02 Aug 2015 15:50:25
Remy is having an absolute nightmare. Maybe the effects of a later shorter preseason. He was caught offside 5/6 times, and it wasnt even from making runs. He was just being lazy. Not exactly what you want to see from a player who said he wanted more chances.
Ivanovic can't cross (but we knew that). I think Ramires has looked okay, Willian has used his pace very well and ran at players.
Half time- put on Falcao or give Remy a massive reality check with a boot up the ass!
{Ed018's Note - I'd put Falcao on. Remy has been poor}
02 Aug 2015 15:55:08
Still not a fan of Ramires myself. He just doesn't add much to our game. And then he gets into a good position and completely fluffs the finish. That header should have been in.
Fabregas has been poor as well and I'm disappointed that Oscar didn't the game. We look so much better with him on the pitch.
Second half needs to be better.
02 Aug 2015 15:59:38
Arsenal defend line really looks solid today.
They are exploding our left flank, which its strange cause normally Dave is really tough to get over. Maybe because Ox is so good today.
Hazard was marked strictly that he has no space at all. Our attack on the right wing is still hopeless with mostly meaningless crosses from Brana.
Any thoughts guys?
02 Aug 2015 16:01:06
What about our player of the season last year?he hasn't kicked a ball all half would definetly like to see hazard back on the left wing
02 Aug 2015 16:02:04
Falcao in - Remy out. Hope it could provide more attacking methods after this change.
02 Aug 2015 16:12:15
Apart from scoring the odd goal, Ivanovic is soo poor offensively.
{Ed018's Note - has to be one of the crossing fullbacks in the league}
02 Aug 2015 16:15:48
Never thought I'd see Arsenal better than us in every position on the pitch, maybe we are a bit behind them regarding fitness & sharpness but I haven't seen such a poor first half in a very long time! Willian is the only exception for me as he actually looks up for it
02 Aug 2015 16:32:56
I think everyone is seeing it the same way. Remy was a huge disappointment and as I have said numerous times, I have no idea what Mourinho sees in Ramires. Costa's injury is a worry for the rest of the season as there is every indication he will not play week in week out or finish games which is a great opportunity for Falcao but we will be lacking penetration which is what is happening now. Everyone has moved on, whether it will be good enough time will tell BUT to date, I do not think we have.
02 Aug 2015 16:33:50
It's not good to see when there hasn't been 1 clear chance created by anyone for falcao
02 Aug 2015 16:37:05
worst crossing fullbacks ed018?
{Ed018's Note - yes, that's what I meant. I'm trying to type on my phone and watch the match at the same time}
02 Aug 2015 16:41:36
U can't win a league 2 years in a row without improving the squad which is something we haven't done let's be honest our Tempo is slow Oscar is useless I dunno what any of ye see in him Ramires is t good enough Willian might aswell be a right back he offers zero going. Forward
02 Aug 2015 17:30:39
Magic: For the want of getting hammered by others I agree as I said earlier we do not seem to have progressed at all and as a counter attacking team we are too slow and our link up play non-existent. Regarding the players you mentioned, Oscar does not appear to have progressed a great deal from last season albeit he was only on for a limited time but I would expect him to have some impact, Ramires I have made my feelings known time and again and I am huge fan of Willian but his tracking back is overtaking his attacking play and the position behind him needs sorting out quickly. Bad day at the office for all.
02 Aug 2015 18:34:37
FFS if you at least understand football as a game you should know that crosses come from the wingers if you of course play with right&left winger.
Backs are crossing when you play formation without wingers.
Ivanovic is joining attack from time to time and Azpilicueta almost never. It's not because they don't want to but because Mourinho told them how to play.
Better focus on our wingers as they are totally useless as wingers. They play as attacking midfieders because they are AMs by nature.
Wrong formation with wrong tactical approach is killing fantastic squad that Chelsea has.
02 Aug 2015 21:51:54
Antibot u have a fair point about our fans criticism of brana going forward if Willian was doing what he should be doing we wouldn't or shouldn't be relying on brana to get crosses in and please keep hazard out left and let him bomb at defences like last year but teams are going to do what arsenal done today and put men behind the ball and I feel we will struggle a lot more this season because of teams using tactics like arsenal today but again I hope Jose has a plan b and we stop buying players like cuadrado and leave them waist on the bench why not spend the extra bit on quaility like Reus