Match Reaction v Spurs

[Power n Glory]

Oh please. We've seen it over and over, even when the ball is dished up to Walcott or Giroud on a silver platter they fuck it up. Shite, the pair of them. Jack and Santi certainly had off days which didn't help but let's not single out the couple of players who have a bit of talent to apologise for the dickheads we have up top.

As for the defenders, Mertesacker is total, utter shit, he really is. Wherever he played before he came to us he must have had great support around him. The really frightening thing is Vermaelen is worse and as a captain he stinks. I defy any player to come into the team and try to get to grips with our suicidal defending. Maybe Moreal is shite, maybe he's not. But anyone is going to look shite in that back five. Who's our best defender, Gibbs? He's not even that good is he? It's a disaster zone back there.

It's weird because our defensive record is far from being the worst in the league. But it's the individual mistakes that kill us. Whether this is because the players are fundamentally no good or they are stretched to the limit and always bound to break due to terrible tactics is hard to pin down. Probably a mix of both. It's not just a new manager required, we need better players too.

Theo and Giroud were on a good scoring run despite the odd occasions where they screw up good chances but if we're going to blast the strikers for not putting the ball away we can't excuse the midfield for not threading them through when it's a major part of their job. They should really be carving out more chances than what they are. There is a lot of hesitation to release the ball in the final third and it's costing us.

As for Merts, he gets such a raw deal on here. He's not a bad defender at all and not utter shit. With a better partnership and more organisation he'd be better. He's usually aware of what's going around him and smart with his tackles but his pace is the one thing that let's him down. But all you have to do is look at Kos and Verm to see that defenders with pace won't help much if nobody in that backline is organised and drilled. We've had a variety of CB's play in this team and if and if they were to play anywhere they wouldn't be made to look half as bad.

[Niall_Quinn]

Theo and Giroud were on a good scoring run despite the odd occasions where they screw up good chances but if we're going to blast the strikers for not putting the ball away we can't excuse the midfield for not threading them through when it's a major part of their job. They should really be carving out more chances than what they are. There is a lot of hesitation to release the ball in the final third and it's costing us.

As for Merts, he gets such a raw deal on here. He's not a bad defender at all and not utter shit. With a better partnership and more organisation he'd be better. He's usually aware of what's going around him and smart with his tackles but his pace is the one thing that let's him down. But all you have to do is look at Kos and Verm to see that defenders with pace won't help much if nobody in that backline is organised and drilled. We've had a variety of CB's play in this team and if and if they were to play anywhere they wouldn't be made to look half as bad.

Whatever the truth of it all I'm sick of it. As far as I'm concerned we don't have a football team any more. We talk about the same things all the time but no fucker at the club is listening. It's pointless. I'm gong to start watching crown green bowling instead. At least the grannies are competitive and have a bit of ambition.

[Power n Glory]

We're all sick of it.