Arsenal 2:0 Manchester United

Devil81 · Jan 1, 2020

No serious team of any ilk would have Daniel James kick and rush football as a starting tactic.

He's so wasteful in good positions, the first ten minutes we had a couple of little breakaways that he needs to do better with.

Shaw and the midfield have also been dreadful, massive changes needed second half.

Sassy Colin · Jan 1, 2020

MyOnlySolskjaer said:
Has Fred managed one successful pass?

Plenty, of a bad lot, he's done the least wrong, if you want to direct your ire at somebody, it's certainly not Fred you should start with.

Desert Eagle · Jan 1, 2020

Pyro19 said:
The shittest players in our squad have been the english hype machines like Lingard, Shaw and Maguire.

Dont forget Rashy

Classical Mechanic · Jan 1, 2020

Gambit said:
Its been a long long time since I've seen Arsenal play that well. I don't think its a case of we're making them look good. They're playing incredibly well and organised. They're closing us down and neutralising our attacks so well. It doesn't help that our midfield has been non existent in getting the ball forward quickly, by the time they've got control of the ball Arsenal are all back marking.

They did it against Chelsea for 30 minutes until Lampard bought Jorginho on and changed the formation and then they ended sitting deep and defending a lead for the next 60 minutes. I wonder if Ole even watched that game.

SilentWitness · Jan 1, 2020

RedSky said:
He and Fred are the midfield, we have no other credible options. We don't really have any credible options for the 10 role either tbh.

Yep, having Matic though instead is useless.

Terminator · Jan 1, 2020

Least bit surprised. Their energy and motivation levels have been through the roof since Arteta and we have been completely useless.

ravi2 · Jan 1, 2020

horsechoker said:
Transfer window is open lads

Watch this space

M Bison · Jan 1, 2020

All that money on Maguire, daylight robbery.

kouroux · Jan 1, 2020

I urge you guys to watch what Shaw did before Arsenal got the corner for their second goal. The ball Ozil put over the top to Maitland-Niles, the guy just lets him go, he is so so lazy

Shiva87 · Jan 1, 2020

Negligence from the club if we don't get at least 2 players in this window. We cant continue to be a work in progress without investment!

Camy89 · Jan 1, 2020

Lingard.

How the feck does this useless prick get game time? Let alone starts.

He hasn’t assisted or scored in over a year!

‘J-Lingz’ should ‘F-Offz’

RUCK4444 · Jan 1, 2020

Judas said:
Funny how quickly Arsenal are playing differently isn’t it, almost as if it doesn’t take years to change how a side plays.

It’s not like we haven’t had good games as well

M16Red · Jan 1, 2020

NewGlory said:
This is 100x worse than when we lost to bottomf-of-the-table Watford. We are absolute garbage

Erm no it's not.. that was the worse game I've watched in a long long time.

r0663664 · Jan 1, 2020

How poor is Maguire? Really average player. Ole puts in a team that is not able to compete. Why is Lingard on this team? He brings nothing in almost every game. Rushford isn’t doing a single thing in this game. Shaw and AWB doesn’t support Attack, I expect Arsenal to trash Utd soundly. Bring on Greenwood, Brandon and Pereira.

A-man · Jan 1, 2020

Piss poor in every aspect and position. Let’s get those feckers in second half.

Verminator · Jan 1, 2020

We aspire to be like West Ham.

Florida Man · Jan 1, 2020

fallengt said:
We somehow make Arsenal look good.
That's something

Could also be new manager bounce for them.

GledTheRed · Jan 1, 2020

Horrendous bar the first 25 seconds, getting hammered!

Bocca9978 · Jan 1, 2020

Glad I’m drunk, we look shit.
What’s really happening?

DRM · Jan 1, 2020

Hugh Jass said:
Bt sport on my sky go account just cut out for some reason.

Lucky cnut

Member 58925 · Jan 1, 2020

Red Dreams said:
we don't have a midfield

We don’t have a manager. Every single player can’t be bothered.

Jazz · Jan 1, 2020

Gordon S said:
Arsenals best football of the season? Like they've been saving up for this game.

Well, we always fall apart when teams around us drop points, nothing new here.

No honestly. They've improved but we've given them their chances. It's all on us. Wrong personnel just put us on the back foot from the start.

Josep Dowling · Jan 1, 2020

TMDaines said:
That was possibly thr least enjoyable 45 mins of the season.

Unbelievably I think that’s trumped the Watford game. We didn’t even get into their box.

