Arsenal V Wigan *Premier League* Match Thread

Francie Barrett

Second half should be good - both teams have to go for it!

Corvo

Great free kick.

Mr.Micro

Complacency and now Wigan get the equalizer.:(

That_Guy

Best episode of the Mike Dean show I've seen all season.

Second half will be more of the same unless the pitch magically dries up.
This will be a late winner, Wigan may want it more.
Arsenal very sloppy and don't look like they believe, too much sitting back.

Nuri Sahin

tayto lover

Sagna couldn't cross his legs. Very poor this season. Arteta giving away too many frees.

Don't worry we will still win this.

shamrock55

Come on wigan i really hope they stay up

Gringo180

That was never a free kick, he didn't give a free to Cazorla for an identical tackle on him, baldy tramp that Mike Dean is!!

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Podolski should have jumped.

He either needs to give both frees or neither , bastard

Soups123

That really is a disgrace from Dean it's shocking that he was given this game he has always been the same, to wave on Cazorla foul and give Maloney just off the 18

Mr.Micro

Commentator on 5 live says that Arsenal have only won 1/15 that Dean has refereed ...... not looking good at all.

Oregano_State

Corvo wrote: »

Vincent Kompany says hello

Not this season.

WoollyRedHat

Feel like Arsenal should of been more attacking there.

Think Chamberlain should be put on, maybe drop Walcott into more central role with Pod too.

bad2dabone

well taken free. F**King Mike Dean. But we've only ourselves to blame. We're miles better than this.

.jacksparrow.

Mr.Micro wrote: »

Commentator on 5 live says that Aresnal have only won 1/15 that Dean has refereed ...... not looking good at all.

Yep and the next team has won 8 out of 15.

So with dean, we have 1from 15 and the next has 8 from 15, seriously something dodgy there

tayto lover

tayto lover wrote: »

Sagna couldn't cross his legs. Very poor this season. Arteta giving away too many frees.

Don't worry we will still win this.

It was never a free kick, and if players took a leaf from Artetas book, Wigan wouldn't be getting any time on the ball at all.
I've seen nothing that shows we are giving it everything, not so confident.

Morzadec

Arsenal can feel very hard done-by there.

Debatable foul on Cazorla. It's a foul all day long in almost any other country. Dean has interpreted that Cazorla has gone down easy. Fair enough. Most would whistle it up, but Dean has decided to be more permissive.

Then Maloney basically leans into Arteta and falls over. Not a foul in anyone's book. Much less a ref who seems to have laid down a marker that a player isn't going to be rewarded for going down easy.

Poor refereeing.

Corvo

Oregano_State wrote: »

Not this season.

Best defence in the league? Nastasic has also been just as good.

Ferdinand too

Oregano_State

Francie Barrett wrote: »

I really wish Niall Quinn would stop.

FYP

Irish Aris

I wonder if it would be better to watch the game with the commentators muted. . .:rolleyes:

TheGunns

Podolski is offering nothing, should be taken off

Turtyturd

Missed the Wigan goal but......yay.

SDTimeout

Last 18 games with Dean. Won 1.

I'm not big on conspiracies and it's probably fluke, but calls like that doesn't help him.

Gringo180

Corvo wrote: »

Vincent Kompany says hello

Close second to Koscielny, 2 great defenders but our lad just edges it threw his ability to read the game.

TheGunns

TheGunns wrote: »

Podolski is offering nothing, should be taken off

Hate to say it but I agree, my worry is if he cannot play CF, what use have we for him apart from super sub.

cson

If I post what I actually think of Mike Dean on here ill be banned but suffice to say he has a face you'd never get sick of bating.

Anyways, not good enough from us, we needed to press home the early advantage and didn't. We'll see what they're made of in the 2nd half.

Morzadec

Watched the Maloney incident again.

There's really no other word for it than a dive. In many ways even more sneaky than what we would think of as a traditional dive.

Not a case of going down easy imo. Just leans, leans, leans and falls over, immediately claiming a freekick when he must know he's conning the ref.

