Arsenal Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2013/14 mod warning post #5144

Nemeses2050

Arteta has gone to dogs...

Soups123

**** like this happens, it's how they bounce on from here

wandatowell

I had a ****e steam for the entire 2nd half and missed the 1st completely. Honestly cant say who play well and who didnt.


From what I did see Arteta looked well off the boil.


Snappin' at Flamini for being an idiot and for Sagna for forgetting how to defend.


2 points dropped that we could have easily won. Though City drew here so maybe Im being harsh.

tayto lover

We held the lead for less than 2 minutes :mad::mad:
How often has that happened to us?
Dire performance.

Dolph Starbeam

Such a pity to drop points, after taking the lead we really should have been able to hold onto it for longer than 2 minutes. It was only a matter of time before we dropped some points, confident of a big bounce back this weekend.

Mickeroo

Hopefully city and Chelsea draw on Monday and we stuff palace on Sunday. Could be top again this time next week.

No excuse for that tonight though, brutal first half and fell asleep after second goal. Not good enough.

FearDark

Disaster. Terrible result given our crazy tough fixtures ahead, we needed to win that one.

Looper007

Disappointing result really as Chelsea and Spures went there and beat them. What fool Flamini is, let his team mates down badly with that silly tackle.

By the way Houghton was part of the Liverpool side from 89 so what do you expect from him. all of those lads hate Arsenal with a passion.

Gringo180

Sh1te first half performance. Why does it always take us until the second half to play any sort of decent football. Fuming over that result and some of the refereeing :mad::mad:

wonga77

Whats the deal with Pod, its like Wenger does be trying to piss him off...

Drexel

Soups123 wrote: »

**** like this happens, it's how they bounce on from here

Exactly this.

A nice big Draxler shaped signing before Friday would be a great lift!!

flyingoutside

Pepe LeFrits wrote: »

What the hell is Wenger doing with Podolski?!?

He should of been on for Santi early in the second half

Looper007

We missed Wilshire big time tonight as well as Ramsey. Monreal was shocking at times as was Arterta.

gebbel

It's not a disaster, the team didn't lose. Poor performance but hopefully they'll learn from it.

Gringo180

Anybody see that run Ozil went on, reminded me Ronaldo. He was immense in the second half, nearly carried our midfield single handily!

HazDanz

jonny666 wrote: »

Exactly this.

A nice big Draxler shaped signing before Friday would be a great lift!!

If you said to me before the game a draw and a draxler signing I would have taken it

cathalio11

Top of the league and home to Palace next.

Drexel

Southampton were excellant tonight as well

Spanish Johnny

Not a disaster. I think the consensus on here beforehand was that this would be a very tough game and so it proved.

I am at a loss to see why people query us starting poorly at times. It's because we are not let. Southampton pressed us relentlessly and we couldnt deal with it. United did the same. It's not difficult set up against this Arsenal team.

The issue is teams cant keep it up so if you stay level or get ahead you kill them. We got ahead and should have easily held on but conceded way too soon. Good to see Ozil release the handbrake. Our goal now has to be top after Chelsea play City.

gandalf

Looper007 wrote: »

We missed Wilshire big time tonight as well as Ramsey. Monreal was shocking at times as was Arterta.

I thought Ramsey was supposed to be on the bench today.

greendom

tayto lover wrote: »

We held the lead for less than 2 minutes :mad::mad:
How often has that happened to us?
Dire performance.

not at all this season, I'd wager

HazDanz

Gringo180 wrote: »

Anybody see that run Ozil went on, reminded me Ronaldo. He was immense in the second half, nearly carried our midfield single handily!

He had that swivel turn back which confused players a whole load while at real returning there tonight. Had the Southampton lads completely confused at times as to which way he was going.

Mickeroo

greendom wrote: »

not at all this season, I'd wager

Everton was the only other time I think. very similar matches overall.

Looper007

gebbel wrote: »

It's not a disaster, the team didn't lose. Poor performance but hopefully they'll learn from it.

I agree, we played awful but we still got something out of it. It reminded me of the West Brom draw early in the season. Just seen as all of those big games coming up dropping points at a place are rival's beat them (Chelsea won very comfortably a few weeks back there).

Wilshire was a big miss.

Galvasean

Giroud 14 (10)
Ramsey 13 (8)
Cazorla 6 (4)
Walcott 6 (5)
Ozil 5 (4)
Wilshere 5 (3)
Podolski 5 (3)
Mertesacker 2 (2)
Bendtner 2 (2)
Rosicky 1 (0)
Flamini 1 (1)
Arteta 1 (1)
Gnabry 1 (1)
Eisfeld 1 (0)
Sagna 1 (1)
Gibbs 1 (0)

Just as well Cazorla is picking up some goal slack with Theo out.

dinorebel

Lallana would be a great signing he even has a foreign sounding name to keep Wenger happy.

Marty McFly

Bit of a deflating result that, a game we should have won Southamptons form has been dire recently.

Two points badly dropped were now relying on other teams to fcuk up.

But not over yet, Palace next.

Looper007

gandalf wrote: »

I thought Ramsey was supposed to be on the bench today.

