04 Jan 2017 15:22:21
I called into question our lack of support for our full backs after the city game and I was told I was talking nonsense on here. Well guess what. It happened again last night with the first goal. Similar to Sterling goal at city. Another cross field pass. Bellerin was isolated and got sucked in to cover our centre back. What Ramsey were you looking at? What made you think there was no danger out wide? It's shocking bad. And again I have to say how you wouldn't see that at under 16 level.
04 Jan 2017 17:29:17
And when bellerin got muscled off the ball by being weak and hesitant, leading to them scoring, was that ramsays fault. Its all poor defending.
{Ed025's Note - both of them were at fault for me steve, bellerin was weak and ramsey could not be arsed covering even though he saw the danger mate..
04 Jan 2017 17:59:24
Ed defending is part of the game we fall down badly on.
{Ed002's Note - Modern day footballers fall down a lot Steve.}
04 Jan 2017 18:08:16
For the first goal, Ramsey was still playing at no. 10, wasn't he? Pretty sure he started at no 10 and then dropped to a deeper lying CM role when Coquelin was sent off. The fault for the first goal surely lies with Bellerin and Iwobi, who started out on the right. Really not surprising he left his full-back exposed as it's what he's done almost all season - only on the left rather than the right.
04 Jan 2017 19:03:01
We have muppets in midfield who are thinking about counter attack when it would be a better idea just to win the ball back. I have to say Wenger has to be at fault. This type of neglect is down to him and him not making his players accountable.
04 Jan 2017 19:19:08
You could argue that with the penalty - where was the fullback and cover? Ended up Granit making a stupid yet soft challenge for the penalty. F-img Sky - obvious penalty and won't shut up about it but the bigger push on Bellerin -> poor defending -> F-Ing second rate biased commentators on a crap Tuesday night game.
04 Jan 2017 20:13:05
We have been conceeding far to many chances all season ironically against everyone but Chelsea, the only difference is teams have started taking more of them.
We haven't been in total control of many games this season we've just been out finishing teams until recently, even Ludo had a hat full of chances against us both home and away.
Champions nearly always if not always are difficult to break down and that isn't how we play 95% of our games and is why despite having some decent players and teams over the last decade we haven't been able to put in a single sustained challange.
04 Jan 2017 20:27:02
Sanchez has had about enough of Ramsey, seems like.
04 Jan 2017 20:48:21
I don't think singling out idviduals will get us anywhere, Ramsey doesn't look at it but consistently who has apart from Sanchez this season, maybe Belerin last night apart.
We have a lot of decent players and some very good players but we don't have a consistently good team and wethr we blame Monreal Giroud Ramsey Jenks or all the players who haven't been flavour of the moment over the last decade those individuals aren't the real reason we aren't competitive it's definitely a collective team problem and has been for many seasons now.
04 Jan 2017 20:57:41
Red, of ramsay seems like, was probably too many words in that sentence.
04 Jan 2017 21:13:14
I am not blaming Ramsey but at this stage it is Sanchez driving the bus and he has to find a way to support that and while we are at it - if the rest could get some of Sanchez hunger it would not matter if we win or lose because we would all be thrilled with the fight.
04 Jan 2017 22:50:17
Red mate when Sanchez first arrived his work rate and hunger stood head and shoulders above the rest and for a short time that season others did try to follow his example and raise their own efforts but the subconscious 4th place mentality that whether Arsene or anyone else like or not is there and has proved to strong for even Sanchez to replace.