I don't think we can win 3-0 or 3-1 in the reverse fixture.
Really need to put all our eggs in two baskets now...
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I don't think we can win 3-0 or 3-1 in the reverse fixture.
Really need to put all our eggs in two baskets now...
I can go along with that.....Ox and Gnarby out wide could have been more effective. I have been a major critic of Theo's in the past but I do admit he has definitely come on and is an import any cog of our current team. In essence we missed his pace and experience and it could have been a slightly dufferent story if he was around and Ches stayed on pitchQuote:
Originally Posted by Jeebus
Having paid an arm and a leg for a ticket I feel very cheated that Szczesny's sending off ruined the contest. I don't blame the referee so much as the rules that allow them to always make that double punishment. To my mind, the last man/clear cut chance thing exists to stop a cynical pull back from a defender taking a yellow card as a punishment. This should not apply to goalkeepers. In these situations the penalty is the punishment, so a red card is not warranted. Not the first time this has stung us, and wish the powers that be would see fit to amend the laws to serve the best interests of the game. Sadly looking out for the good of the game is the last thing we can expect from FIFA.
Ozil should not have been taking the penalty. He's not the best penalty taker and who better to face him in goal than his international 'keeper? What happened to our old policy of he who wins it doesn't take it?
Sanogo looked bright with his movement and ideas, but was worryingly slow. Hopefully he's got a better turn of pace when fully up and running.
Despite getting beaten I do think we can take plenty of positives out of yesterdays game. For the first half an hour I thought we were excellent, best I have seen us play for quite some time and we had them on the ropes at times.
I really liked the way we attacked, it was with purpose and plenty of pace, I felt OX and Ozil both looked very dangerous, Jack was playing very well too.
I think OX should be guaranteed first choice for the remainder of the season, I really like the way he is playing, he injects much needed pace into our attack and is very direct.
I personally think we are out now, of course we can beat them in the 2nd leg, but I don't think they will be half as complacent as last season.
Also, what a performance again from Koscielny. The guy is becoming a monster of a CB, really aggressive and alert.
It was no coincidence that their 2nd goal came when he was outa position having gone up for the freekick which Wilshere basically passed to their goaly.
Kos is the best CD in the country tbh.
No shame in last night for me.
Game was ruined by the sending off.
Some positive performances out there....real shame we conceded that second, as I'm not sure we deserved that kind of punishment.
This competition is full of fucking shit as far as I'm concerned. It stinks.
BTW. Szczseny. Brilliant :haha:
I agree, we played well up until the sending off. If we were like the Arsenal of old, things could have been far, FAR worse.Quote:
Originally Posted by LDG
We can't win them all, and some of the comments I'm reading from some people this morning are a little disappointing.
A lot of us on here don't seem too bothered about losing last night because ultimately we aren't good enough to win the C.L. - the only problem is how many years into Wumgers reign will we be saying the same. Our seasons now seem like deja vu, we can already look at next years C.L & virtually know that we will finish 2nd in our group because Wumger decided NOT to win it followed with being knocked out by a team with a new manager ( confirming that Wumgers age old reign is doing us no favours )but with world class players in every position. They don't have to play a lad upfront who hardly knows how to get to the Emirates let alone play football at C.L. level.
We played so well for 25 minutes last night. Why, because we attacked them. Its what they work at in training. Reminded me of the 1st half against Napoli. Bayern struggled to get into out half. If we can do this to the best team in Europe why aren't we playing like that against the Chavs & the Mancs. Why do we sit back so much with a team of attacking midfielders, it doeasn't & can't work.
Ozil needs to change his game if he ever wants to be a success. He needs to stay central a play in the strikers running behind the defense, like Courtinho was doing against us. Its useless for him to wander wide like he does. The English game does not allow time on the ball for wide men & he doesn't have the pace to get passed people.
Kos was excellent again. It shows why Bayern are after him & to be honest unless Wumger finally relents & realises we need WORLD CLASS PLAYERS all over the pitch instead of his bargain buys, then again you could not blame him if he leaves - it must be so frustrating for certain players to be at Arsenal under this manager.