Match Reaction vs Galatasaray (away).

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

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.

I don't put any value on this result but for me when we blew a three goal lead against Anderlecht at home, and the amount of criticism Wenger (rightly) got for not shutting up shop and now we are not bold enough?.

Don't get me wrong I think in hindsight we should have topped this group all day long, but the reason we didnt had nothing to do with last night.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

What I find amusing is that people equate enjoying a match or performance to a defence of the manager, people are able to look at the bigger picture you know? We all know he isn't good enough. But like it or not he's still with us, so surely it makes sense to try and enjoy it when we don't play like cunts

[Power n Glory]

I saw a great angle of it this morning from behind our goal, you see the reactions of some of the other players who are all:

Chesney's reaction was classic.

Such a sweetly struck shot.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sanogo's reaction.

Obviously didn't know players could do that.

[Niall_Quinn]

Ramsey's shot was from 28.7 yds out, flew at 53.4mph and took 1.1 seconds from boot to net.

That lunatic Podolski though... 15.4yds out on an angle, flew at 78.8mph and took 0.4 seconds from boot to goal. Nobody is stopping that, in fact it would be highly inadvisable to try.

[rodders]

I am probably in the minority but I did not think we played very well even in the first half ,gave the ball away with alarming regularity and dispossessed too easily. What we did was take the chances we had for which I am grateful , the overall performance was not great.

[Özim]

Or, we could just enjoy a good performance and result
No, of course it doesn't change any of our problems but if you can't enjoy good results like this when they come along then what's the point in following the club at all?

Yeah you could, just as you can enjoy a meaningless friendly.

Good results in isolation (against poor teams) don't really provide a lot of enjoyment, what does it progression and a feeling that your team are moving towards something better than before.

We got hammered last season several times, in between we laboured to some wins, it was hardly enjoyable and we never looked like a particularly good side, just as we don't this season.

[Letters]

Stop watching then.

[Globalgunner]

It wasnt the greatest performance but coming on the heels of Saturdays stinker at Stoke. It was good to see us playing football and competing with tenacity. I must confess that I spend most of my time watching Juve -Athletico Madrid. It was 0-0 but still a heck of a game. Simeone would do wonders with the talent in our squad.

Highlights were the goals of course. I really am in awe of Podolski. My oh my, what a cannonball of a left foot. Ramsey has taken his spinach pills again it seems

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

Yeah you could, just as you can enjoy a meaningless friendly.

Good results in isolation (against poor teams) don't really provide a lot of enjoyment, what does it progression and a feeling that your team are moving towards something better than before.

We got hammered last season several times, in between we laboured to some wins, it was hardly enjoyable and we never looked like a particularly good side, just as we don't this season.

Excellent post.