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re: Arsenal 2015/2016 Season Long Thread

Posted on 2/2/16 at 2:29 pm to
Posted by bbap
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Feb 2006
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Posted on 2/2/16 at 2:29 pm to
No doubt
Posted by RTR America
Memphis, TN
Member since Aug 2012
39600 posts
Posted on 2/2/16 at 2:34 pm to
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Yep. Hard to watch. Two players with no ability to control a game through passing and recycling possession. And neither breaks up play all that well.


We are just so damn good on the counter that it is just so painful to watch it so rarely happen.

Just seeing a rusty Coquelin win the ball back so many times this weekend was such a welcome sight.
Posted by Stewie Griffin
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2005
16148 posts
Posted on 2/2/16 at 3:35 pm to
Well it was a good run fellas. Can't drop 9 points in four matches.
This post was edited on 2/2/16 at 3:40 pm
Posted by RTR America
Memphis, TN
Member since Aug 2012
39600 posts
Posted on 2/2/16 at 3:39 pm to
2 wins from 7. What a fricking disaster this has become.
Posted by Stewie Griffin
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2005
16148 posts
Posted on 2/2/16 at 3:41 pm to
When we once again let ourselves rely on Mathieu Flamini for a long stretch of games, we disqualified ourselves from any right to win the league.

If Flamini plays another match I'm not watching it. Even when he's not terrible, he offers absolutely nothing. At best, he points and doesn't frick everything up.
Posted by RTR America
Memphis, TN
Member since Aug 2012
39600 posts
Posted on 2/2/16 at 3:44 pm to
Theo substitution failed miserably as well.
Posted by ATLienTiger
NOLA
Member since Oct 2006
26858 posts
Posted on 2/2/16 at 3:59 pm to
Should I bother trying to watch a stream/download of this later?
Posted by tiggah1981
Winterfell
Member since Aug 2007
17020 posts
Posted on 2/2/16 at 4:01 pm to
Glad I missed this match..hey, atleast they'll finish top four again..maybe
Posted by cwil177
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2011
28423 posts
Posted on 2/2/16 at 4:02 pm to
Yeah we certainly don't look like a title winning team. Hopefully with Coq back Flamini doesn't ever see the field again, but I won't hold my breath. Theo needs to be up top- he was invisible on the wing today. Ozil and Sanchez were obvious bright spots. Our defense still looks shaky, and yeah that Flamini Ramsey pairing is terrible. Neither has any defensive awareness. The middle was wide open for S'ton all game.

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Should I bother trying to watch a stream/download of this later?


For the entertainment value? No. If you want to all game and watch us have 13 corners, 10 shots on goal, and still fail to score for the third game in a row, then yes.
This post was edited on 2/2/16 at 4:04 pm
Posted by leoj
Member since Nov 2010
3106 posts
Posted on 2/2/16 at 4:06 pm to
So fricking frustrating. We better go balls out during the summer transfer window and if we extend wenger that will be a huge mistake.
Posted by cwil177
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2011
28423 posts
Posted on 2/2/16 at 4:10 pm to
Our mentality under Wenger is the most concerning. The tactics are baffling at times, as are the team selection and refusal to buy decent depth, but the way we come out flat for games that really matter is what pisses me off the most. How many times do we have to lose to a shite Chelsea team, or look lost against midtable teams, when we should act like a title contending team and come out aggressive and take the game to them, early? It's so frustrating.
Posted by RTR America
Memphis, TN
Member since Aug 2012
39600 posts
Posted on 2/2/16 at 4:55 pm to
What is weird is that I thought that was the best we had looked going forward in a while. Ozil and Alexis just had some filthy linkup plays. We just couldn't finish at all today.
Posted by Alan Garner
thigh-land
Member since Oct 2009
3433 posts
Posted on 2/2/16 at 5:00 pm to
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What is weird is that I thought that was the best we had looked going forward in a while. Ozil and Alexis just had some filthy linkup plays. We just couldn't finish at all today.


this with better midfield play would have put the game away. too many times did we give the ball away sloppily in the mid field or, in flamini's case, never even looked forward when passing.
Posted by cwil177
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2011
28423 posts
Posted on 2/2/16 at 5:04 pm to
Ramsey has been a shell of his 2013-14 self, and Flamini is just a massive fail. Not sure why Arsene insists on playing him. It's baffling. That combo costs us points.
Posted by jackwoods4
Member since Sep 2013
28667 posts
Posted on 2/2/16 at 5:34 pm to
Question:

If Wenger doesn't deliver a title this year, are all of y'all finally over him?
Posted by glassman
Next to the beer taps at Finn's
Member since Oct 2008
116092 posts
Posted on 2/2/16 at 5:55 pm to
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If Wenger doesn't deliver a title this year, are all of y'all finally over him?


Not at all. If anything Arsenal have overachieved since last winning a title. Knockouts of the UCL every year, 1 UCL final a UCL semi-final, 2 Fa Cups and finishing top 4 every year.

The financial constraints were real on the club, that we finished top 4 with Vermaelen, Squillachi and Djourou as our center backs and Almunia in goal says a ton about Wenger.

Sure he is stubborn and at times tactically naïve, but he is a great coach and only a few teams could say they had a better coach over the same time frame.
Posted by RTR America
Memphis, TN
Member since Aug 2012
39600 posts
Posted on 2/2/16 at 6:26 pm to
quote:

If Wenger doesn't deliver a title this year, are all of y'all finally over him?



I'm not at all
Posted by DestrehanTiger
Houston, TX by way of Louisiana
Member since Nov 2005
12462 posts
Posted on 2/2/16 at 7:02 pm to
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Well it was a good run fellas. Can't drop 9 points in four matches.


It really wouldn't be all that crazy to be back at the top of the league in two weeks. City and Leicester play next week and then we get Leicester at home and City has to play Spurs.

I agree, it certaintly does not look good right now, but it isn't over.

It's just a shame because Arsenal could have been looking at a great opportunity to pull away the next few weeks instead.
This post was edited on 2/2/16 at 7:20 pm
Posted by jackwoods4
Member since Sep 2013
28667 posts
Posted on 2/2/16 at 7:31 pm to
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Not at all.



This is about the worst the Premier League will ever be. If he can't win it this year, when will he?
Posted by RTR America
Memphis, TN
Member since Aug 2012
39600 posts
Posted on 2/2/16 at 7:53 pm to
quote:

This is about the worst the Premier League will ever be. If he can't win it this year, when will he?



Try it again next year?
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