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

Deleted User wrote: »

That's 5/8 games without scoring.

There was no one better than Giroud or Walcott available though...

salmocab wrote: »

put your mortgage on a 2-1 win in the Nou Camp

No chance but you can have my mortgage for nothing...!

Flamini should be nowhere near any team in the last 16 of the Champions League let alone coming up against the European Champions

Other than that 1-0 would have been a fair result we did play really well tonight despite the negative bollocks thats going on in here as usual

That was absolutely depressing. We'd a number of chances in the first half and continued to try to literally walk it into the net...went hoarse screaming have a shot at the tv. Then we were blessed that Suarez didn't score the header just before half time like he should have. Begin the second half poorly but get back into it, get caught on the counter...and then later Per decides to set Messi up with an assist. I'm raging. I'm not certain why. I should be used to us choking on the big stage at this point!

Ramsey was the worst player on the pitch for me, continuously gave the ball away and played passes that were never on in a million years. Per was poor as usual, yet is still our captain for some reason?! Then Flamini comes on and does what he does best...makes a woeful attempt at a tackle that was never on.

Sickened because I thought we actually stood a chance against them tonight, combine that with the fact I came out of my drugged up flu coma to watch it and also the nature of our loss getting caught on the counter twice.

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Dont think Coquelin is the way forward if we eventually want to compete at the very top of the game. So limited.

farna_boy wrote: »

For me Monreal was at fault for the first goal. Bellerin was already closing down Suarez, so Monreal should have enough experience to have a look around, make sure no other players can get involved and if it comes to it let Suarez go one on one with Cech. Instead, both he and Bellerin went for the same player, whereas if one of them had dropped to the center, the pass would never have been on.

Monreal had to close down Neymar, he was ahead of Bellerin and was the man with the ball, absolutely Monreal had to commit

Colonialboy wrote: »

It wasnt a purple patch hes a better player than either of those two.

But you got that right ... we have a bench that can make things happen.. Flamini !!

like i said Wenger got it wrong again tonight.
Wenger is out of his depth against the big boys in Europe.
Wenger ignores too many failings in his own team
Wenger doesnt react soon enough on the night.
Wenger doesn know what are the right changes to make either.

**** off. If Flamini had made contact with the ball instead of completely missing it, it would have been a 1-0 game, and still everything to play for.

It's funny how you only ever turn up after losses to stick the knife in further and get everyone wound up more.

That Ox chance is the first half is annoying me since, just another example of him not progressing and not having the brain for this level. I'll be pissed off if he gets a new contract and fat pay rise in the summer because he done nothing to deserve it. Overall, can't criticise the team too much...did well for 70 but then a combination of our usual fcuk ups plus Messi's briiliance was our undoing. Roll on Sunday.

Alfred Borden wrote: »

Dont think Coquelin is the way forward if we eventually want to compete at the very top of the game. So limited.

????

Coquelin did fúck all wrong tonight, criticism for the sake of criticism.

Soups123 wrote: »

Monreal had to close down Neymar, he was ahead of Bellerin and was the man with the ball, absolutely Monreal had to commit

The break away should have been stopped by Kos, should have clattered Suarez on the line with his back to goal and taken the yellow

jamescd wrote: »

You mean Neymar? It was Neymar who squared for Messi, not Suarez.

Soups123 wrote: »

Monreal had to close down Neymar, he was ahead of Bellerin and was the man with the ball, absolutely Monreal had to commit

Fair enough got them mixed up, but still disagree.

Cech is world class, let Neymar take the shot and trust your keeper to save it. It's something that was taught to me as a defender as a schoolboy. The keeper can come out and close the angle to the player with the ball but when he does that he is vulnerable to other players coming in so that's the area you have to defend.

wonga77 wrote: »

Sanchez tried all night but is hopeless at retaining possesion.

He was marked by two men nearly the entire night. Not necessarily to defend him as his form lately has been poor. The question needs to be asked if Barca could afford to man mark him with two people who on our team were they leaving unmarked? As it was 11 vs 11...well in theory at least

farna_boy wrote: »

Fair enough got them mixed up, but still disagree.

Cech is world class, let Neymar take the shot and trust your keeper to save it. It's something that was taught to me as a defender as a schoolboy. The keeper can come out and close the angle to the player with the ball but when he does that he is vulnerable to other players coming in so that's the area you have to defend.

You where thought as a defender to let the striker have a pop at goal??
Your coach should have been sacked.