Southampton vs Arsenal - Matchday Thread

Emery needs to take the blame for that. The starting XI was a joke to begin with and he didn’t react to Koscielny having an absolute stinker in the first half. Southampton were always going to target him and they did. Even bringing Elneny on at Ht would have been an improvement, he does have some experience of playing there before. But Kos quite clearly wasn’t ready.

I’ve said countless times that we will pay the price for crap first halves and we have today. We never maximise the full 90 minutes.

Even tho we lost, a draw was never going to be enough. A win was needed today and we just didn’t turn up at all. Of course the defensive crisis played a huge part in the defeat, but players all over the pitch weren’t doing their part to defend properly. How much space were we giving their attacking players ffs?

comment by Grand Cannon (U18697)
posted 11 minutes ago
comment by Arsenal FC - 2018/19 Europa League Champions (U3245)
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comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
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Gwendouzi has been terrible
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Harsh
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Yeah that's very harsh.
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I think he was. He was very poor going forward, he had awful shoot and was very sloppy. We should have taken him off instead of Iwovi.

Emery gets his way substitutions right most times and he does get credit for it. Today he got it abysmally wrong and should take the blame for this loss.

Wrong team set up from the onset and wrong substitutions. Despite his flaws, Iwobi offers more for this team.

Bad team selection from Emery but he'll quickly learn. Expecting Koscielny never to play for Arsenal again.

comment by Arsenal_49 (U10665)
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comment by Grand Cannon (U18697)
posted 11 minutes ago
comment by Arsenal FC - 2018/19 Europa League Champions (U3245)
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comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted less than a minute ago
Gwendouzi has been terrible
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Harsh
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Yeah that's very harsh.
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I think he was. He was very poor going forward, he had awful shoot and was very sloppy. We should have taken him off instead of Iwovi.
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He made numerous key interceptions and brilliant passes. He made a few errors but so did everyone else. Not sure you were watching the same game. Iwobi was rightly taken off. It just wasn't our day, we paid for defensive errors. The main culprit was Kosc but we had to keep him on.

comment by Dux (U6467)
posted 4 minutes ago
Emery gets his way substitutions right most times and he does get credit for it. Today he got it abysmally wrong and should take the blame for this loss.

Wrong team set up from the onset and wrong substitutions. Despite his flaws, Iwobi offers more for this team.
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Injuries didn’t help today. Like Ramsey probably would have come on if litch didn’t get injured.

comment by Grand Cannon (U18697)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Arsenal_49 (U10665)
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comment by Grand Cannon (U18697)
posted 11 minutes ago
comment by Arsenal FC - 2018/19 Europa League Champions (U3245)
posted less than a minute ago
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted less than a minute ago
Gwendouzi has been terrible
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Harsh
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Yeah that's very harsh.
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I think he was. He was very poor going forward, he had awful shoot and was very sloppy. We should have taken him off instead of Iwovi.
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He made numerous key interceptions and brilliant passes. He made a few errors but so did everyone else. Not sure you were watching the same game. Iwobi was rightly taken off. It just wasn't our day, we paid for defensive errors. The main culprit was Kosc but we had to keep him on.
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Don't mind Gunth. His new crush is Xhaka so he has to attack the competition.

comment by Grand Cannon (U18697)
posted 5 minutes ago

comment by Arsenal_49 (U10665)
posted less than a minute ago
comment by Grand Cannon (U18697)
posted 11 minutes ago
comment by Arsenal FC - 2018/19 Europa League Champions (U3245)
posted less than a minute ago
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted less than a minute ago
Gwendouzi has been terrible
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Harsh
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Yeah that's very harsh.
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I think he was. He was very poor going forward, he had awful shoot and was very sloppy. We should have taken him off instead of Iwovi.
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He made numerous key interceptions and brilliant passes. He made a few errors but so did everyone else. Not sure you were watching the same game. Iwobi was rightly taken off. It just wasn't our day, we paid for defensive errors. The main culprit was Kosc but we had to keep him on.

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Not sure you were watching either.

Arsenal's first goal was initiated by Iwobi. And just right before being taken off, he also created a good moment. He gets a lot of stick due to his inconsistency but I'd rather keep him on 'cause any of those good moments can result in a goal for Arsenal.

Can’t blame Emery. It’s a Wenger team struggling to lose their lossers mentality. Will take time to get rid of it.

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