Because he overhyped and overrated our English players, Wiltshire is not a starter, longs
Carzola is in the team, Ramsey is rubbish but he still better than Wiltshire, Ox?
Not exact matches
I didn't realize how shit debuchey
is... Mert
is slow beyond belief and Monreal
is clueless but no interaction
in midfield
carzola adds nothing really... Wenger
is not the manager to put together a winning
team anymore... no real connections
And its not like Wenger bought such poor players by choice, thats what his money could afford him, think about it... not long ago, a mere 16 million euros that
was used
in the acquisition of
carzola was our record transfer fee when other
teams bought players for fees
in excess of 30 mil every season!
I have said before yesterdays game that we need a top class forward and dm to challenge having watched yesterdays diabolical performance i feel we need to ad a out and out winger to the
team playing ozil or
carzola out left
is not working pedro would have
been a fantastic signing but looks like he
is going to man u. I thought coq passing yesterday
was terrible we need someone who can do both jobs sit
in front of back 4 but when
in possession have the quality to make things happen coq lacks the 2nd part by a long way.
I mean look at
carzola, he says outright without hiding that we need a striker... about finishing strongly, we did that last season and the season after and the other after after a first leg screw - up... maybe ramsey loves his friends
in the dressing room but saying that we need a few quality wouldn't have hurt anyone... we weren't able to beat the chelsea that hez talking about at home even with a full squad so i don't get his reference plus other
teams are strengthening strongly and will only get better... man utd with a mediocre
team played us like we
were some kids FH at OT and we had no injuries... IF WE DO NT SIGN STRIKER we
are doomed cz it» l
be harder to beat even the small
teams
I do believe liverpool can't win @ d Emirates buh
am kinda scared cos of the FA cup, if we beat them and meet
in the FA cup again, they will want to prove a point especially if they don't make Top 4, and I want to us retain the FA cup, cos I want d likes of GAbriel, debuchy, coquelin, ozil,
carzola, chambers, to feel happy that they av made the right decision joining us infact I want the whole
team to develop a champions mentality.I want my manager to
be the most successful manager
in FA cup history and lastly I want to
be able to boast among oppostionfans that «Arsenal have won 3trophies
in two seasons» (FA, com.shield.........?)
Typically these periods
in past few seasons has seen us chasing the top table
team with average of 10 points, then comes our end of season charge which has seen us having more points than any other epl
team in the final two months of the season over the past few years as well.This
is mostly due to injuries plaguing key members our
team around this period every year, apparently we've gone through our rough mid season patch again or might still
be going through seeing as we have list some key players like
carzola, bellerin to injuries again.
The question should
be whether we could afford to have Ozil,
Carzola and Fabregas
in the same
team.
the cheese eating surrender monkey has screwed up again we all know that now so we have to hope to get our real quality players performing to full potential that
is ozil sanchez wishere
carzola... i
am not sure there
is a combo with all four and at this moment wilshere and sanchez
are the only ones looking pretty decent and as wellbeck needs to
be integrated those positions
are settled... i
am a big ozil fan and really believe wenger
is failing to get best out of him by playing him out of position so cant we play some kind of diamond with him at the top feeding to a front line of sanchez and wellbeck... for me neither flamini nor arteta add anything to the
team so i think playing to attacking strengths
is the only option right now... but its really a ridiculous state of affairs we have
been left
in... throwing caution to the wind i would go for
off Topic (as this topic
is of no importance
in this grieving moment)...... Ok, the BFG or what ever u call him, have just proven his irrelevance to this
team (wasted heights, useless
in duels), misfiring
carzola was let 2 continue, ramsey wasnt himself yet
was forced 2 play, monreal will never
be a dream CB, 80th minute subs as usual (then players
are played outta position), Wenger Loves his coat and zippers more than the
team, who
's next?
