Match Reaction vs Chelsea (away).

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Season starter.

Probably not but at least it's not another pumping.

[Letters]

Would have taken that, I guess.

[Cripps]

Defence
Mustafa
Ramsey

Thought Wenger made the right subs today.. laca had a bad day so Sanchez was a good sub. And bringing on elneny to tighten things up.

Particularly happy that we seem to be doing better against this new era Chelsea team.. the old era was horrific.

[Niall_Quinn]

Chavs there for the taking. They were shit today.

Wenger has no bollocks and needs to get the fuck out of the club.

I'm not giving him credit for having his midfielders play in midfield and his defenders defend. That's expected as a bare minimum, not as a surprising one-off.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Given we've lost the last five league matches at Stamford Bridge, not a bad performance at all

But you feel the way Chelsea set up benefits us.

We are going to struggle far more this season with teams that employ the high press like Liverpool and Spurs

[Master Splinter]

Clear that Ozil not playing in a pressurised away game made all the difference. The midfield and front three all pressed Chelsea and kept them on edge. Ozil would have been fairying around, losing 50-50s, making sloppy passes and eventually disappearing into the ether where he often dwells.

Lacashite should have scored but I think once he has a big game and gets a few +1s, he'll be fine. He's not really getting more than one or two chances per game. Start him against Doncaster tbh so he can bang in about seven.

Shame Welbz is out for another two years.

Kolasinac is awlsome.

Wenger .

[Cripps]

Also ozil: please leave.

[Alpha]

A honest man accepts when he is wrong. Everyone was predicting Chelsea victory but it didn't happen. Credit where's due . Wenger got his tactics right. Mustafi nearly won it .
A point at Stamford bridge against the current champions is not a bad result at all.

[mastermind84]

Playing 3 central midfielders.

[Niall_Quinn]

A honest man accepts when he is wrong. Everyone was predicting Chelsea victory but it didn't happen. Credit where's due . Wenger got his tactics right. Mustafi nearly won it .
A point at Stamford bridge against the current champions is not a bad result at all.

An honest man knows that one instance of Wenger not doing something crazy with the team selection, positions and tactics doesn't mean a corner has been turned. I don't think Wenger had anything to do with the defensive performance today, it was far too organised and we weren't leaving those huge gaps. The idea Wenger has changed and spent the week drilling the defence is far fetched. Perhaps he has finally relinquished his grip and let his coaches do some coaching. I hope so. It was also strange seeing the midfield play in a disciplined manner. Again, most un-Wenger like. And the passing was crisp and generally aimed towards the opposition half of the pitch. Hardly a Wenger hallmark.

I wonder if he had any part in today's performance. I'm not prepared to give him an ounce of credit until we see sane performances on a more regular basis. He's had far too many fuck-ups to be getting a pat on the back after a solid, if uninspiring, 0-0 against a top 4 opponent. We should be expecting, as a starting point, we can go to places like that and at least compete and it's embarrassing to be coming away from the match relieved we didn't get a pasting. There's no cause to celebrate avoiding humiliation.