Match Reaction v Spurs (Home - PL 16/17)

[topgun]

Tactically second best again but that's no surprise is it.As for Ox he needs to go somewhere else.

[Globalgunner]

Nothing will change with the dinosaur in charge. He sees every team and every game the same way. players need to be taught what to watch out for. Tottenham are a cynical team, ritational fouling and cynical time wasting dives. If a player comes charging into the box from midfield, you foul him long before he gets into the box. No we just play our beautiful game that brings the best out of humankind. We may have to step up our cultivation of human values if Beelzebub takes over the world on tuesday.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

He's a good player but as usual Wenger thinks he can approach every game in the same way and ask the same of every player regardless of the opposition or the occasion. Hardly surprising Iwobi was a bit overwhelmed today. But not nearly as overwhelmed as Xhaka and Mustafi. Those two guys will have a hard time peeling their shit stained underwear off, that's for sure. 60mill? Not today.

The short passing game is always going to play into the hands of a team like Spurs, Mustafi can be quite ponderous at times i'm still not 100% convinced by him and definitely don't think he was worth what we paid for him (but then Chelsea paid 25 million for an ex Bolton player so that's the market madness for you). Xhaka wasn't the right choice for a game like this, the hope i'm guessing was that he'd win the ball back deep and be able to play a killer ball but when you've got Dier, Wardrobe Monster and Dembele clogging up the midfield like hairs in a plughole there is just no point to it.

Gibbs should have played instead of Monreal as he links up defence and attack better, and with three in central defence allowing their full backs to roam high up the pitch could have caught them out much better on their flanks.

That plus Iwobi is young and won't cover for Monreal

[Goonermerree]

Lackluster performance. Stupid pen to give away. Kos sticking his leg out gave the spurs player the chance to fall. They wanted it more than we did. Two minutes to go and they're walking around the pitch and not getting the ball near the goal more pissy passy. A good point for them, I said I'd take a draw because I thought they were going to nick it, a draw is better than a loss, but a poor, poor performance.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

In fairness they drew a lot of errors out of us. Everything we did felt so rushed, I guess that's why they've become a very difficult team to play against.

Mustafi was all over the place today.

The thing with constant pressing no matter how fit your players are you can only keep it up so long until the batteries run down.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Why we gave up Campbell and kept someone as useless as ox is f'n crazy. Iwobi was shocking too but it was bound to happen

Homegrown Quota simple as.

Campbell's performances last year were better than anything Ox has served us this and last season. It was harsh for him to be the one to go on loan but that passport matters these days.


And Iwobi didn't have a good game but he's still a kid. We shouldn't expect or rely on him to deliver consistently just yet for us.

[adzzzbatch]

2 points dropped at home, probably another 2/3 points at old Trafford, slip up against PSG and the November cycle will be complete for another year.

[Goonermerree]

Iwobi looks like he's been pushed into the first team too soon, and those goals he scored in March/April were false dawns

I think the Ox at his best is many times better than Campbell it's just that we are seldom seeing that best and i think his time at the club is running out.

I used to think that about Theo, but he's still here.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Homegrown Quota simple as.

Campbell's performances last year were better than anything Ox has served us this and last season. It was harsh for him to be the one to go on loan but that passport matters these days.


And Iwobi didn't have a good game but he's still a kid. We shouldn't expect or rely on him to deliver consistently just yet for us.

Ox has been gash for a while, but Campbell for all his sleeves rolled up work just isn't anything great technically and you know how AW loves his silky boys

Ox needs to attend basic finishing 101 whether he stays with us or ends up somewhere else in the future.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

I used to think that about Theo, but he's still here.

Ox wants to go and i don't think Walcott does,