***Champions v Arsenal Official Match Thread***

[nottsblue]

Lucky in some respects to get the draw given the timing. But we absolutely dominated the second half in terms of possession, shots, passes, touches in opposition box, XG so overall it was earned in my view

Not losing may well benefit us more in the longer term than we give credit for now and it’s disappointing not to win after the good start we had. But Arsenal are a good side and you’d expect them to come into it

The injury to Rodri is a massive concern and often the innocuous knocks are sometimes the worst, especially if he’s done ligaments.

Well done Blues for not giving up

[Sparklehorse]

Kyle Walker has nothing but pace, Lewis is twice the player. Pep praised him to high heaven in the presser and then drops him, we have seen that before. Lewis is a fantastic all round player, Walker is stealing a living, he has no brain hence his catalogue of fuck ups while he’s not defending. One of the most overrated players in the history of English football. Not impressed, never have been.

[Beefymcfc]

Keane spot on -

Watch on youtube.com

Micah is a fuckin clown.

I didn’t watch the game on Sky, and refuse to pay for any of those cunts, but how can they get away with 3 Arsenal and 1 United fan?

Fucking piss-take, almost as if they had set the outcome of the game.

Wouldn’t give them the steam.

[johnny crossan]

any news about Rodri yet?

[stevefromdonny]

pep needs to come up with a plan when a team parks the bus, couldnt do it wednesday and couldnt do it today, pass pass pas all the time when going nowhere,

[nottsblue]

any news about Rodri yet?

There'll be nothing for a day or two until any swelling goes down and then do a scan or some such thing to determine whether there is a tear or knock of some description

[nottsblue]

pep needs to come up with a plan when a team parks the bus, couldnt do it wednesday and couldnt do it today, pass pass pas all the time when going nowhere,

Said it earlier in the thread but you need proper width to pull defenders out of shape. Whether that's the full backs or a midfielder running round, that's up to Pep

[johnny crossan]

Watch on youtube.com

[Nick]

Cheating anti football twats and fans were all dicks too

If I ever see our plan as dias akanji and kova passing to each other on the line of the box I will commit

[nottsblue]

Neither Jurrien Timber nor Kai Havertz completed any of their passes today, the first outfield players on record (from 2003-04) to play 89+ minutes of a Premier League match and not successfully pass to a team-mate.

A quite astonishing stat and one in keeping with the tactics that Arsenal came with today.

Haaland gets grief for his game involvements but this is on a completely different level

[Sideshow Bob]

Neither Jurrien Timber nor Kai Havertz completed any of their passes today, the first outfield players on record (from 2003-04) to play 89+ minutes of a Premier League match and not successfully pass to a team-mate.

A quite astonishing stat and one in keeping with the tactics that Arsenal came with today.

Haaland gets grief for his game involvements but this is on a completely different level

but arsenal were “brave” they’ll tell us.

[PeterParker]

pep needs to come up with a plan when a team parks the bus, couldnt do it wednesday and couldnt do it today, pass pass pas all the time when going nowhere,

Said it earlier in the thread but you need proper width to pull defenders out of shape. Whether that's the full backs or a midfielder running round, that's up to Pep

I think that is really his weak spot. Look back at his career, if you can say something bad about him is he still doesn’t have a solution for defences like today.
The side to side passing was dreadful to see, Erling had no service and it seemed that our players were stepping on each other’s toes.
But early early days. I expect us to wake un in january and turn the motors up.

[nottsblue]

Having just seen Arteta's post match interview, he is the biggest cunt of a manager in the PL now Klipperty has finally fucked off. And actually he has probably surpassed Klipperty in cuntishness stakes for my money as he has no humour at all.

[nottsblue]

Neither Jurrien Timber nor Kai Havertz completed any of their passes today, the first outfield players on record (from 2003-04) to play 89+ minutes of a Premier League match and not successfully pass to a team-mate.

A quite astonishing stat and one in keeping with the tactics that Arsenal came with today.

Haaland gets grief for his game involvements but this is on a completely different level

but arsenal were “brave” they’ll tell us.

Keane wasn't having any of it to give him credit. But he is a lone voice and you are correct that the narrative in the main will be about a brave rearguard that makes Rourkes Drift look like a tea party

[PeterParker]

Also.

1. Erling smashing into them cunts was lovely to see.
2. I hope we stay away from Arteta. I will feel sick to see him here.

[nottsblue]

pep needs to come up with a plan when a team parks the bus, couldnt do it wednesday and couldnt do it today, pass pass pas all the time when going nowhere,

Said it earlier in the thread but you need proper width to pull defenders out of shape. Whether that's the full backs or a midfielder running round, that's up to Pep

I think that is really his weak spot. Look back at his career, if you can say something bad about him is he still doesn’t have a solution for defences like today.
The side to side passing was dreadful to see, Erling had no service and it seemed that our players were stepping on each other’s toes.
But early early days. I expect us to wake un in january and turn the motors up.

Actually baffling when you consider we have a 6'5 tall forward who is a beast and scores goals for fun, that we don't put more crosses in from wider areas

[Nick]

https://www.caughtoffside.com/2024/09/2 ... aland/amp/


Hahahaha

[Outcast]

Pep needs to make defensive adjustments, we can't have midgets marking tall central defenders. What was that?

What has Lewis done wrong to be benched? He's the future, a complete footballer. Thanks for your service Walker but your times up.

Grealish should start on the left and Doku super sub.

Will we regret not signing a DM to cover Rodders?

Not our best performance but still managed a draw, it's a hammer blow to Arsenal title hopes. This result will deflate them when they're so close to snatching 3 points.

[gaudy]

Loved haalands "fuck you" attitude .
Bounced the ball of gabriels head , ploughed into partley after the KO, squared up to jesus and said "who the fuck are you" to Lewis skelly

[gaudy]

Also there is absolutely no reason rico and foden shouldn't be starting each game. Baffling