Match Reaction vs Fulham 10/11/12

[Marc Overmars]

Yeah, let's not jabber on about the penalty eh? Sometimes they miss. It happens. Giroo missed in the COC with his confidence up after scoring his first goal. The spectacular fail of Arsenal's defence is once more the key. We've got form for scoring with 98th minute penalties and still drawing, remember.

This is true.

Another 2 goal lead blown and the penalty would only have papered over the cracks had it been scored. We just haven't made any progress at all, I don't understand what is going on and how we always seem to end up back to square one. I don't even think we're any better than our 4th place rivals, it's just down to who's going to fuck up the least.

[Joker]

The biggest worry is that Fulham looked at least as good as us technically.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

I don't care what anyone says, I think he's a sh*t manager these days.......he's becoming worse by the season, at a smaller club with less resources like Fulham he'd be getting them relegated.

no he should stay. he'll turn it around in 13 years time because we won the league nearly a decade ago.

oh and he flaps his arms on the touchline

:letters:

[Niall_Quinn]

yes he's one a hatrick but hwat im saying is, what happens if vermealen as captain said to him, mikel is taking it, or mikel said it, they are in positions of authority over giroud as they are captain and vice captain and he cant argue with them. if it comes out that he bottled it then fine, you are right, but for now we dont know.

btw arteta does score a few goals for us, but dont worry about that.

But the point is, a hat trick today to win a vital game and suddenly Giroud has arrived. All the settling-in BS is gone and he's made a mark. He had to take it today - it was one of those moments you simply cannot pass up. It just makes no sense. Everything we do is so shit, both on and off the field. It's like a fucking looney bin where absolutely everything is perfectly retarded.

[Özim]

yes he's one a hatrick but hwat im saying is, what happens if vermealen as captain said to him, mikel is taking it, or mikel said it, they are in positions of authority over giroud as they are captain and vice captain and he cant argue with them. if it comes out that he bottled it then fine, you are right, but for now we dont know.

btw arteta does score a few goals for us, but dont worry about that.

Like I said though, strong players with character would pick up the ball and tell others they're taking them, when it comes to penalties is someone really wants to take it noone will argue.

[Özim]

But the point is, a hat trick today to win a vital game and suddenly Giroud has arrived. All the settling-in BS is gone and he's made a mark. He had to take it today - it was one of those moments you simply cannot pass up. It just makes no sense. Everything we do is so shit, both on and off the field. It's like a fucking looney bin where absolutely everything is perfectly retarded.

Totally agree, two goals, full of confidence and he passes up the chance.

Imagine what would happen if we ever had a penalty shoot out, he'd let the goalie take one before he had to!

[Ollie the Optimist]

Like I said though, strong players with character would pick up the ball and tell others they're taking them, when it comes to penalties is someone really wants to take it noone will argue.

and what happens if arteta did that himself? which he could have done to make up for giving away the penalty to fulham. you are using a pointless argument to slate giroud when you don't know the facts of what happened and ignoring the chance that what you said giroud should do was done by arteta himself

[Özil's Panoramic View]

I genuinely think we're only a couple of seasons away from becoming relegation candidates.

Ban-able utterance

Lowest form of pessimism I've seen on here tbh

[Master Splinter]

He also use to be a playmaker, since he moved to us he seems to have forgotten how to play attacking football.

Well he did set up a goal today as well. Arteta had a bad game, but has been generally good in a more disciplined role for us. For the position he plays for us, his goal/assist return is more than fine. It's the heat of the moment, but it shouldn't mean facts and perspective go out of the window.

Bad choice to take penalties, should have be the guy on a hattrick without question....and if he had bottle it would have been.

Well, yes, of course.

[Özim]

Maybe hes got a bad record when he's taken them in the past. Penalties are a mental thing. No point in someone taking them if they think they are going to miss. You need a psycho who has no nerves Peter Storey was the best - he used to stare at the goalies with those mad dark eyes and they would shit themelves.

Got to disagree, if you're a decent striker you believe you can score and will want to take it.

A strikers job is to score goals, if he doesn't step up to do his job from 6 yards when he's having a good game it's doesn't bode well.