Arsenal’s first pre-season game ended with a 5-1 win over Ipswich Town at London Colney this afternoon.
Mikel Arteta’s first half team was packed with experience, with the likes of Bernd Leno, Hector Bellerin, Ben White, Thomas Partey and Nicolas Pepe all starting.
Eddie Nketiah grabbed a hat-trick to mark his first outing in the number 14 shirt, while Albert Sambi Lokonga also got on the scoresheet.
It was all change at the break though, with a second half line-up made up from Academy and youth prospects, and Flo Balogun scored the Gunners only goal of the second period.
Arsenal’s next encounter is in Germany next weekend when we face FC Nuremberg.
Super. Well done, all.
Can we try ben white at DM with saliba partnering gabriel in CB?
But we have 4 senior DMs already.
And if the Tielemans deal goes through, we shall have another.
A very, very good one.
In heaven’s name, why…?! Ben White is a centre back, end of. I honestly don’t know what you dudes get out of daft tinkering….?
Mate, you should get together for a few beers with Berlingoon. The long winter evenings will fly by…..
So butthurt? Bet you‘re dreaming of me too. Poor lad.
Think that lost something in translation, makes no fucking sense.
It makes no sense that this dude is still thinking about me weeks after we disagreed on a fckn football topic. His life must be truely wonderful. I forgot he even exists the day after.
Dreams? Heh. That’s a bit rich coming from you, Nostradamus.
Those great Saka Departure Summer 2022 visions of yours, how are they coming along?
Have you managed to work out yet whether or not we are going to sell him this window?
I still haven’t said that I think Saka will leave once. You don’t exactly look smart by refusing to understand that. For WEEKS now.
Exactly, if saliba is better than white play saliba. If white is better then play white. I can’t get my head around this narrative that the back 4 can’t be improved.
FIFA22 has got a lot to answer for…..
How about letting saliba and white fight it out to decide who starts? I don’t get this narrative that the only thing we need to change is lacazette and xhaka and everything is sorted. The aim should be every player should have someone challenging him for his place. White in central midfield would be a disaster. Right now in our squad elneny xhaka and lokonga are all better options than him. Maitland niles as well if he’s still in the team.
Nice performance from our new signing Whathisname. Oh wait…
Why the 46 downvotes? He has a point…once more we are dragging our heels trying to sign who we need. Meanwhile city, Liverpool and even fkn spuds have their business all done and dusted giving them time to bed them in for week 1…so fkn amateur hour as usual.
Oh dear, Minty.
Wrong yet again. You never ever learn, do you….?
Would be a great one if Nketiah continues to grow in confidence.
Some really nice passes from Thomas Partey. I hope he stays fit for the season.
Who gave that pass for the last goal?
Looked like Matt Smith, a 21 year old fella we’ve been loaning to League 1 clubs for the past few seasons, where he’s gotten plenty of senior starts under his belt already, so Ipswich wouldn’t have fazed him today, its the level of opposition that’s right up his alley in fact.
Matt smith
Who has more winners medals than Harry Kunt, erm sorry, Kane.
Oh yeah, now that’s where I remember him from! It was the 2020 cup final and I got really confused when I saw this tall kid randomly wandering around with the team during the post match celebrations. It was only afterwards I found out he was a member of the squad at that point!
Yes Matt Smith, it was outstanding
Excellent, thats what we want
Especially happy for Nketiah, a striker thrives on confidence, which come from goals. I am beginning to see the lad does have a natural instinct for goal, else you don’t score a hatrick wherever. Well done lads, keep it up
Curious what number Bellarin wore for the match. Still rather hoping that #2 goes to Saliba to show he’ll be a major player this season!
2 is for right backs. It should go to Tomi once Hector leaves.
#2 goes to that lot down the road in their toilet shaped stadium, but the jersey can go to whomever wants it
🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵
If I had the wings of a sparrow
If I had the arse of a crow
I’d fly over Tottenham tomorrow
And shit on the bastards below
Shit on
Shit on
Shit on the bastards below, below…
🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵
Aaah, the old ones are the best…😂
And now that they have just signed Richarlison they should rename the ground as the Tom Daley stadium. It’s gonna be hard to keep Kane,Son and him from diving all over the place.
By rights, Tommi should get the number 2 shirt, although I have heard rumours that Saliba has been given it.
To be honest, shirt numbers are the least of our problems at the moment. We need to get in a decent sized squad to wear them first.
Who gave that through pass which Nketia teed for Sambi’s goal?
Partey
Thomas the Partey
Mister Partey
It good to hear this
Where the hell is Jesus? Anyone know why it’s taking this long to announce his signature on the contract? I have a feeling it could be something to do with his medical, but hope I am wrong.
The delay I think will take away the excitement when they eventually announce him. I mean to some he’s already an Arsenal player two weeks ago.
He‘ll come today. It’s Sunday. Everyone knows Jesus appears on a Sunday.
Can’t be medical. Even if he was dead he’d recover in three days.
Downvote the shit out of me but if it fell thru I wouldn’t give 2 fks. Dude has proven to be the most inconsistent of goal scorers, exactly what we don’t need. And don’t even bother trying to convince me of his amazing work rate, tactical nous, ability to play anywhere up front blah blah blah…he scored 8 goals for city last year, 4 in one game. He scored fck all for Brazil in the last World Cup. Zero! City couldn’t wait to get him off the books. FACT.
Taxi for Minty…..
😂
Eddie Nketiah the Apex Predator.
No Tomiyasu or Tierney – hopefully that’s just precautionary.
You bet your life it is.
Extended holidays due to international involvement for Tomi and precaution for KT I guess.
Reminds me of the petrol shortage in the 70’s, being able to fill up on odd days or even days, based on the last number on your number plate.
Same thing with Arsenal. It was a T day so no Tierney or Tomiyasu. You all think I’m bonkers, but was Matt Turner there? Of course not. How about Nuno Tavares? Nope. Makes you think a bit. Now who’s bonkers?
With the Spuds or a.k.a Spurs panic buying of players the Gunners need not to fall short… Tielemans shld complete our puzzle…oh i forgot we have the son of god Jesus nothing will go wrong.
With that line up, can’t tell if it’s a hardball play that we’re okay with keeping some of the players, or a last chance for them to change Arteta’s mind before getting flung out the door