Match Reaction: Arsenal v Man City

[Ollie the Optimist]

was amazing to see how much mike dean wanted to make the game about him today. wearing green boots as if to say look at me. gets booed off at half time, loves it cos it means everyone looking at him, so he waits for all hte players to be on the pitch for second half, before he makes his entrance just so everyone gives him their attention. ****

[McNamara That Ghost...]

As long as Gibbs doesn't get injured for more than 5 minutes. He's probably our most important player now, the only thing standing between Arsenal and Santos.

Those glass legs are gonna break soon.

[Ollie the Optimist]

As long as Gibbs doesn't get injured for more than 5 minutes. He's probably our most important player now, the only thing standing between Arsenal and Santos.

is this a bad time to mention taht for our next game (i think kos is a one match ban) squallichi is our back up CB?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

On another note, I thought Clichy had a very good game.

[Joker]

On another note, I thought Clichy had a very good game.

Yeah thought he was good, although he put in his customary shite crosses again.

Felt the booing (albeit somewhat half hearted) was harsh as well. He was a loyal servant, didn't make a fuss when leaving and comes across as a good professional.

[Ollie the Optimist]

clichy didnt really need to do anything to have a good game though. theres no need to mark sagna because when he puts his crosses in it just goes to the first man. if ox had played, it might have been different, but thanks to dean/kos we wont know

[Xhaka Can’t]

Match reaction... early sending off distorts the game, can't really conclude anything about our long term ambitions from this game.

- Wilshere is class and will only get better.

- We missed Arteta badly today, Diaby was a noshow throughout the game.

- Walcott was shocking, hopefully this ends any talk about him playing as a central striker.

- Chesney is top notch, if not for him the score would be at least double.

- Sagna needs a break, Giroud needs to improve his heading ability.

While technically you aren't wrong, your assessment of Diaby is a bit harsh given he has just come back. Hopefully he'll improve to levels he is more capable of - assuming he doesn't fall apart for another 6 months.

[Niall_Quinn]

Yeah thought he was good, although he put in his customary shite crosses again.

Felt the booing (albeit somewhat half hearted) was harsh as well. He was a loyal servant, didn't make a fuss when leaving and comes across as a good professional.

We need to get this tribal rivalry bullshit out of football. There's no place for it in team competition.

[Niall_Quinn]

is this a bad time to mention taht for our next game (i think kos is a one match ban) squallichi is our back up CB?

Are you implying there's a good time to mention squillaci still being on the roster?

[Özim]

Match reaction... early sending off distorts the game, can't really conclude anything about our long term ambitions from this game.

- Wilshere is class and will only get better.

- We missed Arteta badly today, Diaby was a noshow throughout the game.

- Walcott was shocking, hopefully this ends any talk about him playing as a central striker.

- Chesney is top notch, if not for him the score would be at least double.

- Sagna needs a break, Giroud needs to improve his heading ability.

Arteta has gone missing recently, not sure we missed him that much. We don't have a quality defensively minded midfielder.