ngl the fact that we could easily be 8-0-0 right now even with big injuries if our players could just stay on the pitch has made me very hot headed lmao
The truth is the league is overall not looking good because you have a team that every 50 50 decision goes there way, not to mention some big scandals for Liverpool mainly and Arsenal as well across the last 6 years.
My take thus far: It’s been a very grueling and grinding start to the season with a lot of our fixtures, and tournament schedule mixed in. And it’s created a great deal of turbulence and opposition accompanied by having two very controversial and bullshit red cards mixed in to stack on top of it. Right now it feels like a very chaotic time, and with that said, I still think we’re navigating it relatively well. I’m not panicked by the loss to Bournemouth, but mainly disappointed by it. I think it will teach Arteta to be less conservative and more bold with his tactical style thus far. We can improvise around not having Odegaard, however we cannot improvise around not having Saka, and Bournemouth showed that to an extent. I love this club, and at this current time, I am cautious, but I’m not too worried overall. My main concern falls with Arteta, and if he can tinker properly to get us back to form.
To qualify this point, I think we can improvise playing without Saka OR we can improvise playing without Ødegaard, but we can't do both at the same time, especially without replacing either of them with a player in that mold. Sterling is more of a direct winger than Saka and Merino is more of a Bruiser than Ødegaard. Neither of them take the role of Chief Creator in the team. This makes our entire attacking state look absolutely void of ideas. I picked up on this even when it was 11 v 11. Nwaneri is the answer here. He's less of a creator than Ødegaard. More direct, but his willingness to take on players from midfield opens up space for others. It'd be like if Saka moved into Ødegaard's role. It still shocks me that he has not started a single prem game with Martin being out for over a month.
Given Arsenal is 3rd, keep in mind losing players to injuries and suspension. Club has done fairly well this season. I don't think this is the best the club offers yet. Only issue is making sure the calls are consistent. If Saliba was straight red and should be because he's the last man. Then I want to see that same foul in future fixtures given straight red. No buts or ifs an excuse with a yellow. Same goes for other red cards Arsenal have received this season like Trossard.
First it was not a red card. It was too far from goal, Saliba and possibly White would have catched up with Eva Nilsson, the ball was not going straight at goal but through the side of the pitch. The only criteria fullfilled was that Eva Nilsson would probably reach the ball first. The correct call should have been a yellow card for denying a promising attack. As the referee took that decision VAR should not interfere as it was a subjective decision by the on-field referee and VAR should not re-referee nor rectify such decisions.
It's really just the 3 red cards that have dampened the start of the season. 3 games out of 8 where we played more than half the game with 10 men (~20% of all minutes played). Those are the only 3 games where we dropped points. Nothing is set in stone, but it is not a crazy notion that we could have won those 3 games and now be having a different conversation. The squad is good/deep enough, the manager is good enough to win it, but we CANNOT win anything if we continue to play a large percentage of minutes with 10 men. How do we stop the torrent of cards that we're seeing should be the main question. Given the cards, injuries and fixture list, i'd say we're actually in decent shape in terms of league position at this (still) early stage of the season. Still feel like we're nowhere near the best this team has to offer yet
Pretty sound analysis Laurence. Arsenal are roughly where they might have expected to have been at this stage at the start of the season in the league. There is a lot of noise around injuries, which aren't exactly predictable, and more so red cards, which were entirely unpredictable at the start of the season and even confusing as they unfolded. The tough early fixtures were known but this is complicated to predict after a Euros summer. The strange thing is the noise around the games, in large part driven by decisions (whether by officials or players), but we're in October and Arsenal have had to adapt to new line ups in very tough games. Perhaps the anomaly is getting points without the normal structure. There might be a question mark about some of the fringe attacking players not being blooded sufficiently but there is certainly a development in tactics and formations and potential to continue to deploy systems that haven't yet been seen. Either way there is a lot of football to come and we should expect to see significant levels of development over the coming months if or until Arsenal find a settled team which may or may not last long term given the flexibility demonstrated so far and the potential to increase this with different levels of availability.
