Match reaction Newcastlel V Arsenal 21-Mar-!5

[Power n Glory]

Good first half. Should have scored more. Bif is on fire. Wobbly second half. I can understand a more cautious approach but Wenger needs to learn how to get more out of his bench so we can sucker punch an attacking team when on the back foot.

We got away with it. Ramsey, Welbeck and Chambers need to sort their game out. Ospina is really taking his opportunity. Monreal should also keep his place. Coquelin made a couple of errors in the 2nd half but also made some important tackles. Vital player to the midfield. 3 points!

[Niall_Quinn]

Bad as the ref was he wasn't biased. I know of at least 6 refs who would have given Newcastle that bogus pen.

Not directly biased. But if you set aside the rules it can still be biased if one team is there to play football while the other is there for a punch up. Definite advantage to the Geordies in that game because of the lack of intervention. Most of their possession came from thumping one of our lot to get the ball in the first place.

[Niall_Quinn]

Looks like Theo is done here then, unless he's being saved for something super special.

[Master Splinter]

We should have killed the game off, but I'm not going to criticise Wenger and the players when systematic fouling, wrestling, scything, dragon-kicking, elbowing and a sprinkling of diving was allowed to take place with impunity by a disgusting ref. It's beyond ridiculous.

If there is a campaign against anyone, it's against Arsenal. Who apparently can't handle the rough stuff, despite numerous referees, managers and players failing in their savage pre-ordained thuggery against them. We should publish an Article on the website highlighting how we are the recipients of an endless barrage of violence which goes unpunished, yet are penalised when we have the temerity to commit a foul ourselves. Soft girly sissies Arsenal. It's a campaign.


Anyway, judging from the 45 minutes that resembled a game, we should have won 0-4. Coquelin superb again and good finishing from Giroud. Welbeck, Ramsey and Sanchez did some good things and then did some daft things. Need to simplify their games and they'll be much more effective.

A miraculous 3 points in the circumstances.

[Niall_Quinn]

Yep, got to give the players credit for putting up with that relentless shit, most of which happened under the nose of that incompetent pillock supposedly reffing the game. Hope we haven't picked up any serious injuries.

So then, who's up next to elbow Coq in the nose and get away with it? Ask Paddy Power?

[Globalgunner]

A lot of disappointed pundits licking their lips in glee at another Arsenal dont like it "oop norf"!.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

A lot of disappointed pundits licking their lips in glee at another Arsenal dont like it "oop norf"!.

Despite the fact that we haven't lost up north this season?. Three wins and two draws from our five visits to the north west and north east.

[Globalgunner]

Despite the fact that we haven't lost up north this season?. Three wins and two draws from our five visits to the north west and north east.

There you go again using facts. Never let facts get in the way of a good story

[Marc Overmars]

I don't think we've consistently come unstuck "up north" for about 8 years.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

I make it the fifth league game this season where we've scored two goals and then been pegged back, the circumstances are all quite different. Against Newcastle and Leicester we were pushed back and couldn't get into our stride (didnt help that Wenger made pussy substitutions) but against West Ham, Palace and QPR we've been guilty of not taking our chances and putting the game to bed.
Statistically we have an 80% chance of winning a game if we score two goals, but would be nice to kill off teams (25 goals in 16 away games tells its own story as to why we haven't challenged for the title).