Arsenal Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2015/16 ( Mod Note linked in OP 29/12)

tayto lover · 05-12-2015 04:52PM

Thank God for that.

tayto lover · 05-12-2015 04:53PM

KaiserGunner wrote: »

Just delighted to get out of that game with the win. Wasn't convincing defensively, but I'll take it. Will have to improve defensively as a team as we were carved apart by Sunderland a few times.

Our defence has been poor for a long time now.

Alfred Borden · 05-12-2015 04:54PM

Ozil #10 with Ramsey B2B gives us our best shot at the league. Ramsey was rusty today but improved as the game went on.

Pierce_1991 · 05-12-2015 04:56PM

Ramsey definitely gave us something extra going forward even if he was a little rusty today. Flamini is a problem though, I actually like him but he plays way to high up the pitch. He needs to sit right back and help the defence more.

Great day though. Ahead of United and City now. Just two off the best team in the league.

Arne_Saknussem · 05-12-2015 04:56PM

A win is a win, and it was badly needed. But that's as shambolic a performance as i've seen in a long time, huge gaps in the midfield and defense.

Ozil was the only player to show any authority and confidence.

Soups123 · 05-12-2015 04:58PM

Delighted with 3 points and to put November behind us. A win was the most important thing today.

With results and injuries a win was vital today to lift things a bit

bad2dabone · 05-12-2015 04:59PM

I'm so relieved!

FixitFelix · 05-12-2015 05:01PM

3 points in the bag now onto Wednesday with the same result

emergingstar · 05-12-2015 05:12PM

Poor performance but second half we were better

Defensively were a shambles, can't put in a defence performance like that again we will be took to the cleaners

Skylinehead · 05-12-2015 05:13PM

Alfred Borden wrote: »

Ozil #10 with Ramsey B2B gives us our best shot at the league. Ramsey was rusty today but improved as the game went on.

That sounds like something you might do in Football Manager, but in reality, it won't work. Cazorla is far more consistent, and retains the ball much better. Who's going to do that in a Ramsey-Coquelin midfield? This feels like you're selectively ignoring the last 12 months and are just looking at November.

emergingstar · 05-12-2015 05:15PM

Skylinehead wrote: »

That sounds like something you might do in Football Manager, but in reality, it won't work. Cazorla is far more consistent, and retains the ball much better. Who's going to do that in a Ramsey-Coquelin midfield? This feels like you're selectively ignoring the last 12 months and are just looking at November.

Disagree slightly I thought the coq/Cazorla partnership looked very very dodgy when Ramsey wasn't beside them

Arne_Saknussem · 05-12-2015 05:17PM

emergingstar wrote: »

Disagree slightly I thought the coq/Cazorla partnership looked very very dodgy when Ramsey wasn't beside them

Wouldn't disagree with that but Ramsey bombing forward with only Flamini behind him is a recipe for disaster against any decent team.

Mr Blobby · 05-12-2015 05:18PM

You could see how big of a influence Santi is after today. We were so frantic in the middle, with little to no composer or calm.

Ramsey will do the job for now but Santi will be a big loss.

emergingstar · 05-12-2015 05:20PM

Mr Blobby wrote: »

You could see how big of a influence Santi is after today. We were so frantic in the middle, with little to no composer or calm.

Ramsey will do the job for now but Santi will be a big loss.

I'd argue go out and find a better ball playing DM to partner Ramsey

5star02707 · 05-12-2015 05:21PM

giroud scoring for both sides. see that's why we shouldn't slate any other player. he redeemed himself. Ramsey finally got his goal so can he not try those spectacular shots and just score normal goals

Theo pushed ramsey's celebration lmao!

wandatowell · 05-12-2015 05:22PM

3-1 victory and I'm more concerned about our season now than I was before kickoff.

Shambles of a game today but League position is all that counts so I can't complain.

05-12-2015 05:24PM

Ramsey and Coquelin have only ever played together in CM 3 times, they won 2 of those. Nobody's 'ignoring 12 months', they've barely even been tried together.

I'm seriously uncomfortable in putting our eggs in a Coquelin/Cazorla partnership that needs Ramsey to play RW, who in turn needs Bellerin to play RB to overlap. We don't have the inury record to sustain that.

greendom · 05-12-2015 05:25PM

Mr Blobby wrote: »

You could see how big of a influence Santi is after today. We were so frantic in the middle, with little to no composer or calm.

Ramsey will do the job for now but Santi will be a big loss.

Fitness permitting, Ramsey is going to get a lot of time in the middle. Hopefully his composure will improve. He'll never have Santi's close control but he could make more than an adequate replacement especially if he becomes a regular goalscorer like he did a couple of seasons back.

emergingstar · 05-12-2015 05:26PM

AdamD wrote: »

Ramsey and Coquelin have only ever played together in CM 3 times, they won 2 of those. Nobody's 'ignoring 12 months', they've barely even been tried together.

I'm seriously uncomfortable in putting our eggs in a Coquelin/Cazorla partnership that needs Ramsey to play RW, who in turn needs Bellerin to play RB to overlap. We don't have the inury record to sustain that.

This explains it better than I did

Mr Blobby · 05-12-2015 05:27PM

It also didn't help that Ox was invisible most of the match. Walcott looked sharp which is good.

05-12-2015 05:28PM

I didn't feel like our defense was the problem, it was giving the ball away cheaply when on attack, and giving them a chance to break.

Skylinehead · 05-12-2015 05:30PM

emergingstar wrote: »

Disagree slightly I thought the coq/Cazorla partnership looked very very dodgy when Ramsey wasn't beside them

Agreed, Ramsey does add a lot to the team. But I can flip that on its head, there was zero composure in our midfield today bar Ozil. What does Coquelin-Ramsey do to fix that?

gosplan · 05-12-2015 05:31PM

If we have Alexis and Ozil, I think we can have Rambo central.

emergingstar · 05-12-2015 05:41PM

Skylinehead wrote: »

Agreed, Ramsey does add a lot to the team. But I can flip that on its head, there was zero composure in our midfield today bar Ozil. What does Coquelin-Ramsey do to fix that?

No a better ball playing DM beside Ramsey will though

05-12-2015 05:43PM

Interesting tweet from Alan Sugar here for a spud :pac:

https://twitter.com/Lord_Sugar/status/673191671388065792

emergingstar · 05-12-2015 06:47PM

Eerily quiet in here

ronjo · 05-12-2015 06:53PM

emergingstar wrote: »

Eerily quiet in here

Most people have a life on a Saturday night except you and eh me....

I am waiting for Barney the dinosaur to finish so I can put the match back on.

emergingstar · 05-12-2015 06:56PM

ronjo wrote: »

Most people have a life on a Saturday night except you and eh me....

I am waiting for Barney the dinosaur to finish so I can put the match back on.

Have the Chelsea match one two small ones wrecking the place

That's about as good as my Saturday night gets

ronjo · 05-12-2015 07:03PM

emergingstar wrote: »

Have the Chelsea match one two small ones wrecking the place

That's about as good as my Saturday night gets

Similar here and have match back on too.

Was at Christmas party last night and if you have ever been at a bank party in Bratislava you too would need quiet day the next day

gosplan · 05-12-2015 07:05PM

ronjo wrote: »

Similar here and have match back on too.

Was at Christmas party last night and if you have ever been at a bank party in Bratislava you too would need quiet day the next day

Same here but I don't get control of the TV any more.

Instead I get to watch Alvinn and the Chipmunks.

Arsenal Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2015/16 ( Mod Note linked in OP 29/12)

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