God's Chessboard (2017/2018 Arsenal FC Thread) **Boom XhakaLaca**


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sydneycroatia58 wrote:
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So özils agent has said he'll go to fenerbache as they're a big club in the summer :lol:


No, he said there would be interest from Fener, not that Ozil would go.

Well according to the mirror his agent said he will go :lol: the amount of people complaining about it on their faceyvis hilarious :lol:
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MvFCArsenal16.8 wrote:
So özils agent has said he'll go to fenerbache as they're a big club in the summer :lol:


No, he said there would be interest from Fener, not that Ozil would go.
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So özils agent has said he'll go to fenerbache as they're a big club in the summer :lol:
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First yellow wasnt a yellow ref just being a spud. Second was as giri should've known better
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lol Giroud, what a sped.

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So watching the game and its clear why Wenger will always find a way to play Ramsey. No-one was a presence inidfield, no one demanding the ball or trying to make something happen.

People will look at Arteta but he didn't really do much wrong. You can't play a midfield of Arteta and Cazorla away from home and expect to get away with it, tactical naivety from Wenger.

Debuchy was poor, thought Gibbs did OK though.

I've been almost positive that Mertesacker would walk back into the team regardless of Gabriel's form but he's been an absolute revelation next to Kos and I love that he's got a proper bit of bite to him. Confident he would have Costa physically, can't say the same about Kos or Mert.

Ozil was ineffective, but wasn't getting great service and had to take up worse positions because of it.

Ox- less said the better. Needs to go back to the basics off the bench for a while.

Sanchez is hungry, just needs one.
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In the end all this really means is no more resting players in the CL, not sure why Cech was rested anyway :lol:

Starting Miki and Santi together feels like a mistake, if you want to start Miki it should have been Ramsey next to him. Debuchy wasn't great on the first goal, but wasn't helped by Ox who should have been tracking back. Have seen good things said about Gabriel's performance which is another positive, his partnership with Kos could be one of the success stories of this season if they keep going the way they are.

Will be interesting to see who we start upfront against Chelsea, I think it'll be Walcott.
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Gooner4life_8 wrote:
Well that was fucking awful, but I struggle to give a shit about the UCL group stage anymore.


This really. I mean I'll give a shit when a loss means we don't make it out of the group, but right now I care more about Chelsea on Saturday than this game against Dinamo.
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Yeah didn't watch it either, glad I didn't too :lol:

I guess one positive is it's good to see Theo getting some goals. Don't think this loss changes things dramatically, just means we probably can't afford to lose against Dinamo or Olympiakos again, which we shouldn't be anyway. Win our 3 remaining games against them and we'll be fine, and maybe even snag a draw in Germany where we've never lost.
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127 shots for 5 goals this season :lol:
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Didn't watch it, can't comment but good for some players to get some minutes in their legs.
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Well that was fucking awful, but I struggle to give a shit about the UCL group stage anymore.
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So Jack needs sugery on that left fibula and is looking at 3 months out. Just about done with this shit. Should have taken someones money in the summer.
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Also loved Gabriel hitting Arnautovic yesterday. Just wish he'd made it worth it and smashed the c**ts face in
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aufc_ole wrote:
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If ever there was a time for Wenger to grab his win against Chelsea, it's now.


And at the Bridge too. Would make a big statement


Would almost be even sweeter doing it now in the position they're in than it would have been last season. That said we'll obviously find a way to fuck it up :lol:
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BusbyBabe wrote:
If ever there was a time for Wenger to grab his win against Chelsea, it's now.


And at the Bridge too. Would make a big statement
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Per will get a run in cup comps i reckon. As will ospina
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Always feel good to win a game 2-0 and be disappointed we didn't win by 5 or 6. Also 3 clean sheets in a row is great, not sure Per will find it easy to make it back into the side at this rate.
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That was a great performance. Coquelin dominated. Is clear that we've been working a lot on Sanchez making runs instead of dropping deep all the time. The movement in behind from Alexis/Walcott/Ramsey created absolute havoc.

Potentially the chance to put the nail in Jose's coffin next weekend, so pumped.

I'd like to see Arteta come in mid week.


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If ever there was a time for Wenger to grab his win against Chelsea, it's now.
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Oh hell yes . Jose arrogance is slowly turning everyone against him. Can see him being run out of England like he was in spain friendless.
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Buying Cech looks even better now with Cortouis out for a few months.
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A more expensive, and much much better version of Giroud.

As for Bendtner, the only use he'd have is filling the gap left by Welbeck on the bench.
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The thing is benz will be a more expensive verison of giri. Sadly world class strikers are few and far between and their clubs wont sell them as they arent a dime a dozen. Would kill for say having the lord back :lol:
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Benzema would be a proper upgrade on Giroud imo, not upper echelon like someone like an Aguero obviously, but definitely an upgrade.
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He is solid. But people saying benz is world class are deluded. If we did sign a fucking striker the only player in consider a proper upgrade is kün augero :lol:
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Harrison84 wrote:
Yeah true. That is a solid point. And he scores some cracking goals. I just can't quite shake the feeling he isn't quite world class... Maybe like a Dzeko or Huntelaar rather than a Higuain or a Benzema...


I don't think you'll find an Arsenal fan who disagrees that Giroud isn't world class.
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Benzema is a more expensive version of giri. Giri gets blamed for a lot of stuff he cant control. Yes he had an off dayfor france but it happens.
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Yeah true. That is a solid point. And he scores some cracking goals. I just can't quite shake the feeling he isn't quite world class... Maybe like a Dzeko or Huntelaar rather than a Higuain or a Benzema...
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Harrison84 wrote:
Well that would do it....
I'm still not sure how highly or not I rate giroud tbh. I feel he could be a bit like Hleb and Flamini. Very good in the arsenal system, but not an excellent player in his own right....


He was top scorer in Ligue 1 the season before we bought him tbf
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