Arsenal FA Cup SF Post-Match Thread

[bluealf]

am puzzled why pep has not singed somebody else upfront (striker) we are lacking somebody getting 30 goals if aguero gets his normal injury he picks up every season ? pep at barca had a dodgy defence but had goals in the team to get him out of jail ? this season city have score goals but leaked goals and many silly goals in games we should have won easy but we missed so many chances

Because who wants to come here and sit behind Aguero or and Gabby, I dare say when Aguero leaves we will easily find a new striker.

Another pertinent question would be why can't the academy produce one? They all seem to be wingers or AM's no real out and out striker.

I think I would move Gabby to the left and give him the freedom to use his dribbling skills and be more creative and at the same time look to see if Braaf is good enough this next season to be in the mix for rotation or league cup games, Sterling and Mahrez on the right, Aguero and a new out and out poacher taking the centre forward role. I would jump in and grab Haaland myself before Real or Barca snap him up.

 

[mancityscot]

think whats been annoying me recently is our inability to turn up for big games. yesterday was just another occasion, where we played a must win game like a pre season friendly

 

[aguerooooo]

It has been obvious all season that we really miss the leadership and quality that Vincent offered us. He had injuries aplenty but was a massive presence in the dressing room You cannot go and find another VK easily, but it left a huge whole in our back four and with Laporte"s long term injury made the idea of not buying a CH last summer unfathomable

 

[cityblue123]

No plan b. Pointless pinging high balls into the box, as they said wheres a dzeko when u need one. They were all poor, no excuses, got what we deserved. Defence overhaul required, don't want to single anyone out, you defend as a unit, however some of it was Manchester amateur stuff!

 

[blueballs84]

We surrender so meekly in the FA Cup:
Arsenalx2, Wigan.

Compare that to the fire and brimstone when we go out in the CL: Monaco, Liberpool, Spurs

I just don't think the manager and the players are really arsed about the cup. They can't seem to get themselves up for it.

 

[Sheik Battle and Goal]

its not that is it ?
its when you know your a better team and have so many chances and the other team goes up field and scores and you lose ? you think how the fuck did we lose or why did we lose, this city team on its day can win every game they play ? but this city can also play and look like we are never going to score with the same players (this is manchester city)

Klopp’s only sane quote was that only City can beat City

 

[IcriedwhenTueartleft]

We got what we deserved, nothing!

What game were you watching? We dominated, missed a few very good chances...how many times were they in our box in the 2nd half? You seem to have watched some game where Arsenal pummelled us for much of the game and spent most of the game in our half.

 

[Keeper!]

What game were you watching? We dominated, missed a few very good chances...how many times were they in our box in the 2nd half? You seem to have watched some game where Arsenal pummelled us for much of the game and spent most of the game in our half.

Ok your opinion, I thought we were shocking!

Our players are considerable better than theirs in every department, our players did not turn up yesterday and neither did Pep.

 

[Fordyboy46]

Very disappointing day yesterday, it’s uncanny how many days we’ve had this season that we play ok or well, but we just have the look of a team that just isn’t going to score. Once the opposition score it just seems to make us tense up at the moment.

I know Pep is very loyal to his senior players and has a hierarchy in place but I would really like to see him break out of this a bit more.

There is NO point in us having the ability to make 5 substitutions from a selection of 9 players when, in my opinion, we only had TWO players that I would want to come on in the situation we were in yesterday - Foden and Bernardo. They were the only two attacking options we had. Why not have a Braff or a young striker (Delap) on the bench as cover for a ‘bad day at the office.’

Hopefully we dust ourselves off and manage to find a groove for the CL.

We have so much defensive cover but not many are the solution we need at the moment.

Why there isn't another attacking option on the bench like you say a Delap or Braaf is just baffling. I'd say there's no chance of us seeing either in these last two league games which would be a crying shame.

 

[Blue Pete]

He loved Lewandowski so not too sure I agree on the Dzeko point tbh.

Whilst I liked Dzeko and his stats were great he was never the footballer Lewandowski was. Whilst both goal scorers and 'big' men one of them had a significantly better all round game, which Dzeko lacked.