Loss PL: Nottingham Forest 1 - 0 Arsenal | Saturday, May 20 | KO: 17:30 BST | Sky Sports

 

[2Smokeyy]

We need 4/5 signings at least, if we want to compete at the top top level.

Replicate Zinchenko and Saliba from deep.
Have more ball retention and creativity in the middle. (TP5 and Ødegaard).
A big striker.

Can’t lie, I’ve been very respectful this season as there’s nothing I could say to criticise the manager but there has to come a time when the focus is on him. I’m not even trying to cause a stir (before any of his beloved stans come after me) as we’ve done well this season but the warning signs are there for all to see.

All good signing those players but when the manager is naive, lacks tactical flexibility and cojones to make big calls then we will continue to remain in these type of situations.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

Im thinking there is a disconnect/lack of harmony between Arteta and the team in general

Nothing suggests that the club completely gone into holiday mode against Brighton

 

[BigPoppaPump]

Hate "playing it out from the back" and "ball playing keepers" to be honest...the Invincibles were the most entertaining team I have seen, and they didn't do **** like this annoying modern stuff

When people start talking about passing as an attribute for goalkeepers just makes my eyes roll really.

 

[MikelHadADream]

Yeah need Rice and/or Caicedo pretty desperately. No one else on Ødegaard's level in there, or at least none that can maintain it.

Let’s be really to keep our place in the top 2 we will need both of those guys and then also another Ødegaard level player.

 

[BergMan]

How many mistakes has Ødegaard made that led to goals? Feels frequent. If that was Xhaka…

 

[Taneruit]

I predicted all 3 promoted teams to survive this season early on. Frustrating that it happened against us though.

 

[Batman]

Let’s be really to keep our place in the top 2 we will need both of those guys and then also another Ødegaard level player.

And a striker that can be expected to score close to 1 in 2. If we don't get that we'll finish no better than 4th.

 

[Riou]

When people start talking about passing as an attribute for goalkeepers just makes my eyes roll really.

"Defensive centre forwards" pushed me to the edge, "ball playing keepers" knocked me of it ffs!

 

[blaze_of_glory]

Let’s be really to keep our place in the top 2 we will need both of those guys and then also another Ødegaard level player.

Yeah been saying a while we need someone who can fill in for him, he's our most integral piece. If he gets injured I don't know what we do at this point.

 

[MikelHadADream]

I don't think it matters who plays, we just aren't strong enough to deal mentally with City in a title fight...Saliba would have seen us concede less, but I feel we still would have lost the title as we just lack that little something as a team.

Manager and players still a little way from the top sides.

I agree, even if we had no injuries City still would have won it. But looking at the season as a whole a big reason why we kicked on was Zinchenko and Saliba.

 

[ptrcopp]

I’m not convinced Arteta has the tools yet to adjust when his Plan A isn’t working. It’s almost like he’s spent the entire week in training solely focused on getting his starters to rehearse their movements.

What’s frustrating is that different players don’t come into the same system. I’m think ESR would offer something different to Xhaka for example. We should swap like for like every time until it’s too late for any change to make a difference.

Personnel also didn’t make sense today. Fine try Partey as the inside RB but Kiwi made no sense when Tierney has played the attacking left sided CB for us before and every time he plays for Scotland

 

[ptrcopp]

Wayyyy to timid in the final third . Great at pressing and tracking back , but they aren't brave or imaginative in attack

I’d be fine with this - it happens at times in the season - if we just controlled the tempo and flow of the game but we aren’t doing that either

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

Can’t lie, I’ve been very respectful this season as there’s nothing I could say to criticise the manager but there has to come a time when the focus is on him. I’m not even trying to cause a stir (before any of his beloved stans come after me) as we’ve done well this season but the warning signs there for all to see.

All good signing those players but when the manager is naive, lacks tactical flexibility and cojones to make big calls then we will continue to remain in these type of situations.

You are correct its not hiding the fact there no plan B in his system. He just one system manager if it doesn't work we'll be midtable team he need to fix this signing will help but he also need to have multi systems to work on not only Zinchenko inverted high line defence and that's it

 

[Makingtrax]

Imagine going all season without a single loss. The end to this season puts that in perspective. What an acheivement that was, even City can’t manage it.

 

[gamechannel]

Only Artetasexuals would say this squad isn't good enough when almost all of it is made up of Arteta signings/extensions! Ridiculous way to deflect blame from total capitulation in the last 7-8 games.

 

[MikelHadADream]

And a striker that can be expected to score close to 1 in 2. If we don't get that we'll finish no better than 4th.

2nd 3rd 4th is all much of a muchness. City are so far ahead of the pool of teams behind them. We just have to keep adding too young players to the squad and wait for them to get old/Pep to leave.

 

[bergholt]

Such a thin squad. We need to replace a few starters and almost all the backups to have any chance of improving further.

 

[Mrs Bergkamp]

Well that was disappointing. Congrats to City who really didn't have to work that hard to win the title. We gift wrapped it in the end.

 

[MikelHadADream]

Yeah been saying a while we need someone who can fill in for him, he's our most integral piece. If he gets injured I don't know what we do at this point.

Yep, or play next to him. We’ve been fortunate he hasn’t really been injured this season.

 

[bergholt]

Only Artetasexuals would say this squad isn't good enough when almost all of it is made up of Arteta signings/extensions! Ridiculous way to deflect blame from total capitulation in the last 7-8 games.

Couldn’t the signings/extensions have been mistakes?