01 Apr 2024 14:36:27
Ed25,

I understand you plastering all over these pages that yesterdays game was the 'most boring in history' etc.

However, how many times this season have Arsenal bored you with their play? We are the leagues top scorers and we also have the best defence of the 20 teams.

Yesterday we approached the game with the objective of not losing it. We achieved that objective and are still very much in with a chance of winning the title. Not many teams stop City from scoring against them and we have managed it twice this season. The only other team were Aston Villa.

I apologise on Arteta's behalf for all those who were bored yesterday. I couldn't care a less how we got that point though. It's not as if we approach every game in that manner.

{Ed025's Note - as i said previously Jim i have been impressed by Arsenal this season and the borefest yesterday was citys doing as well, there was a lot on the line mate and i get the cautious approach, but as a neutral im just expressing how deflating it was from a spectators view, i know you dont give a toss what people think and thats fair enough but these are 2 of the best teams in Europe for me and i cant help how i feel, good luck though even though playing Jesus was a mistake imo i think hes bloody useless..

1.) 01 Apr 2024
01 Apr 2024 16:44:09
It's all about opinions, and I totally get why neutral fans were disappointed and felt let down by us not going for it yesterday, it's a bit like watching who wants to be a millionaire on TV and TV viewers all over the country urging the content who's on half a million to gamble everything for their entertainment, of course they want to know what would have happened because they themselves have absolutely nothing to lose either way, but for the contestant and their supporters there is everything to be lost as well as the jackpot to be gained by throwing caution to the wind.

Most Arsenal fans i know are over the moon happy with a draw at City, and just imagine how upset and really angry the tiny minority of Arsenal fans who aren't happy about yesterday's draw would have felt if we'd really gone for it and got stuffed 3 or 4 nil, yet again? They'd have then been calling the team and manager naive useless and been demanding change no doubt ?

You can please some of the people some of the time, and they are definitely the ones you should worry about and concentrate on in my book ???.

2.) 01 Apr 2024
01 Apr 2024 17:09:17
Personally i didn't find the game to be boring. For me the game becomes boring when a team doesn't try or plays without a plan or if the other team is overwhelmingly superior. This game was tight and suspenseful, i had a real sense that it could go either way. So i liked the game very much and i'm reasonably happy with the result too :)

I don't think we wanted to defend that deep. We played our pressing game but City were so good at diffusing it we had to react by dropping deep. Then going forward we clearly wanted to simply bypass the press with a long ball and get the second ball. I feel like Raya's delivery was a bit subpar though and that meant we ended up surrendering possession to City a bit too often. I think those factors made the game a bit monotonous and that's probably the reason most people didn't enjoy it that much.

{Ed014's Note - I didn’t find it boring at all, we nullified them almost completely whilst making the best chances to win the game despite our lack of possession.

Arteta has been slagged off for a supposed lack of tactical nous but he’s being hitting that bollox out of the park all season!

3.) 01 Apr 2024
01 Apr 2024 17:56:56
Hi Ice mate, we were heavily emotionally invested in the game and because the stakes were so high we couldn't switch off for minute, but I get the neutral point of view.

I have to say because it was against the world champions who have been consistently the best in England for some years now yesterday very much to be enjoyed and celebrated as a huge success ?.

4.) 01 Apr 2024
01 Apr 2024 18:21:08
It was not a goal fest as some expected it to be especially with the amount of goals we have recently been putting away. For me we just could not afford to loose the game a win would be a bonus. A few seasons back and we played Totenham where a draw would have been sufficient for us and keptu son course for top 4, we blew it as we went out for the win and lost complete control of the game players good injured/ suspended and we lost top 4 spot too. Important thing is we are still init and we are still lokking good for the run in. For the mutual it may have been boring but for us Arsenal fans we live to fight another day. Agree with the sentiment that I don't think Jesus should be starting I think super sub for him at minute.

{Ed025's Note - it was a good result G4E there is no doubt about it, now the hard work starts where defeat is not an option which is a hell of a lot of pressure mate..

5.) 01 Apr 2024
01 Apr 2024 19:19:41
Both games against city were boring, but every city game is boring. We took 4 points - who coulda expected that?!

6.) 02 Apr 2024
02 Apr 2024 01:18:42
Agree guys our teams needs us the fans more than ever now. We need to pull together and push the team even further with our support the next 8 games now need to be treated as finals every time we can not afford any flip ups. Teams are going to be upping their games up against us that much more. Tottenham already have given up hope of getting champions league and now only see putting a dent in our stride as their number 1 ambition for the season. Come on you gooners let’s get behind the team manager n club.

7.) 02 Apr 2024
02 Apr 2024 08:53:50
Hi G4 I think pretty much everyone is behind the team and manager mate, as for the run in hopefully in a few weeks we might meet 1 or 2 teams who's players already have their swimming trunks and suntan lotion on .