Arsenal stinks and they can't fix anything after Liverpool disaster

Arsenal has suffered their fair share of humiliating losses during this decade, but Sunday's might have been the worst of all. The Gunners had absolutely nothing to offer at Anfield, falling 4-0 to Liverpool without recording a single shot on target. They conceded the opener because their players spaced out and stopped playing and things only got worse from there.

SB Nation's Arsenal blog The Short Fuse isn't pulling punches. "This isn’t about transfers (mostly); it’s about a team that doesn’t seem to have too much of a clue and, worse, don’t seem to want to find one, seemingly preferring instead just to forge on and hope everything will fix itself," Paul DeBruler wrote in the immediate aftermath of the loss.

They did not change their tone after a few hours worth of reflection. "At the end of the day, Arsenal needed change. Yesterday. The board needs to change, the manager needs to change, the players need to change," another writer said in a second piece about the state of the club.

Arseblog is advocating for gutting the club, even though they know that won't happen. "Yesterday was genuinely alarming and should be a watershed moment. It ought to be a wipe the slate clean moment, a get a brand new slate moment, and rebuild. It would be the right thing for the football club," they wrote.

There's no reason to believe Arsenal will improve. They never address their biggest problems and they allow twice as many shots on target as other big teams. Arsenal is a bad team with a bad manager and bad ownership. It's hard to see them going anywhere in the short or even medium term.

Goal of the day

Andrea Belotti's bicycle kick. Torino's demanding €100 million for him, and rightfully so. (r/soccer)

In the news

Here's the USMNT squad for World Cup qualifying. (Stars and Stripes FC)

Borussia Dortmund has signed Ukraine winger Andriy Yarmolenko. (Fear The Wall)

Aberdeen winger Gary Mackay-Steven had to be pulled from a river at 3 a.m. (BBC)

Ousmane Dembele is now truly, officially a Barcelona player. (Barca Blaugranes)

"I didn't play this weekend for Nice because I have no head for football," Jean Michael Seri said about his Barcelona transfer breaking down. (Marca)

Frank de Boer is already in trouble after a terrible start to his Crystal Palace career. (Mirror)

You should be reading

Liam Happe on footballers using boxing to stay fit. (The Set Pieces)

Paulo Bandini on Inter's big win over Roma. (Guardian)

Tom Marshall on the Guadalajara clubs struggling in Liga MX. (ESPN FC)

Fun with transfer rumors

Kylian Mbappe is expected to move to PSG on loan with an obligation to buy next summer for €180 million. (L'Equipe)

Liverpool has made a new bid for Monaco midfielder Thomas Lemar. (Telegraph)

Inter Milan would like to sign Shkodran Mustafi from Arsenal. (ESPN FC)

Young Argentine Juan Foyth is reportedly close to a Tottenham move. (Standard)

West Brom have rejected a £23 million bid for Jonny Evans. They're demanding £30 million. (Mail)

After a poor performance on Sunday, transfer rumors are swirling about Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale. (AS)

Juventus has met with Barcelona about Andre Gomes. (Sport)

What happened this weekend

Here's who's IN CRISIS after Week 3 in the Premier League.

Marco Asensio is Real Madrid's star now. (Managing Madrid)

Lionel Messi is the first player to reach 350 La Liga goals.

Bayern Munich coasted to a win without getting out of first gear. (Bavarian Football Works)

Borussia Dortmund was very impressive in their victory over Hertha Berlin. (Fear The Wall)

Inter was clinical in a 3-1 win over Roma. (Serpents of Madonnina)

Paulo Dybala was Juve's hero in a comeback against Genoa. (BWRAO)