match reaction v citeh

[Gooner23]

Wasn't expected to come home frustrated that we didn't win. Officials were shit, linesman North Bank End looked at Dean every fucking time before moving his flag, and Dean gonna Dean trying to nullify Rosicky.
Rosicky just awesome, Pod was trying forward and back , Verm has been rebooted to a resemblance of his good form of old, Merts has been on the go forward pills, Gibbs is definitely improving just little bit improvement final ball plz, Santi was fired up I hope they show his mugging of 3 of their midfielders reminded me Pires mugging Vieira in chumps league. Giroud was dogshit, that sort of slimy smelly dogshit that is so bad if it got in your car you'd have to set fire to the fucker to get rid of the smell what took long with the subs I don't know, we were flagging and really needed a lift. Did I mention Giroud was shit?
We need a striker.

This should be the match report on the official website.

[Özim]

It was a decent display though I'm not taking too much from this in terms of where we are, City really didn't perform and seemed fairly content with a draw after the results earlier in the day, they were a long way from their best.

We did OK, think a draw was fair in the end, we didn't create many clear cut chances but certainly an improvement on recent results. Helps our cause for 4th place which is let's face it our aim, title however is long gone, seems we can only perform to get 4th place.

[Ollie the Optimist]

So all the games against the top clubs are done amd while we have an awful away record against them, our home form is much better. Against Chelsea, spurs, Liverpool, united, city we have concededed 1 goal in the league and remained unbeaten.

I don't buy that city didn't play well, it just seems like an excuse not to give arsene any credit. We all expected a thrashing and yet we gave a very good performance and probably should have won. It still doesn't change the fact that change is probably needed but we aren't a million miles away. Yes we seem to lose when we go to the big clubs but when they come to us, we haven't this season. I'm not quite sure what that tells us but I think with better tactics and one or two big players. We really would be a right in the mix.

[AFC Leveller]

So all the games against the top clubs are done amd while we have an awful away record against them, our home form is much better. Against Chelsea, spurs, Liverpool, united, city we have concededed 1 goal in the league and remained unbeaten.

I don't buy that city didn't play well, it just seems like an excuse not to give arsene any credit. We all expected a thrashing and yet we gave a very good performance and probably should have won. It still doesn't change the fact that change is probably needed but we aren't a million miles away. Yes we seem to lose when we go to the big clubs but when they come to us, we haven't this season. I'm not quite sure what that tells us but I think with better tactics and one or two big players. We really would be a right in the mix.

I agree.

Its only fair to give credit to the manager and players for doing things right considering we slaughter them (rightly so) when they lose (badly). City have been on fire lately and the way they dismantled Man ure had me worried but we played well and could have won in the end so well done Arsenal.

If we had a striker who wasnt a lamp post we'd have at least 6-9 points more, not to mention if we had our best players available more often but thats not the reason we were thrashed three times this season so i think that although change is needed (approach, tranfers, tactics, mentality) we arent far off where we should be.

[Özim]

So all the games against the top clubs are done amd while we have an awful away record against them, our home form is much better. Against Chelsea, spurs, Liverpool, united, city we have concededed 1 goal in the league and remained unbeaten.

I don't buy that city didn't play well, it just seems like an excuse not to give arsene any credit. We all expected a thrashing and yet we gave a very good performance and probably should have won. It still doesn't change the fact that change is probably needed but we aren't a million miles away. Yes we seem to lose when we go to the big clubs but when they come to us, we haven't this season. I'm not quite sure what that tells us but I think with better tactics and one or two big players. We really would be a right in the mix.

Yes our home form is better as you'd expect, games are always easier at home, hence the reason teams generally have better home records than away records on the whole.

First half they were fluid enough, but unusually for them they didn't create that much, now sure we did restrict them to some extent but at their best you just can't stop them, probably not quite the same team without Aguero to be fair as he seems to be the guy that makes things happen a lot for them.

As for not being a million miles away, don't really agree, City, Chelsea etc have had some poor results away but they are clearly superior to us, Chelsea are lacking a striker but you'd expect them to remedy this in the summer, these results whilst good paper over the cracks IMO and convince Wenger all is good, just like the unbeaten runs at the end of season after a disastrous first half of season. If we were that good we would have got better results against the top sides over the course of the season.

Fact is we've have two hard runs and in both we've been left wanting, this has been the case for years so little has changed in that respect. I said yesterday we are to City like what Newcastle were to us when we were really good, not a great side but always tough away from home where they use to raise their game.

[Niall_Quinn]

Bad WUMing this time from Zim, too obvious, not enough composure. Possibly choking at the final hurdle.

[Özim]

It's not wumming, I've seen this before false dawns that management look at and use to prove we're a top side. One result (only a draw) doesn't change anything.

When things have changed we'll know because we'll be capable of beating top sides again on a regular basis, Palace managed it in a one off result yesterday does that mean they are a top side now?

[Niall_Quinn]

It's not wumming, I've seen this before false dawns that management look at and use to prove we're a top side. One result (only a draw) doesn't change anything.

Of course you are. You did everything you could after the game yesterday to get a bite. But it wasn't as subtle as usual. There's no way you can be as fundamentally anti-Arsenal as you appear, it's a routine. I don't have nearly as many problems with you as the I do with the assholes who repeat what you spoonfeed them.

[Özim]

Of course you are. You did everything you could after the game yesterday to get a bite. But it wasn't as subtle as usual. There's no way you can be as fundamentally anti-Arsenal as you appear, it's a routine. I don't have nearly as many problems with you as the I do with the assholes who repeat what you spoonfeed them.

Sorry you're wrong, I wasn't trying to get a bite at all, might be the way you take it but you're wrong.

I'm not anti-Arsenal, just sick of Wenger and his ways and basically want him to leave now, yesterday's draw changes nothing for me, I judge the team over a whole season and we've been left wanting again.

It seems to me he can have a stack of poor results and then get one half decent one and it changes everything with some people, it just doesn't.

Another season of Wenger would essentially be torture for me, it's just a repeat of the same old same old every season, what's enjoyable about that, have we become so small time we now celebrate a draw at home? It was a decent result, but that's it.

[Niall_Quinn]

Sorry you're wrong, I wasn't trying to get a bite at all, might be the way you take it but you're wrong.

I'm not anti-Arsenal, just sick of Wenger and his ways and basically want him to leave now, yesterday's draw changes nothing for me, I judge the team over a whole season and we've been left wanting again.

No Zimster, I'm right. And there's no way anybody could be so pro Maureen unless it was a wind up.