ODEGAARD IS BACK! Chelsea 1, Arsenal 1 - Match reaction and Arsenal player ratings

[@ayindeoluwadamiloa5142]

This is the only chanel I can watch with so much toxicity going right now.we will come back stronger and better I believe

[@MerilP71]

Bro, don't watch them. Qhem you are down,🏃‍♂️ from bad vibes😂,😳🥺😭😃

[@MikeJames.]

That’s called toxic positivity and delusion mate. We are nowhere near the standard we need to be, not even close. It’s not toxic to question the club instead of blindly following them 👍🏼

[@CreamC0rn]

"This is the only channel I can watch where everyone else is as delusional & dishonest as I am. Let's all tell each other comforting lies to make ourselves feel better"

[@MikeJames.]

@@CreamC0rn spot on mate

[@walay-fitness8464]

@@MikeJames.spot on we are rubbish, i stay away from youtube myself as much as i can as i don’t like negativity but i know we are rubbish

[@dan.leprof]

I felt that Odegaard lifted all the players and helped get the best out of our attack , also our build up play from the back. His composure gives the players a lift and helps break the lines which we failed to do at Inter and Newcastle. He was such a big miss for us, completely changed the way we build our attack when he’s in the team.

[@louieee444]

We played well. It’s normal for teams to drop off like us and City after the last 2 title races. Liverpool are still on a high but they have had the easiest fixtures. Relax guys, it’s a long season. We will be there

[@MikeJames.]

@@louieee444 biggest top gooner comment ever, it’s delusional at this point

[@alexkcchung]

It's a long season, hopefully the squad will come together and stay injury free, still in all the competitions... but today's game... we deserve to win

[@gordonpatterson8615]

Not giving up yet, not even a third of the season gone. Other teams will hit sticky spells, they all do.

[@truthhurts1006]

Positive comment. We will bounce back.

[@ikeman9784]

Most sensible comment I've seen on here. 81 points still up for grabs and probably another 50+ games still to play in all competitions and peoples are giving up. Gtfoh. We just need to keep pushing. The performance was there today against a very good Chelsea team. Neto, madueke, palmer, jackson these guys are no mugs and we kept them relatively quiet today. Our fanbase have become insufferably entitled..

[@AdeKingProductions]

Your maturity shines through always. Even when you are disappointed with the team, you are measured in your criticism.

[@PDNalor]

It shouldn’t be underestimated how we nullified Palmer. Also feeling very upbeat about how the team are showing individual glimpses of how good they are. Especially Merino and Timber. Trossard looked much better than of late and now Partey a consistent extra defensive rock. I can see us going on a long unbeaten run now and easily making top 4. Having Califiori back and getting Nwanieri on the pitch more makes me even more optimistic.

[@royolstad8532]

Good, balanced perspective, as always. Thx

[@JeffSteiner-eq9sd]

Feeling pretty good despite the draw. With Ödegaard back, this team can start to create more. I was also impressed with how Merino moved the ball. If everybody’s healthy (fingers crossed for Saka), I think a good run of form could be coming.

[@Steve-uf8pk]

Really great……..the league’s in the bag then 😂🤣😅🤣😂😅

[@ollynen]

Agree totally about Merino, looked so confortable. Beat the press well then looked to be progressive

[@judesterkyberneticka3598]

merino looked tidy in tight spaces and under pressure. however, he needs more time...his passing at times was terrible.

[@MikeJames.]

@@JeffSteiner-eq9sd feeling great with the draw tells us all we need to know, the standards of this team really are in the mud but the top gooners will tell you to keep calm and trust the team and manager 😂 whatever keeps you sane bro

[@leonbell5141]

@@MikeJames.well the league is pretty much over we can still win a cup 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@LBSeeinYa]

I went back and looked at this season v last…these same 11 fixtures (substituting promoted for relegated) produced 23 points, or 2.09 points per match. Which means we had 66 points in the other 27 matches, or 2.44 points per match. Clearly had more difficult fixtures fall earlier in the campaign vs last season.

[@wildchild3862]

considering its an inform chelsea at stamford bridge with rice playing with a fractured toe and ødegaard in his first game in 8 weeks getting rushed back from injury, havertz playing with a gash in his head and both full backs having struggled with injury the whole start of the season.. the performance was what we could expect. Make no mistake, its the worst version of this starting 11 we will see all year, its an out of form team carrying a lot of injuries. This team hasnt gotten going yet, we have hardly seen the same starting 11 two games in a row so far, let alone the strongest 11.

