Match Reaction v Man Utd

[Fist of Lehmann]

I just don't get it. In a 4-3-3, the two wide players of the attack shouldn't have to drop back so deep to cover their wing backs, with the extra man in the middle of the park, Ramsey, Coquelin or Rosicky, should be able to shift over to cover that side, while the remaining two midfielder players cover the middle and make sure we're not over run. Considering they played a 4-4-2 and only had two central players, this should have been impossible.

The middle three just don't work as a unit, I'm not saying the front three shouldn't defend, but the middle is useless and get torn through every time. That shouldn't be happening when you have an extra man in the middle.

It's best not to think of the way Utd play as a 4-4-2, because it's less conventional than that.
Both forwards drop deep, playing between the lines or running the channels. One plays as a false 9, the other a kind of false 10.
Or a 10.5 or something like an old fashioned inside forward.

Anyway the point is their fluidity. And it's hard to handle.

But it was too easy to exploit the space inside Jenkins and next to Djourou yesterday and the kid got caught out of position again and again.
With no defensive leader and a back four that is about as makeshift as it gets we couldn't stay in a line. Playing a high disorganised line with only intermittant pressing (and never as a whole team)?

Suicide.

[Grebbo]

I decided to go for a bike ride instead of watching the game.



I can't remember the last time I didn't watch a game of this importance but I guess we all knew what was going to happen.

I recorded it but then was watching the news and 8-2 was the headline.

Un.
Fucking.
Believable.

If there's a manager and a club in the league who deserves such a raping it is Wenger and Arsenal. They treat us all with contempt.

Spend some of OUR money or fuck off the lot of ya.

[selassie]

Lambs to the slaughter, too many of them aren't ready and lack the tactical knowledge.

I really fear for us this season.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

I decided to go for a bike ride instead of watching the game.



I can't remember the last time I didn't watch a game of this importance but I guess we all knew what was going to happen.

I recorded it but then was watching the news and 8-2 was the headline.

Un.
Fucking.
Believable.

If there's a manager and a club in the league who deserves such a raping it is Wenger and Arsenal. They treat us all with contempt.

Spend some of OUR money or fuck off the lot of ya.

This agree it needed to happen tbh if we were going to loose im glad it was by a big margin, loosing 1-0, 2-0, 3-1 would just have made aw say how everything was ok we missed players etc. Heck he even said it at 8-2 but least he knew he was chatting shit.

Lots of things really need to be addressed. We are going into the wild and the club knows it why they are relunctant to spend money.

[Grebbo]

Btw what was our starting line up and were there ANY positives? Did Ryo and Ox play?

We should have scored 3 goals at Old Trafford - that's surely something?

Ok maybe not.

[Japan Shaking All Over]

F***IN STUPID FORUM!!!!

I had a reply made an everything, then it just decides to log me out! F****in thing!

Forum 1 : Frustrated Gooner 0

[Ollie the Optimist]

Btw what was our starting line up and were there ANY positives? Did Ryo and Ox play?

We should have scored 3 goals at Old Trafford - that's surely something?

Ok maybe not.

do you know what? and this sounds stupid but in the first ten minutes of the second half we should have been 3-3, rvp had two great chances and arshavin should have scored.

[Daniele]

Tell you what. We had 4 weak defender a weak line but it all started up front and int he middle. Arshavin and Walcott rarely tracked back and in the middle only the teen tackled. So that left us defence exposed and their full backs actually played as wingers. They could do whatever they liked. Nani's goal was humiliating.

[Daniele]

do you know what? and this sounds stupid but in the first ten minutes of the second half we should have been 3-3, rvp had two great chances and arshavin should have scored.

indeed! and I was quite sure that if we failed to convert them we would get a pasting. Not that I expected 8 actually but 6 defo.

[Fist of Lehmann]

Fucking thing sucks!

Fuck it! WE'LL DO IT LIVE!!