Match Reaction v Palace

[Marc Overmars]

This result feels like a real kick in the balls.

A huge wasted opportunity, nothing worse than failing to capitalise on your rivals dropping points.

Well done Mustafi. If we don't get top 4 you can have the assist for it. Idiot.

[SMatthews]

Not surprised we dropped points at home, as we weren’t going to keep on winning there forever, but didn’t expect it to be all three.

Changes at half time gave us the momentum we needed but our defending was atrocious today. We’ve barely conceded from dead balls this season but more than made up for that in a single game. Cheers for that Shkodran.

We’ll beat Brighton and need two wins away. Which is definitely doable. This one is going to the final day - or the Europa final.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Well what a load of bollocks.

I said upon posting our team we'd need goals galore and that is how it turned out sadly.

Resting players in April is absolutely pointless when we're already without Xhaka, Ramsey and Sokratis. Mustafi. :lol: How did we spend £35 million on him?

[LDG]

Useless wankers.

#Arsenalazy

[dostoy]

This is why I'd never laugh at other teams.

How is it possible to be so good against Napoli and then lose at home to a shit team like Palace ?

Arsenal are the most frustrating team and they don't seem to have any mental strength at all.

Elneny and Mustafi must leave in the summer, the fee is irrelevant, just get rid of them.

Its not just a matter of signing players in the summer, Emery must get rid of ALL the deadwood and there's plenty of it, all signed by Wenger.

Ozil seems to be only able to play at home for 350 grand a week, what a joke !!!

It will take a miracle now to get 4th.

Absolutely and completely PATHETIC.

[Master Splinter]

Emery :doh:.

Mustafi :doh: :doh:.

It was all self-inflicted. Just like the Everton game, it was down to a poor starting eleven and absolutely no cohesion, which were compounded by moronic individual mistakes. The opposition was gifted the win.

Surely Emery now realises that this type of timid team selection always backfires? If we see it again this season, he'll be wiping out all of his good work.

If Mustafi is still here next season as anything other than a mascot or perhaps twelfth-choice centreback, then Emery is definitely insane.

[Chippy]

This result feels like a real kick in the balls.

A huge wasted opportunity, nothing worse than failing to capitalise on your rivals dropping points.


Well done Mustafi. If we don't get top 4 you can have the assist for it. Idiot.

Had this one down for a 2-2 draw.
Not surprised we lost though because Emery is a penis and we still have Mustafi and Elneny.
We need to give Emery one more season and a couple of transfer windows or he can go.

[Mac76]

Emery took too many risks with that starting lineup and mustafi proved why i am constantlly saying he is worse than useless and should never play in an arsenal shirt again, i'd literally rather see any other player we have at any level picked ahead of that total loser

[Marc Overmars]

If that game is an indicator of anything it's that we will probably end up running out of steam playing 3 times a week until the end of the season.

Our squad is wafer thin.

[21_GOONER_SALUTE]

I saw the lineup an hour before the game and chose on purpose to give it a miss and do "house chores". Obviously about 20 mins into my charade I decided to check the score and wasn't surprised to see they'd won the first corner and were leading.

I hate praising someone one day and having to go back on it the next one. The team selection was either hubris or plain stupidity and clearly from what you all say we got what we deserved.

If we don't qualify for the CL by either finishing top 4 or winning the EL, Emery will look at this day and know he has only himself to blame, and I mean it again, the blame lies squarely on him. Pathetic.

[Bumble]

This is why I'd never laugh at other teams.

How is it possible to be so good against Napoli and then lose at home to a shit team like Palace ?

Arsenal are the most frustrating team and they don't seem to have any mental strength at all.

Elneny and Mustafi must leave in the summer, the fee is irrelevant, just get rid of them.

Its not just a matter of signing players in the summer, Emery must get rid of ALL the deadwood and there's plenty of it, all signed by Wenger.

Ozil seems to be only able to play at home for 350 grand a week, what a joke !!!

It will take a miracle now to get 4th.

Absolutely and completely PATHETIC.

why is it miracle though, we are still favourites to finish top 4 as we are currently in top 4 with 4 games to go. a position I think most of us would have taken a couple of months ago.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

I actually think we probably will finish in the top 4. My annoyance is that there was/is an opportunity to go third cement CL and finish above Spurs. Lacazette was said to be aiming for that recently. We are certainly not going the best way about getting third!

Maitland-Niles hasn't even started every game recently.....so why did he absolutely need to be rested/ similarly, Torreira has had plenty rest and same with Iwobi. This was a day in the sun at home against mediocre opposition at best. So why not go all out to win the easiest game and then see what you can do against Wolves away from home where we've been shocking.

Wan-bissaka is practically the best one on one tackler in the league so wwatching us repeatedly trying to get joy out of that side of the pitch was immensely tedious.....particularly without Iwobi and with Jenkinson on the other side who was no threat at all.