Where I'm at is there is still not enough depth. With Saka outside of the general play we missed his set piece delivery. We are an Saka, Odegaard and Havertz injury from the season being write off. Granted sterling is an upgrade on Nelson and Merino is an upgrade we can't expect Saka to play as many games. City had Graelish and Foden on the bench. Tomiyasu is a frustration with injuries too. What I'd add is it's early days, city will drop points as they are conceding goals we just need to be on the ball.
i think we do have the depth on paper, it's just that depth is the likes of merino and sterling who are still fitting into the team. you're right - it's early, and if we all hold our nerve and stay positive the boys will come good
Tbh the Bournemouth loss was down to midfield selection on the day. 3 DMs and 4 CBs started the game while we without our 2 most creative outlets (Odegaard and Saka). This was a game to have either of Trossard or Nwaneri in the 10 role to increase the creativity in the final third with Martinelli out on the left from the off. Probably should have stuck with Rice and Partey as 8 and 6, as has been in place so far this season.
I think Arsenal are in danger of self-imploding. They've performed well against the big six in recent history - but they drop points randomly against teams they really shouldn't - it was the same last season around Christmas and it cost them the league. Discipline is also an obvious issue and it's directly cost them a lot of points already. And with City around you just can't give points away.
What discipline??.... Don't pander to what the media is peddling please, Arsenal DO NOT have a discipline problem, if they do, please tell me... Is it the fact that Rice nicked the ball away or Trossard did the same? In those same matches and all across the premier league, teams do it constantly but because Arsenal are the only ones getting punished for it, every one and their mamas think we have a discipline issue... Please give me a break... It's just lazy analysis!!
@@kennyowoseje5070 That's just whataboutery though isn't it? Pointing at a couple of instances where other players should have been booked doesn't change the fact that Trossard and Rice did daft things when on a yellow card - and to do it when the refs have warned everyone about it. Paranoia in the fanbase and the club will only lead to one thing: a third place finish.
@@PixelFootballVids You can call it whatever you want to, my point is we DO NOT have a discipline problem, and if we do, every other team in the league does cos we're not doing anything different but by all means, keep buying into the media narrative of indiscipline and not your own objectivity..
@@PixelFootballVidsArsenal by no means have a discipline problem, the fact they already have 3 red cards is really, really rotten luck. If you look at the amount of historical instances where a player has committed a foul that the arsenal players committed to get sent off, in the majority of instances you would not see a ref give a red/second yellow for those actions. They are victims of incredibly inconsistent refereeing.
Quietly very confident. We’ve got through the toughest beginning to the season of everyone in the league and have managed to get results in very difficult circumstances considering the unfair red cards and injuries. We’ve lost 2 of our most important players and coped well. Long season ahead
I would add that international break has been a hindrance for a team's momentum and adds more risk to the players. Saka and Odegaard are examples of that unfortunately.
Arteta said it well. It's our first loss in 6 months. Sure, I'm concerned about our injuries, I'm concerned and frustrated about the red cards, but I think we'll be okay. I'm nervous going into our game against Liverpool, but there are a lot of other narratives to consider, and not just our own.
We are in a strong position, early in the season. We have had injuries and weird red cards to contend with and are still where we want to be. Last season we were worried we started slowly and didnt click. This is how we start seasons now though. We aren't going to blitz it as you can't sustain that (see us two years ago, spurs last year too). When we get pur players back and are ready to go, we will go hard and all of this will be forgotten. Its not a sprint. It is a marathon and we are in a prime position. As Loz has said, we also need to take a second and realise where we are now as a club. Celebrate that, cherrish this time. External media narrative will try to deny us that joy, but you can ignore that all and deprive their interactions/revenue
Usually like your content but ngl This whole vid seems like a Strawman argument. Arsenal's current position is 90% on the refs. Since Arteta's appointment ; Arsenal have received a Red Card every 99 fouls commited. 99/RC The second team has 150/RC. Does your eye test validate this data ? Are Arsenal the dirtiest team itl ? Can you find a picture of an Arsenal player in the last 5 yrs under Arteta lunging in like Lisandro Martinez did a few weeks ago ?? Can you find a non Arsenal player getting sent off for 'delaying restart' ? Can you find a non Arsenal player getting double yellows within 5 secs ? I could go on & on. And No! This is not a case of "every fan feels the ref is against their team". Does the data validate Arsenal getting 18 Red Cards? They are 18th in terms of fouls committed. If a person who is committing the 18th most crimes is getting punished the most BY FAR- something is VERY wrong with the rules/their application. I have stopped consuming any content outside of a few Arsenal people. I have been watching games on mute for over a year because can't stand the commentary by Neville & Co. Because the only thing worse than the refs is the gaslighting after every laughable decision.