[@kristofg-browne6857]

Very good observation

[@charliejay8_24]

We cannot drop another point this calendar year. We’ve had our run of brutal away games, now’s the time to build some momentum. Forest, West Ham, Man United, Fulham, Everton, Palace, Ipswich & Brentford are the next 8 games. All winnable.

[@AaronAlexandre-mc8nw]

Odegaard was fantastic considering he did not played any games for nearly two months. Merino was also good and if he adapts i am sure we can tweak things better. However, we keep conceding goals which is a big concern compared to last season. Also, Trossard had another disastrous game. Thought he was a spy from Chelsea. After the break, i think we should give Sterling as much chance as possible. Aside from lack of confidence, Trossard reminds me of Aubameyang in his last season for Arsenal. He does not have the level of consistency required at Arsenal at the moment.

[@Lewis-qm8uo]

I think we gave a fairly decent account of ourselves tonight. Very difficult away game and we definitely had our chances. I thought that partey was probably the best player on the pitch yet again. Martinelli is struggling to cope with not having support on the left and still got his goal despite the unjust criticism in my eyes of late. On the other hand, with recent performances, I cannot understand why merino and trossard are even getting minutes ahead of the hungry youth such as MLS and Nwaneri. Feel like we need the break now to let everyone recover and to regroup and bring on the rest of the season, it is far from over!

[@nomen95]

Loved to see Ødegaard leading the pressing line again. He could be the expected gamechanger in the next fixtures. Martinelli, even though he scored the goal, seemed too passiv again in the 1 vs. 1. This becomes particularly clear when Saka is taken out of the game, like today. Was a better game but the offense needs to step up ASAP! All in all, loved Timbers Performance and especially his solo run and shot in the 2nd half! COYG

[@2810prince]

Much better from a chance creation perspective. 5 clear cut chances which is more than we’ve had in the last 4 games combined. Need to go on a run now though - we are running out of time.

[@MikeJames.]

@@2810prince it ain’t happening mate.

[@leonbell5141]

It’s too late…we don’t have the squad depth 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@Jattie3434]

What happened to our midfield before Neto's goal?? It's not the first time that we concede when a winger cuts inside and our midfield is nowhere to be seen.

[@MattHarvey1886]

Hi Charles, Again, another game where we've played well and probably deserved more from the game, though like Arteta said, it's the results that will judge us. As much as we needed a win, a draw at Stamford Bridge vs a growing and ever more dangerous Chelsea side isn't the worst thing in the world. I'm not worrying just yet, we're still in the mix and there's plenty of time left in this season. I also feel this season will have plenty more drama down the stretch, so no panic stations for me. Odegaard was magnificent, though I also really enjoyed Merino's presence in the game. Let's get a few bodies back into the squad over the international break and we kick on vs Forest.

[@MikeJames.]

@@MattHarvey1886 another top gooner comment 😂 got forbid someone was honest and said we’re absolutely awful

[@treyd7455]

I can never forget how you were saying we shouldn’t get Neto because he’s injury prone. He’s such a good player and I genuinely believe we should’ve done for him or Olise.

[@Sdrawkcab_mi]

He literally scored his first goal for them yesterday... and he IS injury prone. We don't need another player who is rarely fit imo. We have Partey, Zini and Tomi who already struggle for fitness.

[@jonnypearce916]

If it was Citeh 9 points ahead you'd have to say it's unlikely we'd catch them. But it's Liverpool. They will have a bad spell at some stage, like they did last season. We've been to sp*ds, Citeh, Newcastle and Chelsea. We are still (just) within touching distance. It might take another famous win at Anfield, but if our best 11 stay fit and the results start going our way - we will be in this title race come May. Great to have our skipper back. And Martinelli back in form. 27 games to go. All to play for. Come on you Gunners!

[@16Sprake]

David Raya was great yesterday. The complete opposite of Sanchez. Came for all crossed and collected them well. He's probably been our stand out player of the season.

