Saw some of the second half versus Chelsea and although this was only a preseason, all the horror memories of us being impotent at the front came rushing back. The pitch did us no favours but we were fucking clueless. No cohesion, lot’s of backwards and sideways passing once we got to the final third, Giroud with horror touches. It was a snooze fest, and we had Ozil, Giroud, Ox, Ospina, Kolasinac, Ramsey, Coq, Iwobi, Elneny on the pitch. Chelsea looked way better than us, with lots of pace and penetration going forward.
I am regretting watching that cause that didn’t fill me with any sort of confidence.
Ah, giving Chelsea a false sense of security after today’s result. Now we’ll go into the Community Shield game against them as underdogs, which will suit us to a tee. We’ll let them have this minor tin pot cup, while we aim for our 3rd CS in 4 seasons
When has Wenger really made multiple signficant changes for improvement in one summer though? His (re)building process is so slow and Arsenal just don’t gets away with it. Teams just run by.
Monaco and Villareal both are losing. The former against Sporting Lisbon, the latter again Gimnastic from the Segunda. They are so, so shit. How can they lose a friendly?
Agreed. I didn’t even realise we were playing today until I went to the bar to get a round and saw we were two down. Once I got the drinks I went back outside again.
I’m obviously mad about Arsenal and football but I just can’t bring myself to watch pre season football at all for some reason.