Well, its been the toughest start out of any of the so called big six. Dropped points in the games we have been down to 10 men and arguably, all the reds we have received, have been contentious when you consider there has been a distinct lack of consistency in the ways that the laws of the game have been imposed. I maintain that an Arsenal with a full squad available is good enough to win the league. However, the FA and the refereeing may play a big part in this.
i think its very difficult to figure out right now where man city, liverpool and arsenal are. i do still think that they complete the top 3 though. and i think the three of them will be very evenly matched, just like last season
To be honest all I feel is frustration at the moment. We can be so good but have shot ourselves in the foot by not performing at our optimal levels at times. The main source of my frustration though, is the inconsistent and frankly incompetent officiating we've had to endure with calls from the ref and var that we have not seen since even though the events have occured in other games post the decision in the Arsenal one.
I think the season as you mentioned has become a bit derailed due to these red cards, coz mostly were 50/50 reds in my opinion. And didn’t expect all to go against them. When I say derailed dosent mean the season is over, just means Arteta and the club needs to adjust and find the best path forward Also I understand why this is unexpected, arsenal had 2 reds in total for the last 2 season in the league (one two yellows and one straight red), 3 in 8 games would be a surprise to any manager for that matter.
As an Arsenal fan I cant help but feel an element of helplessness based on the fact we’re being punished to the nth degree by refs for minor situations in which almost carbon copies of said situations can arise the very next day and other teams aren’t punished for it. I understand we weren’t great against Bournemouth with 11 men but we’ve just seen 11 men Man City go 1-0 down at Molineux and come back to win. These things matter and can end up deciding a title race. I just hope it evens out over the season but given the state of officiating in this country and especially how we’ve been reffed, I can’t say I’m too hopeful.
Pep saying gunners use dark arts wasn't for nothing it was Peps' dark arts to get everyone keeping an eye on them he isn't the best manager for nothing, lol 😅
as an arsenal fan yes its early but we saw last season fulham and west ham early results cost us ! i think some of the cards where a joke tbf looking at szabozli on yellow blast the ball across the pitch and receive nothing ! watching tosin drag down his last man and the pgmol use whateva excuse to not give a card
Arsenal are getting frustrated easily... they were lacking a creativity in the Bournemouth game...they had good moments but the sustained attacks we saw two seasons ago are not there. Maybe the plan but I don't see this side winning anything with the reds and injuries.
Our fans can be super reactionary and lose the plot. Are start to the season and league position is fine, especially given the difficulty of our fixtures and the red cards. I find it hard to believe in a conspiracy against Arsenal but the decisiond are ridiculous and its very tedious to be gaslit by fans with goldfish memories about the validity of nonsense decisions. "Letter of the law" do me a favour. The consistency of these decisions is beyond laughable and it could very well be the differnece between 1st and 2nd/3rd whatever. So yeah that sucks but broadly situation is fine. There are questions about performance but i just think with any sort of reasonable analysis those concerns are fairly minimal. People bring up stats about possession or field tilt or whatever and say "even with the red cards it's still a probelm". No, it simply isn't. We've played a hilarious amount of minutes while a man down. Last season Arsenal had the best xG differential, highest average defensive line, field tilt champions etc. There are questions - over depedence on certain players, needing more technical midfielders, lack of strength in transition. But for any team that isn't City, there are always going to be qiestions, and you are going to need a bit of luck. The year Liverpool did win the league, they were unbelievable. They also did have a bit of...call it luck, call it the wind blowing your way. Things lined up for them that year. Just the way it is when you're up against City. There's nothing to worry snout, and Arsenal will grease the gears and again be in the title race deep into the season, maybe even win it this year. People talk too dumb, too soon.
without enough attacking we are what we are. not enough attackiing backup, way too defensive. existing attack jesus, sterling no idea when they will step up.
