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KingKhanWC said:
Odegaard needs to step up , so poor with the ball . Midfield is being carried by rice. When hes tired will be dangerous for arsenal . Saka needs more passes too
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Another amazing world class performance at ghosting.

Hope all the 🤡 in this thread that were backing him at end of last year have finally get some sense of reality.
 
0-1 PSG

Miles the better team, that 2nd half from Arsenal was embarrassing

If PSG could actually finish this tie would already be over

Oddegard needs to stripped of captain and sold in the summer
 
Only 1-0. We are lucky it's only 1-0 tbh

We are still in the tie somehow, anything can happen.

Donaruma made 2 world class saves when he had to.

Partey Partey Partey.. That's all I've been saying all season.

Needs a slap he does
 
Amjid Javed said:
PSG usual wastefulness in front of goal is only reason this game isn't over
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Yep should have buried it. Expected more from arsenal but psg tactics were spot on, controlled the pace and had more possession away from home.

PSG almost certain to score at home, arsenal scoring 3 may need a miracle but its possible with a great performance and some luck to score first to take the match all the way.

PSG has overall more quality .
 
Arteta should have brought Nwaneri on at HT. Odegaard should not start in the second leg. Another stinker from him.

I was watching the game on Prime and I agree with Alan Shearer. He was saying Partey would've swept that ball up when it was played into Dembele in the lead up to his goal.

Arsenal should have signed Khavicha in the Jan transfer window.

Really annoyed by what I have seen but full credit to PSG. Worthy winners and to be honest it could've been much worse than 1-0.

Arsenal will need to win the game at Paris. They have a big task ahead of them.
 
Amjid Javed said:
Another amazing world class performance at ghosting.

Hope all the 🤡 in this thread that were backing him at end of last year have finally get some sense of reality.
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The playmaker supposedly but was clueless to find the through ball. Rice should be captain so you can bench him .
 
Amjid Javed said:
Another amazing world class performance at ghosting.

Hope all the 🤡 in this thread that were backing him at end of last year have finally get some sense of reality.
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Calm down lad. End of last season he performed very well so no need to start calling people clowns.

This season he has been pathetic. His downfall needs to be studied.

Considering we only played with 10 men I think 1-0 is not a disaster
 
MK7Z said:
Only 1-0. We are lucky it's only 1-0 tbh

We are still in the tie somehow, anything can happen.

Donaruma made 2 world class saves when he had to.

Partey Partey Partey.. That's all I've been saying all season.

Needs a slap he does
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Yeah we can thank our lucky stars it's only 1-0

Come next season if Partey isn't here, then get ready for plenty of these type of performances from our midfield. Because oddegard, Merino, havertz (when he's played there) are simply not good enough level.
 
So PSG were disciplined tonight. Hence, stuck at it. Like i said, PSG midfield just to strong.

Let's face it, premier leagues best midfield pairing, Gravenberg and Maccalister were schooled by these guys. Let's face it, Arsenal don't have anyone as good as them going by this season.

But all is not lost. PSG do have phases where they can switch off. You guys better pray that is the case
 
MK7Z said:
Calm down lad. End of last season he performed very well so no need to start calling people clowns.

This season he has been pathetic. His downfall needs to be studied.

Considering we only played with 10 men I think 1-0 is not a disaster
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He had a few decent games last season. Dissapeared when it mattered most.

Supposedly I had an Agenda 🤣

An Agenda against mediocre players

I said all along this guy is overated

That once season where he got 15 goals, was an anomaly. All he's done since is revert to the decent at best level he's at.

Time to move on from such players, espcially if Arsenal want to win PL titles.
 
Amjid Javed said:
He had a few decent games last season. Dissapeared when it mattered most.

Supposedly I had an Agenda 🤣

An Agenda against mediocre players

I said all along this guy is overated

That once season where he got 15 goals, was an anomaly. All he's done since is revert to the decent at best level he's at.

Time to move on from such players, espcially if Arsenal want to win PL titles.
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How dare fans rate a midfielder after a 15 goal season. What fools they are
 
aboveandbeyond said:
So PSG were disciplined tonight. Hence, stuck at it. Like i said, PSG midfield just to strong.

