Win PL: Arsenal 2 - 1 Brentford | Saturday 19, February | KO: 15:00 GMT

A-M has been unbearable for the past 24 hours and I've tried to steer clear of the Arteta thread.

The game last night was as bad as what the team was serving up last season. Even before the red card, we were getting pummeled and pinned back in our box. There was nothing spectacular about last night. It was just same old and a repeat of what we saw last season for the most part. I don't know why some fans were encouraged by what they saw last night.

Hopefully they turn it around against a newly promoted team. Surely we can't lose to a team still finding their feet in the PL?

Hopefully we get the three points and put pressure on united, Sp**s and West Ham.

Think the lineup will be similar to the Wolves lineup with ESR coming in for Martinelli and Tomiyasu facing a race against time to be fit for this.

Prediction

Arsenal 2-0 Brentford

 

[Sapient Hawk]

"The Arteta Effect" or is it too soon?

I'm in a good enough mood to not even dispute your post

 

[BaZZe]

We look like a team that gets stupidly nervous against these teams until the first goal goes in. Need to be more clinical with chances.

Nah I think it's the period when we go 1-0 up we look the most nervy.

 

[Sapient Hawk]

something needs to be done about this ref

We should probably do what my father has been threatening to do with me for the past 22 years, send him to Somalia.

A few months & you'll be hard-pressed to tell him & Andre Marriner apart

 

[Rex Stone]

Such a bitter taste from the reffing. Them intervening kept it close in the end. Don’t get how they’re fine to make f*ck up after f*ck up every week.

Positive performance from us though. Hopefully get Tomi and Gabi back for Wolves and do them again. Saka was class.

 

[Beany]

something needs to be done about this ref

 

[Beany]

Such a bitter taste from the reffing. Them intervening kept it close in the end. Don’t get how they’re fine to make f*ck up after f*ck up every week.

Positive performance from us though. Hopefully get Tomi and Gabi back for Wolves and do them again. Saka was class.

Back from the game - that handball incident in the first half was just bizarre.

 

[Sapient Hawk]

Such a bitter taste from the reffing. Them intervening kept it close in the end. Don’t get how they’re fine to make f*ck up after f*ck up every week.

Positive performance from us though. Hopefully get Tomi and Gabi back for Wolves and do them again. Saka was class.

Next time we get Moss, perhaps Tets can get the team to dress up as the various components of a Sunday roast. The rotund goon will be too entranced to give decisions against us!

 

[Rex Stone]

Back from the game - that handball incident in the first half was just bizarre.

Just annoying how every week with us there’s some sort of red disasterclass.

 

[Beany]

Just annoying how every week with us there’s some sort of red disasterclass.

It can’t be an accident. For some reason refs find it easy to make these absurd decisions against Arsenal. Also, it’s seemingly impossible to make an obvious error when reffing Arsenal.

 

[Fabregasm]

Back from the game - that handball incident in the first half was just bizarre.

If it was Brentford end, would we have any doubt it will be given? Might as well remove VAR

 

[Xln]

What happened with the ref? I could only watch the last 35 minutes ffs.

 

[NieThePiet]

Think Moss and the VAR were desperated to find some contact before the second goal to cancel that goal too.

 

[Pop Tart]

Started well.

Such a bitter taste from the reffing. Them intervening kept it close in the end. Don’t get how they’re fine to make f*ck up after f*ck up every week.

Positive performance from us though. Hopefully get Tomi and Gabi back for Wolves and do them again. Saka was class.

Think Moss and the VAR were desperated to find some contact before the second goal to cancel that goal too.

Was surprised they never sent gabriel off for his challenge...

 

[Plutarch]

Shame Brentford got that goal at the end but it was still a good, dominant performance overall. We're in good form even if we're not scoring much, we're in a decent position in the league and we have some winnable games coming up. I"m feeling fairly optimistic about a champions league place.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

Despite having 24 attempts but only 1.6XG our win came from our players talent but we lacked clear cut chances the lack of goal scoring striker will hurt us.

 

[BIoodBrother]

Despite having 24 attempts but only 1.6XG our win came from our players talent but we lacked clear cut chances the lack of goal scoring striker will hurt us.

yes laca was awful as usual in front of goal. wtf City giving 6pts to Sp**s tho! ((

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

yes laca was awful as usual in front of goal. wtf City giving 6pts to Sp**s tho! ((

City ruined my day would've liked we have more space from Sp**s but it's what it's we still in great position

 

[Riou]

Those were 2 quality goals from Saka and ESR, great finishes.

Gabriel-White and Partey-Xhaka continue to look good...if we keep our main players fit, with Pepe finding his form.

4th is still ours to lose, we have the best team out of the other contenders.

 

[hydrofluoric acid]

Those were 2 quality goals from Saka and ESR, great finishes.

Gabriel-White and Partey-Xhaka continue to look good...if we keep our main players fit, with Pepe finishing his form.

4th is still ours to lose, we have the best team out of the other contenders.

Great attitude mate!

 

[A_G]