3/10, at best(@NQ)
Costa is a bastard but it was a fairly obvious red card. Mert knew he was left for dead and took a hopeful swipe, you cannot expect to stay on the pitch if you don't get the ball making a challenge like that as the last man.
The prick dived but Merts gave him the chance to dive. At least he's missing for 3 games now, Gabriel is better than him.
Also, why aren't we playing ElNeny?
We signed him because he was an upgrade on Flamini, but it seems Wenger will keep playing Flamini until Coquelin comes back. We needed someone like El Neny the other day, someone who has the legs and is physical. Our midfield is too weak with Flamini/Ramsey. Flamini will probably leave at the end of the season, but it seems Wenger will only give El Neny sub appearances at this juncture.
El Neny doesn't need match practice, the guy has been training for a while and would instantly be an upgrade on what we have
Trouble is with these cheap unknowns is there's no pressure to play them, if we'd signed someone established they wouldn't just accept sitting on the bench behind the likes of Flamini. Eleny will probably just be happy he's at Arsenal so Wenger can play him in 6 months or whenever he feels he's ready.
The manager doesn't really understand the concept of improving the team, he just signs pet projects because he feels like it most of the time. Of course he wasn't going to sign Vidal, because he'd actually have to play him if he had signed him, by signing these lesser known players he knows he can play them at leisure.
He is small time let's be honest, just look at the way he deals with interviews after poor results, the way he handles our transfer dealings, most of the players he signs and his tactics.
Not the behaviour of a top manager at the top of his game, he should be royally p*ssed off with the result and the performance of his team in the last 3 games, instead he's just making excuses, he's mr excuses, he only ever see's what's going on when it's a decision against his team.
This game should have been done and dusted by the 2nd half anyhow, Koscielny barged Cesc out of the way in the penalty area which was a dead cert penalty, decisions didn't go against us today, it could have been worse.
Last edited by Özim; 25-01-2016 at 09:54 AM.
Koscielny is having a bit of a mare at the moment, mistakes creeping up, was lucky not to concede a penalty and doesn't try make up for the defficiencies of his CB partner as well top CB's should, he's had it pretty good but I think he's overrated for sure, not saying he's not a good defender, he's just not the world beater some people claim he is.