That is my suspicion after seeing the body language, especially
when goals are conceded.
And I advised the Boss through this website and another one to sign another top quality left back as that position looked shaky towards the end of last season
when goals were conceded by both Gibbs and Monreal that denied us becoming 2nd in the table.
What we won't accept is heads going down
when a goal is conceded, or lack of effort.
Not exact matches
Wenger
was asked today about our lack of solidity at the back, which has
been highlighted by our recent games against Man United and Southampton
when we
conceded early
goals and then tried to come back.
Former Arsenal captain Patrick Viera spoke about the Gunners pressure in 2011
when he said: «When they are in trouble, they always concede a g
when he said: «
When they are in trouble, they always concede a g
When they
are in trouble, they always
concede a
goal.
Also if you see our stats for last 5 yr, last year
was when we scored more
goals but we also
conceded more
goals.
Since Mathieu Flamini took over from Arteta as our cover for Coquelin, the Gunners have not lost a game, winning three of the four and only
conceding two
goals, which
is even better
when you remebre that three of them
were away from home and Arsenal
were under serious pressure.
The first time I played, we
conceded a
goal when Thierry Henry shot a quick free - kick and we
were caught by surprise.
Wenger: «
When the first game
is at home, you play with the desire to score but know that every
goal you
concede can
be deadly.
I have to say that we had such a poor reaction after going ahead,
when we should have
been looking to bury Everton rather than dropping off, but that has
been symptomatic of a lot of our games this season — why, I
'm not sure, as we always
concede goals and then have to go on the offensive anyway.
When you think of the reason Pep couldn't make UCL finals with Bayern and MC
is coz of the 3 +
goals he
is conceding.
Some of the
goals we have
conceded come from the left side
when Monreal
was on the pitch
were a result of Iwobi leaving him exposed as a result of his inexperience.
In fact if you take away the four
goals conceded to Liverpool on the opening day,
when neither of the first choice center backs
were available, our defence looks as strong if not stronger than Chelsea's.
Again, it
was OUR horrible defense that let us down
when the 2nd
goal was conceded, and it
was our team that could barley put shots on target for most of the match.
It
was Ozil exchanges of passes with Bellerin
When he was pressured by Leicester player that resulted in the corner we conceded the first goal from when the simple thing to do is played the ball inside the fi
When he
was pressured by Leicester player that resulted in the corner we
conceded the first
goal from
when the simple thing to do is played the ball inside the fi
when the simple thing to do
is played the ball inside the field.
Most of our
goals conceded hv bn thru counter attacks
when everyone
is in the opposition half includong Merts...
When we
concede goals even due to player mistake, officer wrong calls, they
are all Wenger's fault
When we won and put in clean sheet, it
is lucky and not good enough, it
is due to «brilliant» Sanchez that we win, no credit for the manager Now even try to distort his interview to make him look bad No sensible, construction comment, it
is all about Wenger out.
«We
are of course disappointed with the result because
when you
are at home, to [
concede three
goals] looks terrible.
We gave so many chances away due to our usual horrendous organization,
when we have lost the ball, and if it wasn't such a poor side we
were playing, we would have
conceded several
goals again.
I took time out to study the Laliga stats
when I took notice of him and I discovered that Sociedad
are among the top 5 teams in all the positive stats, including possession, shot conversion rate, highest no of
goals scored and fewest no of
goals conceded.
Look back at our heavy defeats last season and you will see it
was our fullbacks and most defensive midfielder that
were too far out of position
when we
were conceding goals
However,
conceding twelve
goals is the number that will worry Liverpool fans the most, especially
when they see league leaders Manchester United and Manchester City have only
conceded two in the same period of time.
The previous record
was held by Premiership rivals Chelsea,
when goalkeeper Petr Cech did not
concede a top - flight
goal for 1,025 minutes in the 2004 - 2005 season.
I
'm aware Chelsea
conceded a fair portion of their
goals after the title
was already secured but their scoring at the other end dried up substantially second half of season... Just to reiterate that
was without Cech or Debuchy and our much improved defensive record
when the required personnel
was added
is a big part of my belief that we
're in the position to challenge currently.
They should have
conceded a
goal in the 8th minute
when Mamadou Sakho missed a completely free header and they
were punished
when they made a similar mistake 10 minutes later.
when chambers
is in there he does nt trust him enough so he runs out of position trying to cover spots Koscielny would
be covering n gets caught out, Debuchy
is stronger has abit of pace and very good in the air Merts trusts him and his experience that
is the same for Monreal id start Monreal or Debuchy ahead of Chambers although he
is impressive for his age we shouldnt
be putting all our trust into a 19 year old in that position look at Stokes first
goal a simple header for the first
goal conceded which he completely missed.
There have only
been 10 occasions
when a Premier League team has won six back to back games without
conceding a
goal — Chelsea
are now responsible for half of them.
