During Arsenal’s 3-3 draw with Liverpool on Friday night, we took some time out away from the match to ponder what the Gunners are actually good at… not a lot it seems.
Arsenal were 1-0 down at the time and struggling to even close Jurgen Klopp’s men down. We were chasing shadows and little did we know it was only going to get worse before it got better.
At times like these, when your £35m forward gives the ball away for the 75th time in two minutes, your ever-reliable captain has forgotten how to run, Granit Xhaka has been replaced by an alien and Alex Iwobi might as well be sitting in the crowd, it’s difficult to tell what the Gunners are actually good at.
We used to be good at passing and good at scoring. Those were the glory days, when Arsene Wenger first floated down from heaven and taught Arsenal how to play football.
Then there was a decade where we were bad at scoring but still good at passing. It was frustrating but at least we were nice to look at.
Now we’re just ugly all over. No one can pass, no one can shoot, and no one cares.
Despite this, you guys on Twitter being the rays of sunshine that you are, came up with some pretty on-point answers when we asked you: what are Arsenal actually good at?
Spoiler alert: the top answer was ‘banter’ closely followed by ‘keeping managers too long’…
I’ve been saying for a long time that we no longer have an identity or brand of football. We kind of just stumble through games & seasons with a handful of performances that allow us to retain our title of playing ‘beautiful football’ 😴
— Not Maxwell (@_maxbrandy) December 22, 2017
Loyalty to a man clearly past his prime.
— Brian (@GunnerFaithful) December 22, 2017
They’re great instagramers and tweeters!! 😂😂
— St. Gooner (@gooner_stl) December 22, 2017
They’re great instagramers and tweeters!! 😂😂
— St. Gooner (@gooner_stl) December 22, 2017
Sideway passes??
— dsd (@DiljeetDulay) December 22, 2017
Conceading the 1st goal
— brendan mcguire (@9castle) December 22, 2017
Bottling games
— Benny Adam (@_M_0_) December 22, 2017
dropping physically in each half
— Aneesh (@AneeshChandoke) December 22, 2017
We’re pretty good at winning internet polls
— Rohan Bewick (@theonlyro) December 23, 2017
Driving me insane 🤪
— Chris(SLIP)Walder (@ChrisWalder4) December 22, 2017
Giroud is quite good looking
— Stenmark (@St3nmark) December 22, 2017
Job security
— Thomas Mahon (@byrdmahon) December 22, 2017