[@allanwhittle3041]

Chelsea take some beating these days , no longer a push over a good team with about three other good teams on the bench . Today we were much better MO and Rice back And When he came in Merino looked a good player , don’t let’s right him off he has vision👍

[@NamekianT]

*write

[@joeabrahams6680]

Thanks Charles. Well, Odegaard IS our best player after all, who knew?! The thing with him isn't just his creative passing, it's his effort which I think rubs off on the team when he's playing. Watching his work rate today, he didn't even play like a player who's missed over 2 months of action. Other players can and should learn from that. We still have this thing we do where, once we get a goal, there's more desire to defend it than to add another. I don't know if that stems from the Arteta or the players. But you can see that as soon as Chelsea equalized, we started playing well again. Are we sure Arteta isn't a tad too defensive-minded? Anyway, there goes the title, we should now concentrate on winning a cup and go as far as possible in the Champions league. I don't think finishing in the Top 4 will be too much of a struggle for us. But let's not get it twisted, we started losing the title from the Decisions or "indecisions" made in the summer transfer window not only from the football in the pitch.

[@seans11093]

Partey merino odegard 🔥

[@zakcochers1884]

Charles this was another tough watch. On one hand you can see how much teams respect us by the way they seem to sit back and really pack the players in central areas but on the other hand I wonder if this is more deliberate to hit us on the quick transition. Another big 6 game where we take the lead, don't capitalise on our immediate dominance and we walk away with a draw, a credible draw but part of me thinks we're still naive, thoughts??

[@vetpara]

Hi Charles, Think we need to look at the fixtures we've had... take our injuries/suspensions into account and breathe. We are accidents at home to Brighton and away to Bournemouth away from being above City. Always tempted to extrapolate our form/results... and draw conclusions on where we'll finish or how many points rivals will accumulate. Reality is we've come through a tough moment, we've ticked off some of the hardest fixtures there are (both EPL and UCL league phase) and we need to go on a run now.

[@Mrdip-dip]

Was really impressed with Merino when he came in. Showed composure to protect the ball and was able to pass through a press rely well. His forward passes got us up the pitch quite often. I would love to see Rice drop back to protect the defence in the no6 (where he’s one of the best) with Merino in that 8 role. Issue is Partey is playing well and must play

[@greggemerer8251]

It’s a radical idea, but I’d like to see Rice play left back, with a Merino, Partey, Ode midfield. But I know, it’s a bit extreme

[@Gunnercoops]

Charles we were always going to suffer a big drop off this season after the past two tremendous seasons were we played sooo well. However the board and the boss made no allowance for this, we simply had to sign a odegaard replacement and a goal scorer which we did not. We are now reaping what we’ve sown !!!

[@mattslater3598]

I love Martinelli and I know he scored today but I definitely see his position as an area for Arsenal to upgrade on. Big changes always seems to fall to him in close games and he often doesn’t take them, if we had a superstar there it would make a world of difference

[@james_dooreh]

It’s good to have Ødegaard back hope he stays for this International Break.

[@derrickringtho2563]

We need a creative midfielder and a winger to put pressure on martenelli.. A 30 goal a season striker is a must buy..

[@vdkotecha]

It was def an improved appointment considering the context. Odegaard makes such a difference but it still worries me how reliant we are on him. Really disappointed by the goal we conceded - exactly as you say few was given all the time and space in the world. Defence was our strength but we're conceding every game. Agree Merino was impressive, still would like to see more of Jorginiho and Sterling. Finally I don't like punching a player when they're down but Jesus really didn't add anything and if he's not going to play as a striker I think there are better players to bring on.

[@theruminator7419]

Partey was monster!

[@yafetrobel5499]

Hey Charles, our left side is so unbalanced! I actually liked merinos cameo but it’s obvious we can’t have rice and partey with timber inverting. Don’t know long term what the answer is but I think rice needs a break.

[@shadikanj4743]

It could be that Rice is not a 100M player, and that Arsenal's judgement was wrong. Partey is showing us every game why he's up there with Rodri, if not more technichal, and last season we needed Jorginho to step in at number 6 for us to truely play decent football, because the first half of the season was aweful. Rice is doing well as an 8, but I reckon there were other better options in the market there. I'm afraid we're going to be flat again when Partey leaves.

[@petaflop3606]

@@shadikanj4743 Partey is not up there with Rodri lmao dude relax

[@rastafari1922]

@@petaflop3606he is better than Rodri

[@petaflop3606]

@@rastafari1922 you are laughably wrong sorry dude. He's not better than the ballon d'or winner.

[@olorunfemiilesanmi3374]

Good game today. Gutted about the chelsea goal, and very disappointed at the missed chances. However, is it just me, or is the team looking really leggy? Hopefully, they can all rest up and go really hard after this international break. Cheers Charles --Femi

[@davidkavanagh3484]

Played decent, should have won. Pity should have got 9 points instead of 3 against City, Liverpool and Chelsea.

