Match reaction - cologne

[selassie]

Wenger and his continued fetish of playing players out of position. Some of the younger guys who have come through the ranks look like they have the potential to be pretty decent players but why oh why is Wenger playing them all out of position?

The sad thing is the likes of Maitland Niles and Willock are getting blocked from playing in their favoured positions because we have Elneny and Coquelin who can play there.

[Alpha]

I don’t really see the point of any complaints . Yes the game was crap . Yes the players didn’t play well .
But we qualified and won the group. Wenger uses this kind of games to give playing time to some of his fringe players to build up their confidence again so that they can be ready every time they come up as subs .
The penalty was a totally joke . I wonder how they put such a ref in a Europa game. The fair result should have been 0-0 . And that because Arsenal players were scared of shooting and wanted to walk with the ball into the net . Also Giroud had many chances to seal the game but he was on crack.

[Niall_Quinn]

Wenger and his continued fetish of playing players out of position. Some of the younger guys who have come through the ranks look like they have the potential to be pretty decent players but why oh why is Wenger playing them all out of position?

The sad thing is the likes of Maitland Niles and Willock are getting blocked from playing in their favoured positions because we have Elneny and Coquelin who can play there.

You mean Chambers as right wing back didn't do it for you? Or Debuchy at CB?

Probably because you haven't made 20,000 substitutions and don't understand these things.

Besides, we won 3-1 on expected goals.

[Niall_Quinn]

I don’t really see the point of any complaints . Yes the game was crap . Yes the players didn’t play well .
But we qualified and won the group. Wenger uses this kind of games to give playing time to some of his fringe players to build up their confidence again so that they can be ready every time they come up as subs .
The penalty was a totally joke . I wonder how they put such a ref in a Europa game. The fair result should have been 0-0 . And that because Arsenal players were scared of shooting and wanted to walk with the ball into the net . Also Giroud had many chances to seal the game but he was on crack.

Bad people continue to do bad things if nobody complains.

[Cripps]

Expected goals

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Et tu, Maccy?!

Well alright it won't be that bad.

[Power n Glory]

I don’t really see the point of any complaints . Yes the game was crap . Yes the players didn’t play well .
But we qualified and won the group. Wenger uses this kind of games to give playing time to some of his fringe players to build up their confidence again so that they can be ready every time they come up as subs .
The penalty was a totally joke . I wonder how they put such a ref in a Europa game. The fair result should have been 0-0 . And that because Arsenal players were scared of shooting and wanted to walk with the ball into the net . Also Giroud had many chances to seal the game but he was on crack.

If this is supposed to be a confidence builder, it's not working. It doesn't sound like we have a single player from that squad that's ready for a first team appearance. The results have gotten worse, not better. Wenger may need to rethink this one. No point in tanking the confidence of our fringe players whilst also suffering a humiliating exit from the competition.

[Özim]

I don’t really see the point of any complaints . Yes the game was crap . Yes the players didn’t play well .
But we qualified and won the group. Wenger uses this kind of games to give playing time to some of his fringe players to build up their confidence again so that they can be ready every time they come up as subs .
The penalty was a totally joke . I wonder how they put such a ref in a Europa game. The fair result should have been 0-0 . And that because Arsenal players were scared of shooting and wanted to walk with the ball into the net . Also Giroud had many chances to seal the game but he was on crack.

This is why things never change.

We had a decent team out and yet the team bottom of the Bundesligue who had 1 in 17 games and were totally out of form beat us, doesn't say a lot for our squad players tbh.

Ignoring that though, making an excuse for a performance/result like this is why we are where we are, we've done this before when there's nothing to play for and have suffered because of it, winning breeds confidence and losing does the opposite, to accept mediocre performances like this isn't good enough, i reality most of these players should be sold if this is how they play when they get a chance because clearly they're not even good enough squad players.

You want squad players hungry to perform and force their way into the 1st team, not a bunch of losers who turn up on the pitch but don't play because they don't care.

This wasn't a bunch of kids, it was mostly experienced players, embarrassing tbh, Cologne are hopeless.

[Özim]

Bad people continue to do bad things if nobody complains.

So many excuses at this club, no wonder they get away with so much and will continue to do so.

[Cripps]

This is why things never change.

We had a decent team out and yet the team bottom of the Bundesligue who had 1 in 17 games and were totally out of form beat us, doesn't say a lot for our squad players tbh.

Ignoring that though, making an excuse for a performance/result like this is why we are where we are, we've done this before when there's nothing to play for and have suffered because of it, winning breeds confidence and losing does the opposite, to accept mediocre performances like this isn't good enough, i reality most of these players should be sold if this is how they play when they get a chance because clearly they're not even good enough squad players.

You want squad players hungry to perform and force their way into the 1st team, not a bunch of losers who turn up on the pitch but don't play because they don't care.

This wasn't a bunch of kids, it was mostly experienced players, embarrassing tbh, Cologne are hopeless.

Superb post. Anyone disagree with that? Thought not