Arsenal banter 5

30 Dec 2025 22:26:00
Hey Banbury, I told you I see a revenge and spanking.
Great performance, and how important having big Gabi in the team. Zubi what a player trossard has been brilliant, even ode. Lots of us we going anxious into the game but this team will show up when need it.

Also even gyokeres didn't score imo played a good role today.
Sy I'm sure you are smiling now brother.
Love to all and happy new year.

30 Dec 2025 22:57:55
Didn’t enjoy the first half one bit but loved the second half - Gabi and Trossard were great

Funny - Jesus takes 4 mins to score while Vik takes 4 months to work out what end of the pitch we are attacking - he was poor again but at least got a half decent header in but he’s poor. Look what happens when you have a striker with a bit of desire and mobility. He will be dropped soon.

Ode was getting on my nerves until he suddenly remembered to play it forward. Then suddenly we are on it.

However, Trossard was top class and a superb second half.

Really happy to at last not drop points against one of the big boys this year. Yes I was happy 😃.

30 Dec 2025 23:02:42
Zubimendi and Salibe were great also

Ode pass for the goal was sublime- he just to be that guy not the first half guy.

Question is - can we get that second half performance on repeat mode or a one off like NLD. Fingers crossed COYG ❤️.

30 Dec 2025 23:08:37
Absolutely Moe, everyone in the team were more than 8 on 10. This shows what the team are capable of, let this continue till May. I will be much relaxed watching the games from here on.
Happy new year to All.

30 Dec 2025 23:18:42
You had to say something SY 😂😂, not much in the first that's absolutely right but we were comfortable I think. This what we can do we can play the forward and we are more then capable of doing as we have more then good enough players to do so.

Jesus took his chance too well but don't think victor had that much luxury.
Anyway brilliant win and big statement against a team in form. So I think let's enjoy the moment mate hahajah.

30 Dec 2025 22:21:57
Nice little slice of revenge,3 points in the bag ✔️on to the next one, one game at a time. COYG/VTH 🔴⚪️❤️.

{Ed025's Note - great result guys..

30 Dec 2025 21:55:16
Hushhh…!

30 Dec 2025 20:02:30
Evening all, just wanted to say, tonight if we play with the same intensity as when we played spurs and Bayern Munich we got a great chance of a decent result. COME ON YOU GUNNERS. 🔴⚪️❤️.

30 Dec 2025 21:55:00
We are doing better Gabi!

30 Dec 2025 18:26:26
I only see one result tonight I'm afraid with 3 points being taken and not by us.

We are toothless, now without Dec we are really up against it.

I just don't understand why o why so many injury problems, do we over train, is it too intense

Just my opinion and I hope I am wrong but we are bang out of form, though we are stealing wins thanks to OG's and we are up against one of the form sides in Europe.

30 Dec 2025 18:50:51
Well Deckers got a knock in the game apparently on Saturday but other injuries like Caliafioris in the warm up and I think Martinelli earlier in the season warming up suggests we are off kilter a bit in muscle strains etc preventions.

Having said that missing Deckers will be a big loss but I think we will get the 3pts because Mikel knows he has to to win. don't forget Emery won't be gung ho, he will not want to lose.

30 Dec 2025 19:02:23
I hope you are right Bill we need the 3 points for sure, even to install confidence as stupid as that sounds.

30 Dec 2025 19:07:55
Cannot bemoan injuries with our squad. Merino an able international deputy, defense and attack at near enough full strength! If we lose the sky has fallen in if we win it’s a long way to go. Life of a football fan. Chelsea should have been 3 up at the weekend. I’m confident, why not top of the league at home . COYG.

30 Dec 2025 19:47:07
Thats whay I'm saying sussex, I'm cofident we will get the 3 points, but we must take our chances and make it easy rather.

30 Dec 2025 17:40:31
I reckon Emery will hold back to start with and, if we commit to attack, he will catch us on the break. Or vice versa lol!

