Manchester United U21s 3 v Arsenal 2 - Match Reaction

[mastermind84]

Cazorla does not have guile either (lots of craft tho)

Central Midfield is a huge problem.

But we have created oodles of chances and have not scored. I think our attack is just as big a problem. Theo only getting 17 touches in 63 minutes was embarrassing and this may see his time at the club ending shortly.

This summer a CM must be targeted along with some goal scoring attackers.

Also, we are counting down the days on Ozil. He wont be here for much longer if he has to play with this shower.


But if Wenger is going to continue playing with 2 CMs in this 4231 and have them sitting deep, then Ramsey needs to be sold. He only works in a 3 man midfield.

[fakeyank]

I dont understand why Elneny isnt being played with Coquelin while Santi is out. Not that Elneny has done anything to suggest he can fill Santi's big boots, but he at least has discipline. He doesnt go hollywood at the first opportunity.

I despise seeing Ramsey play currently... too much of BS tricks and holding onto the ball when making the simple pass is the obvious (and better) choice. Too many runs forward without a care about your midfield partner. While his mentality to be selfish may be condemned, these are exactly the sort of things Wenger and Bould needs to give him a bollocking for. Tell him to cut the BS out or sit on the bench. See how things change!

[Power n Glory]

It's really pointless discussing this. With the exception of Giroud and maybe Merts starting, we'll see the same set up for our next game. Wenger was happy with the 'spirit' of our performance and puts it all down to defensive errors. He doesn't see a problem with the way we're playing otherwise he'd have tried something new months ago.

[GP]

Merson just hit the first nail on the coffin.

Hmm

[Munchies]

It's really pointless discussing this. With the exception of Giroud and maybe Merts starting, we'll see the same set up for our next game. Wenger was happy with the 'spirit' of our performance and puts it all down to defensive errors. He doesn't see a problem with the way we're playing otherwise he'd have tried something new months ago.

He'll stick with it because he can't see where the problem areas are in the team.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Yes you will, I'll bet you now. That's because Arsenal is bigger than Wenger and has a longer history than Wenger and will still be here when Wenger has gone. Right up until the moment Kroenke moves us to LA.

TBF a warm night in February sounds appealing.

[GP]

TBF a warm night in February sounds appealing.

You hit the nail on the coffin.

[Xhaka Can’t]

http://www.skysports.com/football/ne...nham-win-title

Merson just hit the first nail on the coffin. Hope more journos pick this up and pile the pressure on Wenger. That man is running out of excuses.. time to go!!

Not disagreeng, but the part in bold really cracked me up.

Paul Merson

Football Expert & Columnist @PaulMerse

[Niall_Quinn]

http://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/...SBaEa9i4uQaq2A

Someone may have wised up to how badly we miss Cazorla and the problem we have in midfield but I'm not sure why he's focused on Coquelin if we miss Cazorla.

Been saying this for donkeys, Ramsey is a serious problem in the midfield. Even when playing with Arteta and he had Wilshere alongside, it was a similar shower of shit. Going back further where he was getting booed by the fans, our midfield lacked fluency and it took Rosicky to replace him for us to find our fluency. It's always been the case that our CB's are having make a lot of passes. He doesn't track back to work the ball from deep. He's brain dead and I don't know why nobody has taken him to task on it. It's a reoccurring pattern.

Yes, a recurring pattern and a recurring problem so one of 3 possibilities. First, Wenger wants Ramsey to abandon ship to add to the attacking threat. Second, Wenger sees it happening but can't get Ramsey to follow instructions. Three, Wenger doesn't see it happening. The first option is more likely. Wenger has already said he likes to pressure opponents while relieving the threat to our own defence by keeping possession in the opposition half. So for me, Ramsey's lack of discipline is actually Ramsey following instructions. This is reinforced by the recklessness of Flamini positionally when he plays. Ramsey would be dropped if he was defying Wenger and if Wenger can't see it happening at all the we're in deeper shit than we thought.

Conclusion. It's the football management equivalent of the Emperor's New Clothes but nobody with a voice has piped up yet.

[rodders]

http://www.skysports.com/football/ne...nham-win-title

Merson just hit the first nail on the coffin. Hope more journos pick this up and pile the pressure on Wenger. That man is running out of excuses.. time to go!!

So did Souness