Arsenal 2:0 Manchester United

The BlackGaijin · May 7, 2017

Lingard gets all the stick here. What does mikhi do against top teams? I know he scored against Spurs but he is shite more often than lingard

Mister_Stubbs · May 7, 2017

It really sad to see so many people just brush this under the rug.

McGrathsipan · May 7, 2017

Martial is a lazy bastard.
He does feck all off the ball

DevilRed · May 7, 2017

peridigm said:
Christ the state of this place if Arsenal did finish 4th and we don't win EL. Everyone will be calling for Jose to be sacked for putting out weakened sides in the league.

Well we are playing a dangerous gamble. Its all or nothing for the EL and Jose has rightfully made that call.

We werent beating both spurs and arse with an EL match in between. We just dont have the squad to do it.

peridigm · May 7, 2017

RonaldoVII said:
Plus isn't Pogba a yellow from missing the final? He should have played today and rest on Thursday

Thought they changed the rules do players couldn't miss final on yellow accumulation?

Annihilate Now! · May 7, 2017

We were actually ok in the first half... This second has been appalling though.

12OunceEpilogue · May 7, 2017

Rooney with the most shots of anyone, zip on target. Thanks for being great for us Wazza, but I'll be very glad to see the back of you.

EDIT: Barring that sack of shite where he should have scored/laid it on a plate for Mata.

pseudo_canadian · May 7, 2017

Successful said:
Today Carrick is the man of the match by a mile. DDG had a good run as well.

Tuanzebe for me.

MadMike · May 7, 2017

darko said:
Rooney is 'old' and 'fat'. What's Martial's excuse?

That he's got Rooney to rely on for service?

Giggs86 · May 7, 2017

rpitroda said:
After Liverpool drew we really should have gone after this game.

Same as the week before, and the week before that. I can see a pattern here.

red forever · May 7, 2017

DevilRed said:
Yes we have been woeful in collecting points. But our form has generally been good this season if you've actually bothered to watch the matches. Especially when compared to prior years.

Its inexplicable that we have so many home draws. That was the difference to being in the top 4 and where we are now. We have dominated most of the games at OT this year but our finishing has let us down.

I truely believe its a false position in the league. We have also managed to win one trophy whilst being close to reaching the final of another. We are moving in the right direction and cleaning out the deadwood and bringing in Jose's own players will get us there next year.

I hate to break it to you but football is all about collecting points. Your in denial about the shortcomings of Jose and the club.

Theonas · May 7, 2017

Zii said:
Jose seems to want to distance himself from LVG. It's like he is intentionally setting us up to have zero possession. I can't remember the last time we properly dominated a game

Well his best achievement this year is appealing to the fans, especially his hard core base. He knew exactly how to pander to them. He knew how frustrated last year we were and understood that some of our fans somehow applied the mental gymnastics required to associate having the ball with boring and bad football so he emphasized that point to appeal to them. He also understood that fans when out of ideas tend to blame defeats on lack of bottle/courage/passion or whatever as though all it takes to be successful is to want it. So again, he is repeatedly pointing to these factors on a regular basis. Looking at the free pass he is getting for finishing behind the likes of Liverpool and Spurs and even Chelsea, his tactics with the fans are definitely working.

christinaa · May 7, 2017

Jones and Smalling were really bad for the Wellbeck goal.

donkeyfish · May 7, 2017

RonaldoVII said:
Plus isn't Pogba a yellow from missing the final? He should have played today and rest on Thursday

Three yellows for suspension in EL

zeekey · May 7, 2017

Wednesday at Stoke said:
Time for arsenal dressing room selfies.

Confirmed.

prtk0811 · May 7, 2017

peridigm said:
Martial has been so average this season.

He has done decent today , we effing keep back passing in the final third

Tango80 · May 7, 2017

Hammerfell said:
Christ, are people still pining for him?

Because we need a player who only turns up against his old club then gets injured every other week :lol:

DatGuyRich · May 7, 2017

Tragic tragic game.

Rado_N · May 7, 2017

Rooney again. feck off.

togg · May 7, 2017

McGrathsipan said:
Martial is a lazy bastard.
He does feck all off the ball

It's not something I reckon Mourinho and his coaching team have noticed.....

Murder on Zidanes Floor · May 7, 2017

Wayne Rooney.

Joke.

Shark · May 7, 2017

DevilRed said:
Im not complaining about it. Simply dont understand why fans feel its "embarassing" performance.

