Match Reaction v Man Utd

[Olivier's xmas twist]

the players cofidence looks shot to bits.

[Cripps_orig]

whos fault is that.

The boards

[alexander]

fans giving wenger grief on 606

[Niall_Quinn]

I thought Rosicky did OK-ish, Fakeyank, from a neutral stand-point (i.e. I don't hate him, but I don't adore him either). The way we've gotta think of it is thus...we had no creative central midfielder apart from him today and he did a job when asked upon. Didn't put a foot wrong and passed the ball with perfection (i.e. I can't recall any mislaid passes from Tomas today)

That is my stand-alone perspective on Rosicky's performance today and today only. Otherwise, I'm with the general consensus that he is surplus to requirements.

Stand alone is actually quiet a good way to describe Rosicky' performance today. In th second lf he was just wandering around the middle being bypassed by the play. Like a slightly better version of Chamakh but still a useless cunt nonetheless. He ran out of gas, so Wenger subbed Ox. Fucking genius.

[Dennis Bendtner]

Might be wrong, but I'm not sure the reaction would've been so severe if it was Benayoun coming on. Actually, I guess it was more about Oxo going off than anything. But yeah, like Syn says, it's the pre-determined robotic nature of it which grates. At least Benayoun could've been put on for defensive work.

[notwist]

Even Wenger must know he's lost the plot. It's sad for him but just plain embarrassing for the club. Will he please please PLEASE call it a day at the end of this season.

[Ernesto]

Well we're finishing behind the shit stains from the rioting sewer up the road so whatever else has been said it all amounts to a cataclysm of biblical proportions. I going to kill myself now. Fucking shit fuck piss fuck cunt shit.

What's really embarrassing is our now apparent inability to launch any sort of stirring comeback like the said shit stains put together today. Yes, the 94th minute capitulation is something that we are more than capable of, but we're so damn predictable in the league now.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I’m sure before the game started Wenger was planning to take Oxlade off after around 60 minutes. I can understand him thinking that before the game because we’ve seen ourselves that Oxlade sometimes did tire in the second half of the Carling Cup games he played in. As a manager you have to react to what is happening on the pitch. Oxlade wasn’t tiring. In fact he was full of confidence and getting better as the half went on. But this OCD condition to make his pre-determined substitutions blinded him of what was happening on the pitch.

I still think Wenger is a very smart man. His choices are backed with sound logic. The problem is that his assumptions are wrong. That is why managers with a fraction of his intelligence are out-smarting him.

I don't agree there is logic here - if it was a substitution that was to suggest he'd be happy with the point then ok, bring him off for a more defensive player; that would show logic but Arshavin coming on is neither here nor there in that respect.

[Cripps_orig]

And for months Wenger has been saying not to count us out cos all the big teams have to come to the Emirates

That went well

[Niall_Quinn]

Watching Defoe miss isn't as funny as it was earlier.