I’m not expecting us to win today, tbh. We have a terrible record away at Old Trafford and ten Hag still holds a grudge over the Garnacho offside in the reverse match and is spoiling for blood.
I completely agree. To think in comparison to Arteta, for all the crap ten Hag gets, in two years he’s gotten to three cup finals, won one and could potentially win another. Another thing that annoys me is Arteta seems to be not take the cup competions as seriously, focusing on the bigger trophies and when we ultimately fall out of those we end up with nothing.
Looking at the side we have out it doesnt look great for us again, Casemiro and Evans as a back pair again despite the disaster of Monday night and once one goal goes in I can see the heads dropping pretty quickly again against a side much better than Palace. The occasion might be the only thing that effects Arsenal like it did Liverpool at OT a few weeks back and if they let one in and get nervy we might nick something but I dont see anything other than an Arsenal win today honestly. We are miles off it at the moment.
Its weird how times and perspectives changes sometimes. I can remember a time when Wenger towards the end was getting lambasted for being happy with a "top 4 finish" and the odd cup and that was not considered good enough for Arsenals standards, now they are not really doing a great deal more than that but getting a lot of praise for it and Arteta is being held up as the next Pep.
Tbh, I thought we were very lucky to get away with the three points. I thought we were piss poor actually. You guys were the better side, but you just couldn't create the clear cut chances and make the most of the opportunities.
I completely agree. This is what annoys me about the fanbase. I love Wenger, but it was time for him to move on, but I completely disagreed and hated the abuse and hounding he got from a large majority of the fanbase, who incidentally are the same fans who are now making excuses for and giving the benefit of the doubt to Arteta time and and time again. If they are prepared to treat a man who has won us 3 league titles, numerous FA Cups and went head to head with arguably the greatest manager of all time in SAF for a period of time with such contempt, then I expect it to be reasonable to question and critique those who come after him and to be treated with the same energy and consistency. But alas, anytime you try to something about this manager, or ask for accountability, you are shouted down and labelled 'Not a Real Arsenal Fan'.
I dont think Arsenal got out of second gear but then they didnt really need too. I dont think we would have scored if we had stayed playing until midnight. I think Arteta saw we werent posing a great threat and just shut up shop in the last 20 minutes to see the job out. I cant remember your keeper having many shots to save of note, I think we managed 1 on target, Onana made two or three so I think if you needed to step it up you could have if needed.
That's a fair assessment.
I feel we should have pushed for a second goal though just as a cushion in case you pulled it back.
Would make things interesting but as it would massively benefit Arsenal I dont see it. Spurs could be 3-0 up at HT and I would still fancy City to get the victory.Go Spurs.
Really hoping they can somehow get lucky in this one. Maybe a few sending offs for City might even it up.Go Spurs.
Utd have bought a few too many players past their best and in their injury prone years, and in some cases still very expensive!
Very much sums up our transfer policy post SAF, players with big names and on big contracts but their best days long behind them. Schweinstieger, Varane, Di Maria, Falcao, Casemiro will probably go down as one too given how this season has gone downhill rapidly after a good season last season, Sanchez, Ibrahimovich, Cavani its long long list of failure and panic buying in some cases. His leaving leaves a gap of course but not a massive one but no doubt this could be the first of a few that need to be moved on, the problem is getting rid of the ones that are harder to shift on, the likes of Martial and Maguire but who also need shifting on as well after seasons of failure.
