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Premier League Gameweek 25 (30th - 31st January 2018)

Sunspear17

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Problem with Arsenal is focusing on offence, when defence is where they should have spent the money. Signing Auba isn't going to change things much. Swansea have picked up some great points recently.
 

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They have to win the Europa League now and Athletico Madrid will feed them their lunch, they can forget the Champions League.
 

ThierryHenry

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So Arsenal has won 3 out of 13 away games, 6 losses. That's an awful record for a "top" team.
I don't know what's happened in terms of the game plan/ tactics. We normally have a good record away from home at the bottom half teams. This season we've dominated possession and created nothing in basically every away game. Appalling.
 

ayushreddevil9

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Huddersfield did not raise anything in that match. Our players simply forgot to play football that day. That was a match where players let down the manager, club and fans by not turning up at all.
Every big club fan-base says this. It's more than likely the other way around - those clubs don't play at the same level of intensity. Roy Keane once said way back that if Utd matched their opponents for effort they'd win due to sheer quality most of the time. There will naturally be off-days and days where the opponent plays a blinder but claiming they are game raising is a lame excuse.
Game raisers would suggest they did it to some others.

We're the only morons who considers themselves a decent side who couldn't beat them.
Don't know really i just feel that way sometimes when i watch the same opponents with lower intensity against other opposition. Of course we were at fault, but you simply can't overlook the fact that huddersfield played their hearts out that day, contrary to what i am seeing today.
 

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I'm not sure Arsenal, as a team, are serious enough. They dick about way too much.
 

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Problem with Arsenal is focusing on offence, when defence is where they should have spent the money. Signing Auba isn't going to change things much. Swansea have picked up some great points recently.
There is no coherent plan.

They can't defend, can't attack. Can't do anything exceptionally well anymore. Except raise their games in the cups.

Seriously, at any other club Xhaka, Cech would've been punished for those errors that led to Swansea's goals. But they won't.
 

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Sanchez and Jose must be pissing their pants as we speak :lol:
My guess Mourinho is fuming watching David Wagner roll-over for his friend Klopp. Hope we give them a double trashing in the coming games.
 

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I can't believe anyone was expecting an Arsenal win against Sir Charles. Confortable win for Swansea. Out of the relegation zone for the moment.
 

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There is no coherent plan.

They can't defend, can't attack. Can't do anything exceptionally well anymore. Except raise their games in the cups.

Seriously, at any other club Xhaka, Cech would've been punished for those errors that led to Swansea's goals. But they won't.
And in the cup they need to win, there's a team that will rip them to shreds in Athletico Madrid.