Match Reaction v United away (PL, 16/17)

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Caption. F U Moronio

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Originally Posted by Coney

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I really am a good manager, we didn't lose. Woohoo

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Originally Posted by Goonermarvee

I really am a good manager, we didn't lose. Woohoo

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Which one?

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Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn

Which one?

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Take your pick. Actually, there's only one guy going woohoo!

Tactically Wenger in dark ages

The only enjoyment in football at the moment is things that make me laugh.

Watching Mourinho completely lose it over being denied a penalty and then conceding in the last minute to Wenger is bloody funny.


Therefore it is a good point.

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Originally Posted by Gooner23

The only mental block is Wenger's.

Agree on Monreal, wouldn't be against Gibbs having a run in the side.

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Dont think Monreal is bad or has gotten worse. He was horribly exposed by that donkey dressed as a player on the left aka Ramsey. Ramsey has no positional sense or an iota of knowledge where his teammates are. He must do something right to or with Wenger to earn his starting spot.

Agree with Blink, I have no faith in Gibbs doing any better. Has a very bad habit of getting caught out of position and switching off. He may have learned since being dropped but I think Monreal has been left to cope with a lot o his own since Sanchez isn't there anymore.

But it's not just a case of oh he's not getting enough protection, he gets turned so easily by pacey opponents.....the amount of goals where the attack begins on our left hand side just isn't a coincidence.

Gibbs isn't perfect, but actually from what I've seen this season I've been far more impressed with Gibbs and he merits at least a chance (you could be right, in the long term he might not be any better but then for me it would make it incumbent for Wenger to go into the transfer market for a left back because it's clearly a vulnerable area - he won't of course) having seen him he gets forward more which i think gives us far more cohesiveness in attack, and he has shown a good burst of pace at tracking back and what's more i have seen him get beaten by his man far less.

For me the reason Gibbs lost his place is because he is far more injury prone, but if nothing else when we are playing PSG on Wednesday and we saw the way Aurier tormented Monreal it would be absurd not to play Gibbs in that game instead.

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Originally Posted by Letters

Agree with much of the above. I'm content enough while we're in the mix but while I think we have the squad to win it I'm not sure we have the mentality and that does come down to Wenger. I'm a bit conflicted about yesterday's result, on the one hand it wasn't a bad point and given our record up there and that it was a bit of a smash and grab I'll take it, on the other hand a win up there and/or against Spurs would have been 'a statement'. That said, had we won them people would still be anticipating a balls up later down the line.

I don't think any of us will truly believe until we've got the trophy in our mitts, I think we have a chance but there are 5 or 6 teams who all seem pretty strong this year so it's going to be an interesting race this year. I don't see anyone running away with it.

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I don't really see any difference with this team between this season and last season. Slightly different personal but the same old flaws.

I think we'll scrape top 4 this season, I honestly can't see us finishing above any of Liverpool, Chelsea or City.