Match reaction vs Anderlecht

The only thing that makes captaincy redundant is when you appoint weak minded shrills to the job like Wenger does. He gives it to the player who his whim takes him to give not because he has the right temperament or characteristics but often as a sop to keep him (Henry, Fabregas). Vieira was a leader and his characteristics matched that of the team, we were dogged and difficult to beat. Now we give it to Arteta because he has nice hair. You could argue that Vermaelen had been captain of Ajax before so was a natural leader but when he doesn't play then it has no meaning. This team mirrors Wengers personality, fragile, febrile and effeminate.

Its quite well known that Wenger does`nt like strong personalities. He avoids them. they may start asking shit like "why do we always play for 4th"

Everyone linked to Arsenal must feel ashamed of that result . Totally embarrassing and shameful , not only for the players .

1) Players : they showed how immature they still are even though some are no longer teenagers . Many deserve the bench from now but that will never happen . Time to give a chance to other players

2) Boss : Clueless , tactically inerte and unable to manage his team in a big occasion . Still not sure about his best 11 and his best substitutes . Time to say goodbye ?

3) Fans : Cold and never drive their team to a win . They have made the Emirates a neutral stadium where any team can feel comfortable .How on hell , can visiting fans be louder in your own ground ? They should learn from Turkish teams . Regardless of result , fans should never make their place an easy paradise for a visiting team .

He doesn't play for the team, he plays to get the headlines. Seen his mate carry Tottenham and get a world record move to Real Madrid and he's after the same. Just the other day Wenger publicly said Ramsey shouldn't obsessed by scoring and that he should do his defensive work well. Yesterday he was constantly running beyond Welbeck and didn't have the legs/didn't want to make it back.

Everything went to shit once Arteta went off and Flamini is awful so Ramsey really shouldn't leave him so open in midfield. Brainless and selfish play. He was much more concerned about getting his goal. And why the fuck did Podolski allow that cross in? He'd only just come on so can't blame tired legs. Silly move by Wenger to bring him on at all when we're trying to protect a lead.

Another thing that really pisses me off is the lack of nous. Only Monreal had a yellow card. When we're trying to chase a game we always get schooled on the cynical side of the game but somehow we never apply the same tricks when we need to. You have to break up opposition play with fouls high up the pitch, you've got to feign injury, get a stretcher on, waste some time, dive, win free kicks, let Szczesny get booked for taking goal kicks too slowly...all that dirty, cunty stuff that's ruining football - that's what we needed to do. Just slow everything down and get numbers behind the ball.

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Originally Posted by Globalgunner

Wenger always sees the world differently to everyone else. All those goals are due to defensive cock ups. Monreal gave away a stupid pen and Merts seems to think that jumping for headers is superfluous when you're as tall as he is. So no new defenders at Xmas. We just need to work harder with what we've got. Spending isn't always the solution. You know. SHEESH! My head hurts.

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The comments he makes these days are really the rumblings of senile dementia setting in. If you had a business where the sales guys were doing their stuff & the order books were bursting but you weren't producing the goods in time, if the M.D came out to say that he didn't think he needed to improve production because its not where the problem lies - the owners of the business would & should remove him from his position. As the problems are so obvious the board should suggest a meeting with him to decide his immediate future should he be in any doubt about buying a quality defender & DM in the transfer window. No one is bigger than the club is what you here from every person in football - doesn't seem to be that way at Arsenal.

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Originally Posted by Marc Overmars

How shit has Ramsey been this season btw? The old bad habits have managed to creep back in to his game.

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He's been awful. He can barely pass the ball these days and his positioning seems to be totally off, he was playing like a Centre Forward in the last 20 mins last night, WTF?!!!

Right now he's a bench player, Wilshere should start ahead of him.

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Originally Posted by Alpha

3) Fans : Cold and never drive their team to a win . They have made the Emirates a neutral stadium where any team can feel comfortable .How on hell , can visiting fans be louder in your own ground ? They should learn from Turkish teams . Regardless of result , fans should never make their place an easy paradise for a visiting team .

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Halve the ticket prices and then halve the top price tickets again and you'll get that.

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Originally Posted by selassie

He's been awful. He can barely pass the ball these days and his positioning seems to be totally off, he was playing like a Centre Forward in the last 20 mins last night, WTF?!!!

Right now he's a bench player, Wilshere should start ahead of him.

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Wenger must have worked his magic on him pre-season & turned him into shit again. I fear for Alexis, another few months under Wenger & he'll be playing for Barnet next year.

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Originally Posted by Alpha

Everyone linked to Arsenal must feel ashamed of that result . Totally embarrassing and shameful , not only for the players .

1) Players : they showed how immature they still are even though some are no longer teenagers . Many deserve the bench from now but that will never happen . Time to give a chance to other players

2) Boss : Clueless , tactically inerte and unable to manage his team in a big occasion . Still not sure about his best 11 and his best substitutes . Time to say goodbye ?

3) Fans : Cold and never drive their team to a win . They have made the Emirates a neutral stadium where any team can feel comfortable .How on hell , can visiting fans be louder in your own ground ? They should learn from Turkish teams . Regardless of result , fans should never make their place an easy paradise for a visiting team .

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1 & 2 yes, 3 Never? No.

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Originally Posted by Syn

He doesn't play for the team, he plays to get the headlines. Seen his mate carry Tottenham and get a world record move to Real Madrid and he's after the same. Just the other day Wenger publicly said Ramsey shouldn't obsessed by scoring and that he should do his defensive work well. Yesterday he was constantly running beyond Welbeck and didn't have the legs/didn't want to make it back.

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He's activated full on Stevie Me mode.