Arsenal Post Match

[EastAnglianFox]

We are just such a mid table team....something id have given anything for a few years ago...now it just seems like such a waste of what we had the potential to do after the title win

[Ted Maul]

Disappointing after a very good opening spell, but Arsenal stepped it up when they needed to and we had no answer. We didn't help ourselves with some shocking tracking back and marking, but there's enough in the 3-5-2 to be optimistic about in the easier games coming up.

Arsenal away when they're on their game is an almost impossible game for anyone outside the top 6, so give it a rest with the Puel out nonsense for a bit. Could have been very different if Wilf scored at 1-1, the penalty was given or Xhaka got sent off.

If Ghezzal gets anything over a 2 in the match ratings I'll be amazed.

[adam95581]

Playing Vardy / Maddison out of position is never going to work. Vardy is not a left winger and is wasted there and so is Maddison. F**king square pegs in round holes

 

If Puel insists in playing 4231, then leave Iheanacho / Vardy out and put a winger on so we’ve got a balanced team. It’s so obvious. 

Edited 22 October 2018 by adam95581

[SuperMike]

Posted Thursday 15.35:
WOW! SHOCKING! I'll be really interested to see who the Puel-lovers will be blaming for this abysmal performance. Morgan? Shakespeare? The-bloke-in-the-green-parka-behind-the-goal?  Embarassing. Really, really embarassing.
This 'team in transition' malarky is wearing very thin and the constant references to 'ze qualitee of our play' must surely annoy even the most ardent of the PLs.
The wins against Huddersfield and Newcastle distracted everybody from the fact that our performances this calendar year have been appalling. We have such good players, such a strong squad, yet the tactical ineptitude and lack of man-management  skills of the manager are shining through.
Give him time? NO - he's had enough.
HE NEEDS TO GO.
NOW.
 

[Babylon]

Some fantastic stuff at the start, exactly what we've been trying to do for some time. But going behind they committed more men forward, upped the tempo and we failed to keep the ball.

 

Every time we gave it away it was in dangerous areas and we surrendered the momentum because of that. Not having that it's some grand plan of Puel's to tell them to stop doing what they were doing so well at the start. Bollocks, they are a very good team and were always going to come back into it. We just left the door open for them by failing to pass to a blue shirt. 

 

If you stop doing that you won't be able to attack effectively and you're just going to play yourself into trouble like we did over an over again. We just have too many dumb players quite honestly. 

[DennisNedry]

At least we didn't start shite this time.

 

I think how Arsenal played second half better teams would have been beaten.

[CosbehFox]

Arsenal were shit hot for a spell there. The ref has got off lightly with an absolutely awful decision 

[lozzyblue fox]

Very happy with our first 30 mins. We score then we go to pot. what puel says to them at half time I would love to know.

Arsenal knew we were rattled and turned the screw, we had no answer.

Not looking good for sat.

[chapero82]

2 minutes ago, MrsJohnMurphy said:

Too many "meh" players in this squad

What do you expect with a meh manager  

[The Guvnor]

Excellent first half, high tempo bossed them. Second half,  disorganised and panicky. didnt understand Claudes Substitutions and Vardy should have a p#ss at half time.

[lgfualol]

Embarrassing how we collapsed. Why cant we just pay attention for a full game?

 

Hope there is a reason Vardy was so lackluster because we have him for another 4 years on over 100k a week..

[Beechey]

Well I guess there's a reason they've won 10 in a row.

[Guest Col city fan]

1 minute ago, MrsJohnMurphy said:

Too many "meh" players in this squad

I think this sums it up.

We have a squad of very average players being told to play a system that some of them aren’t good enough to do.

Mid table mediocrity will be the season I think

[kingfox]

Played great for 40 minutes.

 

Aubameyang changed the game, our defence switched off and struggled against pace...again.

 

Our defence is shit, Ghezzal is shit, Vardy has probably done a shit.

 

Same old, same old.

 

West Ham then Cardiff, lose those two then it's Puel out.

[filbertway]

Wonderful upto the point we scored then the team seemed to freeze. We defaulted back to the dross tactics under Ranieri and Shakespeare.

 

Arsenal have been like this all season, a team possessed in the second half. Both of their goals were wonderful.

 

Good night's sleep and it'll be forgotten.

[Babylon]

@Bert I've not... my reply was only vaguely linked, about how they managed to take advantage of it when on top and how they got on top. 

[North Leeds Fox]

Lots of positives to take from the first thirty. Thought the back three were good individually. Too often it was our midfield leaving their men to find space. Think this team needs a ball playing cm and another attacking option. We lost in the end to a good team. Need to get back to it and get vardy fit and well for Saturday. 

[ALC Fox]

Our bench lets us down. We've spent too much money not to have decent options. It still signifies we're a work in progress, though. Time and stability are needed. We'll improve further with Puel, I'm sure.

 

KTF

[katieakita]

Beaten by a good side so hats off to them but we had chances and how that ref misses a stonewall penalty looking straight at it is beyond belief. Their subs changed the game ours well less said the better 

[Devonfox1884]

Possession style of play so good we couldn’t put 3 passes together.

 

Retreating immediately after going a goal up.

 

Defensive substitutions when we needed more going forward. 

 

Arsenal away is never going to be an easy game, but come on, that second half was awful and I’d argue that (despite backing him recently) a lot of that was down to Puel and his negativity. I’m not convinced that he’s the man to take us forward.

 

Oh, and he’s seemingly bought a player with one leg in Ghezzal. Not really what we need.

 

 

 

[tylesta]

1 minute ago, cityfanlee23 said:

I'm puel in, but i honestly hope we sack him just to teach our tragic fanbase a lesson. ****ing embarrassing fans. it's been a while since i've seen such a large group of fans who are so clueless about football, they think everything is black and white and easily rectified. Shame on puel for not seeing the game as simply as most of our fans do. 

Just as embarrassing as your plenty off fish pic

[justfoxes]

This shockingly SH1t ref allowed Arsenhole players to dictate the game Holding should have got his second yellow and a red for his blatant handball the ref bottled it, a couple of times they found us he allowed them to play on they dived in our box a couple on a yellow he did Fuchs all he was awful god only knows why that the EPL and FA don’t audit these CNUTS and fine or even drop them to the lower leagues for such such substandard displays??

[fuchsntf]

1 minute ago, SuperMike said:

Posted Thursday 15.35:
WOW! SHOCKING! I'll be really interested to see who the Puel-lovers will be blaming for this abysmal performance. Morgan? Shakespeare? The-bloke-in-the-green-parka-behind-the-goal?  Embarassing. Really, really embarassing.
This 'team in transition' malarky is wearing very thin and the constant references to 'ze qualitee of our play' must surely annoy even the most ardent of the PLs.
The wins against Huddersfield and Newcastle distracted everybody from the fact that our performances this calendar year have been appalling. We have such good players, such a strong squad, yet the tactical ineptitude and lack of man-management  skills of the manager are shining through.
Give him time? NO - he's had enough.
HE NEEDS TO GO.
NOW.
 

Yyyaaawwwwnnn

[l444ry]

First half (20 minutes) was top six stuff. Second half was bottom three. Should never be that much difference in a side.  

Edited 22 October 2018 by l444ry

[Farrington fox]

I expected to get beaten but its the manner in which we capitulated that concerns me. Looked brilliant until we scored, then pretty much gave up and were ran ragged. Men v boys I’m afraid.