Match Reaction Arsenal 1-1 Shadow Dwellers

[tpyo]

I'm always happy to ensure we don't lose against spuds. I saw the second half and enjoyed the end-to-end stuff that typically only occurs in the NLD. None of this cagey bullshit just two teams going mental. Nice.

Always makes me chuckle to see the Wenger bashing here, I've watched this forum slide over the past ten years (possibly even longer?) from Wenger love to arguments and now full on fucking anti-Wenger insanity. "His players carry him because he is tactically weak" implying that football is only about tactics. Oh and extra points to the person who seemed to insinuate that the only reason we could win the league is because of Chelsea imploding. I wonder if he wins the league this season if he'll get any credit. I'd wager he won't get any credit from this place at least.
I just don't see the point, every single one of us _knows_ that Wenger has this job for life.... so why spend the next five years or whatever crying about it? We might as well accept the fact and just laugh at the fact that he doesn't do tactics, crying won't change anything. He might be a shit tactician but he's _our_ shit tactician.
I'd imagine a lot of you would have trouble supporting a lower league team with all the entitlement.

Back to the match though, whoever said it about Giroud was right. We had the chances to win the game and Giroud missed like three six yard headers? Shame but it happens in football, hopefully he'll be better in the next game.

[Power n Glory]

Just glad we didn't lose. Not sure why Campbell a date Sanchez aren't swapping wings when things aren't working. But saying that, Giroud wasn't going to score today.

[tpyo]

How was Campbell overall? I saw him do both good things and bad things in the second half. Did he play versus Bayern and was he any good there? Do we think he'll stay in the team after these performances?

[Kano]

How was Campbell overall? I saw him do both good things and bad things in the second half. Did he play versus Bayern and was he any good there? Do we think he'll stay in the team after these performances?

At best he's a squad player. People got very excited because he scored last week but ultimately he just plugs a hole in the team for now. Barring injuries, he won't play much at all and will be shipped on and forgotten about.

[Niall_Quinn]

I'm always happy to ensure we don't lose against spuds. I saw the second half and enjoyed the end-to-end stuff that typically only occurs in the NLD. None of this cagey bullshit just two teams going mental. Nice.

Always makes me chuckle to see the Wenger bashing here, I've watched this forum slide over the past ten years from Wenger love to arguments and now full on fucking anti-Wenger insanity. "His players carry him because he is tactically weak" implying that football is only about tactics. Oh and extra points to the person who seemed to insinuate that the only reason we could win the league is because of Chelsea imploding. I wonder if he wins the league this season if he'll get any credit. I'd wager he won't get any credit from this place at least.
I just don't see the point, every single one of us _knows_ that Wenger has this job for life.... so why spend the next five years or whatever crying about it? We might as well accept the fact and just laugh at the fact that he doesn't do tactics, crying won't change anything. He might be a shit tactician but he's _our_ shit tactician.
I'd imagine a lot of you would have trouble supporting a lower league team with all the entitlement.

It's a fair point. The manager is going to be here regardless. Very frustrating though. Because with a decent manager (in terms of what happens on the pitch because he can't be faulted for the other stuff) we'd be able to take much better advantage of what is actually a decent squad.

For any other club at the top level I'd say true, you take the rough with the smooth. But of course those clubs have actually challenged and won. PL title, CL. We have the FA Cup. A good day out but let's not kid ourselves. Is it entitled for the fans of a club like Arsenal to expect to be competing on all fronts? A lot of money sloshing around the place, all from the fans' pockets ultimately.

I used to watch Preston in the 4th. Nearest club at the time. Loved it. I'll tell you, Preston vs Burnley was every bit as passionate as the NLD. Went every other week and even travelled away from time to time. It's not the same as supporting a billionaire club though is it? Or is any sort of expectation an "entitlement?"

This manager should be doing better with the resources available to him. Yes, we're equal top so it sounds ludicrous to criticise. However, when you have seen it all before and know where the axe is going to fall and how, you can maybe be forgiven for complaining about that.

[tpyo]

Thanks for the review. To be honest I'm rather glad that he at the very least qualifies as a squad player, with the injuries we have it gives him a position to work from and by the the time Walcott/Oxo are back we'll know if he's kicked on enough. Still sounds like he's got a lot of work to do though. I haven't been paying much attention this season, who are we waiting for to come back from injury to replace him? I said Walcott didn't I but I think he's been playing upfront more recently?

[Niall_Quinn]

How was Campbell overall? I saw him do both good things and bad things in the second half. Did he play versus Bayern and was he any good there? Do we think he'll stay in the team after these performances?

Eager but out of his depth and badly handicapped by the players around him. He's a decent backup, not a first team player. His ambition outstrips his ability at the moment and this nativity causes problems because he ultimately loses the ball or allows the opposition the time to regroup when we could otherwise exploit them with a quick and accurate pass or a decent cross.

[Niall_Quinn]

Thanks for the review. To be honest I'm rather glad that he at the very least qualifies as a squad player, with the injuries we have it gives him a position to work from and by the the time Walcott/Oxo are back we'll know if he's kicked on enough. Still sounds like he's got a lot of work to do though. I haven't been paying much attention this season, who are we waiting for to come back from injury to replace him? I said Walcott didn't I but I think he's been playing upfront more recently?

Ox will walk in ahead of him. Ramsey will walk in ahead of Ox. Campbell is a long way back and if a way can be found to keep him here as 3rd choice then that's a good outcome for us. Not sure it's a good outcome for him though because he could be getting a lot more game time further down the league.

[Letters]

If we had played to our potential an won today.

Probably true, but you could say that about most games we play. We've won 5 games in the league on the bounce, you're not going to win every game and whisper it quietly but Spurs were pretty good today. They're actually a better side than I've given them credit for, they've have only lost once all season in the league and they've already beaten City. It wasn't a good performance today but we got a point and while obviously I hoped we'd win given our performance a point isn't a disaster.

Most of the people bemoaning the fact we're not 2 points clear were saying we wouldn't be challenging at all this season. We are so far, long may it continue.

[Letters]

You're probably right with such an average manager, it's a good thing for him he's blessed with good luck.

Yeah, we're level on points with City after 12 games, 9 points ahead of where we were at this time last year, because of luck.

Obviously you're WUMming, but that's the sort of logic I used to employ when I was 8 and my friend was better than me at various computer games "meh, he's just lucky". Looking back...yeah, he was just better than I gave him credit for.