Much improved second half, we are good at home only villa and dortmund have won at the Emirates.
Good effort but odd celebrating a draw.
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Much improved second half, we are good at home only villa and dortmund have won at the Emirates.
Good effort but odd celebrating a draw.
As much as anything I think we are celebrating the effort and are just relieved that there was no collapse after the 1st goal :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Bumble
Good effort from the team. The fact that we nearly beat them with half our team dead and no threat in the forward positions is pleasing.
Could have done with Oxlade and maybe Gnabry coming on earlier while we were on top.
Improved game from the defence and Cazorla in the second half. Rosicky excellent all game.
Hopefully this decent result and solid performance will stabilise us for the last few games and ensure we're relatively confident for the FA Cup game/s.
Didn't see the game.
Sounds like we had a bit of life in us though.
Meh. All about making it FA Cup #11.
Come on you Gunners.
Beat Everton and we've come through the death run ok. :scarf:
Although Everton will magically gain five points from that game according to David Jones on SS1.
Decent result and performance today, too little too late though and still haven't beaten one of the big boys.
Thought City were average today, our best chance to beat them.
Really? :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
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Originally Posted by ARightTouch
I think the death run might still cost usQuote:
Originally Posted by Slacker
I suppose beating Everton makes it ok if all you are after is 4th place
What about Liverpool?Quote:
Originally Posted by Özim
If we can't beat anyone above us (apart from L'pool at home and then they mullered us away) what can we expect? Citeh, Chelsea and Liverpool have wanked over us this season, do we deserve to finish above them???Quote:
Originally Posted by ARightTouch
Oh yeah sorry that was the 1 win in 16 games against the top 4 sides.Quote:
Originally Posted by LDG
Yes. I presume you thought we'd get less points from it than we actually did.Quote:
Originally Posted by ARightTouch
Won one, drawn two at home against them. Not too bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by Özim
Away form has been poorly managed IMO.
That was probably the best we played all season. Didn't give them a sniff.Quote:
Originally Posted by LDG
AW looks like the cat that got the cream. Hopefully the 4th place trophy is ours...
Expected a loss so happyvwith a point but I just think what could have been if we had a striker upfront today...the Swansea game also looks like an even more f up as as crazy as it sounds wed still be in he mix now.
Rosicky was outstanding today. This guys is a constant reminder of the way EVERYONE in the side used to play during the good times.
Flamini shows that determination every game and took the chance well.
Difficult playing with out a striker until sanogo came on...
We have 9 points from last 8 games so not exactly title challenging form.
Rosicky was lucky to stay on but it swings in roundabouts, in the 1st game people blamed decisions going against us for the loss, in the one we had some favourable decisions, that's what happens in football.
1st game they were the better team, in this game we edged it but a draw was probably fair enough in the end.
Yeah the tough runs of games in December and February/March were a disaster, ultimately that's where we lost it, in those runs of games against the big boys.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bumble
Silva was lucky to stay on but we had no chance with that cnt Dean as referee. Surprised he didn't send off Tommy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Özim
Need to wrap up 4th place trophy soon.
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Yep. Our form against the top half sides in general has been the undoing, a shame really after how we were dispatching many of the weaker sides which gave us such a great platform. The doubters were right in fairness but fuck it, hopefully we can at least put the no trophies line to bed this season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Özim
I think the death run lived up to its name, as it normally does with us. :crying:Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
Completely killed our confidence, and killed us as any sort of force to be reckoned with.
If you are looking solely at points, then we have done ok. You would have expected us to beat Man Utd at home though??
Yeah and I would have thought we wouldn't win at WHL given we hadn't done so for a considerable time. I think being five point behind Chelsea with just Everton to go is not bad, even though we didn't actually win many games in that time.Quote:
Originally Posted by ARightTouch
I'll give you that one at WHL, that was sweet.Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
Though this is what our expectations have come to, before the death run we are firmly in the title race, after the death run we are out of the title race our confidence has been shot to bits but apparently we have done ok?? This is why I disagree, but lets see what we dish up vs Everton.
We shared the spoils in the first half, their fluked effort separated the teams. Dean bottled the big decision of the match by refusing to send Silva off for a nasty studs up lunge. Second half we took them to the cleaners, pocketed Toure, hassled Silva until he quit and hid, made that so-called player of the year bloke they have in midfield look like a pubber. Dzeko and the hyped Negredo were kept quiet without much fuss. Sagna, Cazorla, Rosicky and Flamini all stepped up in the second half to boss proceedings. With a better striker (or indeed a striker) up top we might have bagged a nice haul against a defence that was comical at times. I expect Liverpool to blow these gypos away given they have in abundance what we lack up top, the pace and the firepower. Which was our only real negative. Giroud was worthless. Sanogo immediately started winning challenges as soon as he came on. Bif is already on holiday and shouldn't be played again. Shame it wasn't a deserved 3 points but certainly a good enough result to steady the ship.
Also, heavily biased Sky commentators were awful.
More of this required for the remainder:
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Wasn't expected to come home frustrated that we didn't win. Officials were shit, linesman North Bank End looked at Dean every fucking time before moving his flag, and Dean gonna Dean trying to nullify Rosicky.
Rosicky just awesome, Pod was trying forward and back :faint:, Verm has been rebooted to a resemblance of his good form of old, Merts has been on the go forward pills, Gibbs is definitely improving just little bit improvement final ball plz, Santi was fired up I hope they show his mugging of 3 of their midfielders reminded me Pires mugging Vieira in chumps league. Giroud was dogshit, that sort of slimy smelly dogshit that is so bad if it got in your car you'd have to set fire to the fucker to get rid of the smell :sulk: what took long with the subs I don't know, we were flagging and really needed a lift. Did I mention Giroud was shit?
We need a striker.
Only 833,333.33 miles away now :patrice:
Face saver today. The kind of performance a 4th placed team should be able to muster. We do have some credentials - just not good enough to be champions.
I thought we played well 2nd half, more of that and we'll def finish 4th, might even win the FA Cup too. ##
First half was shit.
Second half alot better, players burst forward and provided options notably Flamini.
Podolski finally starting to have productive games too, assist and a goal last game, and an assist today.
Fully deserved a win today. The better side by a distance. Proud to be a gooner.
Only saw the last 15min. looked pretty good, especially considering that we're missing all our key players.
Ive missed 5 game this season and we didnt lose any of them.
Good performance, none of us expected us to get anything so the team has done well in that respect.
A win at Goodison would more or less seal our 4th place trophy.
That was a missed opportunity to close the gap . Man City is a great team but yesterday was a winnable game for the Arsenal . Overall , it was a good game to watch .
The only regret is Giroud . He is a very likable player . He works hard for the team. He tries his best and has a great attitude . But whatever he does is not good enough for the standard of Arsenal. It is a proof , sadly, he is not a top striker we are all looking for and will never push Arsenal to the next level . I 'd be glad he is given another chance if Wenger can buy a top young striker like Morata . Otherwise a top striker like Diego Costa should be our priority when the transfer window reopen .
Flamini is a warrior. Love the enthusiasm. A surprise candidate for the goal but I'll take that.
Good result but it's a shame we're out of the title race now. This weekend just shows that the oil rich clubs are far from invincible. Even though our title chances are slim, let's hope we carry that form over to Everton. We didn't play too badly yesterday and it's something to build on.
The Everton game will be crucial. A draw would keep them at arms length and give us some breathing space. Considering they have to play City and Man ure at home, i think the'll drop points.