Manchester United U21s 3 v Arsenal 2 - Match Reaction

[Özim]

Anyone heard his press conference comments? Basically giving 2 fingers to the criticism. Utterly deluded and detached from the fan base.

He does what he does best, bury his head.

Wright got it spot on, his players get nothing but praise, even after poor performances Wenger can't fault their effort or application, it's almost like he doesn't watch the matches from the sidelines.

Sometimes players need a kick up the backside and criticism when they don't turn up, all he does is praise them.

[Özim]

And after the last game of the season after weve won nothing, not even the St Totts cup. We must combine all our togetherness and spirit and fight from the start of next season.

We won't have won nothing, we'll have that 4th place major trophy which all players should be very proud of, we have qualified for the CL for last 2 million years....

[Letters]

Damn it Zimm

Gallows humour

[Gooner23]

I don't care that he is still positive about our chances, in fact the last thing I'd want is a manager giving up at this stage. But the arrogance and sarcasm is quite hard to take. Apparently the criticism is excessive? I'd argue the opposite in that it hasn't gone far enough.

[Kano]

Was he on his way to the bottle bank?

He was on his way back from the pound shop but something pounds and something 99p bottle.

[Niall_Quinn]

I don't care that he is still positive about our chances, in fact the last thing I'd want is a manager giving up at this stage. But the arrogance and sarcasm is quite hard to take. Apparently the criticism is excessive? I'd argue the opposite in that it hasn't gone far enough.

I think he means any criticism at all is excessive. But at least he thanked us for our interest in his affairs.

[Özim]

I don't care that he is still positive about our chances, in fact the last thing I'd want is a manager giving up at this stage. But the arrogance and sarcasm is quite hard to take. Apparently the criticism is excessive? I'd argue the opposite in that it hasn't gone far enough.

He never stops believing thats's the trouble, even when it's clear we don't have enough he never does what is needed. What he thinks doesn't matter at all, he's a loser who hasn't got a clue what it takes to succeed in modern day football.

Whether he gives up or not has no impact on the team at all, nothing he says does, the players just turn up if they feel like it, if we replaced a Wenger with a cardboard cutout we'd probably have more points right now.

[Power n Glory]

you typed all of this to agree with what i said earlier, lol. I did not disagree with any of this at all.


Its interesting that we are focusing on central midfield and Cazorla

First 14 games of the season - 8 wins, 3 draws, 3 losses.
Since Cazorla's injury we have played 13 games - 7 wins, 3 draws, 3 losses.

The major problem isnt Cazorla or Central midfield. We dont score goals.

Where did I agree? What did I agree on? I agree that Ramsey is a problem, yes. Must be a misunderstanding.

Also, didn't you say earlier the midfield was huge problem as well as scoring?

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.

[selassie]

I think he means any criticism at all is excessive. But at least he thanked us for our interest in his affairs.

Pretty much this.

[IBK]

At the start of 2015 we had found a team that worked. Unexpectedly Wenger put Cazorla next to Coquelin and Ramsey out on the right. It reinvigorated Santi's game after it had become a bit stale as the years caught up with him on the wing. Ramsey's work ethic allowed Bellerin to get forward and also meant he could come inside to create an extra man in midfield. Aaron was still finding runs into the box but his finishing had deserted him.

Since losing Cazorla Wenger hasn't managed to find that same balance in the team. Ramsey in the middle just isn't working. Elneny or even Iwobi deserve a shot there, the latter showing excellent distribution when played in the number 10 role so far. Theo is only a sub, nothing more. Campbell needs to get back onto the pitch if Ramsey is not going to be put out wide and get Alexis into the middle to see if that shakes up his form. Welbeck we have to be careful with because he's been out for quite a while but going by recent performances he should be on the pitch starting.