Match Reaction VS Spuds

[Niall_Quinn]

Scholes spouting now. Can he work Wilshere into his criticism I wonder?

[cheesy bites]

These last few months, Ramsey has been as useful as Ebola.

What a shite player (at the moment)

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

I think he set us up to soak up pressure and counter to be fair but there's only so much soaking up you can do when you continually give the ball away.
The City result was as much about Cazorla giving us purpose in midfield and giving us outlets which we just didnt have today, today was a carbon copy of the game last season the difference is they had someone with the quality to finish their chances.

[adzzzbatch]

I think he set us up to soak up pressure and counter to be fair but there's only so much soaking up you can do when you continually give the ball away.
The City result was as much about Cazorla giving us purpose in midfield and giving us outlets which we just didnt have today, today was a carbon copy of the game last season the difference is they had someone with the quality to finish their chances.

Very true sp*rs had nothing to be worried about that's why they were the ones that played with purpose because they saw we offered no threat.

[Master Splinter]

Bad day all round. Bad selection, bad performances, bad decisions, bad reactions.

Not that Ozil was the worst performer today, but if we were going for a containing and breaking approach then surely Rosicky and Walcott were better options. But now that WUMger's favourites are back the team will suffer. Cazorla saved his worst performance for three months for today and Ramsey was almost as bad. Only Coquelin of the front six played well and he was let down by the carelessness and idiocy of all those around him. No change to the plan or personnel either as the game got out of our control, so the only hope was for some individual brilliance. But considering we hardly got the ball or gave it away at every opportunity, there was little chance of that happening.

None of his decisions were directly costly for us, but Atkinson was just shocking. Every first foul by an Arsenal player was a booking while Spurs were getting away with hundreds of fouls, dives and pulls in the box. Not to mention giving them goal kicks for corners.

We could have overcome Atkinson and Spurs though, if he'd picked a more suitable team for the situation and had a better than 23% passing accuracy.

With Ozil, Welbeck and Wilshere soon back, players like Oxlade, Cazorla and Walcott and probably even Coquelin will have to face up to being dropped for playing well and making us a more effective outfit. Chambers back to RB permanently too probably.

Momentum well and truly destroyed again. Maximum points and a healthy goal difference should be the minimum from the upcoming run of fixtures now.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

I'd say the tactics on the right were at least a bit fucked up.

Aye though I'm more referring to the general game plan, were he fit the best option on the right would have been to play Debuchy with Bellerin in front of him.

[RomfordPele]

Fuck me, bt sport making it sound like Spurs have won the champions league. Bit patronising to be honest.

[AFC Leveller]

Bad day all round. Bad selection, bad performances, bad decisions, bad reactions.

Not that Ozil was the worst performer today, but if we were going for a containing and breaking approach then surely Rosicky and Walcott were better options. But now that WUMger's favourites are back the team will suffer. Cazorla saved his worst performance for three months for today and Ramsey was almost as bad. Only Coquelin of the front six played well and he was let down by the carelessness and idiocy of all those around him. No change to the plan or personnel either as the game got out of our control, so the only hope was for some individual brilliance. But considering we hardly got the ball or gave it away at every opportunity, there was little chance of that happening.

None of his decisions were directly costly for us, but Atkinson was just shocking. Every first foul by an Arsenal player was a booking while Spurs were getting away with hundreds of fouls, dives and pulls in the box. Not to mention giving them goal kicks for corners.

We could have overcome Atkinson and Spurs though, if he'd picked a more suitable team for the situation and had a better than 23% passing accuracy.

With Ozil, Welbeck and Wilshere soon back, players like Oxlade, Cazorla and Walcott and probably even Coquelin will have to face up to being dropped for playing well and making us a more effective outfit. Chambers back to RB permanently too probably.

Momentum well and truly destroyed again. Maximum points and a healthy goal difference should be the minimum from the upcoming run of fixtures now.

agree with every word.

i too thought the ref was shocking. just seems to favour them on all those 50 50s and punished us at every opportunity.

[Niall_Quinn]

Wenger reckons we put so much effort in. Didn't spot it myself, but good to know.

[adzzzbatch]

Wenger reckons we put so much effort in. Didn't spot it myself, but good to know.

He knows best