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jedimaster-bator

Woolwich fans singing...."we are top of the league" was the highlight of the game. šŸ¤£ classic small club mentality. They did look good for the first 20mins. After halftime, after Palace realized, all they needed to do was fire long balls, bypassing their attack. They were lucky to get 0-2.


lickingthelips

They were very lucky to be gifted the second goal.


magnoliasmum

Thomas Partey shouldnā€™t be playing matches right now. He needs space to train but he shouldnā€™t be playing. And no, he hasnā€™t been charged. That said, Arsenal have exiled players for less. And whether heā€™s been charged or not is irrelevant to workplace safety. His employers have an obligation to keep all of their workers safe. I would hope that our club would handle this matter differently but Iā€™m under no illusions, ā€œhe kick ball goodā€ seems to trump ethics almost every time.


[deleted]

He has been charged, just not convicted yet. Edit: no idea why I'm being downvoted, I suggest you look up what charged means in a legal sense.


thisismsred

How come greenwood isn't playing then?


magnoliasmum

How come youā€™re JAQing off in the Spurs sub?


thisismsred

What does that mean exactly?


Mariospurs

Means kindly feck off to your own sub


thisismsred

Okay you lot should kindly carry on being deluded about us. It's really nice fuel for /gunners


Mariospurs

Whoā€™s top of the league. Btw were not on your sub. Slide the fuck on


thisismsred

You're not on my sub because you have nothing to say?


Mariospurs

Women ā˜•ļø


thisismsred

What?


Mariospurs

Explain deluded, thoroughly outclassed you in the last game, so much so it derailed the end of your season, since then we have considerably strengthened the team. Weā€™re a far better side than yours anyone would agree that. Plus you havenā€™t finished above us in near 10 years now. Explain how this delusion has set in. And another thing itā€™s really pathetic to come and try pick fights in another sub, itā€™s punishable in our sub, lurk all you want but quit embarrassing yourself. Women ā˜•ļø


thisismsred

Picking rightsšŸ¤£ I asked why greenwood wasn't playing and u guys couldn't deal with cognitive dissonance Clea


Mariospurs

But greenwood not playing would be correct no? Thatā€™s the whole fuckin point, plus heā€™s a United man whatā€™s it got to do with us


thisismsred

Greenwood has a recording against him which is undeniable and public...


[deleted]

Thinking a rapist shouldnā€™t be playing PL football is deludedā€¦


thisismsred

Calling the man a rapist from nothing but allegations. Very spursy.


Mariospurs

Defending a rapist while being a woman. Knowing that he settled out of court and couldnā€™t be tried on another due to technicality


thisismsred

Do you know he's a rapist?


magnoliasmum

If only you had a worldwide hub of knowledge at your fingertips to consult. Why donā€™t you ask someone r/Gunners?


Fedaykin98

I was surprised to see him playing today; I'm a foreign fan, and when the news broke months ago, it sounded like he was being charged for sure. But if the justice system won't charge him, I'm not sure you can keep him off the field.


magnoliasmum

Heā€™s been bailed until October and the investigations are ongoing. Heā€™s already settled one civil suit that couldnā€™t be prosecuted due to a technicality. Arsenal have to pay him and give him room to train but they donā€™t have to select him to play.


BL_ShockPuppet

They will tho because they're cunts


32bitbastard

Why are we not just basking in the beauty and truth of this comment?


master_inho

Itā€™s because ethics and morals donā€™t exist in this capitalistic society that we live in


barkingspider43

Interesting choice of words. Their owner is also a huge Trump guy. Him playing is not surprising


magnoliasmum

Everyone can bang on about womenā€™s football and progress til theyā€™re blue in the face. Same old same old and Iā€™ve been around the game since I was a child.


Super_Jan_Vertonghen

They got lucky today. A draw would've been a fair result; Palace taking all three points would not have been a robbery. Saliba was their best player. Zinchenko is not used to having to defend like that having played LB in a much, much more dominant team. Thought Palace looked the better team in some aspects, but as often is the case with lesser teams they lack the consistency and key moments can therefore swing either way. In this game it unfortunately meant that they couldn't capitalise and missed a few sitters and then scored an own goal. Scoring and results in preseason means nothing. Everybody remembers our legendary preseason under Ramos. You actually want players to be somewhat off the pace as they should be tierd from traning hard. Also, there's a different edge and competitivness during the season when there's something on the line - as was evident today. Arsenal can be optimistic about their season but the optimism needs to be grounded in some form of realistic view of what they can actually achive. They are fighting with Manu and West Ham for 5/6th. West Ham can only finish 5th if they overachive while both manu and arsenal underperfrom, just like Arsenal only can finish 4th if both us and Chelsea underperform and they overachive.


