Wolves v Arsenal, 18:00 GMT (02/02, BT Sport 1)

[McNamara That Ghost...]

We could have quite the patched up team again in this one.

Odegaard would start I'd have thought.

[Marc Overmars]

Wolves have been shite since the beat us. Hopefully we can get a bit of revenge here. Next few games are against teams we’ve been jostling for position with, if we can rack up some wins we’ll put ourselves in a great position before the City game.

We’ll need certain key players back for that to happen though. Otherwise dropped points are likely.

[Mac76]

We could have quite the patched up team again in this one.

Odegaard would start I'd have thought.

i had to miss the end of the Man Ure match so i didn't see Odegaard - i know he wasn't on for long but were there any early promising signs?

overall i think we have enough to win this one and we need the three points, given we've Villa away and Citeh at home coming up

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Odegaard had one touch from what I saw. :lol:

It was a success though.

[Mac76]

Odegaard had one touch from what I saw. :lol:

It was a success though.

100% pass success rate :bow:

[Gooner23]

Saka and Auba back in training so hopefully they will be in the squad. No mention of Tierney being back yet though.

[Gooner23]

Arsenal XI: Leno, Bellerin, Holding, Luiz, Cedric, Partey, Xhaka, Pepe, Smith Rowe, Saka, Lacazette.

Subs: Runarsson, Gabriel, Chambers, Elneny, Ceballos, Odegaard, Willian, Martinelli, Aubameyang.

[Gooner23]

Strong bench

[GP]

Nah it's just plywood

[GP]

0-3

[Letters]

Nah it's just plywood

:rimshot:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Good team, good bench.

Should be a 2-0 defeat.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Arsenal XI: Leno, Bellerin, Holding, Luiz, Cedric, Partey, Xhaka, Pepe, Smith Rowe, Saka, Lacazette.

Subs: Runarsson, Gabriel, Chambers, Elneny, Ceballos, Odegaard, Willian, Martinelli, Aubameyang.

Wolves: Patricio, Boly, Coady, Kilman, Semedo, Moutinho, Neves, Neto, Traore, Podence, Willian Jose.
Subs: Ruddy, Hoever, Silva, Gibbs-White, Vitinha, Dendoncker, Richards, Otasowie.

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Who will have the best Willian by the end of the night? :popcorn:

[Marc Overmars]

Saka :bow:

[Gooner23]

Should be 1-0 up, unbelievable pass from Partey

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Saka hits the post! Noooo.

[Marc Overmars]

Bury that Saka!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Xhaka, not so good.

[Marc Overmars]

Very good start

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Saka shoots, Rui Patricio saves.

[Gooner23]

All over them, need to score

[Gooner23]

Apparently their left back has come from non league, and he's looking like it. Saka has him on toast currently.

[Gooner23]

1-0 Saka

[McNamara That Ghost...]

SAKA!!! What a player.

[Marc Overmars]

SAKA!!!

Fucking quality.

[Gooner23]

Offside, fuck

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Will be disallowed.

[Marc Overmars]

Disallowed.

Fuck off.

[Letters]

Probably right but really?
These things where someone’s foot are a bit offside are bullshit.

[GP]

Probably right but really?
These things where someone’s foot are a bit offside are bullshit.

Yeah, it's technically right, I GUESS! But is that in the spirit of the rule?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bellerin. :haha:

[Marc Overmars]

Bellerin gets into a great position and does fuck all.

[Letters]

Yeah, it's technically right, I GUESS! But is that in the spirit of the rule?

Agree. That one was clearer than some I’ve seen but this poring over centimetres here and there seems silly to me.

[Marc Overmars]

We’re dominating them. Have to score.

[Letters]

Partay looking good.

[Gooner23]

The pace has slowed down now which is a bit frustrating, feel like we're letting Wolves ease back into the game

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Leno saves from Semedo.

Bit of a Pickford save but Holding covering it.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rui Patricio saves from Pepe's howitzer!

[Marc Overmars]

Playing some good football here. Every attack looking purposeful. Just need that goal.

[Letters]

What a hit from Pepe!
Good save

[Letters]

Absolutely pissing down there

[Mac76]

good effort Pepe - great save fom Patricio

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Partey. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kilman booked, Old Man Moutinho was booked earlier too.

[Letters]

:lol: Awful short corner.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pel?

[Mac76]

pelanty?

[Gooner23]

Pepe !!!!

[GP]

PEPE LE PEW!!!!!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

PEPE!!!! What a goal!!!! :bow:

[Marc Overmars]

Pepe!!!

That was quality.

[Gooner23]

Great determination to wriggle through a couple of trackies and lovely finish with the right foot

[Letters]

PEPE!!

