Really poor performance but sod it, another win and we stay top.
:scarf:
Koscielny and Cech were brilliant. The rest...oh dear.
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Really poor performance but sod it, another win and we stay top.
:scarf:
Koscielny and Cech were brilliant. The rest...oh dear.
No pressure on this one. 2 points clear. Wenger out.
Great result, central midfield is such a liability.
Quite disappointed we didn't put them to the sword but given Leicester dropped points this is a very valuable win.
Trip to Anfield next in the league. :popcorn:
Win is a win.
Top.
On we go :scarf:
We need a few players back asap......we are almost out of fortune but well done to them for pulling through.
Don't judge him too soon.Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters To Santa
Lots of pressure in the first 70 mins but luckily none in the final 20 which allowed us to get the win.
Careful. Liverpool are coming.
Ramsey has no idea what it means to defend. Shouldve been subbed off for Chambers much earlier.
He's basically become Cesc, he may have started out as CM, but he really doesnt seem to have the discipline to play the position. Flamini is basically going at it in the middle on his own.Quote:
Originally Posted by fakeyank
3 points :bow:.
Clean sheet :bow:.
Top of the league :bow:.
Wenger :bow:.
Tony Gale :haha:.
:lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Douglas Reynholm
Absolutely piss poor football which is what we are regularly seeing now. Last time we played anything like decent football was the Ist half an hour against Man Utd. Look at the recent results & who we've played. Is that what the new stadium brings or would we not be expecting to be playing better football if we were still at Highbury.
Whatever we saw today, it will be exactly the same next week against Sunderland. Wenger has no tactical nous to open up defensive teams with the players he has.
Heh, its not about tactical nous here, who exactly is available at the moment?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dein-machine
Cheer up buddy, we might drop points at Anfield.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dein-machine
Why does it always feel like it's pissing it down outside whenever you post?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dein-machine
City game?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dein-machine
Anyway, shut up whining FFS. We just went top of the table by 2 points.
Ozil absolutely needs to be rested or at least benched for the FA Cup game.
We were so poor and lucky to come away with three points.
The Ramsey Flamini midfield pairing is horrible ....... there's zero control or discipline between them. Frankly until Santi comes back we probably won't be able to dictate a game again. Giroud and the attackers had no service and you could see the likes of him and Ozil growing increasingly frustrated with the wayward passing and movement.
I know the cliche is that "it's the sign of champions, playing badly and winning", however that is precipitated on actually playing well in other games and to be honest, apart from City at home, we haven't looked at our free flowing best since we lost Carzola and Coquelin.
Worryingly as well, our run of fixtures now until the end of Februray are horrible starting of with a trip to Liverpool and then Stoke. Good news though is that we'll hopefully have Alexis back and the current setup is probably better suited to putting men behind the ball and countering (see City at home) rather than bossing a game through possession and passing.
Given we've lost three nailed on starters we've coped incredibly well, especially when you consider the panic sweeping through the ranks of Arsenal fans a month or so ago. No-one has consistency in the league and there is no reason to think anyone is going to find it this season given how far into it we are now. I don't see a problem with that fixture list apart from Stoke - Liverpool are average, Chelsea are shit, Southampton we will do at home, Bournemouth is not a game we should be concerned about beforehand, Leceister will have woken up by then to reality and Man Utd are average too. Of course we won't win them all but I don't look at that list and feel worried. We can scrape a win against Bournemouth and batter Stoke away for all we know but given the level of the league as a whole, there is no point looking at the previous reputations of these clubs as anything meaningful.
Dein Machine is being honest! That was a dreadful performance. With this team, we will get spit roasted at Anfield, OT and Shite Hart Lane. We need to buy, or City or the Scum will win the league. The latter being unthinkable😟Quote:
Originally Posted by Static
So you think we need more options than what we have to beat a bottom 3 team!Quote:
Originally Posted by hobson's choice
If your right it's down to a weak squad - who's fault is that?
Liverpool do tend to save their best performances for the big (in status and previous reputation) teams, so they'll probably be the biggest test.
And yes, buy, buy, buy is the answer. As United, Liverpool and Citeh are showing currently.