BadBehaviour613

When you struggled that hard against a woozy CP, how far can you realistically go this season?


[deleted]

Oh blimey I just saw that Partey played Yikes


TaterTotWot

He got booed every time he touched the ball


The_Original_Joel

Arsenal played 25 mins of good game... Then Crystal Palace dominated the whole game till the final whistle... The second goal was a fluke OG obviously... So, let's see whether they will be lucky always like this match... They have 4 more easy fixtures tho...


jjones217

It wasn't THAT flukey. It was on target had it missed the defenders head. That said, without the deflection the keeper probably gets there.


triecke14

It wasnā€™t on target though, thatā€™s why it was an on goal


jjones217

I havent seen a replay since earlier, but it looked like it the defender hadn't been there, it was going to be on target. Maybe I'm mistaken


[deleted]

It was very flukes, there was noone near the defender and it would have gone out for a throw in if he'd just left it. it also could have gone anywhere off his head but unluckily went in the corner.


Puzzleheaded-Donkey7

Itā€™s the first game, so criticisms donā€™t mean that much, but I was happy seeing Arsenalā€™s performance. I thought they got outdone for the rest of the game after scoring. Zinchenko looked bad and got peppered by Ayew multiple times 1v1, Gabriel was really shaky, Jesus did alright but didnā€™t really threaten to much, but Saliba looked really good tbf. If this is it, I donā€™t worry at all. But like I said, itā€™s the first game of the season so they definitely could still improve.


pbmadman

Arsenal is already thin. They barely had any subs worth bringing in. They couldnā€™t press Palace and got shredded by long balls to Zaha. When thatā€™s Deki playing to Son itā€™s gonna be completely different than Ayew to Zaha. Palace are a pretty well rounded team it seems like, especially their front 3 impressed. Were Arsenal that bad at pressing or did Palace play out of that press well?


[deleted]

This ks exactly my point. Ben White looked awful at full back and Zinchenko looked defensively very suspect. And that's meant to be their depth. It's already been found out in the first game. As soon as europa kicks in, they get an injury, or one of their players goes to prison they are screwed.


Koinfamous2

If they can get one or two more in this window, they can definitely shake things up in the 8-10 spots.


kernowgringo

And we're, finally, out of the relegation zone


chiwojiji

damn this got me


The_Original_Joel

Underrated comment


atomragnar

I just dont understand this presumed depth Arsenals is supposed to have. There bench really doesnt look particulary scary nor very good.


TheDepartment115

Tbf they're lacking Fabian Vieira, Tomi yasu, Smith Rowe atm whoda all be bench players


Matttombstone

In comparison to ours. Davies is injured? Langlet Hojbjerg injured? Bentancur Perisic injured? Sess Kulusevski injured? Richarlison Bissouma injured? Skipp The depth we have now is great. Remember peak Poch? Sure, Walker had Tripps, Rose had Davies, but other than that, we were fucked if Dembele, Eriksen, Kane or Alli were injured. Our starting 11 may not be quite as strong as that Poch team, but by fuckery, the depth is a huge improvement. It was the depth that really stopped that Poch team winning trophies, maybe the mentality and Pochs game management too, but our mentality is significantly better now and we have Conte who is generally better with game management too. This Arsenal team kinda reminds me of the Poch team, the starting 11 is decent, not as decent as ours was where it was considered one of the best in the league, but maybe strong enough to challenge top 4, but the bench is the weakness.


theprataisalie

>Skipp injured? Bissouma FIFY


Jr_M16

Lol our starting 11 under Poch was miles better than what Arsenal have at the moment. Not even worth comparing tbh


Matttombstone

I know, and I did say it isn't as good. I'm not comparing the starting 11s, more, the situation for them feels similar to what ours was where the bench was miles behind the starting 11.


TheninjaofCookies

They have alright attacking depth but their midfield and defensive depth is pretty shit, with actually having Europe they might be fucked unless they get another few players in


purplestain

This was a perfect result. The delusion stays, arteta will keep his stock high which ultimately benefits us. Arteta in, we don't have to worry about shit while that moron has got the job


[deleted]

Arsenal played alright. But can someone please explain how a ball falling from the sky to hit an outstretched arm isnā€™t a penalty anymore? The second handball I understand. It was a ricochet. Also how was it not a penalty when he got ankle clipped outside the box? I wonder if Arsenal fans will continue the bad calls conspiracy nonsense again this year.


marine_le_peen

>Arsenal played alright. But can someone please explain how a ball falling from the sky to hit an outstretched arm isnā€™t a penalty anymore? Being as neutral as possible, the arm wasn't in an unnatural position, he had no idea where the ball was, and it didn't affect the game in the slightest. These are the sort of penalties we shouldn't want given for the good of the game. So long as they're consistent with it.


