Match Reaction Arsenal 0-0 Anti-Football Scum

[Letters]

Boring game to watch. Don't know why Wenger's coming into criticism here, it's fucking hard to break down such a negative team and his players didn't take their chances. Ozil fluffed his chance at the end to nick a 1-0, other than that there's not much that can be done. Defensively they're absolutely brilliant when they're on their game and they were on Sunday.

These aren't the games you need to win anyway, these are the games you can't lose, as Mourinho knows well. Our big game record has improved since the Tottenham defeat. A big test at Old Trafford to come, as well as the FA cup final. Avoid defeat at Old Trafford and win the FA cup and it's our best season since 2005 no matter what way you look at it. If Chelsea turn up and buy 92 points to win the league like they will here there's not much else you can do.

Pretty much.
So far we've been the 2nd best team. Finish 2nd and we've only been beaten by one of the billionaire cheats. Win the Cup too and that's a good season.
#WengerIn*

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[Xhaka Can’t]

Finally watched the highlights

There were highlights?

[Bumble]

i know this is probably going against most people on here, but I really dislike John Terry. Switched over to the football last night for about a minute and saw him moaning to the ref about something.

[Bumble]

There were highlights?

Oscar getting flattened by Ospina was pretty good.

[Power n Glory]

We criticise our own in the company of other fans. Would we do it with the likes of Souness, Carragher or Redknapp in the room? Or if tens of thousands of dirty chavs were watching? I wouldn't. I'm not sure either how feasible it would be to rip out the goalkeeper, Merts (because I guess that's who the new spine defender would replace), Coquelin or Ramsey (ditto) and Giroud then hit the ground running and get a fast start. Wouldn't we have to learn how to play as a team all over? It's taken the best part of a year for the latest lot to show signs of being a team.

Anyway, Henry will always be forgiven and he's probably trying to win at being a pundit just as he wanted to win at everything else. At least he's not Alan 'Wanker' Smith.

Not sure how you expect him to get around this when he's a pundit. Are you upset that Sky are biased or just that they're not biased in our favour? Wouldn't be right if Henry only said positive things on air about Arsenal. Also, it's not as if other pundits won't criticise their former clubs. Carragaher and Scholes have done it recently and they're the two clubs HCZ says are the darlings of English football all media outlets bow down to.

[Niall_Quinn]

Are you upset that Sky are biased or just that they're not biased in our favour?

The latter.

[Fist of Lehmann]

His record in big games isn't up to par

When you actually look at it, his productivity in big games and small games is largely comparable.

4 Goals and 1 Assist in 6 league games against top 5 opposition.

[Letters]

When you actually look at it, his productivity in big games and small games is largely comparable.

4 Goals and 1 Assist in 6 league games against top 5 opposition.

Using facts is cheating

[Power n Glory]

When you actually look at it, his productivity in big games and small games is largely comparable.

4 Goals and 1 Assist in 6 league games against top 5 opposition.

Against who and when did he score? I'm guessing this are stats from this season alone but what about the previous?

This article says otherwise and from what I remember of his performances, he can often have off games where he's not as effective.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...e-forward.html

I really don't want to get into the stats argument but we're kidding ourselves if we think we've got someone comparable to RVP and Henry. That's what the essence of ten argument and what people mean when they say we need a better striker. Aiming for that calibre.

[Fist of Lehmann]

Against who and when did he score? I'm guessing this are stats from this season alone but what about the previous?

This season.

..........H......A
CFC.....0......inj
MC.....inj.....1G
MU.....1G....
LFC.....1G....1G
Spu.....inj....1A

You could say a lot of things about Giroud historically, what's most relevant in assessing him is what he did last, and since he joined us he has improved year on year.

So while there is a discussion to be had around whether he is good enough for a Premiership winning side, and there are arguably legitimate criticisms of his game, big game choker shouldn't be one of them, for this season at least.