Pre-match: FA Cup: Arsenal vs Man U, Fri, 1/25; 2:55 pm

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  1. NorthBank

    NorthBank Member+

    Arsenal; NYRB
    United States
    Mar 29, 2006
    Connecticut
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Not sure if we'd give out any MOTM awards to our guys tonight, but AMN & Cech might be in the running.

    Edit: I knew it was risky to write that with 10 mins to go. Shortly afterwards Cech pushes a shot back to an onrushing Martial. TBF, the big reason for that goal was not the keeper.
     
  2. ArsenalMetro

    ArsenalMetro Member+

    United States
    Aug 5, 2008
    Chicago, IL
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    That was a terrible counter to give up, but what the ********, Petr? Awful rebound.
     
  3. footykid

    footykid Member+

    Jan 10, 2005
    Mississauga, Ont
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    Ozil can go tbh.
     
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  4. ArsenalMetro

    ArsenalMetro Member+

    United States
    Aug 5, 2008
    Chicago, IL
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    I'd rather Emery go at this point. I don't know what he's trying to get this team to actually do.
     
  5. GunnerJacket

    GunnerJacket Moderator
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    Sep 18, 2003
    Gainesville, GA
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    He's trying to play a more pressing style but has learnt they don't have the personnel for the job. Some have underperformed, some are injured, and some simply aren't cut for this approach.

    I'd wager Ozil would be easier to replace right now than Emery.
     
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  6. NorthBank

    NorthBank Member+

    Arsenal; NYRB
    United States
    Mar 29, 2006
    Connecticut
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Well I'm glad that worked out so well today!

    Just when we'd regained a decent CB partnership, we lose them both in the same match.

    Nothing we could do about either of those injuries... except perhaps have an owner who could fund a squad the likes of Citeh.
     
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  7. dmike

    dmike Member

    Jul 7, 2004
    SoCal
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Ozil has been such a noodle all game . Then again this game summarizes his Arsenal career in a nutshell
     
  8. ArsenalMetro

    ArsenalMetro Member+

    United States
    Aug 5, 2008
    Chicago, IL
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Couple things.

    1) He hasn't played in a month, so no kidding, he looked rusty.
    2) He has 114 combined goals and assists in 213 games for Arsenal.
     
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  9. dmike

    dmike Member

    Jul 7, 2004
    SoCal
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Are you really going to drop "stats" on me ?

    Padding those goals/assist vs minions won't change the fact he's been lackluster vs Big Clubs. The same ole same ole groundhog day.
     
  10. footykid

    footykid Member+

    Jan 10, 2005
    Mississauga, Ont
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    I think we can desist with taking Iwobi off the field. Say what you will about his final ball, but he transitions, defends, retains possession, and penetrates.The attack always stops once he comes off.

    We have tried taking him off, it has never worked. A shape change would have been better than that sub and everyone on this board knows it.

    We finished with a completely different set of CBs than we started... this injury thing is getting irksome.
     
  11. thebigman

    thebigman Member+

    May 25, 2006
    Birmingham
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    The diamond worked

    This was a good match till we stopped trying to defend counters
     
  12. GunnerJacket

    GunnerJacket Moderator
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    Sep 18, 2003
    Gainesville, GA
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Counters have been this club's achilles since, what, '08? It's just in the past Arsenal have been able to score more and keep the game tilted in their favor more frequently.

    Seriously I would love to see a Stat about how many of the goals surrendered have come from counter attacks.
     
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  13. The Jitty Slitter

    The Jitty Slitter Moderator
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    Bayern München
    Germany
    Jul 23, 2004
    Fascist Hellscape
    Club:
    FC Sankt Pauli
    Nat'l Team:
    Belgium
  14. crazy150

    crazy150 Member+

    Aug 27, 2006
    North Cuba
    Let’s not get carried away. We lost to a united team that is on a bounce. Hopefully it’s a dead cat bounce but they are still in the middle of it whatever it is.

    I mean we were out done by two brilliant passes by LUKAKU of all people—in 12 mins! What are the odds of that?

    I won’t blame cech for the loss, but I think he was terrible honestly. He could have easily dealt with the third goal which killed us. Also, his positioning was poor on the second goal in my opinion.

    That said we still dominated the game. However, none of our flicks, reverse passes, or crosses fell to friendly feet or heads though. Then the game state put us up against the country ter which is our week point especially when you lose two CBs.

    I saw flashes of ozil when he came on but then nothing. We also lost a lot of the agression without iwobi and with Ramsey moves out left.

    Individually I thought Ramey and iwobi were both decent but they have a real disconnect and missed many of each other’s runs. Also Ramsey and Laca with a few wasteful potshots when there were better options.

    AMN. Don’t know where to start honestly. He is so good in duals, but his positioning and use of the ball is poor. Time to give jenko a try I think.

    Bottom line—this game sucked bc the injuries. We played well enough and were setup to win, it just didn’t happen.
     
  15. footykid

    footykid Member+

    Jan 10, 2005
    Mississauga, Ont
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    The goal stats are rough on AMN I feel he had a great game. Auba isn't a winger and it showed in our use of the right flank.

    I do think Jenks should get games though, even if just to boost his value a bit. I dontd think he is as bad as ppl have made out.

    If it was just execution I would be onside with the Ozil defence. But, his movement was bad, his starting positions bad, his use of the half space bad, he has never been a scraper so I'll ignore him not seeming up for it. This match needed aggression and that is not Ozil at the best of times
     
  16. casoccerdad47

    casoccerdad47 Member+

    Mar 31, 2006
    All game?? He came on with 27 minutes left and ironically was 5th in total tackles.
     
  17. NorthBank

    NorthBank Member+

    Arsenal; NYRB
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    Mar 29, 2006
    Connecticut
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Right on. Exactly what it was. And he's day-to-day. So hopefully we'll see him soon, if not Tuesday then next weekend.

    Speaking of Tuesday...
     
  18. NorthBank

    NorthBank Member+

    Arsenal; NYRB
    United States
    Mar 29, 2006
    Connecticut
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    What I forgot to mention was the bad news from this match. Sokratis did his ankle pretty badly and he won't even be able to train on it for a month, if their estimate is correct. This. Really. Sucks. Kossok (or Sokkos?) was just starting to gel as a decent quality pairing.
     
  19. yossarian

    yossarian Moderator
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    Jun 16, 1999
    Big City Blinking
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Anyone going to step up and create the thread for tomorrow's match?
     
  20. mebeSajid

    mebeSajid Member+

    Feb 16, 2009
    Atlanta, GA
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    I'm getting really tired of United keepers playing Sith Lord at the Emirates.

     
  21. NorthBank

    NorthBank Member+

    Arsenal; NYRB
    United States
    Mar 29, 2006
    Connecticut
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Why not take the bull by the horns?

    p.s. If nobody else does, I will. But I've been in relatively recent rotation so I figured I should give people a break.
     
  22. NorthBank

    NorthBank Member+

    Arsenal; NYRB
    United States
    Mar 29, 2006
    Connecticut
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  23. yossarian

    yossarian Moderator
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    Jun 16, 1999
    Big City Blinking
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The one time I ever made a match thread, I think we got smashed. No more for me.
     
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