Match Reaction v Blackburn

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Originally Posted by Charlie the Gooner

He's only 1 goal away from equaling theo's league goals this season.

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That doesn't really matter. Theo could well have had a crack at goal (and missed) to deny Oxlade his second. But yes, we need another productivity machine to support Van Persie. Out of the current bunch, Oxlade looks the most likely.

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Originally Posted by Marc Overmars

Big question now is, Walnut or Gervais?

Ox should be first choice and if he's dropped Wenger needs to be gassed.

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So you think Wenger spent 10 mill on Gev to bench him for Ox never going to happen, we all know once Gev is back he is 1st choice. whether theo is dropped is another matter.

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Originally Posted by Joker

Good win against a crap side. The real test will be next week away to Sunderland. It's easy to look good against a struggling side down to 10 men at home, but can the players stand up and be counted when facing a competent side in form?

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let's just enjoy this.
btw, stoke-sunderland on telly, they don't look too hot.

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Originally Posted by Fats

:console: anyone thinking 1 game against a poor side makes a difference

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AW is back tbh..

Good win, would like to see Coquelin at RB when play shit teams, where we gonna dominate the play. So much better going forward than Sagna and Jenko, who just always indiscriminately hoof a cross into the box

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Originally Posted by Marc Overmars

Big question now is, Walnut or Gervais?

Ox should be first choice and if he's dropped Wenger needs to be gassed.

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I would go with Gervinho, he seems to have a more well rounded game compared to Walcott.

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Originally Posted by Syn

That doesn't really matter. Theo could well have had a crack at goal (and missed) to deny Oxlade his second. But yes, we need another productivity machine to support Van Persie. Out of the current bunch, Oxlade looks the most likely.

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Agree don't mind theo not scoring tbh, if he can assit ox like that for him to tuck them away ill be happy tbh. Id even drop Gev for Ox but wenger won't

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Originally Posted by Marc Overmars

Big question now is, Walnut or Gervais?

Ox should be first choice and if he's dropped Wenger needs to be gassed.

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Gervais fairly comfortably. Walcott can be an impact sub. Gervais---RVP---Ox could be quite a potent forward line, with the widemen cutting in. Hopefully encourages Gervais to grow a pair.

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Originally Posted by Marc Overmars

Big question now is, Walnut or Gervais?

Ox should be first choice and if he's dropped Wenger needs to be gassed.

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They're both as bad as eachother - just in different ways. Even though Theo is so wasteful, there's a lot to be said for a player that can scare defenders...and Theo does have them pinned back in their own penalty box.

I would go with Gervais initially but possibly rotate depending on opposition. Theo against pub teams, Gervais against good ones.

Wenger will go with Theo for all.

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Originally Posted by Joker

I would go with Gervinho, he seems to have a more well rounded game compared to Walcott.

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Or a 442 with Theo and gev on the wings and ox behind rvp, and song and miquel in the middle

Arsenal scoring seven :bow:.

We know RVP is alswome, but Coquelin and Oxlade-Chamberlain showed how good they already are again.

Same team next game, but Sagna in for Vermaelen, who's a liability at the moment.

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Originally Posted by Dennis Bendtner

Gervais fairly comfortably. Walcott can be an impact sub. Gervais---RVP---Ox could be quite a potent forward line, with the widemen cutting in. Hopefully encourages Gervais to grow a pair.

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that would be sweet!
but i don't think AW will bench feo.

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Originally Posted by hymppi

that would be sweet!
but i don't think AW will bench feo.

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This is the problem

Little surprise that is Gervs for me. . .finishing is awful but has been more of a threat than Theo. Picks up the ball and attempts to beat his man which Theo does not do.

However Theo did play well today. . .its just we need to see more consistency in his play. . .he needs to put his chances away to, his one on one chance midweek was ridiculous, if people say Gervs needs to grow a pair, then Theo needs to grow four of the same

Should be good watching Ox against whichever geriatric Milan have at full-back these days.

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Originally Posted by fakeyank

AW is done tbh..

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Their I corrected it for you

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Originally Posted by Marc Overmars

Big question now is, Walnut or Gervais?

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Just play the ones who aren't injured. It's more likely than not than 1 or 2 of the 3 will be injured.

But there's nothing wrong with having 3 players for 2 positions and it's not a problem I'd be overly worried about.

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Originally Posted by Dennis Bendtner

Should be good watching Ox against whichever geriatric Milan have at full-back these days.

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Play Theo, Gervais and Chambertrain, with RVP just behind.

Would be hilarious.

For us probably, with thirty-five sitters missed.

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Originally Posted by Jam Persie

Just play the ones who aren't injured. It's more likely than not than 1 or 2 of the 3 will be injured.

But there's nothing wrong with having 3 players for 2 positions and it's not a problem I'd be overly worried about.

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We've had all 3 fit all season and the best one didn't get a chance until Gervais fucked off to Africa.

