Greenlizard0 Weekend Football Thread ** spoilers ** [18th - 22nd January 2019]

[opethdisciple]

Completely different Arsenal today.

Effort, organisation, system, fight, defending starts with Lacazette and Aubameyang.

With Lacazette and Aubameyang and a decent defensive platform things can be done.

Even Koscielny is back!

 

[jonneymendoza]

where was this arsenal side during the xmas and nye peroid?

Infact the last time i saw THIS arsenal was against Spurs....

 

[Yas786]

Good first half but let’s see what the second half brings as that’s when we lose our games.

 

[jonneymendoza]

Good first half but let’s see what the second half brings as that’s when we lose our games.

2nd half is where we actually play better lol

 

[BaZ87]

With the madness of how our game went, I forgot to mention how bad a ref John Moss is. Anthony Taylor was rightly hammered for giving a penalty the other season when it was the attacking player that handled the ball, Moss done the absolute opposite today when he gave Palace a free-kick for a Townsend handball in the area.

 

[Pigeon_Killer]

Bellarin dead, knee injury?

 

[The_One]

Arsenals bad luck with injuries in full force again

 

[Ayahuasca]

With the madness of how our game went, I forgot to mention how bad a ref John Moss is. Anthony Taylor was rightly hammered for giving a penalty the other season when it was the attacking player that handled the ball, Moss done the absolute opposite today when he gave Palace a free-kick for a Townsend handball in the area.

The commentators on the channel I was watching were even worse, it showed the replay quite clearly hitting Towsends arm and one of them said “yep, comes off Mane” I know they only have small screen monitors in front of them but come on...

 

[Purdy]

Race for 4th pretty interesting now, wonder will Spurs drop into it

 

[Alex h]

Great result for United's top 4 hopes

 

[trigg_27]

Very disciplined defensive performance from Arsenal today. Sacrificed a lot of possession which is always worrying, but it worked

 

[Shamikebab]

Three points off fourth now, who would have guessed this a month ago?

 

[BaZ87]

Closed the goal difference gap too. Arsenal probably have the friendliest fixtures between now and the end of the season though having played us and Chelsea home and away already.

 

[ThestigGT999]

Naby Keita got away with a horrendous challenge on Andros Townsend

 

[Yas786]

Nice win from us, finally getting the better of Chelsea. Makes a change I guess, just need to stop dropping points to teams we should be beating on paper.

Good result all in all.

 

[BaZ87]

Naby Keita got away with a horrendous challenge on Andros Townsend

Not really. He won the ball then stands on his foot with the follow through.

 

[explicit4u]

That’s one of the worst Chelsea performances I’ve seen against us, but hey I’ll take it!

 

[robfosters]

Great result for us, so pleased. Chelsea look so toothless though. They better hope Gonzo hits the ground running or they could be struggling for top four. Think spurs could well get dragged into it too after Kane’s injury. Very interesting season this is shaping up to be.

 

[Purdy]

Not really. He won the ball then stands on his foot with the follow through.

Indeed standing on someone’s foot without much speed adding to the force isn’t exactly dangerous

 

[Pigeon_Killer]

This Chelsea team look a mess atm. One of the best attacking midfielders in the world playing as a target man, arguably the best defensive midfielder in the world playing as an attacking midfielder and his star quarterback has now been found out and is man marked.

Not sure Sarri should be blaming the players given the way they're set up to play.