Match reaction vs Southampton

absolutely comedic substation from Wenger...Carzola and Ox for Ramsey and Gervhinio....

Back to reality.
After the first half we had one (1!) shot at the target.
The middle field was suffering under the soton press. We needed players running for open space but we were too static.
Feo and Giroud didn't get service today.

And to make matters worse Sagna has seemingly decided to play pub football this year. He had an absolute shocker today.
Time to bench him and play Jenkinson. Or is he dead?

Worst performance I've seen from Sagna in an Arsenal shirt. Arteta was very poor, but I don't think one player comes out with any credit today.

And seeing Gervinho and Ramsey coming on as our 'impact subs' is just so incredibly depressing.

How can you put in such a limp, lethargic performance knowing 3 points was a necessity. Wenger has to take responsibility for that.

At least Gervinho had a shot, and not a bad one at that too, lol

Fuck.

Still, that's Gervinho's last game in the league for a while.

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Originally Posted by GB.

Instead we fail to make a shot on target of any significant note, fall behind, score from an own goal and have a goal against us rule us out.

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Was a push tbf but they don't always get given.

Don't think we were very lucky to get a point but we certainly didn't deserve more.

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Originally Posted by Master Splinter

A true WUMger special to bring on Gervinho and Ramsey when Rosicky would have provided some acceleration. Rosicky has played about five minutes this season, surely he can't be being rested.

The match was summed up towards the end when Giroud won the ball a couple of times, held it up, but not one of the midfielders or forwards bothered to move to provide him an option to pass to. A nothing performance.

Jenkinson, Rosicky and Giroud should be getting more game time. Or any at all in the case of the first two.

At least Gervinho lit it up with some sideshow brilliance :bow:.

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I couldn't believe he opted for Ramzi over Rosicky.

Baffling.

Pretty pathetic performance tbh, we only had 4 shots on goal with 1 on target. Arsenal teams only 5 years ago would never look so toothless which sums up our decline. The midfield were extremely poor, with little spark or creativity from any of the 3. Walcott was feeding off scraps for most of the match although he needed to do more.

On this form there's no way we're getting a top 4 spot. Tottenham and Everton look much better teams and unless we make some top quality signings in January, I can see us playing Europa League football next season.

Personally, I would like to see Rosicky start in midfield to add a bit more drive and energy. He's good at carrying the ball forward and trying to link up with the forward players (his goal against Spurs last season a classic example) and that's what we need, rather than the conservative passing of Arteta who's not contributing enough.

Lets be honest folks, how is this game different from the majority of games we've played this season?

Here's a little something we should practice, not fucking with the ball by passing it from CB to CB.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmjIHtDyz7s
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