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Arsenal's performance on Saturday

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posted on 20/8/18

comment by ism (U20893)
posted 2 minutes ago
Nick, Peebs is one of the few goobers who is a good lad in this forum, but he does likes bantz, so you don't need to bite, if you don't feel like countering his bantz
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Looks like certain people attract eachother.

posted on 20/8/18

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posted on 20/8/18

comment by Nickasaurus (U9257)
posted 29 seconds ago
comment byism (U20893)
posted 2 minutes ago
Nick, Peebs is one of the few goobers who is a good lad in this forum, but he does likes bantz, so you don't need to bite, if you don't feel like countering his bantz
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Looks like certain people attract eachother.
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Each to their own

posted on 20/8/18

comment by ism (U20893)
posted 19 minutes ago
Nick, Peebs is one of the few goobers who is a good lad in this forum, but he does likes bantz, so you don't need to bite, if you don't feel like countering his bantz
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Money’s changed hands here for sure

comment by Samir (U2630)

posted on 20/8/18

We had enough chances and clear cut opportunities to win the game in the first half alone. I don’t think anyone can disagree with that.

Second half you dominated the ball and were putting us under pressure but I can’t seem to recall you guys having a plethora of chances. Prior to Hazard’s moment of magic, the only chance that I can remember you nearly scoring from was Barkley’s which Cech tipped round the post.

On the balance of play, you were the better team and deserved to win, but the game could very easily have swung in our favour on another day.

comment by Tu Meke (U3732)

posted on 20/8/18

I remember many matches under Wenger when we had the majority of the ball and created a few half chances and one or two big ones. We'd end up losing the game because Chelsea had better players. Yet people said we deserved to lose.

Well Chelsea did the same in the second half on Saturday but apparently they deserved to win. Go figure.

Personally I think a draw would have been a fair result on Saturday.

posted on 20/8/18

Cech saved a good shot from Giroud

comment by Tu Meke (U3732)

posted on 20/8/18

Half chance. It would have to have been something special to score from there. You'd be disappointed if your keeper concedes that.

Kante had a good chance with a header, and obviously the Alonso goal. Other than that it was relatively comfortable.

posted on 20/8/18

Yeah, forgot about Kante's header , I was expecting Kepa to save Mkhi 's goal but he didn't.

posted on 20/8/18

comment by Pride of the North (U6803)
posted 1 hour, 6 minutes ago
comment byism (U20893)
posted 19 minutes ago
Nick, Peebs is one of the few goobers who is a good lad in this forum, but he does likes bantz, so you don't need to bite, if you don't feel like countering his bantz
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Money’s changed hands here for sure
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Bodily fluids more likely, knowing Petey.

posted on 20/8/18

Don’t recall Cech making any particularly amazing saves. He made saves that you would expect him to make. Arsenal created the better chances, Chelsea had more of the ball and had more shots. Shots ≠ chances.

Don’t think Arsenal played particularly well, but they were still able to create numerous clear cut opportunities. Would say that, that is worrying for Chelsea, but it’s early days.

What I will say though, is for all the pretty football Chelsea played, their goals came from abysmal defending from Arsenal. They looked very slick though. I think that Sarri will do well with Chelsea.

posted on 20/8/18

comment by Tu Meke Nketiah (U3732)
posted 47 minutes ago
I remember many matches under Wenger when we had the majority of the ball and created a few half chances and one or two big ones. We'd end up losing the game because Chelsea had better players. Yet people said we deserved to lose.

Well Chelsea did the same in the second half on Saturday but apparently they deserved to win. Go figure.

Personally I think a draw would have been a fair result on Saturday.
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Difference is most of those games we looked like scoring every time we turned over your possession and headed on the counter, you barely looked capable of getting out of your own third for most of that second half let alone worrying Arrizabalaga.

posted on 20/8/18

What I will say though, is for all the pretty football Chelsea played, their goals came from abysmal defending from Arsenal. They looked very slick though. I think that Sarri will do well with Chelsea.
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Arsenal’s big chances and goals came from some atrocious defending from us. Just kept doing the same move time after time and ripped us open.

comment by Devil (U6522)

posted on 20/8/18

Agreed. Destroyed Alonso's flank for 20 minutes but not much else.

Emery's very suspect for me. One to those managers whose so tactically fixated he trips himself up. Playing the high line against us knowing how Sarri wants us to move the ball into space high up the pitch was just odd. Like he worked out a brilliant attacking gameplan but completely neglected that crucial point.

comment by Tu Meke (U3732)

posted on 20/8/18

Iwobi murdered azpilicueta a few times, including for the first goal.

Agree about Emery though. He bottled it a bit 2nd half, brought on Torreira but also told our full backs to stay back aswell.

posted on 20/8/18

comment by Tu Meke Nketiah (U3732)
posted 1 hour, 24 minutes ago

Iwobi murdered azpilicueta a few times,


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Isn't that physically impossible, not to mention slightly illegal!!!


posted on 20/8/18

One way traffic doesn't even come close to describing it - think at 80mins it was 70% possession to Chelsea in the second half. Only thing lucky for Arsenal was the score was only 3. Was always a matter of time and amount we would score and never if.

And I was actually shocked to see Ozil come off the pitch......as I honestly didn't realize he was playing, I know are players can become invisible but that's often with bad touches or decisions, Ozil was quite literally not there.

First time in quite a while I have enjoyed a CFC game - felt like the good old days!

comment by Tu Meke (U3732)

posted on 20/8/18

comment by BrummieBlue! (U3487)
posted 2 hours, 30 minutes ago
comment by Tu Meke Nketiah(U3732)
posted 1 hour, 24 minutes ago

Iwobi murdered azpilicueta a few times,


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Isn't that physically impossible, not to mention slightly illegal!!!



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lol

posted on 21/8/18

comment by Samir (U2630)
posted 14 hours, 33 minutes ago
We had enough chances and clear cut opportunities to win the game in the first half alone. I don’t think anyone can disagree with that.

Second half you dominated the ball and were putting us under pressure but I can’t seem to recall you guys having a plethora of chances. Prior to Hazard’s moment of magic, the only chance that I can remember you nearly scoring from was Barkley’s which Cech tipped round the post.

On the balance of play, you were the better team and deserved to win, but the game could very easily have swung in our favour on another day.
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You do know giroud had a shot saved well by Cech and missed a one on one? That was in just 10 minutes of being on. Pull ur head out the sand

posted on 21/8/18

I was actually pleased Cech had a decent-ish game...the legend has looked quite poor for some time now, & whilst I don't like to see it, he's in exactly the right place to do it

posted on 21/8/18

Sheriff

got a great ovation aswell which was nice.

Just don't know how the cfc magazine has coped. Felt like cech done 15 interviews a month lots of free pages in the magazine nowadays.

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