Loss FA Cup 3rd Round: Nottingham Forest 1 - 0 Arsenal | Sunday 9th, January | KO: 17:10 GMT | ITV 1

Play the reserves. We should be beating these lot even while resting our starting XI.
Shouldn't be complacent but the fringe should be able to see them off.

Likes of Cedric, Holding, Pepe and all the other forgotten souls will all feature in this.

 

[bergholt]

In hindsight not really surprised by the inconsistency. It was a very young team and the 3 old guys we had aren't much good.

Cedric - 30 and no good at all
Leno - 29 and just ok
Holding - 26 and just ok

White - 24
Ødegaard - 23
Lokonga - 22
Nketiah - 22
Tavares - 21
Martinelli - 20
Saka - 20
Patino - 18

That sort of youth is going to be very up and down.

 

[balthazar]

ffs, playing in white, what were they thinking? That's the tossers colour, obviously we lose. What's wrong with yellow?

 

[Rasmi]

In hindsight not really surprised by the inconsistency. It was a very young team and the 3 old guys we had aren't much good.

Cedric - 30 and no good at all
Leno - 29 and just ok
Holding - 26 and just ok

White - 24
Ødegaard - 23
Lokonga - 22
Nketiah - 22
Tavares - 21
Martinelli - 20
Saka - 20
Patino - 18

That sort of youth is going to be very up and down.

Up and down? They got outplayed by a championship team lol

 

[balthazar]

Hope Vlaovic wasn't watching

 

[Pop Tart]

Hope Vlaovic wasn't watching

Rather play for juve who need four goals to win a away game and beat current level mourinho

 

[Blankety Blank]

We should have kept AMN for this game ( Im not his biggest fan) but at least he would have been able to compete with the physicality of championship players with Sambi. Perhaps this will finally silence all the play (insert popular youngster name) Balogun...Patino....Azeez etc & dump Xhaka/Laca etc to the realities of actual football..

They had very decent/Speedy fullbacks , We looked poor in midfield, Saka. Martinelli & Eddie did not produce.

Lack lustre performance

We still should have drawn though. Defo should have got a pen & eddie missed a sitter.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

Up and down? They got outplayed by a championship team lol

Not sure they got outplayed but you can say they looked clueless to unlock Nottingham

 

[Blankety Blank]

yeah, but Cedric is an Arteta signing and Chambers not.

Arteta won't admid himself, that all his first signings like Mari, Cedric and Willian flopped.

They were kia/edu signings & Willian is no longer here

 

[Xorspy]

Why didn't stupid Arteta play Ben White with Sambi at midfield. Pathetic.

 

[Blankety Blank]

Compare Cedric today v Spence.. which right back would you have preferred.

Their other fullback was also way better than nuno

All the calling for Patino in the middle.. get a grip, he's a kid..
Exactly this forum is full of Forest gumps (see similar shouts for Balogun/Azeez at times)

Giving Nketiah a new contract.. I've never once, and I mean never once, seen him do anything that made me think he's worth it

backup level poacher for last 20 mins

Holding.. stealing a living

Lack of Pace/distribution will always be an issue & why he is backup. tbf he is the type of player who tends to improves with a run in the team

Lokonga, will give a pass.. he was bought for the future

But go back up to my first line.. Spence. He might be a limited player, but he showed desire and willingness to work

Without that, does matter who you are.. you'll win nothing

 

[Xorspy]

One of the worst Arsenal performances of recent times ( and there have been a lot of them)

Those players out there were not into it and those guys were more than capable of beating Forest whatever excuses will be made about missing players.

Patino is a boy so I'll excuse him but the rest need to have a look at themselves in the mirror.

Guys barely won a 50/50 all game. Just went through the motions.

Awful, awful stuff.

Patino should not have started. Ben White could have played alongside Sambi as defensive Midfielder

 

[Rex Stone]

Patino should not have started. Ben White could have played alongside Sambi as defensive Midfielder

Play White in the NLD if we have to.

This game was pretty inconsequential and a good run out for the youngsters.

 

[Paperino]

In hindsight not really surprised by the inconsistency. It was a very young team and the 3 old guys we had aren't much good.

Cedric - 30 and no good at all
Leno - 29 and just ok
Holding - 26 and just ok

White - 24
Ødegaard - 23
Lokonga - 22
Nketiah - 22
Tavares - 21
Martinelli - 20
Saka - 20
Patino - 18

That sort of youth is going to be very up and down.

Dont use that excuse. We played against a Championship team.

 

[balthazar]

Rather play for juve who need four goals to win a away game and beat current level mourinho

yup

 

[Blaziken]

what a sh!te performance. We were outplayed by a **** championship side, and i'm also shocked over how poor our midfield was. Blanco cannot defend for ****.

 

[Fabregasm]

Patino should not have started. Ben White could have played alongside Sambi as defensive Midfielder

Everyone was crying out for a start for our wonderkid but obviously he still has some way to go and looks only good for championship standard now

 

[Fabregasm]

Their other fullback was also way better than nuno

Would be good to have him as backup to Tomi rather than Cedric

 

[Gunnerineverylife]

Now we can concentrate on the league.

 

[bergholt]

Up and down? They got outplayed by a championship team lol

Dont use that excuse. We played against a Championship team.

Yup, that's what happens to kids - they think it's going to be easy and check out mentally. You need a strong experienced core to be able to counterbalance that. We didn't have that out there yesterday.

 

[Let's play Aubamawang]

I'm not sure what was worse, the performance or my Forest-supporting friends gloating like they'd just won another European Cup!