Cech telling Wenger there's no way out, he'll have to spend.
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Cech telling Wenger there's no way out, he'll have to spend.
3-2 FT, CHAMPIONS!!!!
What trophy have we actually won?
FT 3-2
First game of season Last year Monreal started CB
Nothing changes with Fraud Wenger
Leicester Bitches Cup.Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
Citeh are our bitches these days.
Wenger :bow:.
We don't deserve it, we beat them twice.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
Bielik is not a CB, is he? He joined as a CM. I hope he's not going to try to pull that one.
We're uppity bitches.Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
Not one senior CB and the season is 7 days away....
Everything back to normal.Quote:
Originally Posted by AFC Leveller
I agree. I don't want to see any player get a nasty injury but I really don't rate Gabriel at all. In the absence of a new signing we may as well play Chambers and Holding who know each other through the U21s. Liverpool will be licking their lips!Quote:
Originally Posted by Master Splinter
Koscielny will be back tbf.Quote:
Originally Posted by AFC Leveller
Go into pre-season with 3 CBs
Leave with 2
Wenger :bow:
Can't wait for the day he leaves
Other teams will be mad to sell their first choice CB at this stage
Yay
This is why it's a false economy to delay. Just get the business done early. Pay a bit more if you need to, avoid paying a lot more at the last minute. One answer is to spend nothing and wing it. I wonder what Wenger will opt for?Quote:
Originally Posted by Keith
Yeah, they always beat us.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gooner23
Whilst you can blame Wenger for not having enough experienced centre backs you can't blame him for the injuryQuote:
Originally Posted by Munchies
Positive second half. The injury puts a downer on things even if it is Gabby. I don't rate him but he looked in bad shape.
First half team didn't work at all. Missed silky chances but also lacked cohesion in the middle. I really rate Elneny. I think that one change transformed us. We were knocking the ball about with style and confidence and the chances came. Thought Sanchez was positive. I'd give him another go up front. Theo was pretty good out wide also. A goal and assist. Wenger has some decisions to make. Only a pre season but positive.
That was just unfortunate. Could have happened to anybody. Heck, could have been the new signing if we had one knowing our luck.Quote:
Originally Posted by Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie
He donedit on purpose to save money cos he's cheapQuote:
Originally Posted by Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie
Annoying because it clouded a pretty solid second half performance from us
We looked good on the ball, our passing was incisive and we were prepared to actually take shots on goal and were fairly clinical
Defensively we looked a bit suspect, both Monreal and Gibbs let their man get past them far too easily.
I thought it was Gabriel's fault if anyones.....too impetuous. Although I appreciate I'm just the kind of person that if he hadn't made the tackle and as a result they'd gone on to score id have been cursing him for being too passive and standing off.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
Wenger in :bow:Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters
Make you bloody mind up:shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters
Didn't see any positive signs in that match, well maybe Xhaka and El'Neny's pressing. I did see a whole bunch of usual stuff. We know we can score if teams come out to play against us. That's no surprise and even Theo will get a goal every now and then. He looks half the player Iwobi is though and if Wenger expects to get anything out of Theo this season then you can't blame Theo for that, you have to blame the old fool who never learns. Defence was a shambles as is mostly the case. Monreal and Bellerin are good players, but they give their opponents far too much space on the flanks. I know they have been told to do that, and I know the old goat then puts the onus on attacking fucking midfielders to race back as cover, but surely Bould could sneak in some coaching whilst the prehistoric fart was asleep? Ramsey looked way off the pace. Alexis too, he did very little up top but disguised this with a couple of good moments. Not his fault and he was coming back from a nasty ankle injury (amazing he's back at all tbf), it wasn't until El'Neny came on that he had anything to feed from. Which will most likely cost Elmo his place. Wenger doesn't like that, forward passing - very vulgar.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
And Santi is a better player than Silva. A considerably better player. If they swapped clubs then the media would be all, Ooooooh Santi! Santi this, Santi that.
So you did see some positives. :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
Give Theo some credit after you said we were down to 10 men.. Also, it's good to see that we tried Sanchez up front. Wasn't convinced by Ramsey but it was his first game back.. Elneny is one heck of a player and I hope Wenger starts him. It's down to team selection now. If Wenger starts Xhaka he has to start Elneny. I think Elneny is essential to the way we want to play. More so than Cazorla because he doesn't make as many mistakes. Santi should play higher up field behind the striker.
But again, it's down to Wenger to try something different and I hope he gets the team selection right.
You see the best of Cazorla when he's given licence to play more advanced and that I imagine is the benefit of having three defensive minded types like Coquelin, Elneny and Xhaka to choose from (although I think Elneny is more of a box to box supporting midfielder than a defensive one)
That plus you can only play who you are up against, yes the way we play suits us when we play teams like Man City but at the same time you can't expect us to showcase a different style of play which would be effective against teams that sit deep but totally pointless against City.
The takeaway from today is that we need a centre back and striker, simple as.
Xhaka is supposed to be that too. He's not a DM. But yes, I think Cazorla is better as the number 10. Two footed, can wriggle out of danger, can play the killer pass as well as crack a shot. I like when he plays deep but he will have moments when he's too casual. He'd be better playing further up field.Quote:
Originally Posted by Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie
We can't discredit the opponents now that we have won. That's what I don't like because when we were losing it was typical old Arsenal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie
So the takeaway is what we knew last April?Quote:
Originally Posted by Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie
Best thing to do is judge the situation in May.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
Like PnG I think Elneny is really good. Shame we won't see him that much really....
And Cazorla is bisto.....obvs.
Nah. You should judge the season either before it has started or after one game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
That happened this time last year and as usual people weren't far off the mark.Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters
The 'other' player is always the better option, until a few off performances and he becomes the new scapegoat.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blink 1nce Quince 2wice
Elneny looks like a good player but he didn't offer a miracles when he became part of the team last season. We played shit football from beginning to end, so the solution comes from the combination used in the middle and of course have a clue what we're doing going forward and defensively.
To be fair I think Elmo is genuinely a decent player, good box to box players are hard to come by these days. He's far from a miracle worker of course but he's probably more reliable than certain other midfielders we have. From the games I went to last season his style of play was always noticeable, often confidently collecting the ball from deep and later popping up in the final third. I hope he is given a fair crack this season.
True, but irrelevant. You assess how a season has gone at the end. I really shouldn't have to explain or defend that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars