Arsenal FA Cup SF Post-Match Thread

[borassic]

Yes, it looked like he lost where the ball was but he actually passed it to a team mate not just a touch!

He wasn’t looking at the ball though, really think it would have been soft to be honest

 

[borassic]

Did the pre match party organised by Rio, Kyle and Prince Andrew have any effect on another limp away performance.

Limp is a word that resides with all 3. Especially if
Rio has been on the Charlie

 

[Jack Hackett]

What can I say you, you looked like you wanted it more and deserved the win. still think the officials are ****s though.

Honestly I don’t think there were any controversial decisions tonight

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

Dissapointed with this. Despite any shortcomings in our squad this is a team that played arsenal off th pitch a couple of weeks ago. Aside from Gundogan no issue with the,starting 11 - clearly not arsed which is,a shame.

 

[HarrytheBlue]

I'm not sure. I've seen them given for less and not given for more, but based on some of those I've seen I would have expected it. It definitely looked like a foul, but for some reason fouls in the box are subjected to some weird analytical voodoo. As I say my surprise is that noone here is talking about it, it's things like that that are normally brought up even when we win 5-0!

I always get the jitters when Jon Moss is the ref. This is the guy who pre-VAR was recorded reffing a Spurs Cup game against some minnow on TV. Kane went down in the box. Moss consulted the linesman saying 'What happened ?' 'Couldn't see', 'Did the tv guys get it ?' 'Don't know.' 'I'm gonna give the pen'.

 

[g180aj]

He wasn’t looking at the ball though, really think it would have been soft to be honest

When you concider the goal that was disallowed against spurs for Laporte's handball, he at least played the ball it didn't just brush past his arm.

 

[B\connellblue]

I do find it interesting that nobody seems to be complaining in this thread about the VAR decision at 1-0 down. I assume everyone agreed with it?

Anyone blaming referees,Var or anything else tonight are fooling only themselves. That was total wank from manager down. We have lost 9 times in the league as well. A serious shake up is needed on and off the field. Our transfer dealings for the most part have been poor and that's been generous. The attack tonight was powderpuff ,sterling l,Jesus and Mahrez wouldn't knock the wings off a bee. Fuck knows who thinks it's a good idea to play high balls in to them, in fact in sterling and Jesus case even low balls are a problem. Defence was a fucking shambles to a man. Laporte is starting to disappoint, Garcia Spanish league awaits him, neither big enough, strong enough or quick enough, Mendy not worth discussing. Midfield slow and ponderous even kev had a really bad night.After the Ecstasy of Monday this abomination. Hope it hurts the players as much as the fans, some how I doubt it.

 

[bondsman]

Crossing was tough as they had 8 players in the box.

His passing along the floor always hit the mark, first half especially every attack came from him.

Then that’s the issue isn’t it as we created fuck all.

 

[come-on-barney]

I don’t care if it means we win

Deserved win tonight, congratulations on that, no issues for my side. However, I think you will face the rags in the final and they will also play on the break. Don’t see a good outcome at all for you there. Best chance for you is if Chelsea make it.

 

[borassic]

I don’t care if it means we win

Arsenals best performances against us over the past couple of years have been backs against the wall stuff. Arteta played it perfectly today and credit has to be given to your defence. Really like the look of Tierney. Maybe we can pinch him in a year or so ;)

 

[SWPISHOME]

Yes, it looked like he lost where the ball was but he actually passed it to a team mate not just a touch!

Honestly I don’t think there were any controversial decisions tonight

We all know on here that Arsenal deserved to go through we hold our hands up we deserved to be knocked out.
I just don't agree with the penalty decision. Surely you would of understood if VAR had of given it.

 

[borassic]

When you concider the goal that was disallowed against spurs for Laporte's handball, he at least played the ball it didn't just brush past his arm.

Yeah which wasn’t handball either mate

 

[TFC]

They'd better fucking win it now. I'm expecting a spuds like collapse of course.

 

[@BluePhil8]

I don’t care if it means we win

You shouldn’t either, you had a good game plan and we had no answer.

 

[west didsblue]

Could have played for another two hours and we wouldn’t have scored.
Sterling and KDB had a really bad day and the rest weren’t much better.

Arsenal fully deserved it. Glad I didn’t have the option to go as it would have been even worse being there, and I’m glad the senile old fucker Wenger was nothing to do with it.

Bring on Watford and Norwich for a bit of goal scoring practice to get our confidence back for Madrid and hopefully 3 games in Lisbon.

 

[5 Hit Gibbon]

Fair play to Arsenal, they deserved to win the game. We struggle when teams set up like that against us. They got their tactics spot on.

City have been very hit & miss this season. Tonight was a poor performance to add to the growing list. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. It felt like that tonight at times, watching City continue to put poor crosses into Arsenal's box, which their defence easily dealt with. We move on.

Knowing City, we will probably go on and win the CL from Silva scoring from a header from an overhit Mendy cross!

 

[Jack Hackett]

Deserved win tonight, congratulations on that, no issues for my side. However, I think you will face the rags in the final and they will also play on the break. Don’t see a good outcome at all for you there. Best chance for you is if Chelsea make it.

You might be right but you are talking to someone who felt we had little chance against you tonight so allow me to hold onto the dream

 

[simon23]

Yes, because I disagree with your assessment.
You’re the male version of the internet’s interpretation of Karen, so forgive me for not taking any notice of you.

yet you keep replying!

 

[Jack Hackett]

Fair play to Arsenal, they deserved to win the game. We struggle when teams set up like that against us. They got their tactics spot on.

City have been very hit & miss this season. Tonight was a poor performance to add to the growing list. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. It felt like that tonight at times, watching City continue to put poor crosses into Arsenal's box, which their defence easily dealt with. We move on.

Knowing City, we will probably go on and win the CL from Silva scoring from a header from an overhit Mendy cross!

I hope you do win the CL

 

[domalino]

Our problem is that we have too many passengers at the club.

Bravo - Is he even still at the club?
Otamendi - Knows he's leaving.
Stones - more interested in fucking around than his football.
Cancelo - Knows he's never getting ahead of Walker and can't be bothered to pretend he's competing.
Zinchenko - Not a left back, never played in midfield.

That's 1/4 of the bloody squad who don't actually do anything.

Then there's the players who just aren't performing -

Gundogan - the creative defensive midfielder who neither creates nor defends.
Mendy - He's trying his best but he's not finding consistency in defence and his crossing ability has evaporated.
Mahrez - More interested in himself than the team.
Bernardo - Playing like Nurse Ratchet shoved an ice pick up his nose.

And of course Aguero is in Capri recovering from injury.

All in all I think we have about 9 players who are giving 100% at the moment. And one of those is leaving the club in a few weeks and another is a 35 year old who is no longer either a defender or midfielder.