Hardly. Its mental some of you lot. 25 unbeaten and we lost away to a desperate arsenal side with a weakened team.

Whatever you think, our rivals will lap this up, as it's been quite a pathetic display. The world is watching this, and we've been shite once again.

Son Of Sam · May 7, 2017

Mister_Stubbs said:
It's not beyond us to lose Thursday, a game many seem to speak about as if it's a certain thing.. then where do we go from there? Whilst it was still mathematically possible to get top four we should have gone for it.

Shut up, please!

Jose already said before the game that it's much easier to win 2 games in the Europa cup than win 4 games in the PL(which doesn't even guarantee top 4)

Jose has prioritised Europa cup. Deal with it.

christinaa · May 7, 2017

Lingard too was appalling.

Offside · May 7, 2017

If Rooney ended up staying another year it could be a similar situation to Arsenal and Wenger where his legacy is in tatters. He has to go this summer.

DevilRed · May 7, 2017

christinaa said:
Jones and Smalling were really bad for the Wellbeck goal.

They were bad. First match back after 2 months its expected. When havent they taken at least 2-3 matches before getting back to their best.

Thats what is frustrating about them getting crocked all the time.

Djemba-Djemba · May 7, 2017

Only 3 more games to suffer watching Rooney play for Utd.

And then we are free

Zii · May 7, 2017

I think what pisses me off the most is that Jose always believes he is right and he is so so calculating.

He believes at 50 minutes that the game is gone and no way we can win, so he throws the game because in his head it's gone. Not willing to fight till the last minute.

It's that mentality that saw him draw to David Moyes's Manchester United. Teams are frequently there for the taking but if he gets the idea that he can't win, he doesn't even try.

dichinero · May 7, 2017

So, we can actually attack? Well done José!

Billy Blaggs · May 7, 2017

JonDahl said:
"Average" is being VERY kind.

Shit would be better. In fact it'd they got to shit level it would still be goalless.

Irrational. · May 7, 2017

Wednesday at Stoke said:
Time for topless arsenal dressing room selfies.

Fixed.

prtk0811 · May 7, 2017

Really can't believe Rooney wanted a 300k 5 year contract in 2013.

JonDahl · May 7, 2017

Mister_Stubbs said:
It really sad to see so many people just brush this under the rug.

"It's ok that we were pathetic today, we are gonna play a completly different team vs Celta Vigo and walk that! Even though it will be the same players that played shit against them 3 days ago!"

Mister_Stubbs · May 7, 2017

Son Of Sam said:
Shut up, please!

Jose already said before the game that it's much easier to win 2 games in the Europa cup than win 4 games in the PL(which doesn't even guarantee top 4)

Jose has prioritised Europa cup. Deal with it.

I can't just "deal with it" when a manager is essentially throwing games away like this, it's not what I pay my money for.

Smores · May 7, 2017

Rooney is such a hindrance

christinaa · May 7, 2017

On the other hand Tuan was very good.

The lad shows promise.

Best thing today!

DevilRed · May 7, 2017

Shark said:
Whatever you think, our rivals will lap this up, as it's been quite a pathetic display. The world is watching this, and we've been shite once again.

We beat chelski 2 weeks ago and celta 1-0 away from home in Europe. World was watching then too

You can't say we have been embarassing or pathetic today. Its a tough loss and a poor performance but far from the world ending.

George Feeny · May 7, 2017

How has Rooney regressed to this? He's woeful. He literally does not look like a professional footballer at times.

Cooksen · May 7, 2017

prtk0811 said:
Really can't believe Rooney wanted a 300k 5 year contract in 2013.

I cant beleive we gave it too him

The worst thing Moyes did and that is saying something.

Josep Dowling · May 7, 2017

sunama said:
Are you saying that you cannot tell the difference between how we play now, vs how we played last season?
The improvements are night and day. If we had an average finisher in our team, we'd be 2nd place, minimum. A better finisher and we'd be leading the title race.

Is there really that much of a difference? Under LVG we struggled to score and won a lot games 1-0. Now we are struggling to win games and winning 1-0 or drawing 1-1. All Europa away games have been 1-0. Bar Chelsea we have looked woeful in the league since Christmas. Set up to defend in any big game which is boring to watch.

We are about to finish 6th at this rate with a league cup and potentially the Europa League. If we don't win the Europa League it has to be worse than last season.

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