Rosicky is being rested as he's feeling a little bit tired and lacking a little bit of sharpness due to the fact he's been recovering from injuries a lot recently.
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Rosicky is being rested as he's feeling a little bit tired and lacking a little bit of sharpness due to the fact he's been recovering from injuries a lot recently.
It's got to the point now where I don't think I care about who's bought in or what tactics we play, with Wenget in charge all the fundamental issues will remain.
It's time for a new face at the helm with some fresh ideas and enthusiasm to boot.
True. It's like he can't fix problems quick enough or even identify the weak areas. The midfield trio has been week for ages but he'll persist with it and his only alternative is to drop Ramsey in out wide and hope that he can drop deep and help with our possession. Ramsey's bollocks for starters and doing that just means we sacrifice a man. It has taken him years to get a clue about Walcott's ability to play up front and goodness knows how long it will take for to sort out the other issues. Defence is a problem, the midfield, the flanks depending on who he picks....the list just grows.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
I agree a new manager is the biggest change we need.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
just got home from the game, really enjoyed it, great atmosphere and imo a fair result for both sides. neither deserved the win.
i not going to say anything about the first half as it was utter dogshite from both sides. 0-0 was fair result at half time.
second half though was much better from us. first 10/15 minutes we were all over them and should have scored. i havnt seen the replay, but first view it looked like a stonewall penalty on ramsey. thought ramsey was ok today, he never hides though, have to give him credit for that, he makes mistakes then gets right back up again to have another go. cant fault that. a fan on the train made an interesting point on ramsey that i agree with, if giroud, theo, cazorla miss an easy shot etc, the fans sing their names, if ramsey does, they hurl vile abuse at him. thats wrong.
i cant comment on the two swansea goals as they were at the other end to me, so couldnt see, especially their second. the first looked like we missed a header and it gave michu a clear run at goal. the second, i have no idea what happened other then they scored.
i thought arteta was ok today, made some errors with his passing, but he held possesion well i thought when pressured. the problem was for him, no one was making a movement to help him out, they stood their wating for him to get past the player then pass the ball. the other players have to help him out and offer him a pass rather then wait for him to beat his man.
jack was tired today i though, he played well enough and always puts a shift in, but we need someone to cover for him otherwise we will run him into the ground again. we need someone to help out, especially with this months fixutres.
cazorla was capable of some good moments but again like jack, he is too tired and needs a rest.
giroud was ok up front, going for headers etc and i thought was unlucky not to score today.
theo though gave a fucking unprofessional performance. was sulky, greedy and kept going into the middle when playing right wing, meaning no one was on the right wing to pass to and get a cross in, which meant sanga had a horrible job of playing right back and right wing because of theos selfishness. he seems to think as he holds the cards right now, he can do what he wants. he played for theo today, not arsenal. hope wenger and bould rip into him because it was a fucking disgrace today. the amount of times we have an overlap on the right and he wasnt there because he wanted to play striker.
overall, id take a draw, it means we are still in the cup and tbh most of us didnt expect a win. i said in the match thread the other day, it would be 2-2 today and that we will win 2-1 at ours. so far, im half right.
so everything was fine except for feo who ruined the whole game?
He thought Arteta was ok. Need I say anymore?
we werent great. i just clearly noticed theo being a dick more then anything else. as i said, i cant really comment on the goals because i couldnt see them from where i was. i have no idea what happened for them ebcause i was at the other end and couldnt see. i just heard the roar that said swansea had scored.Quote:
Originally Posted by Terry Tuffnutz
Stopped reading at, "....Arteta was ok....", tbh.
arteta was bloody terrible.
That's a fair assessment.Quote:
Originally Posted by ollie the optimist
to those that say arteta was shit, why has no one picked up on the point atht no one ever offered him that easy pass when he was in trouble, they just stood still and expected him to get out of trouble. very rarely did players move to get into a posistion to help him out with an easy pass so of course he got pressured and had to go back to the keeper.
Arseblog?
i can see his point, walcott was hardly ever on the right wing meaning that sagna had to play there and right back as well. theo played central today leaving no winger, leaving sagna with the whole right side on his own.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joker
while sagna didnt play taht well, theo has to take blame for not tracking back, not offering an option on the wing and leaving the whole right side for sagna to cover
It reads like an Arseblog report. :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
Yep, I knew it. Ollie writes for Arseblog. :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by ollie the optimist
Sagna was shit last week as well and it had to be his worst game in an Arsenal shirt. Ox played the flanks that time.
yeah sagna was shit last week and is out of form, but taht still doesnt take away the fact theo didnt help today at all. just because sagna played badly in another match doesnt mean it absolves theo of the blame for not doing his job and playing right wing. its not rocket science.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
The Wanker even blamed the ref for not having enough bottle to give the penalty, is he blind, did he not see the replay? The sheep shagger cliped his own heel and tripped himself up, basically she fell over.
Good point. We love his passion but I have concerns about his ability in the final third.Quote:
Originally Posted by BOBN
A lot hated Gilberto too.Quote:
Originally Posted by ollie the optimist
I get the feeling Wenget prefers Wheelchair to sit in midfield and gets moves flowing from there. Personally I'd love to see him making late runs into the box and taking more pot shots (like Scholes in his pomp) but that part of his game will probably have to be developed by another manager.Quote:
Originally Posted by IBK
Cesc was indeed a lot sharper in the final third and still managed to be the best passer in the league.
