No we would be happier if we had gone through to the QF's for a changeOriginally Posted by Letters
No we would be happier if we had gone through to the QF's for a change
'WHEN HE HAS A PLAN, WE BACK HIM, WHEN HE DOESN'T......WE KEEP QUIET'
Giroud is our most effective player . He might not be gifted but he doesn't hide in big games . He works his socks off even when he has a bad game . Our so called world class players never turned up when it matters . Henry missing a sitter twice against Barca in Final still haunts me and also RVP missing an easy chance which could have made it 4-0 against AC Milan
Yesterday our Ozil and Alexis were only side passers .No clear chance to the main striker at all.
DO NOT POSTPONE TODAY'S DUTY FOR TOMORROW .IT MAY BE TOO LATE .
True, but momentum is quite important in football so it's good to keep a run going.
I could understand people moaning more had we only needed to draw there, say, and we'd lost, or if we'd needed a narrow win and hadn't got it, but the damage was done in the first leg.
And it's not like we thrashed them last night, were wasteful and only managed 2 goals. Monaco have only conceded 7 goals in 14 home league games this year, none at all in the CL at home before last night. They are not a side who ship many goals and they restricted us to only a few really clear cut chances.
We were good as out after the first leg. Last night was just about saving face, which we did.
Alexis was really off last night. Shame really as it would easily have been the difference between going out and going through, but we can't expect him to come to the rescue in all 60 odd games.
But yes, Wenger's failure to win this competition over numerous years doesn't make for pleasant viewing and if he retires having never done it, rest assured it will haunt him till his dying days.
He is the one who should have been subbed instead of Wellbeck . We always boast a plethora of offensive players . Yesterday they were not to be seen . Ironically , our bench was full of defenders .
DO NOT POSTPONE TODAY'S DUTY FOR TOMORROW .IT MAY BE TOO LATE .
Are you really going to call out Henry and RvP in defence of Giroud? They missed chances, it happens. To say they never turned up when it mattered is the stuff bitter opposition fans say!
Sure, me too, but after the first leg that was always going to be extremely difficult.
IMO we did all we could last night, I'm happy enough with the performance and the result on the night.
Had we not conceded that stupid 3rd goal at home I reckon we'd have gone through.
We are not discussing Henry vs Giroud here . Every one knows Henry is by far the better player but in terms of performance in big games , I prefer Giroud . Henry was good with other players like Pires , Vierra , Freddie ..etc. but when he became the only focal point of the team he never turned up. Our run to the Champions league final wasn't down to him . The whole team was good and determined . The final was the game he should have turned up and won the game as he did against Madrid but he didn't .
I don't prefer Giroud to Henry or RVP in any scenario, they were matchwinners who could produce the spectacular finishes ordinary strikers can't. Giroud has done well this season but he's not in the same league, Henry scored plenty of big goals, Man U when we won 1-0, when we beat Madrid 1-0 and countless other times.
I thought Ozil was class too though he really should be hitting the target more than he does generally speaking.
The fact that since he came back he has run further than any other Arsenal player and that he has the third best assist ratio in premier league history shows he isn't quite the lethargic, languid, apathetic sorry shadow of a player he tends to often be made out as.
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