Arsenal can’t lose any game to win the league no more mistakes no more draws they used them all up and I’m hopeful because the only games we drew and lost are when we had 10 men, except Atalanta which is away in Europe when Arsenal ain’t experienced that as much as other clubs
It's hard to win the league when referees are thinking about whether or not they'll be picking up a $20k cheque from a ManCity affiliated organisation. I call it bribery and corruption. What do you call it?
Arsenal are 7th in the expected points table that is absolutely awful, no one really near Liverpool at the top. What are rivals fans gonna say about our fixtures when we win at the Emirates? Arsenal had the perfect season last season and still flopped it this season they'll struggle to get top 4 Chelsea look much better maybe even villa do
To be frank i couldn't be bothered by the noise or by opinion pieces coming from msm or deluded arsenal fanbase considering where the team is at compared to last season. Ive seen enough to know that Bournemouth was a once off. All im concerned with is arsenal dusting themselves off readying themselves to go at it again seeing its more of a mentality thing rather than just your typical football tactical talk thats needed. No time meltdown especially this early in the season.
Were the fucking arsenal, We think we'll win the league So does manchester city So they bought the referees Red card home to brighton Never seen it in the league Till red away at city They hope to cause fatigue Var on one day, onfield on the next Who is it gets punished? Its got to be the reds! Allez allez allez We won the league at Anfield, we won it at the lane, Stamford Bridge, Old Trafford, no one can say the same. Mikel Arteta’s army, we’re Arsenal through and through, we’ll sing it in the North Bank, and in the Clock End too. Allez Allez Allez
Silent majority doesn't count I guess, you only hear from the loud ones aka the vocal minority, stop basing the whole fanbase on them. YT, talksport and sky sports is where I hear all these takes, stop listening to MSM's narrative and adopting it.
i feel that arsenal havent been all that good so far this season. lack of cohesion and attacking threat. New signings are yet to really gel with the team and it has disrupted what was the usual starting 11. Players being injured is just part of the business and we have to prove that we can get things done without some of our stars. That being said they are still very much in the race still but need to raise the level as the season continues. I would rather us have this rough patch early on then having a bumpy run in to may. time will tell and if arsenal have learned from previous seasons.
Liverpool are going to drop points .. Aston Villa are going to drop point . City cannot sustain last min goals .. leave Arsenal alone . Whats your fascination about Arsenal run out of content for your own club . Im sick of UA-cam Click baiters .😂
ngl the fact that we could easily be 8-0-0 right now even with big injuries if our players could just stay on the pitch has made me very hot headed lmao
In the same vain they could of easily lost alot of their games
@@mechominecraft Yea if they got a red card every single game?
probs should stop getting sent off then
@@hainsyworth6680that’s what he said
@@mechominecraft 🤡🤡🤡 what games could they "easily have lost" ????
The truth is the league is overall not looking good because you have a team that every 50 50 decision goes there way, not to mention some big scandals for Liverpool mainly and Arsenal as well across the last 6 years.
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My take thus far:
It’s been a very grueling and grinding start to the season with a lot of our fixtures, and tournament schedule mixed in. And it’s created a great deal of turbulence and opposition accompanied by having two very controversial and bullshit red cards mixed in to stack on top of it. Right now it feels like a very chaotic time, and with that said, I still think we’re navigating it relatively well. I’m not panicked by the loss to Bournemouth, but mainly disappointed by it. I think it will teach Arteta to be less conservative and more bold with his tactical style thus far. We can improvise around not having Odegaard, however we cannot improvise around not having Saka, and Bournemouth showed that to an extent.
I love this club, and at this current time, I am cautious, but I’m not too worried overall. My main concern falls with Arteta, and if he can tinker properly to get us back to form.
