Should have been a real thumping to make up for the 8-2 and 6-1, but anyways
The press: Your boys took a real beating today...and Im not talking about the Rugby
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Should have been a real thumping to make up for the 8-2 and 6-1, but anyways
The press: Your boys took a real beating today...and Im not talking about the Rugby
Credit where credit is due.
I used to be a fan of Wenger, now not quite so much but he and the players did very well today.
We need to be consistent now and have a lot of luck with injuries.
Well done Arsene/Arsenal.
I had no faith that this team would beat ManU. When I checked the score after 30 mins, I feared the worst. But what a performance.
Well deserved and for a team in crisis (Ive been hard on them myself) but we find ourselves 2nd, 2 points from the top. Maureen is in meltdown, Rodgers sacked by Pool, Spurs looking usual dross, manU up and down also. Maybe its not all bad. Personally I would prefer us not to be in CL and deffo not Europa League, as i think it will only help us in the PL.
So, was this Wenger finally putting out a team tactically prepared to face ManU, or the players taking it upon themselves? Reminded me of the good old days when we just blasted teams away early, far too often these last few years we have been slow out the traps. Long may this continue.
by far our best performance at home in some time, we were so good i couldnt belive what i was watching.
What i think today proves is that this team can challenge properly and has the qualities to really go for it. The manager has got to earn his corn this season and take this team to the top.
Must say I was really impressed with Theo's assist for Ozil. The pass was simple enough but I would have put money on him having tunnel vision there and trying to comb a shot in, rather than take the time to compose himself and find a pass. Maybe a small indication that he's developing his all round game a bit better now he's first choice. Incredible work ethic today as well.
He looked visibly disappointed at being subbed. He's rarely played 90 mins for us.
Believe it or not, Wenger actually came to the touch line to pass on a tactical change to Ramsey. It was shocking stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by alexander
May be the old sod has listened.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Kano
I noticed don't worry! :dQuote:
Originally Posted by Douglas Reynholm
I wasn't worried. Never said I was worried.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blink 1nce Quince 2wice
What a game!!! :patrice:
Fair fucking play to everyone today and that includes the old goat :)
This also proves that Cech should be playing as much as possible :oldboy:
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Originally Posted by Douglas Reynholm
:d Good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Douglas Reynholm
Had he scored it would have been the icing on the cake......and I'd have bet on him doing so had he stayed on. It felt like it was only a matter of time till he got the better of them directly.
I see that the Golden child of GoonersWeb, Morgan S was on the bench too.... Hope he enjoyed the game from his front row seats.
Well I enjoyed that, now seen us win against United home and away :faint:
Any news on Sanchez, holding his groin/ no celebration as he went off...:upset: :unsure: :upset:
Probably just a strain, therefore back after the internationals.
Coquelin too was great. Outclassed the United duo of Carrick and Schweinsteiger all by himself
Neil Ashton :haha:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...s-methods.html
Awesome 1st half hour but I really wanted to smash those fuckers big time. We saw the quick passing, high pushing team that ended last season with 8 goals against West Brom & Villa but then turned into team playing too deep & hoping to counter which is the team that pubs results or loses to the top teams. Don't understand why we have to do this when we're so far on top. Anyway, 3 excellent points when you consider we played with 9 men for most of the game. Ramsey & Merts are simply awful.
Tbf I thought Ramsey was excellent, apart from his composure in front of goal. He was very disciplined and did his midfield defensive duties well (freeing up Ozil to dominate the game), linked well with Theo and cut out the Hollywood stuff (in the main). Merts was okay too, apart from that dreadful moment where he was tossed around like a rag doll by Martial (who is half his size). For whatever reason, van Genius thought it was a good idea to put Martial up against Gabriel rather than Merts. I thought that was a good idea too, as I suppose did most Arsenal fans.
Monday morning, after a game like that, is almost bearable. Being able to scan the sports section with both eyes rather than one eye closed and peeking from behind a raised hand, excellent. Neil Ashton crying across the back pages, calling for van Gaal to be shipped out and making every excuse under the sun for his team's pasting, such a nice change from his impartial gloating.
Rio's pre-match prediction.
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Rio Ferdinand thinks it is a matter of time before Manchester United start "blowing teams away" again.
United are challenging rivals Manchester City for top spot in the Premier League but have hardly been spectacular in their rise to the league's summit.
But uninspiring performances coupled with results has left Ferdinand optimistic about what United can achieve - because they have not reached their full potential.
Ferdinand has cited the clash with Arsenal as the potential season-turner, as he wants to see United start giving teams the 'fear factor' once again.
Writing in his Sun on Sunday column, he said: "If you can get to the top of the league and then start blowing a couple of teams away, it can quickly get the fear factor back.
We’ve all been waiting a long time for that sort of performance. A fantastic result. Totally outclassed them and they barely had a sniff on goal. That’s the sort of reaction I had hoped for.
Ozil – What a bloody performance. Been calling for a big performance from this guy and he delivered. There is so much more to his game and he showed what he’s capable of. He looked ready for this one. He was directing the players, looked sharp on the ball, even showed a few tricks with the ball at his feet. Wonderful.
Sanchez – Has to be one of Wenger’s best signings.
Theo – Really proving himself up front. Didn’t score but got two assists and really helped stretch their defence. As Arseblog said, he’s serving up humble pie for the doubters. He’s learning and playing with intelligence. Solid.
Coquelin – Beast of a player. Really deserves more credit for the defensive shit he puts in and his cool ball distribution under pressure.
