Match Reaction v Aston Villa

[Ollie the Optimist]

Mancs and us were in similar 0-0 situations today.

Ya'll take a look @ the contrasting results achieved by the subs both managers made.

Then tell how the fuck do we justify paying Wenger more than what the Mancs pay Fergie.

it took united going 1-0 down for them to do anything, and they were at home so its a lot easier. shit comparsion

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

This was the point that i realised just how far we really have sunk. Giroud off for a def midfielder (no disrespect to Coq) but a clear sign we're settling for a point against a pub side in the relegation zone. Arsenal

i could accept a draw if we play to our strengths and give it our all. how can we expect to beat teams when we cant even get our own team right?

[Ollie the Optimist]

No Wenger reaction on ESPN

oh stop trying to be a pathetic wum. he has already been speaking about the match

[Joker]

I don't think we're using Arteta well at all tbh. If he is capable of being creative, he should be allowed to express himself rather than put in a straitjacket and told to be the DMF. If he isn't capable of doing anything more than he is currently showing, he should be dropped IMO. Last season Song wasn't just a defensive player, he was involved in playmaking as well.

Of course, if Wenger wasn't such a cheapskate and properly replaced Song, that may have freed up Arteta to play his natural game, instead we've now got square pegs in round roles all over the pitch.

The funniest thing was Wenger putting Gervinho in the centre forward role, despite having Giroud and Podolski available

[Cripps_orig]

oh stop trying to be a pathetic wum. he has already been speaking about the match

On ESPN?

[gooners]

The funniest thing was Wenger putting Gervinho in the centre forward role, despite refusing theo that clear option

corrected your error

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

Theo is now this teams most important player....unsurprisingly given that he is in the last year of his contract and unwilling to sign a extension. His pace and directness are immense for a team which is devoid of any drive and passion (tbf when Jack plays he does his part although no where near 100%).

Ramsey offers nothing at all on the pitch, he fumbles around with the ball, slows all our play down, runs into our players etc...injury or not, he is awful.
Giroud is ok, but his lack of pace is causing us issues as the likes of Carzola have to keep going wide rather than down the middle, so we become very predictable.

Podolski is going down the Asharvin route, i.e. wasted on the left in a psudeo 433...like Asharvin he is a number 10 and would be best played off Giroud.

Arteta, i know he has alot of fans...but he is no Alex Song and i hardly realise he is even playing...i appreciate he is taking one for the team but he could offer so much more.

However the biggest joke continues to be our once great manager.....shocking subs and tactics...he looks lost and frustrated....worse thing is even if he was given £100m and told he had to spend it, i dont think he would do a good job, in fact im sure we woudl see another batch of okayish footballers come in and some pure shockers like Squaliachi Chamack, Santos etc......every game that passes it is so apparent that it is taxi for Wenger time.

arteta is the new denilson

from this day forward he will be called denilson

intricate sideways passes and continuous backwards motion

at least denilson was young so had potential to improve. plus he had the name of a brazilian legend so it bought him a year or 2 to prove himself.

we aint winning anything with arteta in the side. another case of an average player becoming integral to our average team. would he get into chelsea? united? city? would he even get in ahead of sandro and parker at spurs? i dont think he'd even get into west brom ahead of mulumbu.

[Marc Overmars]

Maybe we're being harsh on Ramzi. The real problem in this team is the fairweather fraud we bought from Malaga.

[Joker]

arteta is the new denilson

from this day forward he will be called denilson

intricate sideways passes and continuous backwards motion

at least denilson was young so had potential to improve. plus he had the name of a brazilian legend so it bought him a year or 2 to prove himself.

we aint winning anything with arteta in the side. another case of an average player becoming integral to our average team. would he get into chelsea? united? city? would he even get in ahead of sandro and parker at spurs? i dont think he'd even get into west brom ahead of mulumbu.

I agree, people who say he's great claim he "keeps things ticking over" but we need more from a midfielder tbh. Song was the designated DMF last season, but he created countless goals for RVP and wasn't content with "keeping things ticking over".

And Cazorla's starting to become a worry now. He's got a lot of ability but I don't think he's leading the team from the front at the moment. Technically he's the best player by a mile, and he needs to start acting like one.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

what else does wankger have to do wrong for him to get sacked

destroy our wage policy? check
ruin our successful counter attacking tactic? check
play players out of position? check
go on a trophy drought? check
drain the team of drive, passion and urgency? check
sell our best players every year without replacing adequately? check
rely on crocked players? check
be tactically inept? check
constantly lie to the fans? check

genius? genius in being deluded yeah.