What a goal!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

He never would've tried with his right foot on the right hand side, such an enigma. :lol:

[Mac76]

I'm not sure about Leno comig so far out of his area at times

[Mac76]

brilliant goal!

[Gooner23]

It was a great finish but dreadful defending. Wolves look hopeless at the back, will be very disappointed if we don't get 3 points.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pepe on the right hand side, fucks it up. :lol:

[GP]

Pepe is pure chaos.

Like a less shit Sanogo.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Decent pressure from Wolves. Willian Jose helped relieve it though. :lol:

Neves shot, ISS style save from Leno.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

ESR puts it across goal, nobody going far post.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Partey booked, as cynical as it gets. :bow:

[Marc Overmars]

Saka should have tried to get to that really.

[Letters]

FFS, Saka. Don’t just stand there!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Leno has died.

[Mac76]

Partey booked, as cynical as it gets. :bow:

dumb foul

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Traore. :lol:

[Gooner23]

Luiz red card and pen, stupid cunt

[McNamara That Ghost...]

David Luiz sent off. Why, why why?

[Gooner23]

He never fucking learns and it's going to cost us again in a game we should be comfortably winning

[Marc Overmars]

OMG fuck off Luiz.

[GP]

Never a red.

[Mac76]

Traore :haha:

[Marc Overmars]

What a way to utterly ruin a pretty enjoyable half of football.

[Letters]

Oh fuck off.

[Mac76]

oh... :(

[Gooner23]

Just let him score, you fucking moron.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-1 Ruben Neves.

[Mac76]

what a total arse that guy is, this is down to Arteta still insisting on playing at least one clapped-out Chelsea tosser

[Marc Overmars]

Fuck this.

Can’t believe that. Played so well and Luiz fucks it all up with a minute to go.

[Letters]

Luiz has cost us 2 points. Maybe 3.
He can fuck off.

[Gooner23]

A lot of people saying the red card was harsh? haven't watched the replays as was too angry

[Mac76]

A lot of people saying the red card was harsh? haven't watched the replays as was too angry

wasn't it the 'last man' thing?

anyway Luiz took the risk of it being red so makes no odds, it wasa a monumental blunder by a total clown

[Marc Overmars]

A lot of people saying the red card was harsh? haven't watched the replays as was too angry

Just clumsy nonsense from that fucking clown. How many times have we seen him do it when he’s scrambling to get back.

[Edinburgh Gooner]

Ref in studio says he was sent off for not making a tackle??? I'm done

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Clumsy but accidental fouls denying a goal scoring opportunity are supposed to be a yellow now. No idea what that kiss ass Peter Walton is on about.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lacazette off, Gabriel on.

[GP]

Dreadful decision. No idea what this ref is thinking.

[LDG]

How many times is that fucker going to cost us.

[Mac76]

Gabriel comes on 45 mins too late

[Letters]

Clumsy but accidental fouls denying a goal scoring opportunity are supposed to be a yellow now. No idea what that kiss ass Peter Walton is on about.

A red does seem harsh. He hardly “denied a goal scoring opportunity”, they got a pel.
He hardly touched him tbh but it was pretty stupid at this level.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ruben Neves booked.

Run at him!

[Mac76]

we're now going to have to knacker our players out just to earn a point

[Gooner23]

2-1 Wolves

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-1 Moutinho whacks it in.

[Marc Overmars]

Moutinho wondergoal

[Mac76]

we need to try to get Neves sent off now

[Edinburgh Gooner]

The double decker will be out now

[Gooner23]

I normally don't get too worked up about our defeats anymore, but this one I'm so fucking angry

[Mac76]

should Leno have stopped that?

[Letters]

Shit! Did you see that?!

Fuck off Luiz.

[Letters]

I normally don't get too worked up about our defeats anymore, but this one I'm so fucking angry

Yes. But be angry with one player*. Not the team.
*And maybe the manager for playing him

[Mac76]

Shit! Did you see that?!

Fuck off Luiz.

what?

[Edinburgh Gooner]

Hopefully that is the last of Luiz. Gabriel should be getting his place back.

[Marc Overmars]

I normally don't get too worked up about our defeats anymore, but this one I'm so fucking angry

Most angry I’ve been for a while. Mainly because we played so well and this game should have been buried. Now it’s most likely a defeat.

Stuck in midtable.

[Mac76]

Yes. But be angry with one player*. Not the team.
*And maybe the manager for playing him

*DEFINITELY

[Mac76]

Hopefully that is the last of Luiz. Gabriel should be getting his place back.

such a shame Arteta always has to learn the hard way instead of working it out

[Mac76]

the Ref's clearly from Wolverhampton

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Piss off Neto.

[Marc Overmars]

Still getting in behind them, might be another goal in it for us. Though of course conceding a third is equally likely.

