Ratings v Nottingham Forest
By Flava
January 17 2026
It was all there for us, an opportunity to go 9 points above City and Villa. A frustrating performance where we had enough opportunities to take the 3 points.
No standout performances. MOTM probably between Saliba and White but it's a low bar. I feel the same as I did after the Semi Final, empty and disappointed.
Raya 6 - Didn't have much to do. Nice to get a clean sheet
White 6 - One brilliant cross in the first half which was almost converted by Gyokeres and Rice.
Saliba 6 - No dramas
Gabriel 6 - I prefer him attacking the corners, not stood in their 6 yeard box
Timeber 5 - Just play MLS at left back. Timber does not look comfortable there. His performance is on Artets
Zubimendi 5 - Crossed in the first half when we could have shot.
Rice 5 - Put in some decent deliveries from dead ball situations. You need more from an 8
Odegaard 4 - Righly taken off. A sterile performance from the captain
Madueke 5 - To quote Gattuso. Sometimes it's good and sometimes it's sh.it! Mainly sh.it today.
Gyokeres 4 - Didn't get any service. We see a lot of these performances from him. Not entirely his fault today.
Martinelli 4 - Missed a chance I'd expect any left winger to score.
Subs
Trossard 4 - Too ponderous. Didn't add anything
Saka 6 - Almost scored with a header
Merino 6 - Should've scored with a header
Jesus 5 - Nope, nada, nothing, zilch!
Eze n/a - Not on for long
Ratings v Nottingham Forest
Posted by: Arsenal Times (IP Logged)
Date: 17/01/2026 20:38
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Re: Ratings v Nottingham Forest
Posted by: GS1 (IP Logged)
Date: 17/01/2026 20:56
Very good ratings and descriptions .
Re: Ratings v Nottingham Forest
Posted by: Boston Gooner (IP Logged)
Date: 17/01/2026 21:25
Quote:GS1
Very good ratings and descriptions .
Yes a lot of poor performances today.
"๐๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐. ๐๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ, ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด."
Re: Ratings v Nottingham Forest
Posted by: hahanice (IP Logged)
Date: 17/01/2026 23:15
Iโm done rating our players. Only the manager gets rated from now on. Today hey gets a 3. He set up for a draw or a 1-0 and he got his draw, so he gets some points. We should have scored at least 1, but they could have scored as well
But to have a chance like that and to set up so negatively is terrible. I canโt support that.
The only thing I can think is maybe he has the team play negative and sit back too much so that no one over exerts themselves and risks injury. If itโs all part of some master plan and we win the league Iโll revise every rating to a 10
But to have a chance like that and to set up so negatively is terrible. I canโt support that.
The only thing I can think is maybe he has the team play negative and sit back too much so that no one over exerts themselves and risks injury. If itโs all part of some master plan and we win the league Iโll revise every rating to a 10
Re: Ratings v Nottingham Forest
Posted by: Merlion96 (IP Logged)
Date: 17/01/2026 23:45
3 - Mikel Arteta - Paralyzed on the bench and mind simply went blank on how to change tactics to score at least a goal. Bluntly, this game exposed him as a fraud and sold us a pig in a poke as having the strongest squad in EPL.
Very upset, bitter and emotional to do a Player Rating now.
Very upset, bitter and emotional to do a Player Rating now.
Re: Ratings v Nottingham Forest
Posted by: mapleleafgooner (IP Logged)
Date: 18/01/2026 00:57
Quote:hahanice
.............. We should have scored at least 1, but they could have scored as well
......................
Forest had 6 shot attempts with 0 shots on target. No they were not going to score against Arsenal today. But I agree that Arsenal should have scored at least 1 goal. Inexplicable how Martinelli can miss that chance which was practically an open goal for him as the Forest keeper was diving the in the other direction.
Re: Ratings v Nottingham Forest
Posted by: Boston Gooner (IP Logged)
Date: 18/01/2026 07:48
Odegaard vs Forest
Touches
23
Opposition half passes completed
12/15
Number of times ball lost
7
Ground duels won
1/2
Dribbles completed
0/1
Shots
0
Tackles
0
So poor again.
"๐๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐. ๐๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ, ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด."
Touches
23
Opposition half passes completed
12/15
Number of times ball lost
7
Ground duels won
1/2
Dribbles completed
0/1
Shots
0
Tackles
0
So poor again.
"๐๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐. ๐๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ, ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด."
