Match Reaction v Man Utd

[Power n Glory]

Knew Traore and Jenkinson would have it tough but they had no cover. Ramsey is ponderous, he's becoming a second Rosicky. Arshavin and Walcott were pathetic defensively. Coquelin was our best midfield performer defensively. Djourou is fucking shocking. RVP bottled the pen - I could tell, it would happen.

Worse than the result were shockingly poor jokes by cunting Man Utd fans who thought themselves brilliantly original in their comedy.

I just don't get it. In a 4-3-3, the two wide players of the attack shouldn't have to drop back so deep to cover their wing backs, with the extra man in the middle of the park, Ramsey, Coquelin or Rosicky, should be able to shift over to cover that side, while the remaining two midfielder players cover the middle and make sure we're not over run. Considering they played a 4-4-2 and only had two central players, this should have been impossible.

The middle three just don't work as a unit, I'm not saying the front three shouldn't defend, but the middle is useless and get torn through every time. That shouldn't be happening when you have an extra man in the middle.

[Kaiser]

Rooney dropping deep was fantastic and didn't help our cause, but agreed, the players we have don't fit into the system. Do we still do tactical work on the opposition or are we as ignorant as ever?

Fucking appalling. Some of these kids will stagnate, they don't have any decent experienced players to learn from, only themselves. Why would they respect players like Rosicky and Arshavin, average and totally inconsistent. Felt shit for the OC when the United fans were oleing as he chased around as the ball was passed around him in a triangle. Humiliating.

Wenger's shocking planning has severely fucked the club over. Barely any squad depth, signings likely to be budget after doing fuck all for the 'waiting period'.

[Sirjackofwilshere]

Ppl need to remember Ramseys recovering from a leg break. It's not his fault he's been thrust in too early. Ditto for Jenkinson, Coquelin, et al. Wenger, the board and the yank should be crucified for a disgrace of a summer. Rosixky and Arshavin should have their wages docked for such a pitiful display and lack of professionalism.

[Alias]

Ive just seen the score. Absoultely DISGUSTED. These players are just pathetic excuses and Wenger needs to boo'd endlessly untill he is sacked.

[Niall_Quinn]

Ppl need to remember Ramseys recovering from a leg break. It's not his fault he's been thrust in too early. Ditto for Jenkinson, Coquelin, et al. Wenger, the board and the yank should be crucified for a disgrace of a summer. Rosixky and Arshavin should have their wages docked for such a pitiful display and lack of professionalism.

It's pathetic a prospect we bought a couple of years ago is now being asked to run our midfield. Not the player's fault at all. Just shit management from the very top down. Also a rather sobering day for Ramsey I bet. He had that choice to make, Arsenal or Utd. I wonder what bullshit Wenger pushed to get his signature?

[Cripps_orig]

Ramsey has been back for ages now so the leg break can't be used as an excuse

[Niall_Quinn]

Ramsey has been back for ages now so the leg break can't be used as an excuse

He's a kid playing in a team where the experience is vanishing from around him. It's like hiring a fresh faced wanabee pilot, sticking him at the controls on the early flight from Heathrow and telling him he's due in New York by noon. He's going to crash the fucking plane but who's fault is it really?

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

got back from old trafford a few hours ago.

whatever you say about the players, whatever you say about the club, the one outstanding thing about the club is our fans. 3000 strong army went there and sang our hearts out. Even when we were 6-1 down, we sang 'we love you arsenal, we do' for 20 minutes straight. that is one thing you can never take away from the club. hopefully you could hear that on sky sports during the game.

now for on the pitch.

we have serious issues that cannot be addressed by simply buying players. we have underlying flaws and mentalities that cannot be changed through slight tweaks, instead we need an overhaul and a revolution, something like the type we saw when wenger took over. we wont get this, but its what we need.

jenkinson, for all his hard work, is not good enough. but who can blame him? hes trying his hardest but when you're physically not good enough and your body cant push as hard as needs be to perform, it isnt your fault. you dont see j.p morgan picking up a business analyst from marks and spencers and throwing them into the deep end without any formal training. im not knocking the lad cause he knows himself hes not good enough. he gasses out after 60 minutes and has no clue about positioning. anyone who saw dixons summary on motd2 saw that he needs a sol campbell, a tony adams or a keown by his side guiding him and nurturing him. we dont have any experienced players to do that.

ramseys playing like denilson when he can play like nasri.

coquellin's good technically but way too lightweight.

RVP's gone cold and seems to be low on confidence.

theo walcott looks like he's had enough of arsenal, his mannerism is turning somewhat into nasri's/fabregas'. hes getting frustrated with absolutely everything and you can see that on the pitch. he's frustrated and heart seems elsewhere. id put money on him leaving on a free next summer when his contract ends.

there's no point having the best young keeper in the world in wojciech when he has a pile of crap in front.

no width, no passion, no heart. man utd blend experience with youth and thats something we used to do under the invincibles, but now we hang our players out to dry. while united send out their youth to teams like sunderland and wigan so they can get experience and slot into their first team ready for the first team, we dont. instead we try to give them experience in our first team and this costs us games as they make mistakes. this was a big problem covered by dixon once again on motd2.

there are massive problems at the club, and if we dont sign anyone or sort them out, we will finish outside the top 6 this season. we were due an absolute battering and it happened. if wenger doesnt sort this out, the fans will have him out next summer. some of the away fans have already turned on him and it'll only get worse as the season progresses.

p.s. traore was the worst player on the pitch. lost the ball and jogged back casually ala denilson. get him OUT.