To qualify this point, I think we can improvise playing without Saka OR we can improvise playing without Ødegaard, but we can't do both at the same time, especially without replacing either of them with a player in that mold.
Sterling is more of a direct winger than Saka and Merino is more of a Bruiser than Ødegaard. Neither of them take the role of Chief Creator in the team. This makes our entire attacking state look absolutely void of ideas. I picked up on this even when it was 11 v 11.
Nwaneri is the answer here. He's less of a creator than Ødegaard. More direct, but his willingness to take on players from midfield opens up space for others. It'd be like if Saka moved into Ødegaard's role.
It still shocks me that he has not started a single prem game with Martin being out for over a month.
Given Arsenal is 3rd, keep in mind losing players to injuries and suspension. Club has done fairly well this season. I don't think this is the best the club offers yet. Only issue is making sure the calls are consistent. If Saliba was straight red and should be because he's the last man. Then I want to see that same foul in future fixtures given straight red. No buts or ifs an excuse with a yellow. Same goes for other red cards Arsenal have received this season like Trossard.
Lol wasn't even a red 24 hours later
First it was not a red card. It was too far from goal, Saliba and possibly White would have catched up with Eva Nilsson, the ball was not going straight at goal but through the side of the pitch. The only criteria fullfilled was that Eva Nilsson would probably reach the ball first. The correct call should have been a yellow card for denying a promising attack. As the referee took that decision VAR should not interfere as it was a subjective decision by the on-field referee and VAR should not re-referee nor rectify such decisions.
It's really just the 3 red cards that have dampened the start of the season. 3 games out of 8 where we played more than half the game with 10 men (~20% of all minutes played). Those are the only 3 games where we dropped points. Nothing is set in stone, but it is not a crazy notion that we could have won those 3 games and now be having a different conversation. The squad is good/deep enough, the manager is good enough to win it, but we CANNOT win anything if we continue to play a large percentage of minutes with 10 men. How do we stop the torrent of cards that we're seeing should be the main question. Given the cards, injuries and fixture list, i'd say we're actually in decent shape in terms of league position at this (still) early stage of the season. Still feel like we're nowhere near the best this team has to offer yet
Our potential is limited by the PgMOL and their giddiness at applying rules sporadically and giving us maximum punishment for any infractions.
Pretty sound analysis Laurence.
Arsenal are roughly where they might have expected to have been at this stage at the start of the season in the league. There is a lot of noise around injuries, which aren't exactly predictable, and more so red cards, which were entirely unpredictable at the start of the season and even confusing as they unfolded. The tough early fixtures were known but this is complicated to predict after a Euros summer.
The strange thing is the noise around the games, in large part driven by decisions (whether by officials or players), but we're in October and Arsenal have had to adapt to new line ups in very tough games. Perhaps the anomaly is getting points without the normal structure.
There might be a question mark about some of the fringe attacking players not being blooded sufficiently but there is certainly a development in tactics and formations and potential to continue to deploy systems that haven't yet been seen.
Either way there is a lot of football to come and we should expect to see significant levels of development over the coming months if or until Arsenal find a settled team which may or may not last long term given the flexibility demonstrated so far and the potential to increase this with different levels of availability.
100% so many variables and so many cards yet to play!
@@entangleddiscussions6893 let's not have any more red cards PLEASE! 🙏
Where I'm at is there is still not enough depth.
With Saka outside of the general play we missed his set piece delivery.
We are an Saka, Odegaard and Havertz injury from the season being write off.
Granted sterling is an upgrade on Nelson and Merino is an upgrade we can't expect Saka to play as many games. City had Graelish and Foden on the bench.
Tomiyasu is a frustration with injuries too.
What I'd add is it's early days, city will drop points as they are conceding goals we just need to be on the ball.
i think we do have the depth on paper, it's just that depth is the likes of merino and sterling who are still fitting into the team. you're right - it's early, and if we all hold our nerve and stay positive the boys will come good
Yeah City will drop points but so you will amd you look super predictable
A level headed analysis on Arsenal from Laurence was not what I was expecting today. Gone up in my estimation. Props.