Re: Ratings v Nottingham Forest
Posted by: TheReMarkable (IP Logged)
Date: 18/01/2026 15:41
Iโm shocked at all the people posting on other threads trying to spin this into some sort of perspective about how tough it is to play forest away. If itโs tough to play the 17th placed team away then does that mean the 16 above them away youโre also expecting us to struggle? The standards need to be so much higher in terms of expectations we have of our club at this point.
Re: Ratings v Nottingham Forest
Posted by: GS1 (IP Logged)
Date: 18/01/2026 16:39
Quote:TheReMarkable
Iโm shocked at all the people posting on other threads trying to spin this into some sort of perspective about how tough it is to play forest away. If itโs tough to play the 17th placed team away then does that mean the 16 above them away youโre also expecting us to struggle? The standards need to be so much higher in terms of expectations we have of our club at this point.
Spot on.
Re: Ratings v Nottingham Forest
Posted by: 80'sGoona (IP Logged)
Date: 18/01/2026 17:28
Very deflating performance. We've just had the presidential elections and as is usual nowadays, the internet was cut off nationwide. Now that the internet is back on I don't even want to read up on or watch anything Arsenal, not even the win over Chelsea.
Last season whenever Liverpool slipped up we didn't capitalise to close the gap. Now it's the other way around, we cant kill this title race. Hopefully Everton can hold Aston Villa to make it an acceptable weekend.
Re ratings I give Odegaard a 2. For the first time I agreed with the statement, it's like playing with 10 men.
Arteta gets a 1 for not starting our best attacking player, unless Saka had a knock I was unable to read about. If not, Arteta's lucky to get a 1.
Last season whenever Liverpool slipped up we didn't capitalise to close the gap. Now it's the other way around, we cant kill this title race. Hopefully Everton can hold Aston Villa to make it an acceptable weekend.
Re ratings I give Odegaard a 2. For the first time I agreed with the statement, it's like playing with 10 men.
Arteta gets a 1 for not starting our best attacking player, unless Saka had a knock I was unable to read about. If not, Arteta's lucky to get a 1.
Re: Ratings v Nottingham Forest
Posted by: Flava (IP Logged)
Date: 18/01/2026 20:57
Quote:Boston Gooner
Odegaard vs Forest
Touches
23
Opposition half passes completed
12/15
Number of times ball lost
7
Ground duels won
1/2
Dribbles completed
0/1
Shots
0
Tackles
0
So poor again.
One successful entry pass in the final third.
Elliot Anderson put รdegaard on his a$$ 3 times. I want to see Merino there for away games
Re: Ratings v Nottingham Forest
Posted by: Merlion96 (IP Logged)
Date: 18/01/2026 22:50
Imagine Casmiro or Ugarte or even Mount doing the numbers on Odegaard leaving him, overpowered physically and chasing shadows and gesticulating with his arms on the pitch.
WTF Arteta still trust Odegaard when his form had been bad for a few games now ... physically weak and lost virtually all duels.
WTF Arteta still trust Odegaard when his form had been bad for a few games now ... physically weak and lost virtually all duels.
Re: Ratings v Nottingham Forest
Posted by: BootyDaddy (IP Logged)
Date: 19/01/2026 13:05
We should be able to beat Forest, of course we should. But it's not always as simple as saying they're 17th in the table so we should win hands down. There are always different variables to take into consideration for every game. The obvious one is this instance is it was away at a Sean Dyche team.
He sets them up against us deeper than the Titanic sits these days. They're never easy games and there's very little room in behind for maneuver and his sides always tend to defend really well. It's never pretty either, so it sometimes enhances how 'bad' we have played on the day.
In Boxing people always scratch their head when a world level Boxer with power can't stop a much lesser opponent. But when that opponent fights completely in a shell defensively and doesn't come to win, it's very hard to break them down and look good against them. Bit like AJ and that scrub youtuber recently. This is the footballing comparison, albeit at least AJ thankfully caught up with the road runner on that occasion.
"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results".
- Albert Einstein
He sets them up against us deeper than the Titanic sits these days. They're never easy games and there's very little room in behind for maneuver and his sides always tend to defend really well. It's never pretty either, so it sometimes enhances how 'bad' we have played on the day.
In Boxing people always scratch their head when a world level Boxer with power can't stop a much lesser opponent. But when that opponent fights completely in a shell defensively and doesn't come to win, it's very hard to break them down and look good against them. Bit like AJ and that scrub youtuber recently. This is the footballing comparison, albeit at least AJ thankfully caught up with the road runner on that occasion.
"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results".
- Albert Einstein
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