[@patrikcarlsson8975]

Gabriel and Timber tried to block the shot, but Neto found that little space where the ball could go in.

[@PnG0407]

I was very surprised at the line up today. Didnt expect our best 11 to be available today. But clearly not all were fully fit. I feel like we will go on a winning run now to be honest. COYG

[@flavonsen5000]

Hi Charles, this certainly was a tough game for the Gunners. The game was way more open than I'm sure Mikel would have wanted. Chelsea were really good on transition and had lots of counter attacks. 1-1 is probably a decent result, even though I think Arsenal should have/could have edged it with a 2nd goal. My only question/comment is why didn't Sterling come on, instead of Trossard or even for Saka? Especially after Mikel's comments in the past week about him "making a mistake" by not using Sterling in previous games...

[@AlanT1010]

truth is mate there is one single league win in 8 games between the 2 of them - neither were good in truth - so glad to see martin back.

[@samcope451]

I think we played better at Stamford Bridge this year than last in my opinion. Overall its pretty bleak in terms of the league but thought there was some positives in that stand alone game. Odegaard back playing 90 mins is incredible and shows what we have been missing with that final ball and composure, Merino cameo was great I thought and seems to be slowly getting there and Defence looked solid (blame midfield for the goal). Problem is now dont feel like we can see out wins anymore, I was confident last year we could keep clean sheets but this year feel like we have to score at least 2 to win...

[@DubsacPat]

Something serious needs to happen about G Jesus man NOTHING happens with him on the field. The right side just falls completely flat when he’s on!

[@superconnie5003]

The ball rebounds off him like a wall

[@tajebelazi7599]

It was a good match we played well it was even Steven We need to improve in front of goal ....target practice is needed here

[@adebiyiajayi5629]

Hey Charles, do you think our lack of goals in transition is a problem now?? Saw Liverpool's game and the goal Nunez scored was just beautiful counter attacking football and everytime I watch arsenal play, we just don't run at the opposition team anymore, we look very very predictable in attack. Do you think thats a major issue in regards to us not scoring and creating enough??

[@RichardDKneller]

Much better to see Arsenal trying to score goals agiain- due to the return of our Skipper!

[@javan_Wonders]

Hi Charles,good analysis but I disagree with you in the goal that we conceded.I didnt hear you mention Havertz,but he was the closest to Neto, didn't close him down and it left the backline so exposed,I blame Havertz for that goal,you can see Gabi screaming at him immediately the goal goes in.Good cameo from Merino.Saliba looks a shadow of his former self lately

[@anthonywalters4452]

Thought we were excellent against a very good Chelsea side in form

[@petaflop3606]

...excellent? idk man

[@MikeJames.]

@@anthonywalters4452 good lord what did you actually watch ? Premier league years ? Because it wasn’t the game today clearly

[@anthonywalters4452]

@MikeJames. We played an in form Chelsea away from home ,had the better of the chances and the control of the game.This years premier league is a very tough one .There is a difference between being realistic, objective and myopically negative like you and some others.

[@MikeJames.]

@@anthonywalters4452 another person who thinks we “control” and dominate” every game despite not winning it, that’s the new thing with the fan base “didn’t win but we dominated” whatever man

[@ArunB-n9x]

G.Jesus lacks confidence big time! He gets into good positions sometimes, but in most cases he goes down quite easily trying to get a foul, but the refs don’t seem to take any of that. For that last minute chance, Leo could have played a dummy and let Kai get an easy tap in. He could have got another chance to celebrate after VAR check. Martin made a difference in the way we played. But couldn’t understand why they didn’t take much of the right side for attacking in first half. Quite a few times he had his arms up and signaling to pass to him. We need to get that White - Martin - Saka partnership back up to speed soon.

[@ademmo.5530]

Today I feel Man U fan, I am happy it’s international break no Arteta ball, I wish it’s a month and we forget the season 😂

[@Whagz_BuHu]

The lack of clean sheets is really hurting us. Last season we were so tight at the back. This year we have given up to many goals.

