Although disappointed, I honestly thought we were unlucky last night.
We had the most possession and more shots.
Great to see Odegaard back and the difference Nwaneri made in the short time he played.
You obviously have to beat the opposition AND the Referee in Italy.
Chavs next.
Performance was ok but not enough up front. Story of our lives.
Need a huge showing at Chelsea now because this season is already shaping up to be a bit of a disaster. The team has regressed quite badly and find themselves a long way off the levels they found last year.
Nwaneri should have started and should have been used more in geeneral in the period while Odegaard's not been fit - if so we could by now have a real alternative to Odegaard instead of someone who's still confined to bit parts because Arteta is too conservative
it's a self-fulfilling prophecy - by not giving players enough time in games where it's not too much of a risk, he then becomes more cautious about playing them in other games becasue they've not had much playing time...
This reminds me of our form in December last year. Which carried through to January, eleven goals scored in nine games. 4 defeats, 13 goals conceded.
As always, the problem is in attack….people assumed because we started scoring four and five goals in games for a while that there wasn’t an issue going forward, but the problem is we are reliant on players who go on and off the boil. Havertz is not prolific, Trossard is not prolific, Saka and Martinelli are not strikers (neither arguably are the first two)
Last night the problem wasn’t even not creating chances, we had an XG of over 2 (which isn’t bad for a game in the San Siro) the problem was putting those chances away.
We are going backwards - it's been happening for the last 4 or 5 weeks.
Our whole attack is set up to try and win corners and see if we can head it in - it's pathetic.
Our excellent defensive record has been smashed to bits recently too.
We now can't defend well and can't score at all.
And I don't want to hear one more comment about Odegaard being out - we should still have enough to be able to create chances and score!
Arteta has done well the last two seasons but this season should have been the one to push on and instead he's fallen off the wagon.
It's gonna be a top 4 battle if we are lucky some the end of the season - and if that is the case then Arteta needs to go at the end of it.
And that form is what lost us the title last season.Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn
People always say 'it was the Villa game' but it bloody well wasn't!!
It was that shite December period where we fucked about and played like losers & dropped 12 points.
And FOR THE LOVE OF GOD...... is it too much to ask for our professional attackers to shoot the ball at the fucking goal and not put it wide or launch it into space everytime!!
Which is why I've hopped on the #ArtetaOut bandwaggon. The lack of a clinical striker was such an obvious problem last season, to fail to address it is just negligent. The penalty was bollox but it's yet another game where we didn't score and that means the best we'll ever get is a draw. If we lose at Chelsea, or even draw really, then I think the fans will start to turn against Arteta.
I do also wonder how much has possibly been taken away psychologically after missing out last season. I did have concerns about this year simply because of the fact I felt we played better than anyone ever thought we could last year and for that to still not be good enough must have cut deep.
We’ve never been as good as that peak Klopp team either so I’m not sure if we have it in our locker to find a level as relentless as that again.
Winners go again, losers collapse and fade
Absolutely and this team are very much in danger of falling into that loser category now.
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