Arsenal Post Match Thread.

I thought fernandinho was our motm I thought Navas did ok against one of the best players in the league (with not much help) Yaya has just ruled out his contract extension in my eyes..apart from that it was a defo penalty and coq au vin should have gone. Put sanchez in that team and we win.
 
Never mind a defensive overhaul, we need to go back to basics pre-season and work on the defence. We won't win anything and certainly not the CL without sorting that out. Then sort out the midfield then we can think about the forwards. Personally, this all needs rebuilding and will take at least two years. It all started with not building on the first league success, and since then every manager has had to make do, or the buys we have made in general have been poor. We had a chance of creating a legacy and we didn't build on it. Totally confused where the academy fits into our plans and we will see pre-season if there is any faith shown there. Some of the targets for next season if the media is to be believed are underwhelming and cheaper options. However, could all be media talk so let's wait and see. Too many players today know they won't be here next year and the performance showed. Not sure that KDB fits into the system but you could say that about a few. If we miss out on CL and don't win the cup it has been a poor season, but I think this will take Pep a lot longer than some think to sort this mess out. Today was frustrating as we may not get this people chance to play such a poor Arsenal side again for a while. We can't afford to let the season slide as there is still plenty to play for. Looks like we are going to need our patience again.
 
That's one of the games where you would have thought the players would need no motivating for, and yet we were just coasting at 1-0 and 2-1 up. Why was that? Were they just off form?
 
Arsenal's home record is very very good despite their bad run.

For all this talk about how we didn't go for it, is that really the case? We committed plenty of men forward on the attack but as usual the final ball wasn't there.

That's as good as I've ever seen us play away at Arsenal in all honestly but we'll continue to struggle to win games like that until we strengthen at the back.
 
Withnail said:
Fuming, same old weaknesses flaky defence, not seeing a game out. We lack leadership, someone to take the game by the scruff of the neck and win the game when the opposition are there for the taking.

Fa Cup win and top 4 will do for me. But there is a long way to go this season before this happens with this group of players. Saying that we were screwed by Mariner again at the end of the game that was a penalty
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fully agree ont he leadership thing as well

not one of them out there is capable and ahs the charachter to do so....

if kompnay cannt come bak then we need to sign a new capt as well as new players
 
Sloppy passing and a lack of energy and/or desire.
Not having players on the posts at corners (or similar free kicks) always costs us at some point so I don't know why Pep sometimes does it and sometimes doesn't - everytime Pep please, everytime.
As to our defending if you play with a single DM, you just can't do it with slow fullbacks and AM's and wingers have to pick up runners to help out. Walcott had a couple of gist edged opportunities today as a result.
Our squad needs to be dramatically overhauled to play the way Pep wants it.
 
Josh_D said:
Looking at the bench, who realistically can change a game for City? That's the question. Players will be shipped probably. Hopefully. As players with winning mentality needed.
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Nolito and Iheanacho who wasn't even selected
 
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