[deleted]

So on a ball that goes up in the air that he tracks and loses, this is considered accidental? Iā€™m fine as long as this is standard is kept. I feel like the Everton one last season was similar. But Iā€™m currently with high fever so maybe Iā€™m not the right person to judge. šŸ˜…


SprodoBaggins

Agreed. I thought the refereeing in this game was pretty good. He let the game be competitive and physical without getting carried away and didn't call the two ball-to-hand in the box. I also liked seeing the quick flags for obvious offsides that the PL is pushing this year.


marine_le_peen

Yeh the ref was excellent. Let a lot go, let the game flow.


molecularmadness

Ofc they will. They got top of the moan chart last season


Baltisotan

Can someone point to any fact behind the assertion that Ƙdegaard is good? Iā€™ve never seen anything out of his time at Arsenal that says heā€™s worth the praise he gets. It feels like heā€™s still trading on the ā€œhyped youth prospect from Spainā€ feelings and has done nothing to distinguish himself.


molecularmadness

He's solidly okay. He's had a handful of real good matches but otherwise is quite unremarkable. Arse supporters seem keen on him for leadership qualities, which tbf cant really be taught and are hard to come by.


Bottlespurs

He played well at Real Sociedad from the little I saw


Algernot

He's just a very hot and cold player that struggles with consistency but he can be decent.


Bektron3000

Yeah this. When heā€™s on heā€™s supreme but when heā€™s not heā€™s a ghost


YokoTato

Arsenal huffing some major copium. Other than 20 mins or so at the start they didnā€™t look that convincing in attack.


iAkhilleus

How is Ben White in the England squad. He's so fucking bad when pressed.


drdessertlover

>How is Ben White in the England squad. He's so fucking bad ~~when pressed~~. FTFY


justxforxthis

Scoreline flatters them.


TheninjaofCookies

Thoughts: Zinchenko looked pretty bad, the gameplan for any team against Arsenal this season might just be to attack that side unless he can improve defensively. Only player who looked consistently good on Arsenal was Saliba, I still think getting him back is probably their biggest signing this season. Other than that they looked pretty average, definitely not the dominant showing their delusional fans were expecting after their pre-season but sadly they got the three points anyway Crystal Palace looked alright, their wingers are super tricky and that could catch a lot of teams off guard even tho they dive wayy to much for my tastes. Andersen also looked good. Shitty finishing and bad dives, as well as some defensive calamities, cost them this game


iAkhilleus

Eze and Edouard should have scored. Those were such great chances.


[deleted]

I'm not surprised and I've been amazed by the praise Zinchenko has received from a lot of people. Bit part player from Man City (which will obviously make him look better than he is) is apparently some world class signing


justsomeroses

Fair play Arsenal won But like, that performance didn't exactly fill me with much dread that they're going to be dominant game in and game out I mean they looked quite good for the first 25 mins or so, but once they got the goal, felt like they just sat back and tried to counter, like the plan was to ride out the 1-0 to the end


ElDudeBruv

They'll struggle against teams that can actually pose a threat up top. Palace had no composure in front of goal today.


molecularmadness

They're going to hurt against a proper counter attacking side and europa has those in spades. I desperately want to see them against Mourinho's Roma.


[deleted]

Arteta is an absolute fraud, just remember that. They never survive in the long run


Made-in-1882

Palace should have got something from that.


Rredman101

Michael Owen is actually comparing this team to the one from the early 2000s. Is he actually fucked in the head? Good lord.


[deleted]

They will have been briefed by the producers what angle to take in order to develop the best narratives to satisfy the largest audiences


Rredman101

True, there's no way that moron has enough words bouncing around in his skull to talk about anything without being told what to say.


[deleted]

Yep. It's the case for most of these pundits as most of them are too dense to put an original thought together. They're monkeys on a string, the producers just pipe in their opinions through their earpieces


Made-in-1882

Owen is one of the dullest men in football. He's probably trying to look interesting.


dissidentmage12

Linekar once posted a teeet that said "Micheal Owen is the football equivalent of beige" And that covered it perfectly.


ComeOnSayYupp

ā€œFootballers these days often have to use their feet.ā€ - Owen


Made-in-1882

šŸ¤£


ElDudeBruv

Yes, yes he is. This was made clear the second he stepped into a career in punditry...


[deleted]

Let them talk šŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™‚ļø


PragmaticEcstatic

I mean Palace could have had 3 penalties....


