Szczesny - 7 made a few decent stops, not much he could do about Man Utd's goals.
Djourou - 6 he was up against one of the best wingers in the world and he had no protection at all from the idiotic Walcott. He wasn't THAT bad.
Mertesacker - 8 MOTM.
Koscielny - 8 brilliant as usual.
Vermaelen - 7 he had a very good game but he could've done better to prevent Valencia's opening goal.
Song - 5 poor.
Ramsey - 5 poor.
Rosicky - 8 he had a very good game.
Walcott - 5 poor.
Chamberlain - 8 very good performance from him, showed what all the hype is about.
RVP - 6 he had no service at all in the first half and he missed a sitter in the second, but he took his goal well.
Subs:
Yennaris - 7 played well.
Park - 5 didn't do much.
Arshavin - 4 pathetic. Just pathetic. Why is he still at Arsenal? He's about as useless as Squillaci.
Player Rating
posted on 22/1/12
It was the 70th minute so he just had to go.on and make a substitution. I'm sure his excuse is going to be that AOC got a slight injury.
posted on 22/1/12
AHB you would be fking furious if you saw the match. Wenger took off AOC for Arshavin when it was 1-1 with AOC causing all sorts of trouble. No prizes for guessing who was then beaten by Valencia a few minutes later for the winner.
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The lazy little . On the whole did we play badly though?
posted on 22/1/12
Yes AHB. We played very badly. One of the worst performances I've seen in a while. Especially in the first half.
posted on 22/1/12
omment by Verminator_05 Shhhhhh Arteta has Barca DNA but keep it quiet because Dr Xavi hasn't realised yet! (U5985)
posted 6 minutes ago
perhaps the solution could be to play him every OTHER game? i believe fergie did this with ronaldo and it seemed to work wonders, what do you think?
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It would be tough to drop him if he keeps on having great games. Maybe we shouldn't stick to a strict alternating schedule but make sure the focus of rotation is on him.... We don't want a repeat of the Wilshere situation, he's 18 so his bones aren't fully developed and he's more susceptible to a long term injury considering how intense the league is.
Are we seriously discussing AOC becoming jaded after he starts ONE game????? I personally think he is not starting due to some transfer clauses.
posted on 22/1/12
We played better in the 8-2. The thing is we could have took a point or even WON if not for Wenger's stupidity. That sub was the final straw for me. You can excuse him for our horrible injury list, for the ridiculous refereeing decisions that go against us, for the complete wastefulness in front of goal by players who used to score for us on a regular basis, but you cannot excuse him for that. It was one of the worst subs I have ever seen in my time watching football, seriously I can't think of anything worse. I'm so fking furious.
posted on 22/1/12
" It was one of the worst subs I have ever seen in my time watching football, seriously I can't think of anything worse. I'm so fking furious."
Well said....it was like we wanted to lose the game! "Oh my god we're drawing...quick lets send out Arshavin for OX...that should sort things out"
posted on 22/1/12
Wow. Strong words. We just can't compete with the dross we've got on our hands. They'll just keep costing you points. Looks like we're back to the Is there any money or not debate. God I wanna pull my hair out.
posted on 22/1/12
This season we have taken 1 point from 18 available in transfer windows. I really hope all these dropped points are worth the haggling of a few thousand quid over groundbreaking deals such as Park and Benayoun
posted on 22/1/12
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Oxlade-Chamberlain sub made because he was suffering from cramp, apparently.
posted on 22/1/12
That's not what Wenger said in his interview. We all know why he was taken off, it was not a forced sub, it was a tactical one.