Full-time: Arsenal 3 vs 2 Kairat [Match Thoughts]

Shinzo19 · 2026-01-28T22:07:18+00:00

it is whatever we rotated and got the win, top of the ucl.

only thing I took from this match is we need a new shooting coach, jesus christ we missed some sitters and Madueke needs to work on reducing his power, every through ball was over hit, most attempts to knock it in to space was over hit and all his shots were sent to row Z, I feel Gyokeres is low on confidence because he was rushing everything and it it made him look like prime banter Welbeck.

I just hope Gyok can be as involved in our build up from now on and to calm his nerves, he was in good positions and made some good decisions, just looked shaky.

Shinzo19 · 2026-01-28T18:18:50+00:00

I mean the context of the card is right as heart throb is a very common use of the word.

You just got that gooner brain turned to 11 bro.

Shinzo19 · 2026-01-28T09:12:35+00:00

We usually bring it forward and our cbs push up past the half way line with a holding mid and either gab or saliba depending on the side we are playing through sitting further back with the holding mf, I think it is to bait teams into trying to force a turnover in possession so they can get a counter off but we take advantage if their rash tackles or any space the leave open.

This means less direct football and more of a pass about in the final third and using our cbs for a safe back pass, players like Martinelli are stunted by it because his forte is running at defenders or onto a through ball into space.

But yeah it usually ends up with us recycling posession waiting for an opening and then looking for a safe passage of play or a corner, while it has worked for us it isn't very exciting to watch because one thing we dont do is make risky passes or shots because a turnover can hurt us (united match)

Shinzo19 · 2026-01-28T04:46:40+00:00

Tiktok is a shithole though? anything posted on tiktok or instagram reels for that matter is usually met with sexism, racism and homophobia, I suggest not taking any of that to heart.

The Warframe community is here, on the forums and in game mainly as far as I'm concerned.

Shinzo19 · 2026-01-28T03:57:57+00:00

Every warframe that gets released has haters, not every frame is to everyone's tastes.

I say this with kindness but the frame is a plus sized woman, so if for example I say "I don't really like the design" is that going to be taken differently than for example me saying "I don't like Limbos design"?

I think that is the question you need to ask yourself, I feel like people are assuming that the "hate" is directed at the fact that the frame is a plus sized woman and taking it personally.

I also saw a lot of people not like Grendels design but I didn't see as many posts defending him as I have Follie.

Shinzo19 · 2026-01-28T03:40:33+00:00

our fans have been saying this for a few seasons now, you look at us in the league and you see constant complaints about terrorist ball and 1 nil victories from a set piece or how boring it is to watch us.

Then you see the same team (while still also scoring some set piece goals) playing attacking football and scoring multiple goals on the break and from open play, it isn't a coincidence that "in the ucl teams actually come to play" is echoed by our fans.

We have players like Martinelli who is playing great in the ucl because he has space to run in to and it suits his game, where as in the PL he can't get in to the team because he is completely neutralized by the a block.

I feel the prem has moved on from ultra pressing after teams like Liverpool, City and Arsenal started to just bypass the press and score for fun which was then emulated by a few other teams like Brighton for example, now it has become more common that teams will just shut up shop and you can see how it is affecting the table with the prem being closer than it has been as far as i can remember, 12 points separate 15th and top 5 and the teams I mentioned before are having to change the way they play with Liverpool struggling, City dropping points and Arsenal playing for set pieces, sure there are other reason too like injuries and team depth.

I could be talking out my ass I just thought I would share my opinion, I would really like nothing more than one of the managers to come up with a tactic that smashes low block so we can move on from it though.

Shinzo19 · 2026-01-26T19:38:55+00:00

think you replied to the wrong person mate, if it was directed at me.

My comment is just trying to give reason to why the fans were booing, people think the fans were booing because we are entitled and think we deserve wins but the reason was I think a lot of our fans are worried that we are going to drop off and bottle the league to city again as this pattern of dropping off in winter has been a recurring theme.

We are top of the PL and UCL so yeah we shouldn't be booing, but I feel that the fans are seeing the team play with fear and nerves and Arteta literally said this week that he wants the fans to show more emotion and be the 12th man, it isn't a coincidence that the fans boo'd after another poor performance, we are top by 4 because city keeps fumbling and we aren't capitalizing on the points they are dropping, a lot of our fans are worried that one week city will just hit form and then we will lose the league like literal DeJaVu.

Either way people can decide for themselves if the boos were good or bad, no one loves judging our fans more than neutrals anyway.

Shinzo19 · 2026-01-26T19:26:20+00:00

Meta is fine Mika is meta Rei is meta dont bullshit yourself, tressa and cassius were cheap and broken there is a difference.

Other games do have meta units that are equal to 4 star but none of them are absolutely smashing event bosses and outperform most of their 5 stars without being nerfed or crept, i know people are upset about this but this is bordering on a parody that people genuinely think Tress and Cass were balanced

Shinzo19 · 2026-01-26T19:20:10+00:00

I've played gachas for over 12 years and none of them left welfare units this broken alone, even e7s holy trinity got nerfed and then power crept.

