Match Reaction Bournemouth 0-2 Arsenal

[alexander]

If Coquelin isn't fit enough to start should he even be on the bench? We've seen players come off the bench and still pick up an injury. Whilst we're in the title race, we should be playing our strongest 11 every game. It's not a long stretch from here until the end of the season. Also, Sanchez had a long lay off and since making that first sub appearance against Chelsea, he's started every game now that he is fit.

By all accounts Alexis asnt having a great game, I didnt see it, but thats what others said. He is probably lacking total match fitness, and being the type of player he is, he is the one that will give that little extra stretch to get the ball, or that extra squirt to run onto a ball. Im no expert, but this would be the time he would pull a muscle? Probably why he was taken off.
As for Coq, he is still getting back to that match sharpness, and maybe a similar thing, that they had him on the bench to give him a run out if needed.

[Niall_Quinn]

Sacked on the spot for playing one player and not another (who has come back recently from months of no football) get a grip.
he didnt expect to have to rely on Flam. He had Wilshere, Arteta, that could play there, but unluckily they have both suffered injury. Nearly all teams would expect to rely on a certain 11-14 players, then backups if something goes wrong. You cant have 2 world class players in every position, one will always get pissed off.

Not sacked for today's team selection - sacked for leaving us in a situation where Flamini is an option at all - ever. He's spent 8 mill this window and now tells us the guy he signed isn't ready to play. I mean come on, this isn't ME, it's HIM. He's fucking incompetent. What's it going to take for some people to see that? Oh and we had the eternally injury prone Wilshere and the long past it Arteta in reserve? Well these are decent enough players but we're gunning for the elite tier remember? You really think our chance find Coquelin backed up by the injury prone Wilshere and the 30 whatever year old Arteta (who I like btw, but he's past it) is a genuine effort to hit the elite level? It's the barest of bare minimums. Enough for that coveted 4th spot. Vidal was available in the summer. We didn't even twitch. Plenty of others there too, to avoid this calamitous Ramsey/ Flamini non-partnership that has destroyed our game at a crucial stage of the season. Or hold on, maybe it is just me. Maybe everything is really fine but I can't see it. Sometimes when you look at something so obvious but people around you are saying, I can't see it, you wonder. I was one of the blind Wenger crowd for a long time, I admit it.

[Power n Glory]

By all accounts Alexis asnt having a great game, I didnt see it, but thats what others said. He is probably lacking total match fitness, and being the type of player he is, he is the one that will give that little extra stretch to get the ball, or that extra squirt to run onto a ball. Im no expert, but this would be the time he would pull a muscle? Probably why he was taken off.
As for Coq, he is still getting back to that match sharpness, and maybe a similar thing, that they had him on the bench to give him a run out if needed.

Giving players a 20 minute rest makes sense as well. I don't mind them getting subbed off. But we should still start with our best 11.

[Niall_Quinn]

If Coquelin isn't fit enough to start should he even be on the bench?

At a normal club - no, of course not. In Wenger World - sure, it's no more crazy than any of his other shit.

[Letters]

Really? Every post?

[Power n Glory]

No cohesion in midfield or attack. Only injuries to Flamini and Giroud will force WUMger into fielding the most effective line-up. Nothing against Giroud, but him being the outlet plays into the hands of the opposition and gives us no consistent threat. It's going to be an even bigger slog for the rest of the season if there are no adjustments. Coin toss football really. Some matches we'll score a few and win and others will end up like Southampton because there's no plan and consistent pressure on the opposition.

Well done Cech, Monreal and Bellerin again.

We really struggle to get a flurry of passes going these days. It shouldn't take injuries for Wenger to address the problem but that's what it seems to take these days.

[Kano]

Really? Every post?

Well there's fuck all of interest going on at Liverpool bar their usual mid-table scrap. At least this gets the blood pumping.

[Niall_Quinn]

Giving players a 20 minute rest makes sense as well. I don't mind them getting subbed off. But we should still start with our best 11.

I would love to know how red zones or amber zones or beige with cream trim zones apply to our club anyway. Our lot get injured signing autographs so who gives a fuck about any of it? Just play the guys on form and if they get injured the get injured. Look back over every season, they're going to get injured anyway so why are we pretending we are somehow managing that? We aren't. It's bullshit.

[Niall_Quinn]

Really? Every post?

Post match thread after we played like shit. We all know why we played like shit, not my fault if some want to lie to themselves.

Go on, tell us how we won the FA cup.

[Niall_Quinn]

Well there's fuck all of interest going on at Liverpool bar their usual mid-table scrap. At least this gets the blood pumping.

If ever I get caught for being an incompetent fuck I'm going to hire you and Letters to defend me.