Match Reaction v Chelsea

[Marc Overmars]

GHELkinson was good though.

You wouldn't have thought he was a former non-league player judging by his woeful teammates.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Vermaelan is he really our best defender? Had a shocker today, but can never been dropped as he has the armband Wumger

Our vice Captain did not have a good game either. Santi and Poldi never had good games, but shows how poor we are when they had better games then the rest.

Giroud i want to believe in this guy, but im coming round to the Ach school of thought i really am.

Kos was terrible today, our best defenfer last season, but should never have played. As Zimm would say Wenger has egg on his face once again.

Theo looked like he is off.

Gev was Gev.

Chavs had better quality and controlled the game and forced to stpuid goals out of us.

[Joker]

Very poor performance, deserved nothing from this game.

Wenger's team selection and substitutions were baffling as well. Mertesacker should have stayed in the team, and persisting with Ramsey on the right was a terrible decision as well. He tried that last season and he was ineffective and negatively affected our performances. Why does he persist with playing players out of position? How long did it take before he realised Eboue on the right of midfield, Diaby on the left, Bendtner as wing forward etc etc didn't work? Wenger's so stubborn sometimes, that he'll keep a flawed strategy/team selection going for a long time just to be proved right.

Subbing Podolski was a bad idea as well. We saw with that header how dangerous he can potentially be, and yet Gervinho was spared again, despite being extremely erratic throughout the game despite his goal.

I thought Wenger had learned a few lessons from last season, but he still keeps making basic tactical mistakes that you'd expect someone of his experience not to make.

[milla]

I think the Diaby injury had a big impact on the team (yes, I know before that Chelsea played well). After that, there was no balance for the rest of the game and it wasn't a team. Ramsey was playing well out wide, but then unbalanced the CM. Chamberlain did set up the goal, but was dreadful otherwise, especially when moved into CM which was not a good move from Wenger. Giroud...fuck. Koscielny...double fuck. Well played Jenkinson.

Anyway, congratulations Letters.

It should have been Coquelin for Diaby not Ramsey. Anyone who thinks Ramsey is a solid CM needs a brain check. The kid has no engine (not to mention technically bad too) to be on the centre of the pitch.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Chelsea were excellent today although we didnt make it hard for them

Top 3 sorted

Arsenal, Everton, Spuds going for 4th

Yeah liek we were ever going to win the league anyways.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Very poor performance, deserved nothing from this game.

Wenger's team selection and substitutions were baffling as well. Mertesacker should have stayed in the team, and persisting with Ramsey on the right was a terrible decision as well. He tried that last season and he was ineffective and negatively affected our performances. Why does he persist with playing players out of position? How long did it take before he realised Eboue on the right of midfield, Diaby on the left, Bendtner as wing forward etc etc didn't work? Wenger's so stubborn sometimes, that he'll keep a flawed strategy/team selection going for a long time just to be proved right.

Subbing Podolski was a bad idea as well. We saw with that header how dangerous he can potentially be, and yet Gervinho was spared again, despite being extremely erratic throughout the game despite his goal.

I thought Wenger had learned a few lessons from last season, but he still keeps making basic tactical mistakes that you'd expect someone of his experience not to make.

Yeah its Wenger stop being shocked, you know what the prick is like. Soz for swearing just pissed off ffs.

[milla]

Vermaelan is he really our best defender? Had a shocker today, but can never been dropped as he has the armband Wumger

The only solution is to move him to LB. He was a left back at Ajax and he is still a left back with Belgium. Gibbs is probably a bit quicker than him but Vermaelan should easily edges him in different department.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

fucking woeful.

the koscielny-vermaelen circus act continues. and full praise to wenger for deciding to take a gamble by taking per out against the european champions- fucking pleb. i raised concerns before the game cause mertesacker was our best defender on the pitch last week and he should have started today, looks like i was right. if he could cope with aguero and silva i dont see the problem with hazard/mata. to give the game away with sloppy mistakes is unforgivable. we played like the bloody away team for most the match. defending woeful not for one goal but two. shocking.

good tactics from chelsea tbf, stuck oscar on arteta and we couldnt get going.

gervinho awful.
ramsey awful.
chamberlain awful.

oh and diaby off injured so it begins. 6 games into the season.

fully blame wenger for this. changing a defence that was working so well. it rippled our team full of uncertainty. well done, and to another 16 years

[fakeyank]

The only solution is to move him to LB. He was a left back at Ajax and he is still a left back with Belgium. Gibbs is probably a bit quicker than him but Vermaelan should easily edges him in different department.

Gibbs, when fit, is miles better than TV on the left.

[Cripps_orig]

Hoddle spot on about Arsenal