Tbh the Bournemouth loss was down to midfield selection on the day. 3 DMs and 4 CBs started the game while we without our 2 most creative outlets (Odegaard and Saka). This was a game to have either of Trossard or Nwaneri in the 10 role to increase the creativity in the final third with Martinelli out on the left from the off. Probably should have stuck with Rice and Partey as 8 and 6, as has been in place so far this season.
I think Arsenal are in danger of self-imploding. They've performed well against the big six in recent history - but they drop points randomly against teams they really shouldn't - it was the same last season around Christmas and it cost them the league. Discipline is also an obvious issue and it's directly cost them a lot of points already. And with City around you just can't give points away.
What discipline??.... Don't pander to what the media is peddling please, Arsenal DO NOT have a discipline problem, if they do, please tell me... Is it the fact that Rice nicked the ball away or Trossard did the same? In those same matches and all across the premier league, teams do it constantly but because Arsenal are the only ones getting punished for it, every one and their mamas think we have a discipline issue... Please give me a break... It's just lazy analysis!!
Agree, Arsenal get shafted and treated harshly by refs same as Liverpool did last season, anything for the mighty City to get a 5-peat.
@@kennyowoseje5070 That's just whataboutery though isn't it? Pointing at a couple of instances where other players should have been booked doesn't change the fact that Trossard and Rice did daft things when on a yellow card - and to do it when the refs have warned everyone about it. Paranoia in the fanbase and the club will only lead to one thing: a third place finish.
@@PixelFootballVids You can call it whatever you want to, my point is we DO NOT have a discipline problem, and if we do, every other team in the league does cos we're not doing anything different but by all means, keep buying into the media narrative of indiscipline and not your own objectivity..
@@PixelFootballVidsArsenal by no means have a discipline problem, the fact they already have 3 red cards is really, really rotten luck. If you look at the amount of historical instances where a player has committed a foul that the arsenal players committed to get sent off, in the majority of instances you would not see a ref give a red/second yellow for those actions. They are victims of incredibly inconsistent refereeing.
How does Lawrence have 90k subscribers and Goldbridge 2 million? Get me off this planet
Quietly very confident. We’ve got through the toughest beginning to the season of everyone in the league and have managed to get results in very difficult circumstances considering the unfair red cards and injuries. We’ve lost 2 of our most important players and coped well. Long season ahead
Well the only place I’m gonna get my face reveal is here now. Good to see you buddy
I would add that international break has been a hindrance for a team's momentum and adds more risk to the players. Saka and Odegaard are examples of that unfortunately.
Dicked by the refs every season, getting used to it honestly. It happens and you just shrug and take it.
Arteta said it well. It's our first loss in 6 months. Sure, I'm concerned about our injuries, I'm concerned and frustrated about the red cards, but I think we'll be okay. I'm nervous going into our game against Liverpool, but there are a lot of other narratives to consider, and not just our own.
We’ll be okay, but the real question is will we win anything?
We are in a strong position, early in the season. We have had injuries and weird red cards to contend with and are still where we want to be. Last season we were worried we started slowly and didnt click. This is how we start seasons now though. We aren't going to blitz it as you can't sustain that (see us two years ago, spurs last year too). When we get pur players back and are ready to go, we will go hard and all of this will be forgotten. Its not a sprint. It is a marathon and we are in a prime position.
As Loz has said, we also need to take a second and realise where we are now as a club. Celebrate that, cherrish this time. External media narrative will try to deny us that joy, but you can ignore that all and deprive their interactions/revenue
Usually like your content but ngl This whole vid seems like a Strawman argument.
Arsenal's current position is 90% on the refs.
Since Arteta's appointment ; Arsenal have received a Red Card every 99 fouls commited.
99/RC
The second team has 150/RC.
Does your eye test validate this data ? Are Arsenal the dirtiest team itl ?
Can you find a picture of an Arsenal player in the last 5 yrs under Arteta lunging in like Lisandro Martinez did a few weeks ago ??
Can you find a non Arsenal player getting sent off for 'delaying restart' ?
Can you find a non Arsenal player getting double yellows within 5 secs ?