[Mac76]

Gabriel :bow:

[Letters]

the Ref's clearly from Wolverhampton

He’s not giving us a thing.

[Mac76]

i'd swap ESR out for Odegaard soon

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pepe off, Auba on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Xhaka with his customary yellow.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Podence off, Vitinha on.

[Mac76]

Xhaka picks up his yellow for the night - can we look forward to a ban soon?

[Mac76]

with Luiz and hopefully Xhaka gone in the summer we can finally look to do something good next season

[Mac76]

Auba looks off the pace straight away, taking off Pepe was nuts

[Letters]

I’m confident we’d have won this had it not be for that one piece of idiocy.

:fury:

[Mac76]

I’m confident we’d have won this had it not be for that one piece of idiocy.

:fury:

yes we were playing really well and had Wolves playing defensively - at least this should mean if Arteta was entertaining the thought of giving Luiz another year this might put him off...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Leno sent off. Oh jesus christ.

[GP]

Umm, what?

[LDG]

Fucking Hell

[Letters]

yes we were playing really well and had Wolves playing defensively - at least this should mean if Arteta was entertaining the thought of giving Luiz another year this might put him off...

I think Luiz is basically a pretty good player but he does this sort of thing too often and it costs us.

[Marc Overmars]

Leno sent off

Wow another fucking idiot

[GP]

Since when is a handball a straight red?

[Mac76]

their Willian is much better than ours

[Letters]

Ah. Think I’ll be turning off then.
What a complete shit show.

[Mac76]

what a fucking joke of a game

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Partey off, Runarsson.

This is going to go well.

[Mac76]

so Runarrsson will be our goalie now

Arsenal :rose:

[Marc Overmars]

Absolutely stunned how this has turned out after all the good work in the first half.

[Mac76]

Den Donker on

[Mac76]

how many do we need to get sent off for the match to be abandoned?

[Letters]

how many do we need to get sent off for the match to be abandoned?

:lol:

Come on Xhaka, you know what to do.

[Mac76]

bringing on Auba in a situation like this was a bad call - there's no way he's going to be 100% focussed - Arteta's had a terrible game

[Marc Overmars]

bringing on Auba in a situation like this was a bad call - Arteta's had a terrible game

Nah can’t blame him for this one.

9 times out of 10 we win this game from that first half. This is just pure carelessness.

[Slacker]

bringing on Auba in a situation like this was a bad call - there's no way he's going to be 100% focussed - Arteta's had a terrible game

He's a terrible manager. Anyone who has Luiz and Xhaka in the first XI clearly is going to win fuck all.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Why are Darke and Keown talking like we should go all guns blazing?

We're down to 9 men you tits.

[GP]

He's a terrible manager. Anyone who has Luiz and Xhaka in the first XI clearly isn't going to win fuck all.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_FA_Cup_Final#Details

[Mac76]

Why are Darke and Keown talking like we should go all guns blazing?

We're down to 9 men you tits.

we're also, like, losing...

[Mac76]

Nah can’t blame him for this one.

9 times out of 10 we win this game from that first half. This is just pure carelessness.

well, it was carelessness by a defender who shouldn't have started the game

[McNamara That Ghost...]

5 added minutes.

[Slacker]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_FA_Cup_Final#Details

Touché ��. OK I'll add of note to that.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

we're also, like, losing...

Yeah we're down to nine men.

[Mac76]

Yeah we're down to nine men.

and losing...

[Mac76]

Runarsson puts it out for a corner... :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

and losing...

Oh ok we'll just get each player on the ball to beat three men, easily done.

There is a litany of examples where teams down to 9 men have gone on the attack and valiantly obtained a point.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-1 FT. Ridiculous game.

How we've lost home and away to these shits is beyond me.

[Mac76]

Oh ok we'll just get each player on the ball to beat three men, easily done.

There is a litany of examples where teams down to 9 men have gone on the attack and valiantly obtained a point.

sure, but all they were saying is we weren't showing any sign of trying to get forward at all, just defending - getting a point is worth the risk of conceding an extra goal IMO

[Marc Overmars]

Joke of a defeat.

[Mac76]

trust us to give a team their first win in months

Luiz should never play for us again - how many reds is that in just two seasons?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

sure, but all they were saying is we weren't showing any sign of trying to get forward at all, just defending - getting a point is worth the risk of conceding an extra goal IMO

They're talking utter shit. It's damage limitation at the point of going down to nine men.

[GP]

I don't know why commentators always talk about Traore as if he's an Henry regen. He never does anything. 0G 0A this season. Just a sprinter.

[Letters]

trust us to give a team their first win in months

Luiz should never play for us again - how many reds is that in just two seasons?
See my post in March reaction.
Complete bullshit sending off.
The referee gave them the 3 points tonight.