(The not-so-temporary quite-official) Gooner Thread (Part 1)

thats not a good start

haha the collapse begins

no need to watchc anymore of that

Ffs

At  work but are some Arsenal fans really calling for Wengers head?????

Man u game is a must win.....really missing rambo....ozil needs to harden up

You could argue that Liverpool also failed to strengthen...

Holy <a href="http://i.imgur.com/7CZby9V.gif">shark</a>. What the hell was that.....

What a cracking way to start a Sunday ... COYS

Wow. Raped. Interesting to see the response midweek.

so in a fortnights time it will be just another season scrapping for 4th place. getting raped by liverpool is beyond embarrassment. 

OK a few observations.

I felt like their first goal was offside, and Sturridges goal came from a Suarez foul on Ozil/Monreal (can't remember which it was).

Disgruntled factor aside, we didn't deserve to win so these are moot points.

Mertesacker offered very little all game. He was awful. Koscielny in the air was responsible for Agger's 2nd, he should have Agger in his pocket. Sagna was also out of position all game, and the Ox didn't do enough to help. 

Our midfield offered very little in terms of combativeness and smart movement. Liverpool continually overpressed us and we couldn't move the ball quickly or intelligently enough. Arteta was fighting a loosing battle with Ozil providing no support and Wilshere just getting pissy.

In the final 3rd we couldn't offer a decent touch. We couldn't provide any intelligent moves nor could we break at pace to catch them out.

Wenger out is a bit extreme, but on such games are such seasons determined.

wow

hit hard from the opening minute

huge performance from liverpool

some absolute gash performances from our lads, the mental damage to the younger players could be catastrophic, we'll need the older guys to stand up and get it done against ManU midweek

We've been touched up at manC, liverpool, and even at a poor manU this season, need to sort out our big away game mindset

Congrats Jazzman you've learned how to insert photos in post. Shall we include the league table? Or perhaps list of previous champions league qualifiers from England?

Gibbs will be the LB in Wednesday's game and Flamini will start when his suspension ends

I would give Ozil a spell and play Cazorla behind Giroud with the Ox and Podolski out wide

The next 2 - 3 games will fully decide where this is all heading

Lol. So when Arsenal does it, it's trolling. When you do it, we need a sense of humour.

Good logic. Have fun finishing below us again.

hey turn around is fair play

any Liverpool fan can have a laugh at us this week, they won, and well.

don't get involved in cheap shots if you can't take the return. 

I had us to lose today then win the next 3... so if there is any consolation I might make some coin. 

No offense meant. Seriously.

I had thought it was a bit of fun; meant as such so if any offense taken , it really wasn't intentional.

ANd yes , if we don't finish top 4 , Suarez will leave but a wee way to go yet.  And I for one don't give a rats arse about the FA cup. We haven't got enough depth to compete strongly in 2 competitions  ; would rather finish 4th than win the cup.

Cheers and , again, not out to intentionally offend.

Holy cow. I shall start using emoticons.

Jazzman my response was meant to be a better and sarcastic witty come back in response to said joke. I believe one of these might have helped the situation:     

 ;-P

Handbags away, you pantsed us and we put up zero fight.

Please continue with the joking. 

Brumbys massively overcompensates for offence caused by using the internationally recognised emoticon for 'dtf'. Lol

Toooooo shayyyyyyyy Fitzy

For the United option will Rambo be back? I'd be looking for a similar line up, maybe swap Rosicky in for Wilshere, and Gibbs in for Monreal?

So hard to tell.

Wouldn't be suprised if Wenger sent the same 11 out with a rocket in their backsides to prove their worth.

Did anyone else notice Vermalens out currently? Down to 2 fit CB's with Sagna for cover...disaster waiting to happen.

i thought rambo was out till march but i could be wrong....not too many options :( apart from OX we really lack pace

Nope, players like Rooney and RvP will make this one proper squeaky bum time for Gooners. Naturally in the weeks ahead they'll see ManU losses to the likes of Norwich or Sunnerlin but they'll get up for this game!!  Every feckin' time...

Get a back bone Arsenal.

yeah i see this not going to script. 

yip rambo is still out for a while yet

Vermaelen has been struggling with some niggles but I'm fairly sure he's fit or very close to it

Based on that last game I'd start:

              Szy

Sagna Merte Kosc Gibbs

       Arteta   Wilshere

Cazorla      Ozil        Podolski

              Giroud

The Ox/Rosicky should get on early in the 2nd half if there isn't enough energy coming from midfield, and of either of those front 4 aren't firing.

Did anyone else feel that Jack was at risk of loosing the plot on the weekend and getting a red?

Yeah totally agree regarding Jack.....he's tends to do that quiet a bit in the big games. REALLY need to beat man u they have had the wood on us for a while now

If you haven't yet check out the latest post match analysis vid Adrian Clark (correct?) fronts. Some really good insights and observations, the one that stood out was when Ozil gave the ball away for the goal the only 2 players behind him were Kos and Per. Both full backs were so far up the pitch they were taken out of the game. Given Ozil was on the left half of the pitch Nacho gets a small reprieve but Sagna was just not thinking!

Interesting as well it should a heat map of where each players average position was, Gerrard was just about on top of their 2 centre backs, and everyone bar their front 3 was in their own half. They sat back, pressed, and struck when we got too far forward!

After that result, we can get battered 5-1 and then beat the Mancs to get back to the top within a week. Not deserving but I'll take it.

Rosicky in for Wilshere for me.

WBA to the rescue

Nothing but victory is acceptable tomorrow

I'll take a moody 1-0 right now in fact. 

Really hoping for a big game from Ozil and Giroud......yep rosicky in for wilshere for me as well. Yup need the 3points big time