I could go on & on. And No! This is not a case of "every fan feels the ref is against their team".
Does the data validate Arsenal getting 18 Red Cards? They are 18th in terms of fouls committed.
If a person who is committing the 18th most crimes is getting punished the most BY FAR- something is VERY wrong with the rules/their application.
I have stopped consuming any content outside of a few Arsenal people. I have been watching games on mute for over a year because can't stand the commentary by Neville & Co.
Because the only thing worse than the refs is the gaslighting after every laughable decision.
Arsenal are like their manager- incredibly petulant with a victim mentality
Well, its been the toughest start out of any of the so called big six. Dropped points in the games we have been down to 10 men and arguably, all the reds we have received, have been contentious when you consider there has been a distinct lack of consistency in the ways that the laws of the game have been imposed. I maintain that an Arsenal with a full squad available is good enough to win the league. However, the FA and the refereeing may play a big part in this.
i think its very difficult to figure out right now where man city, liverpool and arsenal are. i do still think that they complete the top 3 though. and i think the three of them will be very evenly matched, just like last season
Love the vid Lawrence please keep them up love the channel
To be honest all I feel is frustration at the moment. We can be so good but have shot ourselves in the foot by not performing at our optimal levels at times. The main source of my frustration though, is the inconsistent and frankly incompetent officiating we've had to endure with calls from the ref and var that we have not seen since even though the events have occured in other games post the decision in the Arsenal one.
I think the season as you mentioned has become a bit derailed due to these red cards, coz mostly were 50/50 reds in my opinion. And didn’t expect all to go against them.
When I say derailed dosent mean the season is over, just means Arteta and the club needs to adjust and find the best path forward
Also I understand why this is unexpected, arsenal had 2 reds in total for the last 2 season in the league (one two yellows and one straight red), 3 in 8 games would be a surprise to any manager for that matter.
you like stats so make a video where you show the last 3 season if teams didnt get robbed and teams didnt get unfair help ...
As an Arsenal fan I cant help but feel an element of helplessness based on the fact we’re being punished to the nth degree by refs for minor situations in which almost carbon copies of said situations can arise the very next day and other teams aren’t punished for it.
I understand we weren’t great against Bournemouth with 11 men but we’ve just seen 11 men Man City go 1-0 down at Molineux and come back to win. These things matter and can end up deciding a title race. I just hope it evens out over the season but given the state of officiating in this country and especially how we’ve been reffed, I can’t say I’m too hopeful.
Pep saying gunners use dark arts wasn't for nothing it was Peps' dark arts to get everyone keeping an eye on them he isn't the best manager for nothing, lol 😅
as an arsenal fan yes its early but we saw last season fulham and west ham early results cost us ! i think some of the cards where a joke tbf looking at szabozli on yellow blast the ball across the pitch and receive nothing ! watching tosin drag down his last man and the pgmol use whateva excuse to not give a card
Arsenal are getting frustrated easily... they were lacking a creativity in the Bournemouth game...they had good moments but the sustained attacks we saw two seasons ago are not there. Maybe the plan but I don't see this side winning anything with the reds and injuries.
Your in a league of your own the way you do a podcast. You stat man Dave should do a podcast
Isn't this the same guy who said city can't win the league because players don't want to sign for them
Our fans can be super reactionary and lose the plot. Are start to the season and league position is fine, especially given the difficulty of our fixtures and the red cards.
I find it hard to believe in a conspiracy against Arsenal but the decisiond are ridiculous and its very tedious to be gaslit by fans with goldfish memories about the validity of nonsense decisions. "Letter of the law" do me a favour. The consistency of these decisions is beyond laughable and it could very well be the differnece between 1st and 2nd/3rd whatever.
So yeah that sucks but broadly situation is fine. There are questions about performance but i just think with any sort of reasonable analysis those concerns are fairly minimal. People bring up stats about possession or field tilt or whatever and say "even with the red cards it's still a probelm". No, it simply isn't. We've played a hilarious amount of minutes while a man down. Last season Arsenal had the best xG differential, highest average defensive line, field tilt champions etc.
