Arsenal banter 8

11 Apr 2026 14:42:12
I’m an honest fan. That just was not good enough at all. No cut, no thrust, no invention, no cohesion. Bournemouth were way better than us and deserved the victory… We have opened up the door for Man City now. They will beat Chelsea tomorrow and then they will be bang up for facing us at their place next week and the way we are playing at the moment.

I can’t see us beating them next Sunday… (sorry to say that guys) . Hope and pray we find a way to get this title over the line. But we seem like a marathon runner who has hit his brick wall with 3 miles to go… We really have hit our worst patch of form at definitely the worst time. 🔴⚪️❤️.

11 Apr 2026 15:36:57
Hello Gabi, mate, what I cannot get my head around is we are a different animal in the CL.
We are confident and look like we are completely mentally, physically and tactically on the money, and then the Prem games come along. 🤔 🤔 🤔
Take care, Gabi, my friend.

11 Apr 2026 16:11:02
We are way too nervous to play out from the back at the moment. Take our chances and get the ball up the pitch. That will give us a 50/50. We really have to find a way to negate the teams that press every ball.

Well done to Bournemouth. I wouldn't be surprised if City trip up against their style of play.

well I wish lol.

It says something that Raya had the most passes of all the Arsenal players. I want my keeper to have the ball at his feet as little as possible.

Can we hold our collective nerves, both players, manager, and fans? Up in the air, I reckon.

11 Apr 2026 14:39:18
Today is the day it all goes pear shaped!
I see a big loss to City coming next week and don’t want to think about the CL.
If you don’t score goals you don’t get points and don’t win anything!

11 Apr 2026 14:59:25
Really poor set up from Arteta (again) . Playing a high pressing team, he should have looked at creativity through the lines from the start. That means starting Kai in midfield was just a terrible decision. Eze should have started, but by the time he came on, Bournemouth were completely on top.

11 Apr 2026 15:20:10
Raya had the most touches today after Dekkers. Says it all.

11 Apr 2026 15:45:33
Starting Kai at all is a terrible decision, same as Madueke. Both Chelsea, both no end product.

11 Apr 2026 14:36:13
Embarrassing is the only word I can say. Any visiting team who defends well and we are bolloxed. No plan b no nothing. Their was no desire, leadership absolutely f*** all.
City will smell blood and we are the prey. No lessons have been learnt.
So miffed.
Different team different desire in the CL. Why.

11 Apr 2026 14:55:50
Plan A - Corners
Plan B - Throw ins
Plan C - Waste time & play 4 centre backs.

11 Apr 2026 13:45:24
The ugly side of Raya!

11 Apr 2026 11:47:47
We Are Going To Be Champions This Season and Many More. We Are Going To Be Champions This Season and Many More. We Are Going To Be Champions This Season and Many More.

Nothing is a given until we have not crossed the line; the players, the fans, the backroom staff, and the ball boys must understand that.

Today is another massive game, hope the boys and the fans turn up. Nothing but three points.

11 Apr 2026 12:06:50
Let's hope so!! Big, big game today.

Statement to the EPL & pressure on City - that's the job today.

COYG!!

10 Apr 2026 18:45:36
Was watching the Porto vs Forest Europa highlights for the own goal, but couldn’t help notice the football Porto played and the chances they created. They were fast, one touch and opened up Forest so many times, but then couldn’t find the end product.

Hope to see something similar (bar the end product bit) from the beloved Arsenal for the rest of the season. Somehow, we still are the best team in Europe so far. 😄

10 Apr 2026 21:01:46
A treat to watch, great movement and use of space.

10 Apr 2026 07:39:18
{Ed's Note - Zeddicus has posted a new article entitled, From Rush to Slot: A Supporter’s Breaking Point

08 Apr 2026 09:08:13
I was so bored last night I fell asleep and missed the goal.

Come on Arteta stop with this negative football.

08 Apr 2026 09:31:18
Why do we have to have a thousand touches and passes inside the opposition half just to create one chance?

08 Apr 2026 09:43:51
The tactics and approach are seriously baffling. If Raya didn't have the best of the nights, we would be 3-1 down.
What chance will we have against Barcelona or Bayern, even if we progress on a 1-0?
We have the players to play fast, attacking football, but it looks like they have been coached to pass around for the sake of it, and even then we are not able to keep hold of the ball, losing possession easily.

Odegaard has lost his touch, and I still haven't seen Zubimendi make a forward pass. We blame Gyokeres, but what service does he get, and how are we going to score goals?!

08 Apr 2026 10:37:09
I think fans HAVE to understand Arteta isn't the man, he isn't brave enough.

We sorted Bayern out last year 3-1, where has that level of performance gone?

08 Apr 2026 11:40:51
Bloody doom gloomers. :)

08 Apr 2026 12:59:55
Lol G4E
It happens when we haven't won trophies in a long time and come ever so close every year only to miss out some way or the other. We were in for four this year, and when two are taken away in quick succession, panic kicks in (at least for me it does) .


On top of that, there is no case of "We played brilliantly but lost to a better team" which aggravates everything.
There's still hope, so COYG!

08 Apr 2026 13:51:04
You are spot H, it's sickening to keep hearing "second again ole ole". If we don't win anything this season, then we will be the joke of the PL. That can't be argued.

08 Apr 2026 13:58:31
The fact of the matter, we are not playing to our strengths, and I can't see why.

The bosses can't be happy with 80s style play.

I honestly think he will be gone at the end of the season, even if we win the 2 trophies we are left in.