Mr.Micro

cson wrote: »

If I post what I actually think of Mike Dean on here ill be banned but suffice to say he has a face you'd never get sick of bating.

Anyways, not good enough from us, we needed to press home the early advantage and didn't. We'll see what they're made of in the 2nd half.

I think some of our boys are on their holidays already.

Drexel

Bam Bam Mickey wrote: »

Second half will be more of the same unless the pitch magically dries up.
This will be a late winner, Wigan may want it more.
Arsenal very sloppy and don't look like they believe, too much sitting back.

Have to agree. I missed the first 15 min but for the next five we looked great. After the 20 min mark we sat back. Got sloppy and we could all see what was about to happen

Stupid ****ing arsenal fan mentality, a loss is better so Sunderland play well......the mind boggles.
Put it out of our hands, good man.

.jacksparrow.

Bam Bam Mickey wrote: »

Stupid ****ing arsenal fan mentality, a lose is better so Sunderland play well......the mind boggles.

Can you blame us? We clearly can't rely on the players to do the job.

bad2dabone

Maloney you diving tart

Fuzzy_Dunlop

We need to take control of the game.

Good save from Woj

That_Guy

Good save... Jaysus.

Drexel

****ing hell. Need to wake up. Schez keeping us in it there. **** sake

SDTimeout

If it's not a foul in the box then it's a booking for diving surely.

tayto lover

Obviously no kick in the arse from Wenger at half-time. Dire stuff from Arsenal so far. Time for a few subs already. Even Gervinho might do something.

Panthro

I was only half listening to the commentary, did I hear them saying it would suit Arsenal better if they drew or lost this game?

.jacksparrow.

.jacksparrow. wrote: »

Can you blame us? We clearly can't rely on the players to do the job.

So why support the team then?
Saying you find a loss acceptable to affect results somewhere else is delusional and it can translate on to the pitch, which is probably why we can't rely on them.

Morzadec

Bam Bam Mickey wrote: »

Stupid ****ing arsenal fan mentality, a loss is better so Sunderland play well......the mind boggles.
Put it out of our hands, good man.

Though it kind of actually makes sense if you look at the table!

Sunderland only have something to play for if Wigan win, and Arsenal with superior GD will take 4th if Spurs fail to win and Arsenal beat Newcastle.

I get the logic that a loss could be interpreted better than a draw.

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Ah so close!

Drexel

tayto lover wrote: »

Obviously no kick in the arse from Wenger at half-time. Dire stuff from Arsenal so far. Time for a few subs already. Even Gervinho might do something.

I'd bring him on for pod. Got lucky again there with the offside goal.

Need to put our foot on the ball and hold possession or 5 minutes. Don't want an end to end game like its becomming

Sugarlumps

arsenal look rattled, wenger man up and take off that caterpillar jacket.

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Bam Bam Mickey wrote: »

So why support the team then?
Saying you find a loss acceptable to affect results somewhere else is delusional and it can translate on to the pitch, which is probably why we can't rely on them.

Nobody is saying that they want a loss ffs, it's just a funny quirk that there is the case

KERSPLAT!

Come on Wigan!!

TheGunns

I don't know bout anyone else, but I'm bricking it here. Can barely take this, strong stuff

Morzadec

Both teams have to win so it could be a great finalé!

gandalf

Sagna is a liability today and Walcott isn't really helping on that side either. This is extremely painful viewing.

Morzadec

Morzadec wrote: »

Though it kind of actually makes sense if you look at the table!

Sunderland only have something to play for if Wigan win, and Arsenal with superior GD will take 4th if Spurs fail to win and Arsenal beat Newcastle.

I get the logic that a loss could be interpreted better than a draw.

So just support Sunderland then lol, don't get it myself, relying on another club to keep us in 4th place while the game is only at HT, I could understand saying it if we lose at the end of the game, but at HT?while we are drawing???? :pac:
And this is the team we will have next season BtW, if you can't expect a win now, when do you think we can?
This is a cup game for us, or rather it should be, fans & players alike