Let's face it, premier leagues best midfield pairing, Gravenberg and Maccalister were schooled by these guys. Let's face it, Arsenal don't have anyone as good as them going by this season.

But all is not lost. PSG do have phases where they can switch off. You guys better pray that is the case
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PSG wasted numerous chances in Liverpool, Villa ties and this one. If they were clinical then the games wudnt have even been close.

Fair play to PSG for their discipline, but at same time Arsenal passing was so poor that PSG were rarely opened up to often..when they did, that's when your world class keeper bails you out.
 
Amjid Javed said:
He had a few decent games last season. Dissapeared when it mattered most.

Supposedly I had an Agenda 🤣

An Agenda against mediocre players

I said all along this guy is overated

That once season where he got 15 goals, was an anomaly. All he's done since is revert to the decent at best level he's at.

Time to move on from such players, espcially if Arsenal want to win PL titles.
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For the record he's annoyed me more and more as the season has gone on. He's in the team cos he is teachers pet at this point.

Drop him if we could
 
MK7Z said:
How dare fans rate a midfielder after a 15 goal season. What fools they are
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It's called getting premature excited at a player over performing.

Same happened with havertz, Martinelli and trossard who have all reverted to type as well.

Only saka has actually delivered season after season and is worth they hype he gets.
 
Gooners should break their wage structure and break the bank for Florian wirtz. Static Midfielders can only do so much, specially when they come up against world class players. In Wirtz , Gooners would potentially have a Top top Midfielder
 
MK7Z said:
For the record he's annoyed me more and more as the season has gone on. He's in the team cos he is teachers pet at this point.

Drop him if we could
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There is a stat somewhere that in the PL thats he's been subbed off over 60 times in 145 games or so..

That's just shocking for someone who is the captain

His cup and European performances have been much better.

All this talk in face base thst we need a back up for him, reality is we need an upgrade. Even if he's moved deeper position, he's lack of physicality will just get shown up.

He's not at the Alonso / carzola level to be playing further back.
 
aboveandbeyond said:
Gooners should break their wage structure and break the bank for Florian wirtz. Static Midfielders can only do so much, specially when they come up against world class players. In Wirtz , Gooners would potentially have a Top top Midfielder
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Witrtz will either go to bayern or Man city (if they aren't banned after 115 Court case)

The best Arsenal can get is Guler or eze
 
Amjid Javed said:
Witrtz will either go to bayern or Man city (if they aren't banned after 115 Court case)

The best Arsenal can get is Guler or eze
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You want to challenge for the Top honour's yiu got to attract the best.

Yes, Both Bayern and City are monitoring him closely. But surely Gooners have to go for the best to get to the Top
 
Partey was misses big time tonight, which meant Rice had to play further back.

With 2 statues in front of him it's no shock we no control in midfield

If we sign a so called number 9 in summer.

Either havertz or merino are both going to be used again in midfield and these 2 are so **** in that position its unreal
 
aboveandbeyond said:
You want to challenge for the Top honour's yiu got to attract the best.

Yes, Both Bayern and City are monitoring him closely. But surely Gooners have to go for the best to get to the Top
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We all know what Arsenal owners are like when it comes to ambition

Then add to that a manager with poor talent ID

Berta will have to work miracles with recruitment
 
I thought Merino did fine in midfield. He lacks legs which doesn't help when Skipper is skipping about hiding
 
MK7Z said:
I thought Merino did fine in midfield. He lacks legs which doesn't help when Skipper is skipping about hiding
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Merino was awful in midfield and literally offered nothing.

I lost count how many times PSG quick one touch passing just by passed the 2 statues in midfield.

Zero control, zero mobility.

Again people with think it's a so called Agenda

Has Merino done well as a make shift striker? Yes.

Reality is he was signed as a midfielder, to essentially replace havertz in midfield (another failure).

Have we replaced xhaka in that position no..

