Match reaction vs Everton

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

That's why it's unproductive. He doesn't have Ramsey's finishing but because he keeps trying the same move it means Ramsey isn't making as many runs into the box. If he's not scoring or setting up goals for anyone else, we can't really afford to accommodate him at the expense of Ramsey, Ozil or Cazorla for that matter.

You almost seem to be suggesting that he shouldn't try to get into the box and score? The logical thing would be for him to hone his finishing....not stop making the runs all together.

I suspect your real gripe is with him being on the field of play all together...but whilst he is on it, he can't be expected to play in such a way as to simply not get in Ramsey's way, lol. Rambo has scored this season in any case so I'm not sure it is that much of a problem. There is an issue of balance, but I think that that exists regardless of the mix or combinations we can concoct with the given personnel.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

To be fair to Wenger - he gave us what we all wanted and played a very different formation. Trouble is, that didn't work either. Now what?

Put some aftershave on for your lady friend.

[Power n Glory]

Ozil is shit. Stealing a living to be honest. Cazorla shits over him any day. Completely missing in the game.. disappointed his arse was not subbed instead of Sanchez.

Ramsey is a beast though!

Ozil was decent and if it wasn't for Ramsey's goal, he'd have had a real stinker.

I think we'll see a lot more from Oz this year. First game back so we should cut him some slack. He could have been as rusty as Merts but he looked one of the sharper players.

[selassie]

So what's wrong with us at the moment? Is there a problem with the makeup of this team/squad that that we need to address, or have we just not really got going yet?

I think it's a bit of both. I was pretty shocked to see Ozil out on the left and Jack in the centre. Was kind of surprised to see OX on the right too. What formation were we even playing first half? All I saw was Alexis isolated and waving at Ramsey et al to push up and join him.

Poor pre-season prep and not being ready/fit is one thing, being just plain disorganised is another, we looked really disorganised first half, we were all over the place...nobody seemed to have a clue what their roles were.

We definitely improved 2nd half but i can't help but think Arsene doesn't really know what his best team is and he doesn't really know who should play where.

We have to step up, we have City and Chelsea up soon, if we don't improve i think a repeat of those beatings last season could be on the cards.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Hmm I think the issue is that Giroud usually performs better when he comes off the bench, playing Sanchez up front was a brave decision and one that didnt pay off in this game but I see no reason not to try it again, he had no service at all, and Giroud saw the ball more because after last weekend against Leicester they shut up shop instead of going for the jugular which with our midfield as it is currently I think they would have profited from.
Ramsey is Lampard esque at times, in that he will have a poor game (poor passing, giving the ball away, fouling) but will still find the net.
Mertesacker looked like he was playing on Tramadol, sluggish and lazy....was no help whatsoever to Chambers.
Why would you play Ozil wide left on his first game back?

[Injury Time]

Campbell made all the difference*

*haven't seen the game or any highlights tbf

Is Kos still injured as seems a rather odd game to de-rust BFG.
We need a thug in midfield for this sort of games were we as outmuscled as BBC describe?
dirty Arsenal 4 yellows, heroic and clean Everton plus a gifted offside goal, we're the ref and lineman consistently shit?

[Power n Glory]

You almost seem to be suggesting that he shouldn't try to get into the box and score? The logical thing would be for him to hone his finishing....not stop making the runs all together.

I suspect your real gripe is with him being on the field of play all together...but whilst he is on it, he can't be expected to play in such a way as to simply not get in Ramsey's way, lol. Rambo has scored this season in any case so I'm not sure it is that much of a problem. There is an issue of balance, but I think that that exists regardless of the mix or combinations we can concoct with the given personnel.

Yes, my gripe is with him taking up a vital position when we have other players that can offer so much more. If he was actually successful at doing what he does, I'd have no problem with it. But in the end, he's making passes to set himself up to get into the box and it just seems a little selfish to me, especially when he's not scoring. Would much rather someone that can feed the other attackers with goal scoring opportunities as well as score.

I don't recall many games where the Wilshere and Ramsey partnership has function well and it's not just this season I'm referring to. Ozil and Ramsey in the middle worked so much better where they had an understanding at least. I just don't see that with Ramsey and Wilshere.

[gunnerrrrr]

Wenger needs to address the team balance when he sets up.

Forcing Wilshire into the starting 11 is causing a big issue, as currently he simply is not the best option.

Giroud has to play up top, Ozil should be given a free role and then the rest is down to structure.

We could do with more quality up top, but i think we have a good squad as it is, but we have a manager who currently does not know what his best 11 is and that is quite obvious.

Not sure how this will develop but Wenger needs to address this asap.

Great point btw.

[GP]

I'm surprised no one is talking about Naismith.

An utter shitbag of a diving cunt. And the twat of a ref bought it every shitting time.

[Niall_Quinn]

I'm surprised no one is talking about Naismith.

An utter shitbag of a diving cunt. And the twat of a ref bought it every shitting time.

And Miralles or whatever his name was. utter cunt.