When was the last time Cech
conceded four
goals?
I
'm not saying Wenger
is completely white tailed in the matter, he should have done something about Chambers against Swansea, but
when a team
is 3 — 0 nil up against any team, to
concede 3
goals in the last 20 minutes
is purely the teams, primarily the defenses fault, and no one elses.
We
concede the same
goals every matchday because we
are taking positives out of those matches
when we should
be taking the negatives and fixing them.
Arsenal
are now tied with Man City, Spurs, Crystal Palace and Watford for least
goals conceded and
when you consider how we started and also had two players sent off against Chelsea, that suggests to me that as well as
being a great keeper, Cech's influence
is starting to spread through the team, especially the defence.
Despite creating plenty more chances in the first period, however, Barca
were unable to extend their lead before the half - time break and actually surrendered their lead just after the kick - off,
when left back Jordi Alba
conceded an unfortunate own
goal.
When we look at this season compared to past the problem doesn't look defensive at least on
goals conceded... The real problem
is how few we have scored..
A viera mold captain would have helped the team yesterday
when we
were 1
goal down, because after that, the whole team's morale dropped heavily and there
was no one to cheer them, and then we lost concentration and then
conceded the 2nd
goal and it
was game over.
If we
concede 3
goals against «ANDERLECHT» at home imagine what the score will
be when we get Real Madrid or Barca.
Beat a top team and we
are lucky, beat a lower team and we should
be beating them anyway, lose
when playing a too risky brand of football and we
are inept, win a tight game playing ugly it
is not acceptable nor the Arsenal way, win by 3
goals and it should have
been 5, keep playing the same predictable way every game and we should vary it more, vary our pattern of play and we should go back to doing what we used to, win 2 - 0 and keep a clean sheet and we should have
been more adventurous to improve
goal difference, win 2 - 1 and
concede in the last minute and we
were naive not to shut up shop, win 12 out of the last 15 games and it should have
been 15 wins......... blah, blah.
Ospina did not disappoint, in his first season he took his chance
when it came and played the second half of the season, his statistics
were awesome, in PL Games per 90 minutes played, for every two
goals ospina
conceded, hart, de gea and courtois
conceded three.
When we observe Arsene Wenger's press conference, he
was very clear on one thing — «We have
conceded too many
goals at home and made it difficult to progress».
Everyone
was up for it and that
was the difference to all the other games
when we suffered and
conceded late
goals.»
We
were conceding loads of
goals when we
were playing «back four» as well as «back three» so it
's the training and the way the team
is set up that determines the outcome of matches We
conceded 2
goals in the first half at Anfield with «back three» and
conceded another 2 in the second half with» back four» though it could have
been more in both halves but for our goalkeeper
's alertness.
Man U and Tottenham had the best defense last season... Completely meaningless
when you only look at
goals conceded which
is what you did.
i saw the Liverpool and Southampton match both teams
are performing and scoring a
goals especially
when i see the unlucky arsenal
being taken to regrets and chelsea
are the same but with more interested group of players, staff and managers and ours
is like we
are conceding a lot of
goals due to defensive issues and old village idiot
is asked whether they should have signed a defensive player old fool replies you people don't see the match and not knowing what he said and the media has got the frenchie by his nuts and
when squeezed blood
is more than just will come out, i can't say i hope he leaves cause the board only took questions they liked the BBC journo showed right down his throat asking cut - throat questions the way i like it.
When Coquelin came back to Arsenal three seasons back, I thought we had found a new Vera but his recent games
is not encouraging, as we
are conceding silly
goals.
Yes, we
conceded only one more
goal than the best defences this season - Spurs & Man Utd - and the same amount as champions Leicester, but the defence
was rarely trustworthy
when it really mattered; looking amateur in crucial matches - as our title challenge fell apart.
Before leCoq arrived we always
conceded stupid
goals, just like this Saturday
when he
was injured.
3 defenders with Coquelin dropping deep to makeshift CB
when we
was defending
conceded the same amount of
goals as we did with Gab on.
My issue
is why do Arsenal
concede goals when their midfielder give a away the ball but other teams don't?
The players should shut up and show what they can do on the pitch, it
is like we
are going back to 3 - 4 seasons ago,
when we
are poor on set pieces, both in defending and attacking,
conceding unbelievable
goals.
In the second leg,
when the match
is already lost and no hope, the players will play their hearts out and maybe draw or loose narrowly and some wenger fans will
be like the team tried and gave their all and will say Giroud
is improving and that we should wait until next season and see the real Giroud and we don't need new signings and we just need to
concede less
goals.
Everybody played really well yesterday, I only felt Szczesny wasn't confident enough
when having had to leave his
goal on a few occasions, but he didn't
concede so no big deal after all.