If this club wants to win PL title, the club ain't with such midfielders

If partey leaves in summer, out midfiled options are rice, oddegard, havertz and Merino before any new signings come in then this club will is in serious trouble in terms of quality in the midfield

People need to focus on players primary positions and the bigger picture. All tonight showed is that Arsenal midfield needs just as much surgery as the attack does
 
Iqbal'sh said:
Same here - gives option to leave Trossard & Nwanieri to make an impact off the bench if required as well.
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Agreed for this game. Unfortunately, not the outcome we wanted. Time to drop Odegaard and give Nwaneri a go in the second leg.
 
Amjid Javed said:
Partey was misses big time tonight, which meant Rice had to play further back.

With 2 statues in front of him it's no shock we no control in midfield

If we sign a so called number 9 in summer.

Either havertz or merino are both going to be used again in midfield and these 2 are so **** in that position its unreal
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The game was fairly reminiscent of last year when Musiala was toying with your midfield. Quality midfielders play in pockets which is very difficult to pick up.

Same happened last night. Not one of your midfield solved the puzzle last night. It was like Cart Donkeys chasing shadows!
 
Arsenal players and manager should be thanking their lucky stars it's only 0-1 last night.

Can Arsenal win 2nd leg when Partey returns? Yes then can.



Is there any point Arsenal even having a subs bench?

Last night was like watching the Newcastle league cup semi final all over again.
 
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Amjid Javed said:
Arsenal players and manager should be thanking their lucky stars it's only 0-1 last night.

Can Arsenal win 2nd leg when Partey returns? Yes then can.

However longterm the **** poor back up midfield, the managers clueless in game management was shown up last night.


Is there any point Arsenal even having a subs bench?

Last night was like watching the Newcastle league cup semi final all over again.
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I thought the same. I was thinking this is like the Newcastle semi.

Come to think of it Mikel selected the 11 we expected with Partey being out. But with it not working he had to change something and he didn't. He really needs to learn now to adapt which he is showing no sign of.
 
MK7Z said:
I thought the same. I was thinking this is like the Newcastle semi.

Come to think of it Mikel selected the 11 we expected with Partey being out. But with it not working he had to change something and he didn't. He really needs to learn now to adapt which he is showing no sign of.
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Even with the starting 11 he could have made changes in swapping merino and shoving him up front and moving trossard back. Play some long balls if they had to.

Arsenal seem to have zero confidence in playing through PSG press and being brave

He could have brought white on earlier, switched timber across, LMS into midfield and rice further forward with 20 minutes to go..

Or maybe bring Tierney on for Martinelli, and just get crosses into box for merino

Arteta stood there with same clueless look on his face all game.

It's all good managing a fully fit 11, you have to manage your squad.

The fact he doesn't trust his bench, when he already seems to have this thing of wanting to work with a small squad just further highlights how poor he is with squad management. He clearly only wants to select certain players. He doesn't want to have to make difficult decisions, because then he knows players won't act like obident little school boys.

Whether we win 2nd leg or not or even the entire thing.

Something has to be done about The managers poor squad management and poor leader of a captain

I'm glad oddegard is now pretty much being called out by all fans on social media, as reality Is kicking in that this player isn't as good as people think he was, he's a pathetic captain

Yet another abysmal home performance in an important game, where the expectation was on team to win.
 
Kianig89 said:
Game over for Arsenal , PSG were too dominant
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Tie is far from over, PSG should really have scored a few of the other chances they had and taken a 2-3 goal lead and that would have made it tie over

Can Arsenal go there and win? Absolutely but they'll have to play better than they did last night

PSG will aim for a fast start next week so Arsenal need to just sit back, don't be too adventurous, stay in the game and aim to start attacking in the second half
 
Home leg is always crucial,
unlikely for Arsenal to muster something substantial in Paris
Geordie Ahmed said:
Tie is far from over, PSG should really have scored a few of the other chances they had and taken a 2-3 goal lead and that would have made it tie over

Can Arsenal go there and win? Absolutely but they'll have to play better than they did last night

PSG will aim for a fast start next week so Arsenal need to just sit back, don't be too adventurous, stay in the game and aim to start attacking in the second half
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It will take a monumental effort in Paris but it's not impossible.

