26 Apr 2023 22:11:12
Disgraceful performance! I'm not mad because we lost to City but to play like that in a match that important is a disgrace! No fire, no passion, no nothing. I don't care what the expectations were at the start of the season but every player needs to know that they bottled it! We have to start telling it how it is. Hopefully someone learns something from it but last season was the same.

1.) 26 Apr 2023
26 Apr 2023 23:08:17
Yeah way to passive in the 1st half especially seemed like we did know weather to stick or twist with going with the press or sitting back and did neither in the end and ending up being stuck in middle no mans land and City worked the gaps between the lines with ease really and played around us. Both Xhaka and Party in particular were way off it tonight seemed like both were not 100% fit tbh and against city you need everyone on it to have any chance. The pressure of leading has without doubt got in the heads a bit and you have to say we have folded in the last 3 games. West ham and Southampton draws very costly. Just got to get it together for next 5 games so we don't go out with whimper while there is still a chance you never know.

2.) 27 Apr 2023
27 Apr 2023 01:59:48
I think my main regret here with this team is that we have recruited so well in January and made such an effort to build a deeper squad, but we keep overrelying on the same players regardless of form. Trossard and Nelson have really deserved more chances than to just be coming off the bench every week.

That said I believe Arteta will learn what that really means next season when we need to play a top team midweek. Looking forward to next season now as I had more or less given up on the league last month.

3.) 27 Apr 2023
27 Apr 2023 10:44:07
I usually really dislike the term "bottled it" and it has been thrown at us a lot in the last few weeks and I simply do not agree. HOWEVER last night that label is 100% correct, I don't think it was a tactics issue as some would suggest, we have been purring about these players this season so to start suggesting that they are not RB's or up to standard is an Angry/ disappointed response IMO, but completely understandable.

Last night felt like last season's Newcastle game where I honestly believe that the players lost the game in the warm-up and in the tunnel, as soon as the kick-off happened the realization of the occasion hit them and they lost all the character that they have shown this season, they did not become bad footballers overnight, we have taken 3 points from the last 12 and we are STILL 2 points clear at the top, that is how good this team is, that is the truth of it. but they are on a steep learning curve and so far when they have been faced with that crunch moment they have crumbled and that is more of a mentality/ maturity/ experience issue rather than a playing quality issue.

I might have my rose-tinted glasses on here but I do believe that is just experience rather than a wider issue, after the disappointment of the top 4 race last season it would seem that the players and coach dusted themselves down, accepted their shortcomings and came back this season stronger and mounted a good title challenge than none one us were expecting, so I believe that IF we fail to win the league this season they will be better next season because of it.

If we finish 2nd then it will be a difficult one to digest for us fans, yes at the start of the season we would all have taken that, however as some keep saying, that was at the start and we have had a genuine chance to win the prem title so if we don't that has to be a huge disappointment and we cannot sugar coat that.

But the one thing we should all be able to agree on is that what we all want to see is progress and pride and commitment to the club and the players and the coaching staff are showing all of that, there will be mistakes but they don't hide and they are showing pride and commitment to the badge, it has been a great ride this season so far and one of the most enjoyable seasons in a while, and the emirates has been a fantastic atmosphere.

I however am still one of those fans that is convincing myself that we will win our last 5 games and Man City will drop the points we now need for us to lift the title.

4.) 27 Apr 2023
27 Apr 2023 15:26:22
I do not think we should stop hoping Hampshire we all will as a matter of fact. I just think we can't sugarcoat it anymore and I hope Arteta told the players that recent performances are bad. If we always talk to them like they are kids they will never grow up.

5.) 28 Apr 2023
28 Apr 2023 09:39:52
Absolutely agree BDG,