[@kabelolebuso5031]

Partey is MOM

[@iykeharrison9161]

Well the title race is over. I'm glad that that pressure is off our shoulders for now

[@rubadirivictor6298]

One more time with feeling- the replacements for Odegaard are Zinchenko, Jesus, Sterling, and then Nanweri. In that order. These players share the same creative DNA as Odegaard. I think it's a measure of Arteta's conservatism that he's been reluctant to experiment with these players in the position. One of the things we need to note is that many of the times that Mikel has broken patterns and made radical shifts has been when he was forced to- when his and the team's back is against the wall. And, in many instances, the choices have been obvious.... Arteta needs to be able to pull the trigger faster on such decisions. Strangely at the same time, he is willing to risk on some really over complicated strategies. The reason I'm still insisting on this tweak is because I have a terrible premonition that Odegaard may be absent again this season. We need to solve that problem because we can- and we also need to resolve the function of some of those players I mentioned. The tweak just may re-dynamise them. I think that tweak may be the one that gives us the magic fairy dust post-Dubai blitzberg fiotball that we had in the New Year last season. Other than that, we just need to play our best players in their best positions- enough with the cut and pasting which sabotages our best shape, our flow, and our attacking ferocity and precision. Let's keep Partey in midfield, Trossard as super-sub, and Havertz upfront. I think with players back from injury and rested, we can go on the necessary run to challenge for the Title and Cups- but I also feel the bolstering of the mid-field by the re-tooling of these in-limbo players could also solve alot if our creative midfield problems.

[@kennyego9264]

Arsenal put in a slightly better performance against a well-structured Chelsea side. I actually predicted the draw, and that’s exactly what we got. Chelsea are a solid team, so managing a draw on their turf is a positive outcome for now. It’s great to see Odegaard back on the field. Things will get tougher for Arsenal, especially as some clubs seem intent on making it difficult. Arteta will need to develop specific strategies for each opponent, which I believe he’s capable of. Manchester City is facing similar tactical challenges, so both of these top managers have their work cut out. Good luck to Arsenal in their next match!

[@lecorbusier6791]

How sweet would it have been for Odegaard to have scored with the last kick of the match?

[@MikeJames.]

But he didn’t ?

[@ThePundit99]

We had everyone available today butwe are still short, i think we lack enough quality to compete, especially upfront. WE SURELY NEED A CLINICAL STRIKER, this game was to be decided on fine margins, that SALIBA CROSS was so perfect yet we can't even TAO IN! Ridiculous!! ARTETA' MUST BUY A GYOKERES OR ISAK TO SURELY!

[@Cheeyne2]

Bittersweet. A draw away at Chelsea is a decent result in normal circumstances but with Liverpool winning and City dropping points, this felt like an important game to close the gap on City and stop Liverpool moving out of reach. We have a decent run of games after the break, it’s crucial that we hit the ground running and secure several good wins. Now that Ødegaard is back, as long as Rice is fit, I’d like to see Rice return to the 6 role. I think he’s better than Partey at screening the defence, and I don’t think his passing profile is that much worse. Except for today, Partey has not provided those line splitting passes that he was so good at previously.

[@tonyhenryvii9202]

Went for 1-0,always dangerous.Odegaard was only bright spark today.Arteta turning into Jose Mourinho,Havertz didn't defend Neto.

[@ahbeyeah]

Tbh, Arteta has reached his limit. He can’t take us over the line. His style too restrictive and isn’t allowing players to express themselves. Time to get a better coach.

[@geoffbutler2893]

Draw not enough although i see improvement in lhe second half. But we failed and arteta has not improved us enough. You need to get signings in January which is unlikely

[@kristofg-browne6857]

Performance was okay tbh, but…… i think we have seen since last season, Martinelli is still not producing enough, yes there is an argument that our left side has been chopped and changed so many times so he hasn’t been able to build a relationship with those players, but that raw 18yo we saw from brazil with so much potential just isn’t quite fulfilling it atm. Defenders aren’t scared of him anymore. He does the same thing over and over.

[@DJIkanpro]

Attitude reflects leadership. I give Arteta credit for changing the culture at Arsenal and he’s made the team more competitive, but this team reflects him as a player. He was safe and tidy. A lot of sideways and backwards passing as a player. He was never an incisive midfielder and he coaches the same way. It’s safe. Try to get a result. He doesn’t go after it. After two seasons of having a top defence in the PL, he goes out and signs another defender and a tidy midfielder. Where are the play makers, scorers and wingers? Too much focus on how he wants them to play, you need players who are determined and hungry. Arsenal are boring to watch and the results reflect the play.

