypassed. And then after the penalty, we gave up and we’were progressively dominated. It was embarrassing to watch.
Yeah, this. If it had transpired that Watford converted a cheap penalty, and after that we huffed and we puffed but we couldn't blow the house down, that would be awful. But what actually happened was quite a bit worse. We never put any meaningful pressure on the Watford goal, we didn't even dominate possession really. Sepp Blatter and Jack Warner are gone now. For me, you gotta figure Wenger is the most corrupt major figure in world football.
In the first half, the tempo was so slow, and the movement so poor that it was very easy to defend for Watford. Then around the time Ozil came on, the game state meant Watford had to push on, so Ozil/Iwobi exploited that in quick succession. That part was good. What was bad as you say was after the pen, and with Kos off, Watford actually bossed the game, dominated Arsenal's CMs and pushed on for a win. That is humiliating It's amazing looking at 2017 that Arsenal's form is excellent at home but shocking away from home Yet its not like Watford was a huge travel.