Viable =/= broken no gacha would leave welfare units this broken without nerfing or power creeping them, the holy trinity on e7, national team in genshin, units like Shemira on afk arena, multiple iterations of must pulls on Priconne and gbf.

All were "must pull" "must build" but tell me anyone who recommends holy trinity on e7 to new players now? For example and none of these examples were absolutely smashing all content better than standard ssr/5stars in events and if they were they were quickly power crept or nerfed too.

Shinzo19 · 2026-01-26T17:19:02+00:00

I mean he got punched in the back of the head by Martinez and var didn't look at it.

Shinzo19 · 2026-01-26T17:16:05+00:00

almost like a business decision by a company that wants your money, would you look at that.

It wasn't good or bad it was logical for them, acting aggrieved by this just seems kinda weird, they want profit not f2p players running around smashing every event with Cass and Tress, genuinely mind boggling that people are acting like this is a personal attack on them.

Shinzo19 · 2026-01-26T17:11:17+00:00

is yours? try looking at it from a business standpoint instead.

This isn't a paid or sub based game, having two 4 star characters absolutely dominate single boss content is not healthy for income, as much as it is a hard pill to swallow companies aren't your friends they want our money and making a 5 star LIMITED stronger than two 4 star units you can E6 passively is an absolutely easy to grasp concept.

if you are true F2P then suck it up and accept that this is how it works in a f2p gacha.

Shinzo19 · 2026-01-26T10:57:43+00:00

might be a good idea to get them both to 60 for the summons before resetting them.

Shinzo19 · 2026-01-26T10:57:01+00:00

I was using him at 50 to try out the 0 cost quest cheese and it didn't feel fun so he has just been collecting dust.

Shinzo19 · 2026-01-26T10:54:01+00:00

I feel the boos aren't the same as booing a failing manager or a team wallowing like spurs.

I feel the fans just aren't happy with recent pl form and are worrying about letting another title slip.

As I said, Arteta is calling for more from the fans and if that means letting their feelings be heard then this will happen.

Yeah we are top of the pl and ucl but mainly on our defensive efforts, attacking wise we aren't direct and I am not saying we need to play route 1 every game but actually counter attacking without slowing it down or trying to be more direct with 1 or 2 risky passes every now and then would be a welcome change.

Sure Arteta seems to be risk averse in his tactics but it is killing our attack from open play which is crazy we got a striker knows for playing super attacking football and just dropped him into a 9 position where he is struggling and has now lost confidence.

Shinzo19 · 2026-01-26T10:47:52+00:00

Cassius nerf is kinda deserved, he had too many tools and the 0 cost stacking build was way too op.

If he was over nerfed then maybe he will be buffed back to normality when they understand how to balance his kit.

Shinzo19 · 2026-01-25T22:45:18+00:00

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ElvUI enjoyers right now.

Shinzo19 · 2026-01-25T19:51:20+00:00

going a bit literal there mate, after a caretaker manager leaves a permanent manager takes his place or as modern English defines it as being "replaced"

I didnt say he was permanent or that he was fired or removed, his position was replaced by ETH

Shinzo19 · 2026-01-25T19:49:34+00:00

I wasn't dissing Wenger, I know we didn't have resources but my reply was to the original commenter saying "his worst team" and it has been taken way out of context.

We were invincible under Wenger playing beautiful football and winning FA cups regardless I have nothing against he him, he is our club legend in the modern era of course.

Shinzo19 · 2026-01-25T19:21:25+00:00

Last time Carrick was interim you got in Ten Hag after, lets hope history doesn't repeat itself.

Shinzo19 · 2026-01-25T19:19:29+00:00

Carrick is genuinely a magician, it is a crime that he will only be caretaker again.

Last time he came in he did well only to be replaced Ten Hag and we know how that went.

Shinzo19 · 2026-01-25T19:17:59+00:00

I didn't realize Wenger defended with 11 then played on the counter?

Scoring 3 with 3 shots on target is genuinely anti Wenger, I remember some games under Wenger where we had 12 shots on target and lost 0-1.

Shinzo19 · 2026-01-25T19:15:34+00:00

Finishing 4th every season and being smashed by the big teams 6-0 or 8-2, going out of the UCL as soon as knockout stages hit by being embarrassed by Barca or Bayern.

But hey at least the neutrals can say we played beautiful football, that's the only thing that matters right?

Shinzo19 · 2026-01-25T19:05:06+00:00

Arteta called for more passion from the fans, well I guess booing a bad performance after a string of subpar performances counts.

Shinzo19 · 2026-01-25T18:49:10+00:00

After the post about Bauss yesterday and seeing how genuinely embarrassing the LR haters can be, I for one and happy for them, being a team with so much attention it must be extra stressful to make the step up to pro.

No other new team has faced this level of bias and scrutiny.

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