Arsenal FA Cup SF Post-Match Thread

[Burtonblue]

I started a thread but it was removed for some reason but for me the narrative has to change.

sick of hearing will pep extend every press conference.

Wih our squad a return of the league cup is simply not good enough, we have lost 9 games in the prem as well as losing to a very poor arsenal side at wembley.

he has done wonders last 2 seasons But on current form pep does not deserve a contract extension,

stop acting like he is doing us a favour by managing us !

Really?
Accept that somedays the opposition is better.
We can’t win it all.
This is exactly when the manager needs the backing to rebuild, not the sack!
There are no better managers out there.

 

[willipp]

Don’t remember Kev having as bad a game as that in a very long time. Really did nothing all game and had no influence. When kev doesn’t tick we struggle and we have no one to pick it up if he isn’t.

 

[nellyonthewing]

So be honest aside from KDB who in our squad would make the team of any of the top European sides. We do not have a world class squad we have an ageing and average squad.

 

[DMA's]

Sack pep and install you as manager

Didn’t say that did I? A lot of managers with the squad we have would get us winning games. Albeit not in the style pep has but call me old fashioned winning is everything,

 

[wolviedinho]

What attempts? We didn't create many.

No team attempts but we need individuals to step up on these occasions. Take the game by the scruff. Currently only Kev does this...unfortunately he was not at it.

 

[Newman Noggs]

Well done the Arse. Studied the template for how other teams have beaten us and replicated it.

Pack the defence and midfield. Allow our centre backs to have as much possession as they like and just close down all the the midfield except for the wheezing plodder Gundogan who can be relied upon to receive the ball in a promising position and play it straight back where it came from. Slowly. Mahrez has the heart of a mouse in the tackle, Sterling will fall over and Jesus, God bless him, will try really hard but never get to the ball first, never win a header and stray offside

 

[Phil1]

Am I wrong?

Spends more time on the floor.

You seem very angry. We were shit but going all knee jerk mental won’t change it. Get it all off your chest though, mate. Hate the thought you’ll go to bed in a bad mood.

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

Abysmal performance all round , not going to pick out individuals because they were all shite , i cant even pick a MofM , if we do not score in the first 15 minutes against a team with ten behind the ball we are f*cked , our cutting edge isnt there , Real Madrid must be quaking in their boots.

 

[Tommy_Catons_Perm]

The most worrying thing for me is kevs form has gone of a cliff, don't like him playing deep

Agreed about him playing too deep. But nearly every pass he makes is high risk and so ambitious that it can easily go wrong and it looks like he is off form. The next minute though he is brilliant again. I think it's the nature of the talent.

 

[Blue Coop]

Dreadful across the patch. I think the biggest challenge we’ve got at the moment is the drop in quality between Aguero and Jesus. Tonight wasn’t on Jesus, but having a top class CF on the pitch entirely changes our game in the final 3rd and he isn’t at the level that the players around him deserve, in my view.

add the useless Walker,Otamendi and the very average Rodri.

I rate Rodri highly I’ll be honest. Miles ahead of Gundogan and will spend years in that DM role in a high quality City team.