Arsenal v Leeds Utd Match Thread

That's fair enough re ayling....but I fail to see how the ref could have seen the slight knock on god, I feel he went purely for the dive which for that slight knock was ridiculous.....we would not have gotten the same I'm sure, perhaps we should practice the art more

 

Agree, It was a penalty, because Ayling kicked out. And he should never have been on the floor in the first place. It was also a shocking theatrical dive. If I was the ref I’d have given a penalty and booked Gabriel (I’m sure it’s not in the rules but hey)

The problem with parking the bus and hoping to nick one on the break.. which we actually did very well for half an hour… is what do you do if you go a goal behind? As you say Jambo, our defenders have taken it in turns to commit suicide all year… and maybe, just maybe, it has fck all to do with who is managing them.

 

Footballs’s a mad game Chelsea 27 shots 8 on target. Villa 5 shots, 2 on target.

Chelsea 0-2 Villa.

 

I’ve mentioned this before but does anyone else think Meslier useless on penalties. He just flops over out of the way. He needs to study the villa keeper who was outstanding at them in world cup

 

Got to say, as soft as the penalty was, you have nailed it for me. Once Ayling went to ground (admittedly because Jesus mugged him off) why the hell did he flick his foot out. Stupid thing to do and we ended up with a decision by the referee that goes to the home side. Poor decision by both the ref and Ayling. Actually he had a shocker.

 

Don’t know bout anyone else but I’m glad that nonsense games out of the way. Reasonable chance of points in our April games. So looking forward to hopefully a couple of wins

 

Cheat mate
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/f...stop-goalkeepers-taunting-penalty-takers.html

I'm sure at some point fans will be banned for trying to put off penalty takers

 

Maybe remove the keepers altogether and let the taker kick it into an empty net. We already do that

 

When we concede a penalty I think to myself stop wasting time, just award them the goal we’re never going to save it. Likewise a free kick conceded on the edge of our area, I always think the opposition have a great chance.

When we have a penalty I feel we have a 75% chance if it’s not Bamford or 50/50 if it is him, I’m probably being unjust but that’s how it feels. As for free kicks, I find myself hoping we can keep the pressure on by winning a corner.

 

Penalty all day long stupid by Ayling.

 

Meslier has saved 3 out of 22 penalties faced in senior football. Dunno how that compares to the average keeper.

Where's Aski?

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I'm with Milky!!!!!

 

because we didnt let them play well.

 

Unless your name is Debbie and you have huge norks, I think you must be with a different milky

 

We certainly did in the first half. The plan was working well till Ayling brain fart for the penalty

 

I think Javi deserves some credit, team disrupted by injuries and to most of us a very strange lineup.
But it was working and Arsenal were getting frustrated until the ref bought their dive.

 

Yep and I’m certainly more confident of positive results this week under him than if Jesse was driving the bus

 

Do you know if that is actually saved… or opponent failed to score?

xg for a penalty is about .77 which means the average penalty taker across the top leagues will miss 1 in 4/5

So Mes’ saving (or the oppo missing) 1 in 7.33 doesn’t look great at first view

 

I don’t need stats to tell me he’s hopeless at them. Brilliant in many more ways but infuriates me when I see his pathetic attempts at penalties