Emirates Stadium

Some more of that, please!

Yes, it was a pre-season friendly. Yes, it was against Sevilla. And, yes, they have sold their both Centre Backs recently. But that doesn’t take away the brilliant performance of the team at Emirates. We saw some electrifying performance from Gabriel Jesus, Bukayo Saka and Martinelli. We get to watch another 75 minutes of Thomas Partey’s sublime football and we get to see calmness of a 21year old William Saliba, who was apparently not ready few months back.

It was brilliant!

First quarter of the match was peak football from boys. We pressed and pressed hard, Saka won a penalty and scored. Jesus scored the next one of a rebound from the GK and scored another one from a brilliant cross from Martinelli. That third goal was so good you can watch it on repeat, trust me. Saka scored another one from a misplaced pass from Sevilla GoalKeeper and we were 4-0 up before it was 20 minutes on the clock. Jesus completed his hattrick, in his first home appearance, in 77th minute before being substituted by Nketiah (EN#14). But we were not done, Martinelli had a run with the ball, similar to the one against Chelsea couple years back when he sent Kante to get him a coffee, which he decided selflessly to pass to Eddie for a tap in. I don’t know if I hate him for not scoring for himself after a very good game, or love him for his selflessness.

All in all, it was a performance we would like to see from boys for the whole season. It’s less than a week now before we start our campaign and if we keep the form of yesterday, we would be in a good run.

Key takeaway? Gabriel Jesus is the answer to our goal scoring problem. Eddie Nketiah has bulked up and looks lethal, I am a bit scared by ESR’s treatment last season after good run of games, and hope Eddie gets his game time to keep his form. Thomas Partey is very crucial for our season, and we need a competition for him if (& when) he is injured. A back four of White, Saliba, Gabriel and Zinchenko looks solid, we need to tie up Saliba before his agent decided to have another dinner with OM’s representatives. Saka has this calmness in him which only a few world class players have, and Martinelli is a CHAOS.

I’m excited! Some more of that, please!

Short one today, don’t forget to share your thoughts in the comments. Pass the website link to your friends and family, bribe them a beer to read LiR because this is the closest place to a fan’s opinion (patting myself on the back, lol).

50 Comments

  1. Kroenkephobe

    Anyway, talking in an abstract way about tea bagging your significant other while she’s getting forty winks, there are some seriously thick bastards on LG discussing legal matters. Fucking wankers.

    Pedro inhabiting his Nigel persona telling people to up their game… Oh,the irony.

  2. Kroenkephobe

    This potential Forest signing has really got me fired up. 🍆💦If they get him, I hope the Forest crew will adapt the ‘winter wonderland’ song we had for Bergo back in the day.

    ‘Walking along, singing a song’ however is far too tame a line for the song. Here’s a version they might be able to get behind (fnarr, fnarr)

    There’s only one Jizz Hornkamp
    One Jizz Hornkamp
    Scores a goal by the Trent
    His ball bag is spent
    Swimming in a Jizzhorn wonderland.

    Some of you will surely be able to ‘beat’ that. Have at it lads.

  3. Kroenkephobe

    TV review
    All or Nothing: Arsenal review – Mikel Arteta is like a supply teacher out of his depth

    This from the Guardian. Not seen it yet but the reviewer’s headline accords with what I’m expecting. A supply teacher out of his depth indeed. They used to get eaten alive at my Alma Mater. I’m sure Almunia has a few stories about supply teacher calamities.

  4. Kroenkephobe

    Just seen the shit that Pedro, the metatetafluffer, has written. TV critic (or any kind of objective critic) he ain’t. It just reads like something from the DotCom and therefore fucking worthless. LG has fully morphed into a club establishment bag o’shite.

  5. Marc

    Kroenke

    One of the posters on Le Gohead put up a comment earlier about the documentary and mentioned not much on tactics unlike the City version – and these fuckers are surprised Pep is a master who if anything has too many tactics Arteta has one lump it into the box!

    Pedro has us and the Spud’s fighting it out for 3rd but has also said 11 points from our first 5 matches is good – Palace will be difficult and I’m only expecting a point but if Arteta’s so good the other 4 should be straight wins.

    Biggest question of the season for Arsenal is when will the excuses start?

  6. Killroy-TM

    The sub for the Athletic is total worth it. Cancelled it after they sent me a renewal notice because they wanted too much money within seconds got a message back renewal at the discount price I originally paid.

    The article about Farcelona and its financing was a superb master piece and I understand now what is taking place. After reading the Athletic you can safely wander off to the LG spin box because you are filled up with reality.

