The Arsenal Society VIII

Why are our back up players so bad? It was a terrible performance today by everyone. Squillaci and Koscielny remains one of the worst defensive partnerships we've ever had, if we have them two defending against Barca it won't be too dissimilar to what happened when we had Silvestre in defence against them last season. At least United's first team is so average that when they bring someone else in there isn't much difference, in fact they probably are better with players like Hernandez playing rather than Rooney. For us there is such a big drop in quality, we go from having the likes of Cesc and Van Persie to bringing in Denilson and Bendtner. As a result our performances suffer badly, and now with Nasri out for 3 weeks and probably more knowing our luck I can see us dropping silly points in the league again.

I lol'd.

Lol @ United. When Fergie's gone, United's gone.

To be frank, I'd much rather have performances like these every once in a while. It's good to know that your team has space of improvement.

Imagine how boring the La Liga and the Copa del Rey must be for Barca and Real fans at the moment?

Tough competition and complacency reminds a team of humility.

We'll find it hard to replace Fergie, but you'll find it just as hard to replace Wenger.

Whut? Dominating opponents is what all the top sides aim to achieve. They want to win absolutely everything in sight with little complacency (in cup competitions especially where there is little room for error). Don't try and hide Arsenal's failings here. The performance today isn't a 'once in a while' performance, happened very recently against Leeds at home, unless you consider that a while go. Performances like that have cost you defeats/points in the Premiership and your main failure (Squillaci) doesn't seem like improving anytime soon.

Why are our back up players so bad? It was a terrible performance today by everyone. Squillaci and Koscielny remains one of the worst defensive partnerships we've ever had, if we have them two defending against Barca it won't be too dissimilar to what happened when we had Silvestre in defence against them last season. At least United's first team is so average that when they bring someone else in there isn't much difference, in fact they probably are better with players like Hernandez playing rather than Rooney. For us there is such a big drop in quality, we go from having the likes of Cesc and Van Persie to bringing in Denilson and Bendtner. As a result our performances suffer badly, and now with Nasri out for 3 weeks and probably more knowing our luck I can see us dropping silly points in the league again.

In all honesty, Wenger's glory days are gone. 5 seasons and running without a trophy proves that Wenger has lost his flair.




I meant to add the Leeds part, just forgot to edit it.

And you, as a United supporter, would surely remember how tense the league was in 2006-07, 2007-08, and 2008-09, when United simply had to graze past massive competition to win the league, yes?

I would hate to support a team that wins all its games.

Draws, losses, and such disappointments always show you how precious wins are, especially in a league like this year's, where losing out on 3 points can mean a lot in the third week of May.

Arshavin to start the next few games then...this is either going to go spectacularly brilliant or spectacularly bad. There's never a middle ground with Arshavin. Lets pray the fat **** starts finding the net.

Last day of the transfer window today too, I'm reasonably confident we'll bring in one player - not sure what position it will be though.

Won't be surprised if Almunia and/or Denilson leave today.

Would be good if we could get a CB on loan from somewhere but I doubt we'll see any activity in or out today