Well, a lot of things are not going our way recently. We have had some horrendous performances recently, we have fallen a bit in the title race and our technical director has left. We had injuries and it affected the way we played our games, we also had refereeing decisions going against us. Most important of all, it was a failure from the manager to not plan for it in advance. It was a failure of manager to not motivate players to play the way he wants. If you tell me that we can’t play the way we want if couple of players from starting XI are not available, then what’s the point of having a 24-man squad? You won’t have a 100% favourable condition, no matter which team you manage in whatever era. Today, against Inter Milan, on a Champions League night, away from home is the perfect place to show the world it was just a hiccup, and not the way forward. Let us make an statement with the ball.
Right, here I am in all the doom and gloom, EXCITED for the Champions League.
Team News
Lets start with a good news, Martin Odegaard is back in full training today. We needed him so badly to fix the creativity in that midfield and to get back on winning terms. He may not start straightaway but he would have some role to play tomorrow in case things don’t go as planned. Ben White was used as a substitute against Newcastle and should be available for the game. Declan Rice hasn’t travelled with the team, as a precaution to some discomfort. There’s no statement yet from the club but he is certainly not playing.
Arteta confirmed in his press conference when asked about Declan Rice
Declan unfortunately picked an injury against Newcastle. He was able to finish and he wasn’t feeling good the last few days. We’ll have to assess him on Thursday and see if he’s ready for Chelsea.
source: Arsenal.com
On Odegaard,
The positive news, Martin it’s great to have him back. He trained with us first time today. He’s a bit earlier than expected. But it’s great to have him here and we will decide if we use him tomorrow.
source : Arsenal.com
Back 4 is sorted with Ben White availability. Timber and White can cover LB and RB respectively. Midfield is going to be a problem again for Mikel. Thomas Partey and Merino will be present but who is going to play in place of Rice? We wouldn’t be risking Odegaard after 2 months of an injury to start straightaway in a highly competitive game against Inter Milan. Jorginho? May be. Because, apparently we don’t trust a 17 year old who had shown some good football in whatever minutes he has played.
We have been over-reliant on our defence. Defence wins you game – fine, but if you don’t score you lose 2 very important points. We need to go offensive against Inter, we need our front 3 to own up and not hide behind a non-existent midfield. It’s not like the likes of Saka, Havertz and Martinelli didn’t have chances, it wasn’t a lot but it was there. At this level, if you can’t convert a 50-50, you are not good enough. Lets not talk about Gabriel Jesus at all here.
I haven’t watched Inter from a long time. I don’t know how they play but I am guessing Martinez will be cause some chaos.
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KP
t’es de la merde
being a clown and being funny are two totally different things…he’s unequivocally the former
our whole setup nowadays is based on appeasing two players, Havertz and Rice…neither is worthy of such a level of importance, especially considering that the latter wants to play up front…now we’ve got Jesus coming in for Merino, which is rather perplexing in light of our midfield concerns…why the fuck not Ethan???
Biden was a clown and not funny at all.. anyways, not my problem, Americans needs to deal with it.
TRVL
Because Ethan is a 17 year old ambitious player, who is not going to confine himself if your JDP shite.
we’ve had more corners today than shots on target in our last 3 matches combined…Saliba should have got his head on that one…looks like he’s been studying the Havertz close your eyes and duck method
Ambarish—unlike yourself I’m on this side of the world, so this shit matters…btw Biden wasn’t a clown, but he should have bowed out much earlier so that the best possible replacement could have been identified
TRVL
From a neutral perspective, it probably came down to choosing a mental and a old age guy. Elon and the likes of Joe rogen helped Trump get that edge against Kamala…
They had their reasons, indirect tax, capital gain taxes etc..
I understand that a bit because I’m suffering from the same here in India. Out finance minister has shut down every opportunity to save money because she wants the economy to reach 5 trillion dollars. The provident funds interest rates (muck like 401k) are the lowest, the capital gains taxes have increased in recent budget, and I’m on a upper middle class spectrum but still can’t afford anything of importance.
If I had to choose between my current finance minister and Trump, I would choose later.
Inter have gone into a semi-MA half-shell so we had better score before they bring in Thuram and Barella or they will hurt us on the counter…Havertz finally showed some touch, but he’s an embarassing fuck when it comes to flopping
Ambarish—that’s the problem, everyone is thinking about themselves first instead of the greater good, so he fits that negative script exceptionally well…that doesn’t make it right though…he’s no fucking Robin Hood-type, if it weren’t for his inheritance and all the privileges that come with that he would be a toothless fuck in a trailer park cage fingering his first cousin
TRVL
There is some difference to what Americans see themselves and the rest of the world do. First world country, biggest economy, dollar controlling everything around the world, most powerful, no one does poor (if they want to, ofcourse). Health care is shite compared to UK but only UK is an exception.
At that level, it’s never about development and jobs.. it’s about the LGBTQ shite, abortions policies, personal remarks, businesses, taxes, etc.. Trump handled that well to Kamala.
Oh, and sorry to say but Kamala is not an American American, that went against her…
Havertz is back to his Chelsea form.
What’s the point of putting into the box if no one score off a header.. Mikel still hadn’t figured it out.
Nwaneri is coming for 8 fucking minutes.. yeah.
Now I understand why you mistakenly felt like Elon and Joe Rogan were at the forefront of this victory, you’re an alogrithm baby, thus the reason why LGBTQ and abortions were at the top of your list…of course, I’m not suggesting that these issues didn’t play a role, but one must be careful not to be too myopic when it comes to the political realm…this story goes much further back, long before the aforementioned individuals were mistakenly placed in a role of unjustified prominence…this was a Paganist vote in many ways, even though it pretended to be something decidely different…when things have gone full Florida Man, you want somene in office that best reflects your gluttonous desires
we have to take advantage of our chances…too many missed opportunities
good to see Ode back on the pitch…hopefully it’s not too late to salvage a point
TRVL
Frankly I don’t care who runs America. Elon was a part of it, because I could see his Twitter influence. He spent 44b dollars not just for fun.
It’s too late.. that Nwaneri shot looked like what Martinelli would have tried, couple seasons back…
Right, that’s all for the day.. that was boring day for football for Arsenal fans.
btw that overtly thirsty fuck simply dipped into his endless pile of money that came from the very same Chinese people that his bed buddy Trump called his sworn enemy…must be nice to never be accountable for your actions…just saying…Cheers
I’ll give MA credit if he can find a way to win trophies without scoring…now that would be a serious Dark Arts masterclass