Match Reaction v Barca (home) 15/16

[Letters]

Every team in England is this far behind them. Most are further behind than us.

[Özim]

Thing is we have been that far behind for a decade a lot of the other top teams haven't, this club doesn't strive to be the best, it's strives to be 2nd best and that's why we are where we are and regularly watch the team being dismantled by superior opposition.

We should be much closer to Barcelona than we are, we we're not promised that we built the stadium to challenge the best teams in Europe and yet 10 years down the line we're further away than we were then and couldn'tbe further away to be honest.

Under the current regime we're never going to be a match for Barcelona, it's a gimme that every top team we face will knock us out of the CL.

When Barcelona got stuffed in the CL a few years back, they were embarrassed and weren't willing to accept being 2nd best, look at them now they've made changes and look one of the best again, top clubs don't take a trashing and stand still they put measures in place to make sure it doesn't happen again.

This club isn't even midly embarrassed whenever the team gets thrashed, it's almost nornal for it to happen now.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

As have stated there is no reason we should expect to beat Barcelona, but there is justification in being disappointed when we compete for so long and our usual failings result in our downfall. It's as simple as that.

If we beat United on Sunday it will ameliorate this, but even against a poor United side there is cause for skepticism when in our last eight games, six of which have been at home we have failed to score in five of them.

That's a big problem

[Xhaka Can’t]

Yes. Good summary. I really don't feel that angry towards the team or Wenger for last night. What we needed against the best team in the world was a 100% flawless display - but that is an almost impossible feat to achieve in any game. Merts played well - apart from his mistake, but if we are objective how many CB's have games where they don't put a foot wrong - the difference is that they don't have Messi waiting to capitalise. Flamini didn't mean to give away the pen. We all know he's a loose cannon - but he was retained for cover and to a degree its not his fault that he is being used as a 'go to' guy lately.

Up front we are misfiring - but I don't buy simply that all our forward players are off form. Barca missed a few chances of their own, but these are forgotten when you win. What concerns me more is how ponderous we are in the build up; and how lacking in composure we are in front of goal. This looks to me like players trying too hard - and not finding the rhythm and understanding required. This particularly applied to Sanchez last night - whose biggest flaw in my view is trying to take on too much and do too much himself.

Yes - we can rail against Wenger for not bringing in a better striker - but for me that's a debate for elsewhere. Last night's results showed simply the difference between us and a world class team.

Which leaves me asking the question, 'what happened to the world class stadium for a world class team'?

The only thing that stadium has delivered is world class profiteering.

[Power n Glory]

Let's hope Wenger's job is on the line this season. He's been saying he'd have been sacked if he didn't win the FA Cup. We can only hope he's not talking BS and they're looking at the league closely this year. If he messes it up he has to go.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Let's hope Wenger's job is on the line this season. He's been saying he'd have been sacked if he didn't win the FA Cup. We can only hope he's not talking BS and they're looking at the league closely this year. If he messes it up he has to go.

You want the title.

They want....



Guess who's guaranteed to get what they want?

[selassie]

Let's hope Wenger's job is on the line this season. He's been saying he'd have been sacked if he didn't win the FA Cup. We can only hope he's not talking BS and they're looking at the league closely this year. If he messes it up he has to go.

TBH, I think if we don't win the league this season then his position would become untenable, the backlash from a large majority of the fan base would be too much.

I dread to even think of the consequences if we were pipped to the title by those boys down the road...Wenger would be a "dead man" walking and no amount of spin would wash.

[Munchies]

Alves as to why he swore Özil off.

"He told me to remember what happened in the 2014 World Cup semi-final before speaking"

[Niall_Quinn]

TBH, I think if we don't win the league this season then his position would become untenable, the backlash from a large majority of the fan base would be too much.

I dread to even think of the consequences if we were pipped to the title by those boys down the road...Wenger would be a "dead man" walking and no amount of spin would wash.

They'd make a big signing and the fans would be happy with that. Wenger would survive. To save his arse, suddenly there would be quality out there and we'd find it. Or they could try another Suarez stall tactic, pretend they were going to sign somebody huge and leave it to the last day of the window and then blame somebody else for the pretend deal falling through. Lots of ways they could stall and tease out more time for their bagman.

[Niall_Quinn]

Which leaves me asking the question, 'what happened to the world class stadium for a world class team'?

The only thing that stadium has delivered is world class profiteering.

Two out of three is not bad at all. With the profits rolling in seemingly regardless, why invest? What's the point? The stadium is full, the merchandise is selling itself, the big deals are coming in. All that achieved with the team we have. If the profits slip then maybe resort to investment, but until then why would they?