Arsenal Banter Archive April 18 2015

18 Apr 2015 23:37:10
Notes on our performance today:
Welbeck is not good enough to be our striker, he always seems to have a few decent moments in a game but you know he's rarely going to score. On top of that, the difference between him and Giroud in holding up the ball and linking up with the rest of the team is massive. Let's offer city welbeck and wilshere for aguero, and then just hope they're as drunk as I think they are over there.
Ramsey shouldn't play on the wing, it's silly.
Gibbs always seems to make our defense really vulnerable to counters. It's funny to think that Monreal, whom a lot of us wanted rid of especially myself, is suddenly a player that I want on the pitch every game.
Debuchy doesn't look sharp enough yet. I really hope Bellerin plays against Chelsea, can see Hazard running rings around a sluggish Debuchy and Bellerin really helps with our attacking width.
Szczesny did nothing to convince me he shouldn't be sold in the summer.
Walcott still doesn't look sharp, but his lack of game time isn't helping, are we trying to keep him injury free for our title challenge next season?
Le coq, il est magnifique!

19 Apr 2015 00:29:39
Your right about most things in your post but wrong about Wellbeck , he'll come good for us

19 Apr 2015 09:01:44
Spot on. I can't think of much that welbeck did for us yesterday. We looked so much more dangerous when giroud came on. Maybe playing them both together is better. Hopefully debuchy is just regaining that match fitness. we didn't use the wide areas enough at all yesterday. Specially ramsey on the right, can't wait for ox to return. Can't see how Wilshere is going to get back in to this ream too, we aren't going to drop ozil or cazorla.

19 Apr 2015 10:15:28
I agree 1404 if Danny had been the only change yesterday he may well have bagged a few goals, but no Belerin or Monreal along with Giroud threw the team pattern completely off course, one at a time and we probably wouldn't have noticed the change that much but all 3 was to much at one time.

19 Apr 2015 11:55:31
Yeah pretty much agree. For me Wellbeck is useful player to have in your squad but he will never be a leading first choice striker he just does not hold onto the ball well or consistently enough when its played into him. Giroud had much bigger influence when he game on. Welbeck as main striker who will have his moments of brilliance but will go missing in large parts of the game.

The main issue yesterday was lack of width especially down the right side Ramsey our wide right is never going to work. I don't understand Wenger's choices sometimes. The game was crying out for Walcott way before he came on. Also Dubuchy was way short of match sharpness and hence I think why he was reluctant to get forward much compounding the lack of width problem.

Gibbs also was shaky defensivly and it was big risk to see both Gibbs and Dubuchy when Monreal and Bellerin have been in decent form.

18 Apr 2015 20:26:18
Btw where is CTR gone into hiding, oh wait he would come over and say that they dominated the game blah blah, and for LVG every performance of thiers is the best wierd ain't it. Good enough there was a much better match going on to watch than the drab 1-0.

19 Apr 2015 00:27:00
CTR is not around right now, soon as he's about I'll get him to get in touch and he when he can be bothered ;)


Congratulations on getting to Wembley again.

19 Apr 2015 06:32:11
They played against the best Chelsea side ever he would say.

They played them off the park. He would say and all we did was get to a mickey mouse cup final. Oh the shame to be a gooner.

18 Apr 2015 20:18:53
I honsetly don't care, don't feel sorry one bit for thier keeper.

{Ed025's Note - me neither hood..

18 Apr 2015 20:32:43
Can only assume you both cheered when Babi's mum was shot too, horrible thing to happen to any player let alone one playing in the biggest game of his life.

19 Apr 2015 08:49:36
Let's face it it's his job to not make mistakes like that, he trains every day and gets paid well for it, it's a mistake and that's that and could happen once in a career on the training field or in a cup semi final! hopefully he's got the mindset to realise it and won't beat himself up too much
In 1983 I missed a penalty in the last minute of a match that handed our local rival primary school the win, I was devasted for a while but my mum took me to the local little chef for a kids all day breakfast and I got a lolly and a kinder egg on the way out and thought no more about it tbh

19 Apr 2015 09:05:06
Every player will make awful mistakes in their career. With a goaly though he effects can be huge. I think we deserved he win regardless but fair play to reading. They made it really tough for us.

18 Apr 2015 19:56:09
We got away with one there. Ozil and Sanchez the only one who get pass marks today. Thought Ramsey had a shocker. Looks lost on the right. Get him back in the middle with Ozil and Le Coq and then we'll see his best form.

18 Apr 2015 20:05:30
Le Coq 95? I thought he was brilliant again

18 Apr 2015 18:19:42
Le Coq gets better and better and better, even if you beat him you've only got 3 second window to use the ball or you have to beat him again. Brilliant

18 Apr 2015 19:16:27
Hes a top Danger Mouse mate.

18 Apr 2015 23:29:11
He's awesome, not done hardly anything wrong since nailing down his starting status which will mean he'll probably get dropped for Arteta very soon.

18 Apr 2015 16:28:31
Just remembered that i'm working from 5-9:30 tonight, fcuk

18 Apr 2015 16:48:20
Enjoy the game and get to the job centre first thing Monday morning is the only sensible grown up thing to do saint

18 Apr 2015 21:21:39
Saint,

You work for French Connection?

Got any knock off's? Lol

18 Apr 2015 22:09:51
T'is alright my boss understands how important football is to me and brought his Tv down so I could watch the game whilst I worked.

18 Apr 2015 09:08:34
Will le coq get his first semi? Or will he be rested today?

18 Apr 2015 10:09:02
NO siant NO! Le Coq must play as must all our best team, rest in haste repent at leisure

18 Apr 2015 10:29:28
7 hours until kick off, so I think you are a bit premature Saint.

18 Apr 2015 13:42:05
I'm Easily excited mate

18 Apr 2015 13:55:19
That's the problem on this page, "premature" go to arsenalbanterwives.com they're all saying it

18 Apr 2015 17:42:23
Lol 337 :-)