re: Arsenal 2013/2014 Season Long Thread

Yeah Mikel has been pretty bad. I miss Eboue.

God damn we need Ramsey back. I wanna drop Arteta. He's so god damn slow.

ARTETA

MOTM performance from our skipper

We are still a couple of players away from being a championship team. We are going to get worked by Munich.

also *a forward who can create something out of nothing

Woke up, just put the game on and I'm already done. Haven't been awake but 20 minutes.

No trophy this year boys. Was fun while it lasted. Battle for 4th will be interesting yet again. I'm saying this crushes the squad and we go on a skid and miss out in champions league.

Oh and you can't blame Arteta. He's been our best signing these past few years and its not even close. Ozil has been a non factor.

I'm not saying there's nothing to learn from this match, but from an effort/organization standpoint, this match was an outlier from what I've seen all year. we're arsenal fans so we expect a let down every year, maybe this is when it begins, maybe it's a one-off performance.

I don't buy this Arteta has been shitty all year shite (he hasn't and his play was key in our earlier win over Liverpool). the troubling thing to me is jack's lack of form in big matches. he needs to turn that shite around soon because all we have are big matches. on a slightly lesser note, gibbs also needs to play in big matches. his pace is key against those teams with quicker wingers.

I agree with crazy, this team has been flawed all year. we certainly need to improve in the summer if we want to contend for the CL. however, I wouldn't give up on this season just yet (at least in the FA Cup and securing a CL birth). we've done very well against lower opposition. if we keep that up, we'll be fine.

Also the Chamberlain-Wilshere axis is something we should experiment with. They played together against Tottenham in the FA Cup and they were good together, apart from Wilshere dawdling on the ball. They are both more athletic Arteta, but they aren't as good with positioning yet. The reality is that if we leave Arteta as a single pivot, he's going to get overrun. We still need him, but against big teams he's a liability.

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everyone in the league insists on fouling him.

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He's your #10 so he's always on the ball, of course he's gunna get fouled. Also, he's a fricking hot head so it doesn't take much to get under his skin. Wilshere is a talent no doubt. He's still got a bit of maturing to do though

Same reason Suarez is a target at just about every game away from Anfield.

We really miss Ramsey. Its a damn shame we can't go a season without extended injuries to important players.

I was half kidding. We finish 4th. I don't see us getting enough points though from man u, city, Chelsea and everton to compete for a title. With kun out this is chelseas chance to grab a hold.

Arteta is slow and I think as he's getting up there you need him paired with Ramsey since he can go box to box effortlessly. But you can't rag on the guy that's held this team together since the fabregas and nasri departures.

Doesn't deserve to wear the shirt is a lil harsh from bottom9.