post match reaction v Swansea

[GP]

just got home from the game, really enjoyed it, great atmosphere and imo a fair result for both sides. neither deserved the win.


i not going to say anything about the first half as it was utter dogshite from both sides. 0-0 was fair result at half time.

second half though was much better from us. first 10/15 minutes we were all over them and should have scored. i havnt seen the replay, but first view it looked like a stonewall penalty on ramsey. thought ramsey was ok today, he never hides though, have to give him credit for that, he makes mistakes then gets right back up again to have another go. cant fault that. a fan on the train made an interesting point on ramsey that i agree with, if giroud, theo, cazorla miss an easy shot etc, the fans sing their names, if ramsey does, they hurl vile abuse at him. thats wrong.

i cant comment on the two swansea goals as they were at the other end to me, so couldnt see, especially their second. the first looked like we missed a header and it gave michu a clear run at goal. the second, i have no idea what happened other then they scored.

i thought arteta was ok today, made some errors with his passing, but he held possesion well i thought when pressured. the problem was for him, no one was making a movement to help him out, they stood their wating for him to get past the player then pass the ball. the other players have to help him out and offer him a pass rather then wait for him to beat his man.

jack was tired today i though, he played well enough and always puts a shift in, but we need someone to cover for him otherwise we will run him into the ground again. we need someone to help out, especially with this months fixutres.

cazorla was capable of some good moments but again like jack, he is too tired and needs a rest.

giroud was ok up front, going for headers etc and i thought was unlucky not to score today.

theo though gave a fucking unprofessional performance. was sulky, greedy and kept going into the middle when playing right wing, meaning no one was on the right wing to pass to and get a cross in, which meant sanga had a horrible job of playing right back and right wing because of theos selfishness. he seems to think as he holds the cards right now, he can do what he wants. he played for theo today, not arsenal. hope wenger and bould rip into him because it was a fucking disgrace today. the amount of times we have an overlap on the right and he wasnt there because he wanted to play striker.


overall, id take a draw, it means we are still in the cup and tbh most of us didnt expect a win. i said in the match thread the other day, it would be 2-2 today and that we will win 2-1 at ours. so far, im half right.

That's a fair assessment.

[Ollie the Optimist]

to those that say arteta was shit, why has no one picked up on the point atht no one ever offered him that easy pass when he was in trouble, they just stood still and expected him to get out of trouble. very rarely did players move to get into a posistion to help him out with an easy pass so of course he got pressured and had to go back to the keeper.

[Power n Glory]

Arseblog?

[Ollie the Optimist]

Arseblog is actually blaming Walcott for Sagna playing shite

What a laughing stock he's become.

i can see his point, walcott was hardly ever on the right wing meaning that sagna had to play there and right back as well. theo played central today leaving no winger, leaving sagna with the whole right side on his own.

while sagna didnt play taht well, theo has to take blame for not tracking back, not offering an option on the wing and leaving the whole right side for sagna to cover

[Gervinho's Forehead]

Arseblog?

It reads like an Arseblog report.

[Power n Glory]

i can see his point, walcott was hardly ever on the right wing meaning that sagna had to play there and right back as well. theo played central today leaving no winger, leaving sagna with the whole right side on his own.

while sagna didnt play taht well, theo has to take blame for not tracking back, not offering an option on the wing and leaving the whole right side for sagna to cover

Yep, I knew it. Ollie writes for Arseblog.

Sagna was shit last week as well and it had to be his worst game in an Arsenal shirt. Ox played the flanks that time.

[Ollie the Optimist]

Yep, I knew it. Ollie writes for Arseblog.

Sagna was shit last week as well and it had to be his worst game in an Arsenal shirt. Ox played the flanks that time.

yeah sagna was shit last week and is out of form, but taht still doesnt take away the fact theo didnt help today at all. just because sagna played badly in another match doesnt mean it absolves theo of the blame for not doing his job and playing right wing. its not rocket science.

[BlindFaith_8]

The Wanker even blamed the ref for not having enough bottle to give the penalty, is he blind, did he not see the replay? The sheep shagger cliped his own heel and tripped himself up, basically she fell over.

[IBK]

And what about wilshere? Looks like a tryer and not much else.

Some pundit on the game podcast said hes the best player of his type weve had since the premiership began. At 18 fabregas was twice the player.

Good point. We love his passion but I have concerns about his ability in the final third.

[IBK]

to those that say arteta was shit, why has no one picked up on the point atht no one ever offered him that easy pass when he was in trouble, they just stood still and expected him to get out of trouble. very rarely did players move to get into a posistion to help him out with an easy pass so of course he got pressured and had to go back to the keeper.

A lot hated Gilberto too.