There are questions - over depedence on certain players, needing more technical midfielders, lack of strength in transition. But for any team that isn't City, there are always going to be qiestions, and you are going to need a bit of luck. The year Liverpool did win the league, they were unbelievable. They also did have a bit of...call it luck, call it the wind blowing your way. Things lined up for them that year. Just the way it is when you're up against City. There's nothing to worry snout, and Arsenal will grease the gears and again be in the title race deep into the season, maybe even win it this year.
People talk too dumb, too soon.
"ouR fAns ouR ReActionAry" BRO IF WE WANT TO WIN THE LEAGUE WE CAN BE LOSING TO MID TABLE CLUBS. POINTS MATTER WEVE SEEN IT SEVERAL TIMES 🤦🏼
Spot On!! Couldn't have said it any better... So much dumb reactionary people online!
without enough attacking we are what we are. not enough attackiing backup, way too defensive. existing attack jesus, sterling no idea when they will step up.
Arsenal can’t lose any game to win the league no more mistakes no more draws they used them all up and I’m hopeful because the only games we drew and lost are when we had 10 men, except Atalanta which is away in Europe when Arsenal ain’t experienced that as much as other clubs
It's hard to win the league when referees are thinking about whether or not they'll be picking up a $20k cheque from a ManCity affiliated organisation. I call it bribery and corruption. What do you call it?
Arsenal are 7th in the expected points table that is absolutely awful, no one really near Liverpool at the top. What are rivals fans gonna say about our fixtures when we win at the Emirates? Arsenal had the perfect season last season and still flopped it this season they'll struggle to get top 4 Chelsea look much better maybe even villa do
To be frank i couldn't be bothered by the noise or by opinion pieces coming from msm or deluded arsenal fanbase considering where the team is at compared to last season. Ive seen enough to know that Bournemouth was a once off. All im concerned with is arsenal dusting themselves off readying themselves to go at it again seeing its more of a mentality thing rather than just your typical football tactical talk thats needed. No time meltdown especially this early in the season.
Arteta is a coward who is hoping his rivals will slip up and hand them the league rather than going out and winning it.
To be honest i can see Man United or Chelsea beating Arsenal they are becoming predictable and teams are beginning to figure it out
Why is this man chatting shit
We lost a man and lost the game. Nothing to see
Young filly is guilty
Were the fucking arsenal,
We think we'll win the league
So does manchester city
So they bought the referees
Red card home to brighton
Never seen it in the league
Till red away at city
They hope to cause fatigue
Var on one day, onfield on the next
Who is it gets punished?
Its got to be the reds!
Allez allez allez
We won the league at Anfield, we won it at the lane, Stamford Bridge, Old Trafford, no one can say the same. Mikel Arteta’s army, we’re Arsenal through and through, we’ll sing it in the North Bank, and in the Clock End too. Allez Allez Allez
Are you a secret Arsenal fan or something? The way you glaze other teams is strange
0:03 - Hi guys, I am looking for some views from one of the biggest fanbase
Silent majority doesn't count I guess, you only hear from the loud ones aka the vocal minority, stop basing the whole fanbase on them. YT, talksport and sky sports is where I hear all these takes, stop listening to MSM's narrative and adopting it.
we do not have enouth men and we should of got more men in the summer and we didnt and have not
i feel that arsenal havent been all that good so far this season. lack of cohesion and attacking threat. New signings are yet to really gel with the team and it has disrupted what was the usual starting 11. Players being injured is just part of the business and we have to prove that we can get things done without some of our stars. That being said they are still very much in the race still but need to raise the level as the season continues. I would rather us have this rough patch early on then having a bumpy run in to may. time will tell and if arsenal have learned from previous seasons.
Liverpool are going to drop points .. Aston Villa are going to drop point . City cannot
sustain last min goals .. leave Arsenal alone . Whats your fascination about Arsenal run out of content for your own club . Im sick of UA-cam Click baiters .😂
What are you talking about?
@@laurencemckenna im talking about you
@@laurencemckenna and dont be rude to me ok
You ignored the big stupid elephant in the room that is PGMOL. Officiated differently, it’s as simple as that.
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