I
'm confuse you say ozil
is the best number ten
in the world them no one
is like
carzola in the
team he
is a number ten so who
is better do we have room
in the
team for those two players
I didn't watch d game but I hope we
r not gradually experiencing last year problem, «missing
Carzola» that
's guy
is becoming irreplaceable
in d
team, where
is Ramsey, maybe Xhaka can help.
it just means the individual
is good not the
team, i believe the term
is «polishing a turd» kinda like Stoke
are doing by adding shaqiri, Pedro has abilities that would make the
team better, he
is an accomplished winger, a decent goal scorer and he can assist, i do nt expect him to carry the
team but when he plays
in tandem with Giroud and Sanchez and
Carzola hopefully it would prove fruitful.
Nwakali
is a forward or wing player, nothing like kante and Ramsey
is a squad player for me not first
team quality, if
Carzola is fit, him and xhaka would
be a mouth watering fit but with Arsenals Injurie luck this seems inlikely but i wounder if the five at the back would work if we play a stubborn
team that defends, i hope Arsene would change the formation
in such games back to 4 -2-3-1 but this would require a proper rght wing which we havent had
in years, we've had OX, Campell, Wallcot, Iwobi, Ramsey, Welbeck and Ozil play
in that position and non of them have made it their own like sanchez has with the left wing
These
are names that should
be in the first
team line - up now replacing
Carzola, Arteta, Mertesacker, Flamini, and the likes who
are not as effective as they used to
be.
We have new players coming
in Sanchez, Welbeck, Debuchy, Chambers — all need time to gel with the
team and the manager
are trying to find the formation and tactics that can get the best out of his star players Ozil, Sanchez, Ramsey,
Carzola and at the same time try to bring up the likes of Wilshere and Chamberlain.
We lost the balance of the
team I could clearly see it there
was something un clear to our players on the field the left wing
was weak wellbeck lost position far too many times belerin
was not up to scratch maybe it should have
been gabrial instead of matasacker
carzola tried to spray ball into left flank that went begging but also the midfield
was weak perhaps there should have
been 5 but the number wasn't the real problem we didn't do what the tots did to us all
in all hope this
was a good dress rehearsal for the champion league but the defence has to
be more accurate to protect the goal keeper keans goals
are not acceptable
Carzola offers great passing from central midfield, his two good feet, means he can surge forward
in any direction, and also offers a genuine goal threat — as result he
's hard to defend, and offers lots for the
team - Additionally without the ball, he will track back, support the
team, and even make the odd tackle — this
is the vital difference between him and Ozil -
Yawn... If he
is going to
be our midfield general this season we can already kiss the title chase good bye... Funny how people on this site dismiss mharez as a one season wonder but laud this guy as the future based on a decent 6 months out of 60
in the first
team... Any halfway decent manager would have found a quality replacement for
carzola by now as it
's clear his time
is more or less up and invested big...
Whether draxler or not arsenal
is still a weaker
team,
is it something bad if we have both draxler and Sanchez
in the same
team fighting for places, just imagine van persie, Sanchez, ozil,
carzola are in the same
team, with likes of inform konsieny, mustafi, and konlansinic, and good holding midfider,... our problem with this 343 information or 3421 information apart from Wenger playing players out of position we don't have a strong holdmidfider that retrieve the ball back when we lost possession... Kant's
is perfect example of that, look at the job he does at Chelsea
is amazing...... without a good holding midfielder our defenders
are vulnerable
but I think holding or chambers will play and it
's not likely ozil will start
in which case
carzola in middle and ox on wing and xhaka will start for sure but the very fact that either
team would
be kicking off season tells me that wenger still doesn't know what he
is doing to win this thing
I wholeheartedly agree that one of
Carzola, Ozil or even Ramsey (when
in bad form) has to
be sacrificed for Arsenal to achieve that necessary
team balance.
If he plays with Bellerin from the right
am sure we'll see more from him, and i wont just support playing Ramsey
in every match, lets start rotating please, give Campbell some games too against lower
teams and rest Ramsey sometimes (any time he gets injured we always feel it even tho he
's been wasteful with balls) or Rest
Carzola and play Ramsey
in CM so Campbell can play the RW..
