Match Thread Arsenal @ home 12:45 Sat.

[Dharma]

Looking forward to next season, more of this sexy football with Rob.

 

[Rook]

I mean we've been playing quite well. We even did against WH. Even if the tactics were totally inept and starting lineup was chosen by means of Tarot cards that doesn't explain the poor passing and lack of effort.

 

[degsy]

Degsy has left the building

 

[Fearthainn]

Nice of us to let Arsenal play unopposed for 45 minutes, it was only fair since they've just had a difficult journey back from Spain.

 

[The Equaliser]

bullcrap. its very few games we have been thinking that we deservedly lost this season. This was one of the few.

The only bullcrap is the picture in your avatar.

 

[Norwegian Cow]

Relegation form that was RM at his worst playing Besic the wrong away round with MaCarthy was the killer from the start imo!

First of all, that sentence is just horrible. Try some punctuation. Secondly: about 99% of us wanted Besic to play with McCarthy today. It did not work, at least not today. Hindsight and all that..

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

What a lovely friendly little game of togger we served Arsenal then. No closing down, we even went easy on their crippled keeper. Insipid.

Arsenal jogging back to London,supposedly they need a bit of a work - out.

 

[BlueToff]

There was contact mate, if Sanchez had gone down right away at the contact it was a nailed on pen, reason why he didn't get it was because Sanchez thought about staying on his feet, then dived.

Yeh spot on

Besic caught him but Sanchez played on then dived.

 

[Blue 1]

Get in the bloody bin, Martinez.

 

[Michaelcoyb]

We just played Arsenal into form.

Hopefully it makes the title race a bit more exciting.

 

[LinekersLegs]

Legs I was level with the pitch in the G.Street end.

They walked through us. It wasn't even quick play.

Fair enough BlueToff, we'll agree to disagree!

 

[Smodger]

Speechless.

 

[Fearthainn]

We had a free kick a few minutes before the end, some Arsenal player took the ball from us, and Cleverley lets him have it for like 10 seconds before running to the ref and crying about it. Sums up the spineless team and manager.

 

[Old Blue 2]

As bad a performance I've seen at home this season since the ManUre defeat.

Unfortunately, we are seeing phase 2 of Martinez = a team of mid-table mediocrity.
Phase 3 = fighting relegation.
Phase 4 = relegation.
Wigan supporters will recognise the above 100%.

As I have said before, Martinez has the tactical vision of Blind Pugh.

We all knew they would play an on-the-ground passing game, particularly in the middle third, taking them on to the attacking third. There appeared to be no plan whatsoever to stifle that, and in the first half, if we are honest, they could/should have had a 3 or 4 nil lead.

I felt sorry for Lukaku today - no service or support whatsoever.

Martinez has taken the club as far as he can, and his continued failures last season and this season are being masked at present by an FA Cup run.
Wigan supporters will recognise the above 100%.

It's time for change at the end of the season, whether we win the Cup or not...

 

[Frank Butcher]

It really is beyond a joke. Two years of woeful underachievement and no signs of things getting better.
It's all very well outsiders blaming the crowd but it's the same lack of urgency, the same basic mistakes being made, the same lack of creativity game after game.
It is time for Martinez to go, simple as that. The cup runs have masked another absolutely shocking season and we are becoming ridiculously easy to play against.