Monreal – Another unsung hero. Solid.
Cech – He didn’t have much to do but when he did…what a save.
Bellerin – The overlapping runs down the right. An extra weapon and doesn’t give us the jitters on defence.
Mr Wenger – That’s the response we want to see from the team. Prepared them well. Locked up shop and kept our discipline and concentration in the 2nd half. Made the right subs and didn’t unbalance the team. In fact, Ox was unlucky not to score and Bif should have.
This is a result to remember.
My only slight gripe, having now seen the highlights, is that we didn't really humiliate them. It wasn't going to be 8-2 but it could have been 5 or 6.
But that's splitting hairs. Overall it was a fantastic performance and result. This is the sort of performance I always thought we were capable of but we haven't seen enough of this season. We're not going to do that every game but we've shown we can pub team results too, I think we can properly challenge this year.
:patrice:
Yeah, I think Ramsey was ok beside the two missed opportunities, one moment where he was caught sleeping in possession near our box and he another one of those blind back passes that could have ended in disaster. But he worked his socks off. Played a great pass into Theo for one of the goals. He just needs to start finding the goal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
Merts was the same. Kept Martial quiet for most of the game and Splinter is right. Another fast defender kept quiet. A couple of wobbles but in general, a solid performance.
We expect to see this from Theo week in, week out now. He's shown what he can do, now time to start doing it consistently. He must have run twice the yardage he'd normally run so that's the new standard. Tackling too please, keep that up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
Of course they'll all probably come back dead from those shitty, shitty Internationals. Alexis is a particular worry, even if it's only a slight problem he has to play two games for Chile and we know he won't back off. It would be shit to lose players in meaningless matches so fingers crossed and hope for the best.
Ozil gliding about the place pointing to where he wanted the ball and ushering team mates into the space. More of that too please.
Wenger doing his homework and calling in-game tactics, yes we'll have that too.
False dawns? No thanks, bored of those, let's have a genuine turning point instead.
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Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
Thought we defended fairly well too aside from one or two hairy moments. It really was close to a perfect performance as you can get, very disciplined and when going forward we were top drawer, especially in that first half. I honestly didn't think this team had a performance like that in them in a big game.
We need to take belief from yesterday's game because we will be in a very strong position if we can maintain that level of performance.
Still :cloud9:
I really hope we look within and understand that if you give it the effort, both before and during the game, you get the results.
We should be blitzing teams like that all of the time, not just in some games. If you want to win the league, then 75-80% of your matches have to be played like that. You will always get off days and bad patches, but they should be the exception, not the norm.
Low possession for us again but a clinical use of the possession we had. The exact reverse of tippy-tappy. Tippy-tappy needs to die forever.Quote:
Originally Posted by LDG
We really need to see this level of performance week in week out regardless of opposition. They have it in them. They've shown that.
thought we were excellent and because of the fast start we didn't need possession. It often happens in reverse in big games where we go behind. have lots of the ball but create very little so the stats look misleading.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
Thought the Cech save just before half time was immense. Had they scored the 2nd half could have been very different with our fragile confidence.
Does the game really prove anything or make any real difference over the season. No, just nice to beat United for once. Now we have to do it to Chelsea.
Great performance by the team, although I didn't think we had anything to fear from Utd, I thought the manner we went about the task was immense......obviously we won in that initial blitz but we are who we are and it never surprises me to see us let teams back into games.....but we didn't and defensively I thought we did a job to see out the game, should have had more and Ramsey needs to get his scoring mojo back. It cannot be underestimated what Cech brings to us.....the team is a completely different machine when he is in goal and I loved the reaction he gave at the end. I reckon he is a man on a mission and is pulling the team along with him.
Ozil is a player who frustrates with his apparent disinterest but when he is switched on, his lethargic way is sublime and I see him ticking when Sanchez is on fire......we are second and within touching distance, indifferent games against WHU and Pool, mugged against Chelsea but apart from those doing just as well as anyone else so not really our usual rubbish start to affairs
I think the game proves a lot. Most importantly it proves some of our players have been under-performing. It also proves our manager can get the job done when he makes just a few compromises. Proves some of the plastic fans the club has attracted need to be booted out the door for good if they are that keen to leave their seats.
That's not entirely true. It was low possession by the end but in that period of 20 minutes at the beginning we were near 70percent. Like you say, it's what you do with it that matters.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
What a lovely day at work today 😄
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/...4048958495.jpg
Theo successfully tackling Bastian Schweinsteiger and it's not even a Photoshop job.
Anyone seen Adrian Durham since Sunday?
Look who's in the middle of it all. Awesome signing. Should be playing every game, always.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/...4045467006.jpg
(Notice the Utd player still bending over, wondering if it is over yet)
Also, 34, 24, 14, 4 - a bit spooky.
Wenger, up on his feet, no coat, issuing orders. I keep thinking I'm going to wake up at any minute.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/...4045282330.jpg
This is the Wenger we want.
Nice to come on here and read all positive posts (well, pretty much) none of the "good win, no thanks to WUMger" or "happy with the win, but Ramsey needs to be shot".
I hope this time its a corner turning event for us (there have been a few) and we really push on. Personally I believe we have great talent in the starting 11, and if the manager just gets them set up right, and mentally right, we could push the other top teams.
For now, Im loving the positive feeling after the game.
Ozil looking at Gabs hair "oooh, nice do there"Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
exactly, the wenger I used to love, and have these last few years got tired of. Continue like yesterday, and he will win back my faith (in time) and others.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn