Arsenal FA Cup SF Post-Match Thread

Interesting article by Sam Lee in The Athletic going over the failings in this game and more generally. Nothing earth shattering but he nails a lot of the issues afflicting us right now. He poses the question about how we will change it for the CL but leaves it open.
 
Ardwick Green Blue said:
Interesting article by Sam Lee in The Athletic going over the failings in this game and more generally. Nothing earth shattering but he nails a lot of the issues afflicting us right now. He poses the question about how we will change it for the CL but leaves it open.
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Can you PM me the article please?
 
mosssideblue said:
What do you mean by pre season rusty as with the amount of games we have had recently, rusty isn't a term I would use
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What I mean is we're effectively in pre-season without the pre-season training when we normally don't usually hit our stride until the later friendlies. We are a precision bit of kit, and it shows more than most when we're off colour. Even when we've dished out 4 and 5 - 0 thrashings, we've been giving the ball away so much more than normal. Obviously, our defence is the least cohesive part of the team right now.
 
As bad as we were yesterday, if we're reffed to the same standard as A-pen-a-game-United we get the Sterling pen at 1.0 and whole game changes.
 
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eyalluvitt said:
As bad as we were yesterday, if we're reffed to the same standard as A-pen-a-game-United we get the Sterling pen and 1.0 and whole game changes.
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Since the restart, some obvious errors haven't been corrected by VAR. As far as I know, we're the only club to have a penalty awarded then overturned by VAR.
 
Pep Guardiola: "What these players have done is incredible. But we lost an FA Cup semi-final. You have to play 90 minutes, but we played just 45. In the first half everything was sloppy, it was not the right rhythm for this kind of game, to reach a final." [via
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“The question is how many chances we had vs how many chances they [Arsenal] had. Possession is a part of the deal but in itself is nothing, it is how many chances you create through possession..."

“In general we were quite good but (the defeat) was not about this, it was about us not being there in the first half. We were not ready to play an FA Cup semi-final.

“I am not thinking about next season. We had two titles to fight for. On Saturday we lost one but we have another one and once we finish we will be able to think about the team
 
kaz7 said:
Pep Guardiola: "What these players have done is incredible. But we lost an FA Cup semi-final. You have to play 90 minutes, but we played just 45. In the first half everything was sloppy, it was not the right rhythm for this kind of game, to reach a final." [via
@ManCity

“The question is how many chances we had vs how many chances they [Arsenal] had. Possession is a part of the deal but in itself is nothing, it is how many chances you create through possession..."

“In general we were quite good but (the defeat) was not about this, it was about us not being there in the first half. We were not ready to play an FA Cup semi-final.

“I am not thinking about next season. We had two titles to fight for. On Saturday we lost one but we have another one and once we finish we will be able to think about the team
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I just don't get how a team like ours who have won countless trophies approaches such an important game with this mentality. It isn't the first time this season though which is why we have lost nine league games. At times we have meandered through games thinking we are so good we will just win. Football is unforgiving and if you go into a game half baked you will suffer. Pep will know the culprits and root them out at the end of the season.
 
paulchapo said:
I just don't get how a team like ours who have won countless trophies approaches such an important game with this mentality. It isn't the first time this season though which is why we have lost nine league games. At times we have meandered through games thinking we are so good we will just win. Football is unforgiving and if you go into a game half baked you will suffer. Pep will know the culprits and root them out at the end of the season.
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Agree. We had the memory of the very easy 3-0 win in the mind.

Hopefully he will have the culprits fresh in his memory when it comes to transfer dealings. The priority this summer has to be the defence.
 
aguerooooo said:
Pep did a great job talking up the normally flappable David LUIZ clearly MOTM In my opinion Could he not have done the same with our own maybe Gabby Just chatting to a fellow blue who seems to think Eddie could have done better with both goals anyone agree?
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Well he couldn’t have done much worse...
To be fair they were very good finishes by Aubaboomerang and I would put the blame on our full backs for both the goals rather than Ederson
 
Millwallawayveteran1988 said:
Agree. We had the memory of the very easy 3-0 win in the mind.

Hopefully he will have the culprits fresh in his memory when it comes to transfer dealings. The priority this summer has to be the defence.
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We tighten our defence and we improve immensely. We will always score goals it's leaking soft ones at the other end that's the problem. We have spent over 200 million on it and our best player was 6 million pound Vincent Kompany. Maybe we should employ Hughes to recruit players as he brought in Kompany and Zabba for peanuts.
 
paulchapo said:
We tighten our defence and we improve immensely. We will always score goals it's leaking soft ones at the other end that's the problem. We have spent over 200 million on it and our best player was 6 million pound Vincent Kompany. Maybe we should employ Hughes to recruit players as he brought in Kompany and Zabba for peanuts.
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We do have some problems elsewhere and need to add some quality but there is no point to that without a solid defence, so this seasons window is all about strengthening at the back. 2/3 new defenders.
 
Millwallawayveteran1988 said:
We do have some problems elsewhere and need to add some quality but there is no point to that without a solid defence, so this seasons window is all about strengthening at the back. 2/3 new defenders.
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Yes I mentioned it elsewhere. It is more some of our recent signings haven't lived up to expectations. I'd add Bernardo to that list too one good season out of three just isn't good enough.
 
IF Aubaboomerang { Burtonblue holds the rights patent pending] is down to his last year deffo think its worth a punt Still a fabulous finisher still got plenty of pace see second goal( or dont bother) look what Van Tosser Persie did for the scum. Just look at the chances we fuck up He wouldnt break the bank, allowing rhe big money going to go where it is urgently needed
 
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