Gilberto was a much better player than Arteta tbf.Quote:
Originally Posted by IBK
Yeah a good argument. But how comes you can't see all the other dodgy performances besides Theo's?Quote:
Originally Posted by ollie the optimist
In my opinion, Cazorla, Arteta and Wilshere need to sort their games out. It's the biggest worry because none of them are playing well in the engine room and it's key we get it going. No team that likes to play pretty passing like ours can function without a core midfield distributing the ball properly and creating chances.
its quite easy to forgive bad performances from players who dont make wage demands, demand where htey are to be played and fuck about signing a contract.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
with cazorla and jack, i think its more tiredness then anything. if we had someone else to help out, might be easier, which begs question why rosicky isnt playing
You need to put that stuff aside to be honest because he's our top performer and I would have thought points on the board and results count for something as well. If he wasn't good on the flanks, all the more reason to play him up top, right?Quote:
Originally Posted by ollie the optimist
It's more important that we get the midfield working. The right side is an easy fix. Play Ox there with Theo down the centre or just dropping the under performing player (Sagna) for Jenkinson. Jenks was doing well before he was dropped for Sagna. Has the ability to cross, he's more nimble and able to beat players or at least get a yard or so away from markets to cross. Sagna's crosses hardly beat the first man. It's an easy fix and considering the noise coming from Sagna, he might not be committed to the cause either...so
It's sad the levels we have come down to as a club, when we look at a draw away to Swansea as a good game!
I'll just watch the invincibles DVD and live in denial.. :getcoat:
Tbf, Swansea are a far better side than us and have outplayed us the last 3 times. It's no fluke. We are Swanseas bitchesQuote:
Originally Posted by fakeyank
theo can play up top as well as on the right, he was brilliant on the right wing when we played spurs etc. however, he was picked to play right wing today (rightly so, we needed giroud presence up front imo) problem is, he wanted to play up top so decided he would to the detriement of the team instead of playing where he was picked and asked too leaving the right flank exposed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
i agree sagna needs to be dropped, think a rest would do him good, and if jenks plays well it means sagna has to step up his game to get back. one of my biggest problems today was sagnas failure to put a decent cross in, (same for ramsey and gibbs too) but sagna had to keep doing it because theo never offered him an option to pass and let theo cross as a right winger should.
I think Wenger needs to get off the touchline and start giving orders if a player's performance is a detriment to the team. Don't you think?
i totally agree. however you can shout all you want, you can tell a player what to do, but if htey dont want to do it, they won'tQuote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
Does anybody else think that Coquelin should be given more of a chance? He has showed real potential when he has been given a chance off of the bench, a lot more that Ramsey has!
But Wenger doesn't shout instructions and hardly ever leaves his box these days. He's more vocal with the officials than his players. Also, Theo isn't a disobedient player either. Wenger always praises his professional attitude and mentions how he listens and takes things in. Even Wenger wanted Theo to curb his attack and play deeper he could have sorted it with a simple instruction from the touchline or during halftime. Also, he's our higest goal scorer and has had a lot of success this season by playing off the shoulder of attacks. Maybe Wenger didn't want to curb that threat and see if he could be as dangerous from wide. Wenger did recently say Theo is happy to play anywhere recently.
But this is Wenger. Pod has games where he won't track back and Ramsey won't hug the touchline when playing wide and can often drift deep into the centre when wide. It's not just Theo. He gives a lot of players a free reign to interpret how they should function in the squad.
Strachan says Theo and Gibbs were fantastic. Can't disagree.
:lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by ollie the optimist
You really think Theo disobeyed AW and went to play in the middle?! You think he will challenge AW and win? TH14, Vieira, RVP all lost.. whats a midget like him going to do?
What do you think SAF or Mancini or Mourinho would have done if say RVP or Aguero or Ronaldo were told to play on the wing and strayed down the middle? Dont answer, its a rhetorical question... their asses would be subbed within 10 minutes!
Your statement implies that AW has no authority and players run rings around him and get away with him. While I think AW is a bumbling idiot as a football manager, I do know that he will not let a player tell or show him what to do! So that leaves us with the only plausible thing... Pushing him down the center was AW's master tactics! Dont go up in arms and say "AW would never do that!"... think about Ramsey and where he plays, think about his multitude of bizzare and stupid decisions over more than half a decade and you will know who is the culprit.
There were people on this board who were saying that Theo should start from the right, given that he has freedom to roam around the pitch anyway. Yesterday, he did exactly that and is slated for it. He can't win really.
This isn't to say he played well yesterday btw.
Of course but don't forget Ollie's first observation after Theo's Newcastle hatty was that they were "wingers goals". :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Joker
If you want Theo to fuck off just say so, rather than make up thinly veiled critique.
Theo was shit yesterday.
He was shit against Southampton.
He was very good against Newcastle.
Shit against Wigan.
Very good against Reading.
Consistency :bow:
Agreed. But he's certainly not the only one. Cazorla has had more poor games than good recently. Jack has struggled as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by LDG
Doesn't help when you have no viable options in squad to rotate, or are unwilling to use the ones that could actually do a job i.e. Rosicky
The only thing consistent about Feo and Arsenal is that they're inconsistent.
:gp:Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars