Arsenal v Newcastle United - Official Build Up / Match Day Thread

Gotta get Sammy off at half time. Tiote has been ****e again. Anita and Cabella for me. Pardew can't just excuse Tiote because its Tiote.

We are doing better though and far from over.

 

Why is it Quinn who played for Arsenal and the mackems is allowed to commentate on this game? I thought they stopped allowing commentators who had ties to certain teams commentate? I know Pinocchio isn't allowed to cover Liverpool games on Soccer Saturday.

 

We are missing Sissoko , but that's besides the point. We gotta get better with the simple passes... Sammy makes the 5 yard pass look as difficult as a crossfield ball

 

Just realised, Tiote has been ****e as well.

 

Really poor from Cisse in that half. When there are limited opportunities you have to make the ball stick and he has miscontrolled far too often.

 

Arsenal looking a little gassy here? Maybe CL game and blistering start taking its toll. We need to keep the ball better 2nd half. If we do who knows.

 

Only one nil. But to many players playing poor today. Cisse tiote gouf all playing very poor for me.

 

Awful. Him and Sammy just giving up possession for fun.

 

We're behind because of giving the ball away too easily more than anything. Everyone has done it, but Tiote has been to worst offender. Got better and better as a team the longer the first half went on, but still making too many unforced errors.

On a positive note we can see real progress in not folding as soon as we concede. Last year we'd have been three or four down by now in similar circumstances. I don't expect anything from this game still, but we're still in it and I wouldn't bite your hand off for a respectable defeat at this stage. Last season I would have.

 

Goofy is non existant, Tiote's passing is shocking and Sami not doing enough. Where was Wilo for the goal, surely he should be marking Giroud?

 

Arsenal press our defenders ...till willo gets it then they back off as he hoooofs it up



Better last 15 mins as we stopped hanging on by our fingernails, but that's about the best that can be said.. still too toothless and non threatening atm, giving the ball away for free and overall poor

 

Personally I think it was just a quality cross taking the defender out of the game. Sometimes you just have to applaud good play.

 

This. Very few defenders will win the header from a standing jump when the attacker has a run-up

 

Tiote being the complete liability that he normally is. We should have played Dummet at CB and not played Williamson. Yeah he had a close header but Jesus he is a ****ing carthorse that needs dragged down to the nearest knackers yard.

 

I said the day Tiote was born this lad is a liability, would you all listen, would you f@ck.

 

Why has nobody lambasted Dummett yet? Every time Tiote has the ball he HAS to be Cabaye, because we don't have Cabaye, but that's not his game.

The one player constantly being caught out with balls over the top and in behind is Dummett.

 

There was SO MUCH space for Tiote to pick a player to pass to, or to turn and get ahead, but EVERY single time he chose to pass to freakin Willo. Can't understand this.

 

I've always know it mate. He is decent off the ball at times but on it he is a complete liability. The silly fouls and general all round ******ness of his game tries me c**tin mad at times.

Agreed about Dummett for the goal. I couldn't even see him for the cross. Don't know where the f** he got to.

 

To be fair Dummett does have a tough task , having to handle Alexis Sanchez, who is far and away Arsenal's best player.

 

But he's not even bothering to stick to defending... Personally, I'd get rid of Willo, who's useless, stick Dummett in next to Colo, and bring on Haidara