Arsenal 0 - 0 Chelsea: That was a bit rubbish, wasn't it?

We certainly lack a top quality attacking midfielder to unlock defences.. Or like in the first half we kept passing backwards and trying for long balls.. The only one who can provide some penetration is Rosicky seems to attack and run at opposition but he lacks that killer pass..
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That was one crappy ass game.

Koscielny was beasting though, just wish he buried that free header.

REWB wrote:

AnJl wrote:I expected better from RVP

And Ramsey was frustrating.

Nice to see Diaby again, actually kinda miss the big fellow.

I do have a question, next season, with Wilshere and Arteta coming back in, Diaby (hopefully) having his injuries behind him, do we need to buy an extra midfielder? I think not

if we want to CHALLENGE and not just get top 4 we NEED another mid to add creativity, that midfield is simply not enough.

wilshere just missed a whole season, he will need time to regain form. we might even see a ramsey situation from him. diaby always gets injured and we cannot rely on him. the only reliable mids we have are arteta and song and thats not good enough.

I agree, i wish Wenger would bring another creative midfielder because we are a bit predictable when we are moving the ball unfortunately I can't see him signing a midfielder because he loves Diaby and Ramsey and we have Coquelin,Frimpong, Eisfield etc

Our midfield was alot clumsy today. Ramsey and Song both didnt play well today. Rosicky was unwell and thats why he was taken off. Song wasnt at his best today and didnt play what we are used to expect from him. Maybe it was because of Rmasey who seems to lose confidence every match and his performance isnt helping either. He somehow got better in 2nd half specially when he moved up to replace Rosicky.

RVP is getting tired and it shows in his performance. He worked really hard today but also missed some very easy chances. Unfortunately we dont have another good striker so he is forced to play. Park is an option but he Wenger doesnt play him for some reason, not even when we lead by 3-0.

I am very happy with our back four. Both Verminator and Kos was at thier best. Kos was beasting as always. Gibbs is getting better every match and today he did play very well.

DAT DEFENSIVE DISPLAY

This was arguably our finest defensive display from all of our back four especially Bosscielny. RVP's finishing was mediocre, if he was in the zone as usual we would have had the three points.

Not a bad result considering that they had a few chances as well but it's time to grab three straight wins and wrap it up which I think we can do even though Stoke and Norwich are in decent form. It's still in our hands.

I'm really surprised of your Song comments, I couldn't unfortunately watch the match but just checked highlights and saw atleast 3 or 4 chances created by Song and missed by van Persie, he couldn't be that bad. Maybe defensively.

Spurs are losing atm, I hope QPR can hold on so we can recover the other week. Really not happy with the result.

Highlights are deceptive. Yes, Song did create a couple of chances but at the same time his overall use of the ball left a lot to be desired; often ignoring the simple passing opportunities in favour of elaborate passes that rarely came off.

It's a similar case with Ramsey. He created a couple of chances too, but gave the ball away so many times; either being dispossesed or sloppy with his passing.

Ok now we can enjoy the 1 point, Spurs lost.

Se7en wrote:Ramsey wasn't that bad atleast

I think if he regains his confidence he would be a decent DLP

I think you've mentioned Ramsey and his 'lack of confidence' in our section before.... No offense but I think you are completely off the mark. Confidence or lack thereof isn't the issue, he takes extremely too long to make decisions on the ball and worse yet, he frequently attempts pointless tricks that have a success rate of 2%.

and if you think he'll be a DLP for us, I doubt it. We have plenty of guys for that role already and even if he were performing better that's not what we need him for.

AnJl wrote:

RealGunner wrote:Not much to say, I wont say this was a terrible result. But it was a pretty shit performance going forward

We defended really well, our this back 4 is amazing and gibbs was fantastic today. But Koscielny MOTM. Easily.

Our midfield wasnt clicking at all. Rosicky was ill, couldnt play more than 50 mins. Song was garbage. Ramsey was really good in the 2nd half, not that much in the 1st.

Theo was ok, Ox was average, or shit. Rvp was really poor.

our subs were excellent. Diaby brought the missing factor in midfield when he came on. Gervinho was really good and santos was great as well

Not a "bad" result and things still in our hands. need to win away at stoke and then its ours to lose

what baffles me about OX is that he played pretty well and was fairly consistent for Southampton when he did play.

why all of a sudden, inconsistency at Arsenal?

it's not like he's getting consistent game time. he had run of starts on the left wing, and clearly was an impact player. now wenger thinks he needs to baby him and not use him frequently (not that he's wrong). recently he hasnt been a regular and the sub appearances he's made have been pretty late in games, and some of those sub apps have come in central midfield.

i think it's a little unreasonable to expect him to beast every single time out there, when he isnt certain if he'll even be playing, let alone not knowing where he'll play.

Song Rosicky and Ramsey all deserve 5, lost the ball so many times from over dribbling, lack of decision making and passes straight to the Chelsea midfielders put the defenders under constant pressure.

Walcott and Ox did pretty much nothing, Walcotts delivery from set pieces was decent.

RVP missed some chances and got greedy when he could of easily cut the ball back.

Defence did very well.

that's it when u have GREAT defenders , average midfielders ! n "unlucky" or (left-handed) footed :study: Striker ......poor performance in general !

lenear1030 wrote:

Se7en wrote:Ramsey wasn't that bad atleast

I think if he regains his confidence he would be a decent DLP

I think you've mentioned Ramsey and his 'lack of confidence' in our section before.... No offense but I think you are completely off the mark. Confidence or lack thereof isn't the issue, he takes extremely too long to make decisions on the ball and worse yet, he frequently attempts pointless tricks that have a success rate of 2%.

and if you think he'll be a DLP for us, I doubt it. We have plenty of guys for that role already and even if he were performing better that's not what we need him for.

I disagree, there is a reason why you bought him and why he was regarded as a big talent. And to me it's no coincidence Ramseys best games have came from DLP-position. Also, alot of the Arsenal fans are sending death threats to him, of course his confidence is on a low. He wasn't terrible at the start of the season ffs...

On top of that, he had 97% pass completion from a DLP position... And his midfield partner was shit (Song). He is always scapegoated even if he is playing ok. He is a great player, if you guys would stop treating him like shit and let him try to play his natural game I've no doubt he will actually be a good player then.