[fakeyank]

got back from old trafford a few hours ago.

whatever you say about the players, whatever you say about the club, the one outstanding thing about the club is our fans. 3000 strong army went there and sang our hearts out. Even when we were 6-1 down, we sang 'we love you arsenal, we do' for 20 minutes straight. that is one thing you can never take away from the club. hopefully you could hear that on sky sports during the game.

now for on the pitch.

we have serious issues that cannot be addressed by simply buying players. we have underlying flaws and mentalities that cannot be changed through slight tweaks, instead we need an overhaul and a revolution, something like the type we saw when wenger took over. we wont get this, but its what we need.

jenkinson, for all his hard work, is not good enough. but who can blame him? hes trying his hardest but when you're physically not good enough and your body cant push as hard as needs be to perform, it isnt your fault. you dont see j.p morgan picking up a business analyst from marks and spencers and throwing them into the deep end without any formal training. im not knocking the lad cause he knows himself hes not good enough. he gasses out after 60 minutes and has no clue about positioning. anyone who saw dixons summary on motd2 saw that he needs a sol campbell, a tony adams or a keown by his side guiding him and nurturing him. we dont have any experienced players to do that.

ramseys playing like denilson when he can play like nasri.

coquellin's good technically but way too lightweight.

RVP's gone cold and seems to be low on confidence.

theo walcott looks like he's had enough of arsenal, his mannerism is turning somewhat into nasri's/fabregas'. hes getting frustrated with absolutely everything and you can see that on the pitch. he's frustrated and heart seems elsewhere. id put money on him leaving on a free next summer when his contract ends.

there's no point having the best young keeper in the world in wojciech when he has a pile of crap in front.

no width, no passion, no heart. man utd blend experience with youth and thats something we used to do under the invincibles, but now we hang our players out to dry. while united send out their youth to teams like sunderland and wigan so they can get experience and slot into their first team ready for the first team, we dont. instead we try to give them experience in our first team and this costs us games as they make mistakes. this was a big problem covered by dixon once again on motd2.

there are massive problems at the club, and if we dont sign anyone or sort them out, we will finish outside the top 6 this season. we were due an absolute battering and it happened. if wenger doesnt sort this out, the fans will have him out next summer. some of the away fans have already turned on him and it'll only get worse as the season progresses.

p.s. traore was the worst player on the pitch. lost the ball and jogged back casually ala denilson. get him OUT.

Why have only 'some' of the away fans turned on him?!

And yes, we did hear you lot and you guys were fuckin great! As much as everyone related to Arsenal appreciates what you guys did, I hope sooner than later, it will turn to boos for our manager and board. I know booing does not help anyone but like you said "we need a revolution in this club" and thats not going to happen till pretty much everyone related to this club turns on the manager and board. Once again, you guys are awesome!

[Niall_Quinn]

Looks like Tony Cascarino might be the first casualty of this game.

Angry fans immediately responded to his comment on Twitter. One wrote: "Tony Cascarino should be sacked on the spot. He said an Arsenal defender was having a 'holocaust'. Appallingly ignorant."

Another social networker added: "I can't believe he said that! ". Another observed: "Looks like Tony Cascarino could be the next ex-pro on the persona non-gratis [sic] list after that on air comment."

A clip of the incident, broadcast during the Old Trafford match, quickly appeared on YouTube.

Another micro-blogger branded the comment "horrendous", adding: "I hope Tony Cascarino is dealt with appropriately."

Sky Sports News said the presenter Natalie Sawyer had apologised straightaway for Cascarino's remarks.

It said in a statement: "Tony Cascarino made his comments in the heat of the moment. An immediate apology on behalf of Tony and Sky Sports was made on air as soon as possible for any offence caused."

"Dealt with appropriately", LOL - what a cunt. What's appropriate, I wonder, for uttering a single word from the English dictionary that very obviously wasn't intended to convey any of the meaning the braindead "outraged" mob seem fixated by? What do these obnoxious fuckwits do? Live in a box and spring out when somebody commits a word crime shouting, "I'm outraged! Outraged! Gas the word criminal! Burn the word criminal in an oven! Kill the word criminal!" Fucking hypocrites, trying to destroy a person just so they can enforce their fucked up auto-obedience. Unthinking, subservient, sub-human slime. The very thought of liberty and freedom of speech and thought enrages them, chills their rented souls. Of all the evil in the world these useless tossers could be legitimately outraged by they spend their time watching, waiting, anticipating a slip-up from Tony fucking Cascarino. Then they pounce. "Horrendous, I can't believe it! Sacked on the spot!" For killing somebody? For selling slaves in Trafalgar Square? For lying the nation into war? No, even worse, for using that morally copyrighted word in an unauthorised manner. Yeah we lost 8-2 but there are much bigger problems in our fucked up world.