Match Reaction vs Man City (away).

[Munchies]

Here's their headline:



Suck it up DM, your boys took a hell of a beating.

Kompany knew what he was doing

Click-baiting twats

[alexander]

Great performance from the guy. You dont have to be a massive strong player, he was in the right place at the right time, putting himself about, just what we need.

[Gooner23]

Kompany knew what he was doing

Click-baiting twats

I'm not going to click the link but did they really give Santi 7/10?

Also thought the ref was ok today, much better than his usual poor standard (despite Sky's insistence he's normally good). But what's with Arsenal players getting booked for first fouls and oppo players consistently getting away with same thing.

[Gooner23]

Great performance from the guy. You dont have to be a massive strong player, he was in the right place at the right time, putting himself about, just what we need.

Glad he's getting a run of games and taking his opportunity well. Always rated him at youth level so pleased to see him kick on now. What's with that god awful backing music to that video though!

[Master Splinter]

Change of keeper? coincidence?

Ospina probably had less to do today than he did versus Hull and Stoke.

But he's done everything he should do well. No silly lapses when he's bored. Apart from one dodgy kick today.

Szczesny will still prove to be the better keeper in the long run I think. As long he sorts out his woeful kicking.

[Marc Overmars]

Watching a cap of the post game coverage. Only 35% possession from us today ............... lowest for us at least in 11 years which is when they started measuring it.

Hopefully Wenger gets the message. It's the tactics and what you do with the ball that's important.

Indeed. You've got to approach these games with a bit of intelligence too, you can't just believe that if you play well everything will fall into place. Jury's still out on our big game mentality and effectiveness, but hopefully today is the catalyst.

[Master Splinter]

What's with that god awful backing music to that video though!

Internet Law #27:

Offensively shit, ear-harming, suicide-inducing music must always accompany a football highlights reel.

[GP]

Darude - Sandstorm

[Power n Glory]

Because it's way too early and premature to even hint at him being the solution.

For a start let's not forget there was a reason he was at Freiburg on loan last year (where he didn't exactly light up any trees) and Charlton this year before getting recalled.

And apart from Man City today most of the teams he's started against haven't been that great or that challenging. I also think he's way too short for the role as well ........ we haven't had a DM since Gilberto who could comfortably head the ball away which means that long balls always have to be dealt with by the CB's. This results in us always struggling with aerial attacks as either the BFG or Kos have to go and attack the ball leaving gaps for the opposition to exploit. His passing isn't fantastic either.

Yes congratulations to Coq for his excellent recent performances and he deserves to start for the time being but ultimately he doesn't have the right pedigree or quality to be starting week in week out for a team with aspirations to challenge for the league. We did the same thing Almunia; he had a few good games and everyone thought he was the solution and then we ended up wasting 3 seasons with him as number one before everyone finally realised he wasn't good enough. Top top quality please.

I didn't realise you followed Freiburg.

I can only comment on what I see and whenever I see him play, he does a good job. I can't understand why he was loaned out last season or why he was sent to Charlton for that matter.

We can only hope we sign a new experienced DM but Wenger just signed some Polish 17 year old. We've had plenty of opportunities to sign an established DM but Wenger just passes up the opportunity. Our only hope now is that he uses the best options we have within the team.

[Alpha]

Indeed. You've got to approach these games with a bit of intelligence too, you can't just believe that if you play well everything will fall into place. Jury's still out on our big game mentality and effectiveness, but hopefully today is the catalyst.

Everything is in our own hands . we can win big games if we want to as we have shown it in the past .We have been our own destroyers by trying to overplay away from home , getting caught up in counter .
But we can also sit back , suck up the pression and catch up in counter-attack . We have all kinds of players to do the job . What we need is determination and discipline . We are the Arsenal and not Hull City or Spurs .