EPL: Manchester United vs Arsenal- 19th November. 12:30 SS1

[kofigunner]

The team was very unbalanced today. Bellerin's absence meant Theo was very ineffective. Also, Mustafi had the ball many time she and didn't have an outlet. That aside, Sanchez had to drop back way too deep to try and get any action going. Iwobi fits that's fluid front 3 way better than Ramsey because apart from his great movement, he can receive passes at pace and move the ball quickly. Bottom line, we never were going to keep possession or look like a threat on the break, so with all the pressure we faced, the 1 point is a steal. I just hope Wenger doesn't get emboldened to keep putting that lineup out.

 

[MaraDon]

We're going backwards at a rate of knots.

i would bench Özil a bit and play alexis behind giroud.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

Also loved mourinho cry face at the end.

 

[Dammit]

Well a "1" looks like a nail, so it's two nails in Mou's coffin. I take this.

 

[David_Smith]

Something's off with our fitness to make us dip in November like this.

 

[MLK79]

I'm alright with the point. Outside of the City match, we've got a good run of matches for the rest of the year. I that's good enough for me. I'd rather the point against United than none at all.

 

[OnlyOne]

Never normally login on my phone but was Ramsey tekin' piss today? Diabolical.

 

[A_G]

'We got the point we deserved'

class trolling from Theo

 

[GDeep™]

Why is it when we do a robbery type result it's a big deal? our performance is questioned, but others clubs always get away with it?

 

[razörist]

Hahahaha. We are the kings of late goals this season. This feels much better, I can enjoy my weekend now.

 

[carlito'sway]

Never wanna see Coquelin and Elneny start together again for as long as I LIVE.

Actually, I would love to say the same about Ramsey. I love Arsène but his obsession with the Welshman is baffling.
Hopefully, Real Madrid did not watch the game and will still come for him.

 

[SA Gunner]

Feels like a loss.

It is a loss mate

This was your free three points, it says a lot about your ability this year unfortunately, as much as it reminds us of ours.

All the best

 

[BobP]

Take it and ****ing run.

 

[Trilly]

The numbers we produce say that we are due to implode big time. We've been so **** but here we are.

This season is going to end the 'stats vs watching football' debate.

 

[GDeep™]

I want beat Giggs up, the ****

 

[WhatAFC]

Also for the love of god Arsène don't start coq-elneny again offer us absolute f**k all offensively I would rather play Ramsey in midfield than playing there 2 defensive minded players

This is the big thing for me, every time these two have played together we've struggled moving the ball forward quickly and effectively. One of those and xhaka should be playing in the absence of cazorla.

 

[Taylor Gang Gunners]

Actually, I would love to say the same about Ramsey. I love Arsène but his obsession with the Welshman is baffling.
Hopefully, Real Madrid did not watch the game and will still come for him.

.

His performance today hasn't helped me at all.

 

[4R5Emaniac]

Drawing every game in November rather than losing. Progress?

Haha, yeah. I've never been so ecstatic about drawing

And can we not ever play Ramsey unless forced to? He just isn't an Arsenal level player.

But Real Madrid level.

#GREEDFORMONEY

 

[Rimaal]

I worry about the lad if he thinks we deserved the point.

 

[MutableEarth]

Oh my (/vintagemichaelcole), this was a bad performance from us. This was actually worse than the PSG game. Our midfield was so bad, although Coquelin defended well for a good portion of the match. Neither he or Elneny were anywhere when Mata strolled into the box freely.

Elneny and Ramsey really sucked today. Can't blame Elneny too much because the movement up top was so strangled but he still should have been a bit more ambitious. Also looked a bit flat-footed when closing people down. Ramsey on the other hand did literally nothing. He ran around all day but that was it.

Cech, Kos and Mustafi did as well as they could, considering both our full-backs had pretty weak games today.

Alexis and Özil were almost completely ineffective, Özil in particular really failed to make any impact. Walcott worked pretty hard but ultimately was similarly ineffective.

Make no mistake, Wenger really f*cked up with the lineup. It was too safe and lacked punch. In the end, the two subs he made (which I initially thought were poor) bailed him out.

Xhaka should have started with Coquelin, and Ramsey probably should have been on the bench. Call his form poor, but Iwobi should probably have been given the nod.

 

[Makingtrax]

We're going backwards at a rate of knots.

We were playing the most expensive squad in the EPL with the best manager in the world (according to many) at their home ground and we played badly, and we still didn't lose.

If you think losing once in 33 games is going backwards then fair play to you, your standards are f***ing amazing.