How should we start this vital game?

30 Dec 2025 18:18:07
High press high tempo but that's not how Mikel likes to play so🤦.

30 Dec 2025 18:52:44
8 at the back 1 in midfield and Havertz upfront lol.

{Ed025's Note - that attacking you think Banbury?.. :)

30 Dec 2025 19:20:05
Yep Arteta will go all out and risk one up top.

30 Dec 2025 16:17:15
Deckers out of tonights game
That's a big blow.

30 Dec 2025 17:02:14
Time to bring the VooDoo dolls out.

30 Dec 2025 12:57:53
Ooooooooooooooooo who else is nervous about tonight?!

30 Dec 2025 13:40:31
I am, Sally. We have been lucky to get 3 points in the last few games, we have to be aggressive and play to win rather than not loose. Villa has been our bogey team and we lost the title last season when we lost to them.

Already lost away this season, so the outcome of tonight’s game needs to change for us to regain confidence to fight to the title. Fingers crossed! COYG!

30 Dec 2025 13:53:37
Sal, I want to give them a lesson. I want revenge. Villa they go missing in the fist half and they always go at it in the second half. We need to take our chances and kill the game as early as possible.

With big Gabi back, I'm more relaxed to be honest. I just want our forwards and midfielder to be direct and smash every possible chance.

30 Dec 2025 14:57:14
Big game tonight Sally, and every game from here on. Corners, Free Kicks, Penalties, Own Goals Xtra time, Hand of God, what ever it takes we need the three points Avoid any injuries RED CARDS don't give the ref or the opposition a chance.

Jokes a side Arteta's record against Emery is not good. Avoid injuries and silly red cards. Will disgrundingly except a draw but anything less would be unacceptable. Concerned what the impact of such a game will be having on the teams mentality. Its games like this that define your season

Still a long time to go in the season though/

Come on you Gunners let's be having ya.

30 Dec 2025 15:15:55
Hello Sally, we will win but we won't do it the easy way, what's NEW😂😂😂😂.

30 Dec 2025 07:39:36
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28 Dec 2025 13:02:36
SY I disagree, Haaland is the reason why we won't win the league is so clear, he gets injured then it's us and Villa, of course he wouldn't score a hatful for us as we don't suit a CF style.

I also disagree about the lack of desire to win, of course the desire is there but we are lost, our captain doesn't help in certain situations, my granny could move the ball quicker and shes been dead 40 years bless her.

I agree Dec should be the captain and that's a must IMO

Transfers have been good as it's our strongest squad for years BUT, the choice of a CF suited for the Championship will let us down

I would also agree that Arteta and his tactics are questionable, he has gone into some games, Liverpool and Villa away and he just didn't want to lose, rather than trying to get a win .

As long as we avoid a PL side in the champions league we have a great chance of winning it.
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The PL though, IMO we have the unthinkable possibility of finishing 1st 2nd or 3rd - Tuesday is without question the BIGGEST game of the season.

28 Dec 2025 14:01:14
Agree with a lot you said Banbury. I been saying to my son in laws for the last 2 seasons our tactics suit the Champions league better were the tempo is much slower. We allow teams to get all their players behind the ball and we struggle to break them down, which is an observation anybody who knows just slightest bit about football can make, theirs pundits on telly being paid silly wages saying the same thing.

But Arteta is the boss and he wants us to play the possession based football and where we are at this moment in the season, you have to say it's working.
Agree with you also Villa game Tuesday night is massive
COYG💪💪.

28 Dec 2025 19:10:01
Hi Banbury - sorry I explained myself poorly. If we had Haaland it wouldn’t mean we would win as we don’t get the ball into the box quick enough. I also agree if we did thst, the Hadlsnd effect would be less as our defence is better and we would score more.

Not sure I helped clarify my opinion. I guess City have a star player, play to his strengths and get the rewards. I’m sure our attack would score enough goals if we got the ball forward that would see enough draws switch to wins.
Thanks for the reply ❤️.