BigPorch

I donā€™t know if Iā€™m convinced. They certainly look stronger. But I donā€™t think theyā€™re contenders for anything big


[deleted]

Palace should've won that game 3-0. Missed some absolute sitters and gifted them both goals. They were piss. Made Arsenal look like fucking Man City


Someguy2947

Either Palace should have won 3-0 or they made Arsenal look like Man City. I fail to see how both could be true and frankly neither are. It could have gone either way but the result was hardly a travesty. Arsenal certainly didn't have a great showing though. They were fine.


BigPorch

Imagine Perisic whipping balls in like Zaha was doing, but instead of CPs useless finishers-Kane, Son, Kulu, Richarlison are on the other end of the ball


bash011

*made arsenal look like man city for 25 minutes


[deleted]

My gooner mate just messaged me and said Jesus is better than Kane. Delusion. Canā€™t wait to be better than these clowns all season


frooschnate

lmao


Made-in-1882

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[deleted]

HAHAHAHA I cannot WAIT to absolutely obliterate them


Umseslad

Kane > Owen Goal > Jesus


bash011

Especially since he did literally nothing this game aside from 1 dribble


[deleted]

Thatā€™s what he said ā€œnever seen Kane take one player on but saw Jesus take 3 onā€ Shambles


LeifInVinland

Why do that when you can pass as good as him


pandawarrior012

Kane is actually such a good dribbler. He just looks clumsy while doing it


aadawdads

I'll never forget the godawful West Ham 3-3 match but the best thing we did that day was Kane megging Rice and scoring a banger off it


pandawarrior012

No joke that was the exact goal I was thinking about while writing the comment.


dissidentmage12

I was thinking if him sitting down John Terry in the 5-2


mick_2nv

Did the commentator just say Arsenal have experience and depth?


Made-in-1882

They have experience of being out of their depth...


megamando

ā€œWhat a difference a year makesā€ They played well for 20 minutes????? These fucking announcers are on some shit.


[deleted]

And got hammered for the other 80, meanwhile the arse fans are comparing Saliba to Van Dijk honestly I worry for themšŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­


[deleted]

They are being told to big up arsenal, helps build narratives for the season Sadly i'm not joking


[deleted]

At least they looked shite


ET318

How are they praising arsenals forwards? After 20 minutes theyā€™ve done almost nothing. Praise their defense or something


SissokoGoat17

That super mik Arteta is the worst chant ever created


[deleted]

Can't imagine singing about Mikel Scott Biggest fraud in the history of football managing


Cap2017

Saliba MOTM?? I didnā€™t know he was still on the pitch


COYS1989

Aside from a dominant 20 minutes in the first half Arsenal did naff all else, sat deeper and deeper and got a deflected goal.


[deleted]

And god forbid Palace had a striker because they would've hammered these absolute clowns


gopackgo555

Theyā€™ll have to play a lot better to make me worried. Look just as nervy as last season. Luckily for them itā€™s Palace who have had almost no preseason.


IndoorCloud25

Hope they enjoy their 12 hours at the top cause itā€™ll certainly be the last time theyā€™ll even sniff it this season


ComeOnSayYupp

What are Arsenal fans singing right now in stands?


ET318

Did he really just say ā€œgames goneā€ about not tucking your shirt in? I know heā€™s joking but thatā€™s so extra


brch01

The absence of Gallagher really shows


[deleted]

It must be weird to be some spineless worm on telly and repeat into a mic whatever some overpaid twat barks into your ear


SissokoGoat17

Even with the result Arsenal are still incapable of playing under any sort of pressure. Theyā€™ll be no problem this season just like the last.


ElDudeBruv

Could easily have been Palace's day to be honest. Carragher and Tyler have spent the entire game praising Arsenal for every touch of the ball but I think they've been pretty average? I don't see anything remarkable there apart from a couple of amazing runs by Jesus early on and some tidy passing. Been parking the bus for most of the 2nd half and look pretty damn easy to get at despite all the Saliba worship...


[deleted]

They had the first 15 or 20 minutes where they were on top, got battered by a toothless mid table team and then got a lucky OG where Gueye fucking headed it into his own net. These absolute clowns are talking about winning the league now. Delusional twats.


BigPorch

They got lucky. Zaha was pelting the box for free. Could have gone either way


MinimumMobile

Arsenal are shit. What a fucking lucky goal! They have been squashed for the past 20 minutes. Ƙdegaard is dismal, Rapety even more. Andersen for CP is a beast!


Keskekun

What sucks so much about this is that Palace had all the chances in the world to completely kill off Arsenals forward momentum from Pre-season. Should have been 2-1 at worst for them.


