But yeah I think it's what we kinda expected with Xhaka rather than what he actually ended up doing last season where the LCM and LB are essentially the same role but interchangeable
Are we expecting someone to be in the box....? That's the second time I've seen a great cross go straight across with none of our players in sniffing distance.
It's the kinda thing that happens with a system like this with so much depending on chemistry, you expect a guy to make the run and he expects the pass back and then it's too late lol.
I think it's just that instance admins can read it and it will be sent via activitypub unencrypted if the account is on another instance. I'm not 100% on it not being sent if you message someone on the same instance
I think you can link your profile to matrix to enable a secure messaging option, but I've not bothered with that yet
Always wonder how much it hurts for the players if the ball hits them in the wall, you've got the force of a pro player essentially all going into to you.
WAHEY! WE'RE GARGANTUAN
7 Emirates cups, you'll never sing that
cross intercepted by *checks notes SMITH ROWE
lol that's my number 10!
the Smith Rowe revival can't come soon enough
Ok day, he still has a bit left. Would still be a great super sub.
Partey showing why he's playing at 6 and not Rice lol
That's a SPICY MEATBALL
And then a SPICY CURRYWURST to follow it up
Arsene deserves to watch better football in the house he built
He'll have enough of that when we play our actual best XI on Sunday if he comes tbf
God KT is so fun to watch
Imagine if three of Scotland's best players weren't literally all left backs
Granted Hickey is not on the same level yet
We're gonna win a meaningless friendly cup let's fucking go
@Astrealix first step to the world's first-ever quintuple. You saw it here first.
p sure there's been a few already but let's go
@Astrealix not according to wikipedia (the list isn't complete though, it doesn't include MCFC's treble): :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_association_football_teams_to_have_won_four_or_more_trophies_in_one_season
my man its literally right there on the list lol
also the treble is a treble, not four or more XD
IF YOU HATE TOTTENHAM STAND UP LMAOOOOO
Sounded like "for the Arsenal" to me, it is also 2:30 am so take that with a grain of salt
Rammers you beauty!!
Smith Rowe needs his own song
Maybe we can pull out that Koscielny one but change it to need
Saka and Emile Smith Rowe is very catchy though
RAMSDALE!
the most outrageous opinions on football twitter are boosted to the top, thanks to the paid blue tick
Like what lol
Saka not being god himself or smth?
Last one's a Chelsea troll tbf
I stopped using twitter a while ago now, but I know this exists if you still do https://github.com/BlueLiteBlocker/BlueLiteBlocker
like blaming Aaron for the goal
I don't blame him for that goal. But there was a chip earlier that he should have caught. He needs competition.
Ok that's actually one of the worst takes about this game so far lol
Gotta get on that Mastodon homie
all bald men hate the Arsenal
lol I'm bald
Why do you hate Arsenal
Because they are bald
*bald men professionally involved in football
As seen from Persona 5 every bald man is evil.
Lacazette
Unless we don't count him as bald
Well at least the inevitable shoot-out will mean something now.
...well as much as something can mean in the emirates cup
I want my KT
Next time the ball goes dead I want KT on the pitch I don't care that I'm biased XD
Very close
Learning from the USWNT making the post our MOTM
The one time Eddie is in prime position and no cutback, feels bad
7 subs lol, practically a new team
WHAT A SAVE RAMSDALE
Down the middle, TWICE >>> TWICE
Vieira shoulda got a foul called there
I don't disagree that he got fouled. But he knows English referees, sulking isn't gonna help.
Tbf the one call I remember him being involved him was stupidly in his favour lol
He's also not actually played that many games in the PL, might not be familiar yet
Fabio's crosses could work well, only if we brought on Havertz or let Deccers move that far up the pitch
I'm surprised how comfortable he looks at RW for a guy who really feels like he wouldn't fit it in the PL lol
Basically what the lad in the Breakdown's saying rn lol
Rice is wider and deeper than our usual left 8, if I'm not mistaken. Interesting.
Yeah, it looks a bit weird but with Timber's cover it might work
I'll wait for Billy or smth on that ngl, im no expert on tactics
Neither am I, but the way Timber can pinch in and progress the ball. It might be the opposite of a cover lol
But yeah I think it's what we kinda expected with Xhaka rather than what he actually ended up doing last season where the LCM and LB are essentially the same role but interchangeable
Trossard, Havertz, Saka and Odegaard are gonna have a field day
Are we expecting someone to be in the box....? That's the second time I've seen a great cross go straight across with none of our players in sniffing distance.
He should have cut back, he had someone at the edge of box
It's the kinda thing that happens with a system like this with so much depending on chemistry, you expect a guy to make the run and he expects the pass back and then it's too late lol.
Oh for sure, I would have just expected a cutback rather than a cross straight across goal, I feel like we don't usually see that
With Havertz we might see it more? Not sure tbh. We need the unpredictability anyway. As long as our own lads can predict it XD
Agreed, and I'm hoping that a lot of the tactical shakiness is just due to the fact that we're not used to playing so direct.
odegod scores those
No chance of that being saved..
WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT
ITS A FUCKING FRIENDLY
Martinelli, ESR and Rice look very good.
If Nketiah is trying to convince everyone that he can lead the line, this isn't it.
Stream switched to English, the Arsenal TV feed. Rice is extremely creative there
Mine's still Spanish, link?
Check DMs
Thanks :) fyi btw iirc dms aren't private on Lemmy but yeah appreciate it
Unencrypted or out in the public? I just don't want the link to be scrape-able.
I think it's just that instance admins can read it and it will be sent via activitypub unencrypted if the account is on another instance. I'm not 100% on it not being sent if you message someone on the same instance
I think you can link your profile to matrix to enable a secure messaging option, but I've not bothered with that yet
Not sure, I forgot, I'll check after the game
Just use matrix for private DMs
COYG
Tim Lewis getting himself some Arsene facetime I see. Such a fanboy.
Timber is on the left here? I thought it would be Tomi ngl
The biggest difference between Eddie and Jesus is the pressing. Eddie doesn't block the CBs passing lanes and they can play it out so easily.
Can't fool him a third time down the middle
Can't get fooled again
Can't wait to see timewasting addressed and having Newcastle suffer for it.
You and me both. I still get pissed off when I think about that away match
A-A-RON
+5m for Eddie
If this wasn't a friendly, Saliba would be off
Did not realise how fucking tall Rice is tbh
Vieira looks hungry, hope he gets a goal
we still can't defend set pieces
Gabi, Gabi, my boy, what the fuck was that?
PASS
Smith Rowe needs to stop dragging players back with both hands, he's not strong enough and that'll get called at some point
That looked bad.
Looked like academy football, and it's not the first time he's done it this game.
Bad habits die hard
Looks like it's on Fox Deportes in the US, which I thought I got with my YTTV subscription but apparently I gotta pay extra for it.
So if anyone knows of a link where I could definitely totally legally watch, let me know!
check mod chat
we are The Arsenal, we don't rely on set pieces😤
Cuz we never get given them
What a turn from nketiah.. second one this game
no one blocking cut backs and crosses
Jesus issue isn't serious, says guy I don't know. Tier - what I wanna hear
Nice line up, saving the big guns for the Community Shield. Love some Timber and ESR minutes.
WHAT A FUCKING TOUCH
I foresee an ESR goal before halftime
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by ESR i meant Eddie Side-foot on the Right
Rice playing LCM, much higher up the pitch than in the utd friendly
These Spanish speaking commentators love Martinelli and Smith Rowe
As they should
Just realised I have no idea who's at Monaco
Same, at their peak they sold off too many quality players
How is Ben Yedder still there
Poor from Saliba that
Bit poor from Ramsdale not catching the ball ngl not that it mattered cuz offside
Raya is needed for competition
Wenger is watching this. Imagine how he's feeling watching Artetaball 🤩 🤩 🤩
What a ball..
Had no fucking clue Rice could even do that kinda run ngl
We're using our heads, what a sight to see
announce the treble fucksakes
Oooo that was a nice interchange
GG
nelli my lad
Tricksy tricksy
Saliba having a weirdly bad game
Rice and Martinelli looks so so nice. Fantastic combinations.
Did we forget how to defend set pieces?
Where you been all last year we've forgotten for ages lol
OK fine. Did we forget how to attack set pieces?
Raya out 😁😁😁😁😎😎😎
lol lets not get ahead of ourselves
Terrible foul from Partey
Good from Eddie there. Amazed that ball got to Vieira tbh with how many people were around him.
Martinelli OOOF. Having a quality game until that moment. He's gotta make up for it now.
Tbf for the set pieces thing, Gabriel has always been the best on those and he ain't on lol
seeing that Trossard chance is a reminder of how ineffective we are at transitions
Nicely done by Vieira there and Eddie should get a free kick haha
Granted, we've been doing some pulling too. Lol.
So close
Ridiculous defending
We are FLYING into some tackles
Good luck beating KT 1 on 1 haha
I can see why we were interested in Fofana btw. Looks very good.
Francis Jeffers died and was reborn as Eddie Nketiah!
Greedy by Trossard
OUR FOX IN THE BOX
FUCKING FINALLY
vieira missed an easy thru ball opportunity
He's looked so isolated. Doesn't have the athleticism or speed to take on his man out wide and is not picking out the right overlapping runs.
Risky from saliba.. easy red
Apparently the Emirates sponsorship might be a record value 👀
Not high enough to justify it being the Emirates ngl. Tbf it's probably the least bad oil state but still
I'm curious what the number is.
