We got the win, i just realised that this puts us third, so it makes sense now where the nervy performance came from loooool had this been for anything more than a faux third place I'm sure we would have conceeded loool
Wilshere and Ox battled well. If arteta and cazorla worked as hard as Jack we would have been a lot more comfortable.
AWW another Arsenal win upset you, runined your Xmas. Shame.Originally Posted by Merry Chrizimas
"I really like Arsenal. Do you really like Arsenal, or only Arsenal with trophies?" - Dennis Bergkamp.
"Which Arsenal do they want back, the one Arsene created?" - Tony Adams.
Jack is brilliant.
Ox too.
Saying Arsenal is shit is a bit redundant these days
That said, elated for the 3 points
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Nice wumming
3 points but a bad showing from a lot of players. Arteta and Cazorla were bad. Jack worked hard as usual but wasn't much better on attack. Walcott..hit and miss. Same for Ox, Pod was anonymous as usual. But as said before, it's about the midfield today and they didn't work hard enough with or without the ball. We gave away possession with sloppy passes and the middle three were the worst culprits. Pisses me off how we can show so much desire and pride in one game and then switch off totally for the next!
Depressing that in the era of Spanish domination, we end up the the worst two.
It is an awful league this year. Top 2 apart, no-one is looking any good.
Reading and Wigan away are 2 games we really should be winning but with our form this season it's far from guaranteed.
2 important wins this week and with the Boxing Day game postponed Arsenal can't spoil Christmas for us.
Overall:
Excellent away win in tough conditions against a determined team.
Grit, determination, spirit, belief, heart, honesty, bravery, Ramsey.
Oxo was the only forward player who produced anything decent.
Wilshere, Sagna and Mertesacker did very well. Szczesny has been quietly impressive recently.
3 wins in a row. Another clean sheet. It's on.
Really poor performance on the whole and an undeserved win. If Wigan had 2 wingers who could actually cross the ball they would have had at least a couple of goals. Then there were Kone's 2 great opportunities that he spurned.
The goal was fortuitous as well, I didn't think it was a penalty, just an accidental tangle of legs. Wigan's shout for a penalty right at the end for handball looked much credible but thankfully the referee was shit in our favour today (like the WBA game).
We should still be worried about our form tbh. Offensively we look like we can only score from set pieces or against appalling defences like Reading's. The midfield is not cohesive as a unit, with players like Arteta not contributing enough and taking too long to distribute the ball. Defensively we're relatively solid but always look capable of a mistake especially when the pressure's on.
If we don't improve in the next month I can see us being found out when we play the better sides in January.
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