Arsenal Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 12/13 MOD POST #232

DB10 · 13-01-2013 05:04PM

theres empty seats there all over the place, full house my shoe

Anyway who cares about attendance tbf

Soups123 · 13-01-2013 05:05PM

DB10 wrote: »

theres empty seats there all over the place, full house my shoe

Anyway who cares about attendance tbf

Season ticket holders, empty seats paid 4

emergingstar · 13-01-2013 05:53PM

Thought that team showed plenty of fight and spirit

And in wilshere we have a player we can build a team around was just brilliant today

bad2dabone · 13-01-2013 05:53PM

horrible gutless first half performance. Improved in the second but just not good enough. Not good enough for arsenal.

13-01-2013 05:56PM

It's not Wenger the money problem lies with. I question his tactics and realism with what he has access to but as someone pointed out before, he went and splurged on Reyes halfway through the unbeaten season, he's not afraid to spend.

dvemail · 13-01-2013 05:57PM

Shame we got a player sent off so early, thought was even enough until that point and then there was only really one ending.
Although we did play well in the second half, but never really looked like scoring.

Sergio · 13-01-2013 05:59PM

Can someone please sum up our shambles of a team! That was painful to watch yet again today and i think its worse we are getting.

emergingstar · 13-01-2013 06:04PM

Sergio wrote: »

Can someone please sum up our shambles of a team! That was painful to watch yet again today and i think its worse we are getting.

You do realise we played most of that game with 10 men yeah

13-01-2013 06:07PM

Lets not overreact about the team when they went down to 10 men against the champions after 10 minutes.

Blame Koscienly or the ref if you want, but not the other players who played (bar maybe Walcott?)

Woj - Made a few great saves, I'd love to see his record on penos too, seems to save a lot.
Sagna - Played as a one man right hand side, incredible stamina and work rate.
Vermaelen - not his best performance but a lot of drive and passion
Mertesacker - Plenty of passion but he really isn't much use in the air for a big lad is he?
Gibbs - similar to Sagna, covered incredible an incredible amount of ground.
Jack - Superb performance and never gave up despite having lumps kicked out of him.
Ramsey - did alright when he came on, was fouled virtually every time he got the ball
Diaby - bit disappointing but couldn't expect much
Podolski - one of the few to show real passion and drive in the first half
Walcott - awful tbh, was non existent
throughout the game
Giroud - Put in a shift but his holding up play is actually quite poor

Koscienly - one blunder too many for me, how many own goals/gaffes can we put up with?

Sergio · 13-01-2013 06:07PM

emergingstar wrote: »

You do realise we played most of that game with 10 men yeah

No i missed that part never knew we only had 10 men on the pitch! :rolleyes:

Mickeroo · 13-01-2013 06:08PM

emergingstar wrote: »

You do realise we played most of that game with 10 men yeah

Jamie Redknapp seems to think that was an advantage :rolleyes:

Oranage2 · 13-01-2013 06:09PM

Actually had too stop watching after the first half so ducking terrible, turned it on ten mins to go and it looked like we gave it a go, still crap over all, but hey i support arsenal

emergingstar · 13-01-2013 06:11PM

Giroud had more touches than Walcott today

Pierce_1991 · 13-01-2013 06:12PM

Feel sorry for Jack today. City were clearly told from to kick him off the ball from minute one of the game. Disgrace.

Marty McFly · 13-01-2013 06:14PM

emergingstar wrote: »

Giroud had more touches than Walcott today

Really?:eek: Id well believe it but if thats true thats shocking.

emergingstar · 13-01-2013 06:15PM

Pierce_1991 wrote: »

Feel sorry for Jack today. City were clearly told from to kick him off the ball from minute one of the game. Disgrace.

He was brilliant today, took some kicking too. I fear were over playing him again though

Gringo180 · 13-01-2013 06:17PM

AdamD wrote: »

Lets not overreact about the team when they went down to 10 men against the champions after 10 minutes.

Blame Koscienly or the ref if you want, but not the other players who played (bar maybe Walcott?)

Woj - Made a few great saves, I'd love to see his record on penos too, seems to save a lot.
Sagna - Played as a one man right hand side, incredible stamina and work rate.
Vermaelen - not his best performance but a lot of drive and passion
Mertesacker - Plenty of passion but he really isn't much use in the air for a big lad is he?
Gibbs - similar to Sagna, covered incredible an incredible amount of ground.
Jack - Superb performance and never gave up despite having lumps kicked out of him.
Ramsey - did alright when he came on, was fouled virtually every time he got the ball
Diaby - bit disappointing but couldn't expect much
Podolski - one of the few to show real passion and drive in the first half
Walcott - awful tbh, was non existent
throughout the game
Giroud - Put in a shift but his holding up play is actually quite poor

Koscienly - one blunder too many for me, how many own goals/gaffes can we put up with?