Cazorla
was really good, but i felt Wenger should have brought
in Wilshere for Ozil or
Carzola, he needed that player who can burst through that Berlin Wall and the moment
was calling out for Wilshere its a huge shame Wenger did see it But
in fairness he believed the
team would do it an its a shame they just fell short
I hope this
is a joke... Wilshere
is not a first
team player and no where valued at those wages rates (well, English players
are overpriced and overvalued anyway and none of them could even pretend playing
in a top European outfit) and I would wonder what players like
Carzola, Coquelin and more think when they
are obviously more IMPORTANT than Wilshere.
Unlike Walcot, Giroud likes to stick at the central position holding the ball, this provide no chance for Sanchez to roam about on the front three and with him
Carzola looks non-mobile, he tends to pay short passes
in and out while Ozil more often tend to drift to the wings looking for putting
in crosses and the overall game
is slow which inturn provides room to the opposing
teams to attack causing our defense vulnerable and commit mistakes.
ridiculous... whatever he
is in midfield he
was a complete waste of a player on the wing... lacked pace and touch and did nt go past players... if wenger does nt invest
in another world class attacker this summer we will always
be nearly theres... giroud has improved undoubtedly but against top class defenders he
is just another journeyman from ligue un... bellerin certainly our top choice fullback now hazard did nt get a look
in... coquelin
carzola ozil sanchez working together... so if we invest properly
in summer we can overhaul this lot who
are no great
team for sure..
This
is a side that brings the two best playmakers
in the
team Carzola and Ozil to share the CAM role.
This
team is surely not convincing that much, Ps I thought
carzola, Walcott and monreal
were suppose to
be in this game?
players like Ozil always present the fans with a bit of a conundrum, especially when times
are tough... if you look around the sporting world every once
in awhile there emerges a player with incredible skill, like Ozil, Matt Sundin or even Jay Cutler, who have a different way about themselves... their movement seemed almost too lackadaisical, so much so that it seemed to suggest indifference or even disinterest on the part of the player... their posture always appears somewhat mopey and they generally have an unflattering «sour puss» expression on their face... for some their above average skills
are enough to keep them squarely
in the mix, as their respective
teams try desperately to find a way to get the best out of them visa vie player acquisitions or the reworking of tactics... when things go according to planned the fans usually find a way to accept their unique disposition, whereas when things go awry they become easy targets for fans and pundits alike...
in the case of Ozil and Sundin, their successes on the international stage and / or with their former
teams led many to conclude that if we surrounded such talented individuals with players that have those skills that would most likely bring the best of these players success would surely follow... unfortunately both the Maple Leafs and our club chose to adopt half - measures, as each
were being run by corporations who valued profitability over providing the best possible product on the field... for them, they cared more about shirt sales and season tickets than doing whatever
was necessary... this isn't, by any stretch, an attempt to absolve Ozil of any responsibility for his failures on the pitch... there
is no doubt oftentimes his efforts
were underwhelming, to say the least, but this club has
been inept when it comes to providing this prolific passer with the kind of players necessary for him to flourish... with our poor man's version of Benzema up front, the headless chickens
in Walcott, the younger Ox and Welbeck occupying wide positions far too often and the fact that
Carzola, who provided Ozil with great service and more freedom to roam,
was never truly replaced, the only real skilled outlet on the pitch
was Sanchez... remember to
be considered a world - class set - up man goals need to
be scored and for much of his time here he has
been surrounded by some incredibly inept finishers...
