Match Reaction v Leeds

[Letters]

OK...now I've recovered from my Henrygasm...

Overall I didn't think it was as bad a performance as some have made out. Arshavin in particular...well, he did work hard. It's worrying that we only have one player in the whole sodding squad who you can rely on to hit the target with any consistency. Two now with Henry, but that is a very temporary arrangement.

Arshavin, Gervinho and Chamakh should all be getting goals, we need the midfield to be chipping in too but it's just not happening. NONE of them can score goals with any regularity and it's becoming a real problem. The issue on Monday wasn't the overall performance which was OK, it was the god-awful finishing. In particular from Arshavin but Ramsey was culpable at times.

In past seasons we've been scoring plenty but been unable to stop them going in at the other end. This season I don't think our defence is looking that bad of late but unless RvP pops up with a goal we struggle to score. It cost us over Christmas and unless we get someone else who can take the burden off him we're not finishing in the top 4 this year.

[Marc Overmars]

Goals since beating Wigan 0-4 at the start of December:

1 vs Olympiakos.
1 vs Everton.
0 vs Man City.
2 vs Villa.
1 vs Wolves.
1 vs QPR.
1 vs Fulham.
1 vs Leeds.

The goals have certainly dried up and it's no coincidence that it's happened at a time where RVP has not been as prolific. It does beg the question as to where the hell we'd be without his goals this season.

[Cripps_orig]

Goals since beating Wigan 0-4 at the start of December:

1 vs Everton.
0 vs Man City.
2 vs Villa.
1 vs Wolves.
1 vs QPR.
1 vs Fulham.
1 vs Leeds.

The goals have certainly dried up and it's no coincidence that it's happened at a time where RVP has not been as prolific. It does beg the question as to where the hell we'd be without his goals this season.

In the title race if you look at the last time RVP was injured for a length of time and we didnt have his goal ie first half of last season

Chamakh

Wengeritis has done its work well on him

[fakeyank]

OK...now I've recovered from my Henrygasm...

Overall I didn't think it was as bad a performance as some have made out. Arshavin in particular...well, he did work hard. It's worrying that we only have one player in the whole sodding squad who you can rely on to hit the target with any consistency. Two now with Henry, but that is a very temporary arrangement.

Arshavin, Gervinho and Chamakh should all be getting goals, we need the midfield to be chipping in too but it's just not happening. NONE of them can score goals with any regularity and it's becoming a real problem. The issue on Monday wasn't the overall performance which was OK, it was the god-awful finishing. In particular from Arshavin but Ramsey was culpable at times.

In past seasons we've been scoring plenty but been unable to stop them going in at the other end. This season I don't think our defence is looking that bad of late but unless RvP pops up with a goal we struggle to score. It cost us over Christmas and unless we get someone else who can take the burden off him we're not finishing in the top 4 this year.

Agree.. part of the reason why we are so bad up front has to be coz no one is attacking the box.. not even RVP! Since RVP is so talented, he scores plenty but others like Chakma do not attack the box. If you see the Leeds game again, you will see Chakma in midfield doing god knows what! He was behind Ramsey and Arteta.. you are a freaking striker.. keep their CB's in check rather than go out and randomly just tap the ball back to a passer! Henry, as soon as he was on got offside... that had the Leeds defense on guard... I do not think Chakma has ever been offside playing for us!! I really would love to see how many times he has been offside coz I genuinely dont think its very many!!

[Xhaka Can’t]

Goals since beating Wigan 0-4 at the start of December:

1 vs Everton.
0 vs Man City.
2 vs Villa.
1 vs Wolves.
1 vs QPR.
1 vs Fulham.
1 vs Leeds.

The goals have certainly dried up and it's no coincidence that it's happened at a time where RVP has not been as prolific. It does beg the question as to where the hell we'd be without his goals this season.

Sitting in front of our computers complaining about how shit we are.

[Marc Overmars]

In the title race if you look at the last time RVP was injured for a length of time and we didnt have his goal ie first half of last season

Chamakh

Wengeritis has done its work well on him

That was a different Chamakh, his twin probably.

Fuck knows where he went.

[Letters]

Agree.. part of the reason why we are so bad up front has to be coz no one is attacking the box.. not even RVP! Since RVP is so talented, he scores plenty but others like Chakma do not attack the box. If you see the Leeds game again, you will see Chakma in midfield doing god knows what! He was behind Ramsey and Arteta.. you are a freaking striker.. keep their CB's in check rather than go out and randomly just tap the ball back to a passer! Henry, as soon as he was on got offside... that had the Leeds defense on guard... I do not think Chakma has ever been offside playing for us!! I really would love to see how many times he has been offside coz I genuinely dont think its very many!!

Gervinho does run at defenders and has the skill to beat them. I like him. His decision making and shooting are bloody awful though.

[Syn]

About relying on Van Persie for goals - I agree that we need other players to reduce that burden. But it's disappointing that we feel we need to buy.

Wenger bought 3 attacking players - Park, Gervinho and Oxlade. They were supposed to be getting goals. 2 he won't use (despite the youngest showing he has bags of talent). The other shits himself in front of goal. We have Chamakh who is an international striker, a proven goalscorer at the CL level, and he's managed to be totally shit. We have Arshavin is unrecognisable from the player he was when he joined. 6 years on, Walcott should be scoring regularly...and he's not just a midfielder - he's a wing forward and gets plenty of chances on goal but fucks up. Ramsey should be taking more responsibility.

Theoretically plenty in this squad should manage to get goals but only Van Persie does. It's very frustrating.

[Cripps_orig]

That was a different Chamakh, his twin probably.

Fuck knows where he went.

Fuck knows.

I havent lost all hope yet though. Hope he has a good ACON, gains some confidence and comes back and plays a part to the end of the season in our glorious run to the treble.

I think hes one of those players who needs a run of games to be at his best and hes not had one since that first half of the season and with Wenger refusing to play 2 up top and RVP being the best striker around and seemingly over the injury curse, its unlikely he'll get a run so we need a player who can come in and do a job and who doesnt need many games to be at his best.

[fakeyank]

Fuck knows.

I havent lost all hope yet though. Hope he has a good ACON, gains some confidence and comes back and plays a part to the end of the season in our glorious run to the treble.

I think hes one of those players who needs a run of games to be at his best and hes not had one since that first half of the season and with Wenger refusing to play 2 up top and RVP being the best striker around and seemingly over the injury curse, its unlikely he'll get a run so we need a player who can come in and do a job and who doesnt need many games to be at his best.

2 up top I think is the best formation for us. Allah knows why AW is so blinkered not to use his best players!

Our attack would look:

OAC Arteta Song Gervinho

TH12 RVP