Arsenal (H) - FA Cup | Post Match Thread

[Millo]

What's the crack with substitutes at the moment? Why aren't they dressed and ready to go on the pitch at a moments notice. Laporte didn't even have his shirt or shin pads on for God's sake. It was ridiculous, and not a one off nowadays.

 

[shemnel]

Was a good win against a good team, strongest rivals this season.

I believe this won't have an impact on the league encounter, but it's nice to continue to win.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

I would say long passes rather than a lump forward. Often just nothing on short. I thought he did well.

I also suspect it was part of the game plan.

Surely if it was part of the game plan then we should have had plyers closer to him to take advantage of the chaos. He never had any of our players anywhere near him at these times to either run on to the flick on or challenge for the loose ball. It didn’t make much sense to me and Haaland isnt the greatest at holding the ball up and bringing others into the game. He is a top goal machine but his all round game needs work.

 

[east2]

6. Since Aguero left we cannot retain possession from a throw in! Our default game plan was simple, find Aguero and he would set the pattern.
From foul throws, to throwing to the opposition, we simply have no game plan.
Other teams know exactly where they are going before picking the ball up, we have no clue, spend far too long thinking about it before giving up possession cheaply.
A basic understanding of football that we regressed on.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

I see Arteta is a genius for getting beat and the Arsenal fans didn't want to beat us anyway. Hmmm. Amazing how all those red clubs are always winning something, even when they're not.

If they were drenched regularly in prime sewage they would spin out a positive!

 

[MCFC1993]

Remember when Tomiyasu made 4 or 5 fouls on the same player and never got a booking. I do but Paul Tierney didn't.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Was a good win against a good team, strongest rivals this season.

I believe this won't have an impact on the league encounter, but it's nice to continue to win.

They reminded me of us from last year and the past seasons. Very hungry, work as a team to win the ball back. You could see the influence Pep has had on Arteta.

 

[Lancet Fluke]

I'm not so sure these days. Certainly the Ederson of old had better passing but the recent Ederson? I'm not so sure. His kicks out to the FBs have frequently been flying out of play and his longer kicks often to nobody.

I agree Ederson's passing hasn't been at its best but I still think by and large he is doing stuff that most keepers including Ortega just don't have "in their locker". But I don't want to come across as overly negative about Ortega because I think we finally have a back up keeper who wouldn't scare the shit out of me if Ederson was out for a long period. And I do think Ederson needs a bit of a shake to get his full focus back because the passing comes so easy to him that he looks a bit complacent about it at the moment but I could say similar about half the team.

 

[waspish]

Remember when Tomiyasu made 4 or 5 fouls on the same player and never got a booking. I do but Paul Tierney didn't.

Seems the norm against us I though a player makes 3/4 four fouls from the back it’s a yellow! Or can a player maker as many fouls as them want!?

 

[bluemoon32]

Ederson hits his passes with a lot more pace than Ortega, who when he goes long just sort of chips it and allows opposing players the time to challenge for the ball.
Was impressed by his saves though last night & hes a good back up to have