Borussia Dortmund vs Arsenal (KO 19:45 16/09)

efb

efb wrote: »

We'll concede an second early in 2nd half I reckon

Hate when I'm right

That_Guy

Stunning. But where are the defence. Every single one sucked into the ball.

Gringo180

Fuuckinng rubbish lads.

HazDanz

Wow. Massive gap between the centre backs there. Shocking defending.

Billy86

Awful from Mertesacker in particular there. Didn't even look too bothered when he got a half chance to recover.

Ed Winchester

Bob.Carcass wrote: »

Good night lads

Night Bob. Sleep tight. I'll probably wait till after the match.

efb

It was predictable as we had to go on the offensive and thereby leaving bigger gaps

omega man

Ospina gets the nod for me at the weekend. Schez needs a wake up.

Other than that we're fine :-)

cson

I reiterate; Per has been poison since he came back.

Mental playing a high line over there too. AW is a ****ing tactical retard at times.

UnknownSpecies

Lads, I can't even put finger on it. Utter capitulation from us tonight. I was going to comment on our defensive shape but we don't actually seem to have one. Players scattered all over the place while we're attacking, not setting themselves in time when they counter us.

efb

cson wrote: »

I reiterate; Per has been poison since he came back.

Mental playing a high line over there too. AW is a ****ing tactical retard at times.

Per can be slow and clueless

efb

This could get nasty

Fuzzy_Dunlop

God this is awful stuff. No sense of composure about the Arsenal team.

greendom

This is dire

Ed Winchester

We're lucky it's only 2-0.

Fuzzy_Dunlop

cson wrote: »

I reiterate; Per has been poison since he came back.

Mental playing a high line over there too. AW is a ****ing tactical retard at times.

If we didn't at least try to play a high line then surely they'd be even more on top of us.

Y2KBOS86

cson wrote: »

I reiterate; Per has been poison since he came back.

Mental playing a high line over there too. AW is a ****ing tactical retard at times.

Especially against the quickest striker in europe, that Aubameyang is blistering.

Should have got him instead of that donkey Welbeck

tayto lover

We haven't the defenders to play a high line against good teams.
Wenger seems not to realise that.

omega man

If it was a couple of bad performances tonight I'd blame said players but it's all over the pitch therefore this lies firmly at wengers feet.

tayto lover

Fuzzy_Dunlop wrote: »

If we didn't at least try to play a high line then surely they'd be even more on top of us.

No we could have choked them. We did better when pegged back in the first half.
Mert is too slow to get back.

Wonda-Boy

****in no leaders someone in the ****in team stand up and be counted, can't even to the simple things. Absolute disgrace getting played off the park by an under strength Dortmund side.

Ulysses Gaze

This is shambolic from Arsenal given that Dortmund are missing so many first choice players.

Fuzzy_Dunlop

tayto lover wrote: »

No we could have choked them. We did better when pegged back in the first half.
Mert is too slow to get back.

Yeah in big away games like this we should do that and try to frustrate them. But after going behind there's not much of a choice but to go for it a bit more.


[edit] Having said that, tonight we only look like conceding more

keano_afc

Getting a little bit tired of this crap. Could get a proper spanking here.

omega man

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

****in leaders someone in the ****in team stand up and be counted, can't even to the simple things. Absolute disgrace getting played off the park by an under strength Dortmund side.

Yup agree. Arteta is a sh*t captain (on the pitch at least).

bad2dabone

They're so superior.

Ed Winchester

There's still time.

.jacksparrow.

Oh dear.

Drexel

Welbeck is useless

GavRedKing

Very unlucky, great strike.

tayto lover

Another fresh air by Welbeck. He's not on his game.

wandatowell

Horrible defending from Arsenal. Decent teams rip up apart on the counter.

NinjaTruncs

Good clearance there by Welbeck :rolleyes:

Quazzie

Wellbeck has been shíte tonight. Any dreams of him being our saviour are surely out the window now. Come back Sanogo, all is forgiven.


Maybe this is Wenger's plan. Show how we can be stuck with realy shít so that we'll appreciate Giroud when he comes back.

Drexel

tayto lover wrote: »

Another fresh air by Welbeck. He's not on his game.

He is though

UnknownSpecies

Another big game, another spanking. It's tough to be positive when you watch this type of performance. In fairness, Dortmund are pressuring us unbelievably well, but it all comes back to us not having another plan. Teams know all to well at this stage that if we get no space, we can't play.

omega man

Here comes the standard 60th min sub

wandatowell

jonny666 wrote: »

Welbeck is useless

Don't worry he won't get a game when Giroud is fit.

UnknownSpecies

omega man wrote: »

Here comes the standard 60th min sub

Actually it's usually 75+ mins. I'm completely ok with a 60 mins sub.

Fuzzy_Dunlop

2 subs at the 60 minute mark!

Ed Winchester

Very positive changes. COME ON ARSENAL.

Ulysses Gaze

Quazzie wrote: »

Wellbeck has been shíte tonight. Any dreams of him being our saviour are surely out the window now. Come back Sanogo, all is forgiven.


Maybe this is Wenger's plan. Show how we can be stuck with realy shít so that we'll appreciate Giroud when he comes back.

At least Wellbeck puts a bit of effort in.

Ozil is stealing a living from Arsenal.

omega man

dorgasm wrote: »

Actually it's usually 75+ mins. I'm completely ok with a 60 mins sub.

After going 2 down by the 48th minute and when after playing pure rubbish since the first minute? Ozil escapes again....

wandatowell

Ah 11 v 11 game on!

Pacifico

Welbeck is shocking

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

At least Wellbeck puts a bit of effort in.

Ozil is stealing a living from Arsenal.

hahaha I can't believe you actually used that phrase sincerely!





Ridiculous people writing Welbeck off based on this game.

omega man

Pacifico wrote: »

Welbeck is shocking

No more than ozil, Ramsey and Arteta have been

tayto lover

Our passing is terrible.
Never saw it as bad.

UnknownSpecies

Lads there's no point trying to pick out an individual to blame. We've been awful as a unit. Hard to see any cohesion, especially when put under pressure.

gandalf

This is just so painful. We never have a plan B!!