Arsenal 3 - 3 Fulham: *headdesk*

We seem to be doing a lot of headdesking lately.

The players and manager don't deserve a post-match thread this week. Ratings: Giroud and Walcott 7.5. The rest 0.

No words left.

To everyone claiming Vermaelen shouldn't be captain because of his poor form, Arteta gave away a penalty, missed a penalty (although it wasn't a bad one), and lost the ball numerous times today. Anybody can suck sometimes.

And on another note, I am very much a believer that if somebody is having a bad game, they should not take a penalty no matter who they are. Giroud should have taken that penalty, even though in fairness Schwarzer made a great save.

I have absolutely no hope of anything greater than a top 4 finish and no trophies unless we become 100% better than we are right now for the rest of the season

wtf is this shit

Loss for words

17 points dropped already

Devastating. Completely. I feel for Arteta, he and Cazorla have been run ragged this season. You can't even say Arteta wasn't working hard -- he was absolutely fatigued by the end, and we have NO ONE ON THE BENCH WHO CAN REPLACE THE TWO. What will we do?

I don't think I've ever felt more heartbroken after a game, and we TIED.

And if it isn't one thing, it's another.

Horrible defending out there, and a poor game for almost all of our players today, bar Giroud.

Well, the one other good thing (other than Giroud proving his worth, after finally getting decent service) was seeing all of the players fight with their lives for the three points. Sad we could not get the other 2.

Giroud

not sure why coq went off
ruiz did all he could do to us
lack of ball winner

Santi should have cleared that instead if giving it to arteta
how many times ruiz and freaking sidwell stole the ball

Giroud-Theo is our only hope
the rest either fatigued or out of form
disappointing

Only positives are:

-Giroud beasting the league, we should hoof it to him more.

-Walcott being in sync with Giroud, he had some bad decisions but overall he never stopped looking dangerous.

-Poldi scoring, although fading out of the game.

-Kos saving our asses on numerous occasions.

Seriously guys, what is the remedy??? What is our problem??

Sina wrote:Giroud

not sure why coq went off
ruiz did all he could do to us
lack of ball winner

Santi should have cleared that instead if giving it to arteta
how many times ruiz and freaking sidwell stole the ball

Giroud-Theo is our only hope
the rest either fatigued or out of form
disappointing

Why the hell did Wenger bring on Ramsey ?? , shocking decision. Despite everyone struggling out there, he was the worse play on the pitch and that takes some doing.

I am very much a believer that if somebody is having a bad game, they should not take a penalty no matter who they are. Giroud should have taken that penalty

Absolutely.

I know before a game the boss will decide who takes a penalty.
However, during a course of a game stuff happens. Giroud was having a stormer and Arteta was having his worst game for Arsenal.

Why Ramsey? Gave the ball away, took too much time on the ball and kept getting mugged. As he's been doing for a month. Almost got sent off too.

But I'm happy tonight. And I am not mental. I am happy cos we created loads of chances. The defence will get sorted.

That was no penalty at the end so we can't complain too much. Credit to Fulham they played really well today.

Anyhooz...my ratings

Mannone 5
Sagna 6
Kos 6
Merty 6
Vermy 5
Arteta 4
Coquelin 5
Walcott 7
Cazorla 6
Poldi 6
Giroud 8

Subs:
Arshavin: 5
Ox: 4
Ramsey: 4

Ramsey on the pitch = 100-percent more responsibility Arteta gets tasked with. Pointless. Poor tactics once again from Arsene, who I admire and respect... but do NOT get his obsession with Ramsey.

waitressinthesky wrote:Seriously guys, what is the remedy??? What is our problem??

No bench.
Ramsey.
No heart.
A manager who ran out of ideas.
Bould is useless.

I think no bench is KILLING US right now. Managing to kill Arteta and Cazorla and Podolski by running them into the ground. (And they're arguably tasked with the most responsibility on the field, especially Arteta and Cazorla.)

Seriously.. We look nothing more than a midtable team atm.. Evervon, Spuds, Fulham and West Brom etc look too good for us...

Why Arteta ?

If it was Giroud to take the penaly, either he will get his first hat trick in Arsenal, or at least he would not blame himself and losing confidence with 2 goals scored.

Why Ramsey?

Just 4X minutes, anyone could count how many mistakes he made??

Arteta was the worst possible choice for the kick. He's my favorite Arsenal player ATM, but this was NOT his day to take a penalty.

AND WHY RAMSEY????

Btw, great title Jay.

Seriously.. We look nothing more than a midtable team atm.. Evervon, Spuds, Fulham and West Brom etc look too good for us...

furiouswindbottom wrote:

I am very much a believer that if somebody is having a bad game, they should not take a penalty no matter who they are. Giroud should have taken that penalty

Absolutely.

I know before a game the boss will decide who takes a penalty.
However, during a course of a game stuff happens. Giroud was having a stormer and Arteta was having his worst game for Arsenal.

Why Ramsey? Gave the ball away, took too much time on the ball and kept getting mugged. As he's been doing for a month. Almost got sent off too.

But I'm happy tonight. And I am not mental. I am happy cos we created loads of chances. The defence will get sorted.

That was no penalty at the end so we can't complain too much. Credit to Fulham they played really well today.

Anyhooz...my ratings

Mannone 5
Sagna 6
Kos 6
Merty 6
Vermy 5
Arteta 4
Coquelin 5
Walcott 7
Cazorla 6
Poldi 6
Giroud 8

Subs:
Arshavin: 5
Ox: 4
Ramsey: 4

Giroud din't even asked to take it, if Poldi was still on the pitch he would have took it. Arshavin or Cazorla should have took the peno, i don't know why they din't anyway you can't blame Arteta considering the whole team played badly.

To be fair, Cazorla was pretty absent today, too. Giroud is really the one player who stood out.

For Wenger 1 point is good, he said in 1 month we will be at our best.