and yet we still couldn't win yesterday.
Very rarely are you gifted so many huge decisions in one game and I don't think I've ever seen a side fail to win when the ref is handing them the game like Clattenburg did to us yesterday.
So far we've been convincingly outplayed by Liverpool. Leicester would have beaten us if not for some very poor refereeing and the 1 point with just a -1 goal difference flatters us.
Ozil returning to the side is the only speck of good news we can currently look forward to but this is going to be another boring, wasted season at Arsenal.
All the big decisions went our way...
posted on 21/8/16
comment by Octavian (U21076)
posted 38 minutes ago
I think that says more about Liverpool and Leicester than us. They were outplayed by burnley and Hull respectively.
theres no way that Burnley and Hull are better than us. Liverpool and Leicester played like it was a cup final vs us but didnt bother turning up for the other games.
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I'd say Burnley and Hull were better or at least equal to us in the games you're comparing
posted on 21/8/16
I wouldn't say we played well yesterday at all, it was better than Hull but still far off the level we were at last season but that is hugely down to fitness, we're just not quite there yet.
Two really bad decisions by the ref but all in all a draw was probably the fairest result.
posted on 21/8/16
Outplayed by Leceister? Come on Steady it! I know we haven't been the best in the League but to say we were outplayed yesterday is definitely an overstatement. The Leceister that didn't have a single shot on target before the 80th minute? They practically refused to play.
Meanwhile I blame Wenger AGAIN for the result. Must he make changes after the 70th minute? What happened to making the changes at 60th minute and give the players 30 minutes to turn the game around?
posted on 21/8/16
We payed well but had no end product because wenger had still not signed a striker. Sanchez is no good as a striker strangely and also he gives the ball away far too often. Everybody else played well especially kos and holding.
posted on 21/8/16
comment by MessiRonaldoFalcao (U17021)
posted 7 minutes ago
Outplayed by Leceister? Come on Steady it! I know we haven't been the best in the League but to say we were outplayed yesterday is definitely an overstatement. The Leceister that didn't have a single shot on target before the 80th minute? They practically refused to play.
Meanwhile I blame Wenger AGAIN for the result. Must he make changes after the 70th minute? What happened to making the changes at 60th minute and give the players 30 minutes to turn the game around?
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The stonewall penalties would have been shots and likely goals to be fair.
Leciester were negative but would have got all 3 points if it wasn't for a dodgy ref.
posted on 21/8/16
We weren't outplayed, Leicester were average. If anything we put them under more pressure but as usual tried to walk the ball in and created nothing of note. I don't know why after so many years of failure with this tippy tappy style that we still persist with it, just another sign of Wenger's madness.
posted on 21/8/16
I've updated the article, I concede that "outplayed" isn't exactly the right way to refer to yesterdays game but we only got a point because the ref failed to do his job.
We'd be livid and there'd be plenty of conspiracy theories if we were on the other side of those decisions yesterday - particularly after Chelsea have had some ridiculous decisions go in their favour as well.
posted on 21/8/16
comment by Champions of England (U21032)
posted 5 hours, 16 minutes ago
I wouldn't say we played well yesterday at all, it was better than Hull but still far off the level we were at last season but that is hugely down to fitness, we're just not quite there yet.
Two really bad decisions by the ref but all in all a draw was probably the fairest result.
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I was suprised how negative u were tbh 11 men behind the ball and as soon as u get the ball off us lump it up the field hoping for the best.
posted on 21/8/16
Only one decision went our way the last min penalty. Everything else was even Stevens.
We could easily have had a pen ourselves when Morgan held back Kos for that fk that the gk saved.
posted on 22/8/16
comment by BO$$™ (U6401)
posted 16 hours, 45 minutes ago
Only one decision went our way the last min penalty. Everything else was even Stevens.
We could easily have had a pen ourselves when Morgan held back Kos for that fk that the gk saved.
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If you want to count that then what about Holding holding Huth? That was more of a penalty but we're not even mentioning that as one that the ref should have given. Coquelin should have been sent off and it was a blatant foul on Musa, not sure how either of those decisions can be deemed right? Even Ian Wright said Coq should have gone and it was a penalty and he's as unbiased as you can get.