Yeah but they were definitely there for the taking yesterday. Except we stopped playing at half time. Almost as if the players didn't know they had a chance to get top. I don't blame Wenger for resting players really but the team on the pitch could definitely have bagged a couple more goals if theyd gone for it in 2nd half.
Turkish teams have shown over the years that when there's nothing to play for they don't turn up. Nothing result that changes nothing, I put no value on this result, it just helps Wenger mask all the issues at the club.
The result means little but hopefully it boosts the confidence of some players and players like Campbell and Pod at least got a run out. I hope they get to feature more this season. We need to rotate the squad more.
That Ramsey goal! Shit! You won't see a goal like that anytime soon.
First 45 minutes was the best I have seen us play for a long time. Yeah I know, second string sides for both teams, Gala are rubbish blah blah.
But despite all of that, I thought Ramsey and OX in particular were just superb, passing and moving of the highest order, they ran the show, in fact we looked good offensively period, Poldi played very well too.
Defensively we were OK too once we settled down.
It's important some of the second string perform like this because they can put increased pressure on our first XI.