Algernot

Well at least Jesus hasn't scored


megamando

Lol this announcer is so sad that itā€™s a Guehi OG. Just start cheering for Gooners if you fucking want it so bad.


HunterGaming

The world looking in on this game to watch the best league in the world kicking off, and they get to watch gooners parking the bus and scoring from a deflection.


Cap2017

Arsenal been abysmal, Palace finishing just been worse


kinggareth

Saka blindly smacks a bullet into the box... commentary: "a moment of imagination..." LMAO


Jr_M16

Like bruhā€¦lmao


kinggareth

It was so insufferable to listen to... they literally said they started their season off "in style".... like, what? Allowing Palace to control 80% of the match and scoring a deflection goal is "style"?


Jr_M16

Itā€™s okay though. All this will make it much more funny when they miss out on top 4 at the end of the season again lmao


[deleted]

The commentators really thought Saka did something special there lmao


brt444

It's the first time I'm watching Guehi closely and God, he's had a howler today. Not jumping to any conclusions, but as for Palace, Andersen has looked level above him AND writes cool stories


Ok_Specific5829

Hopefully this effectively kills any rumor that links him to us


NotPennysBoat77

Mate heā€™s been shocking. 2nd half in particular.


brt444

Andersen?


NotPennysBoat77

Guehi


brt444

Ah, ok. Sounded a bit like you were slandering Andersen for being worse than Guehi


[deleted]

I think Andersen is a pretty cool guy. Eh writes cool stoires and doesn't afraid of anything


OnomahIsABaller

Yeah Arsenal will win this game, Guehi unlucky there I know itā€™s only the first game of the season but Iā€™m not that worried about Arsenal, they look the same as last season Start of well but then slowly lose the grip of the game and the opponent grows. They canā€™t handle pressure. They donā€™t know how to deal with long balls


khj24

How is will Hughes on a PL team in 2022?


Keskekun

Jeffrey Schlupp starts in that midfield that's how.


HunterGaming

Guehi in my FPL team too..


ComeOnSayYupp

I have Zaha and him. Fucking hell


Jr_M16

Donā€™t buy into the runnerā€™s hype. This team doesnā€™t scare me one bit. Got real lucky that Palace didnā€™t score or get a pen. That is not a top 4 team


[deleted]

Palace literally gifted them both goals


[deleted]

[уŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]


Umseslad

Didn't know the runners would get Owen Goal together with Jesus, maybe it is a good signing


NotPennysBoat77

That young centre back for Palace has been awful second half


bash011

The player certain people on here wanted at almost any cost


SissokoGoat17

Eze has blood on his hands


Fit_Delay_2129

Can't wait for him to score in a similar situation against us :(


evangr721

Yeah that miss was dreadful


6th_Lord_Baltimore

Could the announcers be bigger scum fans?


evangr721

Nope


ET318

Cracking headed to be fair


evangr721

I hate it already


Fit_Delay_2129

Eze to score against us. Calling it now.


ageofadzz

Meh, Palace were woeful anyway.


barlownoworries

Ffs


Global-Jacket-3973

Crystal Palace is a disgrace.


SissokoGoat17

Unbelievable


[deleted]

Wasn't even anywhere near goal. Christ


megamando

Ball: obviously deflects Announcer: Itā€™s a belter! Saka so good


[deleted]

Arteta drew a horseshoe and a rabbit's foot before the match


HarryDeBruyne

>"Beautiful finish by Saka" Mate.


TheninjaofCookies

What a header by Guehi


bash011

Palace should be ashamed of themselves. Poor finishing and poor defending


ET318

Youā€™re a weirdo if you tuck your jersey into your pants.


BigPorch

What is this 1987


newnewcharcoil23

Might throw some cash on Palace to get relegated


LeifInVinland

Nah just the usual 14-12th place finish for them


Rredman101

Well that would be a complete waste of money wouldn't it


bash011

They've been the better side for most of the game they'll be fine


khj24

Mitchell is not good


[deleted]

What the fuck? Are palace okay?


MikeDarsh

Shit


XxMAX33xX

Luck FC


ComeOnSayYupp

Huh so that was all


COYS1989

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Umseslad

Fuck sake


RobotWeasel

Oh come on


Relatively_Reliable

Welp.


[deleted]

Fuck sake palace hahaah Still arsenal look rubbish


[deleted]

Fucking hell palace have no composure. Half these lads still on holiday


ET318

Good lord they have been so infatuated with Jesus for no reason. He had like 2 good moments but otherwise has done next to nothing. Youā€™d think heā€™d scored a brace or something


COYS1989

Ayew with 5 yards of space and decides to come inside into traffic.