Glorious failure for our last CL match for some time
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Glorious failure for our last CL match for some time
Good performance but sums up our season really and many games this year.
Having to fight back vainly after putting ourselves in a terrible position after not performing from the start (first leg).
Ramsey is so shit there are no words.
Arteta was absolutely fucking shit, an absolutely disgraceful performance by him. Ground is a mindless fool and our entire midfield can't keep the damn ball. Great result!!!
Last three seasons on aggregate: 4-3, 4-3 3-3. So annoying.
Arteta is so sh*t there a no words.
Sh*t free kick and then gives away two free kicks in the end when we needed one goal, he's like the AW on the pitch.
I thought the defending was noticeably better but on the flip side I think our attacking game suffered, maybe with less anxiety we might have been able to keep hold of the ball better and pick the right passes.
All in all, a great effort but just like AC last year, the damage was already done.
Glorious failure. :bow:
We've still got it. :dance:
None of them can pass a ball, except Gibbs. He's been injured enough to still be infected with the old ways.Quote:
Originally Posted by Arse n Wonga
Giroud :haha:
The first leg cost us, but we were superb today.
Kos and Fab were brilliant, everyone played well. Proud of the effort, just need to play like that 10 more times.
Can't fault the effort, just lacking that extra quality that may have made the difference. Arteta was terrible tbh, and the fouls he conceded and the shite freekick in the last few minutes from such an experienced player were baffling.
Jenkinson, Kos, Merts and Fabianski get praise from me today.
The rest - meh.
Simply not enough quality.
Champions League was nice. See yas in a few years.
Arsenal.com can revel in this for a while.
Arsenal :bow:.
Koscielny, Jenkinson, Gibbs, Fabianski all very good.
The stat machine has ordered them to be dropped for absolutely no reason on the weekend though.
Come on Dortmund.
Great performance.. Arteta shouldve been replaced by Diaby. The defense was brilliant.. Gibbs makes a big difference and also to note, the absence of Vermaelen! Biggest liability of a captain. Why cant we defend like this more regularly?! Why do we have to play for absolutely nothing to perform at this level? This clearly shows that out shitness has more to do with attitude than actual talent.
Good effort. Arteta was a bloody idiot giving them those two free kicks at the end when we could have put some pressure pon. Fabiianski did well. Overall can't complain too much. Never likely to go through but good result on the night.
A good performance - a bit of quality up front - a striker of the calibre we've had since the days of Ian Wright, and we'd have been through.
Really pleased with the effort, but at the end I just wanted to punch Arteta in the face and balls.
I think we knew it wasn't our night when Gervinho turned into Ronaldinho but no one was there to score.
Geoff Shreeves is popping balloons again.
It's always been like that. Whenever we're the favourites and there's pressure on us to perform we completely collapse.Quote:
Originally Posted by fakeyank
Just need 10 games like that from the defence and we could perhaps nick 4th place. Jenkinson, Kosicenly and Merts were great.
Is that slang for 'having a massive heart attack'?Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
got some pride back, which was the least we could have asked for before kick off.
merts was fantastic.
let's keep the same team for swansea.
I wouldn't use slang if that was happening.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grimandi's Perm
Because Wenget has made Vermaelen captain?Quote:
Originally Posted by fakeyank
Because of Vermaelen's captaincy, Koscielny is dropped?
Because he dropped Jenkinson despite his consistently excellent performances?
Because Gibbs is always injured?
Because we have no defensive-minded midfielders?
Because we don't defend well as a team?
BONBON :haha:Quote:
Originally Posted by Master Splinter
Very good performance, defensively we looked very very solid. An extra bit of quality and we would have probably gone through tonight.
Fair play, the effort was superb.
I don't think we defended very well, Martinez totally bossed the midfield whilst we played hospital balls in front of our goal. They really didn't get out of 2nd gear against us today, as we created fuck all chances (although uncharacteristically, we were more efficient this time round.) Still, better than the shit kicking we all thought we where going to get.
Kos shows once agains he's our best centre back by some distance. He'll be dropped for next match of course.
Best back four display I've seen from us in a while, did well considering how many times are midfielders gave the ball away. I think Ramsey must be some sort of undercover agent, and a bad one at that. Its just incredible how many times he passes the ball to the oppo players.
Giroud and Walnut were poor, or just not good enough. But overall, an excellent result... hopefully we can take some confidence from this...
Fabianski new number 1?
Kos, Rosicky and GHELkinson first choice from now on?
Or does computer say no?
Defence and keeper were brilliant.
Theo and Giroud tried their hardest but once again, the midfield fucks up. Cazorla is a myth. Ramsey is shit, Rosicky was poor and then there was Arteta. Wtf is he on? Awful player.
Also why when we need goals are we taking off our biggest threat, top scorer and most assists produced in Theo?
Captain and manager were awful
You'd like to think the players get picked on merit, so I'd start the same XI against Swans.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
We must be faithful to our methods.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
The regret was that we didn't really have a sustained period of pressure on the Bayern goal. The second half was mostly one way traffic (apart from Gervinho's chance) but that's because of the lack of quality in central midfield.
I think its more about how well the defence played, given how little protection they get from the midfield. Most of Bayerns shots were from distance. It was the midfielders giving the ball away easily that put us in trouble. Yet we won 2-0, incredible really!Quote:
Originally Posted by AKBapologist
We had four shots on goal, somehow bundled two in, and then shat ourselves for last five mins when it counted.
Sorry, not impressed at all. Nothing to be proud of here.
Rosicky should stay in but only because Wenget's hand has been forced with Wheelchair's injury.
I'm sure Action Man Vermaelen will be back though, and Sagan if he's fit.
I can't state how much I hope this happens.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grimandi's Perm
that.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Emirates Gallactico
No real pressure tonight and while I didn't expect us to get a result, thinking about it we do often get one when the pressure is off. We've won the second half in a few games when they've been all but lost. We emerge with some credit from tonight but we need to do it under pressure.
well you're an idiot.Quote:
Originally Posted by RomfordPele
That's still an issue. When the pressure's on we tend to wilt. Combine that with a lack of attacking quality there's a lot of work to be done in the Summer.Quote:
Originally Posted by RomfordPele
Alan Smith saying we should stick with the same back 5.
Alan Smith is always right.
A decent team would have monstered Bayern tonight, they were not up for it at all.