Arsenal Banter Archive November 21 2015

21 Nov 2015 19:27:19
I watched the game today and here are some of my thoughts -

1. Let's tie Sanchez up on a new contract, this guy is amazing and never stops running. He got us loads of openings and earnt us the penalty.
2. Özil is class. Even when he played alongside Arteta and Flamini he was class. Always an option and he played some fantastic balls today. Yet another assist for him today.
3. Arteta, Mertersacker and Campbell are not good enough. They proved it today. Campbell had a golden chance to draw us level and fluffed his lines. Arteta has been a good player for us in his earlier days, but today he was really awful. Mertersacker always looks like a liability. I never feel comfortable when he plays. Even though Gabriel is no Maldini either but he is still learning and is more convincing on the ball also. He does not take 5 touches before getting his head up.
4. We were the better team today by far. Lots more openings. We hit the post and well we squandered a golden chance from the spot. We should be glad Manchester City got thumped today and Leicester v Manchester Utd is next weekend, points will be dropped.

We need to really bring it against Norwich next weekend, hopefully we have a few players back, but we need to take our chances. Also big shoutout to Jamie Vardy, what an incredible run he's on.

21 Nov 2015 19:51:09
For today i thought the only player who came to the party today was sancez. I thought our corner delivery was terrible today by ozil and caz. I hope coq isn't out for long, we desperately need his presence, on the otherhand, i hope arteta is out until next year ( harsh i know)

21 Nov 2015 21:35:43
Steve no shame in wanting arteta out for a long time. His injury last year got coquelin back. I dread to think where we would be had he been fully fit last year.

21 Nov 2015 18:56:47
Fat Rafa has been a terrible appointment. Barca's title all day long.

22 Nov 2015 07:49:41
Agree mate.

22 Nov 2015 08:09:15
Rafa is always a terrible appointment. He is a terrible manager.

21 Nov 2015 18:22:23
Two games on the trot when the chance of leading the prem, we get wobbly legs and our football suffers. We could have gone top last game and stayed and it looks like the same today. No class, no balls and no chance. Please Real, Munich, psg or anyone, make wenger an offer he won't refuse, then we might beat you too.

21 Nov 2015 18:36:05
Disappointed mate, we bottled it as usual. Don't you just love November?
On the bright side, City 1-3 down at HT.

21 Nov 2015 17:11:24
Title. not a hope. yrs gone by a Utd, Chelsea arsenal of old a leader would get the team going, Keane, veiria, terry. the fight back would be on get an equalizer wit 10mins left. then get the winner in the last few mins. we have no leaders. mert and arteta captains, come on you have to respect your captaining. how can you when they shouldn't be no where near. The first team.

21 Nov 2015 18:17:16
So sligo, where do you place the blame?

21 Nov 2015 18:38:07
Wenger?

21 Nov 2015 20:48:56
well steve. wenger as dags says. its taken 10yrs to find a top goalie. he has arteta and merts captaining the team. he stumbled on le coq for def mid . we have no player to get the team going when the game is not going our way. we are a bit like that nursery ryhm. when we are good we are very/very good, but when we are bad we are horrid. our first 11 without mert are as good as anyone. crying out for a holding mid. should of bought snerderlin. our injuries are shocking. wenger is a tight arse in the transfer market. might of cost us this season. without doubt this is our best chance to win the title. if we don't wenger has to go. never want see arteta capt or mert. give it to ramsey or sanchez. players have to step up to, need players back quick.

21 Nov 2015 21:12:48
Quite agree sligo, some of the poor decision making is still there, not getting another holding mid, another striker, relying on injury prone players, retaining arteta, campbell and mert, the balls up with ox and theo against spuds and please where are our promissing young players, is there no one better than arteta, cambell or gibbs, if not what going wrong.

{Ed025's Note - i happen to agree steve..

21 Nov 2015 22:16:03
Great win today ed.

{Ed025's Note - yeah it was good steve, but to be honest mate villa are very poor, i was very surprised you lost at west brom though, i think it shows how lacking in a top class squad you really are, lots on here have expressed their concern that there was no real back up for le coq and today it came to pass, but you Are still firmly in the race but really need to strengthen in january if you are going to win it, but im not holding my breath..

21 Nov 2015 23:10:00
Eds Ross Barkley is a worldie mate. £50mill player massiv fan.

{Ed025's Note - he can be at times derby but can also be very frustrating, he tends to overplay the ball too much for me which cracks me up as i think he has the ability but needs to apply himself better at times mate..

21 Nov 2015 23:40:33
Ed personally I've never thought we were in the race. Just signing cech gave us a better goalkeeper, but that's just a sticking plaster compaired to what's needed for us to win the league. This club don't convince me its an ambition they have or the most important thing. I don't feel that desire but I do sense they want to improve the profits, but for what i'm not sure. Many people identify the things required for this team to challenge except the people who can change it.

{Ed025's Note - i will buy that steve, im a massive fan of arsene but if he had bought a CH, DM and a striker in the summer i believe the league would be in the bag by now, the likes of arteta, flamini and campbell are not a good enough option if your looking for titles mate, but he seems to to have a blind faith in them which i find hard to comprehend..

21 Nov 2015 16:58:24
quite sad by today's showings. if these showings continue, then the title will shift farther from us.

21 Nov 2015 17:35:49
The truth is we are not drifting towards a title and never were, far from it.

21 Nov 2015 17:54:55
After beating Munich at home

werent we going to rule Europe?

21 Nov 2015 16:54:25
DONT SHOOT ME DOWN

But today shows what some have been saying for ages. we will pay for what we didn't do in the last transfer window. Our squad is not good enough, our strongest 13 or 14 is but they are never always available.

No excuses, the bench isn't good enough.

21 Nov 2015 18:33:39
You won't get shot from me .

21 Nov 2015 16:33:58
The funny thing is WBA have had 1 shot on target and are 2-1 up

Dont you just hate that sort of stat.

21 Nov 2015 16:26:40
As I posted looks like Leicester are going top.

21 Nov 2015 16:11:34
Arteta now injured. not going well

A point will do .

21 Nov 2015 15:48:29
the wheels are starting to fall off. if we get three points here. we will win the league. arteta and mert are accidents waiting to happen. they are not good enough. there like an old dog you bring to the vets that can hardly walk and your hoping the vet will say they are going to be fine, but the kindest thing is to put them down. gibbs not a winger. let's see the leaders of the team or we lose heart and drop our heads. com on arsenal.

21 Nov 2015 14:22:27
Of course by the end of the day you could have

Leicester leading the PL by 1 point

Followed by
M City
Arsenal
Man U
all level on points

What odds for that.

21 Nov 2015 14:03:51
Gibbs wide left. don't be so quick to shoot people down ubi.

21 Nov 2015 08:20:54
1-2 win for us I'm going for.

21 Nov 2015 09:04:57
That's about right for me BG, going to go with Ozil for a goal - his confidence is on the up! Throw one in for Giroud.