Match Reaction vs Bayern Munich

[Power n Glory]

Just watching how Pirlo operates for Juve or how Barca play...it's really depressing seeing how we struggle to play the ball out from the back in most games. Our CB's can't find an open man and it pisses me off to keep seeing Arteta slowly jog away from open spaces and pointing so he doesn't receive the ball. He can't pass or turn a man under pressure. Has no idea how to create space for himself so he doesn't want the ball.

Ramsey doesn't have the technique to pick the ball up from deep. He's an idiot sometimes. He gets in people's way, comes rushing in so fast to receive the ball that he's more than likely to mis-control with a heavy touch. His passing is inaccurate...can't be trusted back there. Forget Cazorla....

But once that problem is solved, we'd still need someone further up to create chances and wingers attacking fullbacks. How team is off balanced. Pod has no idea what he's doing and Walcott plays off the shoulder of the last man too much because he's looking for goals. It's a mess.

[Özim]

95% of the time? That's definitely not some made-up figure you just pulled out of your arse

It's obviously not an accurate figure, the point is a lot of the time he just overruns it or runs into too many players, he's not as good in possession as he could be.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Folks need to lay off Jack. He's done and continues to do very well considering the utter bags of turds he has as a supporting cast.

[Marc Overmars]

Wheelchair still has a lot to work on but he's still better than others around him. It's just a shame we'll bury him under the weight of carrying this flagging team.

[Özim]

Don't think people are having a go, just putting the hype into perspective.

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Seriously guys, you expect one player to dominate a midfield??

The kids in his very early 20's and is by far our most consistant player, he's the only one that drives forward without passing people to death and makes things happen.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Seriously guys, you expect one player to dominate a midfield??

The kids in his very early 20's and is by far our most consistant player, he's the only one that drives forward without passing people to death and makes things happen.

Agreed. Only player we have who plays with any semblance of urgency.

Consider also that he's in a team filled with players whose off the ball movement to get in advantangeous position for a through ball or an incisive pass is almost non-existent.

[Özim]

Not to dominate the midfield no, the point was he often overruns the ball rather than releasing it. He worked hard the other night but quite often ran at Bayern through the middle until he got crowded out, he didn't look for the pass before he got stopped.

[Power n Glory]

Seriously guys, you expect one player to dominate a midfield??

The kids in his very early 20's and is by far our most consistant player, he's the only one that drives forward without passing people to death and makes things happen.

It's going to be tough for him but he's not on his own and it's surprising to see that neither he Arteta or Cazorla can get a partnership going. The way we're playing reminds me of when we had Song, Ramsey and Arteta in the midfield last year. There was no cohesion and the introduction of Rosicky changed the tempo of our play and we looked more fluid. That's the sort of dominance/influence I expect to see from Jack and Cazorla but it's not happening. It's possible for one player to keep everything ticking in the middle. Besides Rosicky, I remember the sort of influence Cesc had when he arrived and was younger. I think we need that sort of player back at the club to dictate the tempo and to conduct play through the middle. At the moment we look so disjointed and easy to mark. It's a struggle just playing the ball out from the back for most games and we're not even playing tippy tappy. We used to have teams pinned back in their own half for most of the game and it seems a real struggle for us to do that these days. It's just not right at the moment.

[Kano]

Not to dominate the midfield no, the point was he often overruns the ball rather than releasing it. He worked hard the other night but quite often ran at Bayern through the middle until he got crowded out, he didn't look for the pass before he got stopped.

i think you need to look at the reasons why, rather than just picking out the faults in his game. he realises that if it isn't him, no-one else is going to do something decisive. his frustration in that regard was clear to see when we played away to chelsea, waving his arms as to why no other fucker was working to close them down.