Match Reaction vs Man City (away).

[Penguin]

This doesn't feel like we were simply beaten by a better team. There were points available for the taking but our defending and finishing let us down.

The annoying thing for me wasn't that we lost to City, it was the way we lost to them. We didn't put up a fight. Their first three goals were outright gifts and the others weren't much better. I thought our defence had turned good this year but we've allowed the silly defensive mistakes to creep back into our game and it has cost us in key games. It was exactly the same against Chelsea in the league cup and against United.

It's not the end of the world, we still have the lead. But we need to go back to the drawing board and get our defence back to the level they have been for most of the calendar year. We don't have the firepower that City have in the forward positions but we have enough quality to grind out results.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

It's not just hype in the media, there's hype on this place as well, as I said before I don't really see the fuss, he's a good player but I haven't seen anything that's blown me away on the pitch, in addition he doesn't behave very professionally.

I personally think he believes the hype about himself, I also don't really like the free ride he gets.

Do you really believe the lad gets a free ride....on here of all places?

There are threads / pages dedicated to what a tool people think he is and he's been nicknamed 'wheelchair' for heavens sake.

The nick name might be a little bit of fun but he hardly gets a free ride here.

[Özim]

Do you really believe the lad gets a free ride....on here of all places?

There are threads / pages dedicated to what a tool people think he is and he's been nicknamed 'wheelchair' for heavens sake.

The nick name might be a little bit of fun but he hardly gets a free ride here.

Yes.

I haven't seen any threads about people thinking he's a tool, the wheelchair thing is simply a joke about his injury record it's not really criticism.

Compared to other players he certainly gets a free ride, he's been largely average for most of his Arsenal career, sure he once had a great game against Barca, but Reyes ripped R Madrid apart when he was young, look how that turned out. Based on what he's actually done he doesn't deserve to be in the team, he hasn't earnt it.

I don't think he behaves very professionally either which is another issue.

[Xhaka Can’t]

He has received plenty of criticism here from many different posters.

[Özim]

Some criticism, he also gets lavished with praise by many based on little IMO.

[Penguin]

That happens with most players anyway. Everyone has their favourites and it's not surprising that an English youth who has come through our academy is shown a little more than normal. He still gets criticism when it's due and has been getting it on this board for the last few weeks.

[Özim]

Whilst true, the guy shouldn't be in the team, I think he's a bit of a liability with his misplaced passes and poor tracking back. It's a mystery to me as to why he is.

[Niall_Quinn]

And when Walcott was off form like Ramsey you were twisting the knife at every opportunity so it's very hypocritical to talk about support. You were critical before the contract talks so don't even try it.

Which is precisely why I am talking about learning a few lessons and taking a different approach, which bit of that are you struggling with to such a degree you sense hypocrisy? How is an admission of culpability hypocrisy? Isn't it the opposite? I continue to suspect you don't read the posts you respond to.

[Özim]

Which is precisely why I am talking about learning a few lessons and taking a different approach, which bit of that are you struggling with to such a degree you sense hypocrisy? How is an admission of culpability hypocrisy? Isn't it the opposite? I continue to suspect you don't read the posts you respond to.

Do you like Chavs?

[Niall_Quinn]

Do you like Chavs?