He was but didn't pass the fitness test sadly.

Maire2009

Ozil was class second half - that's the player we were buying.

I think Podolski is still not fully fit - saw on Twitter that someone said the Assistant German Coach said as much but can't find it. Wenger always speaks so highly of him so would be surprised if he is trying to "piss him off."

We really, REALLY missed Rosicky tonight, if we'd him instead of Arteta he could have made all the difference.

gandalf

jonny666 wrote: »

Southampton were excellant tonight as well

Yep they are a very handy team with an excellent manager.

HazDanz

greendom wrote: »

not at all this season, I'd wager

Everton goal came pretty quick after we scored to take the lead. Not as poor concentration wise to concede though.

We dropped points because of our midfiled tonight. Cannot expect our back four to cope if they are not getting the cover from runners entering the box.

Mickeroo

Looper007 wrote: »

We missed Wilshire big time tonight as well as Ramsey. Monreal was shocking at times as was Arterta.

Yeah Jack was badly missed, Flamini and Arteta together is not a viable option for me, should be one or the other with Jack or Rambo next to them.

Obviously injuries played a part tonight though.

.jacksparrow.

Hope it doesn't knock our confidence ahead of the pool and United games.

tayto lover

Poor performances from both full-backs, Cazorla, Arteta, Flamini and a bad mistake from Chez though he did redeem himself somewhat in the second half.

Wenger needs to infuse a bit of passion into this team. That first half was as bad as i have seen from any Arsenal team in years.

A big signing would give them a fillip but I can't see it happening.

bad2dabone

must say, Ozil was the business tonight.

also Giroud, defensively as good as kos or mert this evening.

but i'm feeling a little gutted at the dropped points.

wandatowell

What games is Flamini missing?

Looper007

Mickeroo wrote: »

Yeah Jack was badly missed, Flamini and Arteta together is not a viable option for me, should be one or the other with Jack or Rambo next to them.

Obviously injuries played a part tonight though.

Anytime both Flamini and Arterta play together it ends badly for us. They don't work well enough. Rosicky would have been perfect for this game, he was missed as well.

I'm surprised no one is Flamini are slagging here. That was a silly and needless tackle from him.

Mickeroo

wandatowell wrote: »

What games is Flamini missing?

Palace, the pool and United? Not sure though.

Gringo180

Its typical that Southamptons best performance in a while had to come against us. Still gutted over the result but at least we weren't beaten it shows the team have a real knack of grinding out a result with theres backs against the wall (10 men)

Chuffed with Ozil in the second half, he was unbelievable, right out of the top drawer this lad is and is going to be vital for us in the run in!

HazDanz

Looper007 wrote: »

Anytime both Flamini and Arterta play together it ends badly for us. They don't work well enough. Rosicky would have been perfect for this game, he was missed as well.

I'm surprised no one is Flamini are slagging here. That was a silly and needless tackle from him.

It's Flamini though, it's like asking a horny dog not to mount a cushion.

Soups123

tayto lover wrote: »

Poor performances from both full-backs, Cazorla, Arteta, Flamini and a bad mistake from Chez though he did redeem himself somewhat in the second half.

Wenger needs to infuse a bit of passion into this team. That first half was as bad as i have seen from any Arsenal team in years.

A big signing would give them a fillip but I can't see it happening.

this team has lots of passion tonight was just a tough game. It doesn't need a signing to get a lift as they should the last 7 games .

There will be lots of twist and turns over the next 10 weeks and who deals best on the bounce will take the league.

Looper007

Let's not get too down about it, we weren't beaten that's the plus from the game.

Soups123

HazDanz wrote: »

It's Flamini though, it's like asking a horny dog not to mount a cushion.

Haha very good comparison

Looper007

HazDanz wrote: »

It's Flamini though, it's like asking a horny dog not to mount a cushion.

He's one of ore senior players, a bit more common sense would have come in handy.

greendom

Arteta was really off his game and that was really stupid from Flamini. What happened in the first half ? We could have been 2 or more down and had we been playing a direct competitor the game would have been over. Something was amiss tonight and their equaliser was the epitomy of that.

Hopefully that was a one off and we've got that poor performance out of our system before the really tough run starts.

Alfred Borden

Ramsey out for another 6 weeks now. Need to get a few in now

tayto lover

Soups123 wrote: »

this team has lots of passion tonight was just a tough game. It doesn't need a signing to get a lift as they should the last 7 games .

There will be lots of twist and turns over the next 10 weeks and who deals best on the bounce will take the league.

I didn't notice much passion in that first half.
I saw players losing the ball in tackles and just standing there instead of trying to tackle and retrieve it. Second half was much better.

Drexel

We badly lacked a bit of pace tonight. Killed on the counter cause we couldn't keep up

AdamD

I don't think Arteta should play against teams who press well. He was great against the likes of Liverpool with their slow midfield but has been heavily exposed against Soton/United/Dortmund/Everton. Definitely an area which needs addressing long term

Nemeses2050

It seems Rambo has been ruled out for 4-6 weeks with a tendon problem....Empire strikes