cazorla and giroud both wasted very good shooting opportunites. at least theo hit the post

First time we've had two 1-0 wins in a row since the 08/09 season.

Nacho also had a good game, especially defensively, 43/45 passing at 96%, 2 chances created, 100% tackle success rate 4/4 and 3 interceptions.

Andre Santos set to join Gremio on loan.

Don't, just don't put Andre Santos on the pitch against Bayern...
Enven if Aresenal has nothing on the left....


Edited by Viper 0: 10/2/2013 11:52:02 午後

Great, but who do we play against Bayern since Nacho is cup tied :-k

I guess Sagna with Jenkison at rightback?

Sagna-Koscielny-Mertesacker-Vermaelan

Gibbs will be fit for r2nd leg (hopefully)

hopefully gibbo can come up for 2nd leg . Just wish we do have more depth in lb

Was under the impression that neither Vermaelen nor Gibbs would be fit for the first leg.

Gibbs should be fit for the 2nd leg. Vermaelen will play there if he's fit for the first leg. If he isn't well then I've got no clue :lol: Koscielny or Sagna maybe.

As for more depth at LB, we've got Gibbs, Monreal and Vermaelen(if needed) that can play there. Not sure how many LB's you want :lol:

Well if say monreal Gibbs and tv all get injured at the same time :lol: could be worse we could play squillaci There

Joel Campbell apparently doing very very well at Betis.

Was more getting at the fact that it's weird timing to be getting rid of our only available leftback right before such an important game.

I'd probably prefer Sagna at leftback though anyway.
Obviously for the long term we're fine.

Szczesny, Coquelin, Vermaelen, Koscielny, Monreal, Diaby, Rosicky, Arteta, Gervinho, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Giroud

Very happy with that lineup. Also a very very strong bench with Jack, Poldi, Theo and Santi all there.

Slow tempo tippy tappy, boring shite football topped off with no creativity and no imagination. I don't know how anyone can defend Wenger after that display. Really, really poor.

That was utter shite.No movement too man static players , ffs Wenger needs a fucking bollcking

Final straw, ninth year without a trophy. It's sad but it has to be done.

As much as you say it has to be done you know it won't be.

As for the match, I'm finding it very hard to even care anymore. Funnily enough me not caring coincides with Wanderers coming into the A-League.

I think Arsene needs to be more ruthless at the moment... The way he dealt with Santos was good. I would like to see our deadwood go for free if it would get rid of them.

I'm not sure why Podolski hasnt started this month.

I hate picking out individuals after a flat performance like that (but I will ;) ). Gervinho has to go. He doesnt belong anywhere near a team which is meant to be challenging for trophies. If you're challenging, you need players that will take opportunities when the going is tough, we have seen time and again that he cant/wont do that. A top 4 player buries one of his chances and we go on to win the game comfortably. Liam Brady said at halftime that he's not a finisher and you'd never put your house him.

Ox was poor, but i can forgive that due to his age and inexperience. Diaby had a poor game too

Edited by Hinderz: 17/2/2013 01:07:04 PM

Gervinho wasnt the only one . He is a confidence player . shouldve started with Lukas . Why hasn't he played at all this month

Totally agree about Poldi. Gervinho's had more poor games than good games in an arsenal shirt, not good enough, equal to Santos. He should be treated as such.

Edited by Hinderz: 17/2/2013 01:10:45 PM

Sell gervinho back to lille ? But to be fair on gervais , Theo was inconsistent as well for s long while

True, but Theo is two years younger than Gervinho, who should be just about in his prime. Im applying Theo-logic to OX. Gervinho might be a player in a few years, but we have enough wide players who are young prospects. We need 25-27 year olds to step up and do a job. To be honest, I dont care where Gervinho goes, just that he is replaced by a player that will step to play for Arsenal.

Knowing Wenger he'll be stubborn and hold onto gervais. Then when were fed up with him he'll become a free scoring player before we sell him to citeh :lol:

That'll do that to you.

This team should have won. No excuses, no sob story money problems, no individual inconsistencies, that side had more than enough quality to win the game. It didn't because of tactical failings. It didn't because of our insistence on tippy tappy. It didn't because we can't defend the messy situations, we can't score from set pieces (how many did we have?) and we can't penetrate teams with this slow tempo rubbish.

Sometimes I just wish we lump the ball up to giroud . You know a plan b tiki taka does work but when teams press us we need to do a big Sam and lump it forward

We kind of have been doing that a bit lately actually against the tougher opponents.

Obviously wouldn't have helped this morning though given Blackburn were totally parking the bus and the only way we were allowed to attack was through crosses.
We happened to have three out of four completely ubbish crossers on the flanks (Ox, Gervinho and Coquelin), and so it worked for them. Should have been changes earlier IMO, but obviously he was trying to save them for Bayern.

Anyway, who cares about the FA Cup these days?

If we can beat Bayern over two legs it would have to be the biggest thing Arsenal have done in years given the inhuman form they're in. And for some stupid reason I have 50 bucks on Arsenal getting the home win :roll:

Because...

I still care and so do a lot of people. It's the FA Cup, the magic, the history... It still means a lot to supporters.

Looking in from the outside, to me, it's definitely time for Arsene to go. I don't care who you bring in, anybody is really worth the chance to make an improvement, and move the club forward, because I honestly don't see Wenger taking you forward any more. He's reaching the end of his career age wise, the club has been in steady downfall for what, 3 seasons now? Gotta take the chance. The squad is good, it just needs some fresh vision.

IMO anyway.

special one ? Biesla ? Jurgen klopp??