The atmosphere last night was toxic
 
IMMY69 said:
It will take a monumental effort in Paris but it's not impossible.

The atmosphere last night was toxic
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Ye the club is getting a lot of stick.

It didn't help that we conceded so early but the TIFO was embarrassing.

A lot of supporters groups that the club work with were cut out of the discussions in what was the biggest game at the Emirates.

Ultimately the players and managers need to perform on the pitch but as Rooney aslo pointed out fans can give you that extra lift. It worked vs Real.

Yet more signs that the club is so out of touch with the fans and just care about the money.

Talking of money. One supporters group actually raised over £10k and the club rejected their ideas.

They probably weren't great but couldn't have been worse than the effort the club made
 
MK7Z said:
Ye the club is getting a lot of stick.

It didn't help that we conceded so early but the TIFO was embarrassing.

A lot of supporters groups that the club work with were cut out of the discussions in what was the biggest game at the Emirates.

Ultimately the players and managers need to perform on the pitch but as Rooney aslo pointed out fans can give you that extra lift. It worked vs Real.

Yet more signs that the club is so out of touch with the fans and just care about the money.

Talking of money. One supporters group actually raised over £10k and the club rejected their ideas.

They probably weren't great but couldn't have been worse than the effort the club made
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Seems so strange from the club

We have our own supporters group called Wor Flags and the displays they have put on since the takeover has been incredible

They are fan funded (though one of the minority owners did once make a donation), all volunteers but the club give them full support and access to create displays to help drive the atmosphere

It makes sense for all clubs to do that as it can only help the team
 
MK7Z said:
Ye the club is getting a lot of stick.

It didn't help that we conceded so early but the TIFO was embarrassing.

A lot of supporters groups that the club work with were cut out of the discussions in what was the biggest game at the Emirates.

Ultimately the players and managers need to perform on the pitch but as Rooney aslo pointed out fans can give you that extra lift. It worked vs Real.

Yet more signs that the club is so out of touch with the fans and just care about the money.

Talking of money. One supporters group actually raised over £10k and the club rejected their ideas.

They probably weren't great but couldn't have been worse than the effort the club made
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Reality is now that the owners and Club just want seats filled by whoever is willing to pay most money on a match day.

What I mean by that is, if you go to the game every week, just pay for your ticket. Club only makes so much.

But if a tourist watched game, they buy food, drinks, merchandise etc.. as a day out the club makes more money.

This is sadly the case at a lot of big clubs now. So when it then comes to supporters clubs wanting input into club with ideas, the club doesn't care, nor do the owners.

so you will eventually end up with games where a lot if crowd is tourist who are there for a day out, which then effects atmosphere

At same time players waving their arms at crowd like its some sort of concert is pathetic. Maybe players should up their game and give the crowd something to be excited about
 
Amjid Javed said:
Reality is now that the owners and Club just want seats filled by whoever is willing to pay most money on a match day.

What I mean by that is, if you go to the game every week, just pay for your ticket. Club only makes so much.

But if a tourist watched game, they buy food, drinks, merchandise etc.. as a day out the club makes more money.

This is sadly the case at a lot of big clubs now. So when it then comes to supporters clubs wanting input into club with ideas, the club doesn't care, nor do the owners.

so you will eventually end up with games where a lot if crowd is tourist who are there for a day out, which then effects atmosphere

At same time players waving their arms at crowd like its some sort of concert is pathetic. Maybe players should up their game and give the crowd something to be excited about
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Its a corporate hospitality show .

The football Man is slowly being diminished for these Prawn Sandwich brigade.

That's the Sad reality. Maybe this is the reason Artetas lack of success is tolerated. As long as he finishes in The top4, the coffers come in, BINGO.
 
Arsenal have new 'best bet' radical plan to shock PSG in the Champions League second leg
Arsenal hero Theo Walcott has suggested his old club needs to implement a much smarter plan that utilises set pieces if they are going to have any chance of beating PSG in the Champions League semi-final second leg.

