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

I wanted to post this in the Chelsea Arsenal thread but it's been closed. It's basically a told you so - that there shouldn't have been a sending off....

Daily Mirror

Under FA rules, Arsenal will have their appeal on the grounds of mistaken identity upheld, although Wembley beaks also had the power to intervene even if there was no claim by the Gunners.

That would leave Oxlade-Chamberlain due to serve a one-match ban for denying an obvious goalscoring opportunity.

But as Hazard’s shot was actually going wide of Wojciech Szczesny’s goal, Arsenal have been told an appeal against the actual red card decision is likely to be upheld as well, despite the fact that Oxlade-Chamberlain handled because he believed the ball was going in.



http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/arsenal-applying-fa-stop-playing-3275997#ixzz2wpRFQFRs
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WoollyRedHat wrote: »

Gibbs didn't help either, flanking up the pitch and not making it back to cover as Chelsea swarmed up.

There is so many rumours going on and a bit of mystery is in the air but no news is good news tbh. The time for words is over, having a pre-match conference isn't going to do much good, so I think that's the correct decision.

If Akpom has been called back then that's an interesting development and we could see Giroud dropped for Tuesday.

If Wenger did echo those comments to his players it could be genius bluffing on his part to spur his players on, because obviously what was being said before wasn't sinking in for certain players.

Some people are defintely going to be dropped for Swansea to send a message, and I think that what happened on Saturday is a turning point.
I expect Arsene to stay beyond season's end.

Gibbs was the weak link defensively but the game was lost in midfield. We were obliterated

Very disappointed with the result from Saturday obviously. Didn't get to see the match, thankfully, but from reading what has been said here it seems like it was the same story as the Liverpool game.

Giroud has come in for a lot of criticism lately, which is fair enough, but it is good to see that he is not being blamed for the bad result again, as I think it was detracting from the real problems that we have.

Giroud is not a beast of a player, but I do think he is better than we have seen from him this season. People say that it is Giroud's fault that Ozil has not been as good as we expected, but if we want out strikers to score goals, surely we should play to their strengths? I think Ramsey was doing that with Giroud, playing off him and scoring goals because of it but when he got injured nobody took up that role and we have suffered for it. I think if someone could do that between now and the end of the season, we could finish very strongly.

My biggest worry though is that if the players couldn't motivate themselves for Saturday, of all days, how can we finish strongly at all? Normally, motivation should come from Wenger, but given that it was supposed to be his day and from all the wonderful stories from players about him and what he has done for all of them, surely all the existing players should have been trying to play out of their skins yesterday.

For all the talk of Ozil being poor, I think Cazorla has been much more anonymous and basically just bad for us this year, especially knowing what he is capable of doing. Some of this probably comes from trying to fit in with Ozil but I would have expected to see some improvement by now.

I think we do need an improvement in the midfield from what has been playing recently. I know some of this comes from Ramsey being injured but our back up solution needs to be a whole lot better than what it is now. I think Arteta is definitely on a downward slope but is still a very valuable asset. However, if he didn't play against any of the big teams for the rest of the season (at least) I think it would be a very good idea.

Saw a stat on sky sports earlier saying we had taken 4 out of a possible 45 points from top 4 clashes in last 5 years :eek:

Staggering if correct.

Raf32 wrote: »

They conveniently left out that it was away game to make it sound worse but it still is atrocious

Makes more sense then but still as you say not good at all.

Lies, damned lies and statistics :pac:

extra gravy wrote: »

Oh I'm not getting too cocky either, we're by no means in the clear yet. I just think it's silly for him to be saying publicly that they can catch us considering their record in that regard. Maybe he's hoping for another "negative spiral"

Lets hope we have one so

Pretty embarrassing from Per to be honest, poor timing if trying to be funny too

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/mar/23/arsenal-arsene-wenger?CMP=twt_gu

Soups123 wrote: »

Bit harsh on Mert but he has a point we are **** at early starts I fckin hate them

I just feel it shouldnt be a factor and although it is it shouldnt be acknowledged by the players like no excuses over time, it was only across london.

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Ah no thats not on. Were losing because we're playing shíte. Nothing to do with early starts. The invincibles won many 12.45 games back a decade ago.

I'm not fcukin buying into it but for a player to say it, means it's in the thinking that's all, the mental side of the game needs addressing at Arsenal.

We lost on Sat heavily cause of many reason mental psychy is one of them

The majority of our games left (5) will be played during the evening.

When we play City on Saturday, with a 17:30 kick-off, Chelsea will have already played.
I think a sports psychologist should be looked into for next season.