same problem areas in our team keep costing us over and over again.
Fuck sake.
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same problem areas in our team keep costing us over and over again.
Fuck sake.
Flamini solving the problem of fixture congestion. :bow:
Kalou on loan this summer please :pray:
Game played out as expected. Knew we'd get chances on the counter but we played the wrong line up. We really put the pressure on them in the second half.
Same every season. At least we're going out to the finalists this year. One thing I will see is miles away from the CL challengers these days.
Were in the game and had some decent openings but failed to make the most of them and with barca u know they will create chances and they were ruthless.
Alexis was shocking second half, kept losing the ball.
Tbf, it saves time passing it to Giroud only to have him lose the ball.Quote:
Originally Posted by AFC Leveller
Whatever, the fact that a player like Mertersacker is even playing in a game like this, says it all.
Great effort from everyone.
Lack of quality from Wenget and the average supporting crew of Giroud, Ox, Theo, Flamini and although gallant but ultimately limited Per. So as we were and another at least 2 to 3 years of the same or maybe worse to go.
Ozil and Alexis will not stick around for this shite, good luck to them.
We have a pub player as our CF, a pub player as our Captain & CB and we then bring on a pub player to replace Coq.
We get what Wenger deserves.
So this is what all these years of austerity was for....so 60k people could watch us defend like bitches in a premier Euro competion.
Weren't we told that we would be buying such a magnificant stadium to COMPETE with such clubs as Barcelona not watch in awe at our inferior players get spanked.
The worst part is we could of had one of their best players in Suarez if these cheap fucking bastards hadn't fucked around with bids of £40m....plus £1....or if our fucking shit scouting system was fixed so we could find gems again.
This is years of fucking mediocrity, i don't care how fucking good Barcelona are, i am watching prices like Giroud, Flamini etc get fucked....we knew we needed a striker in summer, we knew we needed a defensive minded midfielder in case Coqulain gets injured but the bumbling fucktard Wenger buys one fuckign player a keeper as he thinks the shower of shit he has assembled will be good enough.
Well lets say bye to Ozil, as he must look around and think what the fuck am i doing with these idiots, Sanchez will follow and then Wenger will fuck off leaving us in worse straights than fucking Utd who at least spend money......our fucking American cunt of an owner will buy more cabins to fucking shag in then spend on player and the wanker will continue to take his cunt consulting fee fucking wanker.
Otherwise not a bad showing lads.
Alexis hasnt been very good of late, mind you, Wenger hasnt been good for 10 years.Quote:
Originally Posted by AFC Leveller
You know, that's the first time I've noticed what a load of cheating twats Barca are. Diving at every opportunity, feigning being shot at the slightest touch. Do they really need to do that when they're that good?
Disappointing because it was mostly a good performance. Obviously we were outplayed but most teams will be, we were generally containing them, had a few half chances ourselves. Then one good breakaway and then a poor touch by Merts (who otherwise I thought played very well) and Flamini fouling Messi and it's all over.
Ah well, we were never going to beat them over 2 legs, play the kids out there I reckon and let's get our title challenge back on track.
Merts played well. Wasn't raped as everyone thought.Quote:
Originally Posted by hobson's choice
That's why they wanted to sell him - not good enough for them in keeping the ball. He's actually n better than Theo or Ox when it comes to a footballing brain but he looks great for us because of the dross forwards that Wenger relies on.Quote:
Originally Posted by AFC Leveller
He was excellent in the first half - there was no way he could have sustained that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ralpheroo72
We are nothing if not consistent. Welcome to this year, same as last year and the year before....same as the next 3 years btw
He did alright until he's clearance for the pen. He has a real problem when it comes to clearing a football - school boy stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
Yeah he played well, but when it mattered he flopped on a rountine situation.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
At this point of his career he has no business playing for team that "wants" to challenge for major honours.
Sanchez was bad in that game. One of the worst on the pitch and up there with Giroud. Gave the ball away too many times, reckless passing and we were lucky it didn't cost us. He needs to step it up and shouldn't escape criticism. Same goes for Ozil. It wasn't enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maestro
Defence had a decent game especially Cech and Monreal. Thought Merts played well also but could have done better clearing that ball. Kos was ok too but one or jitters and taken out of play charging over to the wing once again for that first goal.
