“A rampant Arsenal gunned down the Wolves”
That’s the perfect headline to sum up how Arsenal made sure to end the season the right way, despite having to settle for second place.
After failing to win their last two games, Arsenal were hungry for a win, satisfying their hunger with a 5-0 thrashing of Wolves at the Emirates.
Arteta kept his team the same; he used the team that fell 1-0 to Nottingham Forest, and it paid off. Xhaka got a brace, Arsenal’s first two goals in the first half — a perfect farewell if he leaves as speculated.
Saka made it three in the 27th minute. In the second half, Gabriel Jesus got Arsenal’s fourth in the 58th minute, and Kiwior made it five in the 78th minute.
Arsenal’s win should be a perfect indication of how Arsenal’s frustration at failing to win the league can see them be as ruthless as they ought to be next season.
Martin Odegaard has already promised that next season they will be more than inspired by their failures this season to be better. The Norwegian told Arsenal.com, “Last season, we had a difficult end when we dropped out of the Champions League. But we used that anger and came back stronger this year, and we need to do the same thing again. We could have won the league, so let’s use this disappointment in a good way, learn from it, and make sure it doesn’t happen the same next season.”
It may be too early to say this, but I can’t wait to see the Arsenal of 2023–24 after a good summer of incomings and outgoings. Can you?
Sam P
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Maybe Odegaard can recommend Sorloth to Arteta and Edu? He failed at Crystal Palace, but he seemed to have found his mojo back at Real Sociedad and would likely not mind to play second fiddle to Jesus
Gai, it’s better Arsenal don’t go for a mediocre CF we need someone with different dynamism that GJesue doesn’t have and can compete with him. Probably a goal poacher like Nkethiar but a taller version with a good holdup play.
Sylva – yes someone totally different from Jesus (who is not a real CF at all). Someone tall, strong and whose one purpose in life is to stick the ball in the net having put himself in the right position to do so ! Someone who will give opposition defenders a different dimension for them to deal with. All our offensive players are excellent ballers but we need something completely different to complement what we already possess, as you have indicated.
Your dead right about Jeff Stelling Reggie.An impossible act to follow.I know Wolves had packed up for their holidays but wasn’t Jesus so comfortable and effective on the right wing where he has of course played so often for Brazil.His assist could not have been replicated by an”inverted” right winger and his headed goal was perfectly executed.For those who press for a back up for Saka, we already have one in Jesus.A more physical central striker is needed but that is the only addition we need in attack..One thing for sure,we will not see Holding nor the excellent Tierney in the Arsenal shirt again.I noticed they were first down the tunnel together after the celebrations.Whether or not the same applies to ESR, we will have to wait and see.
👍Grandad. Yes we have to be careful with all this inverted mularky. It may turn into imploded.
👍👍Reggie and Grandad, people seem to forget that there have been sensible reasons over the history of football, why it has been played certain ways, with certain formations and playing positions.
There will always be variations of the theme but everything can be exploited. Our system got exploited.
Its about knowing how to, when and when not to use them.
I don’t fancy another goal-poacher, since we’ve got Jesus, Nketiah, Balogun, Martinelli and Trossard for that tactic. We also had Aubameyang to do it with mixed results
I agree that we need someone that can handle the opposition’s CBs easily, similar to what Haaland and Watkins did to our CBs
Non of them has been able to deliver 20 goals a season. We can’t always depend on wingers to score goals it always limits technical flexibility. It’s a plus to have someone in the mold or Robin Van Pasey
Failure to beat West ham,Nf and BrIghton proved fatal.8 points dropped In all.
As for MC ,they are beatable. MA is proving to be another Wenger.
Red face always won against the fm.He would flood the md.
This season was a very successful one
Hopefully MA will adapt to the opposition
and win
The goals conceded in the last 9 games were unacceptable. Yes Saiba was missing
Ma has got to improve the defence a great deal more
Brighton game we knew it was over, Forest game was a nothing fixture, if not mathematically over at that point.
Southampton and West Ham draws are what finished us in reality.
We lost EPL trophy to MC just 6 points behind. We simply lost the game to let MC have hands on trophy. Finishing second without any trophy is not a win. Finish with trophy is a win. We just throw away our efforts in the last games. I’m really find it difficult to celebrate. 5-0 in last game. It’s like beating dead snake… Nothing to proud of..
Nothing to take from last game. Better ending on a win for the home fans though. Disappointing end to a promising situation but we can hope that lessons were learnt.
Can i just say. Goodbye to Jeff Stelling and what a great football presenter he is/was. Totally unbiased and a true gentleman. You will be hard to replace!!!!!!
Simply the best!!!!!
I believe we will come back mentally stronger after this season’s lessons. A good window will help to see us with a little more in the tank for a finishing run. We have all seen what happened to Saka, he was a big miss despite being available, and Martinelli too was pushed to his limits as defending on that side became lax. We will prob plan around Saliba better in the future, I believe Arteta will have made plenty of notes so we can be stronger next season. An improved midfield engine will also help to galvanize us toward a better finish. I too am really looking forward to the new season with a new group of players alongside our best performers
I do not think we need more than three new recruits .The more you bring in the more difficult it becomes to integrate them Despite the likely departure of guys of character and determination likely Holding , Tierney and Xhaka, team spirit is likely to remain high particularly if we can acquire someone of the stature and drive of Rice or Caicedo.