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The team that started yesterday should start in Monaco. We will need to score first and early and keep them under pressure.
Not to rail on Gibbs after that fantastic win, but he would most likely not have scored the Nacho goal. Gibbs is the better athlete but Monreal is the better footballer. Giroud would not have reached the ball on the 2nd goal either. Sometimes Wenger does get it right. Kudos!!!
Ox is a much more talented player than Theo, he's got it all and if he improves as he should he'll be some player.Quote:
Originally Posted by selassie
I'd go along with that tbf. Though I'd say Sterling is better, and most people here will say Chamberlain is better. #bantz etc Sterling is, by necessity at first, our first choice starter which I don't think is quite the case for Chamberlain yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bumble
That and the fact Sterling is generally so direct and in a sense gung ho which automatically makes you a better Inglish yoof. Hence, Barkley being the next big thing.
Either way, they're both miles better than Januzaj.
*Reading what I've put I guess I don't really go along with it at all. Oh well.
What a great result however we give the ball away far too easily, just about every clearance went to a Man U player. Has Wenger got a thing about Walcott?
The United Keeper was incredible. Should be our next £40m purchase....
Great performance and result. Hopefully it'll give us a psychological advantage.
Just looking at it through rose-cunted glasses.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coutinho Is Boss, I guess
exactly what i was thinking.Quote:
Originally Posted by Globalgunner
gibbs is nervous in the final third.
Ox out for 4 weeks. Hamstring injury. FFS! What is it with this coaching staff? He's only been back fit for 5 minutes!
Although Theo isn't as bad as you make out he's not been quite the superstar we all hoped he'd be.Quote:
Originally Posted by Özim
Ox is the player Theo should have been, IMO.
When quite a number on here were pining for Barkley on here early in the season I opined on the fact that the Ox is equally if not more talented.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Emirates Gallactico
That said....
I think we tend to overstate the Ox's powers on occasion despite his obvious abilities. He struggles for the same consistency people hammer Theo for and his end product varies far more greatly than Theo's does..... He has also shown that he cannot always be trusted.....at least not in midfield.
Before he went on his second mazy run, the latter of which resulted in us scoring he was having a very bad game, as was Welbeck. Credit to the two of them, they have the ability to work their way through it.
I get the argument that most see the Ox as more talented than Theo technically and I am certainly in agreement but he absolutely has to arrive first before we can become so nonchalant about various players leaving imo.
What Wenger has failed to appreciate at times of late is the difference in how oppositions set up and play when Theo is on the pitch. It leaves them really exposed to the high press tactic we seem to be increasingly facing these days too. Sometimes a way to relieve the defensive necessities is to bring on an attack minded solution. Particularly one with very unique and difficult to manage skill set to the opposition.
I don't really remember anyone pining for Barkley.
He's not even as good as Wilshere.
BOBN tbf.Quote:
Originally Posted by Douglas Reynholm
Keeps him out of the internationals.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
WUMger. :bow:
Bonbon is insane though, tbfQuote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
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Originally Posted by Douglas Reynholm
This board doesn't rate Wilshere much so that isn't saying much.....but perhaps that was the point you were making?
Agree with that. :gp:Quote:
Originally Posted by Blink 1nce Quince 2wice
The Ox is a huge talent, he has Pace and Power. He is a little bit injury prone right now and needs a run in the side to really push on.
The only time i have seen him struggle was against Saints where he looked like he didnt fancy going up against pacey FBs (Clyne and Bertrand) and didnt take them on or even attempt to. still young enough though and can be a big player for us.
Monreal has outperformed Gibbs by a mile this season. He's been one of our best player this season IMO.Quote:
Originally Posted by Globalgunner
Only at Arsenal would we employ a Conditioning Specialist and see the number of injuries rise, you just couldn't make it up....Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
The amount of muscular injuries we have had this season is not even funny...it's bordering on disturbing.
Our victory on Monday has certainly thrown the media off our scent. It's a string of disasters at Utd now :haha: They are barely mentioning us, even the Ozil hit pieces have dried up.
I'm more concerned that OX turns out to be the player that Theo is. They have a similar story as coming from Saints hailed as the next best thing. Ox obviously has time on his side but it worries me that Wenger likes him a a CM. Its all to tight for him in there & it doesn't give him the chance to use his real strength which is pace. The other worrying similarity is that there final ball is woefull, look at what OX did in the 1st half at O.T, no pressure, he can cross for a Welbeck tap in or have a low shot into the corner but instead comes up with a nothing dinked cross shot that goes over the bar. Look at Theo this year & he's one on one's with the keeper, he's been hopeless. We can't use the excuse of coming back from injury, a non-league striker would be finishing better than that. Another similarity is the constant injuries, OX is a more physical specimen that Theo so you would hope he wouldn't be as affected but again he's out for 4 weeks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters
I really hope I'm wrong as I like OX & if he gets the confidence we're now seeing from the likes of Santi, being played regularly in his correct position, then I think he could become world class.
