Arsenal 2020-2021 Thread
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The first three months of the season where Willian was played ahead of Pepe have certainly cost Arsenal a Europa League spot and probably a tilt at a Champions League spot. Such a damaging error.
— Tim Stillman (@Stillberto) May 23, 2021
If you say you hate the state of politics in this nation and you don't get involved in it, you obviously don't hate the state of politics in this nation.
LC 2 - 2 Spurs Nervy time
Damn spurs equalized
wangus12 said:
Damn spurs equalized
That was junior high level keeping by Schmeichel
I assume both teams are going for it in Leicester should be quite the finish
Did Tottenham score again? I see 3-2 on sofascore.com but no scorer yet
Damn Bale! Bummer!
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Well ****
Did Kane handle that
****
Wow what a bad week for Leicester
Oh well, I know there are plenty of Arsenal fans who don't want to be in the ECL
Oh well, I know there are plenty of Arsenal fans who don't want to be in the ECL
VAR has to screw us one more time to end the season
That goal 100% gets called back by VAR if it's us. Ridiculous
Gut punch end to the Arsenal season in Leicester.. Damn Spurs! So bummed!
It's what happens when a team has an at best junior league manager and is at the mercy of results from other matches.
No doubt issues for Arsenal abound, from ownership on down, but Arteta is as big as any of the them.
No doubt issues for Arsenal abound, from ownership on down, but Arteta is as big as any of the them.
Would you say that he improved as the season went along?
If you say you hate the state of politics in this nation and you don't get involved in it, you obviously don't hate the state of politics in this nation.
Stars didn't align. But, we will come back stronger next season while Kaneless and possibly Sonless Spuds flounder in Europa and fall in the table. Would have been nice to finish ahead of them this time but next season it will be fun to watch them shed their bandwagon fans.
Maybe we'll get the benefit of not having tons of midweek games for a rested squad and less constant rotation, but I hate having to wait full weeks between matches.
Curious to see how much turnover we have. We need several changes. Wouldn't mind getting Bissouma from Brighton. Looked good today.
Hopefully they can build off of these last several games.
Curious to see how much turnover we have. We need several changes. Wouldn't mind getting Bissouma from Brighton. Looked good today.
Hopefully they can build off of these last several games.
I think the ownership/way the club is run is by far the biggest problem
It's debateable which of manager/squad is 2nd
It's debateable which of manager/squad is 2nd
Final Arsenal paradox of the season: with some notable duff performances, the football is now far more 'big club' like and closer Arteta's ideal than it was when the FA Cup was won. Yet fan opinion of him, entirely understandably, is much lower. It's an interesting dynamic.
— Daniel Zeqiri (@ZeqiriDan) May 23, 2021
If you say you hate the state of politics in this nation and you don't get involved in it, you obviously don't hate the state of politics in this nation.
I believe Arteta has the club heading in the right direction. Arsenal have accumulated the third most points behind the Manchester clubs since Boxing Day. It helped to clear the locker room of the toxic players. Also, Auba deserves decent portion of responsibility for this subpar season. Huge drop off from past seasons.
OneBlitzer said:
I believe Arteta has the club heading in the right direction. Arsenal have accumulated the third most points behind the Manchester clubs since Boxing Day. It helped to clear the locker room of the toxic players. Also, Auba deserves decent portion of responsibility for this subpar season. Huge drop off from past seasons.
I'm torn and it's not a hill I'm going to die for. To me, it could be a situation where things had to get worse before they got better. Some of the players we got rid of were dead weight and made this team poor. He seems to have gotten the best out of Xhaka and DL, who we've seen play much worst. It's east to bag on GX but damn, he's such a professional. Now, we also brought in Willian and didn't sell any of our dead weight.
The argument against that is you are hired to hit the ground running when you manage Arsenal. Outside of European soccer is never good enough and we dropped some stupid points this year.
And throw in a pandemic and the Super League stuff and it was made even more difficult.
I think we should keep Arteta and things are headed in the right direction. If he had been sacked mid season, it's hard to imagine a new manager putting up as good a 2nd half as Arteta did.
But at the same time, Arteta drives me crazy at times. Pepe was hot at the end of the last season and we bring Willian in and throw a wrench into Pepe's progression (we better not do that again this offseason.). The Saliba situation was completely mismanaged. We don't play Martinelli nearly enough (he has the highest expected goals and assists per 90 of anyone in the club). But still, overall I think he has done a good job, and we're playing more the way he wants to.
But at the same time, Arteta drives me crazy at times. Pepe was hot at the end of the last season and we bring Willian in and throw a wrench into Pepe's progression (we better not do that again this offseason.). The Saliba situation was completely mismanaged. We don't play Martinelli nearly enough (he has the highest expected goals and assists per 90 of anyone in the club). But still, overall I think he has done a good job, and we're playing more the way he wants to.
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