Pretty sure everyone knew that since the end of May. Baring an unbelievable run of injuries, no team is getting near them. They are excellent.
I think you guys are nailed on for 4th. Mostly by default by virtue of being the best of the rest after Liverpool, city and spurs
Tactically he was spot on up until we needed to come forward and attack. He realised last year you can't goto Anfield and expect to play high lines against them. Before the first goal at 40 minutes, they created little from open play and we actually had the better chances with Pepe/Auba. As soon as we came forward and played high lines they took us apart because they are at least a level above us right now.
Liverpool pre Van Djik never played football as negative as Arsenal did yesterday. They played with way more intensity. In fact they were the only side able beat City. This Arsenal side is rank average and that wont change until they get a new coach.
Ceballos was the worst player on the pitch. Maybe he will be good against lesser teams but couldn't cope with Liverpool at all. Sorry mate, but theres some very average players in your team and before you say it, I know the same can be said for United.
You did concede 3 goals more than us last season though. Note we will have strengthened by having Bellerin and Holding return and adding Tierney and Luiz. Mustafi not playing improves our backline considerably. So while obviously you have obviously added 2 good defenders, we're actually adding 4. Also the best defensive sides have midfields that protect their defence. So overally I don't think it's a given you'll perform better than us defensively this season. On another note both teams have added ball playing defenders who'll improve
Sounds like he wants Emery's job
That will be so important because all of them should be in the starting XI (Maitland-Niles has a very good job but Bellerin is Bellerin).
The Arse fam TV crowd will find something else to complain about. About how we should be competing for the title or something.
Fewer people tune in when nobody's complaining
Surely Arsenal has to be competing for titles, isnt that why Wenger left?
Indeed, they should be 3/4 of our starting backline for the next 5 years. Time will tell who will be the last one to join them. Saliba ? Upamecano ?
I haven't seen enough of Saliba.
Exactly
We will.. in time. Football moves in cycles, Wenger had his opportunity in 2016 when Leicester won it, and it was obvious that we were at the end of his cycle in 2018. There was no way Wenger was winning the title in this cycle with Klopp and Guardiola around, and Liverpool/City playing like invincibles. Now that we've come to that conclusion its logical to get someone else in and give him a chance of starting a winning cycle which will peak next season. Last year and even this year our aim is to get back into the top four. Next year should see a title challenge, or at least getting close to City/Liverpool. If either of those two don't happen Emery will get the boot, we don't have any sentimental ties to him.
You guys simply have the wrong man in charge, this mythical cycle of yours isnt happening anytime soon.
We'll see.
They're the 3rd worst team in the league for xGA with 9.35, only Norwich and Bournemouth are conceding more good chances than them. 13th in the league for xPTS. Some worrying underlying signs for them.
Pisses me off no end how very few teams take their chances against them
It's annoying because their xGA is 3x greater than ours but their goals against only double what ours is. We got mugged by Palace and Wolves though.
