Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - We are SO back, the Premier League returns!

[Roberto Firmino]

It could only be the one and only


nikkas really thought the god was done

 

[blues_funk_reggae]

 

[Yippee Ki Yay]

We have been shyt

It could only be the one and only


nikkas really thought the god was done

He's good but he's no Robbie Fowler

 

[MikelArteta]

Martinelli and Pepe

 

[Roberto Firmino]

100


Hopefully the Konate deal gets confirmed and VVD/Gomez/Matip return


We're getting bodied out here

Those 4 won’t be enough though because Virg and Joe won’t be able to start week in week out and will have setbacks, I love Joel he is criminally underrated and he is Top 5 in the league and that’s no bias but he’s under some bad juju since he came to us and can’t be relied on unfortunately. Konate looks the real deal but that injury history scares me, I’ve seen it broke down that it’s really only the one major and the covid pause makes it look worse than it is but I’m shook all the same, 5th choice is gonna get loads of game time and we’ve seen the knock on effect of taking Fab or Hendo out of midfield, it can’t be Phillips or Williams, Kabak is such a no brainer even from a purely cynical moneyball perspective I really don’t understand why we aren’t gonna take that option up, I’m hoping we just trying to Debo Schalke with them being relegated and the talk about these 2 being kept around next season is being fed to the journos just to give those 2 confidence for the run in.

 

[Roberto Firmino]

We have been shyt



He's good but he's no Robbie Fowler

I said the god not God, there’s only one God

 

[Roberto Firmino]

Make Chris Wood look like Usain Bolt brehs

 

[Yehuda]

Phillips still can't stand him, though.

 

[Montez]

ESR has done well. His link up play and off the ball movement has generally been good.

Yeah the attack only hits it's optimum every once in a while. But the defending has improved 3rd best defence and 5th in least shots faced. To me that shows there is some signs of progress. Considering you haven't had settled personnel playing at the back all season and maybe one good defender amongst the lot.

Not the biggest ESR fan but I can see that. I'm not sure if it's him or having a 10-like player. I'm seeing teams with lesser players create more chances, it's putting too much pressure on the attackers to score every chance.

The defending stats look good and that's with clown patrol back there but Arteta is like Emery. The approach is defensive. At least with Mikel the under lying numbers are good, I was shocked to see we were top 10 in attacking and defending.

If we finish strong, I'll feel more confident going into next season.

Until we have a proper midfield, non off our attackers will look good. This has been going since the last 2 seasons off Wenger

Even under Emery and Wenger's last few years we created and scored more with weaker midfields. There hasn't never been any fluidity under Mikel since the FA Cup. If we needed to create a chance (Villarreal - H) we struggled. I wouldn't be so harsh on breh if he seemed to have a clear vision. At least with the kids, it's clearer.

 

[TobiOT]

Europa for Leicester.

 

[Ukbrotha]

Seems like Arsenal have had a strong finish to the season.

 

[Roberto Firmino]

But again this can’t paper over the cracks which it will for a lot of our fans we can’t be sentimental he needs to be sold in the summer.

 

[Montez]

Title. Charge.

 

[mastermind]

So happy for Joe. Anyone who seen him knows he gets in good positions and he has a professional build. His timing is beyond his years. Him and Ramsey are very similar but not many systems can accommodate them, 4-3-3 being the most obvious.

Hope Arsenal keep him because he has a profile that is dying in football but still very valuable. Playing him as a number 10 was questionable. Anyone calling this a purple patch is crazy.

You need a system that limits his passing. Ramsey was a way better passer than Willock.

Willock could be like Dele Alli with Pochettino. I’m not convinced that’s a winning system though.

 

[Yehuda]

How is your hair looking like that at 21