From Simon : fickle f*ckers
No surprise to see everyone falling on their swords again as Arsenal balls up another opening day fixture.
Surely, all this hyperbole and title talk from the Arsenal team was a classic ‘set us up to fail’ moment.
The rug firmly dragged from beneath their feet… Arsenal fans are so fickle it’s ridiculous.
It’s one loss out of 37.
Did any fan seriously believe that Arsenal were title contenders this year? Always the nagging doubt in the back of my mind amongst the cacophony of title tittle tattle.
Chelsea don’t talk, they just do. When are Arsenal going to learn to do just that?
This is modern Arsenal. Get used to it.
From Ken White : West Ham’s first goal
West Ham’s first reminded me of a goal that Andy Carroll scored for Newcastle at the Emirates about 5 years ago, from a long free kick into the penalty area, where the defensive line was too high.
Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose, as they say.
From James Freestone: over-reaction
Myles,
I respect your opinion which is why I keep coming back to the site.
But saying you’d sell Walcott, Ozil and Wilshere is a bit too flippant.
That’s as bad as the Arsenal Fan TV post-game reactions saying we now need a RB, CB, DM CM, LW and ST! Arsenal fans are too quick and very good to overact after any defeat. There comes a point where over analysis detracts from the main issues.
Quite simply.
1. Debuchy made the error for the first goal not Cech. His lapse in judgement while the rest of the defence were playing for offside explains the high line. If 3 out of 4 defender knew what they were doing, why didn’t Debuchy, who had the advantage of looking across the line.
2. The Ox needs to address his insistent need to dribble out of defence and losing the ball.
3. Four Arsenal players got caught ball-watching and not closing down the shot from Zarate.
4. Our play was predictable side-ways passing. Not enough quick 2 touch football to keep the hammers guessing.
5. This was compounded by the fact that the midfield were not making any/enough 3rd man runs to support Giroud and open up that hammers defence.
6. This could be explained by the full-backs not attacking enough to provide extra width. Which meant the wide players stayed wide and didn’t support Giroud. This area of the pitch has gone under the radar a bit because we have numbers in this position. I’d argue Bellerin is the only full-back who could consider himself important to the first team.
The rest are good/very good back-ups. Gibbs has plateaued in to an average player and not progressed since his breakthrough during 2009/10.
A frustrating weekend but not one for despair.
Opening games of the season are always rife for an upset. It was just our turn .
Myles says;
You’re right. That was a bit flippant.
Football is just something to talk about.
My happiness doesn’t depend on Arsenal’s results.
But I’m still buzzing about predicting that treble by Luis Enrique and Barcelona.
However, I’m not gonna write so much about La Liga this time.
Planning to do more about Arsenal and the EPL.