Phewwwwwwww! What a nerve wracking game. Never felt that nervous for a game till today. Anyway, we didnt play well but that may be down to Wigan crowding out the midfield so we couldnt play our usual game.
Hopefully Sanogo's performance shows people he simply cant find the net! Fair enough, the kid has pace and strength but if he cant finish, does it matter? Giroud should start. As bad as he is, he is still our best striker and looked up for it today.
Arteta had a good second half, was frustrated with him and many other players for playing in our own half but he got about and put in a shift second half.
IMO, i never want to see Monreal in an Arsenal shirt again. Cant stand him. Dont even think hes injured. His positional sense is soooo bad its laughable. Gibbs is miles superior.
Wengers decision to take of Podolski instead of Sanogo baffled me? A Giroud and Podolski front two in a 442 would surely work better than the post man?
Anyway, COYG! Ozil and Wilshere should be back for the final hopefully.
My thoughts..
posted on 12/4/14
In all fairness, if we had a class striker we would have got several goals. Sanogo unfortunately demonstrated that his first touch is clumsy and he isn't a goal scorer!
posted on 12/4/14
Embarrassed by your awful comments. Embarrassing that a fellow Gooner can type such BS.
posted on 12/4/14
No, dj has a valid point. Monreal has class but he is off form at the moment. It's simple really!
posted on 12/4/14
DJ is as frustrated as me with so called fans picking on a player after a bad game and wanting them out of the club. It ridiculous, nobody is good all the time!
posted on 12/4/14
No, dj has a valid point. Monreal has class but he is off form at the moment. It's simple really!
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No, the point about him being on the bench for 18 months is not valid. Monreal has seen almost as much minutes as Gibbs since he arrived Arsenal. There are tons of players around the world who don't start often but do brilliantly when given a chance. Monreal has consistently been poor when Gibbs is absent.
I did caution quite a lot of people who overhyped him when we bought him, claiming he's much better than Gibbs - just because he has a fancy foreign name.
It was always clear Monreal struggles against pacy, athletic, aggressive players when Sessegnon destroyed him last season.
posted on 12/4/14
Wait so when Monreal messes up its because hes out of form.. But when Vermaelen makes a mistake, its because hes regressed?
posted on 12/4/14
I think injuries have knocked his form, I believe he will regain it but having Gibbs come on was a breath of fresh air! At this stage if the season we can't wait for a player to regain form but we are out of options!
posted on 12/4/14
comment by Mesutmerised by Ozil (U19223)
posted 2 minutes ago
Wait so when Monreal messes up its because hes out of form.. But when Vermaelen makes a mistake, its because hes regressed?
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Who said that? Vermaelen is the same as Monreal, of course he isn't in a rich vein of form when he isn't playing regularly.
posted on 12/4/14
comment by Mesutmerised by Ozil (U19223)
posted 3 minutes ago
Wait so when Monreal messes up its because hes out of form.. But when Vermaelen makes a mistake, its because hes regressed?
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Did I say this? Vermaelen was good today which is nice to see!
posted on 12/4/14
comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Mesutmerised by Ozil (U19223)
posted 2 minutes ago
Wait so when Monreal messes up its because hes out of form.. But when Vermaelen makes a mistake, its because hes regressed?
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Who said that? Vermaelen is the same as Monreal, of course he isn't in a rich vein of form when he isn't playing regularly.
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Just have to have a quick browse through to see what people think of Vermaelen. Monreal was a quality player last year. But everytime hes played, his positional sense is so off, it allows others to exploit us.