Match Reaction v Chelsea

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

Prevention is better then cure.

learnt a lot from those rehab classes i see

[Olivier's xmas twist]

jesus these highlights get worse.

people pointing fingers and no-one marking from set pieces.

shocking.

[Cripps_orig]

jesus these highlights get worse.

people pointing fingers and no-one marking from set pieces.

shocking.

You are watching MOTD? Damn man, to watch it live was bad enough but to watch highlights? You sir are mentally strong

[Niall_Quinn]

Very simple game, Chelsea weren't better than Arsenal on any level really, it's just Arsenal is missing those one or two special players in the attack.

A game like this, RVP, Cesc, Henry, Pires, would've created something out of nothing, but we don't have that

Exactly how I saw it. The selling policy has taken its toll. That final chance for Giroud summed it all up.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

Exactly how I saw it. The selling policy has taken its toll.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Exactly how I saw it. The selling policy has taken its toll. That final chance for Giroud summed it all up.

Hopefully Giroud will come good, because while the defensive blunders stick out today, there were more than enough chances to win the game had we been more composed in the top third of the pitch.

Maybe it will start to click for him - I certainly hope so.

[Niall_Quinn]

Hopefully Giroud will come good, because while the defensive blunders stick out today, there were more than enough chances to win the game had we been more composed in the top third of the pitch.

Maybe it will start to click for him - I certainly hope so.

The worrying thing is he needs to improve a fair bit to get to Bendtner's level. Can't see how this guy is a step forward or even a halfway measure for the loss of a proper striker. He reminds me a bit of Sherringham but without the eye for goal. A hard working, intelligent but ultimately useless player. He still has time, but even Chamakh started better than this.

[Xhaka Can’t]

The worrying thing is he needs to improve a fair bit to get to Bendtner's level. Can't see how this guy is a step forward or even a halfway measure for the loss of a proper striker. He reminds me a bit of Sherringham but without the eye for goal. A hard working, intelligent but ultimately useless player. He still has time, but even Chamakh started better than this.

He managed to finish his chances in France, but yeh, it is going exceptionally bad for him now. You can see that he is feeling the pressure but he continues to work hard which is the one positive so far. I think he can come good - at least I hope so.

[Niall_Quinn]

He managed to finish his chances in France, but yeh, it is going exceptionally bad for him now. You can see that he is feeling the pressure but he continues to work hard which is the one positive so far. I think he can come good - at least I hope so.

In an interview he also said he hadn't expected to be starting and assumed he'd get more time to settle. That's not exactly a striker chomping at the bit. On teh other hand it could be a journo making shit up.

[Kano]

djourou said bould was very influential in the recent improvement in our defence and while it may take a while to smooth out the defensive lapses, we can at least have faith in bould working hard to work on them.

podolski will score 15 or so goals but with no consistent scorer seemingly in the squad our draw column could be pretty big this season.