in the end, I
'm not sure how long he will
be in North London, recent sentiments and his present contract situation seem to suggest that he will depart at season's end, but how tragic would it
be if once again we didn't put our best foot forward and failed to make those moves that could have brought championship football back to our once beloved club... so when you think about this uniquely skilled player don't
be so quick to shift all the blame on his shoulders because he will not
be the first or the last highly skilled player to find disappointment at the Emirates if we don't rid the club of those individuals that
are truly to blame for our current woes
the game there has changed before the match i
was thinking about a formation but flamini
was not available
in my formation
carzola was not
in for the simple reason he put a lot work
in the last match i would have picked wallcott rosciky and gabrial having said that when the player sheet came out my first thought
was yup the
team is balanced the bench constituted walcott and chambarelain (speed) so
in essence the plan
was ok but it just
was a disaster The 22 million dollar question who would one pick to secure a win
in Monaco and advance into the quarter finals of the champion league
and just so you know, the only way wenger gon try accommodate ozil and
carzola in the same
team is either ozil plays on the wings or santi goes to the bench (not ideal, considering his recent form)... and how come there
's no proper striker
in the Line - up?
I wouldn't want to let a player like Santi
Carzola go if you intend on pushing for honors, Cashing
in on players like him means we haven't learnt a single thing from the past,
Are we Argos or a Football
Team?
Time for some brutal honesty... this
team, as it stands,
is in no better position to compete next season than they
were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have
been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a
team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis...
in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but
in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he
's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father
were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest
in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there
are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough
was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie
in the sky meanderings
are indicative of what
's wrong with this club and it
's wishy - washy fan - base...
in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player
in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)...
in order for us to become dominant again we need to
be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did
in our most glorious years before and during Wenger
's reign... with this
in mind, if we want Ozil to
be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players
in the final third... he
was never a good defensive player
in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely
in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil
were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract
is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it
's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value
is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny,
Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would
be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding
Carzola, who
is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will
be deeply missed)...
in their places we need to bring
in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam
being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry
's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP,
was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to
be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model
was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he
was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who
were clearly not going to press their current
teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model
in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically
in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking
in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and
were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who
were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it
was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really
was...
How the f @@@ did Ramsey stay on the pitch for 90 mins... Clueless from start to finish... Should pay madrid 25m to take him... Without
carzola there
is no creativity
in midfield and no quick turnaround... We
are as always at least 2 quality players short of the top european
teams... Ok for wenger's 4th place and last 16 strategy but awful for fans...
Difference with this
team and the
team we hard about 7 years ago
is that we now have leaders
in key positions and players others can look up to (Cech, Mert, Kos, Nacho, Coq,
Carzola, Theo (10 yrs
is no small feat), Arteta)
When you take a penalty you make sure its
in sanchez really messed that one up I
was screaming to take
carzola and sanchez off and luckily
carzola didn't get another yellow Iwobi recked my head but eventually he fixed it wollcott and Coquelin and Xhaka did very well but the whole
team controlled the ball very well it
was a well done job but should have
been 3 goals up before half time very glad with the win I wanted a big win I eventually got it
Part of the reasons for our positive
team display has
been the
team selection, especially
in the Goalkeeping and Midfield areas where the Manager has made the bold move to replace Szczesny with Ospina and resisting the temptation to field fit again Ozil and keep faith with the Magician (
Carzola).
Hopeful prediction... More likely an anonymous performance
in an anonymous
team followed by an 8 million bid from stoke rejected by wenger as insulting to his own ego and the welsh people... Worry
is that ozil and possibly
carzola will get sense of déjà vu and look for quick exit after the euros
On another note, going by what I saw yesterday, we need extra prayers for Coq, Bellarine, Sanchez, OG,
Carzola and Monereal (hell I can add the whole
team) to stay healthy because our so called back up's either suck or they
are completely out of form and
are not reliable to compete at the top level (Campbell, Debuchy, Flamini, Gibbs, I'll throw
in Mert for yesterday's showing).
There
's supposed to
be rotaion on this
team long while back, can't just throw anyone
in there when the going gets hot and expect a miracle.Why wasn't
carzola been allowed to operate behind the striker like he did last season, at least
in some games?
With Arsenal welcoming back Santi
Carzola to accompany Ozil into a
team high on confidence and
in great form, it
is difficult to see anything other than a convincing Arsenal win.