Arsenal don’t make sense after Everton draw
After seeing Arsenal’s 0-0 draw with Everton today, I simply couldn’t help but scratch my head in not only disappointment but confusion.
How could we not score at all, against a side who was beaten by Southampton 1-0, to give The Saints their only victory of the season and who are currently rock bottom of the Premier League since coming up?
In the week we were flying against AS Monaco in the Champions League (hailed the greatest club competition in Europe and the World), it’s hard to understand, yet alone imagine the fact that we won 3-0 earlier on in the week.
To put things into perspective to explain how bad the 0-0 draw was against the Toffees today, they didn’t even have a shot on target, and still we couldn’t beat them!
Last Sunday we drew 1-1 against Fulham who The Gunner’s should’ve beaten too but didn’t, I thought after our impressive display in Europe it meant we would return to winning ways today. I guessed wrong annoyingly!
If we’d played two top four sides and drawn twice it would’ve been forgivable, but we’ve played two teams who would be content with a top half finish come May.
The North Londoner’s have had too many draws in the Premier League and you can see it in our current position, where we’ve failed to make ground on Liverpool in first, who despite dropping points against Fulham today are still six above us with a game in hand, where they could re-extend it to nine again devastatingly! Chelsea are also now one point above us and in second with Arsenal now trailing in third only two points in front of underdogs Nottingham Forest in fourth.
With the return of captain Martin Odegaard we looked as if we could never struggle to score a goal again, but today with the magic man in the team, we couldn’t. It means that Arsenal’s previous goalscoring issues this season were universal and not because of the absence of one man who I admittedly believed made the overall difference to our attack and results.
This wasn’t completely true. Arsenal as a team are struggling with creativity and connection in the final third, including the Norwegian against Everton at home.
We need to not only win cup competition matches but league ones too. Arsenal are supposedly aiming to win the Premiership this season after two disappointing attempts at clinching the league the previous two years from winning positions.
Now let’s go and get it! As they say “there’s only one Arsenal.”
Liam Harding
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I feel your pain Liam.
I have been so frustrated this season. The Everton game just drained the energy out of me. I just can’t believe how stale we have become this season.
I don’t know what to say…. I am just confused myself..
How can you say Arsenal have become stale?
We are two weeks away from 2025. In 2024 (check thisfact yourself) we have lost just THREE LEAGUE GAMES in the whole year (and only ONE at home) Jeez Arsenal really are awful aren’t they. I suppose thats all Arteta’sfault!
This season we have won 50% of our games, scored less goals than last season and conceded more at the same point in time.
We have less points and scored less from open play.
Last 3 PL games zero goals from open play.
I think stale sums it up perfectly.
This season, Arsenal have lost 14% of our games so far. Same as Chelsea and only Liverpool are better.
So every team except Liverpool are stale are they, or are the 17 teams below us even staler (is that a word?)
@Pat
Come on brother. Please tell me that you made this comment out of just impulse and did not think much more deeper / rationally before hitting the “POST” button..
Chelsea and Liverpool finished where last season as compared to Man City and Arsenal?
To me the term “Stale” means stagnant / blund and not moving ahead. So I would say that Arsenal seem to have gone stale while Man City seem to have disintegrated.
Kai, Trossad and Martinelli need to up their game. They are currently good because they are not bad.
Honestly, I couldn’t care less about any other team that is not Arsenal.
@Pat.
I never said anything such as: “Jeez Arsenal really are awful aren’t they. I suppose thats all Arteta’sfault”…
Have I? You have just made up stuff that I never claimed or said.
I only said that I feel like we have gone stale this season so far. And the evidence it there. Us and Man City have been absolutely disappointing so far this season. Man City have been awful going by their standards while we seem have absolutely gone stale. We have dropped so many points against teams we shouldn’t be dropping point against. And we don’t seem to be anywhere near that consistent level to challenge for the title.
That’s all I was insinuating. Nothing close to what you twist my comment..
And Arteta is the manager so “YES” it’s his fault that he can’t set or get his players fired up this season. We have been so lethargic and inconsistent so far that it is frustrating. When we are doing well we always seem to praise the manager (Arteta), so when we are not doing well we should not criticise / blame the manager?
I don’t consider a team that is unbeaten in their last 7 league games and in the top level of the Champions League can be considered “stale”. And “YES” you are blaming Arteta for everything, you just admitted it!
And I say, thanks to Arteta, we are well on our way to having a third successive great season despite our injuries, referees and fixture congestion. But you are free to have your negative opinion, just like everyone else.
So you consider no trophy a success?
Wow, and I mean no disrespect here but this folks is what is wrong with our fan base, no ambition to win anything.
It is not about tired. legs but about matching. strategy. with strategy. When Arsenal opponents come in and adapted the defence strategy , the onus. was on ARTETA. to come up. with a strategy too to ward off the defensive plan of the opponents. Alas ! Arsenal continued to play the same way hence unable. to break into the. defence of the opponents. Same in Fulham , same in Everton.
Is it not time we go. for a good striker ? Isak ? and forget about depending on Harverzt who’s always not in the critical game ?
The ball is in Arsenals court .
The one big point is the creativity has nothing to do with Odergaard in or out of the team. Its a tactical problem and one that has been there for years. All Odergaard does is, work his butt off and feed Saka. As far as anything else, he isn’t assigned to do. He should be given more freedom to feed both wings from more central and a striker but we haven’t got one for him to feed.
Reggie – I have never seen where attacking midfielder is tasked to focus on only one side of the field. The right sides gets all the support while the left is left to fend for it self. The system is completely flawed and it can only work when everything is at 100%
this is a great point and something I said to a couple friends watching the Everton game.
Why take Odegard out and not bring Nwaneri along with him if you need more creativity on the other side? Rice seemed able to handle the pivot very well so why keep Merino in ?
Or why bring Jesus in and take Havertz out if we need a target to cross balls to ? Jesus coming back to our 18 to receive a ball is so outdated that I have no words for it. What is Arteta thinking there?
And can somebody enlighten me what Martinelli is doing at the goaling of the Everton goal when Odegaard had that clear chance?
He is blocking space like a defender . Unreal stuff.
@Reggie
👆🏾This right here…
Pat
I think you need to get pass been star struck by Arteta. Yes he has led us to be a winning competitive side again but he is also the one that fell short on rotation and player management 2 years ago when we blew an 8 point lead to finish second. As you can see City has issues and most people by now realize that Gardiola style football is starting to be stagnant and not progressive enough as most other managers have the answers for this now. It took Arteta 3-4 years and a lot of $$4 to turn us around but look at Slot or Amorim now. Slot has managed to turn Pool into a title favorite and Amorim in 3 weeks can go to City and win. When is the last time we beat City in Etihad? Lets be honest Arteta has turned us around but he is also culpable for some of the results and the shortcomings. If he continues with copying Pep we will be City imploding next year.
Haha
Starstruck by Arteta lol
I am an Arsenal fan and have supported many good and bad managers. Srteta has brought us closer to success than anyone else in the last decade and I will support him until the next one comes along.
Starstruck indeed. What am I. A teenager lol
Grow up lad..
With respect pat, in the last 2 years we were more successful under Mr Wenger
Soz 10 not 2 lol