Podolski was just awful mate, delighted he was reefed off just after 55 minutes.

Pierce_1991 · 13-01-2013 06:20PM

Gringo180 wrote: »

Podolski was just awful mate, delighted he was reefed off just after 55 minutes.

I actually thought he played quite well, he was one of the only people trying to force the issue in the second quarter of the game for us

13-01-2013 06:21PM

Gringo180 wrote: »

Podolski was just awful mate, delighted he was reefed off just after 55 minutes.

Completely disagree. Also think if he had the chances through the middle Walcott has gotten we'd be in a far better position.

applehunter · 13-01-2013 06:23PM

Is Walcott worth £5m per year based on that performance?

HazDanz · 13-01-2013 06:23PM

Walcott was hurtful to look at today. Verminator.... should lose that title. The lad is not at the races this season and is too inconsistent.

Wilshere was a joy to watch, Sagna has an unbelievable engine. Don't know how he did his running constantly all game.

Diaby, it was great to see him back. It gave us a little more presence in the middle although his defending was suspect at times and a bit lose on passes but what can we expect after being out for a 3 month period.

Pity it wasn't 11 v 11 but fcuk it we may move on. Cannot be complacent with our fixture list. Not a great start having everyone knackered now.

extra gravy · 13-01-2013 06:24PM

emergingstar wrote: »

He was brilliant today, took some kicking too. I fear were over playing him again though

We don't have anyone good enough to replace him so he can have a rest but according to Wenger we have a 'balanced' squad. Utter shiite.

Mickeroo · 13-01-2013 06:37PM

applehunter wrote: »

Is Walcott worth £5m per year based on that performance?

I don't know, he's an asset for sure and his record is impressive looking but how many of his goals came in crazy games when everyone was banging them in? He disappears in the tough games. Even in the second half when others were trying to get something out of the match he was nowhere to be seen today.

I'm happy to have him in the team, but he's not going to be the focal point he thinks he is IMO.

greendom · 13-01-2013 06:45PM

Arteta out for 3 weeks - not as worried about this as I would have been before today's game bizarrely enough. Diaby did ok considering it was his first game back and Ramsey looked great when he came on. What is the story with Rosicky though ? Not even on the bench today.

Soups123 · 13-01-2013 06:49PM

applehunter wrote: »

Is Walcott worth £5m per year based on that performance?

I don't really care tbh, he chips in with 10+ goals a season, he is an option. He has pushed the boards hand more than others and seems to have won. Arsenal fans are turning into the board, we shouldn't give a toss what we pay

Would rather we kept him him than gave him away for free

DB10 · 13-01-2013 06:53PM

greendom wrote: »

Arteta out for 3 weeks - not as worried about this as I would have been before today's game bizarrely enough. Diaby did ok considering it was his first game back and Ramsey looked great when he came on. What is the story with Rosicky though ? Not even on the bench today.

Ramsey barely done anything he was hardly great in fairness. Diaby was rubbish should have been hauled off at HT.

Another poor performance. Cant score goals when we need them. Crowd was fully behind the players today also.

Pierce_1991 · 13-01-2013 06:54PM

United have about 3 or 4 players similar to Walcott, very good players but not consistent enough to carry a team. Guys like Young, Welbeck, Nani or Hernandez are taken off early if they're not doing the business. Walcott would be the same there, but for us he has to be left on because there's no other option

Fuzzy_Dunlop · 13-01-2013 06:55PM

applehunter wrote: »

Is Walcott worth £5m per year based on that performance?

Everyone knows he's inconsistant. Much better to get a young English player like him tied down to a long contract either way. He'll still be worth a good bit even if we decide to sell him later.

Mr.Micro · 13-01-2013 07:09PM

Unlucky for us today with Dean doing us no favours. A penalty probably but the sending off, very harsh. Not a game to judge the team, with us down to 10 men so early and on the back foot for most of the match and Ox C off. City were not vintage and we should take some positives out of the game. Walcott so overrated and not worthy of main striker IMO. He has flashes of brilliance but not like the other guy who plays for Man Utd now

, who delivers game after game.

emergingstar · 13-01-2013 07:23PM

I think if we don't strengthen we won't get top 4

Arsenal Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 12/13 MOD POST #232

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