Again, only turn up for 15 minutes but get the job done.
Well done Santi. :bow:
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Again, only turn up for 15 minutes but get the job done.
Well done Santi. :bow:
Easy win thanks to Santi.
Easy, really.
Top of the League :bow:
A forgettable first half but we stepped it up a notch in the 2nd and it was a routine win in the end.
Boy am I glad we have a great defence now, this attacking line up really lacks some goal hungry and ruthless personalities.
Anyway 3 points and another clean sheet. Top of the league.
Come on you Gunners.
Santi stepped his game up for the 2nd half. Pod looked very sharp when coming on too.
Too of the league.
Gnabry is a special player.
top of the league. easy win. can't ask for more.
Merts was only 98% today, but Kos was 102% so another great show by the defence. Monreal reads the game very well but Sagna continues to wreck his past record now that he can suddenly cross a ball.
Pods and Ox looked desperate to impress, good sign. Jack and Flam did okay in the middle, good second half from Santi and the goals of course. Giroud put a big effort in again but he's still below par and a very quiet and often careless performance from Ozil who seems to have lost that smile he had. Wonder what's going on there?
Fulham are really awful and we made them look PL quality in the first half. Easily overcame them in the second but in truth we'll need to play a lot better than this against the better teams. 3 points though thus leaving the money bag comedy clubs still trailing.
3 points, top of the pops, we stay.
Up the Arse!
5 minute patch of power play does it again.
Awful first half. Much better in the second, if still hugely wasteful in the final third.
Good games from Szczesny, Monreal, Koscielny, Wilshere, Gnabry and Cazorla who stepped up in the second period.
I hope all the people constantly saying Flamini is the much better option over Arteta have seen how much Arteta is missed in recent games. Flamini is supposedly a ball-winning terrier, but Fulham had periods where they dominated the possession and when we did have the ball, Flamini doesn't set any tempo and can also be erratic and loose with his passing. Arteta - or a ball distributor who is superior to Arteta - is essential for us. Flamini can be useful in some games, but he should be no more than a decent back-up option.
Anyway, another useful win, Wilshere getting back to his best with a run of influential performances, Gnabry impressive again and defensively solid once more.
Oh, and Koscielny is a monstrous player.
Arsenal :bow:.
When teams defend in numbers like that, we need a lot of movement to create space, aggressive drives forward and shots to get ahead. Gnarby played well even though he got some stuff wrong but wanted to see more of what he was doing from Cazorla and Ozil because the cute passing and lay offs just weren't working. Cazorla stepped his game up but Ozil looked disappointed because he probably knew he was off today. He needs to take more risks. Early in the first half he laid off a pass for Giroud from a great move but Giroud couldn't make up the ground to get on the end of the pass. Oz should have just blasted it in the roof of the goal instead of going for the cut back. He'll learn.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
Good to see us see out the game comfortably and with a clean sheet. Defence solid again and Monreal is putting in solid performances on that left. Laying in good crosses and another assist today plus he's good on defence. Impressed with him and glad he wasn't injured.
Delighted with the win - especially after a frustrating first half. But can we step it up against the best teams for the rest of the season - settling for the squad we've got?Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
Ozil's look of disappointment (probably at his own performance) is becoming a little too familiar. Someone mentioned he needs to look to shoot more and I would agree making the point (a few months ago too) that he needs to understand how his role has changed from the Galaticos egos of Madrid. That partly means more of the goal threat should come from him directly. It is worrying when a player of his qualities misplaces a simple pass. Particularly as it is arguably his greatest asset. He'll work it out in time though...
Gnabry was good and has an interesting game. So often Sagna is way ahead of him but you can Gnabry to be sensible enough to not sell Sagna out. Still, I'd like to see Gnabry forward a little more and taking a few more risks at times.
I agree that Arteta is the first choice man. Always has been for me and remains so.
82/84 passes for Flams today. That's pretty good. I think the team on a whole didn't press enough and were too comfortable letting Fulham attack us. We're missing Ramsey because he's the one with the most tackles per game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Master Splinter
Perceptive point. 42M for Arsenal rather than 'Galacticos' team means that you should be making the difference, not simply being a good link man.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blink 1nce Quince 2wice
It's these sort of routine 2 - 0 wins that win leagues. Man Utd have been doing this for years; rarely did they consistently pummel teams 4 or 5 nil.
Great run we're on, what is it now, 5 or 6 straight wins. It's just our fucking luck that the year we hit this great form is the same year Man City and Chelsea decide to be good. :rolleyes: FFS. Just not fair. :(
Before it is mentioned.... I know it is not all about goals and Ozil is certainly no goal machine. However, he was last playing in a Mourinho team and now he is supposedly the main guy (talent, fee, experience and prestige wise) in a Wenger team. For even just that reason alone his role has changed.
Fortunately we are in a place where we aren't just relying on one midfielder to drag us through all the time, be it Cazorla, Ramsey, Ozil or Wilshere. It would be nice to be less reliant on Giroud at some stage too!
I was quite hoping that Liverpool would beat City last month (despite Liverpool being ahead of us at the time).....for this exact reason. City just keep winning. I think they have won 10 prem games in a row now or something like that....
They were lucky against Newcastle....very lucky, but still squeezed out a win.
Seven in a row, they drew against Southampton. I'm sure Citeh are thinking the same of us right now though too tbf.
Perhaps 10 in 11 then rather than 10 in a row....
I'm sure they are thinking that, but their squad is much better equipped to cope and I think that they probably expect us to blink first. Their record in the big games (which may prove the difference) is better than ours I suspect too.
We'll see I guess, they have the Spuds away and Chelsea at home next.
OoOo didn't realise that! Here's to hoping!
Fucking awful first half.
Better second.
:shrug:
Top
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Just seen we have Southampton and Palace next and they have Spurs and Chelsea.
Smells like an opportunity to me. Hope we can put some distance between us and them.
Southampton and Palace aren't that easy, Southampton have shown that they can beat top sides and Palace since they brought Pulis on board have improved a lot.
City will beat Spurs, Chelsea game they'll get a draw at worst I reckon, though the way they are playing at the monent I think they might even win that.
Southampton have likely lost Lovren for our game which is terrible news for them really.
We've got Liverpool and Chelsea away coming up in February, that's going to be tough.
Man Utd home in February, Chelsea away is in late March.
Darren Bent :haha:
Sorry yeah Man U not Chelsea, I'd say we'll win that game but after last time I'm not sure, it's like a mental block.Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
Southampton are good but that will probably be a classic pubbed away win for us and Palace will be a trademark 2-0 to the Arsenal.
Liverpool and United in the space of 4 days will be difficult though.
Job done again. Not pretty to watch but the goals were quite good again. The first one was a lovely move. Credit to the defence as well for making sure, yet again, that a goal or two would be enough.
51 points from 22 games is a solid pace. Plan: just keep fucking winning.
Aren't Liverpool little bit our bitches? Especially on their patch.
Well.... yeah.
And yet for some reason it's the big game I feel least nervous about.
Danger Zone
You'll beat us comfortably.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coutinho Is Boss
A derby is always a tough game regardless of the quality of the opposition . They always raise their game . So , 3 points , clean sheet and a solid defense display are not too bad . But we need to be more ruthless in the final third .
Carzola in my fantasy team :dance:
Knew to have him in over that hype-job Ozil.
what's with bif jerkin off in celebration????
I keep seeing BIF and I have no clue what it is... I know its for Giroud but no idea what it stands forQuote:
Originally Posted by Maestro