Arsenal vs Middlesbrough. 22nd Oct. 15:00

[Goonermerree]

I wasn't panicking at the start of the half, but I am getting jittery now. We just don't know how to beat teams who come and defend.

[Niall_Quinn]

Valdes not even challenged. Easy catch from the corner.

[adzzzbatch]

Shocking from us.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cech saves from Traore.

[Goonermerree]

Theo has gone awol again. Come on Theo, we need you

[adzzzbatch]

Same shit again.

[Goonermerree]

We win this, we go top. Is it too much for this team to do that? We are leaving ourselves wide open at the back.

[Niall_Quinn]

I wasn't panicking at the start of the half, but I am getting jittery now. We just don't know how to beat teams who come and defend.

It's not that ew don't know how, we don't try. To play a slow, possession focused game against a team determined to defend is just about as insane as you can get. You must have pace, must have directness, must be prepared to lose the ball if necessary in order to make things happen. Either Wenger orders them to play precisely the wrong way or else all these players are fuckwits. Pretty damn sure I know who the culprit is.

Boro breaking on us now, pace, directness, make the defenders work. The old goat won't notice though, he'll be looking at the possession stats and programming the laptop to bring gibbs on at 72 mins.

[Goonermerree]

Ref needs to keep an eye on these time wasting tactics.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Mustafi booked.