Match reaction vs Everton

Not sure why the media is obsessed with Wilshere tbh. After two major injuries at a young age it will take time for him to gain form, the only way for him to get some form is to play him. Wenger continued to play Ramsey even when he was shit, now look at him. Seems a bit unfair on Wilshere, Gerrard for example had a shocking world cup and lost Liverpool the league - where's his criticism?

More of a worry for me is Chamberlain. I'm not sure what he offers us tbh. Missed a couple of good chances yesterday. He really needs to start to kick on because he hasn't done half as much as Wilshere has done in an Arsenal shirt and that's not exactly much. At the moment I can only see a use for him as an impact sub late in the game when the opposition is tired.

As for the game....not impressed with Everton at all. I never knew they dived so much! Naismith was a joke and the ref bought it every time. Coleman is both severely retarded looking and an absolute diving cheat as well. British players never dive though do they?

We were pretty shit but had so many chances, enough to win the game. Giroud should have scored at least two before his goal, maybe three.

Nice to have a come back, shows a bit of fight. Hopefully we're just rusty otherwise I'm concerned with how we're playing.

Oh and I thought Campbell looked pretty lively when he came on.

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Originally Posted by Sterling Archer

It's his first game back after no pre-season.

Think.

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Then he shouldnt have played 90 minutes today. Cazorla shouldve. I still do not think Ozil is worth the money we paid for... may be 20 million would be a fair price. I'd love for him to prove me wrong. What surprises me is the call for Cazorla's head when compared to Ozil... Cazorla has been a consistent performer for us since he joined us and so far, he has been head and shoulders above Ozil in most games.

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Originally Posted by fakeyank

Then he shouldnt have played 90 minutes today. Cazorla shouldve. I still do not think Ozil is worth the money we paid for... may be 20 million would be a fair price. I'd love for him to prove me wrong. What surprises me is the call for Cazorla's head when compared to Ozil... Cazorla has been a consistent performer for us since he joined us and so far, he has been head and shoulders above Ozil in most games.

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The thing is, because we signed Ozil, Cazorla got shifted out wide from his favoured position in the middle.

That £42m could've perhaps got Di Maria, but then again, who'd pass up on signing Ozil?

Still think he'll come good.

Wilshere looked hopeless and needs upgrading on.

And we should've gone for Diego Costa.

Cesc > Wheelchair

I don't think Di Maria is worth that sort of money even if he is a good player but it will be a little comical if Costa scores 20 league goals as he may well do whilst we've been acting like we are too good for him or he would be some major risk at 30 odd million.

And I don't really get why Wilshere need's to be upgraded, when he isn't first team anyway.

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Originally Posted by Marc Overmars

I wouldn't be starting Wheelchair every game tbh, he has no niche role or special trait and we have several midfielders who are superior to him in every aspect. Can't help but feel we're not seeing the best of Ramsey because of his presence.

Giroud, love him or hate him is the best option up front for us until a superior player is brought in. All this talk of Alexis or even Theo up front is nice in theory but when you consider the role Wenger has carved out for his striker, then you see it won't work unless we change formation but that isn't going to happen.

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I still don't think Giroud is the best option for the way we play. I didn't think we had a problem up front in the first half. It would have been looked on differently if we went into half time 0-0. The movement was fluid and it looked they type or game where you know we'll score. But we conceded a sloppy goal in the first half and the second was sloppy but also offside.

I saw more of a problem with the defence and lack of defending from the midfield. Flamini, Ramsey and Wilshere just weren't pressing and you could see Sanchez harrying the opposition and urging his team mates to do the same. If we'd have been more aggressive and won the ball back when Everton were on attack, our counters would have been deadly.

If we're going to keep starting with Giroud, we'll need to be more direct, whip in more crosses and put aside this short passing game but that's just not going to happen. Our goals came from good crosses yesterday and that's what we'll have to focus on if he's playing because it's rare to see us carve open a defence with a flurry of short passes to get Giroud a goal.

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The midfield had no presence

It's the same problem we've always had. For the 2nd goal, you can see how open we were for the counter. Jack starting from deep and then pressing into the box whilst Ramsey is already deep into the opposition box just makes it worse. When we lose the ball attempting intricate passes in the box, we're vulnerable. It didn't help matters with both CB's attempting to win the ball back playing a highline. Flamini had no choice but to track his man once that happened.

Watching MOTD and they talk of a lack of presence up front in the first half and highlight the lack of targets up front when crossing. I don't know why they're under the impression we play that way. We often have the same problem with nobody in the box with Giroud playing. It's just not our style.

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Originally Posted by Blink 1nce Quince 2wice

I don't think Di Maria is worth that sort of money even if he is a good player but it will be a little comical if Costa scores 20 league goals as he may well do whilst we've been acting like we are too good for him or he would be some major risk at 30 odd million.

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I expect Costa to well for Chelsea. They play a different brand of football to us. But rebound goals and scrappy tap ins won't change my opinion on him.