Do you remember the reaction when Arsenal withdrew injured players from the March camps?
BBC ran an article asking if Arsenal should be deducted points, which included Timber, who was too injured to play a cup final.
Saying the league has never been weaker hours after you’ve been held scoreless at home to Fulham with three attackers worth a combined 365m is brilliant.
Arsenal played VERY GOOD football for three straight seasons. Three runner-up finishes.
Last season was different. They had to win something big, or the project would die. Lose a title race that close, that many times, and player motivation is lost. Arteta knew it. So he used every resource he could find. They became "Set Piece FC", ugly when it had to be, ruthless where it counted. It worked. They won the league and lost a Champions League final on penalties.
Now the weight is gone. Players look healthy, the football looks free, and the winning is still happening.
None of this should surprise anyone who watched them these last four seasons with open eyes. Apparently it surprises almost everyone. I guess they just don't like the club or its coach.
Arsenal should have been awarded a penalty at Aston Villa for Ian Maatsen's challenge on Bruno Guimaraes.
The KMI Panel voted the error 5:0 on-field and on VAR.
It added that Maatsen should have been sent off for a second yellow card.
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Arsenal need to continue to bully and oppress everyone in the league cos when this stuff and the broken legs to our players were happening all we were told was that we were too soft and weak
This Gabriel red card nonsense is as desperate as I’ve seen it get
Were the same people crying out for a red card when Calafiori was kicked in the head last week?
I think Chelsea’s biggest problem is they treat every game like it's do or die and this hyper emotional state can't be easy to contend with over 3+ years. You can't be on the brink constantly. Promo vids for GW3 and shit.