Yeah I'd go for that. It should depend on the game and the qualities of the opponent right now. Teams that sit back may require Ox whereas teams that may try to press high, Theo is your man.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blink 1nce Quince 2wice
Mind you, if the Ox adds more end product to his game, namely more goals and has the Gareth Bale explosion season we all know he's capable of, I think he'll soon become one of the first names on the sheet and comfortably the better player.
Was listening to the Arsecast Extra yesterday and apparently we are actively recruiting a "soft tissue" specialist so the club is aware of the problem and is trying to rectify it.Quote:
Originally Posted by selassie
Too early to judge on Shad but thus far there hasn't been a remarkable decrease on the injury front; it's been just as bad. Though a lot of that is do to Wenger himself and him running players into the ground.
The media can't even dare to say Ozil is nicking a living now when you have clowns like Mata, Falcao and Di Maria all earning higher wages despite doing nothing. Looks like LVG is finally being exposed for the fraud he is.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
Wait...what? Ox is now the player Theo should have been? Do you know how crazy that sounds? Please explain.Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters
Many Utd fans seem to have settled on the idea they gifted us the win. I guess it hurts like hell and they are trying to find a way to soothe the pain. They ignore the fact a series of defensive errors led to their goal, we had a penalty denied and De Gea kept the score respectable. Vitally important we go there in the league and beat them again. They'll have nothing to cling to if we can stuff them twice and essentially they'll have swapped places with us as the big club going nowhere fast. If Liverpool and the gypos can beat them too, fuck that would be so sweet.
They can settle on anything.. we will settle on a SF spot.
That's quite a fitting distinction there and I would totally agree. This season, surprisingly we have come up against a lot of teams trying to press us high after years of moaning about teams sitting deep and frustrating us. In light of that alone it is strange Theo isn't playing more.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Emirates Gallactico
Also I don't mean to sound churlish but obviously when a team wins you can't criticise the manager's decisions......but we don't know that starting Giroud or Walcott would have resulted in us NOT winning the game. For all we know we might have beaten them by more. It's one of those things in football we sometimes seem to accept as an absolute when you win...but actually we don't know for sure that different players wouldn't have resulted in an even better result.
Either way though, you can't criticise the manager if you've just won, I can appreciate that, because what he did did NOT lose you the game.
They will always try and cling on to something....Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
I heard a theory today that the reason Theo isn't playing as much is because of the Debuchy injury and the risk of having a non-defensive Theo with Bellerin behind is a bit too risky. Sort of makes a bit of sense but also does show that Theo cant be trusted to adapt.
There are also rumours that contract negotiations have stalled, if that is the case as I can see perhaps someone like Liverpool coming in for him otherwise he really isn't going to anywhere decent. As he will get game time, he is just unlucky that he got injured when Giroud was also injured but he is no fit where we have options.
Also as we have been winning more often than not and don't need to chase the game but also normally only protecting a one goal lead Theo is not really an option off the bench.
Ox has well and truly overtaken Theo IMO. He does so much more, and the only thing missing now is the goals.
Theo is a niche player who's good in his own unique role, but limits himself so much. It's all well and good that he plays on the shoulder and tries to break the offside trap, but why limit himself to that role? He doesn't even try to get involved at all in the build up any more, it's like having Pippo Inzaghi on the wing.
That might be good for us in a way because we don't have many runners in our team, but the best wide forwards can make those runs and drop deeper and make something happen depending on the situation. Even centre forwards have evolved now and are rarely 'just' poachers. Maybe it's a planned tactic because Theo isn't blessed with great skill on the ball or passing ability, but I still don't like it.
Ox on the other hand is developing into a beast. He takes the initiative, takes risks and frightens defenders when he's running at them. If he adds goals to his game I can't see Theo getting his place back.
'Overtaken'.....:haha: How is that even possible?
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How the times have changed!
Some things haven'tQuote:
Originally Posted by adzzzbatch
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Riley is the most extreme example of a Utd ref. 7 pens awarded to Utd in the previous 7 games he reffed at OT? That should have been enough to get him kicked out of the game but Utd owned the refs, the media, the pundits and the authorities back then. Or rather Ferguson did. One day maybe somebody will go through every one of their matches from that era and figure out how many titles and cups they would have missed out on had the refs played by the rules.Quote:
Originally Posted by adzzzbatch
Through it all, the one constant, Rooney's diving. What a fucking disgrace of a player he is and always has been.
Thay is key. He is on the peripheral during the game and although he does get goals, his game is all about making runs and beating the offside trap.Quote:
Originally Posted by Penguin
When the alternative (ox) offers you so much more, its no wonder wenger doesnt use theo no more.