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[Josef Svejk]

Never have I seen an Arsenal team so devoid of leaders. The likes of Adams, Vieira and Henry must be shaking their heads at this crop.

 

And yet it looks like they're all wearing captains' armbands...

[Faustus]

They could spend about £5m on a centreback and a holding midfielder with a bit of grit and they'd get 15 points more than they will do this season.

 

Fucking Gary Caldwell and Lee Cattermole would improve this Arsenal side.

 

Wenger just seems blind to it, doesn't he? It's so glaring, but he'll probably buy some short arse shithouse in the summer who'll look great in a routine home win against the dross but go missing when it counts.

 

You look at somebody like Wilshere in that side and, don't get me wrong I think he's a decent player, but you're just asking too much of him. He's a kid, yet they're so dependent on him and it's like they're looking to him for inspiration. At least when we had Gerrard coming through, we had players around him like Hyypia, Hamann and Fowler who would stand up and be counted when the chips were down, and then we had McAllister following a couple of years later to pass on some experience. It's what the Mancs have done for years having Giggs and Scholes around the place for their young lads to look up to and who you can rely on to never shirk responsibility. With players like Wilshere and Walcott, it's like they're having to take on this role when they're nowhere near ready for it. I bet they'd kill to have a couple of old heads who could be counted on around the place.

 

Not that I'm complaining, of course. We shouldn't have anything to fear going to their place in a few weeks time.

[Josef Svejk]

Atrocious effort from Torres...

[Red Phoenix]

Torres having a nightmare again.

[Baltar]

Jeez, Torres is so shit these days. Best business in our history to get £50M for this useless fucker.

[Paulie Dangerously]

What are they singing about John Terrys brother?

[Bobby Hundreds]

I hate Chelsea and there fans infact everything to do with the plastic cunts so fucking much.

[Red Phoenix]

Giroud should've made it 1-0 right from the off, Arsenal are a mess, but seeing as it's Chelsea I think they have a chance of coming back. (then again though maybe they could only get back into games like this when they had players like Van Persie.)

 

Oscar looks like a good player too. Oscar + Mata + Hazard, if only Torres was playing well, that's some great service for him there.

[Jairzinho]

Wenger just seems blind to it, doesn't he? It's so glaring, but he'll probably buy some short arse shithouse in the summer who'll look great in a routine home win against the dross but go missing when it counts.

 

You look at somebody like Wilshere in that side and, don't get me wrong I think he's a decent player, but you're just asking too much of him. He's a kid, yet they're so dependent on him and it's like they're looking to him for inspiration. At least when we had Gerrard coming through, we had players around him like Hyypia, Hamann and Fowler who would stand up and be counted when the chips were down, and then we had McAllister following a couple of years later to pass on some experience. It's what the Mancs have done for years having Giggs and Scholes around the place for their young lads to look up to and who you can rely on to never shirk responsibility. With players like Wilshere and Walcott, it's like they're having to take on this role when they're nowhere near ready for it. I bet they'd kill to have a couple of old heads who could be counted on around the place.

 

Not that I'm complaining, of course. We shouldn't have anything to fear going to their place in a few weeks time.

 

Thing is he actually has spent a fair bit last year or two, and not just on African orphans. Mertesacker 10m, Santos £6m, Giroud £13m, Gervinho £11m, Arteta £10m, Chamberlain £12m, Cazorla £20m, Podolski £11m. Some of them are decent footballers, but none of them are really want they needed.

 

Spot on about the experience, and not just experience but players that had been at the club for a few years. Unfortunately, for them, their board doesn't seem to give a fuck as long as they get 4th. Will be interesting in the summer, because I don't think they will.

 

We'll turn them over. Suarez v Mertesacker? Nothing to fear against Arsenal.

[Rico1304]

Torres looks a shadow, of a shadow, of a photocopy, of a drawing, of a recording of a song about the player that signed for us.

[Josef Svejk]

Oscar looks like a good player too. Oscar + Mata + Hazard, if only Torres was playing well, that's some great service for him there.

 

With that trio behind him, there really is no excuse.

[Josef Svejk]

Incidentally, as highlighted on the channel I'm watching, Sagna is a major defensive liability. Out of position for the first goal and the penalty.

[sir roger]

With that trio behind him, there really is no excuse.

 

I'd back myself to get 10 a season with those supplying me, and I'm 52 & fat.

 

I can't get my head around Torres' decline. He just seems useless & it's almost as if a Zingari League player has swapped bodies with him.

[BCM]

With that trio behind him, there really is no excuse.

 

And yet i dont remember him having even a half chance in that first half, won the ball back a few times.

Just doesnt seem to have that burst of pace anymore

[sir roger]

And yet i dont remember him having even a half chance in that first half, won the ball back a few times.

Just doesnt seem to have that burst of pace anymore

 

He actually seems to get in the way more than he helps.

 

( He did have that poor effort on the half-volley late on, but it was just a defender's knock-down from a cross )

[Josef Svejk]

And yet i dont remember him having even a half chance in that first half, won the ball back a few times.

Just doesnt seem to have that burst of pace anymore

 

He had a decent chance at the end of the half and blasted it over.

[VladimirIlyich]

Disagree with neville over that penalty. A stonewaller for me.

[The Acolyte]

Wenger just seems blind to it, doesn't he? It's so glaring, but he'll probably buy some short arse shithouse in the summer who'll look great in a routine home win against the dross but go missing when it counts.

 

You look at somebody like Wilshere in that side and, don't get me wrong I think he's a decent player, but you're just asking too much of him. He's a kid, yet they're so dependent on him and it's like they're looking to him for inspiration. At least when we had Gerrard coming through, we had players around him like Hyypia, Hamann and Fowler who would stand up and be counted when the chips were down, and then we had McAllister following a couple of years later to pass on some experience. It's what the Mancs have done for years having Giggs and Scholes around the place for their young lads to look up to and who you can rely on to never shirk responsibility. With players like Wilshere and Walcott, it's like they're having to take on this role when they're nowhere near ready for it. I bet they'd kill to have a couple of old heads who could be counted on around the place.

 

Not that I'm complaining, of course. We shouldn't have anything to fear going to their place in a few weeks time.

 

I think you'll find that when Stevie was out of form we were over relying on Luis and young Stirling. That was wrong. Only in the last 2 games have the team started to work as one AND get results.

[Brownie]

Disagree with neville over that penalty. A stonewaller for me.

 

Why did Ramires keeping moving his legs to the left when the ball was going to the right?

[Baltar]

Good finish Walcott.

[Red Phoenix]

Went to shop and missed another goal, fucks sake.

 

Rafa out chants if they score again. Come on Chelsea, need some more Wenger strops here.

[Red Phoenix]

With that trio behind him, there really is no excuse.

 

Yeah he looks like he's in another world most of the time.

[Chocoholic]

Don't discount the possibility of Chelsea losing their arse again, now that Walcott has got one back. THing is, though, if they do, and possibly even go on to lose, all focus will be on Benitez, the booing and Chelsea's plight and Arsenal's total gutless first half would be glossed over.

[Il Fenomeno]

The problem for Wenger is that that he doesn't have the resources to compete for the quality of players that he really needs. They can't match the top teams wages or transfer fee wise.

 

So he's left to take gambles on players who are unproven (Gervinho, Oxlade-Chamberlain etc) or experienced players who aren't wanted by the worlds richest/biggest teams (Podolski, Mertesacker, Cazorla, Arteta etc).

[J-V]

oh dear Fernando. Looked good until his 2nd touch.