Which is 100% Wenger's fault. But even so, having one member of the back four standing around with a perplexed look on his face while the game buzzes around him, that's never useful.Originally Posted by WMUG
Most irritating game since the last one we played. We had the three points there but the manager is a massive bottle job who thinks you can win a title by statistics alone.
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Wenger is lucky Alexis and Jack were up for this or his dumbarse "tactics" and crybaby formation would have got another pasting. I hate to see things go to waste and Wenger is wasting this team.
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Mm, that's true.
I thought Monreal had made a solid start to the season personallyBut even so, having one member of the back four standing around with a perplexed look on his face while the game buzzes around him, that's never useful.
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Any manager who gives a player like Ozil a defensive responsibility is taking the piss. Ozil doesn't play the left for us, he covers the left. Different thing, then stick Monreal behind him and fuck me
Yeah as a winger and he can even defend against opponents who can't run faster than an OAP.I thought Monreal had made a solid start to the season personally
What this performance told us more than anything today is Wenger is going for 4th again. If you won't take a few risks to get a key win on your own patch that can generate vital momentum then fuck it, the game's up anyway.
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You're such a vagina sometimes. You have to appreciate a good quality game when you see it otherwise what's the point of watching football? We didn't play badly, we played well - as did Man City, and it was a great game to watch with some fantastic individual performances from both sides and great goals. Sanchez and Wilshere for us, and Aguero, Silva and Fernandinho for them. I was far more pissed off about the Leicester result or even the Crystal Palace performance (despite the win). Today wasn't bad even if we didn't get the win.
That is one fine piece of selecting from a quote and completely altering the context.
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it's interesting that we bemoan our defence, but looking at the league....no-one seems to be defending that well at the moment.
In an alternate universe where we are really going for the title, that game today could have been the decider. How often has 1 point made the difference? If we were away then I could understand the negative approach. But at home, against a weakened opponent, we dropped vital points today. We had the players to get those points, but not the manager.
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The two hardest working players were rewarded for their efforts with fantastic goals. Jack Wilshere had a point to prove and it was a fantastic goal. Played some brilliant passes and should have had more than one assist. Sanchez is a true World Class player that has it all. He works, he battles, he can dribble, shoots....most exciting player we've signed since Arshavin. Really impressed with him so far and he doesn't hide from the big occasions.
Which brings me on to Ozil....he's the opposite of Sanchez. He hides, he doesn't work hard enough and showed zero quality in that game. He should be benched for the Champs League game. Cazorla should be starting ahead of him. He's been a flop. Ramsey had another off game. Wayward passing and wasn't working hard enough in the middle. He needs to rediscover his form. Missed his chance to score a goal. Welbeck.....besides the chance he missed, their isn't much else to say about his performance, which worries me. It's early days for him so he'll need some time to adapt but I wouldn't be surprised if Wenger took this opportunity to start Sanogo, I bloody hope not! Flamini was awful. Ball watching for the first goal, can't pass, has no power...poor. Kos and Merts weren't switched on....the whole defence weren't. Monreal......
We were looking flat and defeated before Jack's goal as if we were waiting for them to score. We weren't pressing and just stood off them. I have no idea what's happened to our defence. It was a poor 2nd goal to concede but at least we didn't lose the game. On to the next game. The result and the performance from Sanchez and Wilshere are the positives but we need to get back to solid defending.
You said we generally play like relegation fodder. Not a selective quote, it was a complete sentence in your post. If you didn't mean today then I don't understand why you posted that in a match reaction thread to the game.
We didn't play poorly today. It was disappointing to get our noses in front and then drop points but overall I was encouraged by the performance. I was far more concerned with the performance at Leicester where we did look like a mid-table side, today was much better.
I'm unclear why people are blaming Wenger. It was a good game which could have gone either way, Ramsey finishes that chance when Wilshere put him through (difficult chance to be fair, but he's capable) then I reckon we'd have won it. Conversely City had chances to win it. The post was hit 3 times, once by us and twice by them. There are such fine lines in football, you can't generally blame one person for a result, unless you get a real thumping I guess.
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