Arsenal Banter Archive December 26 2014

26 Dec 2014 20:58:29
That was a big fat stupid red card

We could have had an easy morale boosting end to the game and may be rested Sanchez - instead, we had to battle for 94 and pick up more bookings because of a moment of sheer stupidity

He didn't even have the decency to say sorry to Wenger as he bolted down the tunnel

Frustrating as we will need the goal difference, the confidence boost and rest time NOT players missing games:(

On a positive - thought Per looked better on the RHS of the defence and looked more confident plus I thought we defended quite well as a unit.

On a negative ( I am a fan) - thought Danny is looking uneasy up front - lots of running but poor touches, not holding the ball up, not many shots and not winning many headers etc to hold up play. Hope it's short lived as I really want him to do well. Hope he grabs his chance while Giroud is suspended

I agree SY4, even Monreal looked confident and positive. Also, I thought Gibbs had a blinder (both defending-wise and going forward). It wouldn't surprise me to see Welbeck improve again whilst playing in a more central role in Giroud's absence.

The red card was extremely stupid and hopefully he does apologise, he seemed to have realised his foolishness straight away - he had a face like a smacked toosh before the referee even showed the red card. However, remember he has won us more games than he's lost us (we didn't even lose today), e.g. the last minute winner against Everton just before his injury.

26 Dec 2014 23:54:13
Don't disagree - really wanted to see us smash them 3 or 4 nil and gain some momentum :)

U can't judge merts on a game against QPR at home. Merts will need to become a backup for us to win the league once more

27 Dec 2014 10:10:26
Judge him when part of the right unit at the back and when playing in position - judge him when him and Kos have 5 games together under their belt together

He looked pretty good last season - he didn't become a crap player over night

Sy4 my take on bfg is he's too slow to ever be a prem league winner for us and he's getting to the veteran stage as well. He can't be a regular starter for us. But neither can flam, giroud monreal, arteta or podolski. The more games we start with these players who are limited in movement the less chance we have of winning games. They heve all seen better days.

Agreed Steve. Anyone with that little pace will struggle. He holds up back as others have to cover for him

Struggle
He reads the game, very well
96 caps for germany.i think that says it all
With kos I think they're a good partnership
We still need to improve our defence and think mert will become our 3rd choice but he would walk into most teams in the prem

The reason he might walk into most prem teams is he can't run . What ever he may or may not have done in the past, he is over the hill now. Plus you answered the question, he's only third choice standard.

As iv said before prem games are harder than 90percent of international games. Faroe islands. Ireland. Wales. lichenstien. Etc all teams Germany should blow away

Peter crouch England record says it all. He was class against Trinidad etc wow zzzzz

Steve that was whitty

26 Dec 2014 19:50:37
Mozart I've missed you.

Welcome back. .

26 Dec 2014 21:09:04
He took his goal well mate.

Solid display.

SIR THOMAS
Gave it all, What a man

26 Dec 2014 18:52:13
Sanchez is amazing player, his attitude is incredible

26 Dec 2014 19:31:38
hi BG, totally agree:)
worth x4 the price, just awesome.

happy day after Christmas, everyone, thank goodness its over for another year:)

COYG andi:)

Andi
mine ain't over till I've paid for it

26 Dec 2014 17:16:20
spurs, Liverpool, Man U, Southampton all win, pressure is on us

26 Dec 2014 17:44:09
It's been on us for the last God knows how long, it's just a different season and different teams.

Certainly affected Sanchez, not sure why no Cazorla on that one.

I don't get that either but he put things right later

26 Dec 2014 18:30:47
Just seeing the replay, Caz was stood there waiting to take it, crazy, but thankfully one up but as usual looking like they could equalise on any given attack. Lol.

I seriously hope Wenger has bucked tradition and got someone lined up for next week.

Me thinks there is more chance of Michael Owen turning into a top co commentater.

26 Dec 2014 16:44:52
Manu in mad form. Nailed on for 3rd

26 Dec 2014 17:21:33
Hey Derby,

Can't believe you've come on without making mention of another great striker getting in amongst the goals today.

Felt for sure you'd have him as a nailed on for us in the window.

I'd not heard of him before but you no doubt will have, Emile Heskey, looks like a star in the making. ;-)

Haha I don't follow the championship.

26 Dec 2014 13:24:24
I see AW has said C Chambers is tired. WTF

Please do me a favour

What about Sanchez, no one has worked harder than him.

Chambers is 19 and playing in his first full season as a regular. For a young guy playing in defence there's a lot more pressure on you. Sanchez has played a lot more seasons as a first team regular. He works harder than most but Wenger is right in what he's saying about Chambers.

Chambers has had some shocking games lately
But at 19 I was tailing beaver 24/7

Mentally tired too, I would think

Yorkshire

Understand that, but Arsenal have more possession of the ball than most teams, so you would imagine he does less chasing than most.

We have played 17 league games. . .he is tired.

NO mate I m not having that .

26 Dec 2014 16:30:10
I think he means he is not too tired to play but given his experience he is now showing his lack experience plus lack of sharpness
Which translated as being tired
I agree with him - it's a tough league and he is still a kid despite the 16m price tag and high wages, give the kid a break

26 Dec 2014 16:30:14
I think he means he is not too tired to play but given his experience he is now showing his lack experience plus lack of sharpness
Which translated as being tired
I agree with him - it's a tough league and he is still a kid despite the 16m price tag and high wages, give the kid a break

26 Dec 2014 11:42:03
Just an opinion/observation not a moan (honest :-) I think every bit as important as signing quality we need a couple of very strong characters with winning expectations who will raise the expextations of others not players who will after a couple of months fall into the same subconscious trap of accepting our limitations without actually realizing it.
We have a lot of players have been with us a long time and it must be difficult as a group not to somehow develop an inferiority complex when it comes to competing with the very best after so long of not doing so.
I think raising everyone's expectations of themselves and each other is the first and most important step towards being a real force again