£50m if the +25% on the last deal is true
No clue, I just know I ain't happy XD
Eddddieeeeeeeeeee!!!! ❤️❤️❤️🔥🔥🔥🔥🤯🤯🤯🤯
What a ball from partey but still couldn't pull off the final pass
YEAH BOI
Declan riceeee!! 😫
Not a great ball from Havertz to Vieira ngl, bit too much spin on it, slowed things down
Nketiah!
Minamino has already got our defense shaking, wtf
Monaco look good full credit to them
Probably same thing with the United game with Arteta telling the lads to fix what they screwed up haha
He looks decently pissed
Could just be the adrenaline ofc
Ramsdale's crucification coming up
j20 oh my days
He's our 3rd choice. Our quality is stupid.
Havertz as False 9?
I think Trossard
These subs 😍
Also wow did we get lucky there
Need a goal from open play here. I won't be satisfied by a set piece goal.
Coming On: Martin Ødegaard, Leandro Trossard, Kieran Tierney, Gabriel, Kai Havertz, Jorginho, Benny Blanco
Coming Off: Gabriel Martinelli, ESR, Jurrien Timber, Declan Rice, Thomas Partey, Takehiro Tomiyasu
I accidentally fell asleep during the first half (been traveling a lot) how are we playing?
Decent enough. Have to say Monaco are playing quite well and we're not quite up to our usual standards but it's alright lol.
only reason I say it's alright on the standards btw is cuz it's not our first team lol, we better play good here tho
from the lineups, it still very much seems like a fitness exercise haha.
Thank you boss
Gabriel just got bodied
Always wonder how much it hurts for the players if the ball hits them in the wall, you've got the force of a pro player essentially all going into to you.
Trossard is taking up Havertz's space
Think the card on Saliba is fair tbh, especially given it's a friendly. Set the tone.
Ødegaard before Jorginho. Didn't expect that.
Works out so who cares
Captain first can help to gee up the squad, hopefully it works :E
Going well so far, touch wood
Eddie needs minutes, because based on his performance so far, he needs replacing
Not off to a great start
Martinelli tryna learn tricks from Saka with that tight finish lol
Martinelli looking up a bit more, not enough to grab a goal there though
Teasing ball from Eddie there
Rice as an 8 huh. Probably what we're gonna be doing Sunday, so makes sense.
Wonder what our penalty order will be. Obviously Jorginho first, but who's next
@Astrealix I think we'll see Vieira, Havertz, Nketiah, and Odegaard (not necessarily in that order).
Nketiah's not on the pitch my man
@Astrealix oops only been paying 50% attention. hasn't been all that riveting.
@[email protected] then
Bro the minutes weren't even up, ref pls
Wouldn't have made a difference but it's about the principle of it
About to give up on English searching lol
Good fucking save
Good save
Decent enough try for ESR there given how that ball was
Would've preferred to not lose a corner of course but eh
That was basically not a foul tbh
Ngl was expecting a shot from Monaco outside the box there, too used to what our 6s do lol
Oo good spot to win a free kick Partey
Couldn't hear, who got subbed?
Oh Minamino. Did pool get a fee for him?
Stop dragging people back, it's literally always a foul XD
Fabio needs to stop hitting defenders with the ball /lh
Felt like volleyball that
Ref's micced up. Should be using it to tell everyone why they're deciding what they are haha
You've watched too much womens world cup. That's to communicate to their bribers in the TV room.
Yeah I have XD
Honestly though why don't they just hook it up so the ref can explain some decisions
Good ball steal (idk the fucking terminology for that tbh it was barely a tackle) from Vieira
Holy shit Eddie keeping that in
Monaco look more up for it than we do.
Saliba as RCM is wild
Maripan is never gonna give his team up or let it down
Another one of those chemistry mistakes there, good idea from Rice
Why is Timber there LMFAO
What was that smh
Marquinhos on for Eddie.
Didn't know he could play on the left ngl!
I just clocked this while updating my google form for later: ESR is playing on the right CM. Haven't seen him do that IIRC.
Is ESPN the one having issues lol
turns out yes, we have english!
What was that foul
What was that card for?
Ben Yedder complaining
Get in Eddie!
Your stream is like a min ahead of everyone else's lol
We haven't seen the goal in a bit too long for my liking ngl, put Saka on
Tho tbf I don't mind Vieira and he's doing fine, just that Saka is Saka lol
Kinda wanna see us play four four fucking two with Havertz up top just to see what it would be like lol
Declan rice looks right at home, if not as involved as Xhaka normal is (I think that's tactical)
Needs to hit that header for Monaco lol
That was an interesting tackle from rice lol
Who blows the whistle there??
English men's refs, that's who...
STREAM TURNED ENGLISH SUDDENLY?
Donde? Me want
No way Trossard saw Eddie there that was absolutely a one track mind lol
THERES ONLY ONE ARSENE WENGER
Love Tierney's long throw in balls
If we combined Zinchenko and Tierney we would have the best LB in the world
Easily
Vieira just isn't good enough I'm afraid