Luis Enrique's men secured their advantage in the tie on the fourth minute when Ousmane Dembele's strike through a crowd evaded everyone to beat David Raya at his far post. Arsenal did have their chances to equalise and thought they had when Mikel Merino's header nestled in but it was ruled out for offside.

Leandro Trossard also went close but his shot was expertly saved by Gianluigi Donnarumma. At the other end, Goncalo Ramos clipped the crossbar and Bradley Barcola steered an effort wide as the Gunners had to settle for being narrowly behind heading to the French capital.

Reflecting on what Arsenal can do differently heading into the second leg, Walcott told Amazon Prime Video: "Elements in the game today, PSG were winning free kicks. We all understand that Arsenal’s main strength is free kicks and set pieces etc. and you are going to a stadium which is going to be very hostile, you are going to have to frustrate them.

"So the players are going to have to be smart and slow the game down by winning these silly little fouls, trying to play the game, trying to lure these defenders in. That is what I was talking about when I was saying to isolate the wingers and that is going to be the best bet of winning the game.

"For Arsenal, they are going to have to win set pieces just to get a result." With the Premier League title race now over and the Gunners in a comfortable second place in the table, Mikel Arteta may choose to rotate his squad for the home clash with AFC Bournemouth on Saturday evening.

The return leg in the Champions League semi-final will be played on Wednesday, May 7 at 8pm.

Source: https://www.football.london/arsenal-fc/news/arsenal-new-best-bet-radical-31539437
 
aboveandbeyond said:
Its a corporate hospitality show .

The football Man is slowly being diminished for these Prawn Sandwich brigade.

That's the Sad reality. Maybe this is the reason Artetas lack of success is tolerated. As long as he finishes in The top4, the coffers come in, BINGO.
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No different at Spurs, levy probably makes more money at non football events at spurs stadium than probably match day income.

Football is now just a business, so yeah such owners will tolerate no trophies as long as money comes in.

Arsenal the same as well, lots of other clubs as well.
 
Emirates is a huge stadium, fans were excited but Paris scoring so early and looking dangerous made the fans understandably nervous.

PSG at home in knockout stages have been superior to their away performances. Its going to be very tough but imo arsenal have to go at them early with a nothing to lose attitude and hope to score first and score early . Arsenal will then get further chances to score . Sitting back is too risky as paris have multiple players who can score from outside the box .

Arteta needs to get his tactics right to ensure Odegaard if not great going forward but can make tackles and move the ball effectively.

Bournemouth up next, should he rest 4/5 or not ?
 
IMMY69 said:
I should have clarified that by the atmosphere being toxic, I actually meant in my own home...
The swearing and all round anger was intolerable
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Haha

I was quite the opposite. I was just emotionless seeing PSG just bopp us off the park thinking ye we are stuffed pretty early on.

Although over the years I don't really get angry anymore. Every so often something all wind me up but then life takes over and I move on.

Used to be a time when it would ruin my mood for days and I'd just be deflated. Not felt like that for a long time. Closest was the 3-3 home draw with Southampton a few seasons ago. I remember being so flat after that game but it was Eid the next day so moved on quick.

Tbh I prefer it like this. Its better for my health and wellbeing 😂
 
MK7Z said:
Haha

I was quite the opposite. I was just emotionless seeing PSG just bopp us off the park thinking ye we are stuffed pretty early on.

Although over the years I don't really get angry anymore. Every so often something all wind me up but then life takes over and I move on.

Used to be a time when it would ruin my mood for days and I'd just be deflated. Not felt like that for a long time. Closest was the 3-3 home draw with Southampton a few seasons ago. I remember being so flat after that game but it was Eid the next day so moved on quick.

Tbh I prefer it like this. Its better for my health and wellbeing 😂
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I should have clarified further .
By swearing and getting angry. I meant my kids and friends, I was calm as a cucumber 😉

On a serious note, PSG did their job by silencing our fans... we need to do the same to them next week.

Partey was a massive loss, we all knew he would be against this PSG midfield..
But he's back next week and we're got away either way just a one nil loss
 
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