Match Reaction v United away (PL, 16/17)

[Niall_Quinn]

I am a "Wenger out" person, however, all the ex pro's are all of a sudden fucking experts on Management! Put up or shut up! Become a full time coach then!

Don't think you need to be an expert to spot Wenger's issues. Show people the same thing season after season after season and it doesn't take a genius to twig.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

I think the line up was quite defensive, Elneny and Coquelin and Ramsey not Iwobi gave me the distinct impression of a side playing not to get beaten first and foremost (the irony being that we had to completely change it up to ensure we didn't).

Ramsey has played like an utter spastic since he's come back from injury. If we could trust the Ox not to flounce around the pitch like a fairy he wouldn't be starting.

Walcott has dropped off and lost the determination and drive this season that make up for his lack of reading of the game

Ozil anonymous.
Elneny was a total Nancy

Monreal needs to be euthanised, Jenkinson was only playing because for some odd reason he's not been shipped out

Petr Cech played well for us today

That was it, no one else.

That said the performance today wasn't as awful as it was against our next oponents. Christ that was awful

[Niall_Quinn]

Woeful performance but we at least we didn't lose. Giroud did what he does best. Great header! Good cameo from Ox considering his last performance. He really needs to find some consistency because there is an opening on the left wing if he shows he's capable. Good performance from Cech and Kos as well. Sanchez and Theo were ok. The effort was there but still below par for the pair.

It was woeful stuff from everyone else. Jenks just wasn't overlapping so that had a knock on effect to our attacks down the right. A few occasions we'd see a break on down that side and player expecting to see the overlap with Jenks nowhere to be found. Monreal had bad game as well. Caught sleeping for the goal and almost gave away a penalty.

Over on the over flank, Ramsey was woeful. He'd lose the ball with bad touches, poor passing or just run into his opponent for it to go out of play. We really missed Iwobi. Not being able to play down that left side really messed with our game.

Elneny and Coquelin really struggled. Elneny needs to toughen up and muscle players off the ball more. Coq made a shit load of tackles but needs to step up his distribution. Both of them need to put more pressure on our opponents and not give away so much space. They could have snuffed out the were paying attention.

Ozil was pretty shit. I keep saying it, but he's capable of so much more and we've seen it this season. He can do more than just pass and today we could have done with him dropping back to help the build up play. We're going to struggle in the midfield without Santi.

Good subs from Wenger because they go us the point but his record here is pretty shocking. No idea why we played so badly. Mental block? A good majority of these guys have hardly played this sort of fixture.

Agreed, superb effort from Bif on the goal. As for Ox, his inconsistency and randomness was just the ticket in a game where 22 robots had been plodding around for 80 mins. When it's a stalemate then any fool of a manager who isn't just turning up for the point knows you have to introduce something different. Trouble is, Wenger is a fool who was just turning up for the point. A shocking and shameful shit show from this tired old loser, again.

His subs weren't good, even though the old goat tried to take credit. Bif was obvious even to an idiot like Wenger. And he brought Ox on at full back which showed Wenger up as being unprepared. Generously you could say it was an unorthodox moment of inspiration but this is Wenger we are talking about so that's not even possible. Fortunately there wasn't much time left and Ox did what he usually does when asked to defend, he ran up the other end of the pitch. With good results this time. But of course Wenger should have reacted way, way before but instead he sat on his arse as always. The bloke's a total fraud and he's been exposed here again, for the 300th, 400th time. Roll on his next contract so we can keep watching this over and over and over.

[Niall_Quinn]

I think the line up was quite defensive, Elneny and Coquelin and Ramsey not Iwobi gave me the distinct impression of a side playing not to get beaten first and foremost (the irony being that we had to completely change it up to ensure we didn't).

Ramsey has played like an utter spastic since he's come back from injury. If we could trust the Ox not to flounce around the pitch like a fairy he wouldn't be starting.

Walcott has dropped off and lost the determination and drive this season that make up for his lack of reading of the game

Ozil anonymous.
Elneny was a total Nancy

Monreal needs to be euthanised, Jenkinson was only playing because for some odd reason he's not been shipped out

Petr Cech played well for us today

That was it, no one else.

That said the performance today wasn't as awful as it was against our next oponents. Christ that was awful

You mean PSG, where we nail the second place finish in the CL group and then draw Barca? Agreed.

Okay, so maybe an exaggeration. Maybe it will be Bayern.

Ozil played great in the first 20 mins, trying to make things happen. He was really very good. Then Maureen made a few changes and Ozil was marked out of it. Mainly because not one fucker gave him any support or outlets, except of on occasion our striker who had to come back into midfield to get involved.

That was amateurville all the way today. How Wenger can walk away from a performance like that without everybody in the game complaining the emperor is buck naked is a mystery that may never be solved. It's as if he has hypnotised the world.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

My point is the performance of the team was worse in Paris, we offered more in attack in Paris but we fell to pieces every time they had the ball.

They have something in common, neither today or PSG were hard earned points...they were flukes

[Niall_Quinn]

My point is the performance of the team was worse in Paris, we offered more in attack in Paris but we fell to pieces every time they had the ball.

They have something in common, neither today or PSG were hard earned points...they were flukes

I like the way we bounce back against Bournemouth. For me it will indicate the title charge is back on.

[Letters]

I like the way we bounce back against Bournemouth. For me it will indicate the title charge is back on.

If we'd won today and against Spurs would you think the title charge was on?

[Xhaka Can’t]

That's what he said. Viewing the game in isolation one point looked okay But he said looking at the performances in general there was no sign anything has changed and that there's not enough ambition to suggest we are any nearer to a title.

He's right. It's what I was saying weeks ago when we were nicking results off pub teams. The general disorganisation in the team today and the inability to react to events on the pitch has been evident all season. Wenger is relying entirely on individual contributions to keep his ship afloat. There's no team there, at least not when the ringleader Cazorla is missing. and when there's no Santi Wenger shits his pants and shuts up shop, reverting to that awful tip tap safety first mentality. Even against the lower teams. Even at home. He's a manager going through the motions.

His motions are shit.

I can't get my head around how awful we were today.

[Marc Overmars]

I would have been genuinely surprised had we played well today. That's how little faith I had in us turning up.

Shows how average this United team are, they had us on the ropes for pretty much the whole 2nd half and couldn't really muster up the chances their territorial advantage deserved.

A Fergie team would have smashed us out of the park.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

God damn it GW for dying when you did!!!!! Letters OUT! 8 million a year for this crap?

Anyway, I decided to go into Mugabe Media Lockdown (only checked the score once the match had ended) for this match because the last few matches I've seen live we haven't performed well in. Good to see it really helped.

Anyway having caught up with it since then, it's pretty clear we were fucking abysmal and lucky to get out with a draw. Kind of expected a lethargic performance after the Spurs game and coming of an international break but still pissed it happened.

God we miss Santi so much. It's exactly like last season ...... once we lose him the entire team and play goes to complete shit. Sort it out Wenger.

I suppose a 1 - 1 at Old Trafford isn't that bad of a result but after drawing with the spuds last time and seeing us fall further behind some of our competitors it's pretty frustrating, especially when Utd weren't even that special despite all the dosh they've spent.