UCL – Arsenal vs Montpellier – 7:45pm – 21/11/12 | SS4

[G0D]

Why won't Oxlade ever play wide? He seems so desperate to show he's a central midfielder that he's totally ineffective. Missing Theo badly.

 

[dysphoria]

we lack pace, power and precise passing, even if the occasional good pass gets through, no one looks sharp enough to be able to react quicker then the opposition, this is what happens when you're forced to play your personnel game after game without rest or rotation because the backup options are not good enough and/or always injured. At least monpellier don't look dangerous but hell, this is the arsenal they're up against, just as we are capable of getting a goal in, we're equally capable of making mistakes and letting them in.

 

[pet]

we can't pass the ball in midfield at all

 

[McIntyre]

We need a couple of signings in January. Big time.

Another striker. Another winger. Maybe another midfielder.

I look at players like Arteta, Cazorla, Podolski and now Walcott and just wonder how on earth we would survive without them. Our squad depth is just paltry.

Performance has been quite poor. We've opened them up a couple of times but it's looking a bit disjointed. We need to get that first goal, then I think we could grab a couple more.

 

[1970*Gooner]

So far we are playing like this is a friendly, WTF we need the win, sloppy passing and no threat at all, same old sh1te by the looks of it. Some of this lot need a kick up the ass.

 

[Uncle Mike]

That was bad.. Awful stuff from us and our attacking play has been horrendous.. We badly need a quality attacking signing in january

Or two when Walcott leaves.

Fancy a striker from a small club in Jersey?

 

[Bossa]

I love Yanga. It looks like he can also play in midfield. I would love it we pick him up soon.

This guy remninds me of Thiago Silva. Strong, fast, aggresive, good passing.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

come on arsenal better performance at 2nd half please.

 

[dysphoria]

also, can we finally put to bed the ridiculous myth that sagna isn't capable of putting good crosses in, he's consistently put them in, if anything, his crossing is probably better then gibbs's.

 

[Bossa]

The only good passers in this team are our three midfielders and they have been inconsistent too, especially Wilshere. Arteta tends to pass very safely too which can bring other players in trouble.

Our front three have 0 creativity and cannot pass a simple ball. And I still think that we need a physical ball winner in midfield. Our midfield gets outrun and outmuscled so easily.

 

[Bossa]

I would kill for a winger like Willian.

 

[Lady_Gooner]

We're just so slow it actually drains me mentally.
We also have been giving the ball away like we're so amazing defensively that it'll be no problem.
Don't want them to score 1st cos I don't see that firing us up think it'll just make things worse

 

[redwhiteAustrian]

Gibbs' crossing is amongst the worst I've ever witnessed, so Sagna's is of course better. There's no contest.

 

[Airknight]

I love you Sagna. Keep making them eat the grass.

 

[Kroket]

JACQUES

 

[Airknight]

WILSHERE!!!

Good stuff from Verms.

 

[Bossa]

Giroud is such a beast in the air.

 

[AnthonyG]

Jaaaaaaack In the Box! (Sorry). :mrgreen:

 

[morpho]

we look tired. need to wake up. could easily loose this...

We could just as easily winn it. :roll:

off course we can! i'll take a scrappy win, no doubt. But we need to get out of first gear. Olympiacos away could bee too tricky if we loose today... its not as if we are known for our mental strenght is it...

 

[dysphoria]

Gibbs' crossing is amongst the worst I've ever witnessed, so Sagna's is of course better. There's no contest.

that comparison probably doesn't do justice to sagna's crossing, he's actually put in a couple of dangerous balls into the box and if you compare that to the way we've taken our corners so far, its quite depressing. Who would've thought theo is suddenly now our best crosser AND corner taker.. :|