Quote Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn View Post
Guys, he has a different opinion. That's allowed isn't it? Anyway, what he's saying is true:

1) Hardly anyone has managed it. They have an insane record at home.
2) Ref was shit, not sending off Cahill was an absolute scandal and that could have changed the game. But fair enough, there's the other side of the coin with idiots like Flamini elbowing people in the face. He's lucky, nobody is even mentioning it but that was the second most obvious red of the day.
3) We certainly didn't capitalise, we were crap in the final third. But we did put them under pressure a few times and with a bit more composure/ care we could have grabbed a goal. Our inability to do that let the chavs sit on their lead, something they excel at (the boring cunts).
4) True again. Letting Hazard run through the midfield and into the box is schoolboy error stuff. Both CBs being caught out by a simple lob over the top, pretty dumb again.

The bit I don't agree with is it not (at least partly) being Wenger's fault. He set us up to fail and then compounded his error by persisting with a plan that simply wasn't working and never looked like working. He played into the chav's hands as usual. Then he made those shitty and pointless subs. He's badly out of touch in these big games as the record demonstrates. It can't be argued against. The record is appalling and speaks for itself.
Fair enough . Wenger is not totally innocent for this defeat . But he made all his best players available . You could say he should have started Chamberlain but if Sanchez or Cazorla or Ozil were benched you could still have said the same .
And even though , in a big game you don't throw all your big guns on the pitch . You keep at least one who can change the game when the legs are tired .
The Flamini and wellbeck situations are red card cases without doubt but there are consequences of the referee inability to deal properly with similar previous situations . For me our players let us more down than Wenger . Of course , it is my own opinion . Regardless of the fact that many don't share it but that is my opinion .