Match Thread Arsenal @ home 12:45 Sat.

[Eric Djemba-Djemba]

when they play to their best they are great. today is one of these days for them.

They're playing no where near their best. They haven't got out of first gear.

 

[bluestevon]

Can't decide whether that's his choice, or whether the players have downed tools.

Their enthusiasm/effort off the ball is remarkable.

Held back after the Chelsea game as was time to give him a break as we'd reached the semi - but this is the bread and butter for us as fans, and sorry phone Mourinho up - offer him anything he wants, this manager is taking the squad down fast

 

[nsno-chris]

they are just better than us. therefore we dont have the most posession and chances as we are used to . a bit to spoiled in that area.

So we accept that we watch a team with no fight and just take defeat as a thank you.

Boss

 

[Toffee-nerd]

Arsenal aren't even that good. Defensively we are all over the shop as usual. Mori going walkabout twice leaving two gaping holes at the back. Besic being positioned terribly bassicaly everytime arsenal attacking and that heitinga esque tackle when both fullbacks and a centre back are in the opposition half. Nice one. Big half this. We are either going to win 3-2 or get pasted 5 or 6.

 

[banno]

Funes Mori going off for Stones?

I thought it might be Besic and Stones playing in front of the CBs. Besic is all over the place today

 

[Ring master]

Can't decide whether that's his choice, or whether the players have downed tools.

Their enthusiasm/effort off the ball is remarkable.

Besic for me has shown none,[neither have most],but besic normally runs like crazy to win the ball back,hasnt even been bothered today

 

[Woolverhampton_Blue]

LOUD NOISES!!

 

[streeky]

We have an assist machine on the bench but cleverly gets played instead as Martinez won't stray from his philosophy, not even when we're losing.

Cleverley is the only one in our midfield doing his job ,the rest are not at the races and besic is playing for them. Loving the cleverly agendas amongst our fans.

 

[Toast]

We already are mate, just with better players.

Every now and then they'll put an ace performance in. Remember 3-0 at goodison when Wigan destroyed us

Post of the day for me this.

Scarily accurate.

 

[Abraders]

This is no way our best squad in years we lack winners

If only we had today's lukaku while cahill, arteta, pienaar etc were all blessing the club

 

[longers]

and to top it all off they have a carragher/Liverpool/Istanbul jizzfest feature on the stream I'm watching.

 

[Jimmy1]

I've sort of stopped caring now this season. After the West Ham game I was out then we beat Chelsea and the knobs pulled me back in. Just want this season over so these bottlers don't ruin my weekend anymore. We'll bottle the semi final. Its what we do.

 

[TheBigIguana]

Our squad is decent but not good enough to dominate every game with possession. We need to get the ball forward quickly where our actual top players like Lukaku and Barkley can do things

 

[TGW89]

If this formation was so brilliant how come we lose every other home game ffs.

Lose every other home game?....LUXURY, LAD!

By my reckoning its now 5 out of the last 7 in the league. This will be the third in a row

 

[bicycleheader]

not seeing the lack of effort people are fuming about, apart from that woeful attempt to win the ball by Besic before the 2nd goal. I think we are pressing ok.

The problem is the passing. Its been absolutely terrible. Besic main culprit. Good first goal by Arsenal but we will never recover or get back in a game passing like that.

Miss the Barry clockwork possession machine badly.