Schalke Vs. Arsenal

Mickeroo

Didn't see a match thread for this.

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Arsenal: Mannone, Sagna, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Vermaelen, Arteta, Wilshere, Cazorla, Podolski, Walcott, Giroud.

Subs; Shea, Santos, Djourou, Jenkinson, Coquelin, Arshavin, Chamakh.

Schalke 04: Unnerstall, Uchida, Howedes, Matip, Fuchs, Jones, Neustadter, Farfan, Holtby, Afellay, Huntelaar.

Subs: Hildebrand, Marica, Hoger, Papadopoulos, Moritz, Draxler, Kolasinac.

Come on Arsenal!!

Hyup.

tayto lover

Giroud blew it but Wally scored. Horray.

Mickeroo

Goal Walcott!! Though Giroud should have had it buried.

bad2dabone

THEEEEOOOOO!


give that man a contract! ( a reasonable one )

Quazzie

1-0 Walcott cleaning up after some sloppy defending.

Soups123

Great work from Theo saved Girouds bacon there

wandatowell

quick close the thread!!


Giroud is some dope

tayto lover

Our midfielders look slow for some reason. Caught in possession 3 times so far.
We are coming into this far more now. Need another.

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Santi has been very quiet so far, except that pass there for Podolski.

wandatowell

cazorla you beaut!

iMuse

Walcott should be playing up front, Wenger gave gervinho a chance so why not theo?

bad2dabone

iMuse wrote: »

Walcott should be playing up front, Wenger gave gervinho a chance so why not theo?

he's worth a chance, and if we can offload some of the drubbers in the squad soaking up high wages, he's worth a contract too.

KINGVictor

iMuse wrote: »

Walcott should be playing up front, Wenger gave gervinho a chance so why not theo?

+1 He has been impressive- hope it continues. It is early days but this team selection could have performed better against United.

wandatowell

did theo dink it past the keeper or did it rocket off his shin?

bad2dabone

GIIIIIRRRRROUD!

he's no dope

Soups123

Yes yes yes

Mickeroo

And that his a strikers finish. Get in!

Quazzie

Giroooooooooooud!!!!!!!!!

tayto lover

Girouuuuudddddd

Gon.

iMuse

na na na na GIROUD

Soups123

wandatowell wrote: »

quick close the thread!!


Giroud is some dope

Wash that finger

wandatowell

diving header!

Quazzie

Brilliant play from Podolski in the build up. He made the slip look intentional.

Soups123

We look so much stronger on the left

tayto lover

Going to try this again 'cos it worker earlier -
"we need another".

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Much better from Giroud!

Mickeroo

This doesn't look good.

tayto lover

Mickeroo wrote: »

This doesn't look good.

Get up ta fcuk and get him back.

gandalf

It was a dirty tackle by the Schalke player. If this ref saw that he would have a yellow card at least!

bad2dabone

Verm's really out of form.

tayto lover

bad2dabone wrote: »

Verm's really out of form.

Slipping and falling at very bad times too.

Leiva

Is Farfan and Sturridge related

wandatowell

bad2dabone wrote: »

Verm's really out of form.

Badly out of form. Looks half the player he was

Washington Irving

Poor effort from Farfan, decent chance

gandalf

bad2dabone wrote: »

Verm's really out of form.

It's a very disjointed performance by most of the team to be honest. They all seem to be lacking confidence or sharpness.

bad2dabone

gandalf wrote: »

It's a very disjointed performance by most of the team to be honest. They all seem to be lacking confidence or sharpness.

totally agree. I think we're a mentally fragile outfit. If we get a run of wins under us I think we'll grow, we just need that spark. If you compare us to Utd, they get beat and they come out the next week all guns blazing. We need more of that.

Soups123

gandalf wrote: »

It's a very disjointed performance by most of the team to be honest. They all seem to be lacking confidence or sharpness.

???? Two nil up away to Schalke?

Mickeroo

Balls.

tayto lover

Cazorla's fault.

wandatowell

great assist tbf

Washington Irving

2-1, Arsenal were looking comfortable up to that

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Feck sake. Was a good goal but very bad timing and I don't know what happened with Cazorla there losing the ball.

gandalf

Soups123 wrote: »

???? Two nil up away to Schalke?

2-1 now too many mistakes and they are giving the ball away too much. They have let Schalke back into the match now!

Soups123

Balls

Same crap for their goal, another awful individual mistake + Kos was 5 yards behind the rest of the back line

Soups123

gandalf wrote: »

2-1 now too many mistakes and they are giving the ball away too much. They have let Schalke back into the match now!

Bit harsh

Not firing on all cilinders but up until the goal looked comfortable. 2-1 away at half time In CL against a team of this quality is still excellent

tayto lover

Soups123 wrote: »

Bit harsh

Not firing on all cilinders but up until the goal looked comfortable. 2-1 away at half time In CL against a team of this quality is still excellent

But they didn't create it. We gifted them the ball yet again. Have great fears now as to our mindset for the second half.

KINGVictor

tayto lover wrote: »

But they didn't create it. We gifted them the ball yet again. Have great fears now as to our mindset for the second half.

On the contrary, I feel a bit more comfortable with the way the lads are playing. More fluid and have more control of the midfiled and creating scoring chances, I think we would win this one.

wandatowell

thats unfortunate to conceed so late but i would have bitten ur hand off before kickoff if u offered me 2-1 up after 45mins

tayto lover

KINGVictor wrote: »

On the contrary, I feel a bit more comfortable with the way the lads are playing. More fluid and have more control of the midfiled and creating scoring chances, I think we would win this one.

Hope you're right but I dread it going 2 all as then I can see heads dropping like they did Sat.