EPL: Arsenal FC vs Man. City FC - Mon. Dec. 21st, 8:00pm - SS1

[Wilshere's Right]

Can't fully agree here.....the fans turned up again after that 2-1 I thought, in fact I thought the atmosphere was a bit better than midway through the second half, when everyone fell asleep.

That aside, it's no surprise for the supporters to be anxious after getting your lead cut down by 50% just ten minutes before the final whistle, it's only natural.

The opposite should be true. If you subscribe to the idea that the fans spur on the team, then those 10 minutes were when the team needed the fans the most. Get anxious sure but get behind the team and cheer them on.

 

[hibeegooner]

^I was actually thinking how a lot of players probably wouldn't have been quick/smart enough to duck from the shot like Özil was. Basically another assist for him (even though he technically DID assist)

There should definitely be stats for assists, pre-assists and post-assists.

 

[haha_arsenal]

woke up and got to work late, but worth it.


it was a very good game last night.

 

[Malky]

Instead of a nervy last 10 mins, we should of been out of sight, could have been 6-0 by that point. This should give the players incredible confidence going into the 2nd half of the season, especially since we did it without Sanchez, Coquelin, Cazorla, Wilshere etc, which is even more awesome.

Özil; just 5 assists off the season record and were not even in January yet

 

[skip spence]

^I was actually thinking how a lot of players probably wouldn't have been quick/smart enough to duck from the shot like Özil was. Basically another assist for him (even though he technically DID assist)

Good as he is it's a bit much giving him two assist for a single goal eh?

Still sitting on top of the world after that win last night. Pretty or not, I don't even care. Manchester City will be deep in a ****-hole though. Last 8 games in the PL they have 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. And they were lucky to beat Swansea last time out. Away they've been terrible and they've got quite a few potentially tricky away games coming up. Remember how they won their first 5 emphatically? Things have changed.

 

[haha_arsenal]

re-watched the highlight,
City dived atleast 3 times,

 

[Nyctophobia]

Happy with the win, displeased with the wastefulness throughout the game, we've got to learn how to take these chances consistently or it'll come back to bite us.

 

[LGMCFC]

Good win for you last night. Pellegrini proving, yet again, why he has to be moved on in the summer. We had 8 days to prepare for that game and came up with that!

Mangala has to be blamed, if he isn't a ***** and clears the ball properly in the last minute of added time we probably get a result there.

I can still see us winning the league but my god we're making hard work of it!

 

[silent_shadow]

Good as he is it's a bit much giving him two assist for a single goal eh?

Still sitting on top of the world after that win last night. Pretty or not, I don't even care. Manchester City will be deep in a ****-hole though. Last 8 games in the PL they have 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. And they were lucky to beat Swansea last time out. Away they've been terrible and they've got quite a few potentially tricky away games coming up. Remember how they won their first 5 emphatically? Things have changed.

Nope, I'm completely serious and as far as I'm concerned he's only 4 away from Thierry's record

 

[haha_arsenal]

Good win for you last night. Pellegrini proving, yet again, why he has to be moved on in the summer. We had 8 days to prepare for that game and came up with that!

Mangala has to be blamed, if he isn't a ***** and clears the ball properly in the last minute of added time we probably get a result there.

I can still see us winning the league but my god we're making hard work of it!

you were right about Yaya, I think he dragged the team down (ala Gerard with Liverpool) with his presence.

 

[kopzilla]

Nice win!..it was fun reading through the thread...It is obvious that Flamini is our good luck charm..he just has to play..

What was all that about Özil being sick? will he be able to play the next 2 games?

I think we'll need to rotate a bit with Iwobi and Ox for a few weeks.

Wenger has mentioned that he has 'identified' transfer targets...hopefully we manage to get them and they are not some 15yr olds for the future.

 

[fabo]

 

[haha_arsenal]

Wenger has mentioned that he has 'identified' transfer targets...

where did you get this ?

 

[silent_shadow]

Do you have a Tumblr account?

 

[fabo]

Nah, just see the links.

Always a good look after a big win.

 

[kopzilla]

where did you get this ?

Not much in it..but I think we are in for the Brozovich lad and Hernandez? Wanyama is also a possibility.

Someone like Cabaye will fit in perfectly.

What about Debuchy...? making a lot of fuss for not getting playing time...who will we replace him with..I would love Zabaleta but City won't sell to us now.

Mahrez looks to be set at Leicester.

http://www.sportsmole.co.uk/footbal...wenger-i-know-my-transfer-targets_262591.html

 

[Rimaal]

where did you get this ?

He said it in his beIN interview. That he had names but would;t give them out.

 

[Jakarta]

Unbelievable how we are still winning games with the amount of injuries we have.

It really shows how a new fighting mentality has been instilled in this team. We are getting wins despite not playing at our 100% best.

The first 30mins man city were playing better and we looked a bit short of ideas. Things are working out for us...but i hope that our injured players come back quickly and we look to reinforce in january if the right players are available.

Btw Koscielny was an absolute rock!

 

[haha_arsenal]

anyone noticed the Ox, he didn't manage to weight a single pass yesterday,
what's wrong with him ?

 

[Trilly]

We could and should have buried them tonight really. 3-0 would have opened the floodgates.

Same with the United game, that could have and should have been at least 4-0.

It's a shame because thrashing your title rivals could have destroyed them mentally, oh well. We must be saving all the goals for the Chelsea game.