Match Reaction vs Soton (away)

[fakeyank]

yeah cos Fergie or mourinho etc win every single match. bad result tonight but lets not go overboard. we're still top (for now) and at worst at the weekend will be 1 point behind. hardly time to call for Wenger to be sacked.

No, they dont.. but their players turn up for every game. Our first half was pathetic and we didnt seem interested. I do not see Fergie and Mourinho's teams coming out, as if they are playing the sunday league

[Niall_Quinn]

yeah cos Fergie or mourinho etc win every single match. bad result tonight but lets not go overboard. we're still top (for now) and at worst at the weekend will be 1 point behind. hardly time to call for Wenger to be sacked.

100% down to the manager tonight. Yet again we see fear from him when we need a bit of fire. Negative team selection, subs pathetic beyond belief.

[Niall_Quinn]

now reports from goal.com that ramsey is out for another 6 weeks with a tendon problem

Another triumph for the medical team?

[milla]

Should we tinker with SS role, swap role between Ozil and Cazorla? The former is so goal shy, he would never try to shoot or take on a player in the penalty area. Cazorla is so much better, two footed and will not hesitate to do what Ozil doesn't.

[Niall_Quinn]

Southampton 12 freekicks no cards (or i think they got one in the end?), Arsenal 4 freekicks 1 yellow and 1 red

The card bias is getting a bit crazy now. We often get kicked to bits (not this match, but in many others) and end up with more cards. Definite yellow for that foul on Ozil when he was driving into the box, ignored. Would have been a yellow for one of ours all day long.

[Ollie the Optimist]

No, they dont.. but their players turn up for every game. Our first half was pathetic and we didnt seem interested. I do not see Fergie and Mourinho's teams coming out, as if they are playing the sunday league

yeah except chelsea's defeats at stoke, sunderland etc were because chelsea didn't turn up. look tonight was a bad performance and AW got some things wrong, but given its the end of january and we are currently still top, he's probably getting a lot more right then wrong. Mourinho's teams have barely turned up at times this season so your point is bollocks quite frankly. all teams have off days, its making sure they are few and far between

[Master Splinter]

You can understand why both Flamini and Arteta started, with Rosicky, Wilshere and Ramsey out. But as the match went on and it became clear, once again, that they don't work together, that we especially didn't need them today and that an attacking change would really have turned it in our favour, Wenger's fascination with that dud of a combo became all the more psychotic.

Wenger's inflexibility and refusal to react to clear deficiencies on the pitch cost us, but we still had over ten minutes to get a winner when Flamini basically begged for a red card. He's useful in the odd game, but his being a non-footballer was eventually going to harm us.

Cazorla was probably the worst player on the pitch though. Just catastrophic in every area (apart from his goal). The full-backs were off their game too and Gibbs was missed again in quick-paced, high-intensity game. Wenger chooses the wrong games to play Monreal and rest Gibbs.

Koscielny, Mertesacker and Szczesny played as they have all season, but were let down by idiots around them tonight. Ozil did step it up in the second half though.

Hopefully, it's a one-off performance where nearly everything went wrong. Even then, we did get a point and could probably have nicked a win. You can't win every game, especially away from home, so they'll have to make up for this blip in the coming games.

For tonight though:

WUMger .

Flamini .

Cazorla .

10-0 against Palace will do on the weekend.

[Power n Glory]

Should we tinker with SS role, swap role between Ozil and Cazorla? The former is so goal shy, he would never try to shoot or take on a player in the penalty area. Cazorla is so much better, two footed and will not hesitate to do what Ozil doesn't.

Not today. Ozil showed some drive and guts today. Took on a few players and went for a shot that got deflected on to the bar. He was really trying today. I don't think he was the problem today. Flamini and Arteta were awful and couldn't control the middle or win the ball back. Giroud was poor up front and we had no options when we got the ball forward.

[Ollie the Optimist]

Arsene confirms Ramsey has had a set back. fuck

[milla]

Arsene confirms Ramsey has had a set back. fuck

About time we start playing Chambo as 2nd midfield IMO.