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For some, the return of the fans “made the difference” for Arsenal. But others see a “disaster” coming.
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It’s no surprise to Mediawatch that every positive action in Arsenal’s win over Rapid Vienna on Thursday is attributed to the return of the fans.
This is a team that had won all of their previous Europa League matches this season by an aggregate score of 12-2. They beat Molde 4-1 at the Emirates less than a month ago, but a win by exactly the same score against a similar standard of opposition boils down to an inevitable by-product of 2,000 fans in the stands.
the Daily mirror they refer to them as “the true heroes of Arsenal”. John Cross “could see that he made a world of difference” as proof “that fans can lift teams” and “change the mood.” It’s like playing for a club that is not as good as you.
Adrian Kajumba was equally impressed by the Daily mail, suggesting ‘this is the impact that even a small support can have’ as ‘Arsenal seemed visibly lifted by their backing’. And playing in a club is not as good as them.
He even mentions that they lost three consecutive Premier League games to the Emirates before this, “home has not been the happiest place for Arsenal lately”, to underline the considerable influence the fans had on their return.
It had nothing to do with hosting a team currently third in the Austrian Bundesliga and winless in their last three league games. Nothing at all. It was all the fans. Shut up.
Disaster planning
But that’s harmless and understandable – excuse the pun – fan service. These are newspaper columnists who write for followers about followers. They probably made a difference in performance levels and result, even if it’s insignificant.
Trust Sun to exaggerate the point beyond comprehension.
“ARSENAL responded to the return of fans after a nine-month absence with an obvious boost in passion and performance, and that could be a nightmare on the weekend.”
I’m sorry? How is that, Duncan Wright?
“ It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out the effect it had on the players, as Mikel Arteta’s side went up two or three notches of the kind of bland displays they’ve been putting on lately. ”
Well, those are just vague and nonsensical topics. They had also won all the European games without fans.
What about this impending “nightmare”? It’s Tottenham this weekend, of course.
“It’s bad enough that José Mourinho’s team is sitting well at the top, while Arsenal languishes in 14th place, looking over their shoulders as Fulham begins to find its shape.”
Arsenal are as close in terms of points to Chelsea in third place as they are to Fulham in 17th, big shit.
And that in Harry Kane and Son Heung-min, Spurs possess the kind of attacking power that threatens to go berserk against an Arsenal defense that has sent six goals in three games, and that would have been far worse if Leeds hadn’t. somehow failed. find the target. ‘
This has just come in: Arsenal would have conceded more goals if their opponents had scored more goals.
“But imagine if Mourinho’s men get the same rebound as Arsenal so clearly in this match.”
So the current leaders of the Premier League could beat a team that they are in considerably better shape than. This is usually how it works.
“Things are already worrying enough with the traditional Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang goal machine, a shadow of its former self, starved for opportunities by a team lacking any creative advantage.
“Arteta and his Arsenal stars will be hoping, even praying, that there won’t be a hint of a rebound.”
Stop talking about rebound.
“For the Spurs to have a 12th player, it could spell disaster.”
My God, that escalated. A seamless transition from fans coming back transformative for Arsenal when it probably only made a slight impact at best, to literally being a ‘disaster’ and a ‘nightmare’ when Fulham started breathing down their necks.
The boy does nothing
Duncan Wright was also responsible for committing these two paragraphs to print:
“ARSENAL desperately waited nine months to win back the fans, and within five minutes they were embarrassed by one who organized a protest over Mesut Ozil’s treatment.”
Embarrassed? They were probably a little upset at best.
“World Cup winner Ozil, 32, has been frozen by the Gunners this season despite being charged £ 350,000 a week for doing nothing.”
And that’s a pretty dangerous accusation. He trains every week and makes himself available for selection while “collecting” the salary that is contractually owed to him. If he really “did nothing”, Arsenal would have no problem firing him.
Kane sugar
But let’s get back to the Arsenal ‘nightmare’ stuff: Tottenham. Paul Jiggins was there to see them tie LASK in a relatively pointless Europa League game, but he has some jarring news.
“It was confirmed that there is only one real superstar on the Spurs, and it is not Bale,” he writes. Nor is it Son Heung-min who overtook the North Londoners after the break to become their fourth best Euro scorer of all time.
“No, this victory highlighted once again that for all the big names now on José Mourinho’s team, the main man remains, and probably always will be, Harry Kane.”
I’m not entirely sure how scoring three goals ‘highlighted’ how much Tottenham missed a forward, but still.
“ The Premier League leaders showed how important Kane is to them as they looked like a shadow of who they were recently without him, ” he adds, as if a) Kane’s break saw them concede three goals, and b) no other team would ‘look at’ a shadow of their recent self if they weren’t playing like their best player.
Ball loading
Of course, all this is in a report that also includes the following:
Based on the banks of the Danube, it is most famous, or infamous, for being the place where Adolf Hitler lived during his youth.
“So there is nothing else related to that other than the fact that this game was also played with only one ball.”
That’s enough of that for one day.
Eat, shoot and leeds
Mark Lawrenson is in predicting duties for BBC Sport and he has a word of caution for Leeds.
“Marcelo Bielsa’s team started the season well, but they have had a recent mixed results streak that saw them send four goals in two consecutive games. I think the speed of the players on some Premier League teams has caused them problems.
“The soft center of this team is on defense.”
Only Chelsea have more clean sheets in the Premier League this season, to be fair.
F365 Shit Day Headline
‘Former Liverpool player urges Grealish to join Man Utd on Arsenal’
That is absolutely dripping into SEO.
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