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

[legendhenry_14]

Best Nelson & Ospina

Worst all the rest except Niles and Debuchy.

Debuchy was terrible.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

So, that's it? Our cup runneth over. We've fallen at the first hurdle.

I'm hoping this is an almighty wake up call. Mertesacker, Elneny, Iwobi, Walcott, Welbeck and Akpom all featured today when it's debatable whether they should be at this club.

I'm embarrassed. Ruthlessness is required. Get these jokers out of this great football club and buy some ****ing quality. Show some ambition for the love of God.

Been embarrassed by their performance today they full international some of them going to world cup too they showing no signs of improvement they being paid a lot of money too

 

[Jury]

Tbf it hasn't done him much good in the past. He's won 3 in 4 years and he still almost lost his job.

His team selection shows he's concentrating on the EL and top 4.

We just got dry bummed by Notts Forest ffs. We're supposed to have the resources to negotiate these games AND battle for 4th. Jesus christ mate, what is happening to you?

 

[Jasard]

PLEASE someone tell me Walcott waved good bye at the end to the fans??????

 

[blaze_of_glory]

If Wenger had been on the touchline this wouldn't have happened. We missed his presence.

 

[Uncle Good-Advice]

I can only pray that grandpa Wenger wants to win League Cup to complete his domestic trophies cabinet and then leave in peace...

And I can only pray that grandpa Wenger doesn't want to win missing international trophies...

 

[redanddread]

I mean why wasn't Mourinho sacked after the Bristol game? Honestly the sheer dross that is posted in here at times is hilarious.

I think there is a definite correlation between the dross posted here and the dross played on the pitch. Maybe @Makingtrax could dig up stats on that for us...

 

[yorch44]

We need a new manager. At least Sven is here, he can bring talent. But I don’t trust in wenger anymore, he only will ruin that talent

 

[MutableEarth]

AMN, Nelson and Nketiah can hold their heads high after this. Willock did OK despite being overawed at times. He's 18 he will get better.

The rest should pack it in. I've been backing Iwobi but he seems to have lost his bollocks. Less said about Walcott and Welbeck the better. Welbeck started OK but he had so many poor moments in the final 3rd and got a lucky goal.

Nelson carried out attack for the majority of the game and when he faded,.nobody had the bollocks to step up except AMN and the subs.

 

[LG10]

New manager is the only thing that can save the club. God knows who the board would pick though.

 

[VancouverCanuck]

I said he should be gone too. I been saying that last season he should just not sign new contract but it seem our club been rub by stupid people

Can’t blame Wenger for signing the contract when it was offered to him. Blame the board for giving the contract even though he is past it.

 

[krengon]

I mean why wasn't Mourinho sacked after the Bristol game? Honestly the sheer dross that is posted in here at times is hilarious.

It's funny.. People care more about us going out now than when we won it last season(you even had people wishing we would lose the final )

 

[Marmaduke]

If Mou was under fire in Arsène's he would tell fans and pundits to simply p*** off and he would have a point.

3 FA Cups in the last 4 years. More FA cup wins than any other team or manager. Get a grip you people.

Yes we were poor and deservedly lost but the team put out was really a poor B team all in all. Plus Forest to their credit played well and scored a wonder goal you see only maybe 2 or 3 times per season for a club.

 

[El Duderino]

And don't kid yourselves thinking that Wenger gets the sack with a loss at Chelsea or with we crash out of the Europa league.

He's in this for the remainder of his contract and might well get a new deal after that.

Board doesn't have the balls to do it either.

 

[ArtetaCognition]

Wenger isn't at the level required to take us forward. Our fans: "you can't just blame the manager today..."

Owner has no ambition or desire - would rather a stable, financially prudent manager than a winner. Our fans: "the owner doesn't effect what happens on the pitch."

Referees continuously give bad decisions against us, which the media justify or deem 'inconclusive'. Our fans: "you can't blame the ref today. We were poor and that's the end of it."

Buckle up, lads. The misery is going to be here for a long while yet.. and we can't say that we haven't brought it upon ourselves.

 

[Jae]

Praying to god that we don't sign anybody this month. Will just be another **** player that we'll spend the next 3 years trying to get rid of.

 

[Mudi]

Are there any more useless footballers than Walcott and Welbeck? How they've managed to fool everyone for so long that they're top talents boggles the mind.

I guess we're going to be giving away penalties in every game now. Our midfield doesn't cover our defence at all and our defenders are forced to make desperate tackles (on top of being error prone already).

The two penalty accidents are not even close due to our midfield.

The first one is totally on Holding. He should have cleared the ball one time instead of controlling it.
The second one is on Mertesacker as he misplaced a 10 meter pass and then refused to make a tactical foul instead of just turning his back!!

 

[Trilly]

Tallyhoo lads & lassess.

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

 

[Makingtrax]

Didn't he win the title that season?

You back gloating . . . we must have lost.

 

[Flying Okapis]

Somebody explain this to me isn't VAR supposed to be used in the FA CUP? am I the only one that's not understanding all these decisions going against us? The penalty was wrong, the penalty on welbeck should have been given and the penalty itself has a double touch. Wtf is going on with the refereeing

Was on a trial in the Crystal Palace game only I believe, so not used anywhere else.