Arsenal (A) - CC Semi Final 2nd (not 1st!) leg, Thu 20th Jan 2022 (7:45pm)

[AngryOfTuebrook]

That Martinelli fucker had me worried early on, but once Trent got on the front foot - so it was them worrying about us - there was no turning back.

[Redder Lurtz]

Fucking marvellous. Held ourselves for 15 - 20 minutes then just bossed it.

 

 

[Babb'sBurstNad]

Thought Jones was better second half, but then everyone was. It'll be interesting to see how he and Elliott are used once the latter is fit again.

 

[El Rojo]

Jones offered something different, thought he was very good. 

 

The biggest compliment I can pay Kelleher is that we generally don't miss Alisson when he plays.

 

Jota was superb, of course, as were the full-backs. Thought Virgil was very commanding tonight, first time in a long time he's outshone Joel Matip. 

 

Saka and Martinelli are already excellent footballers, either would be great for us. 

[Chocoholic]

Here we go, Legohead post match on now.

[Anubis]

1 minute ago, Chocoholic said:

Here we go, Legohead post match on now.

He’s fabulously peevish.

[DaveT]

12 minutes ago, J-V said:

He was excellent.  Crisp quick passing, never lost the ball fuck they couldn't get the ball from him and had to foul him, full of running etc.  Absolutely nothing to fault in his performace.

This. Outstanding team contribution from young Curtis.

[gkmacca]

7 minutes ago, suzy said:

He does 5 or 6 hours on Saturday afternoons on Sky.

Yeah, but that's just Gogglebox with added crowd noise.

[Josef Svejk]

1 minute ago, Chocoholic said:

Here we go, Legohead post match on now.

Miserable cunt. 

[Harry Squatter]

Life comes at you fast

[gkmacca]

And what a great week it's been so far for Everton.

[Bjornebye]

Fuck off calling them lazy tackles and blaming his flight. Dirty bastard would have got a straight red for the second anyway. Arsenal are shite fuck them 

[Anubis]

I’m not getting why people think Partey is great midfielder. Whenever I’ve seen him he’s been shit.

[stringvest]

Arsenal once Konate came on.

[El Rojo]

On Jones, his natural inclination when he started out was probably to try with ridiculous flicks and shots from distance. He's being coached into a more rounded midfielder. As someone else said, great team performance from him tonight. Still only 20. Would still love to see him try a thirty-yarder at least once a game though !

[Bjornebye]

Just now, El Rojo said:

On Jones, his natural inclination when he started out was probably to trywith ridiculous flicks and shots from distance. He's being coached into a more rounded midfielder. As someone else said, great team performance from him tonight. Would still love to see him try a thirty-yarder at least once a game though !

He's getting better and better. Can't wait to see how he will be in the coming seasons. 

[Caramac]

[gkmacca]

1 minute ago, Bjornebye said:

Fuck off calling them lazy tackles and blaming his flight. Dirty bastard would have got a straight red for the second anyway. Arsenal are shite fuck them 

They've become a really cynical bunch under Arteta. They're basically as dirty as George Graham's old side but they get away with more. Lacazette really pisses me off - literally adding insult to injury - the way he picks up our players after they've been hacked down as if to say, 'Come on, stop play acting', whilst him and his teammates are forever falling over as a means of breaking up play.

 

Refs especially have to learn to realise that the 'if I lose posssesion I need to fall over and just hug the ball' trick merits a yellow for hand ball, not a free kick to them. 

[El Rojo]

1 minute ago, Caramac said:

A goal so good it had two separate team celebrations. 

[Lee909]

1 minute ago, gkmacca said:

They've become a really cynical bunch under Arteta. They're basically as dirty as George Graham's old side but they get away with more. Lacazette really pisses me off - literally adding insult to injury - the way he picks up our players after they've been hacked down as if to say, 'Come on, stop play acting', whilst him and his teammates are forever falling over as a means of breaking up play.

 

Refs especially have to learn to realise that the 'if I lose posssesion I need to fall over and just hug the ball' trick merits a yellow for hand ball, not a free kick to them. 

 

Learnt the ways of tactical fouling and the picking players up after yellow cards while carrying Peps cardie round at City

[an tha]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Do it again, redmen....

[Kevin D]

Even during that patchy opening 20 minutes, that felt inevitable.

[deiseach]

Meanwhile, over at the podcast:

[Moctezuma]

Alan Smith's glum voice getting glummer with every passing minute was deeply enjoyable. Excellent work.

 

Now onto that horrible gang of financially doped tory pricks in the final.

[Anubis]

Smith was almost crying after the first went in.