Match Reaction v Fulham

[Kano]

Rosicky was drifting all over the field when he came on. I'm sure the right was supposed to be his main position but he was able to drift to the centre and left as well. With Theo, you know at least that he's going to hug the touchline and Riise can't go bombing forwards without consequences.

i really didn't agree with people saying subbing those two was the main reason for defeat, so i had to be a fussy sod and check for something a bit more tangible. from the guardian chalkboards he only made two passes on the left, so his appearances away from the right were fleeting. plain and simple he didn't cover dj enough and put the leg work in.

the two goals came from bennys/coqs side let's not forget and unsurprising given him being as weak an option as our other fb. when fulham get up a full head of steam at home, then it is a hard place to come away from with points and they had the players and directness to expose our problems at the back - losing verm was a big deal for this game.

[Xhaka Can’t]

And yet Wenger kept him on the field even though he was on a yellow and we had less cover on that side. The writing wasn't on the wall.

He was makeshift makeshift.

How do you replace that? I think Wenger should have myself, but see why he did not.

[Power n Glory]

i really didn't agree with people saying subbing those two was the main reason for defeat, so i had to be a fussy sod and check for something a bit more tangible. from the guardian chalkboards he only made two passes on the left, so his appearances away from the right were fleeting.

the two goals came from bennys/coqs side let's not forget and unsurprising given him being as weak an option as our other fb. when fulham get up a full head of steam at home, then it is a hard place to come away from with points and they had the players and directness to expose our problems at the back - losing verm was a big deal for this game.

Does the chalkboard track movement and areas he occupied on the pitch? He was drifting out of position and unless the Chalkboard tracks movement and runs, you won't see it. I'm going off memory. Passes from positions alone won't give the full picture.

[Kano]

unfortunately not, i looked for that first as a spot on indicator but it's only passes, blocks etc. he was on the pitch for 25 minutes only so i think it's fair to go along with the pass stat to create a picture. if he was drifting out of position i'm surprised that there aren't more passes from him there and perhaps he was drawn away in an attempt to diffuse fulham's growing threat and neglected his duties on the right, which would come down to rosickys decision making.

you can see that ruiz, zamora and kelly all put in a lot of work on the left and we may be detracting the argument toward dj's side when in fact the other side was a bigger issue.

[Power n Glory]

We hardly had possession so there won't be many passes. Also, he was drifting more when he first came on, then Yossi came on.

[Marc Overmars]

We lost because Fulham were better than us, by quite some distance in the 2nd half. At no point did we look like increasing our our lead.

/thread.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

We lost because Fulham were better than us, by quite some distance in the 2nd half. At no point did we look like increasing our our lead.

/thread.

exactly. Keping theo/gev on would have made no diffrence.

[Coney]

People are confusing tactical ideas with tactical success. If he tried something and it didn't work out, it doesn't mean the idea was wrong.

This is probably the single logically correct statement on this thread.

Also, if it had worked out, some would have used that to argue that the tactical idea was 'proved' correct.

[Coney]

The Zimm family celebrate Christmas.

Wrong thread though! Should be funny pics/vids.

[LDG]

I really don't give a fuck about the Fulham match anymore, anyway.

On we go!

Come on The Arsenal