switters

19 minutes ago, NorthEastVillan said:

On a sort of related note Ollies pen was probably the best of the night. I know he slipped but dunno why he doesn't just take then for us.

He did great under pressure, but on past experience he isn't as cool as Doug from spot.

Did that commentator not know that La Marseillaise is the French national anthem and thought it was a Marseille specific song 

1 minute ago, GlobalVillan said:

Bad night for Spurs.

Pretty sure most Spurs fans will be happier about arsenal losing than any coefficient stuff

5 minutes ago, paul514 said:

good performances from him, I would still sell in the summer though.

Need a younger centre back for our mix of 4 and his wages are very high.

All for bringing in a younger CB in addition, but would keep Carlos too. We'll most likely not keep Lenglet and sell/release Chambers/Hause, those will be the wage savings in this area. Mings will be coming back from injury and that might take some time. So even if we signed a younger CB as a longer term options, would def want to keep someone who has now a decent amount of games for us to know the systems and also has good amount of European experience. Esp as it might be that Emery wants to keep going with Konsa RB at least some of the time. 

I think they might be a bit burnt out. Was marveling before the game how they seem to have zero injuries and all their keys players Saka, Odegaard, Rice, Gabriel, Saliba, White have all played 90%+ of their league + CL games but maybe this is the point of season that catches up on them, and that was part of their 2nd half drop off. 

Arteta doesn't seem good at the squad management thing. Rotates the GK but plays his mercurial attacking players into the ground

Really grown into the team, and one of his best performances for us today. Really showed good discipline in that CM role.

So unlucky that shot didn't go in, could've been our goal of the season.

Decent first, superb 2nd and come out with perhaps most impressive and surprising result of the season. Did not see this performance coming at all with Luiz missing. Big performances all round, including some who've been a bit maligned like Zaniolo, Carlos.

Tielemans and McGinn particularly 2nd half did really well, Digne solid throughout. Rogers growing every game. Watkins brilliant finish and unlucky not to have 2. Bailey with impact. Martinez big saves 1st half and had a nice quiet 2nd really.

1 minute ago, foreveryoung said:

I can hear the Tottenham tears from here 

I mean they won't mind it too much tbh

I didn't even celebrate so sure he was off! Absolutely superb finish

How gd unlucky can we be!

Frankly a lot better than expected. Carlos and Martinez doing v well defensively. They have had plenty of chances though, and should have taken at least one, been quite wasteful really. They might start to get more frustrated if it stays like this much longer into 2nd.

Odegaard is their key, smart player, we need to stop him finding space.

Would prob go Bailey for Rogers soon with Rogers on yellow and tends to tire. We were unlucky with the Watkins one, but otherwise not really making the ball stick up top enough when we do get it out. 

Just now, jayEm said:

How does the Arsenal side look? Any notable absences?

basically full strength they don't seem to get injuries. they gone with Trossard over Martinelli but latter on bench. 

on paper we ain't getting anything today and tbh I think if they score early with the amount we've conceded lately, we could easily get hit for 4+.

But, it's football. Perhaps they will be complacent, perhaps they will feel pressure, perhaps they have mind on Bayern, perhaps, perhaps..

Got the win, shame couldn't get the clean sheet Emi deserved. Really failed to push on after the 2nd.

Lots of subs made sense, with a game Sunday we need to rotate - but none of the incoming made much impact.

Ref bit weird giving random soft yellows to us but zero consistency with similar/worse.

cheers Wan-Bissaka, that was spectacularly dumb foul.

4 minutes ago, maqroll said:

 

Not bothered by Luiz suspension vs Arse, he needs a rest and we'll probably lose. 

I'm actually glad he took that yellow. 

 

misses Bournemouth as well. While it might benefit us for the Lille games, it's a loss, going to be relying a lot on McGinn to cover

Dreadful, pathetic, almost season-endingly bad 10 minute spell in the 2nd. Come away with a draw that feels like a punch in the balls of a loss.

Their keeper is shite we should've been peppering balls in at him

Defence appalling. Ref truly appalling.

Watkins did little wrong and 2 goals so has to be motm.

Thank f. Now win it ffs

Absolutely criminally pathetic.

1 minute ago, birdman said:

How many times this season do we concede 2 goals in quick succession? It's an absolute shambles

Been doing this for goddamn years tbh

1 minute ago, AVTuco said:

All one way, surprise!

We were v lucky on the Bailey one first minute. Dived in and don't think he got anything on ball.

Good half, patient build up and then McGinn with a smart ball in to get the breakthrough. Hopefully can get 2nd early in 2nd and make it a cruise. 

Bailey challenge early on was iffy, as was Diego one bizarrely given as a free kick for them. So i guess they cancel.

Luiz looks confident in games like this, he knows he's better than anyone on the other side. Rogers had some positive moments. 

Always going to struggle with our reserves away there

Respectable first half but goal before half time killed it then 2nd half was meaningless

Guess we're not the only team to do pathetic late collapses against this bunch. Rashford is one lucky, lucky footballer, given how many chances he wastes. Liverpool got a couple of reserves who just ain't really up to it (Endo, Tsimikas) and made some stupid errors in the closing stages.

Yeah good cameo, nice finish (and crucially the movement to get in that position) and all-round play was good.

His big achilles heel is discipline - could easily have got 2nd yellow in injury time for throwing ball away. First yellow was a bit handbags but once you got one, you have to be smarter and this is prob part of why he doesn't get many starts.