Obviously there's nothing wrong in having 3 good players for 2 positions. We have 1 good player and 2 [insert appropriate adjective] players for 2 positions. But no matter who we think is the better choice out of Theo and Gerv (and most seem to think it's Gerv), Wenger will sooner drop Oxlade than Theo - that is the truth.

Great win for us and for Wenger even though he is a moron, oxo wally n RvP played great and so did the coq and MA8.

About time we put a team to the sword like that, normally we only score 2 from 68959898999 chances.

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Originally Posted by Syn

We've had all 3 fit all season and the best one didn't get a chance until Gervais fucked off to Africa.

Obviously there's nothing wrong in having 3 good players for 2 positions. We have 1 good player and 2 [insert appropriate adjective] players for 2 positions. But no matter who we think is the better choice out of Theo and Gerv (and most seem to think it's Gerv), Wenger will sooner drop Oxlade than Theo - that is the truth.

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He didn't ask who should have been dropped in the first half of the season for Oxlade Chamberlain. And there have been absences this year - Theo has had a game or two missed for minor things and Gervinho missed three games with suspension at least before the ACN). So far Theo has played in 27 of 32 games, Gervinho 20 of 32 and Chamberlain 9 of 32. And even if no one had been out injured/suspended or whatever, our history with players missing time suggest that it's likely that there will be injuries. If we have 25 games left this season (or so) Chamberlain should play in 20 at least, 15 each for Walcott and Gervinho. But who's available will play a big part in who plays the most.

I prefer Chamberlain to the other two and Gervinho over Walcott but I think they all will play regularly. Despite the stupid and disastrous subbing of Chamberlain for Arshavin, Wenger said that 2012 was going to be the time for Chamberlain to shine. Let's hope he sticks to that. It's quite evident he's a special player and we have very few of those. He's also a cause for hope, and there's very little left of that too.

We also have Arshavin. But then, who gives a shit about him anymore. He may just as well be dead.

I need to get rid of ESPN. This was the only early kick off but no coverage from Sky or EPSN. Pretty shit.

Wanna see the game. Sounds like we played well. Never knew Ramsey wasn't starting but it's about time he was dropped from the squad.

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Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory

I need to get rid of ESPN. This was the only early kick off but no coverage from Sky or EPSN. Pretty shit.

Wanna see the game. Sounds like we played well. Never knew Ramsey wasn't starting but it's about time he was dropped from the squad.

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It is being shown in its entirety on SS2 at 20:25. :good:

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Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory

I need to get rid of ESPN. This was the only early kick off but no coverage from Sky or EPSN. Pretty shit.

Wanna see the game. Sounds like we played well. Never knew Ramsey wasn't starting but it's about time he was dropped from the squad.

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You actuall pay for that channel :sick:

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Originally Posted by Arsenal.com

on a memorable afternoon…I felt that recently we had quite good performances but did not get the results. Today we got the performance and the result, which is ideally what you want. I do not give much importance to the seven goals, it is just important we won and played well.

on Oxlade-Chamberlain and Walcott...
As you know, they are English! I feel providing today was as important as scoring. The flanks provided very well and scored through Alex. Robin is an exceptional football player and you could see that with his movement in the box, which could be shown in every football school. When you feed him in the box, he is deadly.

on why he didn't take Van Persie off...
Alex Chamberlain played three games for the first time in his career. He had a stiff neck at half-time, so I did not want to take a gamble with him. Then we had a problem with Koscielny, and I wanted to give some playing time to Benayoun.

on maintaining the pressure against 10 men...
We remained serious and were guided by the way we want to play football and not by any extravagant individualism. That is positive. We were mature and serious, we played together until the end.

on Oxlade-Chamberlain's pre-match knock...
I would not have taken a gamble today. In a very short period of time he has become an important player who can make a difference. I rested him in the last 20 minutes at Bolton, so he was not pushed to his limits. The medical staff said there was no risk he could damage his knee, so that is why I decided to play him.

on why he didn't use him sooner…
He was not ready earlier in the season. He has made a big step in the last months. He produces team play, he is not only going forwards, he is contributing to the defending and has improved very quickly. He is a fighter as well, with personality. He is much more mature now.

on whether he could get an England call-up...
Would you be surprised? I would not.
on scoring so many goals..
It was important to the confidence of the side that we win a game and get three points but the result in itself will not make us win at Sunderland. What will make us win there with the confidence we got today is to continue to play the way we did today. Every game is a new challenge and Sunderland are in a good spell as well. We have to be ready for that.

on fears that Givet had hurt Van Persie…
Yes I was worried because you never know how bad it is. That's something we cannot afford at the moment, to lose a player like Robin with Thierry going back to the States. Normally, Thierry today played his last game at the Emirates and in the last minute he scored his goal. So that is something special.

on whether Givet apologised…
Yes he did.

on whether he reads much into a 7-1 win...
No, as we said before we need consistency. Strangely I don't feel we played very badly at Fulham, nor at Swansea, nor against Manchester United - in the first half we were terrible but in the second half we should have won the game. But every time we just couldn't get the result and in the end if affects your belief. This will help us slowly to believe again that we could win. To win 1-0 at Sunderland would be fantastic and that's what we have to prepare for, to produce a good performance.