[@dylankirby3994]

Hi Charles, I'm finding it really hard to like merino at the moment. Every time I watch him he feels like a bench player, definitely lower in quality than the likes of jorginho, partey, rice etc. why do you think Arteta is consistently playing him? Don't you think he needs to earn his spot in this first team? Thanks for all the quality game analysis

[@TesfaZLamu]

Arteta needs to learn when and why to make changes. In all the games we lost this season, his changes are reactive after the fact. Yesterday, we were leading, Chelsea just made changes to freshen up. He was just watching the game instead of managing it. If he'd made the changes he made same time or before Chelsea did, the goal would not have come cus Merino would have been there in the middle with fresh mind and energy. Martinelli lost track of Neto, something Trossard would have been alert to cus he'd just come in.

[@ogokeloveday2165]

Our players look tried they are not doing anything with the ball and without the ball, the goal come because we can't go out when the ball is out I don't know what Arteta use to say to his players but every little thing we are running back to our post instead of going for the ball, this is the same reason for city goal the last time is difficult to go out I don't understand what they are always doing at the back😢😢

[@gos4343]

White one brush against Neto….booked. Caicedo three very bookable fouls…….not booked. Michael Oliver Arsenal away games summed up.

[@LordFunkyMonkey]

Timber at left back seems to get dragged out of position far too often and for all of the quality on the ball he gets caught out by wingers regularly.

[@KCLundy007]

Another game without a win and the title slips further and further away. This weekend showed again that Arteta and Edu have failed the club by not signing a striker. Not acceptable

[@shaunraven]

We could have signed Neto but we signed Merino. Let that sink in

[@stevemiceter07]

No clean sheets in the last 7 games Alot if evidence for a change of management 🤔 Not too long before players like Saka will want out !!!! bergkamp Henry Wiltord Kanu Aliadiere Last time arsenal won the league we had 5 strikers

[@stevemiceter07]

Must sign a CF in January!!!

[@ThoniLee]

Hello Mark what are you talking about it was Havertz fault what is his purpose he had the first tackle it's unfair to Jesus

[@outofnaija]

Unlike last season, apart from villa, we haven't won any big game. We need to start winning

[@vdkotecha]

And spurs

[@truthhurts1006]

We didn't beat Chelsea and City away last season.

[@outofnaija]

Those dropped points are adding up. We drew against City and Liverpool. Games one cannargue We should have won. My point is that we neednto start winning some of these games

[@peterpapas9250]

Wonder how long the likes of Odegaard and Saka will stick a round without any trophies only a matter of time before they move on because of lack of silverware and can’t say I would blame them if they did unfortunate as it would be for us. Irreplaceable those to we really did miss out on Neto Charles

[@stellar2percent]

my thought as well. The impotence up front is just amazing, how long is it until Ode really just get factual towards what quality forward at the best teames otherwise would have been able to execute on his serves and chance creating stats overall. And to be much too kind in that regard, this is going on its 3rd year and counting. I try not to speculate to much, but hello, imagine what the outcome overtime in terms of silverware and legacy, IF this team just could have a bit more quality up front.... Yeah, don't for a second disregard all the good stuff throughout the club like rebuilding everything from bottom-up/top-down in leadership, direction, atmosphere, unity, values to both respect and embody inclusivness. There is so so much that go together in order to build and create an attitude of winning culture, energy, and maybe most important what we may call the "IT" factor. Arsenal is well on its way and us fans as much as we love the club, we also expect a lot, thats just how our engangement and emotions work. Sometime we may expect to much, like at this early phase for instance: Captain Ode has been out for 12 games and need a bit more time to adjust and get his mojo back. Other players of real importance is also currently not were we would like to have'em. But to no extent is this a crisis of any sort. EVERY team in the league get their portion of struggles. Seen Man City lately? And liverpool on their pink cloud at the moment will at one point face their time with injuries, fatigue and whatnot. Maybe another trip to Dubai should be considered...... Oh well, only thing I wish for x-mas is a quality forward, lets at least agree on that one. Be well fellow Gooners, Ad Astra!

[@MikeJames.]