It would be useful having reliable, non-brittle options as cover for our crocks, but it's the mentality going into the game that's the biggest hurdle. It won't always come off, but starting the matches aggressively and positively generally pays off. Or having a clear gameplan and sticking to it from back to front as we did against Citeh. We just created about 4000 chances against Bournemouth on Monday and then played like drunkards today. Sometimes, you can acknowledge the opposition's hard work in stopping your team playing well, but with Arsenal it does usually seem to be about the mentality and attitude. We rarely play well when we start sluggishly.
Anyway, Tony Gale :haha:.
Yes because all of those teams are giants of the league this year right?Quote:
Originally Posted by Chippy
Because it is pissing down - as real as how piss poor we were today. You can already see how these performances have cost us at least 10 points in winable games recently - today very lucky that another couple of points weren't dropped. I'd ever a new signing was needed to give us more options it's now - until we can get rid of Inspector Clueless that is.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kano
Name calling?
As you can see, the majestic Man City are doing far better than ourselves. We've done appallingly to get to this position. Everyone else has been so much better.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dein-machine
For some reason, every cunt that was supposed to be better than us. Every manager. Every multi-million pound cunt. Every whizz kid we should have bought, every wrong turn.....has us top of the league.
We're NOT great, but we are top, and that makes us better than anyone else at this point in time. And I take great fucking pleasure in it. Because we are, fuckin top!
The manager now needs to make sure we stay there.
Buy a couple of players to breed confidence, and add quality. It is a big thing for the squad to know we have extra man powe when it comes to the final few months.
So far, it's not been pretty. But we're top. Top of the league.
Ours to lose.
Come on the arse.
City 1-0 down to Watford, it really is there for the taking this season. Didn't see game today but important 3 points. Need Alexis back asap and hopefully Coquelin too.
Spoiler!
Im literally have no idea what some people on here want.
We are down to bare bones in midfield, thats not Wengers fault at all, if there is one area we are overstocked its the midfield! We have just been very unlucky with injuries. Does it not say a lot about the team that are down to the last few players, and look knackered, that are struggling, that we are winning games and are top, and clear by 2 points? It looks like we are gearing up to buy players we need in the window too.
Some moan that we are top by 2 points, they moan when we win, they moan when we consistantly get top four finishes, moan the FA Cup isnt enough... blah blah blah. If we win, its nothing to do with Wenger and the players ignored his tactics and won. If we won its nothing to do with the players because they are shit and dont try and we only won because the other team are worse, and nothing to do with Wenger.
Some on here are like spoilt little brats.
I for one am very pleased at this point. Top by two points, players due to return, signings on the horizon.
I remember through the mid 90s losing to Wrexham. Ive known it much worse than now. So cheer the f` up.
Another three points, another clean sheet ....brilliant result albeit poor performance
I couldn't care less how we get the points this season, just bring home the title AT ALL COSTS and yes, even at the cost of good football. Right now with the way the league is panning out, playing good football is a luxury I couldn't give a fuck about right now ...especially considering we haven't seen the title for over a decade.
A couple of signings this month to give us a boost and cover injuries would be nice, but we desperately need to win this title ....by any means necessary.
Believe
true :patrice:Quote:
Originally Posted by NoeLDG
This, Nuff Said! :gp:Quote:
Originally Posted by NoeLDG
I had a season ticket when Terry Neil was Manager so I concur. However, if Wenger had added some quality, we would not be "Pubbing" wins against the likes of Newcastle.Quote:
Originally Posted by alexander
I think we deserve credit for how we've dealt with the injuries, look at how City have wobbled without Silva, Aguero and Kompany at various points this season. Yet it is accepted that they have the stronger squad and therefore the edge.
Injuries aren't Wengers fault - who played Sanchez when injured, who played Ozil last year when he had a hole in his knee bone?Quote:
Originally Posted by alexander
We are short in DM area. We all said that at the start of the season. Who did nothing about it in the summer.
Wenger never learns. The reason he kills players like Ozil & Sanchez is because we don't have quality like for like replacements. Who's fault is that.
NQ appears to be drowning his sorrows with Zimm.
What a fucking party that must be.
MO no one will give us any credit, they're all haters ...we even have some in our own ranks. Let's give ourselves credit and cheer the team on to hopefully a first title in over a decade. We've done well so far, it gets tougher now and the pressure gets cranked up but we're still in it. COYGQuote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars