NLD Sunday, 8 November, 4:00 p.m.

2nd Row Donkey

positivenote wrote:

... and then you remember who the chairman is and the reality bites that like the rest of the managers in the past he wont be supported and we will be let down by the fact that we are 1 or 2 top quality players short. It would be great to be proved wrong and see a quality addition or two in January.

Forget January transfer targets. They almost always account for nothing and only end up been the following years 'deadwood'.

But yeah... we might well find ourselves in a great position after Xmas, the supporters will get a bit giddy and a couple of quality signings could keep the momentum going but I can't see it happening myself

KingdomYid

2nd Row Donkey wrote: »

Forget January transfer targets. They almost always account for nothing and only end up been the following years 'deadwood'.

But yeah... we might well find ourselves in a great position after Xmas, the supporters will get a bit giddy and a couple of quality signings could keep the momentum going but I can't see it happening myself

You would think a back up striker is a must and surely will be added, apart from that we are not too bad.

mass_debater

2nd Row Donkey wrote: »

Forget January transfer targets. They almost always account for nothing and only end up been the following years 'deadwood'.

Alli was a January signing.

irishmover

mass_debater wrote: »

Alli was a January signing.

Technicality. He got loaned back and didn't come to the club until the summer.

Torres was for Chelsea too right?

OldMrBrennan83

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2nd Row Donkey

mass_debater wrote:

Alli was a January signing.

Indeed.

I'm not saying we shouldnt buy, I just wouldn't be getting my hopes up is all.

positivenote

i reckon we'll sign berahino.

golfball37

Suarez was January, the year we could have won the league but we signed Saha that month

tippspur

A new striker in January is still needed imo.

davycc

tippspur wrote: »

A new striker in January is still needed imo.

+ 1 something we can all agree on .

a stupid penny pinching move from levy to leave us with only 1 striker on the books.

i would not touch berahino personally he makes lazy greedy adebayour look like a saint lol:o

Ormus

KingdomYid wrote: »

You would think a back up striker is a must and surely will be added, apart from that we are not too bad.

This is it exactly, I'd like a better back up centre half than Fazio too.

I can't believe people still think spending money is the best way to improve. I mean if some quality players are available then ok, but that rarely happens in January, and we gotta remember top quality players will only sign for Champions League clubs.

Ormus

I know Lamela is still a bit brainless at times, but his passion and fitness are incredible, is he on drugs or something, he's like a man possessed. I'd say he's a nightmare to play against.

mass_debater

Ormus wrote: »

I know Lamela is still a bit brainless at times, but his passion and fitness are incredible, is he on drugs or something, he's like a man possessed. I'd say he's a nightmare to play against.

I thought be was awesome today, such energy.

OldMrBrennan83

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Sugarlumps

Devo from Dublin

MonkieSocks wrote: »

Walker has played well today But his ONE mistake has cost us a Goal.

Lloris also needs to come out for crosses, too many goals against us have come from crosses.

We were the better side most of the game but did not punish them enough.


Just glad we didn't loose

Did you see him against Villa on Monday?? came out like Superman and missed the ball!!!

Devo from Dublin

09_09_09 wrote: »

We cannot defend from set pieces for some reasons.

Why did we take the short corners today?

Its obvious is it not?

Arsenal were at their most dangerous from balls lumped into the box....
So when we have a corner, we are hardly gonna play into their hands are we? They'd have won every ball in the air, Poch obviously told them to go short.;)

mass_debater

We also got shown up for being weak in the air in our own box, lucky Giroud couldn't capitalise, something we need to work on

DubPerryman

positivenote wrote: »

i reckon we'll sign berahino.

From yesterday's performance it was easy to see Poch only wants hard working players in the squad/team - this might cast doubt over whether Poch will go for Berahino.

09_09_09

This is the player we should go for - Breel Embolo (a swiss cheese). He is going to be world class, and it is the right time or last time to buy him now.

MrKingsley

A draw away to arsenal after a thursday night game is a great result regardless of whether we were winning or not.

The players were absolutely shattered from 70 mins on.

Anyone blaming walker for that goal needs to cop on. From a routine cross we were outnumbered 3-2 in our own box. If walker got closer to gibbs and left Giroud free to score it would be his fault aswel. The cross should never have come in.

Also we were lucky that giroud couldnt hit a barn door in the second half lads. For all the domination we had we didnt create more than 3 good chances. The gunners had 4/5 sitters in the second half alone.

Over-riding feeling is definitely a positive one. We went to the library and dominated like a home side for 70 mins. The confidence was oozing from all the players from the first minute

DubPerryman

09_09_09 wrote: »

This is the player we should go for - Breel Embolo (a swiss cheese). He is going to be world class, and it is the right time or last time to buy him now.

Yeah he looked decent, if a bit raw, when he came on against England in Wembley. Once he fits in to Poch's hard working ethos!

Long Time Lurker

MrKingsley wrote: »

A draw away to arsenal after a thursday night game is a great result regardless of whether we were winning or not.

The players were absolutely shattered from 70 mins on.

Anyone blaming walker for that goal needs to cop on. From a routine cross we were outnumbered 3-2 in our own box. If walker got closer to gibbs and left Giroud free to score it would be his fault aswel. The cross should never have come in.

Also we were lucky that giroud couldnt hit a barn door in the second half lads. For all the domination we had we didnt create more than 3 good chances. The gunners had 4/5 sitters in the second half alone.

That's it exactly. It was very shortly after Son had come on and he was chasing shadows at the time. He wasn't fully sure how he was fitting in. I was properly nervous at the timing of his introduction. I felt we'd weathered the storm and bringing him on actually handed the impetus back to Arsenal. Anyway it's still a good result in my opinion and a great end to a very tough week. Still unbeaten and our only loss all season (league) because of a jammy OG. Don't tell anybody, we're going well. COYS.

DubPerryman

MrKingsley wrote: »

A draw away to arsenal after a thursday night game is a great result regardless of whether we were winning or not.

A good point.

We don't seem to be victims of the Europa League curse this season.

MrKingsley

So far after our 4 europa league games weve beaten Palace and bournemouth and drawn away to Arsenal and Swansea.

Our performances after thursday night games have been killing us in previous seasons.

2nd Row Donkey

2 more EL games this month. If we come through those relatively unscathed then it will make a huge difference as the knocked stages are in the 2nd half of Feb.