FA Cup 4th Round: Southampton v Arsenal | Saturday, January 23 | KO: 12:15 UTC | BT Sport

[Big Poppa]

Stupid young man.

It was posted by the Arsenal academy page 20 minutes earlier

 

[OSBK]

Because during that period Wenger was developing youth like Ramsey, Wilshere, Gibbs and Chamberlain.

The year we won trophies was partly but not fully down to Özil arriving.

So what did arteta change then then he joined that makes him good? If you look at the team from 2012 it was that bad, wilshere was probably about as good as he was in that period.

 

[al-Ustaadh]

I don’t see how we increased his value. He is exposed if anything.

He's not necessarily" top 8 quality " but number of top flight English matches played helps up his value when selling to bottom and mid table clubs.

 

[GDeep™]

We won the FA Cup, the hard way last season, beat some top teams and put in some top performances but we gave it away so easily today. First team out of the FA Cup this season.

Feels weird to be out so early.

 

[OnlyOne]

We won the FA Cup, the hard way last season, beat some top teams and put in some top performances but we gave it away so easily today. First team out of the FA Cup this season.

Feels weird to be out so early.

You're actually posting well atm.

 

[SingmeasongSong]

Thank god I couldnt watch that game

 

[TakeChillPill]

What did everyone think the result was going to be when we play Willian, Pepe and Nkethiah together.

If you're upset we lost you're an idiot. This was pretty much our team pre-chelsea where we had least created chances and were on a run of like no wins in 5 and scoring 2.

 

[Rimaal]

 

[Rimaal]

Did Arteta criticise Partey in the post-match interview?

 

[Anders Harbo]

You're actually posting well atm.

Quarantine does weird things to people...

 

[LG10]

Hope no one is having a melt over a fixed game that didn't matter.

 

[blaze_of_glory]

Pretty glad I didn't get up at 4 for this

 

[Trofton]

So what exactly is Nketiah’s style, as you put it? What should the team do to get the best out of him?

Pointless crosses from Cedric and bellerin aren’t gonna help into feet on the half turn don’t know why we crossed it in everytime

 

[Notorious Big]

Had no clue that we played today

 

[krackpot]

Was about topen the TV when I got a score update on my mobile.

 

[Iceman10]

Was a poor performance, but what really to expect with someone who hasn’t played at LB for us until this game and hence did not have a great crossing threat, along with that mediocre combo of the three starting players in CM?

It was obviously a calculated risk squad rotation by Arteta, but we’ll see how the calculation pays off on Tuesday with the rested legs.

Willian was better than Pepe in this match if one wants to talk about pecking order with Ødegaard coming in, but Pepe is an expensive asset we cannot just cast aside. Neither player was great although my honest assessment is Willian was trying even though some here saw it differently.

Martinelli and Gabriel were perhaps rusty. Getting over critical of Gabriel at this point I think would be harsh.

For Eddie, it is all well and good saying we need to be patient with him, but tine is limited in a ruthless business. He has to seize opportunities like this and if he is not scoring I would still like to see a lot more with his work rate.

AMN did not get a start for this one. Maybe he cannot play LB and Cedric is ahead of him for RB cover now also, but are we as a club really saying AMN cannot play CM when we play Elneny so much there? Doesn’t make sense to me.

 

[IchirotoV2]

What did everyone think the result was going to be when we play Willian, Pepe and Nkethiah together.

If you're upset we lost you're an idiot. This was pretty much our team pre-chelsea where we had least created chances and were on a run of like no wins in 5 and scoring 2.

Pepe started twice and Nketiah once in that run. Auba, Saka, Laca played more

 

[GoonerJay24]

So what did arteta change then then he joined that makes him good? If you look at the team from 2012 it was that bad, wilshere was probably about as good as he was in that period.

The mentality and character of the team had clearly improved. Before, during the days of Fabregas, Van Persie etc I've heard there were different cliques in the changing room and players weren't completely united.

The team of 2012 finished third and Wilshere was injured throughout. Just what are you talking about?

 

[RacingPhoton]

I checked the squad, puked and carried on with my life which right now is nothing but reading one of the most boring books I have ever read and contemplating life once in awhile. But I am happy with my choice to skip the match and read that ****.

 

[kofigunner]

I checked the squad, puked and carried on with my life which right now is nothing but reading one of the most boring books I have ever read and contemplating life once in awhile. But I am happy with my choice to skip the match and read that ****.

Life of Pi?