PRsenal working in full flow with all these copium comments were so blunt going forward everyone needs to except it, toxic positivity is insane but whatever gets you through the day 😂👍🏼

[@r2lavish535]

Other than martinelli scoring he just doesn’t offer enough I don’t know what it is with his game he just doesn’t seem confident beating his man he’s become so predictable we have to go out and get a quality left winger in the summer

[@S14N9LS]

Why do people keep saying this like it's gospel? Right now, in league play, Martinelli is outperforming Nico Williams (with basically the same amount of game time) in both goals and assists. He's outperforming Doku (who scored only 3 goals last season [half as many as Martinelli] and should have had 15 assists with Haaland up front, but didn't) and everyone fawned over him nonstop last season. That goal Neto scored was his first (in the Prem) and he's only got 2 assists... just like Martinelli. Martinelli isn't Saka. He never will be. We need to stop judging him by that standard. By almost any other standard, he's better than a lot of people make him out to be. With the current system, the wingers stay so wide all time, the only way they can thrive is with help. That's why Saka hasn't shown up the past couple games. Without the overlapping runs and help from Kai and Martin, Saka wouldn't be nearly as productive. He might still be better than Martinelli, but Saka is better than almost everyone, anyway. Martinelli thrives when he has consistent help and can get the ball closer to the box. He outscored Saka in 22/23 because he had consistent support and was set up way closer to the middle. The system needs to evolve. Clearly the way it's currently going, nobody is scoring unless it's from a set piece, so there's clearly something wrong atm.

[@r2lavish535]

@ he might be outperforming those players in terms of goals and assist in talking about his all round game play he has not improved in the last 2 seasons and yes you can say he hasn’t had as much support since xhaka left but the same thing is happening with Saka on the right in terms of getting doubled up on yet Saka still finds a way I know they are 2 different players but it seems like martinelli just doesn’t have a plan b when beating his man isn’t working take the stats out of it and tell me he is still outperforming wingers in the prem I can name 5 wingers in the prem who probably don’t have the same stats as Gabi but are deffo performing I love Gabi and of course I want him to do well but it just hasn’t been happening for him recently

[@S14N9LS]

@@r2lavish535 Against Inter and Newcastle, Saka had no help and Saka didn't show up. Against Inter, Martinelli was (by far) the most threatening attacker and people still slagged him off and didn't even mention Saka's poor performance. Martinelli is just judged differently. Martinelli works hard on defense and puts up (even at his worst) similar or better numbers than players people ASSUME are miles ahead of him. It's a perception thing. Either adjust the system so he's not completely isolated all the time or get the left 8 settled, get the LB settled, give them some time to gel and Martinelli will be back to what he was a couple seasons ago. Just because he doesn't "look as good" as other players... that's not his job ... doesn't mean he isn't doing exactly what Arteta wants him to do and/or doing the best with what little he's given.

[@r2lavish535]

@ yeah he was probably more threatening but still produced nothing at the end of the day it’s a results based game even in the inter game and the Newcastle game Saka created the best chances of them games there’s no time to feel sorrry for Gabi because he doesn’t have the support he needs to do more and that’s end of any body who plays there is gonna have the same problem

[@S14N9LS]

​@@r2lavish535 Against Inter, the only chances came from Martinelli crosses and Havertz taking a couple shots that went wide. Ethan's shot wasn't really that close. Saka had a corner flash past the keeper but it didn't amount to anything. Besides that, Saka was hardly in the game. He lost possession like 32 times, I think. I don't feel sorry for anyone. I just wonder how "supporters" can be so eager to throw players under the bus when all they're going on is their own intuition. "Looking good" amounts to far less than most people think. Martinelli outscored both Doku and Nico Williams (in their Leagues) last season, too, and everyone agrees, Martinelli was way below par and those two were amazing. The "eye test" at work. They did more stepovers, therefore, they were better... He's definitely not doing his best and it can't all be blamed on the system but people constantly overreacting when the numbers tell a different story and when he's not the only one in a flawed system struggling to produce, just baffles me. You're wrong about the support on the left. It would be easy (relatively) to fix that. Get Ricky healthy and find out who is gonna play the left 8 role and then have them work together. Saka, Ode and White didn't get that good together out of the blue. They've had time to work on it. When Xhaka was still around and he and Martielli had played together a while, Martinelli had 20 g/a in the prem. 15 non penalty goals (which was more than Saka in the league that season). The problem is that the left is isolated by players who aren't left footed and out of position and switched up every game or two. All it''ll take is consistency.

[@ulfanfinneriksen4643]

Arsenal need to go hard to try to win the champions league in my opinion. That's the one the club doesn't have.

[@fplbighead1352]

Charles makes mention of everyone but the one guy closest to Neto. I know you love Kai but the bias is beginning to show. Kai basically didn’t track Neto and took a leisure walk.

