A huge game for Arsenal this evening when they take on Newcastle United and this is the team Mikel Arteta has selected to hopefully pick up all three points.
🔴 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠𝙉𝙀𝙒𝙎 ⚪️
🧱 Tomiyasu at the back
©️ Jorginho skippers the side
🇩🇪 Havertz in the middleOn the road – together 👊 pic.twitter.com/mXM1lqGQbw
— Arsenal (@Arsenal) November 4, 2023
Newcastle are a very strong home side but they have lost at St James Park this season against Liverpool and are more than beatable. A lot has been made of the Newcastle fans and their stadium but Arsenal is no stranger to hostile environments and need not be cowered.
Arsenal did lose midweek but that was in no way close to the first team we see today and the same applies to Newcastle following their 3-0 win over Man Utd, their team today is also very different.
If Arsenal plays how we know they can, they will win today, hopefully, the manager gets the big calls and substitutions right.
Let us know in the comments below what you think about the team that Arteta has selected.
Oh well, cheers to a ruined Newcastle project, we host Sevilla next. COYG!!!
Fact is, Arsenal are toothless. We still lack the quality up front. Especially in the striker role. We need a world class striker. We’ve been lucky to have an unbeaten record upto now because we have been lacking in attack. Raya is NOT an upgrade. FACT! He’s a liability. VAR is a farce and should he investigated. So much went against us today but mostly because we lack quality!
GunneRay what mistake did Raya do in that game
Appart from being out of position again for the cross leading to the goal?
Isn’t it obvious? He went for and missed the cross that led to the goal. If he had stayed on the line, Joelinton’s knock down would have been straight at him
Anyway Dan you called it, well done 👏
Seems VAR did not even look properly at the ball out of play.
Conclusion? An obvious cheat. Stuff VAR which is consistently ruining our game!
Jon, they don’t have a birds eye view angle of the ball, it could’ve still been in play you can’t tell from that angle
What about the foul/offside?
Foul is subjective, for me Gabriel is already half falling down. I do think they need to call that offside tho, even if they can’t “see” the ball i think it’s clear Gordon is ahead of raya
But he isn’t ahead of the ball at any time RSH.
I would have given a foul for the push. Looks onside to me, but VAR should have at least drawn the line
Bigger fish to fry? I left a comment on this site a few days ago in the artical titled ”Is Arsenal’s loss to West Ham in the Carabao a blessing in disguise? and it were removed for calling out the comments ‘A bunch of loser and loosing is never good’.
Here’s what loving losing gets you. Sack Arteta he’s too arrogant. Got rid of deadwood to bring in….deadwood, Havertz being case in point but keeps him on the pitch along with Deadwood Eddie.
ARTETA OUT!
Comes down to Arteta who trusts the wrong players. Eddie should’ve been gone a couple seasons ago, Nelson is still in this squad for no reason, Kai and Vieira flopping, raya a downgrade, no Saka backup… arteta has been given a lot of money and there are so many problems in this team. Klopp has a depleted Liverpool side for one season, buys MacAllister and Szoboszlai and they’re right back at their best….
So when we needed a CF our coach pulled Nkeitah and kept Havertz .. we gave them a chance to play us because we played with Rice only in the middle .. Jorginho and Havertz can’t play beside each other and it was clear.
Raya ?!
Lol such a bad game 😂😂😂
Generally entertaining physical game, Havertz, Zinchenko Saka and Martinelli somewhat misses. Rice and the backline very good… EN should just retire at this point lol he is not even able to time his jumps to receive the aerial balls. And is so bad at anything coming at him or to do instinctively I still Marvel how he got that winner against ManU last year…
Well we go again but no big hopes really….I just hope MA makes this defensive game work by getting proper counter play out of the forward line or getting a second lung busting CM/CDM and striker. Ohh and please replace Saka at some point in the matches with Nelson or whoever…
Just from the starting line-up…..We lost this game before it started
@Moshee
Yup…
Please release the rock that Saka and Martinelli are hiding under !!! Havertz needs to be sold or benched. Ivan Toney is not the answer!! Hopefully this summer we will get a Haaland/Salah type Striker. We are not good enough for the title this season.
@jojo
We passed on Kudus(£39mil) and went for Havertz (£65mil) instead. Says it all. Jus sayin 🤔
The scary thing is NY, Arteta wanted Mount before Haverz but luckily Mount wanted Utd. We still ended up with Haverz though.😭
Can we finally criticize the blessed one Arteta?
Only Arteta spends $200 million to look worse. Granted, the refs were trash, but I barely saw an attempt on goal from Arsenal. Raya, Nketiah, Nelson, Cedric, Havertz, and Jorginho are surplus to requirements. How many more excuses can we make for this manager? Eddie Howe, Emery Klopp, the Spurs boss, Pep, and De Zerbi are all better than him. His academy involvement is trash, his player management is trash. Surely an FA Cup trophy in 4 years doesn’t buy you the amount of goodwill Arteta has.
