Let's see Shit today - Wilshere, Giroud, Wenger Irrelevant - Cazorla, Rosicky, Arteta Solid - Back 4 Superb effort - Ozil (however, he was mediocre, he looks absolutely exhausted) Game saver - Sczc Probably as mad as he's ever been - Poldi
0-0.... this is the reason everyone screams for world class striker...or at least someone who can push for Giroud's place..... one strike...would have been enough.... 2 pts lost...multiply it by couple games...and thats the difference between 1, 2 or 3 place
Embarrassing. Wenger is either an idiot or a coward. West Brom do us an immense favor and thats how you respond, unbelievable.
should have won. upfront options arsene? fk you and your transfer/substitution attitude. wilshere was dreadful, giroud was toothless, ozil was much improved.
Immensely frustrating game. I think Wenger is secretly pleased with a point, but this game shows we still can't win big games. BTW, what does Podolski have to do to get a game? He should have forced his way out in January. He is wasted here.
The Arteta DM project worked for a while, but Arteta has gotten 3 years older in 12 months. He's lost enough athleticism to make him fairly useless against a good team.
and not to mention we are playing at home. Fking frustrated.... we have no answer, no tactic, nothing...
Can the Wenger-apologists tell me how Wenger is not a tactical failure in big games this season? our very only chance to beat United and he fields 5 midfielders (+ Rosicky and Cazorla), and as a result we were playing without pace in the counter. Very, very frustrating. Heck, it's even more frustrating to have a terribly average striker like giroud in the team. His link up play, very impressive indeed. Just like his first touch. Btw Moyes outclassed Wenger, how pathetic that may sound. They nullified our ability to attack, made us not dangerous. Vidic may have had a good match because of Giroud, but if we had an actual proven striker things might have gone the other way around. Aoc not good when he was brought on. We lack pace upfront. Ozil played better, and we were close to the 1-0 when he linked up so brilliantly with Cazorla at the end of the game. I consider this as a loss.
"if you cannot win it, do not lose it" . He has said that many many times. What a garbage game this was!!!!!!
Yea, that about sums it up. We played relatively well and probably deserved to win (though there were a couple shaky defensive moments). More possession. More shots by far. Just couldn't put one away. All of the random movement and passing around their box didn't amount to much. Giroud is a good player, but it would be nice if we had other options. A more dynamic and active athlete would probably do wonders for us. Even so, Giroud was close on a couple occasions. Just couldn't get the touch right. I don't get why Poldi isn't used in games like these. Not even as a late sub? 0-0 game crying out for someone to make a difference. That's the kind of situation where his goal scoring ability would be very valuable. Ehhhhh. Rosicky was a little loose with some of his passes. Jack didn't do much. Everyone else played okay I thought. Santi really tried to do it, but just couldn't quite get the breakthrough. Tough one. We were clearly the better team, yet we couldn't scrape the result.
Wenger has been clueless in big games for years Giroud is terrible too, this squad is tired and lacks class in afvanced positions, ramsey cant come back soon enough
at least he didnt try to run out the clock with a sub this time. Still unforgivable. 2 players playing as bad they were playing and just 1 substiution all game for Rosicky.
It's as if you have had the possibility to spent the night with Kelly Brook but Wenger chose to play lego instead. ********
It's beginning to show how much we rely on Walcott and his pace to break through. Whether he scores or not, his pace to break the defensive lines and put in a good cross has been crucial to our season. When you tack on the fact that he's a great finisher in his own right and that Wenger failed to replace his goal scoring in the January window after the season ending injury - we are rightly #%$#%#$. God I wish we paid the ~25 million for Antoine Griezmann. Next season boys...maybe. Battle for 4th begins!