28 Dec 2025 20:04:48
Yes fully understood SY, it's strange how Arteta maintains we will see a different Gyokeres in the second half of the season.

I started to believe Gyokeres is unlucky until I saw that very tame pass back to the Brighton keeper.

We might get one chance on Tuesday.

28 Dec 2025 20:10:15
Banbury mate, lots of good points, but the way you're describing us made me look at the PL table. Is it really we are that bad? Yes we are too damn slow at times but I don't thing our CF is championship ST, you show me where he keep missing chances. Saka and ode need to find him more, saka could find him on few occasions but he opt to shoot instead.


The problem we are not feeding our striker enough and we are slow to release the bloody ball.
With all that we still top of the league and in great form in the CL. So its not too bad really.
And I hate villa so much, I wish we can give them a real spank on Tuesday.

29 Dec 2025 11:42:47
Welcome back SY4 good to read from you, and hope you are well.

I don't think the plan for Gykores was never to have so many minutes from the start of this season. Especially signing him so late in the transfer window.

Unfortunatley the injuries we have had this season has forced our hand to play Gykores without having him embeded into the team or experimenting with the team setup to accomodate his style of play. Arteta has said in many interviews that the run up to christmas has been especially bad as players do not get the time to train due to the intense schedule.

Having said that we are still at the top of table in the premier league and the champions league still in both cups. Also compare our summer signing to the other summer signings of strikers and I think we are not doing to badly. We do need to seriously look at our medical team and phsio's and diet for the team there is something definetley wrong and we need to address this issue immediatley.

29 Dec 2025 17:50:29
Hi G4E - thanks for reply and love. All true just frustrating as we were screaming out for a decent striker to help us in tight games.

29 Dec 2025 21:11:17
SY how can you judge him if he's not getting the service the CF and goal scorer should get. We are too easy to judge and write off our players. We all questioned and slated Madueke and i'm one of them and he proved to have something in his locker.

In the summer we had 2 options and we all were divided on Gyokeres and sesko, now tell which one you wanted in the summer?
I say we either give him the service he need or we must give him time to adopt to our system.

29 Dec 2025 22:31:24
You never know. Word is we may be willing to dip in the market in January for reinforcements due to injuries. If berta could work his magic who would you go for.

29 Dec 2025 22:35:22
Moe, great question and I think I said some of the issue is how we play as well as how he plays.

I’d say - sharpen your game, lose some body mass, stay on your feet and get into the box with aggressive runs. The rest is on the team. He doesn’t take his chances well, pour touches making chances harder and not being aggressive in the box.

You are right but I can judge - speed, touch, level of engagement, staying on his feet, how he takes the chances he’s had and does he get into key positions. I wanted another striker to give him time to settle. However - it’s on him to get in position and moan he doesn’t get the ball.

Why are players getting in front of him when he’s in a better position. No shout, no aggression or determination to score. Would Wrighty let that happen?

I stated I wasn’t happy signing Noni as a LW and I stand by that. I was happy with his signing but annoyed we signed a RW before the much needed CF or LW. Once we got Eze, I was ok. Believe that’s consistent with my harsh posts.

Get your point though.

30 Dec 2025 00:15:40
Hi G4E - with Jesus, Kai and Viktor fit: I doubt a CF will be purchased. We will get defensive cover no doubt as Arteta loves a defender. I’d like to see a proper fast left winger with an eye for goal, pace and a desire to attack.

We aren’t far away - CF and LW for me. But I said that for last few years and we don’t address it. Who would you like? Or what position?

30 Dec 2025 15:11:57
Right now I think we need a versatile RB I think Timber and White are struggling with injuries and need proper time out. A different type of CF one that can create chances not rely on others to set it up for him. A Sanchez/Tevez kind of player a bull dog. We also need better distribution of the ball we heavily rely on the right side.