    Would love to see Auba play for the Chavs and I know he would make my day because he would love nothing better then stick it to Arteta, looks like that this can become a reality even though I would much more prefer the Barca players that they want to move on stay and insist on having their contracts being honored which could result in very few of their new signings being registered.

    What a wonderful sideshow this TW is offering.

  7. Marc

    Killroy

    Arteta is a goal vampire – he takes strikers who have always scored and sucks the goals out of them.

    How long before he does that with Jesus?

  8. Marc

    Mate you might want to start a little Hornkamp therapy – it just ain’t gonna happen.

    Arteta managing to suck the life out of any creative player on the other hand is guaranteed.

  9. Killroy-TM

    I am keeping my fingers crossed for Auba to the Chaves for a dish best served cold, revenge.

  10. Kroenkephobe

    If this is to be the beginning of a Brave New World (and I have several doubts it is given the ineptitude and awfulness of our pocket sized manager) then we really need to be doubling the likes of second rung teams like Palace, Villa, BHA etc. like we used to when we were successful. The squad has had a good amount of time together, pre-season has been good and so there can be no excuses.

    That documentary… Wow! No BAFTAs I suspect. There is a perceptible lack of winning ambition throughout the club. Style over substance exemplified by Tets and the Kroenke man boy. I thought it was a bit cringeworthy tbh.

  11. Kroenkephobe

    Ramsdale mere was OK, but the dad came over as a nouveau riche knob and a self-parody. You can see where junior gets certain aspects of his strange behaviour at times. It struck me how players were happy to crap on about their own experiences (I think a management cliche manual would describe it as a ‘journey’ – yuck) but next to nothing about team cohesion, winning trophies and fighting for each other. A club packed to the gunnels with frauds. The fans provided the raw emotion of course.

    That the take on our history was provided by TH was also wide of the mark. For me, TA is our figurehead from the last 30 years. But he’s far less likely to comply with the club’s insistence on turd polishing.

  12. Killroy-TM

    Watched the first 3 episodes and I didn’t expect too much of insight as the audience must also have been considered in the making and editing. We are a different and demanding audience so not much to expect for us.

    Also felt there were a few cringe worthy moments but it did shine a different light at Tets and for me it showed he is an excellent salesman and it definitely looks like he sold his process to KSE.

  13. Hoopah

    https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/arsenal-arteta-smith-rowe-doubts-27664807

    By the way the reported injuries , slight knocks, tingling sensations and like generalities to explain Smith Rowe exclusions getting curioser and curioser when we have seen ESR scoring almost every time the Manager’s hand was forced and ESR miraculously got fit to play.
    The Amazon Documentary gives an inkling Arteta despises Smith Rowe , or likely gets his thrill humiliating him.
    “Not yet fit”was a tool right from Wengerdays, who incidentally was also dominating kind, though not nasty like the current specimen.
    Or likely , that ESR was primarily responsible to save Arteta that December is a painfull reminder which Arteta is trying to exorcise by extricating Smith Rowe from the tableau

  14. Kroenkephobe

    OK, just for fun. Let’s have everyone’s Arsenal-related predictions.

    Position in PL – third (or the little guy gets it).
    EL – Losing finalist
    FA Cup – Semi Final
    Carabao – Semi Final
    Top three scorers in order GJ, GM, BS
    Star player of the season – TP (with the predictable caveats of course)
    Flop of the season other than GX – Ben White
    Site of the season – LiR

  15. Hoopah

    LiR is tops because besides the content it has AlumiasnoMore posts

  16. Kroenkephobe

    Hoopah
    Hi mate. Where you watching the game tonight? I’m gonna be sat at home with my kids and their Gooner mates.

    It’ll be entirely predictable if Arteta turns on players to cover up his inadequacies. ESR, as the film showed, is as Arsenal as they come. Clearly a good egg and my favourite player, just ahead of Bukayo. I describe the two of them and Martinelli to my kids as the children I wished I’d had! Helps keep them on their toes.

    I think we can all agree that this preseason feels more hopeful than the last (although another season with Tets, Bunga Edu and the other idiots in charge gives me a feeling that we’re still not progressing as we ought to be.

  17. Killroy-TM

    Will post my prediction after the 1st competitive game.

  18. Kroenkephobe

    Killroy
    Hi. All that fence sitting will make your arse ache. 😀Enjoy the game mate.

  19. Killroy-TM

    I can really see how PV4 would want to put on a show because angling for the AFC manager job may be on offer.

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