Barnslig · Jan 1, 2020

All of our rivals dropped points, we were never winning this.

Ace of Spades · Jan 1, 2020

charlenefan said:
Arsenal been saving their luck up till today? Cross deflected straight to Pepe, De Gea sage right into Lindelof and drops kindly for Sokratis

Guess they've made their own luck though given we haven't turned up

A midfield with Matic and Lingard was going to work. Neither of the two are putting a tackle in.

londonredmaniac · Jan 1, 2020

Jonno said:
This post is ridiculous. He’s been there barely a couple of weeks. Coaching has nothing to do with this performance, this is pure adrenaline and passion. Coaching hasn’t come in to it

And the fact we don't have a midfield and our defence is just having a horrible night.

TommiHelm · Jan 1, 2020

Oh well. At least "the chemistry in the group is really good". Wouldn't wanna bring in some players with a winning mentality and some experience to break that up.

SirAnderson · Jan 1, 2020

Triple.Threat said:
The lineup with an indicator of how things were going to be.

Lingard convinced Ole to include him by showing him that he once danced at Arsenal.

Judas · Jan 1, 2020

Desert Eagle said:
Dont forget Rashy

Are you saying Rashford is shit?

Chipper · Jan 1, 2020

mu4c_20le said:
365 have payed out early for arsenal bets. grim

Thought they did on all games that go 2-0 in the PL?

Still grim though.

DRM · Jan 1, 2020

Bocca9978 said:
Glad I’m drunk, we look shit.
What’s really happening?

Status quo

Inigo Montoya · Jan 1, 2020

C3Pique said:
I see we're back to season 1 'gets rattled from inswinging corners' De Gea.

Highest paid keeper in the world my arse.

Season 1? He's fecked up 3 matches in a row starting with Watford, Everton and now Arsenal

VorZakone · Jan 1, 2020

Knew this would happen with Matic in midfield.

M Bison · Jan 1, 2020

kouroux said:
I urge you guys to watch what Shaw did before Arsenal got the corner for their second goal. The ball Ozil put over the top to Maitland-Niles, the guy just lets him go, he is so so lazy

I was looking for that but it looked like Matic to me? Unless that was one of the other many chances we conceded!!

Devil81 · Jan 1, 2020

Also, De Gea is having a shocker, it must be a nightmare to defend in front of him at the moment.

What's happened to him, he's a calamity waiting to happen every match. 400k a week and he's regressed massively.

devilish · Jan 1, 2020

Rado_N said:
He did well to keep the header out, blaming him for that goal is just stupid.

Oh and is £400k the latest bs wage figure people are banding around to get angry over?

‘It’s a multi-year squad evolution analysis,’ Woodward said in an interview with the fanzine ‘United We Stand’. ‘It’s hard enough to get three players done in a transfer window.

‘To get six or seven done is extremely difficult if you are getting proper talent. ‘If you choose to churn every player because they are not good enough and you’re not extending contracts, you are putting yourself at risk of execution. ‘Sometimes you have to take a broader view.’

That's your answer.

dev1l · Jan 1, 2020

doomy20 said:
Sorry but is this a joke? No urgency, no tempo, no smiles on their faces, no concretation. 1/10.

Team look demoralised. I think there s more than Ole admitted to the cameras behind the scene. Board needs to find a solution to Pogba situation.
Moreover without Mctominay midfield is inexistant. Poor Fred, he looks like he s alone vs 4 Arsenal shirts in the middle.
Again the Board must decide whether it will replace Matic or not. Apart from being slow he looks demotivated.

Heinzesight · Jan 1, 2020

Absolute disgrace of a performance. Players half arsed and half asleep. Special mentions to:

Wan-Bissaka leaving players in acres of space
Shaw being useless
Lingard a waste of space and never a United players as long as I have a hole in my arse
Martial waiting for the ball to come to his feet every time it’s played into him
De Gea
Maguire who cannot head a ball once he’s in the opposition box

Feed Me · Jan 1, 2020

Wilt said:
...of the Titanic

That captain went down with the ship eventually

We can dream...

momo83 · Jan 1, 2020

I don’t understand. People said Arsenal were clueless and played rubbish under Unai Emery... but watching them on Sunday and today they play amazing football

cj_sparky · Jan 1, 2020

That was embarrassing.

Highlights how far away we are.

Jonno · Jan 1, 2020

adexkola said:
Eh? The first goal was literally what you see out of the City playbook of cutbacks

It was a routine cutback that all premier league teams do every week, including United. Two tap ins don’t represent world class coaching

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