@gizzle
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Really?
A loss or two ain’t that bad for us. Arteta fan boys will have to rethink their stand. Because things are about to get out of hand. Two. January needs at least 6 serious sighnings. For a good squad back up. Three Saka should rest already. 4 prioritize a 20 goal two footed striker or else we become laughing stocks like our good friends of old.🤣🤣😂
Who are the Arteta fanboys? Very old hat remark
Saudi curruption at its finest, no way that goal should have stood for THREE different reasons, ball out of play, 2 hand push on Gabriel and offside. B. guimeres should have been shown a red card for deliberately raising his arm and elbowing Jorginho in the back of his head. The joke is, all this happened in front of all the pointless cameras in the stadium in full view of the world. If that weren’t a red, then at least a yellow, in which case I counted B. Guimeres should have had at least 3 yellows for his actions tonight. Referees and VAR are CHEATS!!! Saudi money backhand, brown envelope under the table full of cash CHEATS. The Premier league has become a cheating cesspool and before long I’ll stop watching if this carries on, just like I did boxing many moons ago
the group is worse than last year
Saka and Martinelli are been double teamed and
other teams have learned to deal with those wingers better. There are no other options going forward because our midfield is not strong enough to be able to allow us to get into the box as often as
last year. If you take Rice out this group more likely is below 6th.
Havertz and Viera offer nothing. You can see Declan’s frustration at Viera when he cant even pass a ball to Rice accurately with no pressure on him. EN can’t properly post up to receive a ball and hold play therefore we are very short the striker area. In all honesty I thought Arteta learned to be pragmatic when we beat City but it seems that game maybe a one off lucky win now.
Yes the refereeing is an issue but it happens to others too. Liverpool had bad Var games against them. WHAT IS THE REAL STORY WITH ODEGAARD? MA is tight lipped about it . He played Wednesday why not he not even on the team sheet? And BTW I would rather have Nelson in the match any day instead of the p… Viera.
You can cry all you want about that goal. My problem is David Raya. His positioning was again very suspect. And to make matters even worse, he FLAPPED at the ball. Havertz is a pathetic joke for a professional footballer. Gunsmoke calls Havertz the Big German. That’s criminal. I’m a full blooded German, and I’m not at all impressed that he’s a German compatriot. But really, I’m more concerned about David Raya and his positioning of crosses. If it’s a technical issue, that can be sorted and rectified under the Goalkeeping Coach. If it’s a tactical problem, then it’s a major issue. Aaron Ramsdale has similar issues. But he also has issues with his positioning at his near post. As well as his stance of his feet being too far apart for long distance shots. That needs serious working on. For me, both goalkeepers are on equal par when it comes to ability. Both good. But neither outstanding goalkeepers. But in saying that, Aaron Ramsdale has the ability to become a World Class Goalkeeper,,,, not at Arsenal. Not while Spanish Goalkeeping Coach Chika Hirao is at Arsenal. I’d like to see Aaron Ramsdale at Bayern Munich. New Goalkeeping Coach newly appointed is absolutely fantastic. And Manuel Neuer isn’t progressing as thought after breaking his leg. I very much doubt Aaron Ramsdale will be in England’s squad for next years European Championship Tournament while sitting on the bench. I felt for the lad in the 3-1 defeat at West Ham midweek. The whole side played rubbish and the lad copped some unfair criticism from the media. Playing in Germany would benefit Ramsdale’s International career in the long run. Ramsdale is still relatively young, and potentially could be a good as Manuel Neuer as a goalkeeper. Why???? I was Neuer’s Goalkeeping Coach at Schalke 04 for 8 years,,, and I see some similarities in both goalkeepers especially when Neuer was Ramsdale’s age. Aaron Ramsdale is certainly more self disciplined off the pitch. Neuer has lost the captaincy for Germany as wellashis spot. And has had a falling out with the Head German Coach while at Bayern Munich. He was told no silly antics while on Winter Break,,,, what did Neuer do???? He went skiing down a slope and broke his leg in two places. It didn’t surprise me when I heard that. I’ve seen him try and attempt more stupid dare devil acts. If Ramsdale doesn’t get a look in between now and the end of the season, he will go. Arsenal’s sad loss,, and another huge mistake from the PIG HEADED MIKEL ARTETA
Two blatant red cards, HAVERTZ with his out of control shin high lunge and then Guimares with his elbow to the head should BOTH HAVE BEEN SENT OFF. VAR should have intervened when the ref failed to do his job.
But needless to say VAR is completely useless and pointless.
I have always detested its existence.
It is far too subjective with NO consistency, as I KNEW WOULD BE THE CASE WHEN IT FIRST ARRIVED.