Match Reaction v Aston Villa

[fakeyank]

No Wenger reaction on ESPN

Hope the c*nt is busy putting in his resignation

[Ollie the Optimist]

I agree, people who say he's great claim he "keeps things ticking over" but we need more from a midfielder tbh. Song was the designated DMF last season, but he created countless goals for RVP and wasn't content with "keeping things ticking over".

And Cazorla's starting to become a worry now. He's got a lot of ability but I don't think he's leading the team from the front at the moment. Technically he's the best player by a mile, and he needs to start acting like one.

and he had our worst defensive season ever. he was the defensive midfielder, yet we conceded 49 goals because he was too foucsed on trying to make them. hardly fair to compare to arteta, who stays back to make sure we dont concede and does a much better job then song ever did

[RomfordPele]

Nah, Arteta is a quality, quality player. The thing you don't see on tv is the fact that none of our other players create space or make intelligent runs when he has the ball - so he's got fuck all to work with, and has no option but to recycle possessiom. The biggest problem is that we haven't had a genuine winger since Reyes. They all get sucked into the middle and want the ball with their back to goal.

[Marc Overmars]

At least we've got the new Emirates deal in place now with payments being forwarded.

Roll on January.

 

[gooners]

what else does wankger have to do wrong for him to get sacked

destroy our wage policy? check
ruin our successful counter attacking tactic? check
play players out of position? check
go on a trophy drought? check
drain the team of drive, passion and urgency? check
sell our best players every year without replacing adequately? check
rely on crocked players? check
be tactically inept? check
constantly lie to the fans? check

genius? genius in being deluded yeah.

needs to win the CL & FA cup in one season and then start flunking --- see Di Matteo

[Power n Glory]

Maybe we're being harsh on Ramzi. The real problem in this team is the fairweather fraud we bought from Malaga.

I wouldn't say that. Ramsey and Arteta are poor creative players and we had the same sort of problem last season when those two chumps player together. Things got a lot better when Rosicky came in but before he arrived we had to depend heavily on Song and Walcott to support RVP. The balance of this squad is off and you can almost predict a result from the team selection. Wenger just isn't seeing it and seems to think it's a confidence/mental issue when it's not. He has to make some major changes to the squad and try some new personnel. We badly miss Theo and I suspect there are more players on the bench and combos that could help drive us forward because we're remain flat he continues with the same team selection.

[Joker]

and he had our worst defensive season ever. he was the defensive midfielder, yet we conceded 49 goals because he was too foucsed on trying to make them. hardly fair to compare to arteta, who stays back to make sure we dont concede and does a much better job then song ever did

The 49 goals were not the fault of Song, we didn't have Mertesacker playing for much of the season and it's clear he's technically the best centre half we have. I'm not saying Song was faultless and some of his defensive work left a lot to be desired, but the point I'm making is that we need more than someone simply staying back and making sure we don't concede. Yes, stay back when it's necessary and offer protection for the back 4, but in a game where we're doing the chasing, we need someone to take responsibility and at least try to make something happen. Cazorla was off his game, Ramsey's pretty crap so it wouldn't have hurt if Arteta tried to step up to the plate. We saw at Everton he can be a playmaker, and I don't understand why he's curbed that side of his game so much at Arsenal.

[Dennis Bendtner]

We must get a refund for Santiago Cafraudla. Malaga got one over us. Pretending they were in financial meltdown to give the impression that we got a bargain. Awlful Spanish z-lister who must be sent to his natural habitat of Swansea.

[Joker]

Ramsey's dad has spoken:

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@NeilBrooksAFC @r_zana Ramsey was by far our best, and most productive player in the 2nd half.

[Niall_Quinn]

One of the worst performances by an Arsenal team I've witnessed in over 30 years. One of the worst managerial performances I have ever seen too. It's hard to imagine this club can sink lower, but I'm also certain we'll find a way. Ramsey is a dreadful, dreadful, dreadful non-player and so is Gervinho. Wenger's subs were so inexplicable he should be forced to lay out in detail his reasoning or else be sacked. Embarrassing, humiliating, outright theft by a club stuffed with ****s from top to bottom who just want to steal as much money from the fans as possible for the minimum amount returned. Fuck, we can't even pass a ball any more, not even a simple, unpressurised 2 yard pass.