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re: Arsenal 2021/22 Season Thread - 5th Place :(

Posted on 3/16/22 at 4:54 pm to
Posted by ATLienTiger
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Posted on 3/16/22 at 4:54 pm to
This one hurts, because 1st half Liverpool were playing poorly, and 2nd half Arsenal were looking pretty threatening going forward. Only to squander a good chance and then have a mistake at the back lead to the opener.

Odegaard did not have his best game by any means today. Martinelli looked great. If anything he should have been greedy and gone for goal himself rather than passing it off to his teammates.

Hate to say it, but this match just showed that Liverpool are better and Arsenal need to take next step to challenge them. Good bit of it mental still it seems.
Posted by dgnx6
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Posted on 3/16/22 at 5:03 pm to
This game should have most likely just been a 0-0 game. Good damn I can’t believe ramsdale let that goal in.

Posted by ATLienTiger
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Posted on 3/16/22 at 5:05 pm to
The Odegaard miss was worse for me. Guy never picked his head up and took too long. Probably didn't need a 1st touch. Score that and match is vastly different. Might just be me being cynical, since I feel he has a somewhat down match. At least compared to how he bossed the mid last match.
Posted by saderade
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Posted on 3/16/22 at 6:05 pm to
Very good first half but with a team like Liverpool you can’t give them an inch or make any mistakes in the back. We are still 2-3 players and some more experience away from taking the next step up to the top tier of European squads.
Martinelli was so fun to watch today. He had Alexander-Arnold on skates. Banks St had a nice crowd for a Wednesday afternoon.
Posted by WhoDatNC
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Posted on 3/17/22 at 6:42 am to
Strong first half performance. Just have to be a bit more clinical in front of goal. Second half goals were blunders. Can't have those moments of weakness against a top class team or you will pay. We are close to where we hope to be....just needs a few more signings especially up top.
Posted by joshyc2
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Posted on 3/17/22 at 7:02 am to
Liverpool are just on another level from most teams on the planet right now and it's so clear to see.

They legit might win 4 trophies this year if the can beat Man City in April.

Regardless, great atmosphere and a solid run at it. Big game this weekend at Aston Villa.
Posted by glassman
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Posted on 3/17/22 at 7:40 am to
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Big game this weekend at Aston Villa.


On to the next match. Martinelli and Partey were excellent yesterday. Saturday is a must three points. COYG!!!
Posted by tiggah1981
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Posted on 3/17/22 at 8:29 am to
even though we are two games up on MU and 1 on Spurs, still have to face 7 of the top 11.

Spurs have the easiest route

Wouldn't be shocked if this team collapsed down the stretch

Posted by dgnx6
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Posted on 3/17/22 at 8:50 am to
Really Arsenal should be looking to win the next 5 or so again.

If we can do that we will be fine. That Chelsea game in another mid week is going to suck. But we can still beat every other team left in the schedule, including United.

Actually that 5th game is the Chelsea game. So we need to win the next 4 and not lose to both Chelsea and United.
This post was edited on 3/17/22 at 8:55 am
Posted by tiggah1981
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Posted on 3/17/22 at 9:34 am to
it doesn't show on the schedule but still have to play at Spurs (game was postponed earlier i thought)

cant lose to MU and Spurs.
Posted by glassman
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Posted on 3/17/22 at 10:04 am to
White, Ramsdale, Smith Rowe and Saka called for the England squad.
Posted by joshyc2
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Posted on 3/17/22 at 10:15 am to
I love our chances to finish 4th.

There is no possible way that Man United and Spurs both win out, they will both drop a ton of points going forward.

Man United has the following teams left: Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Leicester. I could see them dropping points on all those matches tbh.

Spurs has the following teams left: West Ham (Sunday), Newcastle, Aston Villa, Leicester, Liverpool, and Arsenal

They definitely have an easier stretch of it. Honestly it will probably come down to the North London Derby between Spurs and Arsenal. Unfortunately its at Spurs this year.

Gonna be a wild end of the year, but I am ready for it.
This post was edited on 3/17/22 at 10:17 am
Posted by cwil177
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Posted on 3/17/22 at 11:51 am to
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Wouldn't be shocked if this team collapsed down the stretch

GTFO with this attitude you negaGunner
Posted by ATLienTiger
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Posted on 3/19/22 at 8:56 am to
Odegaard with back to back off matches. Arsenal dminated the 1st half, similar to the Liverpool match, but playing a little bit down so far in the 2nd half just like the midweek match.
Posted by tiggah1981
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Posted on 3/19/22 at 9:49 am to
that second half was hard to watch…thankfully Villa missed the little chances they had

i fully expected xhaka to get a second yellow, don’t why teams don’t target him more for his buffoonery
Posted by ATLienTiger
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Posted on 3/19/22 at 9:55 am to
Not really a fan of how Arsenal try and see out matches. They always look like they are barely hanging on.

Not that Cedric has necessarily been bad, but I am really wanting Tomiyasu back asap.
Posted by glassman
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Posted on 3/19/22 at 10:32 am to
This was the type of match Arsenal would lose or draw. We have a back bone. There can be no bitching about this result.
Posted by dgnx6
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Posted on 3/19/22 at 10:51 am to
We are good. Y’all stop bringing that LSU energy. Not you glassman just all of us in general.

Yeah going up 2 would be preferable, but 1-0 to the Arsenal is a thing for a reason.

This is how this season will finish. I’ll take another 1-0 against palace. We are so close.

This post was edited on 3/19/22 at 10:52 am
Posted by joshyc2
New Orleans
Member since Dec 2015
989 posts
Posted on 3/19/22 at 2:20 pm to
Great win today given the injuries we picked up on Wednesday to Ramsdale and Martinelli.

Keep pushing on. Next three games are very winnable before our two massive games against Chelsea and Man United.
Posted by glassman
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Posted on 3/19/22 at 6:33 pm to
How great has Partey been? He looks like Viera right now. Or a healthy Diaby.
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