on sharing the goals around…
Yes, that was a problem I faced in all the press conferences at the start of the season. If he doesn't score, who scores, you know? It was right, I couldn't deny that. But I always felt that if you look at our numbers the trio of Gervinho, Walcott and Van Persie were involved in all the goals so they are more the providers because we play with two wingers. But the wingers can score as well, like today. It is something that is needed and we need some more goals from midfield as well.

on Henry's impact off the pitch…
Only positive. How much, you can never give a percentage, but he was very positive and everyone takes his advice on board because he has delivered here and they want to deliver too. He is respected and he was very positive. He is not going away yet, normally he stays until after the Milan game. So we go to Sunderland now and then we go to Milan - that is two massive games.

on whether he can extend Henry's loan deal...
I haven't looked at it, maybe the maximum possibility we have is two more weeks. Normally no [he would not be here for the Tottenham game].

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"Normally" :bow:

A new Wengerism.

I know. Signed up for that 3 month free promotion and too lazy to cancel. They hardly show any games.

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on whether Givet apologised…
Yes he did.

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AW :bow:

:haha:

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Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory

I know. Signed up for that 3 month free promotion and too lazy to cancel. They hardly show any games.

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Their showing city fulham, i had it only because V media had it free for a month lol, like you say no games though serie A was quite decent.

everything else is bad, Ray stubbs less said about him and his mates on their there better

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on whether he reads much into a 7-1 win...
No, as we said before we need consistency. Strangely I don't feel we played very badly at Fulham, nor at Swansea, nor against Manchester United - in the first half we were terrible but in the second half we should have won the game. But every time we just couldn't get the result and in the end if affects your belief. This will help us slowly to believe again that we could win. To win 1-0 at Sunderland would be fantastic and that's what we have to prepare for, to produce a good performance.

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Agree with this tbh, although it would be nice to beat sunderlandby more then 1

Sunderland will be another stiff test, ONeil seems to have them ticking. . . .very decent manager and great motivator (ONeil)

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Originally Posted by Japan Shaking All Over

Sunderland will be another stiff test, ONeil seems to have them ticking. . . .very decent manager and great motivator (ONeil)

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We won't win that one and hopefully Boro beat them in the cup as well.

Great result and great to see Oxo get a couple of goals and RVP get another three (he's been immense for us).

Unfortunately this will paper over the huge cracks at the club, seen this many times before a few good results and all is forgotten and that's the sad thing.

Moreover Oxo still won't get the chances he deserves when Gervinho returns, he's a brilliant player who has more than earned his spot in the team.

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Originally Posted by ItsMe

Great result and great to see Oxo get a couple of goals and RVP get another three (he's been immense for us).

Unfortunately this will paper over the huge cracks at the club, seen this many times before a few good results and all is forgotten and that's the sad thing.

Moreover Oxo still won't get the chances he deserves when Gervinho returns, he's a brilliant player who has more than earned his spot in the team.

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you saying ox is better then Gev ?

Agree on the papering over the cracks though, especially if chavs, barcodes, and pool loose thier coming games.

Havent seen the game yet, but did ramsey being dropped help at all? Personally I havent rated him this season and think he's been a liabilty

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Originally Posted by Newguy

Havent seen the game yet, but did ramsey being dropped help at all? Personally I havent rated him this season and think he's been a liabilty

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Yeah, I think it helped. Rosicky is awesome.

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Originally Posted by Newguy

Havent seen the game yet, but did ramsey being dropped help at all? Personally I havent rated him this season and think he's been a liabilty

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x2 what i wanted to know

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Originally Posted by Charlie the Gooner

you saying ox is better then Gev ?

Agree on the papering over the cracks though, especially if chavs, barcodes, and pool loose thier coming games.

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Yeah I think Oxo is better than Gervinho, the latter has no end product at all (typical of Wenger signings in recent years).

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Originally Posted by ItsMe

Yeah I think Oxo is better than Gervinho, the latter has no end product at all (typical of Wenger signings in recent years).

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One's a stiker and the other does not though, GEV has never been one to score goals what he gives us AOX can't imo. Don't think gev should be dropped for AOC thats silly theo should, but will it happen. Then again it would not happen, he seems to love theo too much.

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Originally Posted by Syn

Yeah, I think it helped. Rosicky is awesome.

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FA Cup he was good as well.

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Originally Posted by Charlie the Gooner

One's a stiker and the other does not though, GEV has never been one to score goals what he gives us AOX can't imo. Don't think gev should be dropped for AOC thats silly theo should, but will it happen. Then again it would not happen, he seems to love theo too much.

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I agree it should be Walcott but that won't happen.

Gervinho for me doesn't produce in the final third a bit like Eboue really, they were just saying tonight it's been the same in the ACN for him. He's got some nice skills and makes some good runs but at the moment he produces very little where it matters.

Oxo can score create and produces where it matters and he's only a kid.