FA Cup I Nottingham Forest v Arsenal I 7/1/18 I 4pm GMT | BT Sport

[A_G]

Guess we'll just have to settle for the CC and EL as opposed to a treble

 

[hydrofluoric acid]

Not gonna overreact to this game. After all this was our B-team. What worries me though is that constantly it is the young guns who are the better players not the senior players.

 

[Ash10]

I get we didn't play well & all but it seems every ****ing time we play away the refs are screwing us over....

 

[Aevi]

At least this pressures Wenger to look at the transfer market. It's clear that the depth we have doesn't cut it.

 

[freeglennhelder2]

Anyone notice the Forest Manager didn't even look surprised? Barely celebrated.

 

[karl]

This is the ideal opportunity in January to clear out no hopers, but they won't

 

[Sapient Hawk]

Walcott loses the ball in the Forest box and we get countered. Wenger will get all the flack but thus guy. And then he fails to tap in to an empty net after Nketiah has his chip diverted by the GK's hand.

A professional leech masquerading as a footballer.

He needs to be escorted out of London Colney under armed guard to make sure he doesn't attempt to run back in.

 

[Coolin]

Only a Europa Cup win can salvage this season now.

 

[TromsoGooner]

Our defending is hilariously bad. Make you miss the days of Squillaci, Djorou and Silvestre.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

Also to all these f**king overpaid players you just been out played by championship club so just f**k off from this club

 

[SuperGoon]

I am gutted, absolutely gutted.

Don't be gutted. Afterall, according to the squad cost debate, that team didn't deserve to win because they were all from our academy and ****. So be happy for some reason???

 

[<<reed>>]

the better team won

 

[krengon]

Bellerin is young. Ramsey is one of the best midfielders in England, made team of the European Championships in the last tournament. The rest simply aren’t top prospects.

yeah spot on..

 

[Tir Na Nog]

Guess we'll just have to settle for the CC and EL as opposed to a treble

We've already won the Community Shield, time to do the Mourinho treble.

 

[The_Playmaker]

It wasn't a penalty, Debuchy touched it onto Traore's leg, should have been a goal kick. However, from the angle of the ref, it looked like a penalty, but the ref guessed anyhow. The penalty was a double touch. Doesn't hide the fact that defensively we were shocking and going forward we barely managed shots on target other than the goals.

This game really highlighted players that just are not up to the standard of the Championship let alone Champions League football.

 

[carter777]

Holy s**t. What happens now to the "end of season saving FA Cup Final"

 

[North5]

Just 18 more months I can start hopefully enjoying football again.

 

[littleboysilva]

Just got back home, who have been the worst performers and the best performers?

 

[redanddread]

Tallyhoo lads & lassess.

Waiting for some meaningful stats from very own OptaJoe @Makingtrax before I draw any firm conclusion from this game.

 

[Dokaka]

Worrying that these semi-dodgy referee decisions keep giving Wenger an out. Yes, it was a double kick but the best result of that getting called was a retake of the penno. Even if you completely remove that penalty etc, it was still 3 goals let in without you creating anything.

Wenger's patience with player that clearly aren't good enough is puzzling to say the least. Debuchy? Mertesacker? Walcott? Welbeck? Why are these players still playing for Arsenal? Their wages - or even for some of them, their transfer fees - could be flipped into new young players that could turn out to be good enough.

There's no "Maybe" about these players. They aren't good enough, and they never will be, yet they're still around? I honestly don't get it.