Napoli v Arsenal match reaction - let the bed wetting begin!

I thought Giroud was really trying to play to his strengths and needed someone running beyond him, but the team around him just weren't interested in that.

He has his limitations but he was really up against it today, with the way we set up and played.

have to say in what sense, I'm glad about what happened tonight. it means those cunts who call themselves ultras are out. uefa need to stand up and ban euorpean football in italy. any home match should be played in a foreign country. milan fans attacked ajax fans tonight as well. its not just a napoli problem but any football fan who goest Italy knows its a huge risk and there is good chance they could be caught in trouble.

I'd also love it if someoneofferedmeacomputerwithadecent spacebar.

Wenger :haha:

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Originally Posted by Steve French

It was hardly aserious post.

The whole whats tougher/better arguement on League and CL is stupid. Both titles are prestegious and both take different attributes in order to be successful. The League requires resilience with room for error, the CL is a competition (certainly from ko stages onwards) where there is far less room for error, but you can get very far in it without actually facing anyone of note. Which incidentally is why some people here are freaking out about finishing 2nd and who we'll likely face.

If someone offered me either of these comps at theexpense of the other, I'd take it and be fricken delerious.

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Yup, what he said.

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Originally Posted by Blink 1nce Quince 2wice

I thought Giroud was really trying to play to his strengths and needed someone running beyond him, but the team around him just weren't interested in that.

He has his limitations but he was really up against it today, with the way we set up and played.

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We've had problems like this in the past like when we had Chamakh leading the line with midfield players cutting into the middle congesting play (Nasri, Arshavin). I have no idea why Wenger hasn't thought about the balance and where our penetration will come from. It also looks like Giroud has adjusted his style of play compared to last season. His off the ball movement and playing off the shoulder of defenders isn't the same. He's coming short for the ball more often and attempting more flicks and build up play instead of trying to poach goals and be that fox in the box. He'll need to mix it up because unlike Chamakh, he has the ability to do that.

Sounds liiked we nearly cocked it up. Still, credit to the side for holding on for long enough with ten men. So surprised to have seen Walcott didn't start, thought it would have been a perfect game for him such were the circumstances.

Is Walcott fooking Wengers wife?

We would have won the group if just one of our "leaders" had told these fooks to stop gallivanting and settle for a draw against Dortmund at home. Anybody could see a draw against them at home was a fine result. Still winds me up.

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Originally Posted by Özim

The CL is the holy grail for every top club whatever you say, you're Champions of Europe if you win it, not of your country so it's actually a bigger title.

Winning the league is special, winning the CL must be something else though.

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Winning the CL is only truely special if you double it with the league or you won the title the year prior. Under those circumstances you can legitimately call yourself the best in Europe once you win it.

Win without that league title in and around it and its just a more glitzy FA Cup.

Well that was pure embarrassment from start to finish, particularly for Wenger. Best to just forget about that game as quickly as possible and concentrate on picking the wrong team and the wrong tactics for Saturday.