[@Nostradanus86]

SORRY BUT THERE WAS F ALL URGENCY FROM THE TEAM bar the end moment & to find out if Havertz called for the ball before Trossard stuck out a foot

[@adrianlink480]

Merino gave the ball away a couple of times. HOWEVER, the ball goes forward with him and Partey. No sideways and backwards passing!!!!! We saw 20 minutes of this. I hope to see more!!!!!

[@kernowalbion4142]

yep Arsenal were much more progressive once he was on.

[@chuak.c7349]

Arsenal can't attack with rice around. He can't make forward pass and forward run, that's the biggest problem.

[@chrismiller6317]

Charles how on earth as Arteta put Jesus on instead of Ethan is madness,if he’s good enough (AND HE IS) he is old enough let him off the leash and that has already come back and bitten on the arse,ESR performing for Fulham,never should had been sold. Am I the only one who thinks Gabriel doing what he always does in this case Neto shooting arms behind his back (AS ALWAYS)and always leans away from the ball,throw yourself in front of the ball FFS Arteta understatement of the season Rice & Saka it doesn’t look good,in Dec’s case it wouldn’t as started with a fractured toe 🙈🙈🙈

[@theophilusteyeosah9873]

Arsenal was great. We only talk about a goal conceded, how about the attack missing chances???

[@adnydrum]

Far too early to write Ars off. (or anyone else) I mean, Liverpool have had the p*ss-easiest start and are now in the spotlight. And there are only 27 matches to go, of course. Just sayin'...

[@CROSSNSHOOT]

Chelsea are on the way up and Arsenal are on the way down. This is the changing of the Guard except we have a really won anything to change Get ready for no significant improving in January or next summer and more propaganda from the club

[@starmcstarrer6232]

saliba wasn't offside. cuchyrella was behind havertz. should've won this...😢

[@annurmuhammadabubakar1148]

Do you think arsenal are still Title contenders?? No team has ever come back before 9 point after 11 Matches

[@grahamewilliamgoodburn6807]

Jesus and Trossard need to go

[@lennoxwizzz]

When do we start looking at the failed manager? 9pts off?

[@TheRickydamen]

Lesson of the day...dont post on Twitter lol

[@un_ubcribed]

The other channels thrive in the negativity. They largely target impressionable children who tend to believe what the so called experts are saying/shouting at the camera after a match. Adults should not be watching the channel that begins with A, we should know better.

[@devilslayerish]

Liverpool bottled last season after losing to Arsenal .

[@ThePundit99]

RAYA, HONESTLY? RAYA COST US 3 POINT. SIMPLE.

[@sjchan3199]

Dunno why he put trossard on his been having a mare at the moment. We were alot bettet but still not 100%, wait til we get everyone back fit.

[@muraibenkarr595]

“ pretty well” that’s the standards of arsenal football club . Bang average performance. Played the game at such a slow pace. A snail would have beaten us . Never seen Arsenal this slow in their build up play in my entire life . Bang average board , high rake whom lacking ambition. And bang average manager whom obviously reached his ceiling.

[@jackleetravels]

What a joke your book is turning out to be 😂

[@walay-fitness8464]

draws, losses, and context or excuses will not win us the league… slot albeit inheriting a strong team will come in his first season and has overtaken arteta, very disappointing

[@zimmerzoomers9392]

Merino was crap imo . Needs to wake up. Trossard was drossard

[@donovanbartley-b5w]

Who is this guy talking about Partey is not up there with rodric right at this point in time Partey is the best #6 in England you guys are so bias

[@nijwmzen29]

Hi Charles, regular listener from India. Question: how do we fans deal with the changed reality of being one of the favourites for the title or at least the main contender to being an outsider now?

[@Karl-p6h]

By the looks of all the comments on here we’ve got a good crow ready for the top four parade come the end of the season. How can a fanbase continue to follow this crap? Arteta has failed wake up!!!

[@johnheat7774]

I would love to hear what you think we need to be better Charles, because I feel hopeless at the moment.

[@LwandleDlamini_]

It isnt over man we are about to go on a run, trust

[@jonrend]

I'm sick of this Havertz analysis. He looked like a rubber duck out there, useless. He's not a striker his not a midfielder he reminds me of a cone. Merino looked class.

[@zimmerzoomers9392]

Spurs have lost last 5 on the spin . Their next game away to City HAHAHA🤣🤣😂😂