Arsenal FC | 2025/26 Season

[Geordie Ahmed]

I think the thing that should give Arsenal hope is they aren't being chased by prime City, City have Spurs and Liverpool away coming up, both places they struggle at even when they were good

I think the 4 point gap will grow to City after the next couple of games

Villa are a funny one, I know not everyone is a fan of xG but they are massively outperforming theirs by quite a bit and you wonder if that will catch up to them. What they have nailed which I'm jealous of is their shooting outside the box, they are the best in the league for it and they have players capable of really striking a ball

 

[MK7Z]

Firstly Odegaard needs to be dropped for Eze. Let's see how the strikers respond to someone who tries to force the game. We can't have a £60 mill player bench warming.

I gaurantee Eze will have more moments in a game with less touches. Or even play them both.

You don't need Rice and Zubi every game and they both need rest.

 

[MK7Z]

I think the thing that should give Arsenal hope is they aren't being chased by prime City, City have Spurs and Liverpool away coming up, both places they struggle at even when they were good

I think the 4 point gap will grow to City after the next couple of games

Villa are a funny one, I know not everyone is a fan of xG but they are massively outperforming theirs by quite a bit and you wonder if that will catch up to them. What they have nailed which I'm jealous of is their shooting outside the box, they are the best in the league for it and they have players capable of really striking a ball

I watched bits of your game. What's the deal with Trippier? Is it needs must? He was awful and seems to be getting worse.

As for Arsenal - we'll limp over the line. But we are doing our best to cock it up

 

[topspin]

What a shocking defeat

Not sure who's more insufferable as an Arsenal/Pakistan cricket fan - Babar or Arsenal's Babar.

 

[Rana]

Not sure who's more insufferable as an Arsenal/Pakistan cricket fan - Babar or Arsenal's Babar.

Arsenal’s last 3 PL matches have been painful to watch. 2 points out of a maximum 9

They clearly can’t play to their potential when they are desperate to ensure victory. They play their best when they just play freely without no pressure

Not sure what was the plan today once they secured the first goal? What were they hoping? United to just sit back and capitulate?

 

[topspin]

Arsenal’s last 3 PL matches have been painful to watch. 2 points out of a maximum 9

They clearly can’t play to their potential when they are desperate to ensure victory. They play their best when they just play freely without no pressure

Not sure what was the plan today once they secured the first goal? What were they hoping? United to just sit back and capitulate?

This is all on Arteta bro. He basically is Arsenal's Misbah, very defensive minded as he wants his players adopt a brand of low risk football (always passing it backwards and sideways), where they suffocate a team with possession and hope to make the most out of set pieces when conceded by the opposition.

Even with the limitations of this system, I think Eze will do better than Odegaard in the playmaker role. The problem is Odegaard is the teacher's pet so I don't see Arteta dropping him.