I actually didn't even think Elneny was especially bad, but I never wanted to see his partnership with Guendouzi again after Everton and nothing happened today to convince me otherwise.
I never wanted to see Mustafi play for us again last season, never mind this one and nothing has happened to make me change my mind.

Emery deserves the stick today, I'm afraid to say. If we now lose to Wolves, the decisions today will look twice as stupid.

[Özim]

Sadly these results are typical of Arsenal teams in recent history, when the opportunity presents itself to take advantage of other teams slipping up thy blow it.

Disappointing today, we seem to get some very good results and some very bad ones.

Mustafi should never play for this club again as others have said, time and time again the guy costs us goals.

[Globalgunner]

What this has shown is that the supporting cast are just not good enough and worthy of this team. Every time they play the results are dismal. El Neny, Jenks, Mustafi, Even Cech. These are abysmal players who would nt even get a game at Sunderland or Bolton. I can give youngsters like Guen, Mavro and AMN a pass, however if we are to compete especially with the wage bill we have, a serious cull of the deadwood is needed. Kos also needs to be let go. He can barely play 20 games a season, so whats the point, same with Monreal. What would this season look like if we hadn't signed Sokratis this season?

[Chippy]

What this has shown is that the supporting cast are just not good enough and worthy of this team. Every time they play the results are dismal. El Neny, Jenks, Mustafi, Even Cech. These are abysmal players who would nt even get a game at Sunderland or Bolton. I can give youngsters like Guen, Mavro and AMN a pass, however if we are to compete especially with the wage bill we have, a serious cull of the deadwood is needed. Kos also needs to be let go. He can barely play 20 games a season, so whats the point, same with Monreal. What would this season look like if we hadn't signed Sokratis this season?
:gp:

[fakeyank]

What this has shown is that the supporting cast are just not good enough and worthy of this team. Every time they play the results are dismal. El Neny, Jenks, Mustafi, Even Cech. These are abysmal players who would nt even get a game at Sunderland or Bolton. I can give youngsters like Guen, Mavro and AMN a pass, however if we are to compete especially with the wage bill we have, a serious cull of the deadwood is needed. Kos also needs to be let go. He can barely play 20 games a season, so whats the point, same with Monreal. What would this season look like if we hadn't signed Sokratis this season?

Harsh on Monreal, Kos and Cech. They have been pretty solid this season, so I am not sure where the criticism comes from. I'd rather criticize players who have got ample game time and still sucks i.e. Guen-sidewayspassing-dozi, Mkhi and the biggest liability of all- Mustafi.

[Globalgunner]

Harsh on Monreal, Kos and Cech. They have been pretty solid this season, so I am not sure where the criticism comes from. I'd rather criticize players who have got ample game time and still sucks i.e. Guen-sidewayspassing-dozi, Mkhi and the biggest liability of all- Mustafi.

Not a critique on them but where is the payday on keeping these players going forward. Monreal and Kos are both on the steep downward trend and are on high wages. We can get better younger players on 30-40kpw. Sentiments we really cant afford. Wan Bissaka and the Leicester LB are 2 that I would go for. add to that any pair of up and coming players in the reserves . Now Wenger is gone we need to think with rationale not hubris. Cech at least has done the decent thing by retiring.

[fakeyank]

Not a critique on them but where is the payday on keeping these players going forward. Monreal and Kos are both on the steep downward trend and are on high wages. We can get better younger players on 30-40kpw. Sentiments we really cant afford. Wan Bissaka and the Leicester LB are 2 that I would go for. add to that any pair of up and coming players in the reserves . Now Wenger is gone we need to think with rationale not hubris. Cech at least has done the decent thing by retiring.

Payday for players like these are not always necessary on what they bring on the field, but its what they bring off the field that is very important. We did something similar in 2006 when we started offloading the senior players without replacing them, and that resulted in having talented players who folded like a deck of cards when push came to shove. Having said that, I still think Kos and Monreal have a good 1-2 years left at least.

[Globalgunner]

How do we reduce our massive wage burden if we keep keeping senior players. Our teams folded like cardboard because we never made character part of our make up. Wenger actively eschewed this. Character is not the same as aggression. It is bringing the right personality to bear on each occasion as it demands it . Neither Kos or Monreal are known as leaders as far as I know. Kos is more renown for ducking out of the way of shots fired at goal. We need to reduce the wage bill as our owner will not invest and is even not allowed to by regulations. Since we cant get rid of Ozil and Mikhi, we should sell other senior players. Tony Adams was captain at 20. He had character, you dont need to be old and wizened to have character. Thats my opinion anyway

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Not going to earn much in resale on Kos or Monreal, so imo we should be looking to keep at least one to stay on.

Wan-bisaka is top class but will probably cost what Laca did and too much of our budget. What's the point if we have Hector and AMN? Chilwell I like but again....English premium.

Sell Chambers and Mustafi for 30+ mill and reinvest in a CB. Sign a truly top class wide player and possibly another central midfielder and we're good to go.