Match reaction: Manchester City 2-1 Arsenal

[Munchies]

Love this guy��

http://youtu.be/JHNBttv0ceA

DT is a legend

[Power n Glory]

I'm not deflecting anything, I just think ultimately it's the manager to blame it's not absolving players of responsibility. He's proved once again he can't hack it. I still think DT is a semi literate oath but he was spot on identifying this game and Everton as the two games that would define whether we could win the title. And no we can't, the title is over now and that means the manager should be gone.

The buck stops with the manager but I'm not so quick to skate past the poor performers. Especially Ozil considering all I've said before. Cech shouldn't be beaten on his near post and we should expect a heck of a lot more from Xhaka and Ozil.

[Marc Overmars]

https://youtu.be/bnJOPZPQ9j8

Claude with a full on meltdown.

[Letters]

#WengerOut, basically.
I said before it wasn't a 'must win' but with the Chelsea result it was close to and it was definitely a must not lose.
Two games in a week where we've been 1-0 up and lost. Not good enough.
It's results like this which are the difference between champions and also-rans and we're the latter again. Shame.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

The buck stops with the manager but I'm not so quick to skate past the poor performers. Especially Ozil considering all I've said before. Cech shouldn't be beaten on his near post and we should expect a heck of a lot more from Xhaka and Ozil.

I don't disagree the point is these are the type of performances both as a team and as individuals that one would come to expect of a manager like this, has Wenger ever questioned Ozil or threatened his place in the team for not rolling his sleeves up more ?

[The Verminator]

Simply not good enough but nobody is surprised. After the Everton game we had to come back strong and that second half performance was a disgrace.

Time to perform Seppuku Mr. Wenger.

[Niall_Quinn]

These guys are an embarrassment to the club and to themselves. It has to be a publicity wind up. At their ages, can it possibly matter that much? And if it does, what does it say about their lives? And why not save all the screaming and shouting for during the game? Wenger's not even there to hear them screaming, he doesn't give a shit.

[Ralpheroo72]

Same shit, different season. Nothing will change, until there is a change in manager. Rinse, and repeat.

[Power n Glory]

I don't disagree the point is these are the type of performances both as a team and as individuals that one would come to expect of a manager like this, has Wenger ever questioned Ozil or threatened his place in the team for not rolling his sleeves up more ?

Wenger is just as soft as some of his players. I doubt he'll say anything. But that's not far from what's been going on with the fans. Ozil has been playing the great magician with his world famous disappearing act for far too long. But with a title on the line and personal pride at stake, I don't know why that level of performance was acceptable for himself. It's not a one off either.

[Niall_Quinn]

I'm not deflecting anything, I just think ultimately it's the manager to blame it's not absolving players of responsibility. He's proved once again he can't hack it. I still think DT is a semi literate oath but he was spot on identifying this game and Everton as the two games that would define whether we could win the title. And no we can't, the title is over now and that means the manager should be gone.

For me, the defining games have already come and gone. It was obvious weeks ago we weren't in this title race. The performances just weren't there, despite the fact we were beating up on shitty opponents and had one decent outing against the chavs. Worse, there's no sign of anything that could raise these performances. Alexis can't do it on his own week in, week out. There's no sign of the defensive shortcomings being addressed, no sign of the midfield being knitted into a unit, no sign of anyone emerging who can step into Santi's boots, no sign that the front guys are capable of dragging up game changing contributions when the team as a whole is lethargic and disinterested. Alexis aside of course, through the sheer amount of work he is prepared to do as he watches his teammates stroll around him or stand like ornaments on the edge of the box.

It all comes down the the total absence of ambition that runs from the pinnacle of the club, down through an executive that is focused anywhere but on the pitch, through a shockingly out of touch, gutless manager, a bunch of pampered players who are revelling in the fact they are never pushed, then down to the majority of the fans who continue to make excuses for this shit show and continue to somehow live in hope that by doing the same things over and over again there will be a different outcome. We are so desperately short of winners at this club and we're offering no incentives at all beyond a weekly cheque drawn on the back of the overtaxed fans that is supposed to compensate for the embarrassment and humiliation that ensues each time we meekly bow out on another failed season.

We're a very well run, financially stable, shareholder friendly, laughing stock. The minority laughing their way to the bank, football observers laughing at the idea we have the balls to win anything.

Wenger out. How blindingly obvious does it have to get before the fans twig? It has to be the fans because the board is the happiest bunch of pigs rolling in shit you could possibly imagine.