Match Reaction v Scrotes

[Dennis Bendtner]

not wanting to sound grim but it was the same last season -- rvp was the difference in many such instances.

My point is that there needs to be a time allowance. I thought our pre-season this year was pretty lame and the Euro 2012 players had so little time to gain fitness and play together. Possibly we are playing catch-up now which is not great. Since last season the entire attack has been overhauled - one being Cazorla as the playmaker, another being Podolski out wide (hopefully instead of Gervinho next game). Van Persie was quality but these are all changes to make up for his absence.

[Toronto Gooner]

... Many times Cazorla had the ball and had to slow things down because there were so many standing still. ...

I have noticed this in both games. Cazorla is thinking at a much faster pace than the rest of the team. Hopefully over the next few weeks, they will catch up and the movement and pace will be there.

At the end of the game, the Stoke players were exhausted because they were chasing for a large part of the game. If Arsenal can speed up their passing and movement, then teams will reach the exhaustion point much earlier in the game and there will be more opportunities and goals for Arsenal.

[cheesy bites]

Solid defensively - impressed me.

Lack of creativity was pathetic. But Cazorla looks amazing, and Gervinho is shite

[Cripps_orig]

That doesn't make sense. We've scored more than most teams over the last 7 years. That has never been an issue. Even last year we scored more than anyone outside the top 2.
Where we've fallen down repeatedly is conceding more goals than anyone in the top 4.

I gave you an example which you conveniently ignored.

No more to say on the matter

[Marc Overmars]

Meh. A point away at Stoke is not a disaster. We need Podolski and Giroud to get going quickly though, it is worrying where the goals are going to come from.

I think we're seeing just how important RVC was. We even looked blunt at the best of times last year but always had him to rely on. It will take time to adjust and find a new source of goals, you just can't expect to pick up where you left off by selling a player of his ability.

Same goes for Song but to a lesser extent.

Transition is a word that always pops up with us but I do think it's quite relevant at the moment, because Song and RVC were far more integral to us at their point of sale than Nasri and Cesc were.

[Toronto Gooner]

The reality is we've been waiting for 7 years, we're not gonna wait for another year or two. This is the final final final final chance, looks like he's blown it.

In that time, only Man U, Chelsea and Man City hve won the title. Let me ask a simple question: Do you support Arsenal or success?

[Olivier's xmas twist]

7 points behind Chelsea already

Out of the title race after 2 games for 2 seasons in a row

Oh stop being silly we were never in the race and you knew it.

Pathetic performance to be honest, Wenger clearly just doesn't have a clue how to setup a team these days. Two games no goals scored against two teams we should be beating.

Not gonna be a good season by the looks of this, totally devoid of ideas....very very disappointed....time for the old man to pack his bags I'm afraid.

No it was not far from it we played quite well just missed a few chances is all. How do you know its not going to be a good season because we have not started well in 2 games it was clear we'd struggle in. if you were expecting 6 points out of 6 then more fool you it was never going to happen.

We have not beating stoke at home for ages so you can't say we should be beating them no one in the top 4 beat them there last season, with the team we had out did you really see us getting 3 points?

[Cripps_orig]

When Cazorla and Podolski get on the same wavelength, it should be awesome

Giroud has been a bit horrific so far but he was never that good in the first place.

[Cripps_orig]

Oh stop being silly we were never in the race and you knew it.


No it was not far from it we played quite well just missed a few chances is all. How do you know its not going to be a good season because we have not started well in 2 games it was clear we'd struggle in. if you were expecting 6 points out of 6 then more fool you it was never going to happen.

We have not beating stoke at home for ages so you can't say we should be beating them no one in the top 4 beat them there last season, with the team we had out did you really see us getting 3 points?

We beat them in 09/10 at their ground

[Ralpheroo72]

could we put Cyanide in Gervinhos porridge before the next game? He was pish. Giroud will come good, and so will Podolski. You can see Bould's influence on the 2 center backs already, Stoke never got near Mannone.