He almost never is. Most people don't seem to watch football, they just regurgitate nonsensical cliches and untruths. It's worse when previously level-headed supporters who are upset at the club decide to disengage their brains and join in with the idiocy because RAGE is all they have left.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
The first time?? What on earth have you been watching all these years? A horrible non-tax contributing club, wrapped up in this 'more than a club' bs, full of horrible, diving footballers, no matter how talented they may be. Real Madrid are exactly the same.Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters
We will not win the CL or the PL with Wenger in charge.
His dated ideas and locked principles will ensure this happens again and again.
He is a tight bastard as well and that will not change.
We need a new manager, I have thought this for years and two fuck all cups have not changed my mind at all.
Thankfully it's a game of two halves and the lads gave it their best.Quote:
Originally Posted by Master Splinter
Cunts!
That's the sum of it, particularly the part in bold which the Tys of this world will ignore while they talk about a solid and encouraging performance against a team we couldn't expect to beat. Even though that's EXACTLY what the 100% increase in ticket prices was sold on - competing with and beating the very top teams.Quote:
Originally Posted by gunnerrrrr
Misleading if you're kind, fraud to be accurate.
Giroud has been good this season but he is completely useless when we have so little of the ball.
Ramsey is a liability.. how on earth Elneny and Coq didnt start in the middle is a mystery.
Our manager is shit.
Literally a few seconds after my last post :haha:Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters
But seriously, you haven't noticed Barca cheat? WTF? Where have you been?
He got skinned several times. Neymar walked past him on one occasion, literally walked. He's so far below the standard we need at a big club like Arsenal it's just not funny any more. Decent bloke, no doubt, but this is a football club not a hostel.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
It really is ridiculous. It wasn't a horror show by the defence and we looked organised. Always thought he'd be the better option for this sort of game. It was at the other end where we had a serious problem and that's where the lack of pace and quality really showed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Master Splinter
I've hated them for years for it, cheating scum. El Clasico is billed as the greatest thing you'll ever watch on tv but I can't stand it. Just two teams trying to out cheat each other.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kano
As for Arsenal we're lacking in quality in key areas and have a manager that can not / will not make the required changes to have us competing with the big boys. It's why I remain very doubtful we'll win the league this year. Obviously Barca are on a different level to anything we'll face in the league, but I still get that feeling Wenger's tactics and selections combined with the impotency of our forwards will cost us the title.
Ramsey is a liability.. how on earth Elneny and Coq didnt start in the middle is a mystery.
I wanted Coq and Elneny as well.
When I saw it was'nt to be, I knew we would lose.
The one thing we've always been able to rely on, even during the past decade, is our ability to score goals. That has seriously dried up since the turn of the year and unless that changed immediately, we can wave the title goodbye.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gooner23
You need to get a better stream. You missed the amount of mistakes Kos made tonight as usual. The main chance Neymar had was when Kos was playing him on side and forced a good save by Cech. Kos was napping for that Suarez header that narrowly missed. Kos was nutmegged twice and one led to a goal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
You missed a good chunk of the blocks, important blocks Merts made.
How do you know I missed mistakes made by Kos? We weren't even talking about him, we were talking about the second tier player who lumbers along beside him and if you can say, hand on heart, he's what we need to win titles and go to CL finals then fair play. Your opinion.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
Except he's not.
Obviously.
Theo had 7 touches of the ball tonight :lol:
Because you fail to mention them. Neymar didn't give us much trouble. The two chances I recall from him was down to Kos mistake sitting too deep and a shot Merts blocked but the ball found it's way to Suarez who hit the post.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
Be fair in your judgment. The blindspots and over criticism of Merts is almost as bad as the job you were doing on Monreal when he first arrived. Not once did I feel like our defence were wobbling in that game. A few mistakes and I think Bellerin could have done better on attack but all in all, I think Cech, Monreal and Merts had good games.
ozil/ fairy fucking cunt alves
https://vine.co/v/ir3upUeOIuh
:lol:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FWq4Wb3hb8
even they're saying the tie is done pretty much.
We defended mostly quite well. We Dortmunded ourselves again though.