Match Reaction vs QPR

[Letters]

You've been wrong for a long time about the squad.

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If you're going to just declare yourself right then we have nothing to talk about

[Power n Glory]

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If you're going to just declare yourself right then we have nothing to talk about

Yeah, we don't and you can join the ignore list.

[Tipsychubbs]

please. he would be a nothing there.

put him at left-back and tell him to shut his fookin mouth. ajax had the right idea. vermalean-gibbs-santos is lovely balance for that position.

He can also go missing at LB, we've seen it before. It's almost like he wants a more ambitious role, I still feel he's being wasted as a defender. l felt that as soon as he started here at arsenal. The aggression and technique would suit a midfield role, like song moving permanently from CB to DMF/CMF.

[Marc Overmars]

[GP]

Good WUMing from png

[Letters]

Yeah, we don't and you can join the ignore list.

[Joker]

The anger at this defeat was based on the fact that we've seen matches like this too often this season, especially against teams that close down quickly and are committed to the cause. It was the sheer predictability of the defensive howlers that frustrated fans so much. It's not a one off defeat, we've seen these sorts of uninterested performances at irregular intervals for the best part of 5 years now. We can't blame City's "financial doping" or referees for these failures, the buck stops with the manager for failing to motivate and organise the players to deal with these sorts of threats, and for buying players who are obviously not at the level required if you want to at least compete with the best teams in the League and Champions League.

[fakeyank]

The funny thing is people in the thread I started were accusing others of knee-jerking for changing their position after a 'few good games' (I would suggest that 7 wins on the bounce is a bit more than that), and then after that run 1 defeat and you and the other toddlers on here throw their toys out of the pram with wearying predictability.

No, we all said that this is a stupid trend that happens every freaking season. How most of you cannot seem to comprehend that is beyond me? Every season, we go on an unbeaten run and this happens without FAIL! But where do we end up come the end of the season?! No where..

I posted this to ur profile but the real stats are not P8 W7 L1

It is P31 W18 L9 and out of every cup competition.

[Niall_Quinn]

Yeah, I'm talking about football. When we lose Carling Cup finals against relegated teams and lose games like how we lost yesterday, little sense in talking about our finances. When you flip the coin, there are teams that have beaten us operating on a smaller budget. How can that be explained? It has nothing to do with Board level stuff, just a well drilled organised, motivated team and a coach with a gameplan. That's all it boils down to. We were on a 7 game winning streak and have beaten better teams than QPR. You weren't talking about squad depth, the board and finances then. Circumanstances regarding top level dealings were the same then as they are now. It comes down to bad preparation and our players losing focus. Can't keep blaming the board for every loss. As said before, when the pre season preparation starts, that's where they'll be more influential and should be setting goals for the club, but right now, this is the managers and players territory. 90 minutes on a football field. I get the frustration about always finishing 3rd/4th but it's because of these silly slips and not because we keep dropping point against teams with more money than us.

You've changed the subject entirely. My original comments were directed at the idea TV and Wenger should be out because they aren't of a sufficient standard. My argument was we're 3rd in the table and if you want to go up another level then get the chequebook out. This is simple to understand.

Don't disagree about improving at the squad level in terms of preparation, tactics and the like. But that has nothing to do what I was talking about. You're the guy who insisted the board shouldn't be discussed. I was just explaining to somebody else why being 3rd isn't grounds for sacking everyone.

I get buzzed when we win and pissed off when we lose too, just like everyone. But there are some pretty crazy swings going on with some people. It's silly.

[Niall_Quinn]

This annoys me right here, yes City and United spent a good bit, but in all reality, they really aren't that much better than us, and, neither are the other so-called big clubs in Europe(Barring Barca). And what frustrates me, is that with better signings over the past couple of years, we easily could be competing for major titles.

The fact there aren't any truly great teams out there, and we have the ability to get back up to the elite elite level right away, if they do their jobs well, and sign some good quality, and they don't have to spend silly to do that.

What? We slumped when we lost all our full backs. We raised our game when they returned. Before that we were all over the place when we lost all our central defenders. If we had bags of cash (which we do) we could buy quality replacements. But we don't spend the money and we make do with players like Djourou and Chamakh. And other lightweights too, to be fair, but hard to criticise them for their efforts over recent weeks. We're nowhere near either of the Manchester clubs and take a look at their goal difference too. They have the squads to compete across a full season, we get a few key injuries and we're screwed. A few more points here or there and we still would be third. I think people are underestimating the value of those 21 points we've recently picked up. If a few weeks ago anyone had been asked will we have 21 out of the next 24 points they would have said no way because it seemed too fanciful. 21 out of 24 is not grounds to get on the team and manager's back again. They've hit third despite the lack of investment and that's pretty good really. Thought it was going to be a lot worse.