Match reaction Vs West Brom

We would have lost that a year or two ago.

We didn't play well, but credit also to West Brom, who I thought gave us little space or time. Small pitches really fuck us up.

I also have to concede that Seesssssigggnnnnon caused us no end of problems. Little diving cunt.

A point is a decent result here though, and we were due to drop points at some time. Hopefully Rambo is sidelined for the internationals.....

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Originally Posted by fakeyank

Flamini was shit today.. didnt offer much protection to the back 4

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Thats because he didnt play DM today, Wenger chose Arteta to play that role. Flamini was the box2box :)

That's the sort of thing that's going to mess us up. Not sure if it's instruction from the manager or just the way the team decide to play but Flamini should have sat deep.

Too many options to rotate and tinker may be our undoing.

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Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory

That's the sort of thing that's going to mess us up. Not sure if it's instruction from the manager or just the way the team decide to play but Flamini should have sat deep.

Too many options to rotate and tinker may be our undoing.

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Possibly, but I just thought we were jaded yesterday. The service from Rambo and Jack specifically was poor in the first half, and marginally better in the second half. Rosicky lifted us a bit, but Ozil and Giroud were starved of quick ball all day....though credit to West Brom for suffocating us.

We actually needed Walcott yesterday, as he would have given some width and pace, meaning a bit more room to work in.

I thought we were really poor yesterday, totally disjointed and 2nd to a lot of balls. It was most definitely a point gained, they caused us a lot of problems and hassled and harried us off the ball.

It aint a bad result though, they geniunely are a pretty decent team.

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Originally Posted by IBK

Baggies played well with the help of the ref.

We looked well off our Napoli form - I hope that this is not a sign of the complacent Arsenal team we have seen so much of in recent years.

Ramsey looked tired, Wilshere trying too hard. I worry that his deflected goal might hide a player who needs to mature to hack it in the big time.

Giroud's a difficult one. Amazing at holding/laying off a ball but not a natural finisher.

Ozil's brilliance wasn't rewarded today. Rosicky demonstrated how lacking in movement we were before he came on.

A point was welcome at the end of the day, but let's face it - we are all wondering what's going to happen to our season when we meet the top teams.

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ref missed a clear penalty kosielny gifted them at the end

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Originally Posted by She Wore A Yellow Ribbon

Stop moaning.

We are top of the league at the international break. This is beyond our wildest dreams.

Save the moaning for when we have the inevitable fuck up near April. For now enjoy.

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My first paragraph detailed what I felt as the game played out and then I went on to give my view on how I felt after it had finished.

It is far from '...beyond my wildest dreams' because I didn't sit there and think before the season started 'we will never have 16 points after seven games.....ever'.

I'm simply giving my view, which you're perfectly entitled to disagree with or ignore.

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Originally Posted by Nayan

ref missed a clear dive in the box at the end

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Thankfully.

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Originally Posted by Blink 1nce Quince 2wice

My first paragraph detailed what I felt as the game played out and then I went on to give my view on how I felt after it had finished.

It is far from '...beyond my wildest dreams' because I didn't sit there and think before the season started 'we will never have 16 points after seven games.....ever'.

I'm simply giving my view, which you're perfectly entitled to disagree with or ignore.

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Stop moaning.

We are top of the league at the international break. This is beyond our wildest dreams.

Save the moaning for when we have the inevitable fuck up near April. For now enjoy.

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