Match Reaction: Arsenal 0 Middlesbrough 0

[Niall_Quinn]

Anyway, not letting it get me down. I'm off to watch the unpredictable F1 qualifying.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Well we clearly aren't the easiest team in the world to defend against but sometimes it works for the oppositon. I think mostly we've put away the pub teams away in the league.

A bit galling a Mourinho crony gets a Mourinho at the Emirates point though.

[topgun]

We must be the easiest team in the world to defend against. The blueprint was written circa 2006 and though players have changed, the formula remains constant. The only teams we play well against are teams that want to play against us. If you decide to pack defence & wait for a break, then a point, maybe 3 is yours for the taking. Sure as the sunrise we never change our system. Pass, pass, pass,pass, pass, pass, then pass some more.

[Marc Overmars]

We're not going to win every game of course, but it's very disappointing to drop points in a fixture like this. Should be bread and butter.

Ah well, on we go.

[Niall_Quinn]

13 fouls by Boro (227 in reality) - 6 fouls by us.

0 yellows for boro
1 yellow for us.

Meanwhile we had 75% possession

Boro had 25% possession and 11 attempts, including all the best attempts.

[Power n Glory]

Ozil created 0 chance and completed 47/60 of his passes.

Just saying....

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Anyway, not letting it get me down.

Well why would you, have barely registered any anger at poor Arsenal results this year.

The only sensible thing to do is enjoy it when we win and play well and shrug your shoulders when you don't.

Doing anything else will just drive you mad

[Niall_Quinn]

Ozil created 0 chance and completed 47/60 of his passes.

Just saying....

Are you seriously trying to blame Ozil for Wenger's latest fuck-up? Ozil wasn't great today but his role was to try and create something out if a huge bag of shit evacuated directly from Wenger's rancid bowels.

[Globalgunner]

Well we clearly aren't the easiest team in the world to defend against but sometimes it works for the oppositon. I think mostly we've put away the pub teams away in the league.

A bit galling a Mourinho crony gets a Mourinho at the Emirates point though.

The Training manuals in most European academies have a chapter called the Wenger frustration model. (No. dont Google it. Its supposed to be top secret)

[Niall_Quinn]

Well why would you, have barely registered any anger at poor Arsenal results this year.

The only sensible thing to do is enjoy it when we win and play well and shrug your shoulders when you don't.

Doing anything else will just drive you mad

I did. I have actually enjoyed 3 games this season. Perhaps 4 is getting greedy.