Gooner n Proud
a.k.a. nasri_8 and Voice of Flamini
It was a fairly even match, we could've nicked it if our subs had had a greater impact. But they affected the game negatively when they came on. Can't really blame Wenger for his subs knowing that both Giroud and the Ox have scored coming off the bench. But maybe he could've realised that none of the three subs he put in have particularly good ball retention. Ox, Giroud and Ramsey generated three more avenues of losing the ball/killing off attacks and we couldn't generate any sustained pressure over the last 10 minutes. I know that hindsight is 20/20, but maybe El Neny as one of the subs could've helped us more.
I actually felt Ramsey had a good impact when he entered the pitch seemed to give the team a spark, was involved in a couple of attacks and generally distributed the ball well, although he did mishit a few shots which was frustrating but at least we have somebody willing to take risks and shoot.
Chamberlain was very disappointing and Giroud couldn't have the impact he normally does but in terms of ball retention I thought Alexis was terrible when he went out onto the left wing! Constantly made poor passes which stifled any attacking rhythm progressing.