fundy
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Utterly amazed Saka isnt getting a rest tonight
Slime
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Yeah, me too.
Arsenal are only a couple of key injuries away from disaster, I'd have thought.
Losing Saka would be a massive blow to their title hopes. Really surprised Arteta isn’t throwing all his eggs in the Premier League basket, especially in relation to this particular game.
clubchamp98
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Mica Richards more or less said the same yesterday.
I think they do play differently when Haarland plays but you can’t argue with 20 odd goals,
Swango1980
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Well, Ronaldo scored a decent number of goals for Man Utd last season, and yet apparently he was the problem.
So, I guess scoring goals isn't as important to some people
clubchamp98
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It’s ok if you can score four goals without him.Well, Ronaldo scored a decent number of goals for Man Utd last season, and yet apparently he was the problem.
So, I guess scoring goals isn't as important to some people
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Arsenal have been practicing falling down holding their face... clever.
clubchamp98
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Is Wenger back coaching.
paddyc
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Crazy IMO and Martinelli and Nketiah considering we have Spurs on .Sunday. I thought ESR was going to start and would have given Marquinhos a full game along with the young guns.
fundy
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Smith Rowe not ready to start on all accounts, may get a few minutes late on, Arteta doesnt trust Marquinhos at all it seems. Cant be as bad as Lokonga though surely........
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Arsenal fans can thank me ....just turned the telly over after half an hour of tedium....goals will no doubt now flow. 
Well, Ronaldo scored a decent number of goals for Man Utd last season, and yet apparently he was the problem.
So, I guess scoring goals isn't as important to some people
There really can’t be any denying that United look a far more cohesive team this season than they did last. I’m yet to read or hear a single pundit suggest otherwise.
Yes, the goals for column is an issue, but the fact they are sitting 4th, only four points off City in 2nd, all despite a goal difference of +7, surely indicates that they are very much on the right path.
Last season we were absolutely all over the place all over the pitch. Dreadful performances week in, week out. No Plan A, never mind a Plan B. The difference this season so far has been vast. And the games in which we have performed most poorly? Those when Ronaldo was involved.
If and when we sign a goal scorer, then providing that player subscribes to what the manager is striving to achieve in terms of discipline and work ethic, then we will undoubtedly go from strength to strength. Ronaldo, despite his goals, absolutely wasn’t that player.
Well, that’s 45 minutes of my life I’m not getting back.
clubchamp98
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Strange that in the Oxford game tonight the offside flag goes up straight away when the balls played.
Different rules tonight with no VAR.
No phases of play either miles better ,striker is clean through on goal but offside flag goes up.
With VAR that’s let go ,so two sets of rules.
Different rules tonight with no VAR.
No phases of play either miles better ,striker is clean through on goal but offside flag goes up.
With VAR that’s let go ,so two sets of rules.
Terrible game, I’ve actually switched it over ??
Tashyboy
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now you know how I felt following City in the 80’s and 90’s ?
Swango1980
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Yes, but we had Ole as manager, then a part time manager. Our biggest asset this year is ten Hag.
Ronaldo certainly became a problem when he said he wanted to leave, and all the other nonsense that followed.
Swango1980
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So, a player is offside if a player is ahead of the ball, regardless whether the ball.is played forward or not. Offside offence is then given if that player interferes with play (unless that garbage of defender deliberately playing ball first).
If that is the case, how can an Arsenal player place himself in the actual goal (over the goal line) to make himself a nuisance, when Arsenal have a corner? And ref ignores it?
If that is the case, how can an Arsenal player place himself in the actual goal (over the goal line) to make himself a nuisance, when Arsenal have a corner? And ref ignores it?
fundy
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Much better 2nd half
Orikoru
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As much as we all know O'Hara is a knob, it's not a completely ridiculous thing to say. As I said a few weeks ago, you'd have thought adding Haaland into that team would have made them unstoppable, but despite all his goals, it hasn't done. Perhaps the other players have struggled a little bit to adjust to having one focal point to the attack rather than several, like they had before. Perhaps it's made them a little more predictable or one-dimensional. So if Haaland isn't quite at his best for a game (let's say he only scores one goal ?) then it gives the defence a chance of stopping him.
Kane on the other hand is a complete footballer, so while he wouldn't score as many as Haaland (who would?) he might have blended more seamlessly with the team that City had, since he's able to get involved more in the actual football and contribute more for others.