Enjoy your week, lads and lasses.

08 Apr 2026 16:47:09
I am still hopeful we will at least win one trophy, and I am leaning towards the Premier League (as long as we can sort our injured players out) . Bournemouth will be a strong indicator for that. Although not essential, 3 points is a must for me.

This is the season the boys will show they are now men (child-adult, not being sexist) . If they fail, then we really need to look at the team we have, as they don't have it in them and have been wrapped in cotton wool for too long. I'm still with Arteta. I think he has done an amazing job with where we were and where we are, but things will need changing.



As for a better style of football, I am expecting that flair to come back to us once we have more confidence and experience with playing together in training, and now, with so many players added last season, we have not had a series of training sessions together to experiment with them. Dig in deep, and be ready for the final stages of the rollercoaster. All together now. We will win the Premier League this season, and we will win it in style next season.

08 Apr 2026 19:41:38
Good chance we can crawl over the line, however, it's been painful, and City have been poor. We haven't addressed goals, LW, or CF. If the boss can't get that right, & we will face a tougher City next season - we need to change.

We don't have a winning attitude, and that comes from the boss.



He's done well, lovely guy & loves the club, BUT he's not a winner and not tough enough or tactically aware. Leaving Raya on the bench demonstrated that - big clubs want trophies.

10 Apr 2026 10:21:38
Correct, SY. :)

08 Apr 2026 06:31:28
Excellent result last night did what we needed, but, but, but, that is why you play your first-choice keeper in big games, Arteta.

Saturday next, let's get 3 points and put the pressure on City.

What's happened to Saka?

07 Apr 2026 19:29:21
Listened to Yays on high performers - similar story as Henry. Winning culture is key and leaders in squad drive it. Yaya was shocked that players laughed in The coach home at City after a poor result - would never happen at Barcelona and had a problem with it. Winning mentality means to are silent and sac when you don’t win. He said the turning point was FA Cup final when they physically fought in the changing room at halftime as playing so poor. Actual fighting. They went out and won. From then the “winning mentality” was contagious and they never looked back. Stated when you have the ball you pass to score and at Barcelona you had to win and play well - their fans booed them when they won 3 1 because they played poor.

Tell me - if the players fought… what would Arteta do.

😂 He would sell them.

What players do we have that would do that?

How close is our new mentality that everyone praised Arteta for close to that? Miles away.

Let’s get the culture right - get a number 2 to ruffle feathers including Arteta’s and leaders who will stand up to him, others and make winning contagious.

Let’s set high standards and wax lyrical when we actual get there rather than being so so grateful for the improvement - be brave and demand more.

Clear out a good few players, address the positions Arteta failed to do last year and sort the backroom staff out. Winners over Yes men or easy to manage players. Fighting actually got City the winning mentality.

08 Apr 2026 07:20:58
Old school George Graham or Alex Ferguson are needed, but those days have gone. So are real leaders on the pitch, and I mean leaders, not only a good footballer, but a hard, nasty person who isn't afraid to fall out with a team mate.

Souness, Keane, Adams, etc. We haven't got that player. Rice is a leader in his performances and attitude, but he hasn't got that nasty, angry streak; he is too nice.

08 Apr 2026 19:58:36
There are still winners out there - look in any sport or business. I don't believe for a second that an elite sport doesn't have winners - I've seen them play against us in EPL. The club doesn't sign real winners with that special winning mentality - that's a choice. Arteta finds players with good attitude who fit in. He buys a bloody dog called "winner" or something stupid like that. He's created a loyal, family-friendly, cohesive unit that many supporters praised him for - I want friction & fighting to win.
It's a choice Arteta has made.

It's the culture.
Arteta wants everyone to play for the team & defend & keep the ball at all costs.
Arteta wants to be very detailed in his instructions.
A family, hierarchical structure - lack of spark, individualism, and courage. You can see it in our play year after year.

Look at his win rate when it's less important vs win rate at business end of the season.

I'm not suddenly turning on him or just angry - he's been this way for 5 years. If we win the league we will deserve it but it's a City rebuild season & will only get harder.

07 Apr 2026 18:05:14
Watching tonight’s match without any expectations because with the way we are playing recently, I don’t have any hopes even if we somehow get past the quarterfinals and Sporting are a better side than Southampton, no disrespect to the Saints, they absolutely battered us in the game!
As I said earlier, it will be a bigger embarrassment for us, than the Spurs getting relegated, if we end up with nothing.

In the PL also, the games that I counted as winnable 2 weeks ago look like a difficult task.
Still, I will support the team until the last game, but that hope and expectations are lost for me.

07 Apr 2026 18:34:27
To be honest, mate, we played with an injury-plagued side against the Saints, don't get me wrong, they played a game that they knew would give them a chance, and it worked. Get a few players back and we will be on it again.

07 Apr 2026 19:16:29
We also attacked like we didn't know where their goal was, & afraid the boss would shout at them if they played a forward pass. It was our tactics which have been poor even with a full squad.

Draw is a good result tonight based on current form & their home record.

07 Apr 2026 19:17:59
That had been our story the last few seasons: injuries to key players, and we faded towards the end. We have addressed the depth this season, and against Southampton we had a near full-strength team. With the position we are (or were) in, we are absolutely expected to beat a team like Southampton, and only when we get this ruthlessness will we be a great team.

Look what it has done to the confidence of most of us, and I can only think that the players are humans, and it will affect them as well. Any cracks now, and we will again be empty-handed, while City ends up with a treble.