Colney Talk Podcast
Colney Talk podcast aims to bring Arsenal fans together with the intent to listen as I discuss weekly games highlighting top 3 players and the "other" player who is called out for lacking or not up to the expected standards of Arsenal's style of play. This byte size podcast hopes to create positive discussion with simple review of players' performance post-match. Take a listen.
Colney Talk Podcast
Matchweek 26: Colney Talk | Arsenal - WestHam
Arsenal’s 1-0 defeat to West Ham wasn’t just a loss was a big one. A performance that left the Emirates crowd simmering in disbelief, watching the team unravel was sad. The defending? Shameful. The urgency? Buried under a mountain of sideways passes and tactical confusion.
Bowen’s goal. A cross from Wan-Bissaka that shouldn't have gone through, defenders ball-watching like a tourist. How does a backline that’s prided itself on discipline switch off so catastrophically?
Then there’s the red card. Lewis-Skelly’s challenge on Kudus was not worthy of a red card. VAR’s insistence on upgrading it felt like punishment theater. If that’s a clear goalscoring opportunity, then so is a coin toss. A yellow? Fair. But this decision reeked of pedantry over pragmatism.
Odegaard’s invisibility? Alarm bells. When Arsenal needed a conductor, he played the mute. Why did he not get aggressive with shooting? Questions lingering in the ashes: When did “control” become synonymous with cowardice?
This was a bad day at the office with the blueprint ripped up and set ablaze. The crowd’s disconnection from the players? Very odd. No synergy, no spark—just certain moments of coming alive and then groans of resignation.
How does a team with this talent forget its identity so utterly? Crawl into the pod, let’s flush out together. Then we regroup and push forward. On to the next!