Some gooners are forgetting the incredibly difficult teams we’ve faced this season already.
The Gunners will be hosting the early season pacesetters at the Emirates this weekend with the hopes of closing the gap between us, as a win today will see us go within a point of the Reds.
However if the “unthinkable” happens then we will find ourselves 7 points adrift, which will see us facing an uphill battle for the rest of the season. The majority of our fanbase are worried ahead of this fixture due to the circumstances we’re facing, as documented in countless articles before this. It’s understandable and it’s even fine for us to be worried, but losing hope entirely and showing nothing but negativity is hard for me to comprehend.
The last two games have been nowhere near the standard you would expect from this team, even inspite of Saliba’s sending off against Bournemouth, however some of us are being too negative too soon. This is especially so, considering they have seemingly forgotten of the bigger picture so far this season. When the fixtures of the new Premier League season were revealed months ago, the Gunners had one of, if not the most toughest run of fixtures at the start of the season (the first 10 games), furthermore, the UCL draw sandwiched some really tough fixtures in between as the season went on.
In our first nine Premier League games of the season we would’ve (including Liverpool) played four of last season’s top five in the PL (the fifth being us), which means that approximately half of all our games so far in the league has been against top class opposition. This makes it even more impressive that we have lost only one game so far, more so considering it didn’t come against any of those top sides, instead it came while we were one man down against a very good Bournemouth side away from home.
Couple that with the fact that we’re unbeaten in all three of our UCL games against Atalanta, PSG and Shakhtar then you can see how impressive we’ve been when getting the results this season.
Liverpool will bring their own problems that I’m sure we can overcome in spite of our absentees for the game. It’s such an important game for us and the Gunners will need every little bit of encouragement they can get from us regardless of whether we’ll be at the Emirates or not, so a little more positivity will go a long way!
KENNETH BENJAMIN.
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Kenneth Benjamin,
A brilliant start to the season, I think not.
In the Metro, the Citizens legend thinks either Man City , Real Madrid or Arsenal will win the champions league.
Yet Arsenal own fans think we have no chance
We are third after a slight bump, but our competitors are not convincing either.
Maybe it’s down to the the years of the dusty trophy drought, our vision gets a little cloudy
Gunsmoke,
Nothing to do with the dusty trophy drought, its more to do with the squad is simply not good enough, how about that.
Derek
The last time I checked both Manchester clubs and Chelsea cost over £900 mill to assemble, followed by three points lane up the road.
And if I to understand you correctly Derek, you are saying Arsenal have spent over some £700 million, with some present stars values over £100 million and they are not good enough?
For your information, Liverpool think seriously of paying Arsenal £150 million in the summer for Saka, with the intention of selling Sala to the Saudis but was warn Arsenal wouldn’t even entertain anything of the sort.
These Arsenal players are good enough to start dominance of home and European Competitions
The constant red cards, poor officiating, unconvincing wins and injury pile up so early into the season has been so demotivating. Today I’ll take a draw because Liverpool is on form and we have too many key players missing.
Dropping seven points and getting three red cards from our first eight games is not a “brilliant start” by any means, and to be fair the writer does not say this at all.
It’s been an OK start at the best, and will obviously get better.
…first eight PL games
Jax,
I wouldn’t bank on the getting better bit if I were you.
I think today, is a bigger game than people realise. Not for any other reason, that a defeat would be so damaging. A draw would be acceptable for some but we are slowly losing touch with City.
Can’t see us beating the bin dippers today to many key players missing and goes back to the real lack of quality in depth we have in the squad will definitely be out the tittle race with a defeat then would have to seriously start doubting whether Arteta is the right manager for the job he has been backed to the hilt by owners and fans but he must start to deliver trophies fails to do that this season then it could be his last!
Ooooh Mark, look for a better excuse! Not injuries nor squad. We can and are able to beat any team , I remember so many times man United beating us with a squad full injuries. No excuses please with the players we have/available that can be achieved.
Arsenal just need to keep away from the self-destruct button and we’d be fine
All seven points dropped so far this season have been as a result of pressing that obnoxious button
I wouldn’t call it a brilliant start, but it could have been worse. I think the team will come stronger as the season progresses
Because unconvincing wins and below standard performance are always a precursor to the run of bad form. Rarely is it otherwise.
I think this is the first time Arteta is facing the injuries crisis and his refusal to coach and trust players who are not his first 11 may bite him in the cheek.
You can buy your way out of coaching and trusting average players but you can’t buy your way out of the injuries crisis.
This is why outstanding managers like Emery always manages to wither the storm.
“Brilliant”? No, that’s an exaggeration, isn’t it. “Good” would be a better description of the season overall in my opinion. The obvious dips against Bournemouth (result/performance) and Shakhtar (performance) very recently aren’t the stuff of “brilliant”. Add to that the obvious on-pitch discipline problems Arsenal has and it’s pretty conclusive in my opinion.
It’s not to say that the season is over or anything silly like that, but I do find that some fans (and quite a few JA articles) tend to lose perspective in building up everything Arsenal does – team and players – whether it’s deserved or not. That doesn’t do anyone any favours really. Let’s shout about when it is “brilliant”, of course, but let’s try (at least) to be realistic when it isn’t.
In Saliba, Odegaard,Saka,Timber and Calafiori, we have 5 first choices in my best Arsenal eleven and if they are all unavailable it will be very difficult to defeat a Liverpool side, which is virtually at full strength, apart from their keeper.In these circumstances, I would happily settle for a point today.
I’m not an expert of the Liverpool team but I thought that they were likely to miss more than their keeper today, which may be some consolation. Best wait for the official team news.
Yes Grandad, difficult? Offcourse, doable? Absolutely. I remember a certain game playing man United at old trafford and they had so many injuries , a certain academy player started the game and scored a braze and we lost. No excuses whoever is put out there should not lack motivation and if pre-talks are anything to go by, WE WILL BE READY.
As you said Kenneth, the performance has been nowhere near the standards you could expect from this team. I don’t see any negativity rather fans questioning the team performance. And for avoidance of doubt i have appreciated the points we have achieved so far. The last couple of games have been dire to say the least. You can’t have only 2,3 players giving there all in games! When we know they can do more