Arsenal banter 2

18 Feb 2026 22:06:07
When poor performances, tactics and hand breaks catch up with you along with the inability to sign a striker. All on Arteta.

Has Viktor beat a man yet? Awful

Bottle job again? Disappointed and annoyed as this has been coming.

Sort you stuff out boss for the love of our club.

18 Feb 2026 22:21:27
You could tell on the chat we all knew this was coming. We’ve been poor for weeks.
I thought the last few years it was due to squad size but that’s no excuse now, it’s definitely mentality.
Couple of things from me- the captaincy. I don’t understand why it isn’t Rice although I don’t think it’s going to change at this point in the season.


On pitch relationships seemed to have been lost and players look off it and don’t trust each other.
Playing Saka at 10. Although he scored why are we trying to squeeze players into the team?
Arteta has his work cut out because if things don’t change quickly our season in all comps could be over very quickly.

18 Feb 2026 22:45:23
He’s bottled it for last 3 or 4 years and couldn’t pick a striker if his life depended on it. When will he get it that it’s 3 points for a win and only a point if we are so scared not to lose. Pathetic.

Ode or Saka can’t be showing captains - pathetic

We need an Adams or a Keown type player to tell a few home truths and stop players being lazy with cowardly sideways slow passing.

I’m not suddenly turning on Arteta or Ide or Vik etc as I’ve been vocal about our spineless lazy defence minded rigid play.

Hope Arteta shoves those opinions down my throat but he’s the emperor with no clothes…. those no clothes cost 800m

Just start attacking please boss - you made an awful Wolves team look average.

18 Feb 2026 22:03:15
Seriously what the effing hell was that.
I think we have got a serious problem with our mental toughess and a even bigger problem with our tactics.
Waiting for the opposition to make mistakes rather then making things happen ourselves.
I am totally pissed off BIG TIME.

18 Feb 2026 22:48:16
Why are you surprised - he’s bottled it every year. Needed a striker and hasn’t learned and shown that over z& over again.

Sorry - I’m livid. Boss needs a better captain and better team around him - not a corner / throw in special-ist but an attack minded number 2 to challenge him.

18 Feb 2026 22:03:10
For me that's it with regards the league, 2-0 up away from home against a really poor side, Arteta looks lost at times.

Gyokeres is a passenger as is Saka, the game should have been put to bed in the first 30 minutes, we then let Wolves back in and the rest is history. shocking.

18 Feb 2026 18:14:12
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15 Feb 2026 22:39:24
Well done boys - professional display, 4 goals and a clean sheet. Well done.

Now let’s get the next handful of games under our control with some great displays as the odd banana skin there.

16 Feb 2026 03:08:05
Those passes from Eze were gorgeous. Lovely to watch when he's got confidence. Hope we can unlock a little more of that from him.

16 Feb 2026 09:53:48
His assists were a thing of beauty Wire, so pleased for him 😊.

{Ed025's Note - now thats the way he should be playing all the time Sally. i know it was only Wigan but we know he has that in his locker and when the handbrake is taken off Arsenal can overwhelm teams, lets see more of that i say mate..

16 Feb 2026 10:33:54
I said to Mal on live chat yesterday
That's what happens when you play the ball forward at speed.

{Ed025's Note - absolutely Bill..

16 Feb 2026 15:09:14
Afternoon everone

I thought Noni and saka were electric playing of each other.

13 Feb 2026 15:22:29
Happy 70th birthday Chippy

My favourite player of all time.

13 Feb 2026 19:32:43
Will never ever forget his goal against the rSpurs Mal mate December 23rd 1978, I was up in the Paxton 😂😂👍.

13 Feb 2026 19:39:51
I was in the Whittinghon cat on Highgate hill Billy with me old Lionel on

I had a broken leg on.

14 Feb 2026 13:08:27
Midfield maestro!

14 Feb 2026 19:03:35
Lovely person and great player.

13 Feb 2026 07:39:40
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13 Feb 2026 07:07:18
That was a stinker, though Brentford played a good game, we were very poor, none of our players deserve more than 5 on 10 for that effort. Except for couple of goal denying tackles, we weren’t up for it. Let’s regroup and have a proper go in the last 12 games!

13 Feb 2026 12:18:59
Eze is really worrying me we bought him to be a difference maker in tight games and when he has had chances he has disappointed!

13 Feb 2026 15:46:34
Yes, he was doing great at Palace and played well in the NLD but last few games when is on the pitch he is almost nonexistent.
Another big worry is where are the goals going to come from, every now and then we manage the odd 3-4 goals in a game but most of the times it is laborious scoring goals.

Still in our hands, keeping the faith in the lads to get us home, somehow.

{Ed025's Note - the thing for me Highbury is that when he was at Palace he was full of craft and guile, taking people on and certainly a goal threat mate, bar from when he scored that hat trick he has looked a bit lost and very laid back to me, now is that because he is not the main man anymore or is it the Arteta factor wanting him to play this tippy tappy pass for the sake of it cringeworthy football?...answers on a postcard..

13 Feb 2026 17:31:25
It’s definitely mix of both Ed mate, his game time has reduced a lot that surely has affected his confidence and the style of play also a factor. I understand we need to be solid and difficult to score against but we sacrifice the other aspect of attacking and scoring free flowing goals too much.

The only fear we put in the opposition is on our set pieces. I keep consoling myself with the thought that it is just to get past the hurdle of not winning the title for decades and once we achieve that we will change tactics for next season.

{Ed025's Note - i think a lot of people are buying into that theory Highbury, for me Leopards dont change their spots mate and everything is about the results with Mikel which is a shame really because you have a lot of great players, now i know that what other teams supporters think is irrelevant but the majority seem to want City to catch you because of your style (or lack of) which is a surprise really seeing what most people think of them..

13 Feb 2026 20:37:50
Players are too confined to tatics they need to be set free to play.