The Arsenal vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers, Premier League Matchday 27, 18 February 2026

Jesus, what on Earth are you doing?

 

How is that your takeaway from today?

 

We desperately need a week off. This team looks absolutely exhausted.

 

Have to attack to win, and this Wolves team weren't good. Better attacking would have put us 3 or 4 up.

 

Don't think that was a Saka issue.

 

100% and it's been an issue all season. This attack is absolutely stagnant and the inability to score goals and kill off games is going to cost us.
It's the difference between us and Liverpool last year. Pool had games where they concede 2 against shit teams but score 3\4\5.

Unless we are playing Leeds the goals dry up. Unless Kai is playing no one goes for Gyokeres.
And looking at a stat the other day when Gyokeres goes off we conceded goals and drop points because Jesus is dreadful up top.

Our success this year basically depends on Havertz staying healthy for 12 games.

 

Ye

wolves are woeful
And I saw nothing that makes me think this is a viable option against teams that don’t belong in championship

 

I have no confidence in this team getting a result at Spurs.

Arteta has some big issues.
We can't score goals against Wolves? Dire result and if we don't win the league we point to games like this and big big questions get asked of the manager, his tactics, his play style.
But ultimately if we don't win the league then four 2nd place finishes starts to creep the question that he is a manager unable to get the best out of this team.

But why not bring on Norgaard who is a solid defensive mid. Why would be bring on Calafiori?
Timber again drops off the last 15 minutes of games so why not bring on White? Or if not fit Mosquera?

It's bad decisions compounded by dire attacking football where we just don't look like scoring enough for the quality we have and we are letting poor teams either stay in games too long or do what Wolves, the worst team in the EPL since 2011, take a point off us.

They wouldn't have got a 2-2 draw with any of the other top 6 teams.

 

need a players only meeting.

I'm mad at arteta too btw but arteta isn't telling martinelli to play like ass, or raya not to call for the ball.

 

i don't think you can say we can't score against wolves when we scored 2.
Unless you mean we can't create more than 2 which yeah fair but we also don't even average 2 goals a game.

 

I really didn't watch this game so much as I had it on in the background. The timing seems right for a Rewinder appearance.

 

Against a poor Wolves team we should have been 3-0 at HT. Hell even at 2-0 you bring on Norgaard to manage the game. It's literally what we bought him for.

But our attacking systems have failed all season unless we play Leeds or teams in the championship and below.

 

That felt like a case of we played not to lose rather than playing to win in the second half, and we have done that a few times this season and last season and these are the sort of results that occur.

 

Going into this match, Arsenal had scored 50 and conceded 18, Wolves had scored 16 and conceded 48. They are anti-Arsenal, their defense is bad but not the worst, their attack is absolutely putrid. They have 9 fewer goals than the next worst club.

Up 2-0 at 60m should have been enough, they should not have needed to score a 3rd. But they needed to control the ball, attack, and apply pressure. Instead they just fall apart and allow Wolves to have chances. Remember earlier this season when they went multiple matches without conceding a shot on target? That feels like a lifetime ago.

 

Skinniest kid at fat camp

 

Lose to Spurs, Arteta should be sacked.