Match Reaction v Borussia Dortmund

[Özim]

You don't know how much money he gets

I know it's too much.

[Özim]

dont think we were, we were leading until they nicked a last minute equalizer with a good but flukey goal but if the situation was reversed, you would be calling for wengers head and you know it

I'm calling for Wenger's head anyway, I've made it clear I want him out.

[Globalgunner]

disHonorable mention goes to kieran gibbs who was really really poor. the only thing it seems he can do quite well is pass the ball back to his keeper which he must have done oh? 20 times or more durinmg the game. If this guy is our 1st choice LB then heaven help us. The midfield was really poor incapable of holding on to the ball or blunting the dortmund attacks. Arteta did his best but Benayoun was pants just about being woth of a place in the game but no more. Lets hope he improves. Song is a conundrum. He does a lot of things well but is really bad at doing what he should be doing: holding on to the ball at crucial times and giving it off to the creative midfileder. When he holds the ball he tries to manouvre with it instead of trying to lay it off. Invariably he loses it leading to opposition attacks. We should be able to do better than this guy. Finally Gervinho every run ended up into a cul de sac............More work needs to be done...urgently

[fakeyank]

and based on chesneys performances so far this season, and de gea valued at 18m, i value chesney at least double that. he has been exceptional, calm, collected and makes sure he gets the ball. number one for years to come and he will be the best keeper in the world one day

In a couple of years, with market inflation, I see us nicking 40 odd million quid off of Chelsea, Barca etc

WIN

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I felt Gervinho was marked quite heavily, he always had 3-4 players surrounding him, can't blame him too much, his drive will be invaluable.

Arteta to me looks like he's running in quick sand and doesn't seem to be the sharpest, got caught out in possession a few times. I really think we need to change formation, so often we struggle because RvP is isolated, we need 2 up top. I really want to see Park, got a feeling he will be useful in a Theo role.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

TV is not really the first choice if he can never get on the pitch and Kos isn't really a 3rd choice if he's always starting. Fact is we should have bought another CB in the window. But Wenger has made the same mistakes as he;s made in the past, we didn't buy anyone, Kos is here so yes, let;s hope he can play above his level and do a job for us.

Kos was always bought to be 3rd choice tbh if you know what i mean, he was never meant to play so many games last season. I agree Cahill should have been bought abd hopefully in jan he will be.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

I'm calling for Wenger's head anyway, I've made it clear I want him out.

Have to agree with zim he'd call for wengers head if we had beatern united 8-2, he still be go on about how flukey we were lol

But zim has always hd this stance on Aw so ill back him on that.

[Marc Overmars]

I felt Gervinho was marked quite heavily, he always had 3-4 players surrounding him, can't blame him too much, his drive will be invaluable.

I really think we need to change formation, so often we struggle because RvP is isolated, we need 2 up top. I really want to see Park, got a feeling he will be useful in a Theo role.

I agree we need to maybe rethink the set up of the side for the new players. Find a system that makes them the sum of their parts, because it's painful watching them attempt to play how the Cesc-led side did. There's no cutting edge and we seem to be bumbling through games at the moment. I understand these guys need a string of games to settle but I really don't see much in terms of creativity here and I have a feeling we will see a more pragmatic Arsenal now, which might not be a bad thing but we just need to tweak it a little to find a balance somewhere to get the best out of these new guys.

[Niall_Quinn]

i think he is, in last two games, it seems to me that we have been set up better defensively, transfer window, signed two experience prem players and one international. changed his policy on height with merts.

i will agree with you at end of october i there is no improvement in terms of results and performance, but if there is, (and i believe there will be) this team will know how to win both pretty and ugly and will come good

Well I hope you're right and I'm wrong. But the lack of quality is alarming. Every team we've played so far has looked the better team on the day, and I include Swansea in that.

[WilshereourGHEL]

a good point, dortmund deserved the point though.

gibbs needs to be dropped, he had a terrible game.

song had a great second half and benny got better as the game progressed.


good to see gerv back.

Gibbs had a quality game if you ask me marking one of the best youngsters in the game at the moment