Match Reaction - Arsenal vs Fulham

[Niall_Quinn]

We were always going to lose a few between now and May, but I fucking hate it when we lose and the effort is less than 100%. Arshavin was a joke again. Theo has got to be the most infuriating player in the game, the guy just doesn't learn. Even so, we had to score Fulham's goal for them, the ref was disgrace (as normal) and Fulham came here to wreck the spectacle and were happy to brick up the goal. I hope the team realises that a couple more giveaways like this and 4th place is gone.

[milla]

Midfield is poor, nearly no creativity at all, Arteta and Ramsey didnt do enough IMO. Please please Viniger, buy Gotze and send Arshavin back to Russia.

[Joker]

Really poor performance apart from the last 15 minutes. The midfield was seriously lacking in creativity, and the lack of tempo in our play has been a hallmark of our performances this season. We've got away with it for the last few weeks, but we can't keep a winning streak going playing the way we have this season. The 5 wins in a row is a red herring, we've improved defensively since the start of the season but our offensive play has been poor in general.

And I'm sorry, but Arteta doesn't inspire me with confidence. It's all well and good saying that he's doing the defensive work and he keeps things ticking over, but we need much more from him. Song is doing the defensive work in midfield, and Arteta must stop hiding. The last minute of today's game summed him up. When we needed him to drive forward and try and create a final chance for us, he got caught in possession and gave Fulham the ball. This is not good enough. Some supporters have lowered their expectations of what this team can accomplish which is fair enough, but let's not forget, we had a large transfer surplus in the summer, and the fact that we're forced to field such a mediocre midfield speaks volumes about Wenger's lack of judgement in the transfer window.

[Japan Shaking All Over]

Yup!
We arent going to win every game, although I was confident we would this one.

Arshavin should not start as a winger ahead of Gerv again, no matter what Ach says but come ANC we will be seeing him more me thinks > Oxo/Miya

Djouru played well today snd I thought Merts was OK too. Santos looking more solid and we look less of a train wreck defending high balls.
Midfield was passable apart from first few minutes when I was thinking we are going to mulla them.

RvP needs support or we need another option we he is tired - Would Ju have been a decent try for this game?

Strong plan needed for the Jan transfer window.

[Xhaka Can’t]

I doubt we'll see much more of Arshavin. And that suits me fine. Wenger probably only felt the need to play him because the team of recent weeks has worked hard and he rotated accordingly to make best use of the team's resources. Unfortunately it is clear Wenger will have to write off the use of Arshavin. The guy does not care and is one of the few residual cancerous cells left in the team. Getting rid of him in January will be no loss to us at all - even if he were not to be replaced.

[Niall_Quinn]

Really poor performance apart from the last 15 minutes. The midfield was seriously lacking in creativity, and the lack of tempo in our play has been a hallmark of our performances this season. We've got away with it for the last few weeks, but we can't keep a winning streak going playing the way we have this season. The 5 wins in a row is a red herring, we've improved defensively since the start of the season but our offensive play has been poor in general.

And I'm sorry, but Arteta doesn't inspire me with confidence. It's all well and good saying that he's doing the defensive work and he keeps things ticking over, but we need much more from him. Song is doing the defensive work in midfield, and Arteta must stop hiding. The last minute of today's game summed him up. When we needed him to drive forward and try and create a final chance for us, he got caught in possession and gave Fulham the ball. This is not good enough. Some supporters have lowered their expectations of what this team can accomplish which is fair enough, but let's not forget, we had a large transfer surplus in the summer, and the fact that we're forced to field such a mediocre midfield speaks volumes about Wenger's lack of judgement in the transfer window.

So what's the solution? Sack Wenger and force the transfer window open again? We have what we have.

[Niall_Quinn]

Would Ju have been a decent try for this game?

Surely a better bet than Chamakh at least. Chamakh is not a striker and we needed a conventional striker in those last 10 mins.

[Joker]

So what's the solution? Sack Wenger and force the transfer window open again? We have what we have.

Of course we're stuck with this until at least January, but it's absolutely pathetic planning by Wenger. Seriously, we made a lot of money selling Cesc and Nasri, and had enough time to properly replace them with top quality players. I know we've had this debate before, but we really needed to do better business in the transfer window. Instead, we ended up with some mediocre has-beens on the final day of the window, because Wenger is such a stubborn man.

[Niall_Quinn]

"Arsenal's winning streak has been gunned down - well done Fulham!"

ESPN's closing words. We got both the fucking goals and won the forward passes match-up 150 to -15, gunned down in a landslide 1-1 draw? Cunts. Mike Dean will have to get a job with them when he's finished smearing excrement all across the beautiful game on Saturday afternoons.

[Niall_Quinn]

Of course we're stuck with this until at least January, but it's absolutely pathetic planning by Wenger. Seriously, we made a lot of money selling Cesc and Nasri, and had enough time to properly replace them with top quality players. I know we've had this debate before, but we really needed to do better business in the transfer window. Instead, we ended up with some mediocre has-beens on the final day of the window, because Wenger is such a stubborn man.

I've already explained to you what's going on but you are determined to chase Wenger around instead, calling him a witch. It's not his money, never was, never will be.