[✅️FT] Newcastle United 1-0 Arsenal

Let's pick ourselves up

From Mikel's press conference:

Do you have any regrets on your actions at Newcastle last year?

M: That’s part of the past and part of the situation that happened. You learn from it and you take a lot of positives as well. We moved on.

Do you think your comments worked?

M: My intention is not that the comments worked. I had to say what I felt on the day.

Have the standards of refereeing improved?

M: They are certainly trying their best.

I'm fully prepared to get fucked back to back.

I swear, this club and the manchester blue cunts are the worst clubs in the fucking world.

you know it's bad though when even Saka doesn't look much up for it.

Apparently no clean sheets in 6 — I mean, to be fair, we keep having to switch up the back four. But my word we need to fix up.

I miss Ødegaard.

Tbh this game has been making me realise just how much White does for us. Ødegaard also obviously a big miss.

the commentary talking about us being good at stats and still losing the title last season. brother that's cuz city bought the fucking refs man

Doesn't happen too often but we're actually worse than last season.

Certainly feels like White wasn't meant to play today from his passing so far.

Trossard off the bench dribbles past both defenders and gets a shot on goal.

aghhh so close for Rice.

I am not happy with Trossard. Though to be fair none of the attackers are getting any joy.

Also, why is it that, upon winning an aerial duel, 75% of the time it just goes straight back to the opposition? Do we have shit aim?

Newcastle kicks it out of bounds and then gets possession back

Well that was a dog shit performance from us for the entirety of that first half. Absolutely and utterly not good enough. Our second half and the three points all depend on how brave Arteta can be. Otherwise our title hopes are looking like they're gonna slip away.

I think football just isn't going my way today.

and yes it is a pretty sizeable indictment to Arsenal that I've felt bored enough that I'm pulling an FM game up during the actual game.

fuck.

That longball for Timber shows the problems with this team. Two centre forwards on the pitch and neither playing centrally. Swap Trosaard for Nwaneri and push Havertz up

That was a very impressive defending run from Gordon. Kinda just shoves Jesus out of the way though, sell it more and we could have had something.

Honestly this might be the first game that I've seen from them which really makes me think Gordon deserves to start for England on the left.

Hopefully we pull the reverse of what we've been doing and have a killer second half.

we've been quite dreadful today, ngl.

Back to the dark days, where we'd have the ball around their box for 20 minutes then in 5 seconds they'd have scored via 3 passes

Zinchenko and Nwaneri coming on

We need sweeping changes

I do appreciate that we've gone back to basics and actually having a 4-3-3 now.

has to score that.

Someone who's able to watch: are they at least getting tired? If not I can't see how we get anything out of today.

Trossard has just not looked great has he. I'm honestly not sure why he still starts, tbh; nor why we still are trying this four four fucking two shit.

I think you need Jesus and Zinchenko on here, tbh. Just not enough centrally. Trossard needs to come off.

Jesus needs to play today, honestly. Put him on for Trossard after the break or something.

What's the chant that's to the tune of Santi Cazorla's there?

I actually can't name a single thing Saka's done this second half.

That was impressive to get that ball from Zinny there, lol.

Set plays are apparently another area where we aren't as good as last year.

That was a really flat poor performance. We really don’t seem to lift our game unless we are playing the big big clubs.

Like, I get that that happened cuz of being off balance, but what's Trossard doing wrapping his arms round someone's legs there XD

Is Arteta Eidevall in disguise, why are we just cross and inshallah so much today... i'm tired boss

Looking forward to seeing +1 minute

Four four facking two

No changes at halftime. WTF Arteta?

Arteta has had a stinker of megalithic proportions.