I frequently complain about the refs but today was truly shocking
You've upset the RoyalsexualsI am sorry Royal, football should never be your career. You are a good lad but you need to find something else to do.
How is Conte still picking Royal over Doherty? Its genuinely mindblowing, everyone except Conte can see what a terrible wing back he is. Hate to say it but Sessengon on the other side isn't much better. We basically need a whole new backline and keeper over the next 2 windows. We've been moaning about Dier, Sanchez, Davies, Lloris etc for years, they are all capable of having good games but there's always some ridiculous mistake just around the corner.
Did he really? LolHarry blaming the tension in the crowd for poor first halves. What's the reason away from home?
We weren't nearly as bad as some have been saying in the first half, compared to first half performances in recent games away to Man Utd, Bournemouth and Marseille, and Sporting Lisbon at home we were better than that and showed more intent and weren't nearly as passive as we were in those games. I think the howler from Dier that gifted them the second goal is clouding people's judgment of how bad we really were overall in the first 45 mins.
Admittedly we weren't great but not half as bad as people are saying.
Stirring and brave second half performance where we gave it everything and just came up short. I'm really encouraged by having Kulu back and it we can bag a win in the last game at home to Leeds before the World Cup break that would be great.
We're in the CL knock out stages and still very much right in the mix for top 4 and have players to come back from injury so much to be optimistic about going into the second half of the season. That and a decent transfer window in January.
The crowd is a disgrace tbfHarry blaming the tension in the crowd for poor first halves. What's the reason away from home?
Above Liverpool, Chelsea and Utd to put it into perspective and that's with bad luck on injuries to key playersLet’s be honest, everyone is feeling the pressure of arsenal being top of the league.
If they were 5th, we’d be calmer about our position
let’s remember this:
6points behind city (without playing them yet ?)
Topped the group in CL
go into the World Cup like that- you have to be satisfied.
Ageeed! Such a baller.Main positive for me from that game was Bissouma.
Finally looked confident and like the Bissouma we thought we'd signed. Excellent close control and actually taking risks on the ball and playing with some cojones, rather than just making simple Harry Winks backwards passes all game.
Doesn’t matter if we had ten attackers. The pint is we have a coach who is scared and does nothing until we are in trouble … which happens in almost every match. He is defensively minded and has always been. He will never change so the grind goes on
If you count being absolutely battered for 45 minutes and only getting away with the points because of a dodgy ref and a poor error "fairly straightforward " then yeah...If there was one team in the league that was going to make it fairly straightforward for Liverpool to get back on track it was us. We rarely beat them even when they're playing shite.
I think the footballers are so delicate they're worried that if they are seen to be hiring/visiting a psychologist that it will lead to jokes on social media which hurt their feelings, and then in turn a shrink, and then it's a downward spiral that leads all the way to being a talksport presenter...Do we have a psychologist at the Club? Clearly there is some mental issue. Its unbelievable how our mentality shifts after half time.